Abbaton
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Chapter 1 ⇨
The Savior ordains His Apostles and sends them forth to preach His Resurrection—They are given power over death, disease, and the adversary—Peter inquires concerning the ordination of Abbaton, the Angel of Death—The Lord reveals how Abbaton was established and given dominion over souls.
1 And it came to pass that when our Savior, Who is the root of all good, had finished all things, when the days of his Apocalypse were completed, and he was to ascend up to his Father, that he laid His hands upon each one of His holy Apostles.
2 And he prayed over them, and sent them forth into all the world to preach His holy Resurrection to all the heathen.
3 And He filled them with power and with His Holy spirit, and He spake unto them, saying: The mighty deeds and miracles which I have performed, ye yourselves also shall do.
4 Ye shall lay your hands upon the sick and they shall have rest. Ye shall tread upon serpents and scorpions. Ye shall take up serpents in your hands, and when ye drink deadly poisons they shall have no evil effect upon you.
5 Baptize those who believe in Me, and in My Good Father, and the Holy Spirit, and I will forgive them their sins.
6 Those who do not believe shall be condemned to the second death.
7 Depart in peace; the peace which is Mine shall be with you, and I will never cease to walk with you even to the end of this world.
8 Then the Lord answered and said unto Peter, the greatest of the Apostles, the pillar of the Church, the steward of the kingdom which is in the heavens:
9 Him that thou wishest to take into it, take; and him that thou wishest to reject, reject.
10 And Peter said unto the savior: My Lord and my God. Behold, Thou hast informed us concerning all things of which we have asked Thee, and Thou hast hidden nothing from us.
11 And now, O my Lord and my God, behold, Thou hast sent us out into the whole world to preach Thy Holy Resurrection to all the nations.
12 And the mighty deeds and miracles which Thou hast done, the which we have seen with our eyes, and concerning which we have heard.
13 And Thou hast explained them all to us, even the matter of Thy Mother, and Thy Birth.
14 And, O my Lord, Thou knowest that there are very many contentious and unbelieving people who will ask questions of us concerning all things, and we wish to be able to explain unto them all things.
15 Now therefore, O my Lord, we wish Thee to inform us concerning the day wherein Thou didst establish Abbaton, the Angel of Death.
16 And didst make him to be awful and disturbing, and to pursue all souls until they yield up their spirits, so that we may preach concerning him to all mankind, even as we preach concerning all his fellow angels whom Thou hast created.
17 And whom Thou hast shewn us the days of their establishing, and also that when men hear of him on the day of his establishing they may be afraid, and may repent.
18 And may give charities and gifts on the day of his commemoration, just as they do to Michael and Gabriel, so that their souls may find mercy and respite on the day of Thy Holy Resurrection.
19 And the Savior, the Storehouse that is filled with mercy and compassion of every kind, who loveth all things which is good in respect of His day, Who wisheth not to cause us disappointment in anything concerning which we are asked, and thus he said unto them:
20 O ye whom I have chosen from out of the whole world, I will hide nothing from you, but I will inform you how My Father established him over all the created things which He had made.
21 For I and My Father are one, according to what Philip said unto me, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us.
22 And I said unto him, O Philip, in all the time which thou hast been with Me, hast thou not known Me?
23 He who hath seen Me hath seen My Father, Believe thou that I am in My Father, and My Father is in Me?
24 If it be impossible for thee, believe His works. And now, O my holy members, whom I have chosen from out of the whole world, I will hide nothing from you.
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