Yaatsekawd

Pronunciation: ya-TSE-kawd

Who He Is

Yaatsekawd is the first father, the one the world calls Adam. His name means “the first companion and counselor to creation” and also “the first person to walk upon the ground” (Strong’s #3289 & 259; Enoch, Introduction). He dwelt in Eden with his wife Cavah and was given “the task of dressing and keeping the plants and trees of Eden and all the living souls there” (Enoch, Seth 1:11).

How He Was Named

God said to him, “Your name is the first counselor and companion to creation, and you are called Yaatsekawd,” and pointing to Cavah He said, “And she is the one who named you because she is able to know the meaning of your life in the midst of creation” (Enoch, Seth 5:46–47).

The name Adam came later. “Adam” (Strong’s #120) means “a human being of low degree” (Enoch, Introduction). The Lord told the seer “it was Kenneh who named his father Adam which means ‘to be red in the face’ with anger” (Enoch p. 125 n. 61). The Book of Achee, which calls him Adam, says “Adam by interpretation means to be ruddy” (I Achee 2:15).

His Character

“He was very mild and gentle in his nature, and he would not strike one stone upon another for he felt it to be too violent, and he would not bend a green branch out of his way, for he was the caretaker of Eden… and he would not engage in any form of boisterousness or rudeness or loudness, but he walked quietly, gently and respectfully during all his days upon the earth, for he had a deep reverence for all the forms element had taken upon the earth, and anger was never known to come upon him throughout all his days” (Enoch, Seth 1:11). The ancients “were very brown and their hair was full and black, and Yaatsekawd had his hair in two braids” (Seth 1:13). Moses’ seer called him “a man of few words” and “the ultimate expression of pure righteousness coming out of Eden” (Moses 2:46).

In Eden

When Cavah brought him to the Cedar tree, “he was greatly saddened, for he felt a gulf arising up between him and his rib, and his great loneliness began to come once again upon him… and he partook for fear of loneliness” (Achee, Words of Goker Harim III 1:32). After they left Eden, when Motsah came to their altar, Yaatsekawd knelt holding His hands and asked, “Lord, what are these marks in Your hands, for I have not seen them before” (Enoch, Seth 7:93).

He Defined Creation

“Our father Yaatsekawd defined the elements in creation, yea even all the Watchers of heaven in all their hosts and in all their families, and their names reflected the definition of the spirit that gave them life” (Melchizedek 10:27). Israel is told, “just like Yaatsekawd defined the world in righteousness, you are to define the city of Israel in righteousness” (Moses 14:34).

His Grief and the Name Gabriel

When the wickedness of Lamech came to them, Yaatsekawd and Cavah cut their hair in their grief, “for they saw themselves to be the parents of all men and they felt responsible for all of their waywardness.” Yaatsekawd wept bitterly, stumbled and fell in the brook, “and it is called the brook Baca, and his tears and hair mingled with the waters of the brook… and the rocks mourned with him.” The Redeemer appeared standing in the brook and raised him up: “Arise oh man of God, for this day you shall be called by a new name. I and the Eerkodeshoi will call you Gabriel.” He made a covenant with him that “from this day forward you shall no more be seen to be the father of the wicked but of the righteous only… and from this day forward you shall no more bear the burden of the compounding of their sins upon yourself” (Enoch, Seth 1:46–51). The Book of our Ancient Grandmothers tells the same scene at the brook Simca: “Rise up oh man of Anokeesed, for this day I will give you a new name, even that of Gabriel, for that is the name my Father Anokeesed delights to call you” (Grandmothers 1:16). As the Holy Order was formed, “Yaatsekawd had the new name of Gabriel” (Moses 2:37).

A note on the name of the brook: Enoch calls it the brook Baca; the Grandmothers call it the brook Simca. In these books one thing can carry more than one righteous name. Enoch was “the first among men to be born with three names” (Enoch, Seth 2:48), and the holy city “shall have three names” (Bedal 9:26). So both may be names of the same brook, or the difference may be an editing error. Both are shown here as written; the reader can decide.

He Established the Law

On the Tablet of Gabriel, “the flame is the Law of Jeshurun that Yaatsekawd established, and this lamp represents the establishment of Jeshurun by Yaatsekawd, and as you see it is founded upon the edge of eternity” (Moses 4:55). “While Gabriel established Jeshurun to bring it into definition, Jacob put the Law into all creation” (Moses 4:97), and “Messiah put the Law into the soul of every vision of created purpose” (Moses 16:118). See Tablet of Gabriel.

The Twelve Sons at the Brook

When the family broke apart, Yaatsekawd summoned his sons to the brook of Simca. He showed each man where to stand around the shadow of an old tree, sprinkled element on their feet and spoke to each one. To Asher he said, “Every rock in this brook of Simca is where Anokeesed has placed it… But He gave you feet… And more importantly we can choose which pathway our spirit travels upon. And it is the desire of Anokeesed that all the feet of His children walk on the pathway that lead to life and happiness and that each and every one of them find their way back to live with Him” (Moses 2:43–50).

First of the High Priest Communities

He is first in the order of the 24 High Priest Communities. “Adam was ordained after the Order of Melchizedek,” and “Adam during all his days was brother to Shemael, and he did the works of God and repented and was obedient” (I Achee 2:14–15). Shemael (“Work of God”) is the animals, and teaches obedience (Handbook p. 518). “Adam named the Son of God The Lamb of God because of the purity and innocence of Messiah” (I Achee 2:13). His community established repentance, which allowed Christ to “reconnect man to the Father,” or more simply said, “to return home” (Achee, Appendix p. 659).

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