Testament of Levi 18

1And after their vengeance has come from the Lord, the priesthood will fail.

2Then the Lord will raise up a new priest, to whom all the words of the Lord will be revealed; and he will execute true judgment upon the earth for many days.

3And his star will rise in heaven like a king, giving the light of knowledge like the sun by day, and he will be magnified in the inhabited world.

4He will shine forth like the sun upon the earth, and he will remove all darkness from under heaven, and there will be peace in all the earth.

5The heavens will rejoice in his days, and the earth will be glad, and the clouds will rejoice; [and the knowledge of the Lord will be poured out upon the earth like the water of the seas;] and the angels of the glory of the Lord's presence will be glad in him.

6The heavens will be opened, and from the temple of glory holiness will come upon him with a fatherly voice, as from Abraham to Isaac.

7And the glory of the Most High will be spoken over him, and a spirit of understanding and sanctification will rest upon him [in the water].

8For he will give the majesty of the Lord to his sons in truth forever, and there will be no succession to him for generations and generations, until eternity.

9And during his priesthood the nations will be multiplied in knowledge upon the earth, and they will be enlightened by the grace of the Lord. [But Israel will be diminished in ignorance and darkened in mourning.] During his priesthood sin will cease, and the lawless will cease from evil; [and the righteous will rest in him].

10And indeed he will open the gates of paradise, and he will remove the threatening sword against Adam.

11And he will give the holy ones to eat from the tree of life, and the spirit of holiness will be upon them.

12And Beliar will be bound by him, and he will give authority to his children to trample on the evil spirits.

13And the Lord will rejoice over his children, and he will take pleasure in his beloved ones forever.

14Then Abraham and Isaac and Jacob will exult, and I will rejoice, and all the holy ones will put on righteousness.