Abbaton
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The premortal council is held and the creation of man is revealed—The spirits observe the plan and the need for agency—The earth protests its future misuse—The angel Muriel brings virgin clay, and Adam is formed—The Son offers Himself as Redeemer before the Father breathes life into man.
1 It came to pass that awhen My Father was creating the heavens, and the earth, and the things which are therein, He bspake the cWord, and they all came into being, Angel, and Archangel, and Cherubim, and Seraphim, and Thrones, and divine Governors, and Dominions, and all the Powers that are in the heavens, and all the chost of heaven.
2 And he amade the earth also, and the wild animals, and the reptiles, and the cattle, and the birds, and everything which moveth upon it.
3 And He planted also a paradise in the eastern part of the earth.
4 And My Father saw that the whole world was a desert, and that there was ano one to work it.
5 And My Father said, Let us make a man in Our aimage and likeness, that he may continue to praise us by day and by night, and that every one may know that it is the hand of the Lord that hath made all these things; for I existed bbefore these things were.
6 And My Father commanded an angel saying: By My wish and by My command get thee to the land of Eden, the East land), and bring to Me some virgin earth in order that I may make a man in Our image and likeness therewith, so that he may ascribe ablessing unto Us by day and by night.
7 And the angel went to the land of Eden, according to My Father's command.
8 And he stood upon the earth, and he reached out his hand to gather together some of it and take it to My Father.
9 And straightway the earth cried out with a loud voice, saying: I swear unto thee by Him Who sent thee to Me, that if thou takest me to Him, He will mold me into a form, and I shall become a man, and a living soul.
10 And very many sins shall come forth from my heart, and many fornications, and slanderous abuse, and jealousy, and hatred and contention shall come forth from his hand, and many murders and sheddings of blood shall come forth from his hand.
11 And they shall cast me out to the dogs, and to the cats, and into pits and holes in the ground, and into streams of water before my time, and after all these things they will finally cast me into punishment, and they will punish me by day and by night.
12 Let me stay here, and go back to the ground and be quiet.
13 And when the Angel of God had heard these things he was afraid of My father's name, and he returned and came to My Father, and said, My Lord, when I heard Thy awful Name I did not wish to bring the earth unto Thee.
14 And straightway My Father commanded an angel a second time to go to it, and then a third angel, and so on even unto seven angels, and not one of them wished to approach the earth because it took awful oaths by mighty names.
15 And when My Father saw that none of the angels wished to bring the earth to him, He sent the angel Muriel to the earth, saying unto him:
16 Go thou by My command to the land of Eden, and bring unto me some virgin earth so that I may fashion a man therefrom, after Mine own image and likeness, that he may ascribe blessing unto Us by day and by night.
17 And when the Angel of God had departed to the earth he stood upon it in great power and might, and in the commandment of God.
18 And he reached out his hand to take some of it, and straightway the dust cried out with a loud voice, saying: I swear unto thee by the name of Him that created the heavens, and the earth, and the things that are therein, that thou shalt not approach me to take me unto God.
19 And the angel Muriel was not afraid at the mention of the Name of My Father when he heard it, and he paid no heed thereto, but he went to it, and he laid hold of it with firmness and determination, and he brought it to My Father Who rejoiced over it.
20 And He took the clay from the hand of the angel, and amade Adam according to Our image and likeness, and He left him lying for forty days and forty nights without putting breath into him.
21 And he heaved sighs over him daily, saying: If I put breath into this man, he must suffer many pains.
22 And I said unto My Father, Put breath into him; I will be an advocate for him.
23 And My Father said unto Me, If I put breath into him, My beloved son, Thou wilt be obliged to go down into the world, and to suffer many pains for him before Thou shalt have redeemed him, and made him to come back to primal state.
24 And I said unto My Father, Put breath into him; I will be his advocate, and I will go down into the world, and will fulfil Thy command.
25 And whilst He was wishing to put breath into him He took a book, and wrote therein the names of those who should come forth from him and who should enter into the kingdom which is in the heavens, according to what is written, These are they whose names are written in the Book of Life from the foundation of the World.
26 And He put breath into him in this way; He breathed into his nostrils the breath of life three times, saying: Live! Live! Live! According to the type of My Divinity!
27 And the man lived straightway, and became a living soul, according to the image and likeness of God.
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1 a ↑ TG Time; see Revelation 1:8, D&C 19:1
b ↑ GS Council in Heaven; see 1 Nephi 1:14; Mosiah 4:2; Mormon 9:11; D&C 14:9; D&C 76:24 (20-24); Genesis 1:1; Moses 2:1; Abraham 4:1.
2 a ↑ Genesis 1:1, Moses 2:1; Abraham 4:1, organized, formed.
b ↑ Moses 1:8. TG Nature; Earth.
a ↑ Abraham 3:24-26.
a ↑ D&C 93:28.