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1“First of all, Sir,” said I, “tell me this: What is the rock and the door?” “This rock and the door,” said he, “is the Son of God.” “How is it,” said I, “Sir, that the rock is old, but the gate is new?” “Listen,” said he, “and understand, foolish man. 2The Son of God is older than all his creation, so that he was the counsellor of his Creation to the Father, therefore the rock is also old.” “But why is the gate new, Sir?” said I. 3“Because,” said he, “He was manifested in the last days of the end of the world, for this reason the gate is new, that those who are to be saved may ‘enter’ through it ‘into the kingdom of God.’ 4Do you see,” said he, “the stones which entered through the gate, were put into the building of the tower, but those which did not enter through it were put back again into their own place?” “I see, Sir,” said I. “So,” said he, “no man ‘shall enter into the Kingdom of God,’ except he take his holy name. 5For if you wish to enter into a city, and that city has been walled round, and has one gate, can you enter into that city except through the gate which it has?” “No, Sir,” said I, “for how is it possible otherwise?” “If then you are not able to enter into the city except through the gate which it has, so,” said he, “a man ‘cannot’ otherwise ‘enter into the kingdom of God,’ except through the name of his Son, who was beloved by him. 6Do you see,” said he, “the crowd which is building the tower?” “Yes, Sir,” said I, “I see it.” “They,” said he, “are all glorious angels; by these then the Lord has been walled round. But the gate is the Son of God, this is the only entrance to the Lord. No man can enter in to him otherwise, than through his Son.a 7So you see,” said he, “the six men, and the glorious and great man in their midst, who is walking round the tower and rejected the stones from the building?” “Yes, Sir,” said I, “I see him.” 8“The glorious man,” said he, “is the Son of God, and those six are glorious angels supporting him on the right hand and on the left. None of these glorious angels,” said he, “can enter into God’s presence without him. Whoever receives not his name ‘shall not enter into the kingdom of God.’”