CHAPTER 7
It happened when the sun rose in the East now after-
wards, through the First Mystery which had existed from
the beginning, because of which ( the All existed, from
which I myself have come just now - not prior to my
crucifixion , but now - it happened through the command
of that mystery, it sent me my garment of light, which it
had given to me from the beginning, which I had left behind
in the last mystery which is the 24th mystery from within
outwards, these (24 mysteries) which are in the ranks of the
second space of the First Mystery. That garment (of light)
now I had left behind in the last mystery until the time
was completed that I should put it on me, and that I should
begin to speak with the race of mankind, and reveal to them
all things from the beginning of the truth until its completion,
and speak to them from the innermost of the inner to the
outermost of the outer, and from the outermost of the outer
to the innermost of the inner. Rejoice and be glad , and
rejoice still more, that it is given to you that I should speak
with you first from the beginning of the truth until its com-
pletion. Because of this indeed I have chosen you from the
beginning ( through the First Mystery. Rejoice now and
be glad , because when I entered the world I brought the
twelve powers with me, as I told you from the beginning,
which I took from the twelve saviours of the Treasury
of Light, according to the command of the First Mystery.
These now I cast into the wombs of your mothers when
I came into the world, and it is these which are in your
bodies today. For these powers have been given to you above
the whole world, for you are those who are able to save
the whole world, so that you should be able to withstand
the threat of the archons of the world, and the sufferings
of the world and their dangers, and all their persecutions
which the archons of the height will bring upon you. For
I have said to you many times that the power which is
within you I have brought from the twelve saviours, which
are in the Treasury of Light. For this reason I have indeed
said to you from the beginning that you are not from the
world; I also am not from it . For all men who are in the
world have received souls from (the power) of the arclions
of the aeons. The power, however, which is in you, is from
me but your souls belong to the height. I have brought
twelve powers of the twelve saviours of the Treasury of
the Light, taking them from the part of my power which
I received at first. And when I entered the world I came
to the midst of the archons of the sphere, and I took the
likeness of Gabriel, the Angel of the aeons, and the archers
of the aeons did not recognise me . But they thought that
I was the Angel Gabriel. Now it happened that when I came
into the midst of the archons of the aeons, I looked down at
the world of mankind, at the command of the First Mystery.
I found Elisabeth, the mother of John the Baptist , before
she had conceived him and I cast into her a power which
I had received from the Little Jao , the Good, who is in the
Midst, so that he should be able to preach before me, and
prepare my way and baptise with water of forgiveness .
Now that power was in the body of John. And again, in
place of the soul of the archons which he was due to receive,
I found the soul of the prophet Elias in the aeons of the
sphere; and I took it in and I took his soul again; I brought
it to the Virgin of the Light, and she gave it to her
paralemptors . They brought it to the sphere of the archons,
and they cast it into the womb of Elisabeth. But the power
of the Little Jao, he of the Midst, and the soul of the
prophet Elias were bound in the body of John the Baptist.
You doubted now at the time when I spoke to you because
John said : 'I am not the Christ' and you said to me :
'lt is written in the scripture : when the Christ shall come,
there will come Elias before him and he will prepare his
way’. But when you said this to me, I said to you : 'Elias
has indeed come and he has prepared all things, as it is
written : And they did to him as they pleased. And when
I knew that you did not understand what I said to you
concerning the soul of Elias, which was bound in John the
Baptist, I answered you openly in speech, face to face, saying :
'lf it pleases you to accept John the Baptist, he is Elias of
whom I have said that he will come'".
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