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He said, 'Look again into the image. See who seduced Chavah and what the fruit of the tree was. Then you shall know what shall happen among your Seed at the end of the age. What you cannot understand I shall make known, because you are …
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I looked toward Gan Eden. I saw an ish immense in stature and incomparable in appearance embracing an ishah of like stature. They stood beneath a tree whose fruit appeared like a cluster of grapes.
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Behind the tree stood one in the likeness of a serpent, having hands and feet like an ish and twelve wings, six on each side. I saw the ish and ishah eating the fruit.
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I asked, 'Who are these? Who is the one behind the tree? What is the fruit?'
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He said, 'The ish is Adam; the ishah is Chavah, his desire upon the earth. The one between them is Azazel, the beginning of lawlessness upon the path toward destruction.'
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I asked, 'Why was he given power to destroy generations of Adam?'
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He answered, 'Over those who will evil I allowed him power, because they choose what he desires.'
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I said, 'Why then is evil desired in the heart of Adam, and why is there wrath against those who do what is not profitable before Your Judgment?'