The Household of God · Volume 3 · Chapter 191

[01] But Dronel had a son named Kinkar; to him, he handed over the government while still alive. Since he could not obtain miraculous powers from God through begging or coercing in the course of fifty years, he said:

[02] "Lord, for fifty years I've laboriously struggled with the great stubbornness of the people! Although You always saw my great distress – You nevertheless still did not want to help me; and if I asked You for assured support, which consisted in miraculous powers, You withdrew, did not answer me at all – or threatened, or even punished me!

[03] But I still did out of my own strength what I could and have never forgotten You! I loved the people more than my own life, why I always contended You, if You harmed them.

[04] But I am old now, have become weak and very tired and have a great yearning for peace.

[05] My firstborn son Kinkar is a strong man and has the head and the heart at the right place; to him, I hand the scepter, the crown, and the throne, and the glory of the temple, I put with my hands into his hands! Do also You, Lord, the same!

[06] For what I am doing now, I do not do in my, but in Your and Your people’s interest; therefore You will not want to act against Your own interest?"

[07] And the Lord said to Dronel: "Listen, the people have outgrown Me! They do what they want and do not want to respect My council; therefore I will give them their freedom!

[08] According to your own decision you have made your son king! Therefore, he should be king without the slightest objection from Me; for you were never listening to My advice anyway, since you always understood everything better than I, the Creator of all things!

[09] Just as I’m now releasing the people, I also release the king and also the temples; and My angels and My cloud will never dwell in the same!

[10] But see to it how you will behave in your complete freedom!

[11] From now on I will neither chastise nor penalize you until the time which I have determined.

[12] Good for you, if I find you acting according to My will which is well-known to you; but woe to you on the contrary!

[13] Hanoch, you're lying deep; the first flood of My wrath will be poured over you! Amen."

[14] Dronel taught all this to his son Kinkar and with that handed the government over to him, – but nonetheless strictly instructed him explicitly, that he should not impose any other law on the people other than the Lord had given to Ohlad.

[15] Kinkar vowed such by the living Name in the temple.

[16] But when he had vowed to do what his father had asked him to do, the Lord’s spirit left the temple, because Kinkar did a false oath, which he intended to break as soon as his father Dronel would die.

[17] Thereupon Dronel went to the temple and saw in it the bare altar. He became sad about it and called to the Lord; but his call fell on deaf ears. He therefore left the temple and went to report such to Kinkar.

[18] But he said: "The whole of nature is indeed also a work of God! If He doesn’t want us to honor His name, we will honor His works! Isn’t this the same?"

[19] And Dronel praised Kinkar for this and thus laid the foundation for all idolatry.