# The Pearl

Source: https://enocharchive.com/symbols/pearl-of-salvation (Enoch Archive).

In chapter 68 of the Kebra Nagast the angel Gabriel gives the dying Solomon a sign. Salvation, he says, was created in the body of Adam in the form of a Pearl before Eve was made. It did not pass to Cain or Abel but to Seth, then down through the firstborn to Abraham. From there it chose Isaac over Ishmael, Jacob over Esau, Judah over Reuben, then Perez, Jesse, David and Solomon.

The Pearl does not go to Solomon's firstborn in Ethiopia or to his youngest son, but to Rehoboam, and on to Joachim and Hanna. At the appointed time it is born as a woman "seven times purer than the sun", and the Redeemer puts on her flesh. The chapter heading names her as Mary. All who carried the Pearl, and their wives, are promised that they will not be destroyed.

**category:** Messianic

**symbol:** Salvation carried through chosen forefathers