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The 2nd Endowment contains God’s defense of humankind against the Demiurge, Jehovah-Yahweh. Major themes include: the nature of man, true worship, human sexuality, reincarnation, liberation, and redemption.
# of chapters: 12
2nd Endowment 11:59
2nd Endowment 1:1-10
1 Come my children and sit you quietly by, and I shall reveal in you the mysteries of a Father’s love, which even now would beckon unto you as if from afar; causing to swell up within you the tender whisperings of that Heavenly Mother which even now would follow hard after you.
2 Come then, and in some holy place find sweet repose, for therein would I gently lead; hoping that by some gentle word or soft embrace, I might make you stronger still in this path on which you tread, in that world which lies beyond all beginnings.
3 Let therefore all those who should read the words of this book, put away all envy and hate; being made all still and quiet with joyful expectation; for into your keeping would the Father give an abundance of heavenly things, if it so be that you would turn loose from the soul the shadows of endless doubting.
4 For herein would I grant unto you that certain knowledge whereby you might give before the adversary a ready defense of the children of men; for in so small a seed as man has there come forth that heavenly glory from which you have sprung; being filled in your souls already with all manner of goodness and joy exceeding.
5 Therefore is it required of you also, that having taken to your souls the mysteries of God, that even you should go forth to bless the children of men with all manner of goodly grace;
6 Teaching unto them always the peaceable things of Heaven; giving unto all who seek, tender words of life and joy, that they may be endowed from above with strength and wisdom; being ennobled within and without by the only true knowledge which is come from God;
7 Becoming in their very persons even as their Heavenly Father and Heavenly Mother, which even now do wait most anxiously the coming forth of many children into that glory which leads to exaltation in the kingdom of God, even worlds without end.
8 Let all those therefore who would read herein the words of this book put away all pettiness of heart and mind, being made free of such entanglements as would make small and lowly the soul within; for into your very heart and soul would I pour forth still the greater portion; that there might spring up within the mind the only true wisdom which is come from God.
9 Adding by some measured word the power beyond all power, and the glory beyond all glory; that you, being made fixed and firm within by some holy resolve, might know more fully the mysteries of eternity.
10 For it did come about that I was sent forth into the realm of darkness wherein the Demiurge are made to rule. For it was decided that even I should go forth most boldly to give a ready defense of all mankind...
