Kebra Nagast

Concerning the Beginning CONCERNING THE BEGINNING As David prophesied by the mouth of the Holy " With Thee was the headship on the Spirit, saying, 1 Now what do these words, " day of day of "might." might mean ? Is it not the day whereon Christ, the 102. Word of the Father, created heaven and earth ? For Moses saith in the beginning of the Book, " In the 2 beginning God made the heavens and the earth." " " " in In the beginning meaneth Understand then " " " Christ the interpretation of ; beginning is Christ. John the" Apostle, the son of Zebedee, saith concerning This is the first (or, beginning) we Christ, Whom have heard and seen, Whom we have known, and Whom our hands have felt." 3 And we will relate unto you how we have a portion with Him, and ye who believe our words shall have a portion with us. And Luke the " In the disciple saith in the Acts of the Apostles, * beginning we make speech concerning everything," and this that he saith [sheweth] that Christ was the redemption of all, and we believe in Him. And Mark the Evangelist in the beginning of his Book wrote, " The beginning of the Gospel is Jesus Christ, saying, the Son of God " 5 and these words mean that Christ was the glad tidings for the Prophets and the Apostles, and that we all have participated in His grace. And " In the beginagain John the Evangelist wrote, saying, was the and that Word with God " ; was Word, ning and in another place his word showeth [this] plainly, and he saith, " And likewise in the beginning was God the Word." 6 And now observe that that Word of the Father is Christ, whereby He made the heavens and the earth and every created thing. It is He Who created, and without Him nothing that came came into being, ; 4 1 Psalm ex, 3. 2 Genesis i, I. Mark i, i. John i, i ff. John i, 1-3 3 Acts i. ; I John i, i.