*** Reference: John 6:25 and 7:38
Chapter XLIII - The Devil attempts arson.
1 Then Adam and Eve were afraid, and stood still. And
Adam said to Eve, "What is that fire by our cave? We have
done nothing in it to cause this fire.
2 We neither have bread to bake therein, nor broth to
cook there. As to this fire, we have never known anything
like it, neither do we know what to call it.
3 But ever since God sent the cherub with a sword of
fire that flashed and lightened in his hand, from fear of
which we fell down and were like corpses, have we not seen
the like.
4 But now, O Eve, behold, this is the same fire that
was in the cherub's hand, which God has sent to keep the
cave in which we live.
5 O Eve, it is because God is angry with us, and will
drive us from it.
6 O Eve, we have again transgressed His commandment in
that cave, so that He had sent this fire to burn around it,
and to prevent us from going into it.
7 If this be really so, O Eve, where shall we live?
And where shall we flee from before the face of the Lord?
Since, in regards to the garden, He will not let us live in
it, and He has deprived us of the good things thereof; but
He has placed us in this cave, in which we have borne
darkness, trials and hardships, until at last we have found
comfort therein.
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