NEUOFFENBARUNGBJ.01_Antw.7,01 Listen, my beloved son and brother Abgarus. Everything is exactly as you have told me. Even so, all of it must happen to me, for otherwise no human being could ever attain eternal life. You do not yet see this, but you will soon understand this great mystery.
BJ.01_Antw.7,02 For now, then, set aside the steps you have so kindly offered to take for my vindication. They would avail little where the eternal power of the Father holds sway. He is in me, and I have come forth from him as a human being.
BJ.01_Antw.7,03 Do not be alarmed by my cross, to which I shall be fastened. See, this very cross shall for all time to come be the foundation stone of the kingdom of God and also its gate.
BJ.01_Antw.7,04 I shall be dead in body for only three days. On the third day I shall rise again from the dead in Jerusalem as the eternal conqueror of death and hell, and my almighty judgement shall fall upon all who do evil.
BJ.01_Antw.7,05 But for those who are of my heart, I shall open wide the gate of heaven before their eyes.
BJ.01_Antw.7,06 In a few days, when you see the sun completely darkened in the daytime, remember that I, your greatest friend and brother, have died on the cross. Do not be alarmed. All this must happen, and not a hair of those who are mine will be harmed.
BJ.01_Antw.7,07 At the very moment when I rise, you shall receive a sign by which you will recognise my resurrection at once.
BJ.01_Antw.7,08 My love, grace and blessing be with you, my dear brother Abgarus. Amen.