Therefore there are in the Scriptures of God's Word certain writings which, as richly yielding trees, bear more abundantly than others in the self-same holy garden. And one of the most excellent is the history of the generation of the heavens and the earth. For therein is contained in order a genealogy, which has four heads, as a stream divided into four branches, a word exceeding rich. And the first of these generations is that of the Gods. The second is that of the kingdom of heaven. The third is that of the visible world. And the fourth is that of the Church of Christ. (2) Concerning the Mystery of Redemption. All things in heaven and in earth are of God, both the invisible and the visible. Such as is the invisible, is the visible also, for there is no boundary line betwixt spirit and matter. Matter is spirit made exteriorly cognisable by the force of the Divine Word. And when God shall resume all things by love, the material shall be resolved into the spiritual, and there shall be a new heaven and a new earth. Not that matter shall be destroyed, for it came forth from God, and is of God indestructible and eternal. But it shall be indrawn and resolved into its true self. It shall put off corruption, and remain incorruptible. It shall put off mortality, and remain immortal. So that nothing be lost of the Divine substance. It was material entity: it shall be spiritual entity. For there is nothing which can go out from the presence of God. This is the doctrine of the resurrection of the dead: that is, the transfiguration of the body. For the body, which is matter, is but the manifestation of spirit: and the Word of God shall transmute it into its inner being. The will of God is the alchemic crucible: and the dross which is cast therein is matter. And the dross shall become pure gold, seven times refined; even perfect spirit. It shall leave behind it nothing: but shall be transformed into the Divine image. For it is not a new substance: but its alchemic polarity is changed, and it is converted. But except it were gold in its true nature, it could not be resumed into the aspect of gold. And except matter were spirit, it could not revert to spirit. To make gold, the alchemist must have gold. But he knows that to be gold which others take to be dross. Cast thyself into the will of God, and thou shalt become as God. For thou art God, if thy will be the Divine Will. This is the great secret: it is the mystery of Redemption. (3) Concerning Sin and Death. As is the outer so is the inner: He that worketh is One. As the small is, so is the great: there is one law. Nothing is small and nothing is great in the Divine Economy.