After these years shall my son Messiah die, and all that have the breath of life. And the world shall be turned into the old silence seven days, like as in the first beginning: so that no man shall remain. And after seven days the world, that yet awakes not, shall be raised up, and that shall die that is corruptible. And the earth shall restore those that are asleep in her, and so shall the dust those that dwell therein in silence, and the secret places shall deliver those souls that were committed unto them. And the Most High shall be revealed upon the seat of judgement, and compassion shall pass away, and longsuffering shall be withdrawn: But judgement only shall remain, truth shall stand, and faith shall wax strong: And the work shall follow, and the reward shall be shown, and good deeds shall awake, and wicked deeds shall not sleep. And the pit of torment shall appear, and over against it shall be the place of rest: and the furnace of hell shall be shown, and over against it the paradise of delight. And then shall the Most High say to the nations that are raised from the dead, See you and understand whom you have denied, or whom you have not served, or whose commandments you have despised. Look on this side and on that: here is delight and rest, and there fire and torments. Thus shall he speak unto them in the day of judgement: This is a day that has neither sun, nor moon, nor stars, Neither cloud, nor thunder, nor lightning, neither wind, nor water, nor air, neither darkness, nor evening, nor morning, Neither summer, nor spring, nor heat, nor winter, neither frost, nor cold, nor hail, nor rain, nor dew, Neither noon, nor night, nor dawn, neither shining, nor brightness, nor light, save only the splendour of the glory of the Most High, whereby all shall see the things that are set before them: For it shall endure as it were a week of years. This is my judgement and the ordinance thereof; but to you only have I shown these things. And I answered, I said even then, O Lord, and I say now: blessed are they that be now alive and keep the statutes ordained of you. But as touching them for whom my prayer was made, what shall I say? for who is there of them that be alive that has not sinned, and who of the sons of men that has not transgressed your covenant? And now I see, that the world to come shall bring delight to few, but torments unto many. For an evil heart has grown up in us, which has led us astray from these statutes, and has brought us into corruption and into the ways of death, has shown us the paths of perdition and removed us far from life; and that, not a few only, but well nigh all that have been created. And he answered me, and said, Hearken unto me, and I will instruct you; and I will admonish you yet again: For this cause the Most High has not made one world, but two. For whereas you have said that the just are not many, but few, and the ungodly abound, hear the answer thereunto. If you have choice stones exceeding few, will you set for yourself over against them according to their number things of lead and clay? And I said, Lord, how shall this be? And he said unto me, Not only this, but ask the earth, and she shall tell you; intreat her, and she shall declare unto you. For you shall say unto her, You bring forth gold and silver and brass, and iron also and lead and clay: But silver is more abundant than gold, and brass than silver, and iron than brass, lead than iron, and clay than lead.
