"This disclosure was given by Adam to his son Seth in his seven hundredth year.
And he said: "Listen to my words, my son Seth. When the Mad One created me out of the earth, along with Eve your mother, I went along with her in a glory which she had seen in the Aeon from which she came forth. She taught me the word of Gnosis of the Eternal God. And we resembled the great eternal angels, for we were higher than the Mad God who created us."

After thus informing us once again of the spiritually superior status of Eve, the scripture goes on to recount how the Mad Creator turned against Adam and Eve, robbing them of their glory and their knowledge. Humans now served the Mad Creator "in fear and in slavery", so Adam stated. While previously immortal, Adam now knew that his days were numbered. Therefore, he said he now wanted to pass on what he knew to Seth and his descendants.

In the prediction it becomes apparent that "Seth and his seed" would continue to experience gnosis, but that they would be subject to many grave tribulations. The first of these would be the flood, during which angels would rescue the Gnostic race of Seth and hide them in a secret place. Noah, on the other hand, would advise his sons to serve the Mad Creator "in fear and slavery all the days of your life."

After the return of the illumined people of Seth's kind, the creator would once again wrathfully turn against them and try to destroy them by raining fire, sulfur, and asphalt down on them - an allusion, perhaps, to the story of Sodom and Gomorrah. Once again many of the Gnostics would be saved by being taken by great angels to a place above the domain of the evil powers.

Much later there would be a new era with the coming of the man of light - Phoster - who would teach gnosis to all.

"This is the hidden knowledge of Adam which he gave to Seth, which is the holy baptism of those who know the imperishable Gnosis through those who are born of the Logos, through the imperishable Illuminator, who himself came from the holy seed of Seth."

- exerpt and commentary from the Apocalypse of Adam