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spirit." We remember also the prophecy of King David the prophet in
the beginning of this our book about the immersion of the Christ, when he
prophesied, saying, "The voice of the Lord is upon the water, the God
of glory thundereth, God is upon many waters." That was when the Christ
was baptized, and the Father bare witness from Heaven, saying, "This is
My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased, obey ye Him," and the Holy
Ghost came down from Heaven and abode upon the Christ. God shewed that day
to the children of Israel that God and His Word and His Sprit are one God in
Heaven and earth and in every place. This is the proof of what God's
prophets said about it of old time. Verily he who believeth not in God and
His Word and His Spirit, one God, hath not kept the faith in God and hath
not accepted the word of God's prophets, when they speak about everything
that He sent down to them, that God's Word is His strength and His wisdom,
and that the Holy Ghost is the life of everything. John son of Zacharia, the
prophet son of a prophet, about whom the Christ bare witness, saying to the
children of Israel, "Verily, verily I say unto you that among those
whom women have borne there is none greater than John the son of Zacharia,
the Baptist" This was because he baptized the Christ, and heard the
voice of the Father from Heaven, bearing witness and saying, "This is
My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased," and saw the Holy Ghost
descending from Heaven and it abode upon the Christ. The Christ said that
the least in the Kingdom of Heaven is greater than he. This [was] because
the least in the Kingdom of Heaven is greater than the great of the people
of the earth, in order that men might know that the despised people of
Heaven are greater than the great people of the earth, and that men might
long for the Kingdom of Heaven, and might lead a temperate life in the earth
and all that is therein. In the Coran there is a written mention of John the
son of Zacharia, saying, There Zacharia called on his Lord, saying,
"Lord, give me from Thee a good offspring, for Thou hearest
prayer." And the Angels called [to] him while he was
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