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468 THE HISTORY OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT.<br />

of redemp- "arrived. In five days and half a day' I will put<br />

tionforman.<br />

^<br />

The Spirit of<br />

God reveals<br />

iniquity, and I will become a child for his sake,<br />

His scheme.<br />

"and I will make Myself manifest for the sake of<br />

"all those whom I have created. And I will be-<br />

"come a subject of praise and of thanksgiving<br />

"both by angels and men. I will give life unto<br />

"him that hath believed in My coming, and I will<br />

"drive out fiends [p. 283] and devils, I will cleanse<br />

"the leper, I will raise the dead, I will vanquish<br />

"death, I will conquer the Devil. I will carry away<br />

"Sheol, and I will bring out therefrom Adam and<br />

"his children who believed on Me and who trusted<br />

"that I would come and deliver them; but those<br />

"who have believed neither in Me nor in My<br />

"coming shall not be saved, for they are not the<br />

"children of Abraham the believer. And do thou<br />

"keep these My words, and write them down that<br />

"they may be sure and certain for the generation<br />

"which shall arise in the latter days, when My<br />

"Son, Whom I have begotten, and My Word,<br />

"Who was before all things, and through Whom<br />

"I have created all things for Himself, shall come.<br />

"For I have set thee to be a prophet unto Me<br />

"by reason of the purity of thy body,'' and through<br />

"thy prayers which have come unto Me. And I<br />

"will do^ for thee whatsoever thou desirest, for<br />

^ /. e., at the end of 5000 + 500 years; see Malaii, BcoA<br />

pf Adam and Eve, p. 4.<br />

^ Read ' P'P\\ 3 Read ffllJlCVh

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