on the throne,) should act, for He is everywhere [and is] the Almighty,
there is nothing He is not able for that He wills in the heavens or the
earth, but Satan had already allured Adam and tempted him, and caused him to
inherit death and disobedience and made him go out of the garden, and
boasted over him and his race. The Wicked One thought that he would not
cease to conquer the race of Adam and weary them, and that no one could save
them from his error. It pleased God to destroy him and to trample on him by
that Man whom he had tempted and sought to weaken. God destroyed him and put
him beneath Him in his disobedience through what he intended. God sent from
His throne His Word which is from Himself, and saved the race of Adam and
clothed Himself with this weak conquered Man through Mary the good, whom God
chose from the women of the ages. He was veiled in her, and by that He
destroyed the Evil One, and conquered and subdued him and left him weak and
contemptible. He boasts not over the race of Adam, for it was a terrible
grief when God conquered him by this Man with whom He clothed Himself. If
God were to destroy Satan without clothing Himself with this Man by whom He
healed him, Satan would not have found grief and remorse.
"Behold," said verily the Wicked One, "I have allured and
tempted and sent out of the garden the Man whom God created by His hand in
His image and likeness. I have snatched him from God and caused him to
inherit * *" "* * * thou shalt give birth to the Christ, the
Saviour of Israel." And Mary said, "How shall I have a child, and
a man hath not touched me?" And Gabriel said, "The Spirit of God
shall come down upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall rest upon
thee, and He who shall be born of thee shall be called Holy, the Son of the
Highest. Thou art blessed among women." What truer witness can there be
than [that] from Gabriel the Archangel, who stands beside the throne, and is
sent to all evangelists and prophets from God? The Christ was born of Mary
the pure by the Holy Ghost without any man touching her, God of God and
Light of His Light, His Word and His
