Terrans in particular, have been judged and found wanting.
Therefore I will make all things new here.”
Noah was about to interrupt, but the being stuck his finger
in the air which held Noah’s tongue captive, and continued,
“When your father’s father dies, I will send a catastrophe to
the land. I will let loose the powers of the deep waters and
destroy that which Lucifer has compromised. Therefore, you
and all your brethren shall build an ark, so that the bloodline
shall be preserved, and all the world be blessed.”
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“A ship. You want me to build a ship?” Noah asked incred-
ulously. There never was a bolder human than Noah, ques-
tioning the Almighty.
“Yes. It shall be three hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide,
and thirty cubits high. Five stories high, with three decks, so
that you can build thousands of pens within to house two of
every kind of living creature that I will send to you,” said the
being who called himself “I am that I am.”
“That is a massive ship!” exclaimed Noah. “Three hundred
by fifty by thirty! I’ve never built anything that approaches
that size!”
“You will have time to build it. Methuselah will not expire
and return to me until forty years from the time this very day
has passed,” said the being.
“He is already a very ancient man, but if you will it, then
it will be so. My boys and I will build the ship.” Noah studied
the being intensely for a moment. “I have a question about
the mystery,” he said.
“I know what your question is. You wish to know about
your seed being a blessing to all of mankind. In future days, I
will take on the form of flesh. It will be from your descendants
that I will do this. When I do, I will pour out my blessings on
all mankind so that humanity will be redeemed through my
blood and yours,” said the being.
Noah was about to speak again when the being of light
abruptly vanished. He then looked around, saw nothing, and
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thereby sat down on a stump and stayed there all night long,
looking at the stars, wondering what it all meant.
The image of the two then disappeared from Youssef ’s
vision. He took a deep breath and said, “I have just witnessed
the Almighty Allah.”
“Indeed you have, Youssef. Are you ready for me to
continue?” asked Gabriel.
“I am,” Youssef answered, catching his breath. The
Almighty Allah to whom he had always prayed had just
appeared to Noah and he, Youssef, had witnessed it!
Gabriel let a few moments pass so that Youssef could
regain his composure, then pressed onward. “The next day,
Noah told his wife and his sons about his visit. Japheth just
shrugged his shoulders as if to say, Okay, no big deal, let’s build
it. Ham didn’t believe in the supernatural and just thought
his father was losing his mind, but agreed to help build the
ship. Shem, on the other hand, issued a prophecy: ‘Last night,
I had a dream about a black bird and a white one. The black
one would be let loose from Ararat, enter into Egypt and
Eden, and from there create chaos for the entire planet. The
white one, meanwhile, will travel to Salem, and then return to
Ararat with the gift of hope for all of mankind.’
“ Noah listened closely to his eldest son, for he knew that
Shem had the touch, but in time he would forget the prophecy.
The boy’s mother, Elizabeth, on the other hand, would never
forget what Shem had prophesied that day.”
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“Those were the two birds that Noah loosed from the ark,
looking for dry land,” said Youssef.
“You know your scriptures well,” said Gabriel. “While the
family was busy planning their massive project, the rest of the
planet was a mess.
“The Atlanteans were busy on their path of worldwide
destruction. The war that had begun with the Lemurians had
spread to the Asians, who were originally from Tau Ceti. The
Vegans in Africa had also joined in on the fray, creating the
first world war ever to visit the planet Terra.
“The Atlanteans, who were under the influence of Lucifer
and the Ceekars, were trying to exploit resources from the
entire planet. They had the technological advantage, but their
enemies had more Terrans at their disposal. This created a
stalemate between the two sides. This war would go on for
decades until the day when everything on Terra changed.
“It began when a giant crystal-powered generator on the
island continent of Atlantis began to fail. The light energy
fed into this crystal to make it first oscillate then amplify had
overloaded.
“This caused the crystal to split, sending massive energy
waves in a thousand directions and causing an enormous
explosion. The greatest explosion ever experienced on this
planet, which caused a massive earthquake on Atlantis, in
turn causing a chain reaction of earthquakes felt throughout
the planet, changing the geography of Terra, and causing
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islands to fall into the sea and new land to appear. Atlantis
and Lemuria would be no more.
“A week before the explosion on Atlantis, Noah was busy
burying his grandfather, Methuselah. He remembered the
prophecy, that forty years must pass, and Methuselah would
die before the being that called itself “I am that I am” would
judge the planet.
“He knew his time was short, and animals had been
coming in two by two from the countryside.”
“They came to him?” asked Youssef.
“Indeed they did, just as the Father had foretold,” said
Gabriel.
“It was six months prior that they began their arrival.
Twelve pairs of animals a day, every day, for the last six months.
Over two thousand pairs of animals to account for. It is more
preferable than to have to round them all up, thought Noah.
“The day the animals began their march to Noah’s ark
caused quite a stir within the family, but it told Noah his time
was short. He therefore got busy warning other members of
his family that they needed to leave their possessions and
follow him. Some did, but most didn’t, and just laughed at
him. Many thought Noah a madman, a lunatic, a man who
had lost his mind. For the last forty years he had been building
this massive supership and not putting it to use, only building
pens inside for animals that he said would appear. It was all
too much for many of the Hebrews to take. The tribe replaced
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him as tribal chief, and went about their business, disowning
this perceived maniac.
“It was at this moment that Noah felt the weight of the
world on his shoulders. It’s the curse that every prophet
carries with them. He knew what was to come, and they didn’t
believe him. It was a tremendous burden to carry. He knew
at the deepest level of his existence that the being he spoke
with that day meant business. Casualties would be extreme
for those who chose not to listen to Noah’s words of doom
for the planet.
“He passed on the word that he would take onboard the
massive ship as many Hebrews as wanted to take the journey
of faith. Despite Noah’s pleadings, few consented. His son
Shem had warned him in a prophecy that ‘many were called,
and few chosen.’ He now knew what that meant.
“Seven days after his grandfather’s burial, Noah ensured
all those who were living by faith were inside, and waited for
the inevitable end of the age.
“It began with an earthquake, followed by a thunderclap,
and soon after a torrential downpour that lasted forty days.
“The ship rose from land and carried the vessel all the way
from the Mediterranean to the Mountains of Ararat. Just as
Shem had prophesied, Noah let out a raven which didn’t come
back, followed by a dove which brought back an olive branch.
“The waters receded fairly rapidly until the ship rested
at the Mountains of Ararat. Two weeks later, Noah began
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letting out the animals. Two more weeks would pass until the
base of Ararat was water-free, and all made the descent.”
“So it is true! The ark landed upon the Mountains of
Ararat!” exclaimed Youssef.
“Archaeologists have found the ark. Just the bottom
portion remains of it,” said Gabriel.
He continued onward. “The animals first began spreading
out, followed by the humans. The first thing noticed was the
amount of drowned bodies that littered the countryside. It
would take the family three months to bury the dead on the
land they wished to occupy. Noah chose the valley below
Ararat, figuring that if this was the place that the being that
called itself “I am that I am” had led him to, then he might as
well stay. They all had their choice of land, it being that the
inhabitants were so few. Occasionally, the family would meet
a survivor from a homeland far away, but not very often.
“There were others who would have their own Noahs
saving their races, but for the Hebrew tribe, there was only
Noah and those who believed in him.
“The first thing Noah did after assuring that the family
was completely resettled was to plant another vineyard. This
vineyard still exists to this day at the base of Ararat producing
grapes. These are the finest tasting in the world. It was indeed
time for a much-needed rest for the man who saved the
Hebrew tribe, and by doing so saved the bloodline.”
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abraham
“That is an incredible story,” said Youssef.
“There is much more to Adam and Noah, but the
Father thought it best to show you the highlights of each,”
said Gabriel.
“You said that Allah would allow you to show me the
soul Amos’s first three lives. Is the third one Abraham?”
asked Youssef.
“You are blessed, Youssef. It’s the Father who gives you
this information. Yes, you are correct, it was Abraham who
was the third incarnation of Amos,” said Gabriel.
“Thank you. This is the one I’ve been waiting for,” said
Youssef.
“Shall I begin?” asked Gabriel.
“Please do,” answered Youssef.
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Gabriel began the story of the next life of Amos: “Eleven
generations after Noah, Amos was again incarnated on the
planet, but this time as the man who would become known
throughout history as Abraham.
“From Adam to Noah to Abraham, the soul known as
Amos, the one who carries God’s burden, once again set foot
on the planet. A planet that was now being called Earth by
its limited inhabitants.”
“Because of the flood,” guessed Youssef.
“Yes, because of the flood,” said Gabriel. “Beginning with
Adam, the Hebrew tribe had always believed in the one God.
This carried on to Noah and his children. But from the time of
Noah to the time of Abraham’s father, Terah, this information
and belief of the one God had vanished into the abyss.
“From the time of the great flood, the people of the
planet had to begin anew. This changed their belief system
tremendously. Instead of technology as their god, as was in
the past in the days before Noah, they begin to worship the
gods of the natural world around them.
“In the times after Noah, the people believed in many
gods. There was a sun god, a moon god, a god of the sea, a god
of the earth, a god of the harvest, a god of fertility, and many
others. There seemed to be a god for every occasion. Every
country, nation, empire, or tribe seemed to have their own
god. The list of gods was endless.”
“From no gods to numerous gods,” said Youssef.
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“That is exactly how it happened,” said Gabriel. “To honor
this multitude of gods, the people would worship them by
the use of idols. Abraham’s father, Terah, was an idol-maker
who sold these for a living. These idols would be made of
clay, marble, wood, or stone, depending on the availability of
each material.
“The Hebrew family of Terah and his three sons, Abraham,
Nahor, and Haran, lived in Ur, a city of the Chaldeans.
“Ur was a city state located at the mouth of the river
Euphrates off the Persian Gulf. It was founded immediately
after the flood due to its proximity between two bodies of
water. All things from the Gulf had to pass through Ur first
before it could travel up the Euphrates. The population, which
at its peak was roughly sixty-five thousand, fell to around
fifty thousand during Abraham’s time. This was caused by
a drought that was stretching into its fifth straight decade,
thereby pushing where the mouth of the Euphrates meets
the Persian Gulf southeastward. This drought caused the city
to suffer, and is the reason the family of Terah would have to
migrate northwards along the river to the city of Haran.
“Yet while in Ur, there is the famous story of a younger
Abraham tending the father’s idol shop one weekend while
the father was away. There is much more to this story than at
first meets the eye.”
“I may have heard this story before, but please continue,”
said Youssef.
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Gabriel did as was instructed. “Like Noah before him,
Abraham never got along well with his father. He didn’t see
the world as Terah did. The son had always thought the father’s
idols foolish. The thought of people praying to objects made of
wood, stone, clay, or marble was ridiculous. A colossal waste of
time. Abraham could see what no others could, that these were
not living, and therefore not gods. After all, thought Abraham,
if one was to be a god wouldn’t one have to be alive first?
“Terah had explained to his eldest son that the idols
were necessary because they made people feel better about
themselves if they turned over all their cares of the world to
the gods. And, especially, because it was a profitable business
for the family.
“Abraham thought all this completely foolish, and at the
first opportunity that came along he would prove his point
to his father. The opportunity arose and Terah had to leave
for a few days to tend to a business matter. He put Abraham
in charge of his shop and went about to tend to his business.
“Abraham took this opportunity to smash all the idols but
the largest one while Terah was on his leave of absence. He
broke them into a thousand pieces, making sure there would
be no possible way for his father to perform any repairs on
them. He then sat the largest one on the top shelf in pristine
condition, looking down at the others that lay in ruin.
“He unrolled the covers of the shop so that no one could
see inside. He then made a sign saying ‘Closed until further
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notice.’ For three days the shop remained closed until, finally,
Terah returned.
“The father of Abraham entered the shop, and looked on
in horror at years of work on idols lying on the tables and
floors of his beloved idol-shop, in pieces.”
“Can I see what happened next?” asked Youssef.
Immediately a holographic image came before Youssef
showing him the scene.
“What happened?” demanded the father.
“The idols fought among each other.” And, pointing
toward the large idol on the top shelf, Abraham continued,
“The largest idol won.”
“You fool! Idols cannot fight among each other, they are
only made of clay, stone, wood, and marble!” shouted Terah.
“Then why do you worship them?” asked Abraham.
“I told you before! It gives myself and many others great
comfort in doing so!” answered Terah.
Abraham bent over and scooped up a few stones off the
ground and said, “You may as well worship these instead.”
The holographic image faded from view.
Gabriel pressed on with his story. “This one act showed
the rebelliousness of Abraham. He wasn’t about to follow
along the way everyone else believed. Something deep inside
himself told him that these idols were nothing more than a
fool’s dream. If there was a god, and Abraham wasn’t sure
about that, then there would have to be only one god, and not
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all these counterfeits. And surely, it would have to be a living
god, not one made of stone, marble, wood, or clay.”
“Abraham didn’t believe in God?” asked Youssef.
“Not when he was a younger man in his twenties, as is the
timeframe here. He only believed in reason until he had his
first visit from the Father, but that’s to come later.
“Anyway, his father didn’t talk to him for three weeks after
the event. When he did it was only to tell him, ‘We are all
moving to Haran.’ The next day, Terah, his son Abraham,
Abraham’s wife Sarah, and Terah’s grandson Lot, all set foot
for the thousand-mile trek northward up the river to Haran.
One of Abraham’s brothers, Haran, had passed away a couple
years prior. The other brother, Nahor, decided to stay at Ur
with his family.
“The family would settle in Haran for the next fifty years
until the day Terah passed away. It was on the day after his
father’s passing that Abraham received the message that
would forever change his life and the lives of millions, if not
billions, to come, creating the greatest spiritual revolution of
all time.
“He was outside near a clearing by the woods when it
happened.”
Once again a holographic image appeared before Youssef.
He saw a seventy-five-year-old Abraham in the woods.
Immediately before Abraham, he saw a white blinding
light, and out of the light formed an image of a man.
Unlike Noah’s reaction, Abraham fell on his face in terror.
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“Lift yourself up, Abraham, and have the strength to
hear my message,” said the being within the light, who then
touched Abraham, lifting him to his feet, giving him much-
needed strength and courage.
“Who are you?” asked Abraham.
“I am he who came to your fathers before you. I am that I
am,” answered the being of light.
“‘I am that I am?’ What kind of name is that?” asked
Abraham.
The being of light ignored this question, and proceeded to
give Abraham a prophecy.
“Go from this country, your people, and your father’s
house, to a land that I will show you. I will make you into a
great nation, and I will bless you. I will make your name great,
and you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you,
and I will curse those who curse you. All the people of Earth
shall be blessed through you.”
“What land do you wish me to travel to?” asked Abraham.
“It is the land of Canaan that shall belong to your
descendants,” the being answered.
“Did you say that you are the god of my fathers?” asked
Abraham.
“I am the god of Adam, and the god of Noah,” answered
the being.
Abraham was about to ask another of the many questions
that occupied his mind, but the being of light disappeared, and
with it so did the holographic image that Youssef was watching.
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“So this is where Abraham received his calling?” asked
Youssef.
“It is,” answered Gabriel. “That evening, Abraham told his
wife Sarah about the occurrence.
“His wife was the reincarnated Eve and Elizabeth, but
like her husband, she didn’t know who she once was. Like
eternal mates, they were magnetically attracted to each other.
They retained the essence of those two souls before them,
but not their memory. Abraham was the spirit of Adam and
Noah. Sarah was the spirit of Eve and Elizabeth. Their child
to come, Isaac, would be the spirit who was Seth and then
Shem. And you yourself was, of course, Ishmael. Once again,
all put here to perform a specific task.
“Sarah’s reaction to Abraham’s story was that of shock.
They had been in Haran for fifty years acquiring goods and
merchandise. They had several servants and many possessions,
where would they all go? Sarah thought her husband mad
for suggesting that they pack up and move to Canaan. She
held firm for a week that she wasn’t going anywhere, until
Abraham told her that he would leave without her and the
family if they chose not to go. She couldn’t believe that her
husband would leave her, but his eyes told her that he meant
business. Finally, after exhausting all her emotional resources
to no avail, she agreed to go with him.
“Sarah didn’t understand any of this. For the entirety of
their marriage, Abraham had never professed to any god.
He dismissed those that prayed to gods as lunatics. Fanatics
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who bowed down to the nonliving. Now here he was acting
the part of one! Talking about taking his seed, and turning it
into a great nation! Talking about this God blessing all the
world through him! How could that be? She was barren, and
therefore there weren’t any children for this special blessing.
Sarah at this point thought her husband had completely lost
his mind, yet she loved him, and therefore went wherever he
did. As did the rest of the household.
“Abraham, Sarah, his nephew Lot and his wife, along with
all their servants packed up their possessions and headed
southward toward Canaan.
“They all thought Abraham bordering on the insane.
Wandering around in the desert listening to a god that
Abraham had never believed in.
“It was unanimous, they all knew Abraham for decades,
and none of them could ever recall Abraham believing in
any god. Why this change of heart? They knew the story of
the meeting with this being of light, yet without being there
themselves, it was hard for them to fathom. Yet here was a
changed man who now led them out of Haran and into the
land of Canaan. A land of promise to the descendants of
Abraham, according to the God he had witnessed.”
“I always thought Abraham was a man of God his entire
life. To find out that he was just a regular man who didn’t
believe anything spiritual mystifies me,” said Youssef.
“He always had an inward voice, he just ignored it for
most of his life,” said Gabriel.
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“That is not what is taught,” said Youssef.
“Religions don’t tell the whole story,” said Gabriel.
“Continuing, they travelled south until they reach