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Page 197
... Adam and Eve , a radiance like that of Christ receiving and reflecting the light from its divine source . Adam and Eve's nakedness , then , is their power . It enables an unveiled reflection to occur from God to man . In the reit ...
... Adam and Eve , a radiance like that of Christ receiving and reflecting the light from its divine source . Adam and Eve's nakedness , then , is their power . It enables an unveiled reflection to occur from God to man . In the reit ...
Page 210
... Adam . Even he will not " order " in this pristine time , travestying for Adam's benefit and for the purposes of the game his own posture as King of kings . Adam is allowed , even encouraged , to argue with the architect of all Creation ...
... Adam . Even he will not " order " in this pristine time , travestying for Adam's benefit and for the purposes of the game his own posture as King of kings . Adam is allowed , even encouraged , to argue with the architect of all Creation ...
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... Adam's acrimonious recriminations of Eve- " Out of my sight , thou serpent " ( 10.867 ) , lethal words that must be seen as proof of Adam's corruption - and although Nimrod and the kings of this world are in lineal descent from Adam ...
... Adam's acrimonious recriminations of Eve- " Out of my sight , thou serpent " ( 10.867 ) , lethal words that must be seen as proof of Adam's corruption - and although Nimrod and the kings of this world are in lineal descent from Adam ...
Contents
Acknowledgments | 1 |
Kings of This World | 9 |
Sultan and Barbarian | 51 |
Copyright | |
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