days. Now come to the second day: Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it be divided, the waters from the waters. This was the second day; and now mark the second period of man, beginning in the second thousand, how fast they began to depart from the light, after Adam was gone, till I said the whole earth was in darkness, and I saw no just man upon the earth to walk in the light, but NOAH whom I commanded to make the ark there the waters were divided from the waters to make it as dry land to Noah, who walked in the light, but a deluge to them who walked in darkness. This was done in the second thousand, as it was placed in the second day; then know, in the third day, the waters were gathered together into one place, and the dry land appeared. Now come to to the third period, which I call the third thousand -But I know, thou sayest in thy heart, the two thousandth was not ended when the deluge appeared: yet consider it was in the two thousandth that the deluge was. And now I shall come to reason with thee, as I know the ponderings of thy heart, to make it clear: The two thousand should have been up before the deluge. But I answer thee, as the thousand years are compared to a day, where is the difference, if a thing be done in a day, whether it be done in the morning, the evening, or in the midst of the day, so it be done in a day; perfectly so in the day of the second thousand the deluge came upon man, and the ark divided the waters, to preserve Noah and his family alive. And now come to the third day, wherein the dry land was fixed; and know I said, after the deluge the waters should no more cover the earth; for I had set my bow in the clouds, as a sign for man; and the sea was fixed to keep his bounds. But now mark, in the third day the trees were planted to yield their fruit; and now mark, after the deluge, how I began to visit men, that they might yield their fruit: and witness how many did yield their fruit; witness Abraham, Isaac,

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and Jacob, and all the holy men through the Bible; see how they began to bring forth fruit that was good and the grass yielded seed after its kind; so all things after their kind brought forth their increase; and the fruit began to have a knowledge of their Lord, by my visitation to man; and yet their knowledge was but faint; and many became like the grass that was cut down. This went on to the fourth period, which I call the fourth day; and as I have told thee before, I now tell thee again, whether in the beginning of the day or the ending, it is no difference, so it be in the day; so in the day of the fourth thousand I CAME to be a light in the firmament of heaven, to divide the day from the night, for signs, and for seasons, for days, and for years; then know, O all men, I came into the world to be a greater light to mankind than they had received before; to be a sign unto them for days and years of the end. Thus did I come at the end of the day of the fourth thousand, to set signs unto man of the end, and to warn them of my coming again, after days and years had rolled on; for know I told them, "Hereafter ye shall see the SON of MAN coming in the clouds in great glory. So I came for signs and wonders unto them, to tell them the seasons and the signs in the firmament they should have at my coming. Thus I came to be a greater light to men than they had seen before by Moses; and yet Moses was a great light unto them, by all the miracles he wrought amongst them. So here are the two GREAT LIGHTS that came to man. But they will all find in the end, that he came from ME; for I was the light to establish that light, which it is written, that God made for mankind.-It is not for thee, nor for any man, to dive into the Mystery or the Divinity of the GODHEAD; for secret things belong to the Lord; so leave off thy pondering here, concerning the union of the Godhead-but know I came, as I told thee, at the end of the fourth day,

which was the fourth thousand, to be a greater light to men than they had received before, and set signs before them of the end; and as stars in the firmament were my disciples placed, to give light to them that walked in darkness; and many that walked in darkness saw the light and walked in that light; and many began to be like the Birds, they flew to heaven by faith in the Son of GoD. Thus did I bring in the fifth day by my Gospel; the five thousand years came in by the light of my Gospel, and many by faith mounted upward, as the wings of an eagle, while others, like the fish that remain in the sea, are still in darkness; for they have no wings of faith to trust in their redemption, through the light of my Gospel; for all seems covered to them, as the waters cover the fish in the sea, while others by faith, like the wings of a bird, ascend upward. Thus hath been the Gospel the fifth day for man; and this may be discerned from the dif ferent conducts of men, since my Gospel was established, and since I came to be a greater light to men than they had received before. And now I shall come to the Creation of Man-"Let us make man in our image, after our likeness, and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over all the cattle, and over all the earth. This was the sixth day's labour; and for this was man created; but mark, from what I have told thee of the past, he hath only gone through the shadow of his creation, what he was created for; therefore, I tell thee, it is the sixth day, in the sixth thousand years, that I shall complete the creation for man. I have laboured, and man hath laboured, ever since the Fall that followed the Creation; my Spirit hath been striving with man, and men have been striving one with another; those that were led by my Spirit have been striving and contending with those that resist my Spirit. Now as I had six days' labour in laying the plan of the Creation and bringing all things into

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539 existence, so it is written, one day is as a thousand years; and so must my labour go on with man, to bring man to that perfection I created him for at first; as the powers of darkness after came upon him, and brought him into darkness, so that he sees not whither he goeth. And now I tell thee and all men, the shadow of my work ended the sixth day, in the Creation of Man; but in an imperfect state, as man has gone on six thousand years: and ye know not how near they are ended, that I shall shorten the days. But know, as I have told thee before, the day is the day whether at noon or at evening; and now it is known unto you all, from the records of my Bible, the sixth thousand is drawing to an end; and know I said the days should be shortened-and I am come to shorten the days, and finish the end of my Creation: SO MAN that was formed in weakness shall now be made to rise in POWER, in the image and likeness of his GOD! Now let all thoughts go deep, that if one day with the Lord is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day, from the plan of the creation, I must know the fallen state of man, and how the powers of darkness would work with him, that it would come into the sixth thousand years, before I should finish my work with man, to make him come to that perfection that I created him for at first, to be in the perfect image and likeness of his GOD: and know this was the end of my labour; and I tell thee, this shall be the end of my labour; for my Spirit shall not always strive with man, neither shall the powers of darkness be always warring with man, or man with them; but my delight shall be with the sons of men; and their delight shall be to walk with ME: for know it is written, Behold I create all things new; a new Heaven and a new Earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness. Then if I create all things new, I must create MAN anew to the perfect image and likeness that I said I created him for; and

as my labour ended in the creation of man, te create him in my image and likeness the sixth day, so shall the sixth thousand bring man to that perfection that I created him for at first. Here I have shewed thee from the Creation, and from the words of the Scriptures, in what manner the chain is linked together; and how the last is first, by the state man went through, as though he were first created to go through these different scenes, as they were placed in the days of the creation. So the days went on for man, from the creation at first, though he was created the last; and now the last shall be the first, and my creation shall end in man, and give him power over every thing: though the powers of darkness had first power over man, but now will I give man power over them; and as the creation ended at first so will I establish it at last: and now there is the REST remaining for the people of God, as I rested from my labour, and called that day of rest a thousand years, as well as the days of my labour, so shall the day of rest be for man and ME. Now mark, from the Creation, how my Bible goes through to affirm that that day of rest must come for ME to dwell in peace and rest with my people one thousand years; and now I tell thee, if men divide that, they must divide all my Bible, and add it all another way, that no man living can explain, how I have made man in my own image, after my own likeness; or how I have fulfilled the Law or the Gospel. This cannot be explained by men, who add the Scriptures another way; then they must take away the Promises that stand throughout my Bible, and man must think to deceive his Maker at last, as Satan tried to deceive him at first. But, O vain and simple men! I am God, there is none besides ME; nor my honour will I give to another, to let the wisdom of men or devils frustrate the plan that I laid in the creation: but that plan cannot be accomplished, without I bring in man's