. BOOK I.CHAP. I.

The Crystal Sea.

The First Book Of Adam And Eve
This is a popularized translation of the OT pseudepigrapha, quasi-Biblical writings which never achieved canonical status (or inclusion in any of the official Apocrypha). This isn’t to say that these documents are forgeries, just that for one reason or another they were not considered part of the Biblical text by the first millenium (C.E.) compilers. This book contains translations of all of the texts found in volume I of the weighty Oxford University Press Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha, without any of the apparatus.

God Commands Adam, Expelled From Eden, To Dwell In The Cave Of. Treasures.

ON the third day, God planted the garden in the east of the earth, on the border of the world eastward, beyond which, towards the sun-rising, one finds nothing but water, that encompasses the whole world, and reaches unto the borders of heaven.

2 And to the north of the garden there is a sea of wafer, clear and pure to the taste, like unto nothing else; so that, through the clearness thereof, one may

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look into the depths of the earth.

3 And when a man washes himself in it, becomes clean of the cleanness thereof, and white of its whiteness–even if he were dark.

4 And God created that sea of His own good pleasure, for He knew what would come of the man He should make; so that after he had left the garden, on account of his transgression, men should be born in the earth, from among whom righteous ones should die, whose souls God would raise at the last day; when they should return to their flesh; should bathe in the water of that sea, and all of them repent of their sins.

5 But when God made Adam go out of the garden, He did not place him on the border of it northward, lest he should draw near to the sea of water, and he and Eve wash themselves in it, be cleansed from their sins, forget the transgression they had committed, and he no longer reminded of it in the thought of their punishment.

6 Then, again, as to the southern side of the garden, God was not pleased to let Adam dwell there; because, when the wind blew from the north, it would bring him, on that southern side, the delicious smell of the trees of the garden.

7 Wherefore God did not put Adam there, lest he should smell the sweet smell of those trees forget his transgression, and find consolation for what he had done, take delight in the smell of the trees, and not be cleansed from his transgression.

8 Again, also, because God is merciful and of great pity, and governs all things in a way He alone knows–He made our father Adam dwell in the western border of the garden, because on that side the earth is very broad.

9 And God commanded him to dwell there in a cave in a rock–the Cave of Treasures below the garden.

Luke 12:27- 40

²⁷ Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.



In reference to, Genesis 2:7
GOD’S creation of man is astounding when we are able
fathom the significance of it all.
Let’s take a moment to analyze this extraordinary meaning of the “breath of life.”
“The LORD GOD formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the ~breath of life~ and man became a ~living being~ .
Living means ~spirit~
Being means ~soul~
So, GOD created us in HIS image and likeness with a spiritual soul, a mirrored reflection of GOD’S Image and likeness.
So, man, is a ~spiritual soul; moreover, GOD formed man as a duplicate of HIMSELF.
In essence of HIS SOUL, HIS reflection, HIS children with HIS precise genes, possibly his experiences, inheritors of his blessings and HIS kingdom and created in GOD’S exact image through HIS BREATH OF HIS LIFE.

We are GOD’S children, so we are children of the KING and are beneficiaries of the “CREATOR of EVERYTHING”

Also of interest, JESUS said that we are gods.

In Psalms 82:6-7 it says:

6. “I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High.
7. “But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.”

“Like one of the princes?”
The Prince of peace possibly…?
JESUS?

This is only my opinion; however, could GOD desire for us to be so much alike that HE wanted us to experience everything the same, including physical experiences also…?

Prehaps GOD was parabolicly speaking in regards to our exactness in all things, in that HE died like a man as, we will die also.

So, again, a metaphor in reference to our likeness and exactness in ~all things~.not excluding physical death.
Just think about that for a moment….

We were created in HIS “image and LIKENESS.”
“THE PRINCE OF PEACE”
who died like a man as referenced above…
“But ye shall die like men, and fall like ~one of the princes.”~

John 16 :7-11
7. Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.
8. And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:
9. Of sin, because they believe not on me;
10. Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more;
11. Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.”
~He, the Prince was judged and Crucified ~

This analogy is my opinion only; however, it may be something to ponder…

Donna Bowles AKA Dee
(C) 07/2018