The Journeys of Gubir and Jaresh

1And Jaresh spoke saying, what know you of God? And King Oram spoke saying, I know that there is a great God which doth rule in the skies. And He hath power over all things. But of the ways or nature of this God I know not. And Jaresh spoke saying, what you say is true. There is a great God and unto us there are no other gods beside Him. For He hath no equal, nor a parent, nor a child. For He alone is our God. But behold the nature of God is like unto that of man. For he hath being and substance, and all of us are his children. And King Oram spake, How can this be? For you have said He hath no children. Do you seek to fool me for my lack of understanding? And Gubir spoke saying, We do not seek to fool you. For what Jaresh hath spoken is true. There is only one God whom we worship. And He does not have children whom we worship, but that doth not mean he hath no children. And He doth not have a parent whom we worship, but that doth not mean that he hath no parent. And it doth mean that there are none of those others whom we worship. For behold we are children of God in the spirit, and our flesh comes from the earth. And unto those who follow His Law we shall grow like unto our Father, for that is our nature. And He doth have power over all things, in the earth and under it, and in the sea, and in the sky, and even in the Heavens. And Jaresh did begin speaking, saying, But behold we do look forward to a time when God shall raise up a prophet in the world. And this prophet shall go forth and teach the laws of His father. And He shall atone for the sins of all men. For it is not possible that any man should atone save He be from God. For the nature of His flesh shall come from God and also from the earth. And it shall be so that He may suffer for the sins of all man, but He shall not die until the time appointed. And He shall seem unto many to be God. For He shall do the will of the Father. And He shall do nothing of His own will save He shall follow the Father. And thus He shall be like unto the Father and He shall be the Father for when one shall look upon Him they shall see the Father. And it has been spoken unto us that he shall be born in a land far from here. And he shall not come unto us until the time appointed. And King Oram spoke unto Gubir and Jaresh saying, Why doth this prophet come? For you have said He shall save man from their sins. So I ask why doth man need saved from sins? And Gubir spoke, Knowest though the creation of the world? And King Oram said, Nay. And Gubir spoke saying, God did create the world and all things therein, And he did create all His children. And two of His children He did create bodies for, upon the earth. And He placed the spirits of these children into those bodies. And he placed these souls into the prefect creation that was a garden. And outside of the garden was an imperfect world. And behold God commanded those children being one male and one female, to have children, and fill again the earth. But they could not do this for they were perfect being created by the hand of God. And King Oram did question Gubir and Jaresh, saying, How could it be that God commanded them to have children when it was not possible for them to do so? Surely a perfect God knoweth that they cannot have children. And Gubir spoke, You ask correctly, for this thing doth confound many men. God did command them thus for it was their purpose to come into the earth to bear children that the Spirits created by God might become souls. But because of their nature they could not do so. Wherefore it must needs be that they attain an imperfect state. And God could not create them in an imperfect state for such would be a punishment unto them. And at no time doth God punish except a man hath committed a sin. And God did create also a tree in that perfect garden that by eating the fruit of which would bring a knowledge of good and evil. For because of their state the man and woman were innocent and knew not good nor evil. And God did command them not to eat of that fruit. For if they should eat of that fruit they would become corrupted and fallen. And God did command such for if He commanded them to eat of the fruit they would receive a punishment. And God punishing no man who shall follow His commandment. Wherefore He must have forbidden them from eating of the fruit. And after a time the woman did eat of the fruit of that tree insomuch that she might have a knowledge like unto God even a knowledge of good and evil. And behold the women knew that their purpose in coming to this earth was to attain those attributes that they might dwell in the presence of God, for God had taught these things unto her. And she knew that because of what she had done she must die. And she went unto her husband and told him what had happened. And he also ate of the fruit for he knew that if he did not they could not fulfill the commandment of God to have children, for she would die. And because they partook of the fruit they did fall. And they could no longer live in the prefect garden and God did cast them out. And they became imperfect and prone to sin. And it is because of this that all men sin. And all men must be saved from their sins. For to return to live with God after this life, we must be sinless and perfect. For nothing dirty can live with God. And we cannot be sinless and perfect through our own actions. Rather it is through the atonement of that one who must come. For he shall be sinless and mighty, and in him we shall live. Now King Oram did know that what Gubir had spoken was the truth.