Adam's Body Carried to Golgotha
After the death of Noah, Shem entered the Ark by night, removed the body of Adam, and sealed the vessel again so that none perceived the act. He told Ham and Japhet that he must travel to the sea to observe the rivers, declined an escort of men, and took with him Melchisedek, son of Malakh and Yózádhák. Guided and strengthened by the Angel of the Lord, Shem and Melchisedek journeyed swiftly by night until they reached Golgotha, the centre of the earth.
There the angel showed Shem the appointed place. When Adam’s body was laid down, the four quarters of the earth parted in the form of a cross, received the body into the cavity, and closed again, shutting the door of the created world. Shem then appointed Melchisedek priest of the Most High God to remain continually at that site, offering only bread and wine, and returned alone, telling Melchisedek’s parents that the young man had died on the journey.
Did You Know?
Shem entered the Ark by night to take out Adam's body, then sealed the Ark with his father's seal.
Shem told Ham and Japheth only that Noah had ordered him to travel as far as the sea and look at the rivers.
Noah told Shem to take bread and wine for the road and to bring Melchizedek, the son of Malakh, with him.
The Angel of the Lord went ahead of Shem and Melchizedek, and the book says their journey was very speedy.
Noah said the command had been handed down from Adam through Seth, Anosh, Kainan, Mahlalail, Jared, Enoch, Methuselah and Lamech.
Key Passage
Adam's Body Carried to Golgotha
The Cave of Treasures 32:1-4
And after the death of Noah Shem did as his father had commanded him. And he went into the Ark by night, and brought out...
1nd after the death of Noah Shem did as his father had commanded him. And he went into the Ark by night, and brought out the body of Adam therefrom, and he sealed the Ark with his father’s seal, and no man perceived [what he had done]. And he called Ham and Japhet, and said unto them, “My brethren, my father commanded me to go up and travel over the earth, even to the sea (i.e. the Mediterranean), and I am to see what the rivers are like, and then return unto you. And behold, my wife and the children of my house are with you (i.e. in your care); let your eyes be upon them.”
Did You Know?
Shem entered the Ark by night to take out Adam's body, then sealed the Ark with his father's seal.
Shem told Ham and Japheth only that Noah had ordered him to travel as far as the sea and look at the rivers.
Noah told Shem to take bread and wine for the road and to bring Melchizedek, the son of Malakh, with him.
The Angel of the Lord went ahead of Shem and Melchizedek, and the book says their journey was very speedy.
Noah said the command had been handed down from Adam through Seth, Anosh, Kainan, Mahlalail, Jared, Enoch, Methuselah and Lamech.