The Apocalypse of Adam

Translated by George W. MacRae

The revelation that Adam taught his son Seth in the seventh year, saying:

Listen to my words, my son Seth. When God created me from the earth, along with Eve, your mother,
I walked with her in a glory that she had seen in the eon from which we had come. She me
He taught a word of knowledge of the eternal God. And we resembled the great angels.
eternal, because we were taller than the god who had created us and the powers with him,
who we didn't know.

Then God, the ruler of the aeons and the powers, divided us in anger. Then we
we made two eons. And the glory in our hearts left us, me and your mother Eva, together
with the first knowledge that blew within us. And (glory) fled from us; it entered into
big [...] that had come out, not from this eon that we left, me and Eva your mother. But (the
knowledge) entered into the seed of the great eons. For this reason, I myself have
called by the name of that man who is the seed of the great generation or of whom
(comes). After those days, the eternal knowledge of the God of truth withdrew from me and
from your mother Eva. From that moment on, we learned dead things, like the
men. Then we recognized the God who had created us. Because we were not strangers to
his powers. And we served him with fear and slavery. And after these things, we
we darken in our heart(s). Now I slept in the thought of my heart.

And I saw three men in front of me, whose likeness I could not recognize, as they were not the
powers of the God who had created us. They surpassed the [...] glory, and the men [...] me
they said: "Arise, Adam, from the sleep of death, and listen about the aeon and the seed of
that man for whom life has come, who came from you and from Eve, your wife.

When I heard these words from the great men who were in front of me, we sighed,
me and Eva, in our heart(s). And the Lord, the God who had created us, was before
us. He said to us: "Adam, why did you both sigh in your hearts? Do you not know that I
I am the God who created you? And I breathed into you a spirit of life as a living soul." Then the
darkness came over our eyes.

Then the God who created us, created a son of his and Eve, his mother. I knew the sweet desire for your
, [...] because when I think of myself [...] I feel a sweet desire for your mother. Then the vigor
of our eternal knowledge was destroyed in us, and weakness pursued us. For the
Thus, the days of our life became scarce. Because I knew that I had fallen under the
authority of death.

Now, my son Set, I will reveal to you the things that those men I saw before me...
At first it was revealed to me: after having completed the times of this generation and the
years of the generation have been fulfilled, then [... ] slave [...]. (p.68 in blank)

For the rain of God will be poured out by the Almighty, to destroy all flesh [of God.
the Almighty, so that He can destroy all flesh] of the earth because of the things
what he seeks afterwards, together with those of the seed of men to whom it happened the
life of the knowledge that came from me and Eve, your mother. Because they were strangers to
He. Then, large angels will come on high clouds, who will bring those men to the
place where the spirit of life dwells in glory [...] there, [...] come from heaven to the
land. Then the whole multitude of flesh will be left behind in the waters.

Then God will rest from His anger. And He will cast His power over the waters, and He will give power to His...
children and their wives through the ark along with the animals, according to what pleases him, and the
birds of the sky, which he called and released upon the earth. And God will say to Noah - to whom the
generations will call 'Deucalion' - "Behold, I have protected you in the ark, along with your wife"
and your children and their wives and their animals and the birds of the sky, which you called and released upon the
land. Therefore, I will give the land to you, to you and your children. In a real way, you will govern over it, you
and your children. And from your men there will be no seeds of those who will not stand with you. my
presence in another glory.

Then they will become the cloud of great light. Those men will come who have been
expelled from the knowledge of the great eons and the angels. They will stand before Noah and the
ages. And God will say to Noah: 'Why have you strayed from what I told you? You have created another '
generation to mock my power." Then Noah will say: "I will testify before your power that
the generation of these men did not come from me or my children [...]. Knowledge.

And He will bring those men to their suitable land, and He will build a holy [place] for them.
dwelling. And they will be called by that name and will live there for six hundred years in knowledge
of imperceptibility. And the angels of the great Light will dwell with them. No filthy act
he will dwell in their hearts, but only the knowledge of God.

Then Noah will divide the whole land among his sons, Ham, Japheth, and Shem. He will say to them: 'My sons,
Listen to my words. Behold, I have divided the land among you, but serve Him with fear and ...
slavery all the days of your life. Do not let your descendants depart from the face of God.
Almighty. [...] I and your son [...] of Noah, 'My seed will be pleasing before you and before
of your power. Close it with your strong hand, with fear and command, so that all the
descendants that came from me, do not stray from you and from God Almighty, but will serve you with
humility and fear of his knowledge.

Then others from the seed of Ham and Japheth will come, four hundred thousand men, and they will enter.
in another land and will dwell with those men who came out of great knowledge
eternal. Because the shadow of his power will protect those who have perished with them from all evil and
every unclean desire. Then the seed of Ham and Japheth will form twelve kingdoms, and their
descendants will also enter the kingdom of another people.

Then [...] he will take counsel from the dead, from the great eons of imperishability. And
they will go to Sakla, their God. They will go to the powers, accusing the great men who are
in his glory.

They will tell Sakla: "What is the power of these men who were in your presence,
who were taken from the seed of Ham and Japheth, who will be four hundred thousand men?
They have been received in another eon from which they had come, and have collapsed all the glory of
your power and the control of your hand, because the seed of Noah, through his children, has made
all your will, and (so it has done) all the powers in the eons over which your power
governs, while both those men and those who are foreigners in their glory
they have not done your will. But they have led your whole multitude astray.

Then the god of the eons will give (some) of those who serve him [...]. They will come.
about that land where the great men will be who have not been contaminated, nor will they be
contaminated, by no desire. Because their soul did not come from a contaminated hand, but rather
wine from a great commandment of an eternal angel. Then fire and sulfur and asphalt will be thrown.
about those men, and fire and fog (blinding) will come upon those eons, and the eyes of the
the powers of the illuminators will be darkened, and the eons will not see them in those days. And great
clouds of light will descend, and other clouds of light will descend upon them from the great
eons.

Abrasax and Sablo and Gamaliel will descend and bring those men out of the fire and wrath, and they
they will carry them above the eons and the rulers of the powers, and they will take them out of life [...]
and they will take. to the [...] eons of the dwelling of the great [...] there, with the holy angels and the
ones. Men will be like those angels, for they are not strangers to them. But
they work on the imperishable seed.
Once again, for the third time, the enlightener of knowledge will pass with great glory, to leave
(something) from the seed of Noah and the sons of Ham and Japheth, to leave for themselves fruit trees. And he
he will redeem their souls from the day of death. Because all creation that came from the earth
death will be under the authority of death. But those who reflect on the
knowledge of the eternal God in their heart(s) shall not perish. For they did not receive the spirit
not only from this kingdom, but they received it from an angel [...] eternal. [...] illuminator [...] it
he will find out that he is dead [...] Seth. And he will perform signs and wonders to despise the
powers and their ruler.

Then the god of powers will be disturbed, saying: 'What is the power of this man'
"What is higher than us?" Then he will provoke great anger against that man. And the
Glory will retire and dwell in the holy houses she has chosen for herself. And the powers do not
They will see it with their eyes, and they will not see the illuminator. Then they will punish the flesh of man.
about whom the Holy Spirit came.

Then the angels and all the generations of the powers will use the name by mistake,
asking: 'Where did (the error) come from?' or 'Where do the words of deception come from, that
all the powers have been unable to discover?

Now the first kingdom says of him that he came from [...]. A spirit [...] to heaven. He was nourished in the
Heavens. He received the glory of that and the power. He came to the womb of his mother. And so he came to the water.

And the second kingdom says about him that he came from a great prophet. And a bird came, took the child.
who was born and took him to a high mountain. And he was fed by the bird of the sky. An angel came
There. He said to him, 'Get up, God has given you glory.' He received glory and strength. And so he came to the
water.

The third kingdom says of him that he came from a virgin womb. He was expelled from his city, he and his
mother. He was taken to a desolate place. He was nurtured there. He came and received glory and strength. And
thus he came to the water.

The fourth kingdom says of him that he came from a virgin. [...] Solomon sought her, he, Phersalo and Sauel
and his armies, which had been sent. Solomon himself sent his army of demons to
to seek the virgin. And they did not find the one they were looking for, but rather the virgin that was given to them. She went to
she whom they turned to. Solomon took her. The virgin became pregnant and gave birth to the child
There. She fed him at a border of the desert. When he had been nourished, he received glory and the
power of the seed from which it was conceived. And so he came to the water.

And the fifth kingdom says of him that he came from a drop of heaven. He was cast into the sea. The abyss took him.
he received, gave birth to him and brought him to heaven. He received glory and power. And so he came to the water.

And the sixth kingdom says that [...] until the time that is below, to pick flowers. She remained
pregnant by the desire of the flowers. She gave birth in that place. The angels of the garden
flowers nourished him. He received glory there, and power. And thus he came to the water.

And the seventh kingdom says of him that he is a drop. He came from heaven to earth. The dragons him.
They took him to the caves. He became a child. A spirit came over him and took him to the place.
where the drop had fallen. He received glory and power there. And so he came to the water.

And the eighth kingdom says of him that a cloud came over the earth and enveloped a rock. He came from
So. The angels who were on the cloud nurtured him. He received glory and power there. And so
he came to the water.

And the ninth kingdom says of him that one of the nine Muses separated. He reached a high mountain.
and spent (some time) sitting there, wishing for herself to become
androgynous. She fulfilled her desire and became pregnant with her desire. He was born. The angels who
they were about desire, they fed it. And he received glory there, and power. And thus he came to
water.
The tenth kingdom says that his god loved a cloud of desire. He conceived him in his hand and
it cast upon the cloud over him (something) from the drop, and he was born. He received glory and power there. And so
he came to the water.

And the eleventh kingdom says that the father desired his own daughter. She herself became pregnant.
of her father. She buried [...] in the desert. The angel fed him there. And so he came to the water.

The twelfth kingdom says of him that he came from two illuminators. He was nurtured there. He received glory.
and power. And so he came to the water.

And the thirteenth kingdom says of him that every birth of its ruler is a word. And
this word received a mandate there. He received glory and power. And thus he came to the water, so that the
I wish that those powers could be satisfied.

But the generation that has no king says that God chose him for all ages. He made a
knowledge of the immaculate truth would become him. He said: "Of a strange air, of
In a great aeon, the great illuminator emerged. And he made the generation of those men shine who
he had chosen for himself, so that they could shine throughout the eon

Then the seed, those who will receive their name over the water and (of) all, will fight
against the power. And a cloud of darkness will fall upon them.

Then the towns will shout with a loud voice, saying: "Blessed is the soul of those
men because they know God with the knowledge of the truth! They will live forever,
because they have not been corrupted by their desire, along with the angels, nor have they carried out the
works of powers, but have been in His presence in a knowledge of God as
the light that has come from fire and blood.

But we have done all the work of the powers without meaning. We have bragged about the
transgression of all our works. We have cried out against the God of truth because
all his works [...] are eternal. These are contrary to our spirits. now we have known
that our souls will die the death.

Then a voice came close to them and said: "Micheu, Michar and Minesinous, who are above the
holy baptism and the living water, why were you shouting against the living God with voices and tongues without
law about them and souls full of blood? and dirty works. You are filled with works that are not of the
Truth, but your paths are filled with joy and rejoicing. Having contaminated the water of
Life, you have drawn it within the will of the powers to which you have been surrendered.
serve them.

And your thinking is not like that of those men you pursue [...] desire [...]. Their
fruit does not wither. But they will be known until the great eons, because the words that
they have kept, from the God of the eons, they did not commit to the book, nor were they written,
but they will be brought by angelic beings, whom all generations will not know.
men, because they will be on a high mountain, on a real rock. Therefore, they
They will call it 'The Words of Impermanence and Truth', for those who know the eternal God.
in wisdom of knowledge and teaching of angels forever, for he knows all
the things.

These are the revelations that Adam made known to Seth, his son, and his son taught them to him.
seed about them. This is the hidden knowledge of Adam, which he gave to Seth, which is the
holy baptism of those who know eternal knowledge through the born of the
word and the imperishable illuminators, who came from the holy seed: Yesseus,
Mazareus, Yessedekeus, the living water