1. He answered me: "Measure carefully within yourself, and when you see that a certain part of the signs that were predicted have passed,
2. then you will understand that the time has come in which the Most High will begin to visit the world that he made.
3. When the movement of places, tumult of peoples, plotting of nations, inconstancy of leaders, and confusion of princes appear in the world,
4. then you will understand that it was about these things that the Most High spoke from former days, from the beginning.
5. Just as with everything that has happened in the world, the beginning is known from the end, and the end comes to be seen,
6. so also are the times of the Most High. The beginnings are manifest in prodigies and mighty works, and the end is evident in deeds and in signs.
7. All this—who will be saved, who will be able to escape through their works or through the faith with which they believe—
8. will survive the predicted dangers and will see my salvation in my land and within my borders, which I have made holy for myself for a long time.
9. Then whoever has now abused my ways will be astonished, and whoever rejected them in contempt will linger in agony.
10. Those who didn’t acknowledge me when they were alive, even though they received benefits;
11. those who despised my Law while they were enjoying freedom
12. and didn’t come to their senses but continued to scoff while the opportunity for a changed life was still open to them—these people must acknowledge me in torment after death.