Melchizedek

The angel Gamaliel reveals to Melchizedek the mystery of the Savior, names the false teachers who will deny the Lord's flesh and resurrection, and proclaims the priesthood after the order of the Son of God.

1Jesus Christ, the Son of God, came forth from the realms above, that He might dwell among men and reveal the things which were hidden from the foundation of the world.

2He is the High Priest after the order which has no beginning of days nor end of life — the order which was before the world was, and which shall stand when the world has passed away.

3And the angel of God, whose name is Gamaliel, was sent unto Melchizedek the priest of God Most High, that he might unfold to him the mystery of the Beloved.

4And the angel said: Melchizedek, priest of God Most High, hear and understand, for the things which I shall speak unto thee are sealed unto the holy ones.

5Behold, the Savior shall come into the world. He shall be born of a virgin. He shall take upon Him true flesh, and not a likeness only, and He shall bear true suffering, and not a phantom.

6He shall hunger in truth and thirst in truth. He shall be wounded in truth, and shall die in truth, and in truth shall He rise from the dead on the third day.

7But there shall arise teachers in the latter days who shall say that He came not in the flesh, that He suffered not, that He died not, and that He rose not. These are deceivers, and the spirit of error is upon them.

8They shall say that the Savior came forth from a woman in seeming only, that His body was a phantasm, and that He bled not when He was pierced. Receive them not, neither give them welcome, for they have not the testimony of the Father.

9Therefore stand thou, O Melchizedek, in the truth, and let no man deceive thee. For the Son of God came down in true flesh, and in true flesh He shall ascend again to His Father.

10And thou, Melchizedek, shalt be a sign of Him in the days of thy ministry, for thou bearest in thy person the order of the Son of God, even the priesthood which is without father and without mother in this world.

11Thou shalt offer bread and wine before the Lord, in remembrance of the body and the blood which He shall give for the life of the world. And this offering shall be a token of His sacrifice from generation to generation.

12Thou shalt bless the seed of Abraham when he shall come up from the slaughter of the kings, and thou shalt receive of him a tithe of all, that the order of thy priesthood may pass through him unto the chosen seed.

13And the Father of Light hath sent Me unto thee, that thou mayest know the names of the powers which are above, and the names of the powers which are below, that thou mayest stand in the day of trial.

14For the powers of the lower world shall rise up against the saints, and there shall be a great war in the spirit. But the saints shall overcome by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony.

15Now I declare unto thee the holy names which the Father hath revealed: the Father is called the Invisible Spirit, and He is the Source of every aeon and the Root of all that is.

16And His First Thought is called Barbelo, the Mother-Father, the Womb of the All, who beareth the Only-Begotten in glory unspeakable.

17And the Only-Begotten is called the Self-Begotten Christ, the Son of the Living Father, who was anointed before the worlds were.

18And there are four Luminaries who stand about the throne: Harmozel, Oroiael, Daveithai, and Eleleth — the four pillars of the heavenly tabernacle.

19And there is the Triple Male Child, the youth of glory, the Christ the Word, who beareth the seal of the Father upon His brow.

20And there is Pigera-Adamas, the Heavenly Man, the first of the perfect — and his son Seth, the father of the unshakable race.

21These are the names of the holy ones, O Melchizedek, and these names are a fortress unto thee in the day when the adversary shall come against thee.

22For the rulers of darkness shall mock at the Cross. They shall say: He is overcome. They shall say: His kingdom is taken from Him. They shall set their seal of mockery upon His tomb.

23But thou shalt know in thy spirit that He is not overcome — that He hath descended into the deep places to bring up the captives, that He hath broken the gates of brass and the bars of iron.

24And on the third day He shall rise, and the powers of darkness shall flee from before His face, and the host of heaven shall worship Him, saying: Holy, holy, holy is the Lamb that was slain and liveth for ever.

25Therefore, Melchizedek, prepare thy heart. Receive the baptism of the Father, the chrism of the Son, and the seal of the Holy Spirit, that thou mayest stand pure before the throne.

26And take heed unto the words of this revelation. Speak them not before the unworthy. Cast not the pearls of the kingdom before the swine, lest they trample them and turn upon thee.

27But unto the children of the light, and unto the seed of Seth, and unto the holy generation that shall come after thee, declare these things, that they may keep the deposit of faith.

28And the Lord shall remember thee in the day of His coming, for thou hast carried His name in the mortal life, and thou hast offered the bread and the wine in the city of Salem, the city of peace.

29Thus saith Gamaliel, the messenger of the Father, unto Melchizedek the priest, in the year of the world according to the count of the patriarchs.

30And Melchizedek lifted up his hands and worshipped, and said: Lord God of hosts, Thy servant heareth. Be it done according to Thy word, for Thou hast made me a priest of the Most High forever.