Chapter 8
Esfoma said: I am the signs of the times.
By my face the prophets foretell what is to be.
I am the living mathematics; the unseen progress of things speaking to the senses of man.
My name is: THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES.
Why have you inhabitants of the earth, and you angels of the heavens, not regarded me in my march?
I called out in the days of the pyramids: O kings and mighty ones! Behold the signs of the times!
And you men of great learning, listen; a voice speaks in the wind!
Behold, Osiris and Isis shall go down. Anubi shall not judge the people of the Almighty!
I sent a storm into colleges of learning; the wise professors held up their heads and said:
I doubt the person of Osiris! I doubt Isis! Are they merely a principle?
The prophets looked here and there. They said: Behold the signs of the times! Let us measure the increase in the growth of skepticism toward these ancient Gods.
They said: Osiris shall go down; and so shall Isis, Anubi, Baal, Ashtaroth and Thammus.
But kings did not hear; they called their councils for stern legislation.
They saw, but denied my person and the power of my hand.
Man calls out: Give me a key for prophecy. Show me the way to find the destiny of Gods, angels, and mortals.
Show me the key for the rise and fall of nations and empires.
Then I come forth over all the land. Man begins to doubt, then to disbelieve, and then to deny the popular Gods and Saviors of his forefathers.
They (supporters of the idols) will not see which way the wind blows; with strong arms and bloody hands they rise up against Jehovih.
Then they go down in destruction; they and their Gods are known no more.
Jehovih has said: All things are like a tree; which springs up from a little seed to become mighty; it bears fruit for a season, and then falls and is turned to dust.
One by one My Gods, and My false Gods, rise up and are powerful for a season, and then they are swept away in Esfoma’s hands.
Behold My thousands of Saviors, which I have sent to raise up the inhabitants of the earth. Where are they this day?
To mortals I give Gods, Lords and Saviors; according to the time and place of the earth in My etherean regions, so I bestow them.
But when they have fulfilled their time, lo, I take away their Gods, Lords and Saviors. Not suddenly, nor without signs of the times of their going.