receiveth it? Whence then cometh such a marvellous fashioning of
a living creature?

"So for him, who hath made everything out of nothing, and still
doth make, it is not impossible to raise deadened and corrupt
bodies from the earth, that every man may be rewarded according
to his works; for he saith, `The present is the time for work,
the future for recompense.' Else, where were the justice of God,
if there were no Resurrection? Many righteous men in this
present life have suffered much ill-usage and torment, and have
died violent deaths; and the impious and the law-breaker hath
spent his days here in luxury and prosperity. But God, who is
good and just, hath appointed a day of resurrection and
inquisition, that each soul may receive her own body, and that
the wicked, who received his good things here, may there be
punished for his misdeeds, and that the good, who was here
chastised for his misdeeds, may there inherit his bliss. For,
saith the Lord, `They that are in the graves shall hear the voice
of the Son of God, and shall come forth; they that have done good
unto the resurrection of life, and they that have done evil unto
the resurrection of doom.' Then also shall thrones be set, and
the Ancient of days and Maker of all things shall sit as Judge,
and there shall be opened books with records of the deeds and
words and thoughts of all of us, and a fiery stream shall issue,
and all hidden things shall be revealed. There can no advocate,
no persuasive words, no false excuse, no mightiness of riches, no
pomp of rank, no lavishment of bribes, avail to pervert righteous
judgement. For he, the uncorrupt and truthful Judge, shall weigh
everything in the balance of justice, every act, word and
thought. And they that have done good shall go into life