Continued from 2 Abraham
Unlike the Second Book of Abraham which seeks to interpret and expand upon the historical events surrounding the life of the patriarch Abraham, his family and contemporaries, the Third Book of Abraham is more interested in using an historical narrative, part fact and part fiction, as a vehicle or platform for communicating the spiritual truths of Holy Echad Marriage (2 Abr.75:33). Thus the 'Abraham' of the Third Book of Abraham is a personification of the ideal New Covenant Patriarch in all dispensations, and especially of the Millennial Theocratic Order.
Judith and her sister-wives are likewise personifications of the ideal New Covenant Matriarch, and the Holy City a type of the Millennial Zion and indeed of the Firstborn Heaven itself. Like the story of Lazarus and Dives and many other parables related by the Saviour in the New Testament, the Third Book of Abraham should not be used to establish the historicity of the events it describes but as a mirror of the soul, a manual for the patriarchal life, and a spiritual current to be tapped into to allow the aspirant firstborn soul to make contact, through meditation, prayer and holy living, with our Father in Heaven, Yahweh-Elohim. That it contains historical elements is undisputed, though to what degree will probably not be known until the perfect day when all is revealed in its entirety.
The Third Book of Abraham was received by the Presiding Patriarch of the Chavurat Bekorot, Lev-Tsiyon haEfrayim, under remarkable circumstances. He relates:
"This revelation was the most intense of all the revelations I have received during my ministry and came at extraordinary speed and under the most unlikely conditions. It was not premeditated. It came in literally thousands of small chunks during the course of several normal working days. I would wake up and start writing immediately for five or ten minutes, take a shower, write for three or four minutes, and write the odd verse here and there whilst eating breakfast. I would then make my way to the underground railway station, pause on a park bench, write for two or three minutes, board my train, and write for 10-15 minutes on the way to work. I would write for two or three minutes whilst waiting for my tram, and then for another eight or so minutes on the tram. I would arrive at work and make preparations for the day. If I had the odd half minute free, I would carry on writing.
"Then the day's work would begin. I would start teaching a class, give them an assignment, write for two minutes, and return to my lecturing. This would occur throughout the day with maybe 70 to 80 snippets being written down. At the end of a long working day I would sit down and, if lucky, write for half-an-hour to an hour, in between correcting students' work and preparing lectures for the next day. The same proceedure would be repeated on the tram and train on the way home. Once home I would sit down and read the day's work from my journal to my family who would wait with eager anticipation each evening to hear the unfolding story.
"At least 80% of the book was written in this manner without the opportunity for review save at the end of each day. It was an exhillarating experience for the book was dictated conceptually by the Ruach (Spirit) faster than I could write it down. Yet I was never under any sort of compulsion and, if tired, could lay it aside and resume at will. Not until it was finally finished did the powerful impulse behind it ebb away. Never has a revelation like this come since, though there have been ones of comparable length such as the Cosmic Principle which was written almost continuously for two days and after which I suffered terrible shoulder pains for many months afterwards. Only the firstborn text called the Letter of Judith to Biyqah, which is of the same genre as the Third Book of Abraham, come in such an intense manner, though this was considerably shorter.
"Together these two documents represent the heart of what the Chavurat Bekorot, or Holy Order, stands for. Of all the revelations I have received, these two were probably the most satisfying personally for they are true reflections of my own heart and desires for the Kingdom of our Elohim (God), as well as being the substance of what we firmly believe will come when Yah'shuah the Messiah (Jesus Christ) returns to establish His millennial kingdom upon the earth. The Third Book of Abraham is therefore a clarion call for the patriarchs and matriarchs of the House of the Firstborn"
(Lev-Tsiyon haEfrayim).
The 'Third Book of Abraham' is used as both a collective description of all the ten books received (3-12 Abraham) by the Chavurat Bekorot as well the first of these ten (3 Abraham). What follows, which is only an extract, is the latter.
This online version, which is for the public, consists only of extracts of the whole book. Sometimes we get requests for the unpublished chapters and sections which are only available to those practicing this lifestyle in the higher Priesthood Orders of the Chavurat Bekorot.
For a key to the terminology used in this book, see Table of HEM Terminology.
Kadesh-biyqah
Saturday, 6 December 1997 (First Preface Edition)
Thursday, 9 June 2016 (Second Preface Edition)
Index of Chapters
Chapter 1. Abram Called to Leave the Wilderness
Chapter 2. An Angel Takes Abram into the Desert
Chapter 3. Abram is Taken to the City of Salem
Chapter 4. Abram Meets Judith and Noah
Chapter 5. Abram Meets Shem, His Betrothal to Judith
Chapter 6. Seth Teaches the Mysteries of the Firstborn
Chapter 7. The Perfection of the Holy City
Chapter 8. The Seven Daughters of Abram and Judith
Chapter 9. Dress Customs of the Holy City
Chapter 13. Sarah and the Promised Seed
Chapter 15. Judith's Marriage, the Conflict with Hagar
Chapter 16. Abram's Wife Kadar and the Mystery of Unity
Chapter 17. Kadar Asks to Marry Abram
Chapter 18. The Betrothal of Kadar
Chapter 20. The Temple Ordinance of Betrothal, Part I
Chapter 21. The Temple Ordinance of Betrothal, Part II
Chapter 22. The Temple Ordinance of Betrothal, Part III
Chapter 24. The Temple Ordinance of Betrothal, Part V
Chapter 25. The Laws of Betrothal and Chastity
Chapter 26. The Blessedness of the Betrothal of Kadar
Chapter 27. Abram's 50 daughters, Patriarchal Love
Chapter 28. The True Order of Plural Relationships
Chapter 29. The Thirteen Wives of Abram
Chapter 30. The Marriage of Kadar to Abram
Chapter 31. The Temple Ordinance of Marriage, Part I
Chapter 32. The Temple Ordinance of Marriage, Part II
Chapter 33. The Temple Ordinance of Marriage, Part III
Chapter 35. The Temple Ordinance of Marriage, Part V
Chapter 36. The Temple Ordinance of Marriage, Part VI
Chapter 37. Judith's Psalm for Kadar
Chapter 38. Kadar's Psalm for Judith
Chapter 39. Menstruation Laws or Days of Preparation
Chapter 40. The Marriage of Rea and Rua, a Psalm of Love
Chapter 42. A Psalm of Judith for Elohim
Chapter 43. Judith Testifies of Messiah and Abram
Chapter 44. The Spontaneous Affection of Abram's Family
Chapter 45. The Impact of Rea on Abram's Family
Chapter 46. Types of Patriarchs and the Last Days
Chapter 49. The Marriage and Psalm of Anavah
Chapter 50. Abram's Prayer of Worship
Chapter 51. The Marriage and Psalm of Haguth
Chapter 52. The Marriage and Psalm of Kamar
Chapter 53. The Heart of Zion
Chapter 54. The United Order in the Holy City
Chapter 55. Holy City and Tent Life Compared
Chapter 56. Departure From and Return to Salem
Chapter 57. Ascent of the Holy City, Judith's Lamentation
Chapter 58. The Law Governing Concubines
Chapter 59. The Story of Kehah the Perizzite
Chapter 60. Psalms of Kehah to Abram and Judith
Chapter 61. Kehah Witnesses to Her Family
Chapter 62. Darash the Kadmonite, From Slave to Freedom
Chapter 63. Abram and Darash Witness to the Kadmonites
Chapter 64. The Marriage and Psalm of Dea
Chapter 65. Judith's Discourse on Age and the Messiah
Chapter 66. Judith's Discourse on Endurance
Chapter 67. Judith's Testimony to be Revealed
Chapter 70. The Death of Judith, Kadar's Psalm to Messiah
Chapter 71. The Record of Dea and Psalm of Kannah
Chapter 72. Dea's on the Mystery of the Atonement
Chapter 73. Death of Sarah and the Ageing Wives
Chapter 74. Haguth's Discourse on Sexual Fasting
Chapter 75. The Death of Abraham, Household Mourning
Chapter 76. Isaac's Record of the Family Translation
Continued in 4 Abraham
Author: SBSK
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