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From Kazmer Ujvarosy <kazmer@sj.bigger.net>:
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Subject: Re: The Jewish People ARE chosen.(Long, print/save advised)

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Date: Fri, 13 Feb 1998 02:33:39 -0800
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user29846@digilinlk.net wrote:

> Chosen for what?

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The Jews are chosen for incineration at Christ's return, as Christ
promised: "Just as the weeds are gathered and burned with fire, so will
it be at the close of the age. The Son of man will send his angels, and
they will gather out of his kingdom all causes of sin and all evildoers,
and throw them into the furnace of fire ..." [Matthew 13:40-42.]

So apparently there is no need for the Nazis to get involved. Christ's
angels will take care of the anti-Christian elements. But how credible
is this promised cleanup? Do we have precedent that angels--i.e.
spacemen--burned Jews? Yes, we do.  Read the following concealed
early-Christian ethiopic texts as translated and edited by E.A. Wallis
Budge from the British Museum Manuscript Oriental 683:

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     [Now it came to pass, that] ... Our Lord Jesus Christ was on the
Mount
of Olives, and I [Peter] was with Him after He had spoken unto me and
commanded me concerning all the Law. And again He said unto me, "O
Peter, go thou unto thy brethren, and call them unto Me here." So I went

down from the Mount of Olives, and I left our Lord standing there; and I

cried out to my brethren, that is to say, to James, and John, and
Andrew, and they cried out to the rest of the Twelve Apostles and to the

Seventy-two Disciples, and we all came into the mountain, and we stood
upon it facing towards the east, with Jerusalem lying below us. Then a
white and shining cloud, which was like unto a flame of fire, surrounded

us, and all the people of Jerusalem saw the splendour thereof and were
dismayed. And we were standing in the midst of the cloud, and we saw the

doors of heaven opened, and the angels of light ascending and descending

upon a ladder of light. And we saw our Lord standing at the foot of the
ladder, and He was wishing to ascend unto His throne of radiant glory,
and He stretched out His holy right hand, and blessed us.... And again,
we saw a chariot of light descend from heaven upon the wings of the
Cherubim, and with it there were thousands and tens of thousands of
thousands of angels [i.e. a great multitude of angels], and the
Seraphim, each of whom had six wings; and they all in their various
grades were singing praises, and crying out joyfully, and were ascribing

holiness and thanks unto Him to the strains of beautiful music, and
clear and sweet voices. Now all the Apostles, and the company of the
Seventy-two Disciples rejoiced, even as we rejoiced at the time of the
Resurrection. And we heard the sounds of trumpets and of horns, and the
angels in their various companies cried out with loud cries of glory and

with praising and glorifyings. And certain companies of the angels
ascribed glory unto God, and said, "Blessed be God Who is from the
beginning, and Who shall endure for ever! Amen."...
        And again we heard above a great and awful voice which was like
unto
thunder, and it said, "Open ye the gates, O princes, and let the doors
which were from the Creation be opened, and the King of glory and honour

shall come in." And again we heard the voices of the celestial companies

who were standing by the throne, saying, "Who is this king of glory and
honour?" And the voice, which we heard before, answered and said unto
them, "It is God, the Strong and Mighty."... And again we saw angels
waving fans of light, and some of them bore vessels wherefrom there went

out scents which for sweetness exceeded those of all the flowers in the
world....
        And when we saw all this we all wept with a sore weeping, and we
made
lamentation, and said, "O our Lord and God, forgive us, for we have
believed in Thee; leave us not orphans." And the head of me, Peter, was
bowed down to the earth through fear of what I had seen, and my heart
was moved. Then my Lord and God looked at me, and He said unto me, "O
Peter, be not sorrowful;" and He stretched out His right hand to me, and

said unto me, "Rise up, be strong, and make thy brethren to be strong,
and keep in your hearts what ye have seen." And we all rose up from the
ground, and stood upon our feet, and my Lord and God gave unto me a book

studded with precious stones and pearls, and in it was written the rest
of the knowledge which my Lord wished to declare unto me with His lips;
now the book was written by His holy and mighty hand, and there went
forth therefrom a light of beauty, the splendour of which exceeded that
of the brilliance of the sun when shining. And moreover, He gave me also

seven books studded with loadstone, which had been written by His own
hands. And again He said unto me, "O Peter, behold, there are written in

this book the mysteries which thou didst desire to know, and thou shalt
not reveal them except unto those who are in the right faith, even as
water is in iron." Now my brethren did not know that my God had given
unto me this book. And my Lord and God said unto me, "Know, O Peter,
that I never gave this book unto any man before, and I shall never again

give what I have now given unto thee to anyone except Mary, My mother,
by whom I became incarnate. Know, O Peter, that I will help thee by
means of another Apostle, who shall be with thee, and who shall help
thee in all the cities whereunto thou shalt preach the preaching of the
Gospel therein, and the people of which thou shalt teach. Do you
everything which I have commanded thee, and preach in My Name in all the

world." And when I had received into my hand the eight books which our
Lord had written with His own hand, wherein were written the mysteries
which the tongues of the children of men are neither able to utter, nor
to understand with their hearts, except those whose hearts are arrayed
in the strength of the gracious gift of baptism, I rejoiced. And I,
Peter, saw the race of the angels, and their apparel, and their
appearance, and their names. And I saw, moreover, a gathering together
of the armies of the angels with flaming chariots of fire, and they were

mounted upon horses of light; and when the children of men looked upon
them, their eyes were carried away by the sight thereof. And I heard a
voice which said, "O Peter, this book is not meet for anyone of the
Apostles except thyself alone." And I saw the angels in their assemblies

bowing down in homage before my Lord and God. Certain of them had their
loins girt about with broad girdles of light, and certain of them had
girded themselves with bands of light, without fringes, over their
apparel; and certain of them wore over their left shoulders long, narrow

scarves, with fringes; and in three places in each scarf, that is, in
the middle, and where it touched the shoulders, and in the part which
hung down over the back were written the words, "In the name of the
Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, One God." And certain of
the angels wore upon their shoulders a broad scarf, which in breadth was

as wide as a kerchief, and upon each were written at the four corners,
and in the middle, the words, "We are the good shepherds, and we believe

in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit." And
some of the angels had round their shoulders girdles, each of which was
of the width of two fingers, and at nine places in each one of them was
written, "Serve ye God with fear," and the faces of all of them were
like unto fire and unto the lightning which flasheth and is gone. And
the heavens, and the earth, and the air were filled with the angels, and

with the multitudes thereof. And, moreover, great numbers of the people
of Jerusalem at that time saw things which I was seeing, and there were
with them many of the Jews who had transgressed against righteousness,
and who did not believe in our Lord Jesus Christ. And they stood at that

time at the place where they could readily see these things, and fear
and dismay came upon them all, and they glorified God. Then some of them

who were doubtful concerning what they had seen wished to go up into the

Mount of Olives, and there came upon them tongues of fire and burned up
many of them.
      And again, I saw a cloud in the form of a bow which appeared among
the
clouds, and upon it was a tabernacle of light, and in the innermost part

thereof sat the holy Virgin Mary, who gave birth to our Lord in the
flesh. And angels surrounded her, and in their hands were swords and
spears of fire, and they said, "Blessed art thou, O fair vine-branch,
wherefrom sprang the grape-clusters of salvation. Blessed art thou, O
chamber, whose womb bore God, the Lord of Lords;" and when I had seen
this, my body burned with fire, and my bowels were greatly moved, and my

heart was dismayed.... And the Virgin Mary went and stood before the
throne of God, the Lord of Hosts, and all the hosts said unto her,
"Rejoice, O Lady of all living beings." And when the angels and those
who were with them had finished saluting the Virgin our Lord Jesus
Christ, the Son of the Living God, my God, appeared unto her, and all
the spiritual beings, and all the beings of light bowed down in homage
before Him. Then the Mother of the Light entered into the tabernacle of
light wherein our Lord sat upon his throne of glory, and she sat down
with Him for a space of three hours, and none knew what He said unto her

except herself, and then she came forth from His tabernacle of light.
And when she came forth the earth quaked, and I saw angels crying out in

their companies, and frequent shouts of joy went out from the mouths of
them all, and much praise, and the whole universe was filled with their
glorifyings; and I heard voices in the earth, the like of which I had
never heard before. And again, I saw a cloud over the Mount of Olives,
and I heard the voice of my Lord and God, saying thereunto, "Stand still

in thy place, O Mount, that thou mayest be a witness for me to My ascent

from thee into the heavens; and know, O mountain, that no one shall
ascend from thee except Myself into heaven until My second coming." And
after this my Lord God took me by the hand, and raised me up from my
knees, and I stood up in great power; and He said unto me, "Awake, O
Peter, and look upon these mysteries, for thou wast the first to become
a witness that I am the Son of the Living God, Who was, and Who is; and
thy heart shall then become the means of ascent unto heaven. And now,
behold, thy soul and thy heart are strong in thy body, and thy brethren
are with thee; be thou a witness to that which thou hast seen, and be
strong to conceal everything." And again I saw the Cherubim come, and
with them were chariots of light, and when I had seen the angels I was
dismayed. Then our Lord ascended upon a chariot of the Cherubim, and the

clouds bore Him away, and I heard the sounds of trumpets sounding. And I

saw the keys of light laid out, and censers filled with incense, not
that which is of the earth, but which is of heaven; and I heard on all
sides hymns of praise and psalms.... And I Peter and my brethren the
disciples watched the chariot whereon Christ our God had mounted until
it entered into the first heaven, and then I saw the gates of heaven
close.
        And as for us, we remained upon the Mount of Olives until the
time of
evening, and we prayed on the spot wherefrom we saw our Lord ascend into

heaven, and we also prayed upon the place where the chariot rested, and
upon the place whereon stood the tabernacle in which we had seen our
Lord. Then we the Apostles came down from the holy mountain, and entered

into the city of Jerusalem, and we came unto our Lady Mary and entered
into her house, and saluted her; and we made known to her concerning the

Ascension of her beloved Son, Who is our Lord and God Jesus Christ, the
Son of the Living God, Who hath existed for ever. And every day the
Apostles used to go up into the Mount of Olives at morn and at eve and
pray there.
* * * * * *

Now read what took place prior to the funeral of the Virgin Mary. The
following excerpts are from The Ante-Nicene Christian Library, Vol. 16,
translations of The Writings of the Fathers Down to A.D. 325, tr. by
Alexander Walker, Edinburgh, T&T Clark, 1873.

      And while she [Mary] was praying, I John came, the Holy Spirit
having snatched me up by a cloud from Ephesus, and set me in the place
where the mother of my Lord was lying. And having gone in beside her,
and glorified Him who had been born of her, I said: Hail, mother of my
Lord, who didst bring forth Christ our God, rejoice that in great glory
thou art going out of this life.... And the holy mother of God answered
and said to me: The Jews have sworn that after I have died they will
burn my body. And I answered and said to her: Thy holy and precious body
will by no means see corruption. And she answered and said to me: Bring
a censer, and cast incense, and pray. And there came a voice out of the
heavens saying the Amen. And I John heard this voice; and the Holy
Spirit said to me: John, hast thou heard this voice that spoke in the
heaven after the prayer was ended? And I answered and said: Yes, I
heard. And the Holy Spirit said to me: This voice which thou didst hear
denotes that the appearance of thy brethren the apostles is at hand, and
of the holy powers that they are coming hither to-day.
        And at this I John prayed.
        And the Holy Spirit said to the apostles: Let all of you
together, having come by the clouds from the ends of the world, be
assembled to holy Bethlehem by a whirlwind, on account of the mother of
our Lord Jesus Christ; Peter from Rome, Paul from Tiberia, Thomas from
Hither India, James from Jerusalem.... And Peter being lifted up by a
cloud, stood between heaven and earth, the Holy Spirit keeping him
steady. And at the same time, the rest of the apostles also, having been
snatched up in clouds, were found along with Peter. And thus by the Holy
Spirit, as has been said, they all came together.
        And having gone in beside the mother of our Lord and God, and
having adored, we said: Fear not, nor grieve; God the Lord, who was born
of thee, will take thee out of this world with glory. And rejoicing in
God her Saviour, she sat up in the bed, and says to the apostles: Now
have I believed that our Master and God is coming from heaven, and I
shall behold Him, and thus depart from this life, as I have seen that
you have come. And I wish you to tell me how you knew that I was
departing and came to me, and from what countries and through what
distances you have come hither, that you have thus made haste to visit
me. For neither has He who was born of me, our Lord Jesus Christ, the
God of the universe, concealed it; for I am persuaded even now that He
is the Son of the Most High.
        And Peter answered and said to the apostles: Let us each,
according to what the Holy Spirit announced and commanded us, give full
information to the mother of our Lord. And I John answered and said:
Just as I was going in to the holy altar in Ephesus to perform divine
service, the Holy Spirit says to me, The time of the departure of the
mother of thy Lord is at hand; go to Bethlehem to salute her. And a
cloud of light snatched me up, and set me down in the door where thou
art lying. Peter also answered: And I, living in Rome, about dawn heard
a voice through the Holy Spirit saying to me, The mother of thy Lord is
to depart, as the time is at hand; go to Bethlehem to salute her. And,
behold, a cloud of light snatched me up; and I beheld also the other
apostles coming to me on clouds, and a voice saying to me, Go all to
Bethlehem....
        The apostles said all these things to the holy mother of God,
why they had come, and in what way; and she stretched her hands to
heaven, and prayed.... And after the prayer she said to the apostles:
Cast incense, and pray. And when they had prayed, there was thunder from
heaven, and there came a fearful voice, as if of chariots; and, behold,
a multitude of a host of angels and powers, and a voice, as if of the
Son of man, was heard, and the seraphim in a circle round the house
where the holy, spotless mother of God and virgin was lying, so that all
who were in Bethlehem beheld all the wonderful things, and came to
Jerusalem and reported all the wonderful things that had come to pass.
And it came to pass, when the voice was heard, that the sun and the moon
suddenly appeared about the house; [evidently circular- and
crescent-shaped spaceships (K.U.)] ... And I beheld also that many signs
came to pass, the blind seeing, the deaf hearing, the lame walking,
lepers cleansed, and those possessed by unclean spirits cured; and every
one who was under disease and sickness, touching the outside of the wall
of the house where she was lying, cried out: Holy Mary, who didst bring
forth Christ our God, have mercy upon us. And they were straightway
cured. And great multitudes out of every country living in Jerusalem for
the sake of prayer, having heard of the signs that had come to pass in
Bethlehem through the mother of the Lord, came to the place seeking the
cure of various diseases, which also they obtained. And there was joy
unspeakable on that day among the multitude of those who had been cured,
as well as of those who looked on, glorifying Christ our God and His
mother. And all Jerusalem from Bethlehem kept festival with psalms and
spiritual songs.
        And the priests of the Jews, along with their people, were
astonished at the things which had come to pass; and being moved with
the heaviest hatred, and again with frivolous reasoning, having made an
assembly, they determine to send against the holy mother of God and the
holy apostles who were there in Bethlehem. And accordingly the multitude
of the Jews, having directed their course to Bethlehem, when at the
distance of one mile it came to pass that they beheld a frightful
vision, and their feet were held fast; and after this they returned to
their fellow-countrymen, and reported all the frightful vision to the
chief priests. And they, still more boiling with rage, go to the
procurator, crying out saying: The nation of the Jews has been ruined by
this woman; chase her from Bethlehem and the province of Jerusalem. And
the procurator, astonished at the wonderful things, said to them: I will
chase her neither from Bethlehem nor from any other place. And the Jews
continued crying out, and adjuring him by the health of Tiberius Caesar
to bring the apostles out of Bethlehem. And if you do not do so, we
shall report it to Caesar. Accordingly, being compelled, he sends a
tribune of the soldiers against the apostles to Bethlehem. And the Holy
Spirit says to the apostles and the mother of the Lord: Behold, the
procurator has sent a tribune against you, the Jews having made an
uproar. Go forth therefore from Bethlehem, and fear not: for, behold, by
a cloud I shall bring you to Jerusalem; for the power of the Father, and
the Son, and the Holy Spirit is with you. The apostles therefore rose up
immediately, and went forth from the house, carrying the bed of the Lady
the mother of God, and directed their course to Jerusalem; and
immediately, as the Holy Spirit had said, being lifted up by a cloud,
they were found in Jerusalem in the house of the Lady. And they stood
up, and for five days made an unceasing singing of praises. And when the
tribune came to Bethlehem, and found there neither the mother of the
Lord nor the apostles, he laid hold of the Bethlehemites, saying to
them: Did you not come telling the procurator and the priests all the
signs and wonders that had come to pass, and how the apostles had come
out of every country? Where are they, then? Come, go to the procuratot
at Jerusalem. For the tribune did not know of the departure of the
apostles and the Lord's mother to Jerusalem. The tribune then, having
taken the Bethlehemites, went in to the procurator, saying that he had
found no one. And after five days it was known to the procurator, and
the priests, and all the city, that the Lord's mother was in her own
house in Jerusalem, along with the apostles, from the signs and wonders
that came to pass there. And a multitude of men and women and virgins
came together, and cried out: Holy virgin, that didst bring forth Christ
our God, do not forget the generation of men. And when these things came
to pass, the people of the Jews, with the priests also, being the more
moved with hatred, took wood and fire, and came up, wishing to burn the
house where the Lord's mother was living with the apostles. And the
procurator stood looking at the sight from afar off. And when the people
of the Jews came to the door of the house, behold, suddenly a power of
fire coming forth from within, by means of an angel, burnt up a great
multitude of the Jews. And there was great fear throughout all the city;
and they glorified God, who had been born of her. And when the
procurator saw what had come to pass, he cried out to all the people,
saying: Truly he who was born of the virgin, whom you thought of driving
away, is the Son of God; for these signs are those of the true God. And
there was a division among the Jews; and many believed in the name of
our Lord Jesus Christ, in consequence of the signs that had come to
pass.
        And after all these wonderful things had come to pass through
the mother of God, and ever-virgin Mary the mother of the Lord, while we
the apostles were with her in Jerusalem, the Holy Spirit said to us: ...
Cast incense, because Christ is coming with a host of angels; and,
behold, Christ is at hand, sitting on a throne of cherubim. And while we
were all praying, there appeared innumerable multitudes of angels, and
the Lord mounted upon cherubim of great power; and, behold, a stream of
light coming to the holy virgin, because of the presence of her
only-begotten Son, and all the powers of heaven fell down and adored
Him. And the Lord, speaking to His mother, said: Mary. And she answered
and said: Here am I, Lord. And the Lord said to her: Grieve not, but let
thy heart rejoice and be glad; for thou hast found grace to behold the
glory given to me by my Father. And the holy mother of God looked up,
and saw in Him a glory which it is impossible for the mouth of man to
speak of, or to apprehend. And the Lord remained beside her, saying:
Behold, from the present time thy precious body will be transferred to
paradise, and thy holy soul to the heavens to the treasures of my Father
in exceeding brightness, where there is peace and joy of the holy
angels, --and other things besides.... And the mother of the Lord
prayed, and in her prayer spoke thus: O God, ... have mercy upon the
world, and every soul that calls upon Thy name.... And when she had thus
prayed, the Lord said to His mother: Let thy heart rejoice and be glad;
for every favour and every gift has been given to thee from my Father in
heaven, and from me, and from the Holy Spirit.... And the Lord turned
and said to Peter: The time has come to begin the singing of the hymn.
And Peter having begun the singing of the hymn, all the powers of the
heavens responded with the Alleluiah. And then the face of the mother of
the Lord shone brighter than the light, and she rose up and blessed each
of the apostles with her own hand, and all gave glory to God; and the
Lord stretched forth His undefiled hands, and received her holy and
blameless soul. And with the departure of her blameless soul the place
was filled with perfume and ineffable light; and, behold, a voice out of
the heaven was heard, saying: Blessed art thou among women. And Peter,
and I John, and Paul, and Thomas, ran and wrapped up her precious feet
for the consecration; and the twelve apostles put her precious and holy
body upon a couch, and carried it....
        And, behold, a new miracle. There appeared above the bier a
cloud exceeding great, like a great circle which is wont to appear
beside the splendour of the moon; and there was in the clouds an army of
angels sending forth a sweet song, and from the sound of the great
sweetness the earth resounded. Then the people, having gone forth from
the city, about fifteen thousand, wondered, saying: What is the sound of
so great sweetness? Then there stood up one who said to them: Mary has
departed from the body, and the disciples of Jesus are singing praises
around her. And looking, they saw the couch crowned with great glory,
and the apostles singing with a loud voice.
        And, behold, while they were carrying her, a certain well-born
Hebrew, Jephonias by name, running against the body, put his hands upon
the couch; and, behold, an angel of the Lord by invisible power, with a
sword of fire, cut off his two hands from his shoulders, and made them
hang about the couch, lifted up in the air....
        And when the apostles raised the bier, part of him hung, and
part of him adhered to the couch; and he was vehemently tormented with
pain, while the apostles were walking and singing. And the angels who
were in the clouds smote the people with blindness....
        And at this miracle which had come to pass all the people of the
Jews who beheld it cried out: Verily, He that was brought forth by thee
is the true God, O mother of God, ever-virgin Mary. And Jephonias
himself, when Peter ordered him, that the wonderful things of God might
be showed forth, stood up behind the couch, and cried out: Holy Mary,
who broughtest forth Christ who is God, have mercy upon me. And Peter
turned and said to him: In the name of Him who was born of her, thy
hands which have been taken away from thee, will be fixed on again. And
immediately, at the word of Peter, the hands hanging by the couch of the
Lady came, and were fixed on Jephonias. And he believed, and glorified
Christ, God who had been born of her.
        And when this miracle had been done, the apostles carried the
couch, and laid down her precious body in Gethsemane in a new tomb. And,
behold, a perfume of sweet savour came forth out of the holy sepulchre
of our lady the mother of God; and for three days the voices of
invisible angels were heard glorifying Christ our God, who had been born
of her....
        At mid-day on the fourth day all [the apostles] were gathered at
the tomb. A great voice came, saying: Go every one to his place till the
seventh month: for I have hardened the heart of the Jews, and they will
not be able to find the tomb or the body till I take it up to heaven.
Return on the 16th of Mesore. We returned to the house.
        In the seventh month after the death, i.e. on 15th of Mesore, we
reassembled at the tomb and spent the night in watching and singing....
        It came to pass after that we reached the 16th of Mesore, and
were gathered ... at the tomb. We saw lightnings and were afraid. There
was a sweet odour and a sound of trumpets. The door of the tomb opened:
there was a great light within. A chariot descended in fire: Jesus was
in it; he greeted us.
        He called into the tomb: Mary, my mother, arise! And we saw her
in the body, as if she had never died. Jesus took her into the chariot.
The angels went before them. A voice called, "Peace be to you, my
brethren."...
        And the apostles being taken up in the clouds, returned each
into the place allotted for his preaching, telling the great things of
God, and praising our Lord Jesus Christ, who liveth and reigneth with
the Father and the Holy Spirit, in perfect unity, and in one substance
of Godhead, for ever and ever. Amen.
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"Woe to the unbelievers when Christ shall come as judge, with angels, a
fiery chariot, a mighty wind."
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<P>user29846@digilinlk.net wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE>Chosen for what?</BLOCKQUOTE>
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<P>The Jews are chosen for incineration at Christ's return, as Christ promised:
"Just as the weeds are gathered and burned with fire, so will it be at
the close of the age. The Son of man will send his angels, and they will
gather out of his kingdom all causes of sin and all evildoers, and throw
them into the furnace of fire ..." [Matthew 13:40-42.]

<P>So apparently there is no need for the Nazis to get involved. Christ's
angels will take care of the anti-Christian elements. But how credible
is this promised cleanup? Do we have precedent that angels--i.e. spacemen--burned
Jews? Yes, we do.  Read the following concealed early-Christian ethiopic
texts as translated and edited by E.A. Wallis Budge from the British Museum
Manuscript Oriental 683:
<BR>  .......................................................................
<BR>     [Now it came to pass, that] ... Our Lord Jesus
Christ was on the Mount
<BR>of Olives, and I [Peter] was with Him after He had spoken unto me and
<BR>commanded me concerning all the Law. And again He said unto me, "O
<BR>Peter, go thou unto thy brethren, and call them unto Me here." So I
went
<BR>down from the Mount of Olives, and I left our Lord standing there;
and I
<BR>cried out to my brethren, that is to say, to James, and John, and
<BR>Andrew, and they cried out to the rest of the Twelve Apostles and to
the
<BR>Seventy-two Disciples, and <B>we all came into the mountain, and we
stood</B>
<BR><B>upon it facing towards the east, with Jerusalem lying below us.
Then a</B>
<BR><B>white and shining cloud, which was like unto a flame of fire, surrounded</B>
<BR><B>us, and all the people of Jerusalem saw the splendour thereof and
were</B>
<BR><B>dismayed. And we were standing in the midst of the cloud, and we
saw the</B>
<BR><B>doors of heaven opened, and the angels of light ascending and descending</B>
<BR><B>upon a ladder of light. And we saw our Lord standing at the foot
of the</B>
<BR><B>ladder, and He was wishing to ascend unto His throne of radiant
glory,</B>
<BR><B>and He stretched out His holy right hand, and blessed us.... And
again,</B>
<BR><B>we saw a chariot of light descend from heaven upon the wings of
the</B>
<BR><B>Cherubim, </B>and with it there were thousands and tens of thousands
of
<BR>thousands of angels [i.e. a great multitude of angels], and the
<BR>Seraphim, each of whom had six wings; and they all in their various
<BR>grades were singing praises, and crying out joyfully, and were ascribing
<BR>holiness and thanks unto Him to the strains of beautiful music, and
<BR>clear and sweet voices. Now all the Apostles, and the company of the
<BR>Seventy-two Disciples rejoiced, even as we rejoiced at the time of
the
<BR>Resurrection. And we heard the sounds of trumpets and of horns, and
the
<BR>angels in their various companies cried out with loud cries of glory
and
<BR>with praising and glorifyings. And certain companies of the angels
<BR>ascribed glory unto God, and said, "Blessed be God Who is from the
<BR>beginning, and Who shall endure for ever! Amen."...
<BR>        And again we heard above
a great and awful voice which was like unto
<BR>thunder, and it said, "Open ye the gates, O princes, and let the doors
<BR>which were from the Creation be opened, and the King of glory and honour
<BR>shall come in." And again we heard the voices of the celestial companies
<BR>who were standing by the throne, saying, "Who is this king of glory
and
<BR>honour?" And the voice, which we heard before, answered and said unto
<BR>them, "It is God, the Strong and Mighty."... And again <B>we saw angels</B>
<BR><B>waving fans of light,</B> and some of them bore vessels wherefrom
there went
<BR>out scents which for sweetness exceeded those of all the flowers in
the
<BR>world....
<BR>        And when we saw all this
we all wept with a sore weeping, and we made
<BR>lamentation, and said, "O our Lord and God, forgive us, for we have
<BR>believed in Thee; leave us not orphans." And the head of me, Peter,
was
<BR>bowed down to the earth through fear of what I had seen, and my heart
<BR>was moved. Then my Lord and God looked at me, and He said unto me,
"O
<BR>Peter, be not sorrowful;" and He stretched out His right hand to me,
and
<BR>said unto me, "Rise up, be strong, and make thy brethren to be strong,
<BR>and keep in your hearts what ye have seen." And we all rose up from
the
<BR>ground, and stood upon our feet, and my Lord and God gave unto me a
book
<BR>studded with precious stones and pearls, and in it was written the
rest
<BR>of the knowledge which my Lord wished to declare unto me with His lips;
<BR>now the book was written by His holy and mighty hand, and there went
<BR>forth therefrom a light of beauty, the splendour of which exceeded
that
<BR>of the brilliance of the sun when shining. And moreover, He gave me
also
<BR>seven books studded with loadstone, which had been written by His own
<BR>hands. And again He said unto me, <B>"O Peter, behold, there are written
in</B>
<BR><B>this book the mysteries which thou didst desire to know, and thou
shalt</B>
<BR><B>not reveal them except unto those who are in the right faith,</B>
even as
<BR>water is in iron." Now my brethren did not know that my God had given
<BR>unto me this book. And my Lord and God said unto me, "Know, O Peter,
<BR>that I never gave this book unto any man before, and I shall never
again
<BR>give what I have now given unto thee to anyone except <B>Mary, My mother,</B>
<BR><B>by whom I became incarnate. </B>Know, O Peter, that I will help
thee by
<BR>means of another Apostle, who shall be with thee, and who shall help
<BR>thee in all the cities whereunto thou shalt preach the preaching of
the
<BR>Gospel therein, and the people of which thou shalt teach. Do you
<BR>everything which I have commanded thee, and preach in My Name in all
the
<BR>world." And when I had received into my hand the eight books which
our
<BR>Lord had written with His own hand, wherein were written the mysteries
<BR>which the tongues of the children of men are neither able to utter,
nor
<BR>to understand with their hearts, except those whose hearts are arrayed
<BR>in the strength of the gracious gift of baptism, I rejoiced. <B>And
I,</B>
<BR><B>Peter, saw the race of the angels, and their apparel, and their</B>
<BR><B>appearance, and their names. And I saw, moreover, a gathering together</B>
<BR><B>of the armies of the angels with flaming chariots of fire, and they
were</B>
<BR><B>mounted upon horses of light; and when the children of men looked
upon</B>
<BR><B>them, their eyes were carried away by the sight thereof. </B>And
I heard a
<BR>voice which said, "O Peter, this book is not meet for anyone of the
<BR>Apostles except thyself alone." <B>And I saw the angels in their assemblies</B>
<BR><B>bowing down in homage before my Lord and God. Certain of them had
their</B>
<BR><B>loins girt about with broad girdles of light, and certain of them
had</B>
<BR><B>girded themselves with bands of light, without fringes, over their</B>
<BR><B>apparel;</B> and certain of them wore over their left shoulders
long, narrow
<BR>scarves, with fringes; and in three places in each scarf, that is,
in
<BR>the middle, and where it touched the shoulders, and in the part which
<BR>hung down over the back were written the words, "In the name of the
<BR>Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, One God." And certain
of
<BR>the angels wore upon their shoulders a broad scarf, which in breadth
was
<BR>as wide as a kerchief, and upon each were written at the four corners,
<BR>and in the middle, the words, "<B>We are the good shepherds</B>, and
we believe
<BR>in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit."
And
<BR>some of the angels had round their shoulders girdles, each of which
was
<BR>of the width of two fingers, and at nine places in each one of them
was
<BR>written, "Serve ye God with fear," and the faces of all of them were
<BR>like unto fire and unto the lightning which flasheth and is gone. <B>And</B>
<BR><B>the heavens, and the earth, and the air were filled with the angels,
and</B>
<BR><B>with the multitudes thereof. And, moreover, great numbers of the
people</B>
<BR><B>of Jerusalem at that time saw things which I was seeing, and there
were</B>
<BR><B>with them many of the Jews who had transgressed against righteousness,</B>
<BR><B>and who did not believe in our Lord Jesus Christ. And they stood
at that</B>
<BR><B>time at the place where they could readily see these things, and
fear</B>
<BR><B>and dismay came upon them all, and they glorified God. Then some
of them</B>
<BR><B>who were doubtful concerning what they had seen wished to go up
into the</B>
<BR><B>Mount of Olives, and there came upon them tongues of fire and burned
up</B>
<BR><B>many of them.</B>
<BR>      <B>And again, I saw a cloud in the form
of a bow which appeared among the</B>
<BR><B>clouds, and upon it was a tabernacle of light, and in the innermost
part</B>
<BR><B>thereof sat the holy Virgin Mary, who gave birth to our Lord in
the</B>
<BR><B>flesh. And angels surrounded her, and in their hands were swords
and</B>
<BR><B>spears of fire, and they said, "Blessed art thou, O fair vine-branch,</B>
<BR><B>wherefrom sprang the grape-clusters of salvation. Blessed art thou,
O</B>
<BR><B>chamber, whose womb bore God, the Lord of Lords;"</B> and when I
had seen
<BR>this, my body burned with fire, and my bowels were greatly moved, and
my
<BR>heart was dismayed.... And the Virgin Mary went and stood before the
<BR>throne of God, the Lord of Hosts, and all the hosts said unto her,
<BR>"Rejoice, O Lady of all living beings." And when the angels and those
<BR>who were with them had finished saluting the Virgin our Lord Jesus
<BR>Christ, the Son of the Living God, my God, appeared unto her, and all
<BR>the spiritual beings, and all the beings of light bowed down in homage
<BR>before Him. Then the Mother of the Light entered into the tabernacle
of
<BR>light wherein our Lord sat upon his throne of glory, and she sat down
<BR>with Him for a space of three hours, and none knew what He said unto
her
<BR>except herself, and then she came forth from His tabernacle of light.
<BR>And when she came forth the earth quaked, and I saw angels crying out
in
<BR>their companies, and frequent shouts of joy went out from the mouths
of
<BR>them all, and much praise, and the whole universe was filled with their
<BR>glorifyings; and I heard voices in the earth, the like of which I had
<BR>never heard before. <B>And again, I saw a cloud over the Mount of Olives,</B>
<BR><B>and I heard the voice of my Lord and God, saying thereunto, "Stand
still</B>
<BR><B>in thy place, O Mount, that thou mayest be a witness for me to My
ascent</B>
<BR><B>from thee into the heavens; and know, O mountain, that no one shall</B>
<BR><B>ascend from thee except Myself into heaven until My second coming."
</B>And
<BR>after this my Lord God took me by the hand, and raised me up from my
<BR>knees, and I stood up in great power; and He said unto me, "Awake,
O
<BR>Peter, and look upon these mysteries, for thou wast the first to become
<BR>a witness that I am the Son of the Living God, Who was, and Who is;
and
<BR>thy heart shall then become the means of ascent unto heaven. And now,
<BR>behold, thy soul and thy heart are strong in thy body, and thy brethren
<BR>are with thee; be thou a witness to that which thou hast seen, and
<B>be</B>
<BR><B>strong to conceal everything.</B>" <B>And again I saw the Cherubim
come, and</B>
<BR><B>with them were chariots of light, and when I had seen the angels
I was</B>
<BR><B>dismayed. Then our Lord ascended upon a chariot of the Cherubim,
and the</B>
<BR><B>clouds bore Him away, and I heard the sounds of trumpets sounding.
And I</B>
<BR><B>saw the keys of light laid out, and censers filled with incense,
not</B>
<BR><B>that which is of the earth, but which is of heaven; and I heard
on all</B>
<BR><B>sides hymns of praise and psalms.... And I Peter and my brethren
the</B>
<BR><B>disciples watched the chariot whereon Christ our God had mounted
until</B>
<BR><B>it entered into the first heaven, and then I saw the gates of heaven</B>
<BR><B>close.</B>
<BR><B>        And as for us, we remained
upon the Mount of Olives until the time of</B>
<BR><B>evening, and we prayed on the spot wherefrom we saw our Lord ascend
into</B>
<BR><B>heaven, and we also prayed upon the place where the chariot rested,
and</B>
<BR><B>upon the place whereon stood the tabernacle in which we had seen
our</B>
<BR><B>Lord. Then we the Apostles came down from the holy mountain, and
entered</B>
<BR><B>into the city of Jerusalem, and we came unto our Lady Mary and entered</B>
<BR><B>into her house, and saluted her; and we made known to her concerning
the</B>
<BR><B>Ascension of her beloved Son, Who is our Lord and God Jesus Christ,
the</B>
<BR><B>Son of the Living God, Who hath existed for ever. And every day
the</B>
<BR><B>Apostles used to go up into the Mount of Olives at morn and at eve
and</B>
<BR><B>pray there.</B>
<BR>* * * * * *

<P>Now read what took place prior to the funeral of the Virgin Mary. The
following excerpts are from <I>The Ante-Nicene Christian Library,</I> Vol.
16, translations of <I>The Writings of the Fathers Down to A.D. 325</I>,
tr. by Alexander Walker, Edinburgh, T&T Clark, 1873.

<P>      And while she [Mary] was praying, <B>I
John came, the Holy Spirit having snatched me up by a cloud from Ephesus</B>,
and set me in the place where the mother of my Lord was lying. And having
gone in beside her, and glorified Him who had been born of her, I said:
Hail, mother of my Lord, who didst bring forth Christ our God, rejoice
that in great glory thou art going out of this life.... <B>And the holy
mother of God answered and said to me: The Jews have sworn that after I
have died they will burn my body. </B>And I answered and said to her: Thy
holy and precious body will by no means see corruption. And she answered
and said to me: Bring a censer, and cast incense, and pray. And there came
a voice out of the heavens saying the Amen. And I John heard this voice;
and the Holy Spirit said to me: John, hast thou heard this voice that spoke
in the heaven after the prayer was ended? And I answered and said: Yes,
I heard. And the Holy Spirit said to me: This voice which thou didst hear
denotes that the appearance of thy brethren the apostles is at hand, and
of the holy powers that they are coming hither to-day.
<BR>        And at this I John prayed.
<BR>        And the Holy Spirit said
to the apostles: <B>Let all of you together, having come by the clouds
from the ends of the world, be assembled to holy Bethlehem </B>by a whirlwind,
on account of the mother of our Lord Jesus Christ; Peter from Rome, Paul
from Tiberia, Thomas from Hither India, James from Jerusalem.... <B>And
Peter being lifted up by a cloud, stood between heaven and earth, </B>the
Holy Spirit keeping him steady. <B>And at the same time, the rest of the
apostles also, having been snatched up in clouds, were found along with
Peter.</B> And thus by the Holy Spirit, as has been said, they all came
together.
<BR>        And having gone in beside
the mother of our Lord and God, and having adored, we said: Fear not, nor
grieve; God the Lord, who was born of thee, will take thee out of this
world with glory. And rejoicing in God her Saviour, she sat up in the bed,
and says to the apostles: Now have I believed that our Master and God is
coming from heaven, and I shall behold Him, and thus depart from this life,
as I have seen that you have come. And I wish you to tell me how you knew
that I was departing and came to me, and from what countries and through
what distances you have come hither, that you have thus made haste to visit
me. For neither has He who was born of me, our Lord Jesus Christ, the God
of the universe, concealed it; for I am persuaded even now that He is the
Son of the Most High.
<BR>        And Peter answered and said
to the apostles: Let us each, according to what the Holy Spirit announced
and commanded us, give full information to the mother of our Lord. And
I John answered and said: Just as I was going in to the holy altar in Ephesus
to perform divine service, the Holy Spirit says to me, The time of the
departure of the mother of thy Lord is at hand; go to Bethlehem to salute
her. <B>And a cloud of light snatched me up, and set me down in the door
where thou art lying. </B>Peter also answered: And I, living in Rome, about
dawn heard a voice through the Holy Spirit saying to me, The mother of
thy Lord is to depart, as the time is at hand; go to Bethlehem to salute
her. <B>And, behold, a cloud of light snatched me up; and I beheld also
the other apostles coming to me on clouds, and a voice saying to me, Go
all to Bethlehem....</B>
<BR>        The apostles said all these
things to the holy mother of God, why they had come, and in what way; and
she stretched her hands to heaven, and prayed.... And after the prayer
she said to the apostles: Cast incense, and pray.<B> And when they had
prayed, there was thunder from heaven, and there came a fearful voice,
as if of chariots; and, behold, a multitude of a host of angels and powers,
and a voice, as if of the Son of man, was heard, and the seraphim in a
circle round the house where the holy, spotless mother of God and virgin
was lying, so that all who were in Bethlehem beheld all the wonderful things,
and came to Jerusalem and reported all the wonderful things that had come
to pass. </B>And it came to pass, when the voice was heard, that the sun
and the moon suddenly appeared about the house; [evidently circular- and
crescent-shaped spaceships (K.U.)] ... <B>And I beheld also that many signs
came to pass, the blind seeing, the deaf hearing, the lame walking, lepers
cleansed, and those possessed by unclean spirits cured; and every one who
was under disease and sickness, touching the outside of the wall of the
house where she was lying, cried out: Holy Mary, who didst bring forth
Christ our God, have mercy upon us. And they were straightway cured. </B>And
great multitudes out of every country living in Jerusalem for the sake
of prayer, having heard of the signs that had come to pass in Bethlehem
through the mother of the Lord, came to the place seeking the cure of various
diseases, which also they obtained. And there was joy unspeakable on that
day among the multitude of those who had been cured, as well as of those
who looked on, glorifying Christ our God and His mother. And all Jerusalem
from Bethlehem kept festival with psalms and spiritual songs.
<BR>        And the priests of the Jews,
along with their people, were astonished at the things which had come to
pass; and being moved with the heaviest hatred, and again with frivolous
reasoning, having made an assembly, they determine to send against the
holy mother of God and the holy apostles who were there in Bethlehem. And
accordingly the multitude of the Jews, having directed their course to
Bethlehem, when at the distance of one mile it came to pass that they beheld
a frightful vision, and their feet were held fast; and after this they
returned to their fellow-countrymen, and reported all the frightful vision
to the chief priests. And they, still more boiling with rage, go to the
procurator, crying out saying: The nation of the Jews has been ruined by
this woman; chase her from Bethlehem and the province of Jerusalem. And
the procurator, astonished at the wonderful things, said to them: I will
chase her neither from Bethlehem nor from any other place. And the Jews
continued crying out, and adjuring him by the health of Tiberius Caesar
to bring the apostles out of Bethlehem. And if you do not do so, we shall
report it to Caesar. Accordingly, being compelled, he sends a tribune of
the soldiers against the apostles to Bethlehem. And the Holy Spirit says
to the apostles and the mother of the Lord: Behold, the procurator has
sent a tribune against you, the Jews having made an uproar. Go forth therefore
from Bethlehem, and fear not: for, <B>behold, by a cloud I shall bring
you to Jerusalem;</B> for the power of the Father, and the Son, and the
Holy Spirit is with you. The apostles therefore rose up immediately, and
went forth from the house, carrying the bed of the Lady the mother of God,
and directed their course to Jerusalem; and immediately, <B>as the Holy
Spirit had said, being lifted up by a cloud, they were found in Jerusalem
in the house of the Lady. </B>And they stood up, and for five days made
an unceasing singing of praises. And when the tribune came to Bethlehem,
and found there neither the mother of the Lord nor the apostles, he laid
hold of the Bethlehemites, saying to them: Did you not come telling the
procurator and the priests all the signs and wonders that had come to pass,
and how the apostles had come out of every country? Where are they, then?
Come, go to the procuratot at Jerusalem. For the tribune did not know of
the departure of the apostles and the Lord's mother to Jerusalem. The tribune
then, having taken the Bethlehemites, went in to the procurator, saying
that he had found no one. And after five days it was known to the procurator,
and the priests, and all the city, that the Lord's mother was in her own
house in Jerusalem, along with the apostles, from the signs and wonders
that came to pass there. And a multitude of men and women and virgins came
together, and cried out: Holy virgin, that didst bring forth Christ our
God, do not forget the generation of men. <B>And when these things came
to pass, the people of the Jews, with the priests also, being the more
moved with hatred, took wood and fire, and came up, wishing to burn the
house where the Lord's mother was living with the apostles. And the procurator
stood looking at the sight from afar off. And when the people of the Jews
came to the door of the house, behold, suddenly a power of fire coming
forth from within, by means of an angel, burnt up a great multitude of
the Jews. And there was great fear throughout all the city; and they glorified
God, who had been born of her. </B>And when the procurator saw what had
come to pass, he cried out to all the people, saying: Truly he who was
born of the virgin, whom you thought of driving away, is the Son of God;
for these signs are those of the true God. And there was a division among
the Jews; and many believed in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, in consequence
of the signs that had come to pass.
<BR>        And after all these wonderful
things had come to pass through the mother of God, and ever-virgin Mary
the mother of the Lord, while we the apostles were with her in Jerusalem,
the Holy Spirit said to us: ... Cast incense, because Christ is coming
with a host of angels; and, behold, <B>Christ is at hand, sitting on a
throne of cherubim.</B> <B>And while we were all praying, there appeared
innumerable multitudes of angels, and the Lord mounted upon cherubim of
great power; and, behold, a stream of light coming to the holy virgin,
because of the presence of her only-begotten Son, </B>and all the powers
of heaven fell down and adored Him. And the Lord, speaking to His mother,
said: Mary. And she answered and said: Here am I, Lord. And the Lord said
to her: Grieve not, but let thy heart rejoice and be glad; for thou hast
found grace to behold the glory given to me by my Father. And the holy
mother of God looked up, and saw in Him a glory which it is impossible
for the mouth of man to speak of, or to apprehend. And the Lord remained
beside her, saying: Behold, from the present time thy precious body will
be transferred to paradise, and thy holy soul to the heavens to the treasures
of my Father in exceeding brightness, where there is peace and joy of the
holy angels, --and other things besides.... And the mother of the Lord
prayed, and in her prayer spoke thus: O God, ... have mercy upon the world,
and every soul that calls upon Thy name.... And when she had thus prayed,
the Lord said to His mother: Let thy heart rejoice and be glad; for every
favour and every gift has been given to thee from my Father in heaven,
and from me, and from the Holy Spirit.... And the Lord turned and said
to Peter: The time has come to begin the singing of the hymn. And Peter
having begun the singing of the hymn, all the powers of the heavens responded
with the Alleluiah. And then the face of the mother of the Lord shone brighter
than the light, and she rose up and blessed each of the apostles with her
own hand, and all gave glory to God; and the Lord stretched forth His undefiled
hands, and received her holy and blameless soul. <B>And with the departure
of her blameless soul the place was filled with perfume and ineffable light;
and, behold, a voice out of the heaven was heard, saying: Blessed art thou
among women. </B>And Peter, and I John, and Paul, and Thomas, ran and wrapped
up her precious feet for the consecration; and the twelve apostles put
her precious and holy body upon a couch, and carried it....
<BR>       <B> And, behold, a new miracle.
There appeared above the bier a cloud exceeding great, like a great circle
which is wont to appear beside the splendour of the moon; and there was
in the clouds an army of angels sending forth a sweet song, and from the
sound of the great sweetness the earth resounded. </B>Then the people,
having gone forth from the city, about fifteen thousand, wondered, saying:
What is the sound of so great sweetness? Then there stood up one who said
to them: Mary has departed from the body, and the disciples of Jesus are
singing praises around her. And looking, they saw the couch crowned with
great glory, and the apostles singing with a loud voice.
<BR>       <B> And, behold, while they
were carrying her, a certain well-born Hebrew, Jephonias by name, running
against the body, put his hands upon the couch; and, behold, an angel of
the Lord by invisible power, with a sword of fire, cut off his two hands
from his shoulders, and made them hang about the couch, lifted up in the
air....</B>
<BR><B>        And when the apostles
raised the bier, part of him hung, and part of him adhered to the couch;
and he was vehemently tormented with pain, while the apostles were walking
and singing. And the angels who were in the clouds smote the people with
blindness....</B>
<BR>        And at this miracle which
had come to pass all the people of the Jews who beheld it cried out: Verily,
He that was brought forth by thee is the true God, O mother of God, ever-virgin
Mary. And Jephonias himself, when Peter ordered him, that the wonderful
things of God might be showed forth, stood up behind the couch, and cried
out: Holy Mary, who broughtest forth Christ who is God, have mercy upon
me. And Peter turned and said to him: In the name of Him who was born of
her, thy hands which have been taken away from thee, will be fixed on again.
And immediately, at the word of Peter, the hands hanging by the couch of
the Lady came, and were fixed on Jephonias. And he believed, and glorified
Christ, God who had been born of her. 
<BR>        And when this miracle had
been done, the apostles carried the couch, and laid down her precious body
in Gethsemane in a new tomb. And, behold, a perfume of sweet savour came
forth out of the holy sepulchre of our lady the mother of God; and for
three days the voices of invisible angels were heard glorifying Christ
our God, who had been born of her....
<BR>        At mid-day on the fourth
day all [the apostles] were gathered at the tomb. A great voice came, saying:
Go every one to his place till the seventh month: for I have hardened the
heart of the Jews, and they will not be able to find the tomb or the body
till I take it up to heaven. Return on the 16th of Mesore. We returned
to the house.
<BR>        In the seventh month after
the death, i.e. on 15th of Mesore, we reassembled at the tomb and spent
the night in watching and singing....
<BR>        <B>It came to pass after
that we reached the 16th of Mesore, and were gathered ... at the tomb.
We saw lightnings and were afraid. There was a sweet odour and a sound
of trumpets. The door of the tomb opened: there was a great light within.
A chariot descended in fire: Jesus was in it; he greeted us.</B>
<BR><B>        He called into the tomb:
Mary, my mother, arise! And we saw her in the body, as if she had never
died. Jesus took her into the chariot. The angels went before them. A voice
called, "Peace be to you, my brethren."...</B>
<BR>        <B>And the apostles being
taken up in the clouds, returned each into the place allotted for his preaching,</B>
telling the great things of God, and praising our Lord Jesus Christ, who
liveth and reigneth with the Father and the Holy Spirit, in perfect unity,
and in one substance of Godhead, for ever and ever. Amen.
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<P>Labor donated for the enlightenment of the Jews by Kazmer Ujvarosy
<BR>Kazmer@sj.bigger.net

<P><B>"Woe to the unbelievers when Christ shall come as judge, with angels,
a fiery chariot, a mighty wind."</B>
<BR>--<I>The Revelation of Stephen</I>
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