The Teachings,
Corrections And Prophecies
Of
Introduction
The seventh son of Jacob and Bilhah. The jealous
one. He counsels against anger saying that "it giveth
peculiar vision." This is a notable thesis on anger.
The copy of the words of Dan, which he spoke to his
sons in his last days, in the hundred and twenty-fifth year of his life.
For he called together his family, and said: Hearken
to my words, you sons of Dan; and give heed to the words of your father.
Against The
Spirit Of Lie And Anger
I have proved in my heart, and in my whole life,
that truth
with just dealing is good and
well pleasing to God, and that lying and anger are evil, because they teach man
all wickedness.
I confess, therefore, this day to you, my children,
that in my heart I resolved on the death of Joseph my brother, the true and
good man.
And I rejoiced that he was sold, because his father
loved him more than us.
For the spirit of jealousy and vainglory said to me,
“You yourself also are his son.”
And one of the spirits of Beliar stirred me up,
saying, “Take this sword, and with it slay Joseph: so shall your father love
you when he is dead.”
Now this is the spirit of anger that persuaded me to
crush Joseph as a leopard crushes a kid.
But the God of my fathers did not suffer him to fall
into my hands, so that I should find him alone and slay him, and cause a tribe
to be destroyed in Israel.
And now, my children, behold I am dying, and I tell you
of a truth, that unless you keep yourselves from the spirit of lying and of
anger, and love truth and longsuffering, you shall perish.
For anger is blindness, and does not allow a person
who is prone to anger
to see the face of any man with truth [man who says the
truth].
For though it be a father or a mother, he behaves
towards them as enemies.
Though it be a brother, he knows him not.
Though it be a prophet of the Lord, he disobeys him.
Though a righteous man, he regards him not.
Though a friend, he does not acknowledge him.
For the spirit of anger encompasses him with the net
of deceit,
blinds his eyes, and through lying darkens his mind,
and gives him its own peculiar vision,
with which it encompasses his
eyes?
With hatred of heart, so as to be envious of his
brother.
For anger is an evil thing, my children, for it troubles even the soul itself.
And the body of the angry man it makes its own, and
over his soul it gets the mastery, and it bestows upon the body power that it
may work all iniquity.
And when the body does all these things, the soul
justifies what is done, since it does not rightly see.
Therefore he
that is wrathful,
if he be a mighty man,
has a threefold power in his anger:
one by the help of his servants;
and a second by his wealth,
whereby he persuades and overcomes wrongfully;
and thirdly, having his own natural power he thereby works
the evil.
And though
the wrathful man be weak,
yet he has a twofold power, which is by nature;
for wrath ever aids such a person in lawlessness.
This spirit
always goes with lying at the right hand of Satan,
that with cruelty and lying his fashions works.
Understand
you, therefore, the power of wrath, that it is vain.
For first of
all, it gives provocation by word.
then, by deeds it strengthens him who is angry,
and with sharp losses disturbs his mind,
and so stirs up his soul with great wrath.
Therefore,
when anyone speaks against you,
be you not moved to anger;
and if any man praises you as holy men,
be not uplifted: be not moved either to delight or to
disgust.
For first it
pleases the hearing, and so makes the mind keen
to perceive the grounds for provocation;
And then
being enraged, he thinks that he is justly angry.
If you fall
into any loss or ruin, my children, be not afflicted.
For this very
spirit makes a man desire that which is perishable,
in order that he may be enraged through the affliction.
And if you
suffer loss voluntarily, or involuntarily, be not vexed.
For wrath
with lying arises from vexation.
Moreover, a
twofold mischief is wrath with lying;
and they assist one another in order to disturb the heart.
And when the
soul is continually disturbed,
the Lord departs from it, and Beliar rules over it.
A prophecy of the sins,
captivity, plagues, and ultimate restitution of the nation. They still talk of
Abide In The Laws, Peace And Love
Observe, therefore, my children, the commandments of
the Lord, and keep His law; depart from wrath, and hate lying, that the Lord
may dwell among you, and Beliar may flee from you.
Speak truth each one with his neighbour. So shall
you not fall into wrath and confusion; but you shall be in peace, having the
God of peace, so shall no war prevail over you. Love the Lord through all your
life, and love one another with a true heart.
Prophecy Of Disobedience And Division
I know that in the last days you shall depart from
the Lord, and you shall provoke Levi unto anger, and fight against Judah; but
you shall not prevail against them, for an angel of the Lord shall guide them
both; for by them shall Israel stand.
And whenever you depart from the Lord, you shall walk
in all evils and work the abominations of the Gentiles, going a whoring after
women of the lawless ones, while with all wickedness the spirits of wickedness
work in you.
For I have read in the book of Enoch, the righteous,
that your prince is Satan, and that all the spirits of wickedness and pride
will conspire to attend constantly on the sons of Levi, to cause them to sin
before the Lord.
And my sons will draw near to Levi, and sin with
them in all things; and the sons of Judah will be covetous, plundering other
men's goods like lions.
Therefore shall you be led away with them into
captivity, and there shall you receive all the plagues of Egypt, and all the
evils of the Gentiles.
Mercy And Peace
And so when you return to the Lord, you shall obtain
mercy, and He shall bring you into His sanctuary, and He shall give you peace.
Prophecy Of The Coming Of Jesus Christ
And there shall arise unto you from the tribe of
Judah and of Levi the salvation of the Lord; and he shall make war against
Beliar, and execute an everlasting vengeance on our enemies. And he shall take
the souls of the saints from the captivity of Beliar, and turn disobedient
hearts unto the Lord, and give to them that call upon him eternal peace.
Prophecy Of The Second Coming Of Jesus Christ And The New Jerusalem
And the saints shall rest in Eden, and in the New
Jerusalem shall the righteous rejoice, and it shall be unto the glory of God
for ever.
And no longer shall Jerusalem endure desolation, nor
Israel be led captive; for the Lord shall be in the midst of it [living amongst
men], and the Holy One of Israel shall reign over it in humility and in
poverty; and he who believes in Him shall reign amongst men in truth.
Fear God
And now, fear the Lord, my children, and beware of Satan
and his spirits.
Draw near unto God and unto the angel that
intercedes for you, for he is a mediator between God and man, and for the peace
of Israel he shall stand up against the kingdom of the enemy.
Therefore, the enemy is eager to destroy all that
call upon the Lord.
For he knows that, upon the day on which Israel
shall repent, the kingdom of the enemy shall be brought to an end.
For the very angel of peace shall strengthen Israel,
that it fall not into the extremity of evil.
More Prophecy Of The Second Coming Of Jesus Christ
And it shall be in the time of the lawlessness of Israel, that the Lord will not depart from them, but will
transform them into a nation that does His will, for none of the angels will be
equal unto Him [Jesus Christ].
And His name
shall be in every place in
From
Generation To Generation
Keep, therefore, yourselves, my children, from every
evil work, and cast away wrath and all lying, and love truth and
long-suffering.
And the things which you have heard from your
father, do you also impart to your children, that the Saviour of the Gentiles
[Jesus Christ] may receive you; for he is true and long-suffering, meek and
lowly, and teaches by his works the law of God.
Depart, therefore, from all unrighteousness, and
cleave unto the righteousness of God, and your race will be saved for ever.
Conclusions
And bury me near my fathers.
And when he had said these things he kissed them,
and fell asleep at a good old age.
And his sons buried him, and after that they carried
up his bones, and placed them near Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob.
Nevertheless, Dan prophesied unto them that they
should forget their God, and should be alienated from the land of their
inheritance and from the race of Israel, and from the family of their seed.