A vivid prophecy of the life and death of Christ.  
 
1 Then the merciful God, good and lover of men, looked at Adam and Eve, and at their blood, which they had held up as an offering to Him; without an order from Him for so doing. But He wondered at them; and accepted their offerings.
 
2 And God sent from His presence a bright fire, that consumed their offering.
 
3 He smelled the sweet savor of their offering, and showed them mercy.
 
4 Then came the Word of God to Adam, and said to him, "O Adam, as you have shed your blood, so will I shed My own blood when I become flesh of your descendants; and as you died, O Adam, so also will I ............