Conclusion: The Wisdom of Jesus Christ - Part 13

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The Restoration and Unification of Humanity (BG 8502 121,13-III 119,8)

 

(p.295) " I have taught you about the immortal Human, and I have freed him from

the fetters of the robbers. I have broken the gates of those without pity, right

in front of them. (p.296) I have humiliated their evil intentions, and they all

have been put to shame and have emerged from their ignorance. [46]

 

" For this reason I have come here, that these may be united with spirit and

breath, [47] and two may become one, as in the beginning. [48] Then you may

produce an abundance of fruit and go up to the one who is from the beginning, in

ineffable joy and glory and [honor and] grace of [the Father of all].

 

" Whoever knows [the Father in pure] knowledge [will depart] to the Father [and

be at rest in] the unconceived [Father. Whoever knows him in a defective way]

will depart [to what is defective] and experience the rest [that the eighth

realm provides]. Let whoever knows the immortal [spirit] of light in silence,

through reflection and agreement in truth, bring me signs of the invisible one,

and such a person will become a light in the spirit of silence. Let whoever

knows the Child of Humanity in knowledge and love bring me a sign of the Child

of Humanity, so that such a person may depart to the dwelling places with those

in the eighth realm.

 

" Look, I have revealed to you the name of the perfect one, all the will of the

mother of the holy angels, in order that the male [multitude] may be made

complete here. [49] Then there [may appear, in the realms, the infinite beings

and] those who [have come to be in the] untraceable [wealth of the great]

invisible [spirit, [50] and] all may receive from goodness, even the wealth [of

their rest] with no [kingdom over it].

 

" I have come [from the first] who was sent to reveal to you the one who is from

the beginning, because of the arrogance of the chief creator and his angels, for

they claim to be gods. I have come to eradicate their blindness, that I might

tell everyone about the God who is above all.

 

" So trample on their graves, humiliate their wicked intentions, break their

yoke, and raise up those who are mine. I have given you authority over

everything as children of light, to trample on their power with your feet. "

 

 

The Savior Departs from His Followers (119,8-18)

 

This is what the blessed Savior [said, and then he disappeared] from them. [All

the disciples] remained in [great, ineffable joy] in [the spirit from] that day

on. [And his disciples] began to preach the gospel of God, the eternal,

imperishable Spirit. Amen.

 

The Wisdom of Jesus [51]

 

The Nag Hammadi Scriptures (The International Edition)

Edited by Marvin Meyer; Advisory Board: Wolf-Peter Funk, Paul-Hubert Poirier,

James M. Robinson; Introduction by Elaine H. Pagels

The Wisdom of Jesus Christ, p.295-296

HarperCollins Publishers - New York

ISBN:978-0-06-052378-7

ISBN-10: 0-06-052378-6

 

Notes:

 

[46] On the claims of the Savior, in first-person statements, cf. the hymn of

the Savior in 'Secret Book of John' II, 30-31.

 

[47] Here the Codex III version resumes.

 

[48] Cf., e.g., 'Gospel of Thomas' 22;106; 'Gospel of Philip' 70.

 

[49] On the defect of femaleness and the salvation of maleness in the 'Wisdom of

Jesus Christ,' cf. 'Gospel of Thomas' 114 and the notes.

 

[50] Such Sethian texts as the 'Secret Book of John' refer to the transcendent

deity as the Great Invisible Spirit.

 

[51] The Codex IV version concludes with the title " The Wisdom of Jesus Christ. "