Chapter 11
God said: Here is wisdom, O man: To be observant of all things and adapt yourself to them on Jehovih’s side.
To obtain great learning that applies to the resurrection of your soul in comprehending the works of the Almighty.
To not let yourself be conceited in the wisdom of the moderns over the ancients, nor of the ancients over the moderns.
The Creator created man wisely for the time of the world in which man was created.
You are for this era, and not for the past.
The ancients were for the past era, and not for the present.
To know the present, to be up with the signs of the times—this is to see Jehovih’s hand.
Do not make a God of riches, nor of your supposed sciences and learning.
For in the time you see men doing these things, behold, that is the time of a cyclic coil in the great beast.
Your God and your Savior will surely be swept away.
Make Jehovih, the Creator, the idol of your soul; neither setting up this nor that as impossible.
Opening up your understanding to find the tree of light and righteousness of soul.
Admitting that all things are possible in Jehovih’s hands.
Then your God will surely not be swept away.
Look about you, O man, and from the Sons and Daughters of Jehovih, learn the march of the Almighty’s kingdoms.
Who can make a system or a philosophy like Jehovih? What have you found that is infallible?
The truth of yesterday is not a truth today; the truth of yesterday is the truth today.
You shall come to understand even this.
To learn how to live; to rejoice, and to do good, and make your neighbor rejoice also, this is wisdom.
Let these be your loves and the glory of your speech, and you shall learn to prophesy concerning the ways of Jehovih. END OF GOD’S BOOK OF BEN The Book of Knowledge Editor’s Preamble to the Book of Knowledge
