ght and
day; until the fulfillment of the days, and the time of My covenant is
come.

12 Then shall I come and save you, O Adam, for I do not wish that you
be afflicted.

13 And when I look at all the good things in which you lived, and why
you came out of them, then would I willingly show you mercy.

14 But I cannot alter the covenant that has gone out of My mouth;
otherwise I would have brought you back into the garden.

15 When, however, the covenant is fulfilled, then shall I show you and
your descendants mercy, and bring you into a land of gladness, where
there is neither sorrow nor suffering; but abiding joy and gladness,
and light that never fails, and praises that never cease; and a
beautiful garden that shall never pass away."

16 And God said again to Adam, "Be patient and enter the cave, for the
darkness, of which you were afraid, shall only be twelve hours long;
and when ended, light shall come up."

17 Then when Adam heard these words from God, he and Eve worshipped
before Him, and their hearts were comforted. They returned into the
cave after their custom, while tears flowed from their eyes, sorrow and
wailing came from their hearts, and they wished their soul would leave
their body.

18 And Adam and Eve stood praying until the darkness of night came over
them, and Adam was hid from Eve, and she from him.

19 And they remained standing in prayer.

Chapter XXVII - The second tempting of Adam and Eve. The devil takes
on the form of a beguiling light.

1 When Satan, the hater of all good, saw how they continued in prayer,
and how God communed with them, and comforted them, and how He had
accepted their offering--Satan made an apparition.

2 He began with transforming his hosts; in his hands was a flashing
fire, and they were in a great light.

3 He then placed his throne near the mouth of the cave because he could
not enter into it by reason of their prayers. And he shed light into
the cave, until the cave glistened over Adam and Eve; while his hosts
began to sing praises.

4 And Satan did this, in order that when Adam saw the light, he should
think within himself that it was a heavenly light, and that Satan's
hosts were angels; and that God had sent them to watch at the cave, and
to give him light in the darkness.

5 So that when Adam came out of the cave and saw them, and Adam and Eve
bowed to Satan, then he would overcome Adam thereby, and a second time
humble him before God.