Kebra Nagast

Concerning the Angels who rebelled all his house, until His anger with the sinners who had not believed the word of God and the word of their fathers, had abated, or He could have lifted him up into the air, or He could have commanded the water of the Flood [which was] like a wall not to approach the one mountain where He would make Noah to dwell with his sons and not to submerge the beasts and cattle which he wanted. But know ye this God was well pleased that by means of wood which had been sanctithe salvation of His creation should take place, God that is to say, the ark and the wood of the Cross. " said unto Noah, Make that whereby thou shalt be saved," that is to say, the Tabernacle of the Church ; fied and when He said unto him, " Make it foursided," He showed that the Sign of the Cross was fourfold. Now the four corners of the ark are the horns of the altar ; and He commanded Moses to make the ark out of indesHe said, " I will sanctify thee by that tructible wood. hand. And do thou heavenly and spiritual work of My sanctify thyself from filth, and impurity, and fornication, and vindictiveness, and falsehood, together with a thy brother and thy house. And sacrifice unto Me clean sacrifice with cleanness, and I will accept thee after thou hast sanctified thyself and thy house ; com- mand all the people to sanctify themselves, for My holy things [must be offered] by holy ones. And this thou shalt seek, the Tabernacle of My Covenant which I have created lor My praise. And if ye come with purity of heart, with love, and with peace, without mockery and reviling, and if ye will make right your hearts in respect of Me and your hear your prayers, and I will listen to your petitions about everything which ye submit to Me, and I will come and be with you, and I will walk among you, and I will dwell in your hearts, and ye shall be unto Me people, and I will be your God in truth." neighbours, I will My 189