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And I said, "Eternal, Mighty One!
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How long a time is an hour of the age?" 54.
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And I said, "0 Eternal One!
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How long are the hours of the age?" And He said, "Twelve hours have I ordained for this present age of ungodliness to rule among the nations and within your seed, and until the end of the times it shall be even as you saw.
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And now reckon and understand and look again into the picture. 2.
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And he said, "I decreed to keep twelve periods of the impious age among the heathens and among your seed, and what you have seen will be until the end of 3.(4.) time.
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Count (it) up, and you will understand.
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Look down at the picture." And I looked and saw a man going out from the left, the heathen side.
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From the side of the heathen went outmen and women and children, a great crowd, and they 55.
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And I looked and saw a Man going out from the left side of the nations and there went out men and women and children, from the side of nations, many hosts, and worshipped Him.
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And while I still looked, there came many from the right side, and some of these insulted Him, and some of them even struck Him, but others however worshipped Him.
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And as I watched, I saw Azazel approach Him and he kissed Him on the face and then stood behind Him. 5. worshipped him.
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And while I was still looking, those on the right side came out, 6. and some insulted this man, and some struck him and others worshiped him.
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And I saw that as they worshiped him Azazel ran and worshiped and, kissing his face, 7. he turned and stood behind him.
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And I said, "Eternal, Mighty One!
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Who is this 56.
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And I said, "0 Eternal One!
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Who is the Man insulted and beaten, who is worshipped by the nations and kissed by Azazel?" And He answered and said, "Hear Abraham!
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The Man you saw insulted and beaten and yet worshipped by many, He is the 'Relief' granted by the nations to the people who proceed from you, in the last days, in the twelfth hour of the age of ungodliness.
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But in the twelfth hour of my final age will I set up this Man from your generation, whom you saw issue from among my people, and all who follow will become like this Man, and such as are called by me will join the others, even those who will to change within themselves.
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And as for those who emerge from the left side of the picture, the meaning is this - there shall be many from the nations who shall set their hopes upon Him, but as for those whom you saw from your seed on the right of the picture who insulted Him and struck Him, many shall be offended in Him, but some shall worship Him.
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And He shall test those of your seed who have worshipped Him in the twelfth hour at the end, with a view to shortening the age of ungodliness. 8. man insulted and beaten by the heathen, with Azazel worshiped?" And he answered and said, "Hear, Abraham, the man whom you say insulted and beaten and again worshiped is the liberation from the heathen for the people who will 9. be (born) from you.
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In the last days, in this twelfth period of the age of my fulfillment, I will set up this man from your tribe, the one 10. whom you have seen from my people.
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All will imitate him,,,(you) consider 11. him as one called by me...(they) are changed in their counsels.
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And those you saw coming out from the left side of the picture and worshipping him, this 12. (means that) many of the heathen will trust in him.
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And those of your seed you saw on the right side, some insulting him, some beating him, and others worshiping 13. him, many of them shall be offended because of him.
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It is he who will test those of your seed who have worshiped him in the fulfillment of the twelfth hour, in the 14. curtailing of the age of impiety.
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Before the age of justice starts to grow, my judgment will come upon the heathen who have acted wickedly through the people 57.
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Before the age of the righteous begins to grow, my judgment shall come upon the lawless peoples through the-people of your seed who have been separated unto me.
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And in those -days I will bring upon all creatures of the earth ten plagues, through misfortune and disease and the sighing of their grief.
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And this shall be brought upon the generations of men on account of the provocation and the corruption of mankind, whereby they provoke me.
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And then shall righteous men of your seed survive in the number which is kept secret by me, and will hasten the coming of the glory of My Name to that place prepared beforehand for them, which you saw devastated in the picture.
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And they shall live and be established by sacrifices of righteousness in the age of the righteous, and they shall rejoice in me continually, and receive those who return to me in repentance, for great shall be the inner torment of those who have despitefully used them in this world, as they observe the honour placed upon my own in the day of glory. 15. of your seed who have been set apart for me.
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In those days I will bring upon all earthly creation ten plagues through evil and disease and the groaning of the 16. bitterness of their souls.
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Such will I bring upon the generations of those who are on it, out of anger and corruption of their creations with which they provoke me. 17.
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And then from your seed will be left the righteous men in their number, protected by me, who strive in the glory of my name toward the place prepared beforehand 18. for them which you saw deserted in the picture.
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And they will live, being affirmed 19. by the sacrifices and the gifts of justice and truth in the age of justice.
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And they will rejoice forever in me, and they will destroy those who have destroyed them, they will rebuke those who have rebuked them through their mockery, and they 20. will spit in their faces.
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Those rebuked by me when they are to see me rejoicing 21. with my people for those who rejoice and receive and truly return to me." See, Abraham, what you have seen, hear what you have heard, know what you have known,.
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Go to your inheritance!
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And behold I an with you forever." 58.
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See, Abraham, what you have seen and hear what you have heard, and take knowledge of all that you have come to know.
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Go to your heritage, and behold, I am with you unto the age."