Remember
that the Lord of glory, who created everything, had mercy upon you so that he
might save us from the captivity of this age. For many times the devil desired
not to let the sun rise above the earth and not to let the earth yield fruit,
since he desires to consume men like a fire which rages in stubble, and he
desires to swallow them like water. Therefore, on account of this, the God of
glory had mercy upon us, and he sent his son to the world so that he might save
us from the captivity. He did not inform an angel or an archangel or any
principality when he was about to come to us, but he changed himself to be like
a man when he was about to come to us so that he might save us [from flesh]. Therefore
become sons to him since he is a father to you. (The Apocalypse of Elijah
1:3-7 [OTP 1:735-36])