This is an angelic visionary teaching from a parchment fragment found in the caves of Qumran. The Dead Sea Scrolls. It speaks of something concerning the Beith HaMikdash/ the Jewish Temple when it says at the end ""the silver and the gold" referring to the Temple Kellim/Vessels. So this is a vision of a future temple in a land distant from the historic land of Israel. The eternal city of LUZ, the sulam ladder connecting realms may move geographically as also hinted at in the Megillah Esther about the Makom/ holy place moving somewhere else. The fragment ends with Tzedeq/Justice.
4QWords of Michael (4Q529) 7 Words of the book which Michael spoke to the angels of God [.. .] 2 He said: ‘I found there troops of fire [...] 3 [...] nine mountains: two to the Eas[t ...] 4 [and two to the] South. There I saw the angel Gabriel [...] 5 ... and I ex- plained to him his vision’. And he said to me: [...] 6 It is written in my book that the Great One, the Lord Eternal, [...] 7 the sons of Ham to the sons of Shem. And now, the Great One, the Lord Eternal [...] 8 when keshabin from azdara (?) drip [...] 9 See, a city will be built to the name of the Great [Lord Eternal . . .] 10 all that is wicked shall be done before the Great One, Lofrd Eter- nal ...] 11 but the Great One, Lord Eternal, will remember his creature [...] 12 [to the Great] One, Lord Eternal; to him the rewards and to him [. . .] 13 in distant lands there will be a man [...] 14 is he. And he will say to him: ‘Look, this [...] 15 to me the silver and the gold [...] ... [...] 1 6 [...] justice [...]
The Sulam ladder at LUZ in Jacob's dream vision |
Aramaic "Words of Michael" Qumran 4Q |
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