my hair turned to chestnut with white streaks > and there i saw the one to whom belongs the time before time, and his head was white like wool. with him was another being, whose countenance had the appearance of a man, and his face was full of graciousness, like one of the holy angels. i asked the angel who went with me [...] concerning that son of and who he was, and whence he was, and why he went with the one to whom belongs the time before time. > he answered and said to me: 'this is the son of man who has righteousness, with whom dwells righteousness, and who reveals all the treasures of that which is hidden, because the lord of the spirits has chosen him, and whose lot has the pre-eminence before the lord of the spirits in uprightness for ever. this son of man whom you have seen shall raise up the kings and the mighty from their seats and the strong from their thrones, and shall loosen the reins of the strong and break the teeth of the sinners.'
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