Secrets of Creation

and created the earth. And for this reason, God is both a body body: "Corpus," used here to describe a substantial or visible presence, rather than a physical human body and a spirit spirit: "Spiritus," the intangible, divine essence; because He was visible, like a fire in a dark flame. For fire is considered to be both a body and a spirit: that which one sees is bodily, and that which one cannot grasp is spiritual. Therefore it is said: God is a fire and a spirit. And the Spirit of God existed in His own essence, which essence was the light and clarity of all light, which was a spiritual body—an airy being. As Baruch says: "This is our God, and no other shall be esteemed or named in comparison to Him." original: "Das ist vnser Gott / vnd kein ander soll gegen disem geacht werdē / noch geheissen sein." This refers to Baruch 3:36 in the Apocrypha. Therefore Paul says: "From Him, in Him, and through Him are all things; to Him be praise and honor." original: "Auß jhm / in jhm / vnd durch jhn sein alle ding," referencing Romans 11:36.

And before God the Almighty created all things, He knew well how many angels and how many humans there should be, and how many of the angels would fall, and how many humans would be saved.