פיליפ: Those who say that the L-rd died first and (then) rose up are in error, for He rose up first and (then) died. Some are afraid lest they rise naked. Because of this they wish to rise in the flesh and they do not know that it is those who wear the flesh who are naked. In this World, those who put on garments are better than the garments. In the Kingdom of Heaven, the garments are better than those that put them on. Because of this he said "He who shall not eat my flesh and drink my blood has not life in him." He who has received these has food, drink, and clothing. I find fault with the others who say that it will not rise. Those who say they will die first and then rise are in error. It is necessary to rise in this flesh, since everything exists in it. Do not despise the Lamb, for without it, it is not possible to see the King. No one will be able to go in to the King, if he is naked. Truth did not come into the world naked, but it came in types and images. The world will not receive truth in any other way. There is a rebirth and an image of rebirth. It is certainly necessary to be born again through the image. Which one? Resurrection. The image must rise again through the image. The Bridal Chamber and the image must enter through the image into the truth: this is the restoration. Because of this, the Lord called Destruction the "the Outer Darkness": there is not another outside of it. He said, "Mi Father who is in secret." He said, "Go into your chamber, shut the door behind you, and pray to your Father who is in secret," the one who is within them all, but that which is within them all is the fullness. Beyond it, there is nothing else within it. This is that of which they say, "That which is above them." There were three buildings specifically for sacrifice in Jerusalem: the one facing the West was called "The Holy;" another, facing South, was called "The Holy of the Holy;" the third, facing east, was called "The Holy of the Holies," the place where only the high priest enters. Baptism is "the Holy" building; Redemption is the "Holy of the Holy;" "the Holy of the Holies" is the Bridal Chamber. The powers do not see those who are clothed in the perfect light and, consequently, are not able to detain them. Thus Eve separated from Adam because it was not in the Bridal Chamber that she united with him. Christ came to repair the separation, which was from the beginning, and again unite the two, and to give life to those who died as a result of the separation, and combine them, but the woman is combined to her husband in the Bridal Chamber. Indeed, those who have come together in the Bridal Chamber will no longer be separated. If a marriage is open to the public, it has become Prostitution, and the bride plays the Harlot not only when she is impregnated by another man, but even if she slips out of her bedroom and is seen. Let her show herself only to her father and her mother, and to the friend of the bridegroom and the sons of the bridegroom. These are permitted to enter every day into the bridal chamber. But let the others yearn just to listen to her voice and to enjoy her ointment, and let them feed from the crumbs that fall from the table, like the dogs. Bridegrooms and Brides belong to the Bridal Chamber. No one shall be able to see the Bridegroom with the Bride unless he become such a one.
Most things in the world, as long as their inner parts are hidden, stand upright and live. If they are revealed, they die, as is illustrated by the visible man: as long as the intestines of the man are hidden, the man is alive; when his intestines are exposed and come out of him, the man will die. So also with the tree: while its root is hidden, it sprouts and grows. If its root is exposed, the tree dries up. The bridal chamber, however, remains hidden. It is the Holy in the Holy. If some belong to the order of the priesthood, they will be able to go within the veil with the high priest, but the mysteries of that marriage are perfected rather in the day and the light. Neither that day nor its light ever sets. If anyone becomes a son of the bridal chamber, he will receive the light. If anyone does not receive it while he is here, he will not be able to receive it in the other place. He who will receive that light will not be seen, nor can he be detained, and none shall be able to torment a person like this, even while he dwells in the World, and, again when he leaves the world, he has already received the truth in the images. The World has become the Aeon, for the Aeon is fullness for him. This is the way it is: it is revealed to him, alone, not hidden in the darkness and the night, but hidden in a perfect day and a holy light.
