Therefore, the "play" which sentenced
Israel at Mount Sinai is equivalent to the Play of David as they were
removing the Ark of the Covenant to David's new
tent.
Theodoret claimed that the Jews brought
liturgical music from
Egypt and Philo wrote that "Moses
learned rhythm, harmony, meter and everything concerned with instrumental
music from the Egyptians." This is why Moses knew that the noise
at Mount Sinai was not the sound of defeat or of
victory. Rather, it was the "sound of them
singing that I hear."
"The Jews sang in the
type of the Egyptian threnodies
(elegies for the dead):
"Thus they made a golden bull, the image of an animal that was held to be the most sacred
in that land; they offered unholy sacrifices, performed impious
dances and sang hymns which
differed in no way from the pagan mourning songs. Philo, De specialibus legibus
"This reference probably indicates the
use of songs from the cult of
Osiris... it can hardly be denied that Egyptian
influence on Jewish musical practices was quite significant. This would
stand to reason because of the high quality of Egyptian cultic music. The
tambourine or timbrel, a hoop of bells over which a
white skin was stretched, came from Egypt. Miriam used this instrument to accompany the singing and dancing on the
shores of the Red Sea (Ex. 15).
"The trumpet... was the signaling
instrument of the Egyptian army. The name of the Sistrum (2 Sam 6:5) was
mena'ane'im. It was the
Egyptian kemken used in
the cult of Isis.
The music during the transferring the Ark to Sion
and the dances of the women at the Shiloh (Judges 21:21), were similar to the
Egyptian liturgy and
parades.
"As Herodotus reports, women sang the praises of Osiris while
liknesses of the gods were born about and,
during the festival of Diana at
Bubastis,
"The Egyptians do not hold a single
solemn assembly, but several in the course of the year. Of these the chief,
which is better attended than any other, is held at the city of
Bubastis in honour of Diana. The next in
importance is that which takes place at Busiris, a city
situated in the very middle of the Delta; it is in honour of Isis,
who is called in the Greek tongue Demiter
(Ceres). There is a third great festival in Sais to Minerva, a
fourth in Heliopolis to the Sun, a fifth in Buto to Latona, and a sixth in
Papremis to Mars.
"Erotic dance was
a sacred ritual in ancient Egypt, common in fertility rituals and
sex magick. The most famous was the erotic dance of the
priestesses of Het Heret [whom the Greeks called Hathor], but also common in the temples of Bast, Aset [Isis], and
Nuit.
"During the erotic dance ritual, the
priestess would actually become
the Goddess in all Her glory.
According to the ancient texts, during the erotic dance ritual the
priestesses would achieve visionary orgasm
in which great truths were revealed.
"Het Heret was the
over-arching sky cow Goddess,
associated with fertility and bounty and plenty. Married couples would go
to the temples of Het Heret for fertility rites that would hopefully lead
to a successful pregnancy. The temples were filled with sweet smelling
incense. Typically sweets and red beer or
golden ale would flow freely. The priestesses of Het Heret would dance to
the rhythms of live
drumming. When the couples were
sufficiently
aroused, they would
engage in sexual
intercourse on comfortable
pillows.
"The priestesses would often enter into
an altered state of consciousness during erotic dance, becoming the Goddess manifest
in human form. On occassion the priestesses would experience compelling
spiritual visions while in this eroticly charged state. From Source See Bast and
Lesbians
See the
musical connection for
which God will come with ten thousand of his
saints.
10 And as the inflammation of their
bodies shall be great, so shall
their spirits undergo a change for ever.
When Genun (Jubal) through the teaching
of Satan called the Holy Sethites down into the valley of the Cainites and
"inflamed" their bodies, their spirits underwent a change and, as predicted, they could never return to the Holy
Mountain.
They have committed the unforgivable sin because they can never repent because they cannot hear,
believe and obey.
11 For no word which is
uttered before the Lord of
spirits shall be in vain.
12 Judgment has come upon them,
because they trusted in their
carnal
revelry,
and denied the Lord of spirits.
But these, as natural brute beasts, made
to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand
not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption; 2 Peter
2:12
And shall receive the reward of
unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time.
Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own
deceivings while they feast with you; 2 Peter 2:13
Having eyes full of adultery, and that
cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have
exercised with covetous practices; cursed children: 2 Peter 2:14
Which have forsaken the right way,
and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who
loved the wages of
unrighteousness; 2 Peter 2:15
13 In those days shall the waters of
that valley be changed; for when the
angels shall be judged, then shall the heat of those springs of water
experience an alteration.
But was rebuked for his iniquity: the
dumb ass speaking with mans voice forbad the madness of the prophet. 2 Peter
2:16
These are wells (springs) without
water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of
darkness is reserved for ever. 2 Peter 2:17
For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh,
through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live
in error. 2 Peter 2:18
While they promise them
liberty, they themselves are
the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is
he brought in bondage. 2 Peter 2:19
For if after they have escaped the
pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again
entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than
the beginning. 2 Peter 2:20
For it had been better for them not
to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it,
to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them. 2 Peter
2:2
Corruption in 2:19
Phthora (g5356) fthor-ah'; from 5351; decay, i.e.
ruin (spontaneous or inflicted, lit. or fig.): -
corruption, destroy, perish.
Phtheiro (g5351) fthi'-ro; prob. strength. from
phthio, (to pine or waste): prop. to shrivel or
wither, i.e. to spoil (by any
process) or (gen.) to ruin (espec. fig. by mor. influences, to
deprave): - corrupt (self), defile, destroy
Phthoggos (g5353) fthong'-gos; from 5350; utterance,
i.e. a musical note (vocal or instrumental):
- sound.
And even things without life giving sound,
whether pipe or harp, except they give a distinction in the sounds,
how shall it be known what is piped or harped?
1Co.14:7
Corruption in Hebrew:
Chalal (g2490) khaw-lal'; a prim. root [comp. 2470]; prop. to
bore, i. e. (by impl.) to wound, to
dissolve; fig. to profane (a
person, place or thing), to
break (one's word), to begin
(as if by an "opening wedge"); denom. (from 2485) to play (the flute): - begin (* men began), defile, * break, defile, * eat (as common things), * first, *
gather the grape thereof, * take inheritance, pipe, player on instruments, pollute, (cast as) profane (self), prostitute,
slay (slain), sorrow, stain, wound.
14 And when the angels shall ascend, the
water of the springs shall again undergo a
change, and be frozen. Then I heard holy Michael answering and saying, This
judgment, with which the angels shall be judged, shall bear testimony against
the kings, the princes, and those who possess the earth.
15 For these waters of judgment
shall be for their healing, and for the death (64) of their
bodies.
But they shall not perceive
and believe that the waters will be changed, and become a
fire, which shall blaze for ever.
(64) Death. Or, "lust"
(Charles, p. 176; Knibb, p. 158).
And he said unto them, Go ye into all the
world, and preach the gospel to every creature. Mark 16:15
He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he
that believeth not
shall be damned. Mark 16:16
And the disciples came, and said unto
him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables? Matthew 13:10
He answered and said unto them, Because
it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but
to them it is not given. Matthew 13:11
For whosoever hath, to him shall be
given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him
shall be taken away even that he hath. Matthew 13:12
Therefore speak I to them in
parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not,
neither do they understand. Matthew 13:13
And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of
Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and
seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive: Matthew 13:14
For this peoples heart is waxed gross,
and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest
at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and
should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should
heal them. Matthew 13:15
All these things spake Jesus unto the
multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them: Matthew
13:34
That it might be fulfilled which was
spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will
utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world. Matthew 13:35
The Jewish clergy consisted of about 10
to 12 thousand people dedicated to the music and sacrifice of the Temple. On
the other hand, the sacrificial system was not for the "people's
congregation" and they met in the synagogue or no where special to hear the
Word and pray.
The "doctors of the law" had been
"marked" so that they could no longer hear the Word.
The Gnostics saw Sophia-Zoe in the
same way Lucifer or Azazyel is defined and:
Now the production of the instructor came about as follows. When Sophia let fall a
droplet of light, it flowed onto the water, and immediately a
human being appeared, being
androgynous.
That droplet she molded first
as a female body.
Afterwards, using the body
she molded it in the likeness of the
mother, which had appeared. And he
finished it in twelve months.
An androgynous human
being was produced, whom the Greeks call Hermaphrodites;
and whose mother the Hebrews call
Eve of Life (Eve-Zoe),
namely, the female
instructor of
life.
Her offspring is the
creature that is
lord.
Afterwards, the authorities
called it "Beast", so that it might lead astray their modelled
creatures.
The interpretation of "the
beast" is "the instructor". For
it was found to be the wisest of all
beings.
Chapter 67
1 After this he gave me the
characteristical marks (65) of all the
secret things in the book of my great-grandfather Enoch, and
in the parables which had been given to him; inserting them
for me among the words of the
book of
parables.
(65) Characteristical marks. Literally, "the signs" (Laurence,
p. 83).
2 At that that time holy Michael answered
and said to Raphael, The power of the spirit hurries me away, and impels me
on.
The severity of the judgment,
of the secret judgment of the angels,
who is capable of beholding the endurance of that severe judgment which has taken place
and been made permanent without being melted at the site of it? Again holy
Michael answered and said to holy Raphael, Who is there whose heart is not
softened by it, and whose reins are not troubled at this
thing?
3 Judgment has gone forth against them by
those who have thus dragged them away; and that was, when they stood in the
presence of the Lord of
spirits.
4 In like manner also holy Rakael said to
Raphael, They shall not be before the eye of the Lord; (66) since the Lord of
spirits has been
offended with them; for like Lords
(67) have they conducted themselves. Therefore will he bring upon them a
secret judgment for ever and
ever.
(66) They shall not eye of the
Lord. Or, "I will not take their
part under the eye of the Lord" (Knibb, p. 159).
(67) For like Lords. Or,
"for they act as if they were Lord" (Knibb, p. 159).
5 For neither shall angel nor man receive a
portion of it; but they alone shall receive their own judgment for ever end
ever.
Chapter 68
1 After this judgment they shall be
astonished and irritated; for it
shall be exhibited to the inhabitants of the earth.
2 Behold the names of those angels. These
are their names. The
- first of them is Samyaza; the
- second, Arstikapha; the
- third, Armen; the
- fourth, Kakabael; the
- fifth, Turel; the
- sixth, Rumyel; the
- seventh, Danyal; the
- eighth, Kael; the
- ninth, Barakel; the
- tenth, Azazel; the
- eleventh, Armers; the
- twelfth, Bataryal; the
- thirteenth, Basasael; the
- fourteenth, Ananel; the
- fifteenth, Turyal; the
- sixteenth, Simapiseel; the
- seventeenth, Yetarel; the
- eighteenth, Tumael; the
- nineteenth, Tarel; the
- twentieth, Rumel; the
- twenty-first, Azazyel.
Fallen Angels are
very special Angels who have lost God´s favor because of
disobedience. They are opposed to
Him and followers from Satan (the Devil). According to the 13. century Cardinal Bishop of Tusculum there
are about 133.306.668 Fallen Angels. The most famous are: Abezi, Adirael,
Agreas, Asmodeus, Astaroth, Baram, Baraqijal, Batanel, Beqa, Carniveau ,
Caym, Dan´el, Dommiel, Dubbiel, Enan, Ezeqel, Forneus, Furcalor, Gressil,
Haroth, Havras, Inias, Iuvart, Jamjael, Kasadya, Kasbel, Kokabi´el,
Lahash, Leviathan, Makkiel, Mammon, Melchidael, Nisroch, Oeillet, Paymon, Penemuel, Rimmon, Salmael, Sariel, Satan,
Tabaet, Tam´el, Turiel, Usiel, Verrier, Xaphan, Yeqon, Zaphiel and
Zavebe.
Fallen Angels are also known as Demons
(from Greek. "daimon") or Devil
(Greek. "diabolos", which means "slanderer") and
dwell in Hell, a fiery place somewhere located beneath the Earth, where
sinners go after Death to be punished and tormented forever. Satan
is the Prince of Hell and is followed by his Legion of Demons, which bring people in
Temptation.
3 These are the chiefs of their angels, and the names of the leaders of their hundreds,
and the leaders of their fifties, and the
leaders of their
tens.
When Israel fired God and demanded a king
like the nations so that they could worship like the nations, God warned them
that the kings of the Monarchy
period would set up a
pyramidal "ministry"
system just like the
nations:
And he said, This will be the manner of
the king that shall reign over you: He will take your
sons, and appoint them for himself, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and some shall run before his chariots. 1 Sam 8:11
And he will appoint him captains
over thousands, and captains over fifties; and will
set them to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his
instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots. (musical) 1 Sam 8:12
And he will take your daughters to be
confectionaries, and to be cooks, and to be bakers. 1 Sam 8:13
And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and
your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to
his servants. 1 Sam
8:14
And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and
give to his officers, and to his servants. 1 Sam 8:15
Later, it was David and the "commanders
of the army" or princes who establish the Levitical Musicians as "make work"
when the wars wer over. They helped enslave the people later in building the
temple of Solomon.
Key to
Music
4 The name of the first is Yekun:
(68) he it was who seduced all the sons
of the holy angels; and causing them to descend on earth, led astray the offspring of men.
(68) Yekun may simply
mean "the rebel" (Knibb, p. 160).
Jeqon In another
version of the Parables
Jubal is spelled "Yubal" and the word
"Canan" may also be the same.
Jubal is the agent
in the Bible but Genun is the one used by Satan to seduce the Sethites.
The weapon to deceive was musical instruments and mixed-sex
choirs.
Jubal or Genun is also seen after the
flood in the form of Nimrod whose Babylonian worship restored devil worship.
Nimrod was a hunter "against" God.
Babylonian
Worship
Nimrod by
Hislop
5 The name of the second is Kesabel,
who pointed out evil counsel to the sons of the holy angels, and induced them
to corrupt their bodies by generating mankind.
6 The name of the third is Gadrel:
he discovered every stroke of death
to the children of men.
7 He seduced Eve; and
discovered to the children of men the instruments of death, the coat of
mail, the shield, and the
sword for slaughter; every
instrument of death to the children of men.
The Hebrew and Greek word for
weapon and instrument is the same. For instance, Paul did not use carnal weapons to destroy
arguments. He also speaks of lifeless instruments.
Therefore, this was not a sword. In Hebrew:
Keliy (h3627) kel-ee'; .. vessel or
weapon, artillery, bag, instrument, psaltery
And his brothers name was
Jubal (yobel or
trumpet): he was the father of all such as
handle (without authority) the harp and organ. Gen
4:21
And Zillah, she also bare
Tubal-cain (offspring of Cain), an
instructor of every artificer
in brass and iron: and
the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah (enchantress according to
Josephus). Gen 4:22
Coresh (h2794) kho-rashe'; act. part. of 2790; a
fabricator or mechanic: - artificer.
Cheresh (h2792) kheh'-resh; the same as 2791:
-Cheresh, a Levite: - Heresh.
Cheresh (h2791) kheh'-resh; from 2790;
magical
craft; also silence: -
cunning, secretly.
Charsha (h2797) khar-shaw'; from 2791;
magician; Charsha, one of the Nethinim: - Harsha.
"According to Sumerian chronicles of the earlier times, it was at
Eridu's
temple that Enki, as guardian
of the secrets of all
scientific knowledge, kept the ME's -
tabletlike objects on which the scientific data were inscribed.
One of the Sumerian texts details
how the goddess Inanna (later
known as Ishtar),
wishing to give status to her 'cult center' Uruk (the biblical Erech),
tricked Enki into giving her some of those divine formulas.
Adapa, we find, was also nicknamed
NUN.ME, meaning "He who can decipher the
ME's'.
Even unto millennia later, in
Assyrian times, the saying 'Wise as
Adapa' meant that someone was exceedingly wise and
knowledgeable....The 'wide knowledge' imparted by Enki to Adapa
included writing, medicine, and
- according to the astronomical series of tablets UD.SAR.ANUM.ENLILLA
('The Great Days of Amu and Enlil') - knowledge of astronomy and
astrology."
"...It is almost certain that the
biblical 'Enoch' was
the equivalent of the Sumerian first priest, EN.ME.DUR.AN.KI ('High Priest of the ME's of the
Bond Heaven-Earth'), the man from the city Sippar taken heavenward to
be taught the secrets of
Heaven and Earth, of
divination, and of the calendar. It was with him that
the generations of astronomer-priests, of Keepers of the Secrets, began." - Zecharia Sitchin, When Time Began
Inanna got
Ea (the patron god of music)
drunk and stole the ME which included:
- He gave me the kurgurra.
- The kurgarru, the assinu, and the kulu'u performed plays, music,
dances, and games during rituals
- He gave me the standard.
- He gave me the quiver.
- He gave me the art of
lovemaking.
- He gave me the art of kissing
the phallus.
- He gave me the art of
prostitution.
- He gave me the art of
speeding.
-
- He gave me the art of
forthright speech.
- He gave me the art of
slanderous speech.
- He gave me the art of
adorning speech.
- He gave me the cult of
the
prostitute.
- He gave me the holy tavern.
-
- He gave me the holy shrine.
- He gave me the holy priestess of heaven.
- He gave me the resounding musical
instrument.
- He gave me the art of
song.
- He gave me the art of the elder
- She brought the
tigi- and lilis-drums.
- She brought the
ub-, the meze-,
and the ala- Tambourines..."
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8 From his hand were these things derived to them who dwell upon earth, from that period for
ever.
9 The name of the fourth is Penemue: he
discovered to the children of men bitterness and sweetness;
10 And pointed out to them every secret of
their wisdom.
11 He taught men to understand writing, and
the use of ink and paper.
12 Therefore numerous have been
those who have gone
astray from every period of the
world, even to this day.
13 For men were not born for this,
thus with pen and with ink to
confirm their faith;
14 Since they were not created, except
that, like the angels, they might remain righteous and pure.
15 Nor would death, which destroys
everything, have effected them;
16 But by this their knowledge they perish, and by this also its power consumes them.
17 The name of the fifth is
Kasyade: he discovered
to the children of men every
wicked stroke of spirits and of
demons:
18 The stroke of the embryo in the womb, to diminish it; (69)
the stroke of the spirit by the bite of the serpent,
and the stroke which is given
in the mid-day by the offspring of the serpent, the name of which is Tabaet.
(70)
(69) The stroke to diminish it. Or, "the blows (which attack) the embryo in the womb so that it
miscarries" (Knibb, p. 162).
(70) Tabaet.
Literally, "male" or "strong" (Knibb, p.
162).
19 This is the number of the Kasbel;
the principal part of the oath which the Most High, dwelling in glory,
revealed to the holy ones.
20 Its name is Beka. He spoke to
holy Michael to discover to them the
sacred name, that they might understand that secret name, and thus remember
the oath; and that those who pointed out every secret thing to the children of
men might tremble at that name and oath.
21 This is the power of that oath; for
powerful it is, and strong.
22 And he established this oath of Akae by
the instrumentality of the holy Michael.
23 These are the secrets of this oath, and
by it were they confirmed.
24 Heaven was suspended by it
before the world was made, for ever.
25 By it has the
earth been founded upon the flood; while from the concealed
parts of the hills the agitated waters proceed forth from the creation
to the end of the world.
26 By this oath the sea has
been formed, and the foundation of it.
IN the beginning was the Word, and the
Word was with God, and the Word was God. John 1:1
The same was in the beginning with God.
John 1:2
All things were made by him; and
without him was not any thing made that was made John 1:3 .
In him was life; and the life was the
light of men. John 1:4
And the light shineth in darkness;
and the darkness comprehended it not. John 1:5
27 During the period of its fury
he established the sand against it, which continues unchanged for ever; and by
this oath the abyss has been made strong; nor is it removable from its station
for ever and ever.
28 By this oath the sun and moon
complete their progress, never swerving from the command given to
them for ever and ever.
29 By this oath the stars complete their
progress;
30 And when their names are called, they
return an answer, for ever and ever.
31 Thus in the heavens
take place the blowings of the winds: all of them have
breathings, (71) and effect a complete
combination of breathings.
(71) Breathings. Or,
"spirits" (Laurence, p. 87).
32 There the treasures of thunder are kept,
and the splendour of the lightning.
33 There are kept the treasures of hail and
of frost, the treasures of snow, the treasures of rain and of dew.
34 All these confess and laud before the
Lord of spirits.
35 They glorify with all their power of
praise; and he sustains them in all that act of thanksgiving;
while they laud, glorify, and exalt the name of the Lord of spirits for ever
and ever.
36 And with them he establishes this oath,
by which they and their paths are preserved; nor does their progress
perish.
37 Great was their joy.
38 They blessed, glorified, and exalted,
because the name of the Son of man was revealed to them.
39 He sat upon the throne of his glory; and
the principal part of the judgment was assigned to him, the Son of man.
- Sinners shall disappear and perish
from the face of the earth,
- while those who seduced
them shall be bound
with chains for
ever.
Then shall he say also unto them on the
left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting
fire, prepared for the devil and his
angels: Mt.25:41
40 According to their ranks of corruption
shall they be imprisoned, and all their works shall disappear from the face of
the earth; nor thenceforward shall there be any to corrupt; for the Son of man
has been seen, sitting on the throne of his glory.
41 Everything wicked shall disappear, and
depart from before his face; and
the word of the Son of man shall become powerful
in the presence of the Lord of
spirits.
42 This is the third parable of Enoch.
Chapter 69
1 After this the name of the Son of man,
living with the Lord of spirits, was exalted by the inhabitants of the
earth.
2 It was exalted in the chariots of the Spirit; and the name went forth in the midst of them.
3 From that time I was not drawn into the
midst of them; but he seated me between two spirits, between the north and the
west, where the angels received their ropes, to measure out a place for the
elect and the righteous.
4 There I beheld the fathers of the first
men, and the saints, who dwell in that place for ever.
Chapter 70
1 Afterwards my spirit was
concealed, ascending into the heavens. I beheld the sons of the holy angels treading on flaming fire, whose garments and robes were white,
and whose countenances were transparent as crystal.
2 I saw two rivers of fire glittering like
the hyacinth.
3 Then I fell on my face before the Lord of
spirits.
4 And Michael, one of the archangels, took
me by my right hand, raised me up, and brought me out to where
was every secret of mercy and secret
of righteousness.
5 He showed me all the hidden things of the
extremities of heaven, all the receptacles of the stars, and the splendours of
all, from whence they went forth before the face of the holy.
6 And he concealed the spirit of Enoch in
the heaven of heavens.
7 There I beheld, in the midst of that
light, a building raised with stones
of ice;
Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God;
every precious
stone was thy covering, the
sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the
sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy
tabrets and of thy pipes was
prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created. Eze.28:13
Thou art the anointed cherub that
covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God;
thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.
Eze.28:14
Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the
day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee. Ezek 28:15
By the multitude of thy merchandise
they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned:
therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I
will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of
fire. Ezek 28:16
Thine heart was lifted up because of
thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness:
I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they
may behold thee. Ezek 28:17
8 And in the midst of these
stone vibrations (72) of
living fire. My spirit saw around the circle of this flaming
habitation, on one of its extremities, that there were
rivers full of living fire, which encompassed it.
(72) Vibrations.
Literally, "tongues" (Laurence,
p. 90).
9 Then the Seraphim, the
Cherubim, and Ophanin (73)
surrounded it: these are those who never sleep, but watch the
throne of his glory.
(73) Ophanin. The
"wheels" of Ezek. 1:15-21 (Charles, p. 162).
Owphan (g212) o-fawn'; or (short.) ·ophan o-fawn'; from an unused
root mean. to revolve; a wheel: - wheel
10 And I beheld angels innumerable,
thousands of thousands, and myriads and myriads, who surrounded that
habitation.
11 Michael, Raphael, Gabriel, Phanuel and
the holy angels who were in the heavens above, went in and out of it. Michael,
Raphael, and Gabriel went out of that habitation, and holy angels
innumerable.
12 With them was the
Ancient of days, whose head was white as wool,
and pure, and his robe was
indescribable.
And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to
the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle. Revelation 1:13
His head and his hairs were white like
wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire; Revelation
1:14
And his feet like unto fine brass, as
if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the
sound of many
waters. Revelation 1:15
And I heard a voice from heaven,
as the voice of many
waters, and as the
voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with
their harps: Re.14:2
13 Then I fell upon my face,
while all my flesh was
dissolved, and my spirit became
changed.
If you ever come into the presence of God
you will not be singing your own songs, waving your hands in the air and
claiming the power for uniting the audience and God. You will fall flat on
your face.
14 I cried out with a loud voice, with a
powerful spirit, blessing, glorifying, and exalting.
15 And those blessings, which proceeded
from my mouth, became acceptable in the presence of the
Ancient of days.
16 The Ancient of days came with Michael
and Gabriel, Raphael and Phanuel, with thousands of thousands, and
myriads and myriads, which could not be numbered.
He said: "The LORD came from Sinai and
dawned over them from Seir; he shone forth from Mount Paran. He came with
myriads of holy
ones from the south, from his
mountain slopes. Deut 33:2
And he said, The Lord came from Sinai,
and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he
came with ten thousands of
saints: from his right hand went
a fiery law for them. Deut 33:2KJV
Yea, he loved the people; all his
saints are in thy hand: and they sat down at thy feet; every
one shall receive of thy
words. Deut 33:3
17 Then that angel came to me, and with his
voice saluted me, saying, You are the
Son of man, (74) who art born for righteousness, and
righteousness has rested upon you.
(74) Son of man.
Laurence's original translation renders this phrase "offspring of man."
Knibb (p. 166) and Charles (p. 185) indicate that it should be "Son of man,"
consistent with the other occurrences of that term in the Book of
Enoch.
18 The righteousness of the Ancient of days
shall not forsake you.
19 He said, On you shall he confer peace in
the name of the existing world; for from thence has peace gone forth since the
world was created.
20 And thus shall it happen to you for ever
and ever.
21 All who shall exist, and who shall walk
in your path of righteousness, shall not forsake you for ever.
22 With you shall be their habitations,
with you their lot; nor from you shall they be separated for ever and
ever.
23 And thus shall length of days be with
the Son of man. (75)
(75) Son of man.
Literally, "offspring of man," or "the Christ who comes from the offspring
of man."
24 Peace shall be to the righteous; and the
path of integrity shall the righteous pursue, in the name of the Lord of
spirits, for ever and ever.
Chapter 71
In Chapter 56:1 I now began to utter the third parable, concerning the saints and the elect.
Enoch 58:1 and other passages show that God, as usual, speaks in
parables to hide the spiritual truth from those who do not love the truth.
Therefore, rather than a modern scientific description of the universe, the
following images must be understood to speak spiritual
values.
1 The book of the revolutions of the luminaries of
heaven, according to their
respective classes, their respective powers, their respective periods, their
respective names, the places where they commence their progress, and their
respective months, which Uriel, the holy angel who was with me, explained to
me; he who conducted them. The whole account of them, according to every year
of the world for ever, until a new work shall be effected, which will be
eternal.
2 This is the first law of the luminaries.
The sun and the light arrive at the gates of heaven, which are
on the east, and on the west of it at the western gates of heaven.
3 I beheld the gates whence the sun goes
forth; and the gates where the sun sets;
4 In which gates also the
moon rises and sets; and I
beheld the conductors of the stars, among those who precede them; six gates were at the
rising, and six at the setting of the sun.
5 All these respectively, one after
another, are on a level; and numerous windows are on the right and on the left
sides of those gates.
6 First proceeds forth that great luminary,
which is called the sun; the orb of which is as the orb of heaven, the whole
of it being replete with splendid and flaming fire.
7 Its chariot, where it
ascends, the wind blows.
8 The sun sets in heaven,
and, returning by the north, to proceed towards the east, is conducted so as
to enter by that gate, and illuminate the face of heaven.
9I n the same manner it goes forth in the
first month by the great gate.
10 It goes forth through the fourth of
those six gates, which are at the rising of the sun.
11 And in the fourth gate, through which
the sun with the moon proceeds, in the first part of it, (76) there are twelve
open windows; from which issues out a flame, when they are opened in their
proper periods.
(76) Through which part of it. Or, "from which the sun rises in the first month" (Knibb, p.
168).
12 When the sun rises in heaven, it goes
forth through this fourth gate thirty days, and by the fourth gate in the west
of heaven on a level with it descends.
13 During that period the day is lengthened
from the day, and the night curtailed from the night for thirty days. And then
the day is longer by two parts than the night.
14 The day is precisely ten parts, and the
night is eight.
15 The sun goes forth through this fourth
gate, and sets in it, and turns to the fifth gate during thirty days; after
which it proceeds from, and sets in, the fifth gate.
16 Then the day becomes lengthened by a
second portion, so that it is eleven parts: while the night becomes shortened,
and is only seven parts.
17 The sun now returns to the
east, entering into the sixth gate, and rising and setting in the sixth gate
thirty-one days, on account of its signs.
18 At that period the day is longer than
the night, being twice as long
as the night; and become twelve
parts;
19 But the night is shortened, and becomes
six parts. Then the sun rises up, that the day may be shortened, and the night
lengthened.
20 And the sun returns toward the east
entering into the sixth gate, where it rises and sets for thirty
days.
21 When that period is completed, the day
becomes shortened precisely one part, so that it is eleven parts, while the
night is seven parts.
22 Then the sun goes from the west, from
that sixth gate, and proceeds eastwards, rising in the fifth gate for thirty
days, and setting again westwards in the fifth gate of the west.
23 At that period the day becomes shortened
two parts; and is ten parts, while the night is eight parts.
24 Then the sun goes from the fifth gate,
as it sets in the fifth gate of the west; and rises in the fourth gate for
thirty-one days, on account of its signs, setting in the west.
25 At that period the day is made equal
with the night; and, being equal with it, the night becomes nine parts, and
the day nine parts.
26 Then the sun goes from that gate, as it
sets in the west; and returning to the east proceeds by the third gate for
thirty days, setting in the west at the third gate.
27 At that period the night is lengthened
from the day during thirty mornings, and the day is curtailed from the day
during thirty days; the night being ten parts precisely, and the day eight
parts.
28 The sun now goes from the third gate, as
it sets in the third gate in the west; but returning to the east, it proceeds
by the second gate of the east for thirty days.
29 In like manner also it sets in the
second gate in the west of heaven.
30 At that period the night is eleven
parts, and the day seven parts.
31 Then the sun goes at that time from the
second gate, as it sets in the second gate in the west; but returns to the
east, proceeding by the first gate, for thirty-one days.
32 And sets in the west in the first
gate.
33 At that period that night is lengthened
as much again as the day.
34 It is twelve parts precisely, while the
day is six parts.
35 The sun has thus completed its
beginnings, and a second time goes round from these beginnings.
36 Into that first gate it enters
for thirty days, and sets in the west, in the opposite part of heaven.
37 At that period the night is contracted
in its length a fourth part, that is, one portion, and becomes eleven
parts.
38 The day is seven parts.
39 Then the sun returns, and enters into
the second gate of the east.
40 It returns by these beginnings thirty
days, rising and setting.
41 At that period the night is contracted
in its length. It becomes ten parts, and the day eight parts. Then the sun
goes from that second gate, and sets in the west; but returns to the east, and
rises in the east, in the third gate, thirty-one days, setting in the west of
heaven.
42 At that period the night becomes
shortened. It is nine parts. And the night is equal with the day. The year is
precisely three hundred and sixty-four days.
43 The lengthening of the day and night,
and the contraction of the day and night, are made to differ from each other
by the progress of the sun.
44 By means of this progress the day is
daily lengthened, and the night greatly shortened.
45 This is the law and progress of the sun,
and its turning when it turns back, turning during sixty days, (77) and going
forth. This is the great everlasting luminary, that which he names the sun for
ever and ever.
(77) That is, it is sixty days in the
same gates, viz. Thirty days twice every year (Laurence, p.
97).
46 This also is that which goes forth a
great luminary, and which is named after its peculiar kind, as God
commanded.
47 And thus it goes in and out, neither
slackening nor resting; but running
on in its chariot by day and by
night. It shines with a seventh portion of light from the moon; (78) but the
dimensions of both are equal.
(78) It shines with from the moon. Or, "Its light is seven times brighter than that of the moon"
(Knibb, p. 171). The Aramaic texts more clearly describe how the
moon's light waxes and wanes by a half of a seventh part each day. Here in
the Ethiopic version, the moon is thought of as two halves, each half being
divided into seven parts. Hence, the "fourteen portions" of 72:9-10 (Knibb,
p. 171).
Chapter 72
1 After this law I beheld another law of an
inferior luminary, the name of which is the moon, and the orb of
which is as the orb of
heaven.
2 Its chariot,
which it secretly ascends, the wind blows; and
light is given to it by measure.
3 Every month at its exit and entrance it becomes changed; and its periods are as the periods of the
sun. And when in like manner its light is to exist, (79) its light
is a seventh portion from the light of the sun.
(79) And when in is to exist. I.e., when the moon
is full (Knibb, p.
171).
4 Thus it rises, and at its commencement
towards the east goes forth for thirty days.
5 At that time it appears, and becomes to
you the beginning of the month. Thirty days it is with the sun in
the gate from which the sun
goes forth.
6 Half of it is in extent seven portions,
one half; and the whole of its orb is void of light, except a seventh
portion out of the fourteen portions of its light. And in a day it receives a
seventh portion, or half that
portion, of its light. Its light is
by sevens, by one portion, and by the half of a portion. Its
sets with the sun.
7 And when the sun rises, the moon rises
with it; receiving half a portion of light.
8 On that night, when it commences its
period, previously to the day of the month, the moon sets with the
sun.
9 And on that night it is dark
in its fourteen portions, that is, in each half; but it
rises on that day with one seventh portion precisely, and in its progress
declines from the rising of the sun.
10 During the remainder of its period its
light increases to fourteen portions.
Chapter 73
1 Then I saw another progress and
regulation which He effected in the law of the moon. The progress of the
moons, and everything relating to
them, Uriel showed me, the holy
angel who conducted them all.
2 Their stations I wrote down as he showed
them to me.
3 I wrote down their months, as they occur,
and the appearance of their light, until it is completed in fifteen
days.
4 In each of its two seven portions it
completes all its light at rising and at setting.
5 On stated months it changes
its settings; and on stated months it makes its progress
through each gate. In two
gates the moon sets with the sun, viz. in those two
gates which are in the midst, in the third and fourth gate. From the third gate it goes forth for seven days, and makes its circuit.
6 Again it returns to the gate whence the
sun goes forth, and in that completes the whole of its light. Then it declines
from the sun, and enters in eight days into the sixth gate, and returns in seven days to the third
gate, from which the sun goes
forth.
7 When the sun proceeds to the fourth gate,
the moon goes forth for seven days, until it passes from the fifth
gate.
8 Again it returns in seven days to the
fourth gate, and completing all its light, declines, and passes on by the
first gate in eight days;
9 And returns in seven days to the fourth
gate, from which the sun goes forth.
10 Thus I beheld their stations, as
according to the fixed order of the months the sun rises and sets.
11 At those times there is an excess of
thirty days belonging to the sun in five years; all the days belonging to each
year of the five years, when completed, amount to three hundred and sixty-four
days; and to the sun and stars
belong six days; six days in each
of the five years; thus thirty days
belonging to them;
12 So that the moon has thirty days less
than the sun and stars.
13 The moon brings on all the years
exactly, that their stations may come neither too forwards nor too backwards a
single day; but that the years may be changed with correct precision in three
hundred and sixty-four days. In three years the days are one thousand and
ninety-two; in five years they are one thousand eight hundred and twenty; and
in eight years two thousand nine hundred and twelve days.
14 To the moon alone belong in three years
one thousand and sixty-two days; in five years it has fifty days less
than the sun, for an addition being made to the one thousand and sixty-two days, in five years there are one thousand seven
hundred and seventy days; and the days of the moon in eight years are two
thousand eight hundred and thirty-two days.
15 For its days in eight years are less
than those of the sun
by eighty days, which eighty days
are its diminution in eight years.
16 The year then becomes truly complete
according to the station of the moon, and the station of the sun; which rise
in the different gates; which rise and set in them for thirty
days.
Chapter 74
1 These are the leaders
of the chiefs of the
thousands, those
which preside over all creation, and over all the stars; with the
four days which are added and never separated from the place
allotted them, according to the complete calculation of the year.
2 And these serve four days, which are not
calculated in the calculation of the year.
3 Respecting them, men greatly err, for
these luminaries truly serve, in the dwelling place of the world, one
day in the first gate, one in the third gate, one in the fourth
gate, and one in the sixth gate.
4 And the harmony of the world becomes
complete every three hundred and sixty-fourth state of it. For the
signs,
5 The seasons,
6 The years,
7 And the days, Uriel showed me; the angel
whom the Lord of glory appointed over all the luminaries.
8 Of heaven in heaven, and in the world;
that they might rule in the face of the sky, and appearing over the earth,
become
9 Conductors of the days and nights: the
sun, the moon, the stars, and all the ministers of heaven, which make their
circuit with all the chariots of heaven.
10 Thus Uriel showed me twelve gates open
for the circuit of the chariots of the sun in heaven, from which the rays of
the sun shoot forth.
11 From these proceed heat over the earth,
when they are opened in their stated seasons. They are for the winds, and the
spirit of the dew, when in their seasons they are opened; opened in heaven at
its extremities.
12 Twelve gates I beheld in heaven, at the
extremities of the earth, through which the sun, moon, and stars, and all the
works of heaven, proceed at their rising and setting.
13 Many windows also are open on the right
and on the left.
14 One window at a certain
season grows extremely hot. So also are there gates from which the stars go
forth as they are commanded, and in which they set according to their
number.
15I saw likewise the chariots of heaven,
running in the world above to those gates in which the stars turn, which never
set. One of these is greater than all, which goes round the whole
world.
Chapter 75
1 And at the extremities of the earth I
beheld twelve gates open for all the winds, from which they proceed and
blow over the earth.
2 Three of them are open in the front of
heaven, three in the west, three on the right side of heaven, and three on the
left. The first three are those which are towards the east, three are towards
the north, three behind those which are upon the left, towards the south, and
three on the west.
3 From four of them proceed winds of
blessing, and of health; and from
eight proceed winds of punishment; when they
are sent to destroy the earth, and the heaven above it, all its inhabitants,
and all which are in the waters, or on dry land.
4 The first of these winds proceeds from
the gate termed the eastern, through the first gate on the east, which
inclines southwards. From this goes forth destruction, drought, heat, and
perdition.
5 From the second gate, the middle one,
proceeds equity. There issue from it rain, fruitfulness, health, and dew; and
from the third gate northwards, proceed cold and drought.
6 After these proceed the south winds
through three principal gates; through their first gate, which inclines
eastwards, proceeds a hot wind.
7 But from the middle gate proceed grateful
odour, dew, rain, health, and life.
8 From the third gate, which is westwards,
proceed dew, rain, blight, and destruction.
9 After these are the winds to the north,
which is called the sea. They
proceed from three gates. The first
(80) gate is that which is on the east, inclining southwards; from
this proceed dew, rain, blight, and destruction. From the middle direct gate
proceed rain, dew, life, and health. And from the third gate, which is
westwards, inclining towards the south, proceed mist, frost, snow, rain, dew,
and blight.
(80) First. Or,
"seventh" (Knibb, p. 178).
10 After these in the fourth
quarter are the winds to the west. From the first gate, inclining
northwards, proceed dew, rain, frost, cold, snow, and chill; from the middle
gate proceed rain, health, and blessing;
11 And from the last gate, which is
southwards, proceed drought, destruction, scorching, and perdition.
12 The account of the twelve
gates of the four quarters of heaven is ended.
13 All their laws, all their
infliction of punishment, and the health produced
by them, have I explained to you, my son Mathusala. (81)
(81) Mathusala. Enoch's
son, Methuselah. Cp. Gen. 5:21.
Chapter 76
1 The first wind is called the eastern,
because it is the first.
2 The second is called the south, because
the Most High there descends, and frequently there descends he who is
blessed for ever.
3 The western wind has the name of
diminution, because there all the luminaries of heaven are diminished, and
descend.
4 The fourth wind, which is named the
north, is divided into three parts; one of which is for the habitation of man;
another for seas of water, with valleys, woods, rivers, shady places, and
snow; and the third part contains
paradise.
5 Seven high mountains I beheld, higher
than all the mountains of the earth, from which frost proceeds; while days,
seasons, and years depart and pass away.
6 Seven rivers I beheld upon earth, greater
than all rivers, one of which takes its course from the west; into a great sea
its water flows.
7 Two come from the north to the sea, their
waters flowing into the Erythraean sea, (82) on the east. And with respect to
the remaining four, they take their course in the cavity of the north,
two to their sea, the Erythraean sea, and two are poured into a
great sea, where also it is said there is a
desert.
(82) The Red Sea.
8 Seven great islands I saw in the sea and
on the earth. Seven in the great sea.
Chapter 77
1 The names of the sun are these: one
Aryares, the other Tomas.
2 The moon has four names. The first is
Asonya; the second, Ebla; the third, Benase; and the fourth, Erae.
3 These are the two great luminaries, whose
orbs are as the orbs of heaven; and the dimensions of both are
equal.
4 In the orb of the sun there is
a seventh portion of light, which is added to it from the moon. (83) By
measure it is put in, until the seventh portion of the light of the sun
is departed. They set, enter into the western gate, circuit by the north, and
through the eastern gate go forth over the face of heaven.
(83) A seventh portion from the moon. Or, "seven parts of light which are added to it more than to
the moon" (Knibb, p. 182).
5 When the moon rises, it appears in
heaven; and the half of a seventh portion of light is all which is
in it.
6 In fourteen days the whole of its
light is completed.
7 By three quintuples
light is put into it, until in fifteen
days its light is completed, according to the signs of the year; it
has three quintuples.
8 The moon has the half of a seventh
portion.
9 During its diminution on the first day
its light decreases a fourteenth part; on the second day it decreases a
thirteenth part; on the third day a twelfth part; on the fourth day an
eleventh part; on the fifth day a tenth part; on the sixth day a ninth part;
on the seventh day it decreases an eighth part; on the eighth day it decreases
a seventh part; on the ninth day it decreases a sixth part; on the tenth day
it decreases a fifth part; on the eleventh day it decreases a fourth part; on
the twelfth day it decreases third part; on the thirteenth day it decreases a
second part; on the fourteenth day it decreases a half of its seventh part;
and on the fifteenth day the whole remainder of its light is
consumed.
10 On stated months the moon has
twenty-nine days.
11 It also has a period of twenty-eight
days.
12 Uriel likewise showed me another
regulation, when light is poured into the moon, how it is poured into it from
the sun.
13 All the time that the moon is in
progress with its light, it is poured into it in the
presence of the sun, until its light is in
fourteen days completed in heaven.
14 And when it is wholly extinguished, its
light is consumed in heaven; and on the first day it is called the new moon,
for on that day light is received into it.
15 It becomes precisely completed on the
day that the sun descends into the west, while the moon ascends at night from
the east.
16 The moon then shines all the night,
until the sun rises before it; when the moon disappears in turn before the
sun.
17 Where light comes to the moon, there
again it decreases, until all its light is extinguished, and the days of the
moon pass away.
18 Then its orb remains solitary without
light.
19 During three months it effects in thirty
days each month its period; and during three more
months it effects it in twenty-nine days each. These are the times
in which it effects its decrease in its first period, and in the first gate,
namely, in one hundred and seventy-seven days.
20 And at the time of its going forth
during three months it appears thirty days each, and during three
more months it appears twenty-nine days each.
21 In the night it appears for each twenty
days as the face
of a man, and in the day as heaven;
for it is nothing else except its light.
Chapter 78
1 And now, my son Mathusala, I have shown
you everything; and the account
of every ordinance of the stars of
heaven is finished.
2 He showed me every ordinance respecting
these, which takes
place at all times and in all
seasons under every influence, in all years, at the arrival and under the rule
of each, during every month and every week. He showed me also the
decrease of the moon, which is effected in the sixth gate; for in that sixth
gate is its light consumed.
3 From this is the beginning of the month;
and its decrease is effected in the sixth gate in its period, until a hundred
and seventy-seven days are completed; according to the mode of calculation by
weeks, twenty-five weeks and two
days.
4 Its period is less
that that of the sun, according to the ordinance of the stars, by five days in
one half year (84) precisely.
(84) In one half year.
Literally, "in one time" (Laurence, p. 110).
5 When that their visible
situation is completed. Such is the appearance and likeness of every luminary,
which Uriel, the great angel who conducts them, showed to me.
Chapter 79
1 In those days Uriel answered and said to
me, Behold, I have showed you all things, O Enoch;
2 And all things have I revealed to you.
You see the sun, the moon, and those which conduct the stars of heaven, which
cause all their operations, seasons, and arrivals to return.
3 In the days of sinners the years shall be
shortened.
4 Their seed shall be backward in their
prolific soil; and everything done on earth shall be subverted, and disappear in its
season. The rain shall be restrained, and heaven shall stand still.
5 In those days the fruits of the earth shall be late, and not flourish in their season; and in their
season the fruits of the trees shall be
withholden.
For nation shall rise against nation, and
kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and
earthquakes, in divers places. Matthew 24:7
For then shall be great tribulation, such
as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall
be. Matthew 24:21
And except those days should be
shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elects sake those
days shall be shortened. Matthew 24:22
Immediately after the tribulation of
those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,
and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be
shaken: Matthew 24:29
6 The moon shall change its laws, and not be seen at its proper period. But in
those days shall heaven be seen; and barrenness shall take place in the
borders of the great chariots in the west.
Heaven shall shine more than when illuminated by
the orders of light; while many chiefs among the
stars of authority shall err, perverting their ways and works.
As for these things which ye behold, the
days will come, in the which there shall not be left one stone upon another,
that shall not be thrown down. Matthew 21:6
Immediately after the tribulation of
those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,
and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be
shaken: Matthew 24:29
7 Those shall not appear in their season,
who commanded them, and all the
classes of the stars shall be shut up against sinners.
8 The thoughts of those who dwell on the
earth shall transgress within them; and they shall be perverted in all their
ways.
9 They shall transgress, and
think themselves (85) gods; while evil
shall be multiplied among them.
(85) Themselves. Or,
"them" i.e., the chiefs among the stars (vs. 6) (Knibb, p.
186).
10 And punishment shall come upon them, so
that all of them shall be destroyed.
Chapter 80
1 He said, O Enoch, look on the
book which heaven has gradually dropped down; (86) and, reading that which is written in it, understand
every part of it.
(86) The book which dropped down. Or, "the book of the tablets of heaven"
(Knibb, p. 186).
2 Then I looked on all which was written,
and understood all, reading the book and everything written in it, all the
works of man;
3 And of all the children of flesh upon
earth, during the generations of the world.
4 Immediately after I blessed the Lord, the
King of glory, who has thus for ever formed the whole workmanship of the
world.
5 And I glorified the Lord, on account of
his long-suffering and blessing towards the children of the world.
6 At that time I said, Blessed is the man,
who shall die righteous and good, against whom no catalogue of crime has been
written, and with whom iniquity is not found.
7 Then those three holy ones caused me to
approach, and placed me on the earth, before the door of my house.
8 And they said unto me, Explain everything
to Mathusala your son; and inform all your children, that no
flesh shall be justified before the Lord; for he is their Creator.
9 During one year we shall leave you with
your children, until you shalt again recover your strength, that you may
instruct your family, write these things, and explain them to all your
children. But in another year they shall take you from the midst of them, and
your heart shall be strengthened; for the elect shall point out righteousness
to the elect; the righteous with the righteous shall rejoice, congratulating
each other; but the sinners with sinners shall die,
10 And the perverted with the perverted
shall be drowned.
11 Those likewise who act righteously shall
die on account of the works of man, and shall be gathered together on account
of the works of the wicked.
12 In those days they finished conversing
with me.
13 And I returned to my fellow men,
blessing the Lord of worlds.
Chapter 81
1 Now, my son Mathusala, all these things I
speak unto you, and write for you. To you I have revealed all, and have given
you books of everything.
2 Preserve, my son Mathusala, the books
written by your father; that you may reveal them to future
generations.
3 Wisdom have I given you, to your children, and your posterity, that they may reveal to their children, for generations for ever, this wisdom in their
thoughts; and that those who comprehend it may not slumber,
but hear with their ears; that they may learn this wisdom, and be deemed
worthy of eating this wholesome
food.
4 Blessed are all the righteous; blessed
are all who walk in righteousness; in whom no crime is found,
as in sinners, when all their days are numbered.
5 With respect to the progress of the sun
in heaven, it enters and goes out of each gate for thirty
days, with the leaders of the thousand classes of the stars; with four which
are added, and appertain to the four quarters of the year, which conduct them,
and accompany them at four periods.
6 Respecting these, men greatly err, and do
not calculate them in the calculation of every age; for they greatly err
respecting them; nor do men know accurately that they are in the calculation
of the year. But indeed these are marked down for ever; one in the first gate,
one in the third, one in the fourth, and one in the sixth:
7 So that the year is completed in three
hundred and sixty-four days.
8 Truly has been stated, and accurately has
been calculated that which is marked down; for the luminaries, the months, the
fixed periods, the years, and the days, Uriel has explained to me, and
communicated to me; whom the Lord of all creation, on my account, commanded
(according to the might of heaven, and the power which it possesses both by
night and by day) to explain the
laws of light to man, of the sun,
moon, and stars, and of all the powers of heaven, which are turned with their
respective orbs.
9 This is the ordinance of the stars, which
set in their places, in their seasons, in their periods, in their days, and in
their months.
10 These are the names of the those who
conduct them, who watch and enter in their seasons, according to their
ordinance in their periods, in their months, in the times of their
influence, and in their stations.
11 Four conductors of them first enter, who
separate the four quarters of the year. After these, twelve conductors of
their classes, who separate the months and the year into
three hundred and sixty-four days, with the
leaders of a thousand, who distinguish between the days, as well as between
the four additional ones; which, as conductors, divide
the four quarters of the year.
12 These leaders of a thousand are in the
midst of the conductors, and the conductors are added each behind his station,
and their conductors make the separation. These are the names of the
conductors, who separate the four quarters of the year, who are appointed
over them: Melkel, Helammelak,
13 Meliyal, and Narel.
14 And the names of those who conduct them
are Adnarel, Jyasusal, and Jyelumeal.
15 These are the three who follow after the
conductors of the classes of
stars; each following after the
three conductors of the classes, which themselves follow after those
conductors of the stations, who divide the four quarters of the
year.
16 In the first part of the year rises and
rules Melkyas, who is named Tamani, and Zahay. (87)
(87) Tamani, and Zahay.
Or, "the southern sun" (Knibb, p. 190).
17 All the days of his influence,
during which he rules, are ninety-one days.
18 And these are the signs of the days
which are seen upon the earth. In the days of his influence there is
perspiration, heat, and trouble. All the trees become fruitful; the leaf of every tree comes forth; the corn is reaped; the
rose and every species of flowers blossoms in the field; and the trees of
winter are dried up.
19 These are the names of the conductors
who are under them: Barkel, Zelsabel; and another additional conductor of a
thousand is named Heloyalef, the days of those influence have been completed.
The other conductor next after them is Helemmelek, whose name they call the splendid Zahay.
(88)
(88) Zahay. Or,
"sun" (Knibb, p. 191).
20 All the days of his light are ninety-one
days.
21 These are the signs of the days upon
earth, heat and drought; while the trees bring forth their fruits, warmed and
concocted, and give their fruits to dry.
22 The flocks follow and yean. (89) All the
fruits of the earth are collected, with everything in the fields, and the
vines are trodden. This takes place during the time of his
influence.
(89) Follow and yean.
Mate and bear young.
23 These are their names and orders, and
the names of the conductors who are under them, of those who
are chiefs of a thousand: Gedaeyal, Keel, Heel.
24 And the name of the additional leader of
a thousand is Asphael.
25 The days of his influence have been
completed.
Chapter 82 (Or Book of
Dreams)
1 And now I have shown you, my son
Mathusala, every sight which I saw prior to your birth. I will relate another
vision, which I saw before I was married; they resemble each other.
2 The first was when I was learning a book;
and the other before I was married to your mother. I saw a potent
vision;
3 And on account of these things besought
the Lord.
4 I was lying down in the house of my
grandfather Malalel, when I saw in a
vision heaven purifying, and snatched away. (90)
(90) Purifying, and snatched away. Or, "was thrown down and removed" (Knibb, p.
192).
5 And falling to the earth, (91) I saw
likewise the earth absorbed by a great abyss; and mountains suspended over
mountains.
(91) And falling to the earth. Or, "and when it fell upon the earth" (Knibb, p.
192).
6 Hills were sinking upon hills, lofty
trees were gliding off from their trunks, and were in the act of being
projected, and of sinking into the abyss.
7 Being alarmed at
these things, my voice faltered. (92) I cried out and said, The earth is
destroyed. Then my grandfather Malalel raised me up, and said to me: Why do
you thus cry out, my son? And wherefore thus do you lament?
(92) My voice faltered.
Literally, "the word fell down in my mouth" (Laurence, p.
118).
8 I related to him the whole vision which I
had seen. He said to me, Confirmed is that which you have seen, my
son;
9 And potent the vision of your dream
respecting every secret sin of the earth. Its substance shall sink into the
abyss, and a great destruction take place.
10 Now, my son, rise up; and beseech the
Lord of glory (for you are faithful), that a remnant may be left upon earth,
and that he would not wholly destroy it. My son, all this calamity
upon earth comes down from heaven; upon earth shall there be a great
destruction.
11 Then I arose, prayed, and entreated; and
wrote down my prayer for the generations of the world, explaining everything
to my son Mathusala.
12 When I went down below, and looking up
to heaven, beheld the sun proceeding from the east, the moon descending to the
west, a few scattered stars, and
everything which God has known from the beginning, I blessed the Lord of
judgment, and magnified him: because he hath sent forth the sun from the
chambers (93) of the east; that, ascending and rising in the face of heaven,
it might spring up, and pursue the path which has been pointed out to
it.
(93) Chambers.
Literally, "windows" (Laurence, p. 119).
Chapter 83
1 I lifted up my hands in righteousness,
and blessed the holy, and the Great One. I spoke with the breath of my mouth,
and with a tongue of flesh, which God has formed for all the sons of mortal
men, that with it they may speak; giving them breath, a mouth, and a tongue to
converse with.
2 Blessed are you, O Lord, the King, great
and powerful in your greatness, Lord of all the creatures of heaven, King of
kings, God of the whole world, whose reign, whose kingdom, and whose majesty
endure for ever and ever.
3 From generation to generation shall your
dominion exist. All the heavens are your throne for ever, and all
the earth your footstool for ever and for ever.
4 For you have made them, and
over all you reign. No act whatsoever exceeds your power. With your wisdom is
unchangeable; nor from your throne and from your presence is it ever averted.
You know all things, see and hear them; nor is anything concealed from you;
for you perceive all things.
5 The angels of your heavens have
transgressed; and on mortal flesh shall your wrath remain, until the day of
the great judgment.
6 Now then, O God, Lord and mighty King, I
entreat you, and beseech you to grant my prayer, that a posterity may be left
to me on earth, and that the whole human race may not perish;
7 That the earth may not be left destitute,
and destruction take place for ever.
8 O my Lord, let the race perish from off
the earth which has offended you, but a righteous and upright race establish
for a posterity (94) for ever. Hide not your face, O Lord, from the prayer of
your servant.
(94) For a posterity.
Literally, "for the plant of a seed" (Laurence, p.
121).
Chapter 84 World history Adam to
Messiah
1 After this I saw another dream, and
explained it all to you, my son. Enoch arose and said to his son Mathusala, To
you, my son, will I speak. Hear my word; and incline your ear to the visionary
dream of your father. Before I married your mother Edna, I saw a vision on my
bed; (95)
(95) This second vision of Enoch seems to
portray in symbolic language the complete history of the world from the time
of Adam down to the final judgment and the establishment of the Messianic
Kingdom (Charles, p. 227).
2 And behold, a cow sprung forth from
the earth;
3 And this cow was white.
4 Afterwards a female heifer sprung
forth; and with it another
heifer: (96) one of them was
black, and one was red. (97)
(96) Another heifer. The
sense seems to require that the passage should read, "two other
heifers" (Laurence, p. 121).
(97) Cain and Abel.
5 The black heifer then
struck the red one, and
pursued it over the
earth.
The red cow is the son of Adam and Eve
and is white:
Adam (h120) aw-dawm'; from 119; ruddy, i. e. a
human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.): -
* another, / hypocrite, / common sort, * low, man (mean, of low degree),
person.
Adam (h119) aw-dam'; to show blood (in the face), i. e.
flush or turn
rosy: - be (dyed, made) red
(ruddy).
However, the black cow is dusky or
black. Black is:
Shachor (h7838) shaw-khore'; or shachowr shaw-khore'; from 7835;
prop. dusky, but also (absol.) jetty: - black
Shachar (h7835) shaw-khar'; a prim. root [rather ident. with 7837
through the idea of the duskiness of early dawn]; to be dim or dark (in color): - be black.
Lucifer or the false morning star
appears under various names and is from the BLACK cow:
How art thou fallen from heaven, O
Lucifer, son of the morning! how art
thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
Is.14:12
Shachar (h7837) shakh'-ar; from 7835; dawn (lit., fig. or adv.): -
day (-spring), early, light, morning, whence riseth.
The word Lucifer is derived from the
word for musical praise.
6 From that period I could see nothing more
of the red heifer; but the black one
increased in bulk, and
a female heifer came with him.
7 After this I saw that many cows
proceeded forth, resembling
him, and following after
him.
8 The first female young
one also went out in the presence of the first cow; and sought the
red heifer, but found him not.
9 And she lamented with a great
lamentation, while she was seeking him.
10 Then I looked until that first
cow came to her, from which time she became silent, and ceased to
lament.
11 Afterwards she calved another white cow.
12 And again calved many cows and black
heifers.
13 In my sleep also I perceived a
white bull, which in like manner grew, and became a
large white bull.
14 After him many white cows came forth,
resembling him.
15 And they began to calve many
other white cows, which resembled them and followed each
other.
Chapter 85
1 Again I looked attentively, while
sleeping, and surveyed heaven above.
2 And behold a single
star fell from heaven.
How art thou fallen from heaven, O
Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which
didst weaken the nations! Is.14:12
And no marvel; for Satan himself is
transformed into an angel of
light. 2 Cor 11:14
AND the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a
star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the
bottomless pit. Rev 9:1
And he opened the bottomless pit; and
there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and
the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit. Rev
9:2
And they had a king over them, which
is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is
Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name
Apollyon. Rev 9:11
3 Which being raised up, ate and
fed among those
cows.
4 After that I perceived other
large and black cows; and behold all of them changed their stalls
and pastures, while their young began to lament one with another. Again I looked in my vision, and
surveyed heaven;
when behold I saw many stars which descended,
and projected
themselves from heaven to where
the first star was,
5 Into the midst of
those young ones; while the cows were with them,
feeding in the midst of
them.
6 I looked at and observed them; when
behold, they all acted
after the manner of horses, and began to approach the young cows, all of
whom became pregnant, and brought forth elephants,
camels, and asses.
7 At these all the cows were
alarmed and terrified; when they began biting with their
teeth, swallowing, and striking with
their horns.
8 They began also to devour the cows; and behold all the children of the earth trembled, shook with
terror at them, and suddenly fled away.
See The Sons of
God Chapter XV.-The
Giants
Chapter 86
1 Again I perceived them, when they began
to strike and to swallow each other; and the earth cried out. Then I raised my
eyes a second time towards heaven, and saw in a vision, that, behold, there
came forth from heaven as it were the likeness of white men. One came forth from thence, and three with him.
2 Those three, who came forth last, seized
me by my hand; and raising me
up from the generations of the
earth, elevated me to a high station.
3 Then they showed me a lofty tower on the earth, while every hill became diminished.
And they said, Remain here, until you perceive what shall come upon those
elephants, camels, and asses, upon the stars, and upon all
the cows.
- The Fall of the
Angels
- Legend of the
Jews
- Legend of
Cain
Chapter 87
1 Then I looked at that one of the
four white
men, who came forth first.
2 He seized the first star which fell
down from heaven.
3 And, binding it hand and foot,
he cast it into a valley; a
valley narrow, deep, stupendous, and gloomy.
4 Then one of them drew his sword, and gave
it to the elephants, camels, and asses, who began to strike each other. And
the whole earth shook on account of them.
5 And when I looked in the vision, behold,
one of those four angels, who came forth, hurled from heaven,
collected together, and took all the
great stars, whose form partly resembles that of horses; and binding them
all hand and foot, cast them into the cavities of the
earth.
Chapter 88
1 Then one of those four went
to the white cows, and taught them a
mystery. While the cow was
trembling, it was born,
and became a man, (98)
and fabricated for himself a large
ship. In this he dwelt, and three
cows (99) dwelt with him in that ship, which covered them.
(98) Noah.
(99) Shem,
Ham, and Japheth.
2 Again I lifted up my eyes towards heaven,
and saw a lofty roof. Above it were seven cataracts, which poured fourth on a certain village much
water.
3 Again I looked, and behold there were
fountains open on the earth in that large village.
4 The water began to boil up, and rose over
the earth; so that the village was not seen,
while its whole soil was covered with water.
The earth is not the globe but the
firm, dry, fruitful ground upon which mankind lives:
Erec (h776) eh'-rets; from an unused root prob. mean.
to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land): - *
common, country, earth, field, ground, land, *
nations, way, / wilderness, world.
5 Much water was over it, darkness, and
clouds. Then I surveyed the height of this water; and it was elevated
above the village.
In the six hundredth year of Noahs life,
in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all
the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were
opened. Ge.7:11
before the mountains were settled in
place, before the hills, I was given birth, Proverbs 8:25
before he made the earth or its fields
or any of the dust of the world. Proverbs 8:26
I was there when he set the heavens in
place, when he marked out the horizon on the face of the deep, Proverbs
8:27
when he established the clouds above
and fixed securely the fountains of the deep, Proverbs 8:28
6 It flowed over the village, and stood
higher than the
earth.
7 Then all the cows which were collected
there, while I looked on them, were drowned, swallowed up, and destroyed in
the water.
8 But the ship floated above it. All the
cows, the elephants, the camels, and the asses, were drowned on the earth, and
all cattle. Nor could I perceive them. Neither were they able to get out, but
perished, and sunk into the deep.
9 Again I looked in the vision until those
cataracts from that lofty roof were removed, and the fountains of the earth
became equalized, while other depths
were opened;
10 Into which the water began to descend,
until the dry ground appeared.
11 The ship remained on the earth; the
darkness receded; and it became light.
12 Then the white cow,
which became a man, went out
of the ship, and the three cows
with him.
13 One of the three cows was
white, resembling that cow; one of them was red as
blood; and one of them was black. And the white
cow left them.
14 Then began wild beasts and birds to
bring forth.
15 Of all these the different kinds
assembled together, lions, tigers, wolves, dogs, wild boars, foxes, rabbits,
and the hanzar.
16 The siset, the avest, kites, the
phonkas, and ravens.
17 Then the white cow (100) was
born in the midst of them.
(100) Abraham.
18 And they began to bite each other; when
the white cow, which was born in the midst of them, brought forth
a wild ass and a white cow at the same time, and after that many wild
asses. Then the white
cow, (101) which was born, brought
forth a black wild
sow and a white
sheep. (102)
(101) Isaac.
(102) Esau and
Jacob.
19 That wild sow also brought forth many
swine.
20 And that sheep brought forth twelve
sheep. (103)
(103) The twelve patriarchs.
21 When those twelve sheep grew up, they
delivered one of them (104) to the asses.
(105)
(104) Joseph.
(105)
The Midianites.
22 Again those asses delivered that sheep
to the wolves, (106)
(106) The Egyptians.
23 And he grew up in the midst of
them.
24 Then the Lord brought the
eleven other sheep, that they
might dwell and feed with him in the midst of the wolves.
25 They multiplied, and there was abundance
of pasture for them.
26 But the wolves began to frighten and oppress them, while they destroyed their young ones.
27 And they left their young in torrents of
deep water.
28 Now the sheep began to cry out on
account of their young, and fled for refuge to their Lord. One (107) however,
which was saved, escaped, and went away to the wild asses.
(107) Moses.
29 I beheld the sheep moaning, crying, and
petitioning their Lord.
30 With all their might, until the Lord of
the sheep descended at their voice from his lofty habitation;
went to them; and inspected them.
31 He called to that sheep which had
secretly stolen away from the
wolves, and told him to make the
wolves understand that they were not to touch the sheep.
32 Then that sheep went to the wolves with
the word of the Lord, when another met him, (108) and proceeded with
him.
(108) Aaron.
33 Both of them together entered the
dwelling of the wolves; and conversing with them made them understand, that
thenceforwards they were not to touch the sheep.
34 Afterwards I perceived the
wolves greatly prevailing over the sheep with their
whole force. The sheep cried out; and their Lord came to them.
35 He began to strike the wolves, who
commenced a grievous lamentation; but the sheep were silent, nor from that
time did they cry out.
36 I then looked at them, until they
departed from the wolves. The eyes of the wolves were blind,
who went out and followed them with all their might. But the Lord of the sheep
proceeded with them, and conducted them.
37 All his sheep followed him.
38 His countenance was
terrific and splendid, and glorious was his aspect. Yet the wolves
began to follow the sheep, until they overtook them in a certain lake of water. (109)
(109) The Red Sea.
39 Then that lake became divided; the water
standing up on both sides before their face.
40 And while their Lord was conducting
them, he placed
himself between them and the
wolves.
41 The wolves however
perceived not the sheep, but went into
the midst of the lake, following them, and running after them into the lake of
water.
42 But when they saw the Lord of the sheep, they turned to fly from before his
face.
43 Then the water of the lake returned, and that suddenly, according to its nature. It became full,
and was raised up, until it covered the wolves. And I saw that all of them
which had followed the sheep perished, and were drowned.
44 But the sheep passed over
this water, proceeding to a wilderness, which was without both water and
grass.
And they began to open their eyes and
to see.
In the last day, that great day of the
feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto
me, and drink. John 7:37
He that believeth on me, as the
scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
John 7:38
(But this spake he of the
Spirit, which they that believe on him
should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given;
because that Jesus was not yet glorified.) John
7:39
It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I
speak unto you, they are spirit, and they
are life. John 6:63
45 Then I beheld the Lord of
the sheep inspecting them, and giving them water and grass.
And were all baptized unto Moses in the
cloud and in the sea; 1 Cor 10:2
And did all eat the same spiritual
meat; 1 Cor 10:3
And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that
followed them: and that Rock
was Christ. 1 Cor 10:4
46 The sheep already mentioned was
proceeding with them, and conducting them.
47 And when he had ascended the
top of the lofty
rock, the Lord of the sheep sent
him to them.
48 Afterwards I perceived their Lord
standing before them, with an aspect terrific and
severe.
49 And when they all beheld him, they were
frightened at his countenance.
50 All of them were alarmed, and trembled.
They cried out after that sheep; and to the other sheep who had been with him,
and who was in the midst of them, saying,
We are not able to stand before our Lord, or to look upon him.
And not as Moses, which put a vail over
his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end
of that which is abolished: 2 Cor 3:13
51 Then that sheep who conducted
them went away, and ascended the top
of the rock;
52 When the rest of the
sheep began to grow
blind, and to wander
from the path which he had shown them; but he knew it
not.
But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in
the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ. 2 Cor
3:14
Key to Music
See the Event at Mount
Sinai.
53 Their Lord however was moved with great
indignation against them; and when that sheep had learned what had happened,
54 He descended from the top of the rock,
and coming to them, found that there were many,
55 Which had become blind;
56 And had wandered from his path. As soon as they beheld him, they feared, and trembled at his
presence;
57 And became desirous of returning to their fold,
58 Then that sheep, taking with him other
sheep, went to those which had wandered.
59 And afterwards began to kill them. They were terrified at his countenance. Then he caused those
which had wandered to return; who went back to their fold.
But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon
their heart. 2 Cor 3:15
Nevertheless, when it shall turn to the
Lord, the vail shall be taken away. 2 Cor 3:16
Now the Lord is that Spirit: and
where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. 2 Cor 3:17
60 I likewise saw there in the vision, that
this sheep became a man, built a
house (110) for the Lord of the
sheep, and made them all stand in the house.
(110) A house. A tabernacle (Milik, p.
205).
61 I perceived also that the sheep which
proceeded to meet this sheep, their conductor,
died (Moses). I saw, too, that all
the great sheep
(olders) perished, while smaller (younger) ones
rose up in their place, entered
into a pasture, and approached a river of water. (111)
(111) The river
Jordan.
62 Then that sheep, their conductor, who
became a man, was separated from them,
and died.
63 All the sheep sought after him, and
cried for him with bitter lamentation.
64 I saw likewise that they ceased to cry
after that sheep, and passed over the river of water.
65 And that there arose other sheep, all of
whom conducted them, (112) instead of those who were dead, and who had
previously conducted them.
(112) The Judges of
Israel.
66 Then I saw that the sheep entered into a
goodly place, and a territory delectable and glorious.
67 I saw also that they became
satiated; that their house was in the midst of a delectable territory;
and that sometimes their eyes were opened, and that sometimes they were blind;
until another sheep (113) arose and conducted them. He brought them all back;
and their eyes were opened.
(113) Samuel.
68 Then dogs, foxes,
and wild boars began to devour them, until again
another sheep (114) arose, the master of the flock, one of
themselves, a ram, to conduct them. This ram began to butt on
every side those dogs, foxes, and wild boars, until they all
perished.
(114) Saul.
69 And that sheep opened his eyes, and saw
the ram in the midst of them, who had laid aside his glory.
70 And he began to strike the sheep, treading upon them, and behaving himself without dignity.
When Saul, the choice to replace God, was
"turned into another man" he changed from a humble lad
into a "like the
nations" king. "Spirit" is the
influence of God -- good or bad. It does not mean that Saul became a
spiritual person. It meant that his warrior nature would rule over his
shepherd's feeding instincts because by God's permissive will the acquired
the spirit of the "sons of the prophets":
And the Spirit of the Lord will come
upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy with
them, and shalt be turned into
another man. 1 Samuel 10:6
The word "prophesy" and "to make music"
to bring on a form of madness is the same in many languages.
The normal word for "another" means an associate, brother or companion. However, Saul
turned strange. As another, he would hinder Israel's spiritual life just as
God warned. Another is from the Hebrew:
Achar (h309) aw-khar'; from: to loiter, be behind; by
implication: to procrastinate,
defer, delay, hinder,
be slack
Saul's friends composed a little "ditty"
to make fun of him because "to prophesy" meant that Saul's worst traits
would dominate. "Turned"
means:
Haphak (h2015) haw-fak'; turn about or over; by implication: to
pervert... It is often used as "to overthrow, perverse,
retire, tumble, turn
aside, to the contrary "
Hophek (2017) from 2015 upset, perversity, turn things upside
down.
"This is the first mention in the OT of
a band of prophets. These were men who went about in companies and were able
by means of music and dancing to work themselves up into a convulsive and
ecstatic frenzy (2 Ki.
3:1-10).
"Their abnormality was
believed to be caused by the invasive influence of the spirit of god. The word prophesied here does not mean either
foretelling the future or preaching after the manner of the later
prophets, but engaging in the ritual dance of the prophetic guild
(19:18-24). Their behavior was commonly regarded as a form of
madness (2 Ki. 9:11; Jer. 29:26)" (The Int. Bible
Ency., I Sam. p. 932).
71 Then their Lord sent the former
sheep again to a still different sheep,
(115) and raised him up to be a ram, and to conduct
them instead of that sheep who had laid aside his glory.
(115) David.
72 Going therefore to him, and conversing
with him alone, he raised up that ram, and made him a prince and leader of the
flock. All the time that the dogs (116) troubled
the sheep,
(116) The
Philistines.
73 The first ram paid
respect to this latter
ram.
74 Then the latter ram arose, and fled away
from before his face. And I saw that those dogs caused the first
ram to fall.
75 But the latter ram arose, and conducted
the smaller sheep.
76 That ram likewise begat many sheep, and
died.
77 Then there was a smaller sheep, (117) a
ram, instead of him, which became a prince and leader, conducting the
flock.
(117)
Solomon.
78 And the sheep increased in size, and
multiplied.
79 And all the dogs, foxes, and wild boars
feared, and fled away from him.
80 That ram also struck and killed all the
wild beasts, so that they could not again prevail in the midst of the sheep,
nor at any time ever snatch them away.
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81 And that house was made large and wide; a lofty
tower being built upon it
by the sheep, for the
Lord of the sheep.
82 The house was low, but
the tower was elevated and very high.
83 Then the Lord of the sheep stood
upon that tower, and caused a full table to approach before
him.
NOW will I sing to my wellbeloved a song
of my beloved touching his vineyard. My
wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill: Isaiah 5:1
And he fenced it, and gathered out the
stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein: and he
looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild
grapes. Isaiah 5: 2
And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem,
and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard. Isaiah
5: 3
Woe unto them that rise up early in the
morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till
wine inflame them Isaiah 5: 11
And the harp, and the
viol, the tabret, and
pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the
work of the Lord, neither consider the operation of his hands. Isaiah 5:
12
Therefore my people are gone into
captivity, because they have no knowledge:
and their honourable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst
Isaiah 5: 13
84 Again I saw that
those sheep wandered, and went various ways, forsaking that their
house;
85 And that their Lord called to some among
them, whom he sent (118) to them.
(118) The
prophets.
86 But these the sheep began to kill. And when one of them was saved from slaughter (119) he leaped,
and cried out against those who were desirous of killing him.
(119)
Elijah.
87 But the Lord of the sheep delivered him
from their hands, and made him
ascend to him, and remain with
him.
88 He sent also many others to them, to
testify, and with lamentations to
exclaim against them.
89 Again I saw, when some of them
forsook the house of their
Lord, and his tower; wandering on all sides, and growing blind,
90 I saw that the Lord of the sheep made a
great slaughter among them in their pasture, until they cried out to him in
consequence of that slaughter.
Then he departed from the
place of his habitation, and left them in the power of lions,
tigers, wolves, and the
zeebt, (120) and in the power of foxes, and of every beast.
(120) Zeebt. Hyenas.
(Knibb, p. 209).
91 And the wild beasts began to
tear them.
92 I saw, too, that he forsook the house of
their fathers, and their tower; giving them
all into the power of lions to tear and devour them; into the power of every
beast.
93 Then I began to cry out with all my
might, imploring the Lord of the sheep, and showing him how the sheep were
devoured by all the beasts of prey.
94 But he looked on in silence, rejoicing
that they were devoured, swallowed up, and carried off; and leaving them in
the power of every beast for food. He called also seventy shepherds,
and resigned to them the care
of the sheep, that they might
overlook them;
95 Saying to them and to their associates,
Every one of you henceforwards overlook the sheep, and whatsoever I command
you, do; and I will deliver them to you
numbered.
96 I will tell you which of them shall be
slain; these destroy. And he delivered the sheep to them.
97 Then he called to another, and said,
Understand, and watch everything which the shepherds shall do to these sheep;
for many more of them shall perish than I have commanded.
98 Of every excess and slaughter, which the
shepherds shall commit, there shall
be an account; as, how many may
have perished by my command, and how many they may have destroyed of their own
heads.
99 Of all the destruction brought about by each of the shepherds there shall be an account; and according
to the number I will cause a recital to be made before me, how many they have
destroyed of their own heads, and how many they have delivered up to
destruction, that I may have this testimony against them; that I may know all
their proceedings; and that, delivering the sheep to them, I
may see what they will do; whether they will act as I have commanded them, or
not.
100 Of this, however,
they shall be ignorant; neither shall you make any explanation to them,
neither shall you reprove them; but there shall be an account of all the
destruction done by them in their respective seasons. Then they
began to kill, and destroy more than it was commanded them.
101 And they left the sheep in the power of
the lions, so that very many of them were devoured and swallowed up by lions
and tigers; and wild boars preyed upon them. That tower they burnt, and
overthrew that house.
102 Then I grieved extremely on account of
the tower, and because the house of the sheep was
overthrown.
103 Neither was I afterwards able to
perceive whether they again
entered that house.
104 The shepherds likewise, and their
associates, delivered them to all
the wild beasts, that they might
devour them. Each of them in his season, according to his number, was
delivered up; each of them, one with another, was described in a book, how
many of them, one with another, were destroyed, in a book.
105 More, however, than was ordered, every
shepherd killed and destroyed.
106 Then I began to weep, and was greatly
indignant, on account of the sheep.
107 In like manner also I saw in the vision
him who wrote, how he wrote down one, destroyed by the shepherds, every day.
He ascended, remained, and exhibited each of his books to the Lord of the
sheep, containing all which they had done, and all which each of them
had made away with;
108 And all which they had delivered up to
destruction.
109 He took the book up in his hands, read
it, sealed it, and deposited it.
110 After this, I saw shepherds overlooking
for twelve hours.
111 And behold three of the sheep (121)
departed, arrived, went in; and began building all which was fallen down of
that house.
(121) Zerubbabel, Joshua, and
Nehemiah.
112 But the wild boars (122) hindered them,
although they prevailed not.
(122) The
Samaritans.
113 Again they began to build as before,
and raised up that tower, which was
called a lofty tower.
114 And again they began to place before
the tower a table, with every impure and unclean
kind of bread upon it.
115 Moreover also all the sheep were blind,
and could not see, as were the shepherds likewise.
116 Thus were they delivered up to the
shepherds for a great destruction, who trod them under foot, and devoured
them.
117 Yet was their Lord silent, until all
the sheep in the field were
destroyed. The shepherds
and the sheep were all mixed together; but they did not save them
from the power of the beasts.
118 Then he who wrote the book ascended,
exhibited it, and read it at the residence of the Lord of the sheep. He
petitioned him for them, and prayed, pointing out every act of the shepherds,
and testifying before him against
them all. Then taking the book, he
deposited it with him, and departed.
Chapter 89
1 And I observed during the time, that thus
thirty-seven (123) shepherds were
overlooking, all of whom finished in their respective periods as the first.
Others then received them into their hands, that they might overlook them in
their respective periods, every shepherd in his own period.
(123) Thirty-seven. An
apparent error for thirty-five (see
verse 7). The kings of Judah and Israel (Laurence, p.
139).
2 Afterwards I saw in the vision, that all
the birds of heaven arrived; eagles, the avest,
kites and ravens. The eagle
instructed them all.
3 They began to devour the sheep, to
peck out their eyes, and to eat up
their bodies.
4 The sheep then cried out;
for their bodies were devoured by the birds.
5 I also cried out, and groaned in my sleep
against the shepherd which overlooked the flock.
6 And I looked, while the sheep were eaten
up by the dogs, by the eagles, and by the kites. They neither left
them their body, nor their skin, nor their muscles, until their bones alone
remained; until their bones fell upon the ground. And the sheep became
diminished.
7 I observed likewise during the time, that
twenty-three
shepherds (124) were
overlooking; who completed in their respective periods
fifty-eight periods.
(124) The kings of
Babylon, etc., during and after
the captivity. The numbers thirty-five and
twenty-three make fifty-eight; and not thirty-seven, as
erroneously put in the first verse (Laurence, p. 139).
8 Then were small lambs born of those white
sheep; who began to open their eyes and to see, crying out to the
sheep.
9 The sheep, however, cried not out to
them, neither did they hear what they uttered to them; but were deaf, blind,
and obdurate in the greatest degrees.
10 I saw in the vision that ravens
flew down upon those lambs;
11 That they seized one of them; and that
tearing the sheep in
pieces, they devoured
them.
12 I saw also, that the horns
grew upon those lambs; and that the
ravens lighted down upon their horns.
13 I saw, too, that a large horn sprouted out on an animal among the sheep, and that their eyes were
opened.
14 He looked at them. Their eyes were wide
open; and he cried out to them.
15 Then the dabela (125) saw him; all of
whom ran to him.
(125) Dabela. The ibex,
probably symbolizing Alexander the Great (Laurence, p.
140).
16 And besides this, all the
eagles, the avest, the ravens and the kites, were still
carrying off the sheep,
flying down upon them, and devouring them. The sheep were silent, but
the dabela lamented and cried out.
17 Then the ravens contended, and struggled
with them.
18 They wished among them to
break his horn; but they prevailed not over him.
19I looked on them, until the shepherds,
the eagles, the avest, and the kites came.
20 Who cried out to the ravens to break the
horn of the dabela; to contend with him; and to kill him. But he struggled
with them, and cried out, that help might come to him.
21 Then I perceived that the man came who
had written down the names of the shepherds, and who ascended up before the
Lord of the sheep.
22 He brought assistance, and caused every
one to see him descending to the help of the dabela.
23 I perceived likewise that the Lord of
the sheep came to them in wrath, while all those who saw him fled away; all
fell down in his tabernacle before his face; while all the eagles, the avest,
ravens, and kites assembled, and brought with them all the sheep of the
field.
24 All came together, and strove to break
the horn of the dabela.
25 Then I saw, that the man, who wrote the
book at the word of the Lord, opened the book of destruction, of that
destruction which the last twelve shepherds (126) wrought; and pointed out
before the Lord of the sheep, that they destroyed more than those who preceded
them.
(126) The native princes of Judah
after its delivery from the Syrian yoke.
26 I saw also that the Lord of the sheep came to them, and taking in his hand the sceptre
of his wrath seized the earth, which became rent asunder; while
all the beasts and birds of heaven fell from the sheep, and sunk into the
earth, which closed over them.
27 I saw, too, that a large sword was given to the sheep, who went forth against all the beasts
of the field to slay them.
28 But all the beasts and birds of heaven
fled away from before their face.
29 And I saw a throne erected in a
delectable land;
30 Upon this sat the Lord of the sheep, who received all the sealed books;
31 Which were open before him.
32 Then the Lord called the first seven
white ones, and commanded them to bring before him the first of the
first stars, which preceded the stars whose form partly
resembled that of horses; the first star, which fell down first; and they
brought them all before him.
33 And he spoke to the man who wrote in his
presence, who was one of the seven white ones, saying, Take those seventy
shepherds, to whom I delivered up the sheep, and who receiving them
killed more of them than I commanded. Behold, I saw them all bound, and
standing before him. First came on the trial of the stars, which, being
judged, and found guilty, went to the place of punishment. They thrust them
into a place, deep, and full of flaming fire, and full of
pillars of fire. Then the seventy
shepherds were judged, and being
found guilty, were thrust into the flaming abyss.
34 At that time likewise I perceived, that
one abyss was thus opened in the midst of the earth, which was full of
fire.
35 And to this were brought the blind
sheep; which being judged, and found guilty, were all thrust into that abyss
of fire on the earth, and burnt.
36 The abyss was on the right of that
house.
37 And I saw the sheep burning, and their
bones consuming.
38 I stood beholding him immerge that
ancient house, while they brought out its pillars, every plant in it, and the
ivory infolding it. They brought it out, and deposited it in a place on the
right side of the earth.
39 I also saw, that the Lord of the sheep
produced a new house, great, and loftier than the former, which he
bound by the former circular
spot.
All its pillars were new, and its ivory
new, as well as more abundant than the former ancient ivory,
which he had brought out.
40 And while all the sheep which were left
were in the midst of it, all the beasts of the earth, and all the birds of
heaven, fell down and worshipped them, petitioning them, and obeying them in
everything.
41 Then those three, who were clothed in
white, and who, holding me by my hand, had before caused me to ascend, while
the hand of him who spoke held me; raised me up, and placed me in the
midst of the sheep, before the judgment took place.
42 The sheep were all white, with wool long
and pure. Then all who had perished, and had been destroyed, every beast of
the field, and every bird of heaven, assembled in that house: while the Lord
of the sheep rejoiced with great joy, because all were good, and had come back
again to his dwelling.
43 And I saw that they laid down the sword
which had been given to the sheep, and returned it to his house, sealing it up
in the presence of the Lord.
44 All the sheep would have been inclosed
in that house, had it been capable of containing them; and the eyes of all
were open, gazing on the good One; nor was there one among them who did not
behold him.
45 I likewise perceived that the house was
large, wide, and extremely full. I saw, too, that a white cow was born, whose
horns were great; and that all the beasts of the field, and all the birds of
heaven, were alarmed at him, and entreated him at all times.
46 Then I saw that the nature of all of
them was changed, and that they became white cows;
47 And that the first, who was
in the midst of them, spoke, when that word became (127) a large beast, upon
the head of which were great and black horns;
(127) Spoke, when that word came. Or "was a wild-ox, and that wild-ox was " (Knibb, p.
216).
48 While the Lord of the sheep rejoiced
over them, and over all the cows.
49 I lay down in the midst of them: I
awoke; and saw the whole. This is the vision which I saw, lying down and
waking. Then I blessed the Lord of righteousness, and gave glory to
Him.
50 Afterwards I wept abundantly, nor did my
tears cease, so that I became incapable of enduring it. While I was looking
on, they flowed on account of what I saw; for all was come and gone by; every
individual circumstance respecting the conduct of mankind was seen by
me.
51 In that night I remembered my former
dream; and therefore wept and was troubled, because I had seen that
vision.
Chapter 90
1 And now, my son Mathusala, call to me all your brethren, and assemble for me all the
children of your mother; for a voice calls me, and the spirit is poured out
upon me, that I may show you everything which shall happen to you
for ever.
2 Then Mathusala went, called to him all
his brethren, and assembled his kindred.
3 And conversing with all his children in
truth,
4 Enoch said, Hear, my
children, every word of your father, and listen in uprightness to the voice of
my mouth; for I would gain your attention, while I address you. My beloved, be
attached to integrity, and walk in it.
5 Approach not integrity with a double
heart; nor be associated with double-minded men: but walk, my children, in
righteousness, which will conduct you in good paths; and be truth your
companion.
6 For I know, that oppression will exist
and prevail on earth; that on earth great punishment shall in the end take
place; and that there shall be a consummation of all iniquity,
which shall be cut off from its root, and
every fabric raised
by it shall pass away.
Iniquity, however, shall again be
renewed, and consummated on earth.
Every act of crime, and every act of
oppression and impiety, shall be a second time
embraced.
7 When therefore iniquity, sin, blasphemy,
tyranny, and every evil work, shall
increase, and when transgression, impiety, and uncleanness also shall
increase, then upon them all shall great punishment be inflicted
from heaven.
8 The holy Lord shall go forth in wrath,
and upon them all shall great punishment from heaven be inflicted.
9 The holy Lord shall go forth in wrath,
and with punishment, that he may execute judgment upon earth.
10 In those days oppression shall be cut
off from its roots, and iniquity with fraud shall be eradicated, perishing
from under heaven.
11 Every place of strength (128) shall be
surrendered with its inhabitants; with fire shall it be burnt.
They shall be brought from every part of
the earth, and be cast into a judgment of fire. They shall perish in wrath,
and by a judgment overpowering them for ever.
(128) Every place of strength. Or, "all the idols of the
nations" (Knibb, p. 218).
12 Righteousness shall be raised up from
slumber; and wisdom shall be
raised up, and conferred upon them.
13 Then shall the roots of iniquity be cut
off; sinners perish by the sword; and blasphemers be annihilated
everywhere.
14 Those who meditate oppression, and those
who blaspheme, by the sword shall perish.
15 And now, my children, I will describe
and point out to you the path of righteousness and the path of
oppression.
16 I will again point them out to you, that
you may know what is to come.
17 Hear now, my children, and walk in the
path of righteousness, but shun that of oppression; for all who walk in the
path of iniquity shall perish for ever.
The Epistle of
Enoch
Chapter 91
1 That which was written by Enoch. He wrote
all this instruction of wisdom for every man of dignity, and every judge of
the earth; for all my children who shall dwell upon earth, and for subsequent
generations, conducting themselves uprightly and peaceably.
2 Let not your spirit be grieved on account
of the times; for the holy, the Great One, has
prescribed a period to all.
3 Let the righteous man arise from slumber; let him arise, and proceed in the path of righteousness, in
all its paths; and let him advance in goodness and eternal clemency. Mercy
shall be showed to the righteous man; upon him shall be conferred integrity
and power for ever. In goodness and in righteousness shall he exist, and shall
walk in everlasting light; but sin shall perish in eternal darkness, nor be
seen from that time forward for evermore.
Chapter 92
1 After this, Enoch began to speak from a
book.
2 And Enoch said, Concerning the children
of righteousness, concerning the elect of the world, and concerning the plant
of righteousness and integrity.
3 Concerning these
things will I speak, and these
things will I explain to you, my
children: I who am Enoch. In consequence of that which has been
shown to me, from my heavenly vision and from the voice of the holy
angels (129) have I acquired knowledge; and from the tablet of heaven have I acquired understanding.
(129) Holy angels. A Qumran text reads, "Watchers and Holy Ones," clearly denoting heavenly Watchers who did not fall along
with the wicked ones (Milik, p. 264). See also Dan. 4:13, "a watcher and a
holy one came down from heaven"; 4:17, "watchers, and holy
ones."
4 Enoch then began to speak from a book,
and said, I have been born the seventh in the first week, while judgment and
righteousness wait with patience.
5 But after me, in the second week, great
wickedness shall arise, and fraud shall spring forth.
6 In that week the end of the first shall
take place, in which mankind shall be safe. (130)
(130) Mankind shall be safe. Or, "a man will be saved" (Knibb, p.
224).
7 But when the first is
completed, iniquity shall grow up; and during the second
week he shall execute the decree
(131) upon sinners.
(131) The Deluge after the
first (in the middle of the second)
Millennium (2500 B.C.).
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Chapter XII.-Translation of
Enoch.
"But that He might show that these things
were done on account of the ungrateful, He
translated to immortality a certain one of the first race of men,
because He saw that he was not unmindful
of His grace, and because he hoped to call on the name of God;
while the rest, who were so ungrateful
that they could not be amended and corrected even by labours and
tribulations, were condemned to a terrible death.
Yet amongst them also He found a
certain one, who was righteous with his house, whom He
preserved, having enjoined him to build an ark, in which he and those who were
commanded to go with him might escape, when all things should be destroyed by
a deluge: in order that, the wicked being cut off by the overflow of waters,
the world might receive a purification; and he who had been preserved for the
continuance of the race, being purified by water, might anew repair the
world.
Chapter XIII.-Origin of
Idolatry.
"But when all these things were done, men
turned again to
impiety; and on this account a law
was given by God to instruct them in the manner of living.
But in process of time, the worship of God
and righteousness were corrupted by the
unbelieving and the wicked, as we shall show more fully by and by.
Moreover, perverse and erratic religions were introduced, to which the greater part of men gave
themselves up, by occasion of holidays and solemnities, instituting drinkings
and banquets,
following pipes, and
flutes, and harps, and diverse
kinds of musical instruments, and indulging themselves in all
kinds of drunkenness and luxury.
Hence every kind of error took rise;
hence they invented groves and
altars, fillets and victims, and after drunkenness they were
agitated as if with mad
emotions.
By this means power was given to the demons to enter into minds
of this sort, so that they seemed to lead insane dances and
to rave like Bacchanalians; hence were invented the
gnashing of teeth, and bellowing from the depth of their bowels; hence a
terrible countenance and a fierce aspect in men, so that he whom
drunkenness had subverted and a demon had
instigated,
was believed by the deceived and the
erring to be filled with the
Deity.
8 Afterwards, in the third week, during its
completion, a man (132) of the plant of righteous judgment shall be selected;
and after him the Plant (133) of righteousness shall come for ever.
(132) King David at the end of the third
Millennium (1000 B.C.).
(133) The Messiah at the end of the fourth
Millennium (4 B.C. to 30 A.D.).
9 Subsequently, in the fourth week, during
its completion, the visions of the holy and the righteous shall be seen, the
order of generation after generation shall take place,
and a habitation shall be made for them. Then in the fifth week, during its completion, the house of
glory and of dominion (134) shall be erected for ever.
(134) The establishment (30 A.D.) and
building of the Church through the fifth (and sixth)
Millennium.
10 After that, in the
sixth week, all those who are in it shall be darkened, the
hearts of all of them shall be forgetful of wisdom,
and in it shall a Man (135) arise and come forth.
(135) The Messiah at the end of the sixth Millennium.
11 And during its completion
He shall burn the house of dominion
with fire, and all the race of the
elect root shall be dispersed.
(136)
(136) The destruction of Jerusalem and the disbursement of those who dwell in that land
at the end of the sixth (and the beginning of the seventh) Millennium.
12 Afterwards, in the seventh
week, a perverse generation shall
arise; abundant shall be its deeds,
and all its deeds
perverse. During its completion,
the righteous shall be
selected from the everlasting
plant of righteousness;
and to them shall be given the
sevenfold doctrine of his whole
creation.
The "gospel" is the good news that Jesus
saves. However, the way one lives in the world is baded on a sevenfold doctrine.
Perverse men have concocted a
core gospel consisting of only seven facta about Jesus. It completely cuts off the doctrine or teachings of Messiah
in person or through His spirit-guided apostles who wrote for our
learning.
13 Afterwards there shall be
another week, the
eighth (137) of righteousness, to
which shall be given a sword to
execute judgment and justice upon all oppressors.
(137) The beginning of the eighth Millennium.
14 Sinners shall be delivered up into the
hands of the righteous, who during its completion shall acquire
habitations by their righteousness; and the house of the great King shall be
established for celebrations for
ever. After this, in the ninth
week, shall the judgment of
righteousness be revealed to the whole world.
15 Every work of the ungodly
shall disappear from the whole earth; the world
shall be marked for
destruction; and all men shall be
on the watch for the path of integrity.
16 And after this, on the seventh day of the tenth week, there shall be an everlasting judgment, which
shall be executed upon the Watchers;
and a spacious eternal heaven shall spring forth in the midst of the
angels.
17 The former heaven shall
depart and pass away; a new heaven shall appear; and all the celestial
powers shall shine with sevenfold splendour for
ever. Afterwards likewise shall
there be many weeks, which shall externally exist in goodness and in
righteousness.
AND I saw a new heaven and a
new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were
passed away; and there was no more sea. Revelation 21:1
18 Neither shall sin be named there for
ever and for ever.
19 Who is there of all
the children of men, capable of
hearing the voice of the Holy One without emotion?
20 Who is there capable of thinking his thoughts? Who capable of contemplating all the workmanship of heaven? Who of comprehending the
deeds of heaven?
21 He may behold its animation, but
not its
spirit.
He may be capable of conversing respecting
it, but not of ascending to it. He may
see all the boundaries of these
things, and meditate upon
them;
but he can make nothing like
them.
22 Who of all men is able to understand the
breadth and length of the earth?
23 By whom have been seen the dimensions of
all these things? Is it every man
who is capable of comprehending the
extent of heaven; what its elevation is, and by
what it is supported?
24 How many are the numbers of the stars; and where all the luminaries remain at rest?
Chapter 93
1 And now let me exhort you, my children,
to love righteousness, and to walk in it; for the paths of righteousness are
worthy of acceptation; but the paths of iniquity shall suddenly fail, and be
diminished.
2 To men of note in their generation the
paths of oppression and death are revealed; but they keep far from them, and
do not follow them.
3 Now, too, let me exhort you
who are righteous, not to walk in the paths of evil and oppression, nor
in the paths of death. Approach them not, that you may not perish; but
covet,
4 And choose for yourselves righteousness,
and a good life.
5 Walk in the paths of peace, that you may
live, and be found worthy.
Retain my words in your inmost
thoughts,
and obliterate them not from your hearts;
for I know that sinners counsel men to
commit crime
craftily. They are not found in
every place, nor does every counsel possess a little of
them.
6 Woe to those who build iniquity and oppression,
and who lay the foundation of
fraud; for suddenly shall they be subverted, and never obtain
peace.
7 Woe to those who build up their houses with crime;
for from their very foundations shall
their houses be demolished, and by
the sword shall they
themselves fall. Those, too, who acquire gold and silver,
shall justly and suddenly perish.
Woe to you who are rich, for in your riches have you trusted; but from your riches you shall be removed; because
you have not remembered the Most High in the days of your
prosperity.
GO to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for
your miseries that shall come upon you. James 5:1
Your riches are corrupted, and your
garments are motheaten. James 5:2
Your gold and silver is cankered; and
the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your
flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last
days. James 5:3
Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach
you, and cast out your name as
evil, for the Son of mans sake. Luke 6:22
Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for
joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in the like manner
did their fathers unto the prophets. Luke 6:23
But woe unto you that are rich for ye
have received your consolation. Luke 6:24
Woe unto you that are full for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye
shall mourn and weep. Luke 6:25
8 You have committed blasphemy and
iniquity; and are destined to the day of the effusion of blood, to the day of
darkness, and to the day of the great judgment.
9 This I will declare and point out to you,
that he who created you will destroy you.
10 When you fall, he will not show you
mercy; but your Creator will rejoice in your destruction.
11 Let those, then, who shall be righteous
among you in those days, detest sinners, and the ungodly.
Chapter 94
1O that my eyes were clouds of water, that
I might weep over you, and pour forth my tears like rain, and rest from the
sorrow of my heart!
2 Who has permitted you to hate and to
transgress? Judgment shall overtake you, ye sinners.
3 The righteous shall not fear the wicked;
because God will again bring them into your power, that you may avenge
yourselves of them according to your pleasure.
4 Woe to you who shall be so bound by
execrations, that you cannot be released from them; the remedy being far
removed from you on account of your sins. Woe to you who recompense your
neighbour with evil; for you shall be recompensed according to your
works.
5 Woe to you, false witnesses, you who
aggravate iniquity; for you shall suddenly perish.
6 Woe to you, sinners; for you reject the
righteous; for you receive or reject at pleasure those who
commit iniquity; and their yoke shall prevail over you.
Chapter 95
1 Wait in hope, you righteous; for suddenly
shall sinners perish from before you, and you shall exercise dominion over
them, according to your will.
2 In the day of the sufferings of
sinners your offspring shall be elevated, and lifted up like eagles. Your nest shall be more exalted than that of the avest; you
shall ascend, and enter into the cavities of the earth, and into the
clefts of the rocks for
ever, like conies,
from the sight of the ungodly;
And they shall go into the holes of the
rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the Lord, and for the
glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth. Isaiah
2:19
3 Who shall groan over you, and
weep like sirens.
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4 You shall not fear those who trouble you;
for restoration shall be yours;
a splendid light shall shine around you,
and the voice of tranquility shall be heard from heaven.
- Woe to you, sinners; for your wealth makes you resemble
saints,
- but your hearts reproach you,
knowing that you are sinners.
- This word shall testify against
you, for the remembrance of
crime.
5 Woe to you who feed upon the
glory of the corn, and drink the strength of the deepest spring, and
in the pride of your power tread down the humble.
6 Woe to you who drink water at pleasure;
for suddenly shall you be recompensed, consumed, and withered, because you
have forsaken the foundation of
life.
7 Woe to you who act iniquitously,
fraudulently, and blasphemously; there shall be a remembrance against you for
evil.
8 Woe to you, powerful,
who with power strike down righteousness;
for the day of your destruction shall
come;
while at that very time many and good days shall be the portion of
the righteous, even at the period
of your judgment.
Chapter 96
1 The righteous are
confident that sinners will be
disgraced, and perish in the day of
iniquity.
2 You shall yourselves be
conscious of it; for the Most High will remember your destruction, and the
angels shall rejoice over
it. What will you do sinners? And
where will you fly in the day of judgment, when you shall hear the words of
the prayer of the righteous?
3 You are not like them who in this respect
witness against you; you are associates of
sinners.
4 In those days shall the prayers of the
righteous come up before the Lord. When the day of your judgment shall arrive;
and every circumstance of your iniquity be related before the great and the
holy One;
5 Your faces shall be covered with shame; while every deed, strengthened by crime, shall be
rejected.
6 Woe unto you, sinners, who in the midst
of the sea, and on dry land, are those against whom an evil record exists.
- Woe to you who squander silver and gold, not obtained in righteousness,
- and say, We are rich, possess wealth,
and have acquired everything which we can desire.
7 Now then will we do whatsoever we are
disposed to do;
for we have amassed silver; our
barns are full, and the husbandmen of our
families are like overflowing
water.
See Chapter 93 above also verse 25.
And he spake a parable unto them, saying,
The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully: Luke 12:16
And he thought within himself, saying,
What shall I do, because I have no room where to
bestow my fruits? Luke 12: 17
And he said, This will I do: I will
pull down my
barns, and build greater; and
there will I bestow all my
fruits and my goods. Luke 12:
18
And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou
hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and
be merry Luke 12: 19
But God said unto him, Thou fool,
this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those
things be, which thou hast provided? Luke 12: 20
This parable speaks to those who build
huge institutions in violation of the direct command that the "rich" should
go on to other "fields" rather than build bigger and bigger
barns.
8 Like water shall your
falsehood pass away; for your wealth will not be permanent, but shall
suddenly ascend from
you, because you have obtained it
all iniquitously; to extreme malediction shall you be delivered
up.
See The Watchers and Enoch Part One for more
details
HEAR this word, ye kine (cows)
of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor,
which crush the needy, which say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink.
Am.4:1
The Lord God hath sworn by his holiness,
that, lo, the days shall come upon you, that he will take you away with
hooks, and your posterity with fishhooks. Amos 4:2
And ye shall go out at the breaches,
every cow at that which is before
her; and ye shall cast them into
the palace, saith the Lord. Amos 4:3
"Come to Bethel and transgress, At
Gilgal multiply transgression; Bring your sacrifices every morning, Your
tithes every three
days. Amos 4:4
And offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving
with leaven (extortion), and
proclaim and publish the free
offerings: for this liketh you, O ye children of Israel, saith the Lord God.
Amos 4:5
God Removed The Water of the
Word:
And I also have given you cleanness of
teeth in all your cities, and want of bread in all your places: yet have
ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord. Amos 4:6
And also I have withholden the rain
from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest: and I caused it
to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city: one
piece was rained upon, and the piece whereupon it rained not withered.
Amos 4:7
Take thou away from me the
noise of thy songs; for I will
not hear the melody of thy
viols. Amos 5:23
But let judgment run down as waters,
and righteousness as a mighty stream. Amos 5:24
Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and
offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel? Amos 5:25
But ye have borne the tabernacle of
your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to
yourselves. Amos 5:26
Therefore will I cause you to go into
captivity beyond Damascus, saith the Lord, whose name is The God of
hosts. Amos 5:27
That chant to the sound
of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David;
Amos 6:5
That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but they
are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph. Amos 6:6
Therefore now shall they go captive
with the first that go captive, and the banquet of them that stretched
themselves shall be removed. Amos 6:7
And the songs of the temple shall be
howlings in that day, saith the Lord God: there shall be many dead bodies in
every place; they shall cast them forth with silence. Amos 8:3
And I will turn your feasts into
mourning, and all your songs into
lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins,
and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only
son, and the end thereof as a bitter day. Amos 8:10
Behold, the days come, saith the Lord
God, that I will send a famine in the
land, not a famine of bread, nor
a thirst for water, but of
hearing the words of the
Lord: Amos 8:11
And they shall wander from sea to
sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to
seek the word of the Lord, and shall not find it. Amos 8:12
This story is repeated in Isaiah 5.
Because of wine and music at their religious festivals, the people hungered
and thirsted for the word but could not find it.
The story of Genun (Jubal) in the
Book of
Adam and Eve shows that when
once incited or excited to come down and do music to hide the Word of God it
is not possible to return into God's presence. (Not my
words."
9 Human Efforts: And
now I swear to you, crafty, as well as
simple ones; that you, often contemplating the earth, you who are
men, clothe yourselves more
elegantly than married women, and
both together more so than unmarried ones, (138) everywhere arraying yourselves in majesty, in
magnificence, in authority, and in
silver: but gold, purple, honour, and wealth, like water, flow away.
(138) Than married women unmarried
ones. Or, "than a woman and more
coloured (garments) than a girl" (Knibb, p. 230).
And the fruits that thy
soul lusted after are departed from thee, and all things
which were dainty and goodly are departed from thee, and thou shalt find
them no more at all. Re 18:14
And the voice of harpers
(lyre-singers), and musicians (the
muses and minstrels), and of
pipers (Jesus threw them out), and trumpeters, shall
be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of
whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the
sound of a millstone (hardship or burden. "grinders" were usually concubines
prostitutes) shall be heard no more at all in thee; Re 18:22
Technites (g5079) tekh-nee'-tace; from 5078; an artisan;
fig. a founder (Creator): - builder, craftsman.
Wherefore if Demetrius, and the craftsmen which
are with him, have a matter against any man, the law is open, and there
are deputies: let them implead one another.
Ac.19:38
10 Results: Erudition
therefore and wisdom are not theirs. Thus shall they perish, together with
their riches, with all their glory, and with their honours;
11 While with disgrace, with slaughter, and
in extreme penury, shall their spirits be thrust into a furnace of
fire.
12 I have sworn to you, sinners, that
neither mountain nor hill has been or shall be subservient (139) to
woman.
(139) Subservient.
Literally, "a servant." Perhaps
in furnishing them with treasures for ornaments (Laurence, p.
159).
13 Neither in this way has crime been sent down to us upon earth,
but men of their own heads have invented it; and greatly shall those who give it efficiency
be execrated.
14 Barrenness shall not be previously inflicted on woman; but on account of the work of her hands
shall she die childless.
15 I have sworn to you, sinners, by the
holy and the Great One,
that all your evil deeds are disclosed in
the heavens; and that none of your oppressive acts are concealed and
secret.
16 Think not in your minds, neither say in
your hearts, that every crime is not manifested and seen. In heaven it is daily written down before the Most
High.
Henceforwards shall it be manifested; for
every act of oppression which you commit shall be daily recorded, until the
period of your condemnation.
17 Woe to you, simple ones, for you
shall perish in your simplicity.
To the wise you will not listen, and that
which is good you shall not obtain.
18 Now therefore know that you are destined
to the day of destruction; nor hope that sinners shall live; but in process of
time you shall die; for you are not marked for redemption;
19 But are destined to the day of the great
judgment, to the day of distress, and the extreme ignominy of your
souls.
20 Woe to you, obdurate in heart, who
commit crime, and feed on blood. Whence is it that you feed
on good things, drink, and are satiated? Is it not because our Lord, the Most
High, has abundantly supplied every good thing upon earth? To you there shall
not be peace.
21 Woe to you who love the deeds of
iniquity. Why do you hope for that which is good? Know that you shall be given
up into the hands of the righteous; who shall cut off your necks, slay you,
and show you no compassion.
22 Woe to you who rejoice in the trouble of
the righteous; for a grave shall not be dug for you.
23 Woe to you who frustrate the word of the
righteous; for to you there shall be no hope of life.
24 Woe to you who write down the word of
falsehood, and the word of the wicked; for their falsehood they record, that
they may hear and not forget folly.
25 To them there shall be no peace; but
they shall surely die suddenly.
Chapter 97
1 Woe to them who act impiously, who laud
and honour the word of falsehood. You have been lost in perdition; and have
never led a virtuous life.
2 Woe to you who change the words of
integrity. They transgress against the everlasting decree; (140)
(140) They transgress the everlasting decree. Or, "they distort the eternal law" (Knibb, p.
232).
3 And cause the heads of those who are not
sinners to be trodden down upon the earth.
4 In those days you, O righteous, shall
have been deemed worthy of having your prayers rise up in remembrance; and
shall have deposited them in testimony before the angels, that they might
records the sins of the sinners in the presence of the Most High.
5 In those days the nations shall be
overthrown; but the families of the nations shall rise again in the day of
perdition.
6 In those days they who become pregnant
shall go forth, carry off their children, and forsake them. Their offspring
shall slip from them, and while suckling them shall they forsake them; they
shall never return to them, and never instruct their beloved.
7 Again I swear to you, sinners, that crime
has been prepared for the day of blood, which never ceases.
8 They shall worship stones, and
engrave golden, silver, and wooden images.
They shall worship impure spirits, demons, and every
idol, in temples; but no help shall be obtained for them.
Their hearts shall become impious
through their folly,
and their eyes be blinded with mental superstition. (141) In their visionary dreams
shall they be impious and superstitious,
lying in all their actions, and worshipping a stone. Altogether
shall they perish.
(141) Mental superstition. Literally, "with the fear of their hearts" (Laurence, p. 162).
What profiteth the graven image that
the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies,
that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols? Hab 2:18
Woe unto him that saith to the wood,
Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach
Behold, it is laid over with gold and silver, and there is no breath at
all in the midst of it. Hab 2: 19
But the Lord is in his holy
temple: let all the earth
keep silence before him.
Hab 2: 20
9 But in those days blessed shall they be,
to whom the word of
wisdom is delivered; who point out
and pursue the path of the Most High; who walk in the way of righteousness,
and who act not impiously with the impious.
10 They shall be saved.
11 Woe to you who expand the crime of your
neighbour; for in hell shall you be slain.
12 Woe to you who lay the foundation of sin
and deceit, and who are bitter on earth; for on it shall you be
consumed.
13 Woe to you who build your houses
by the labour of
others, every part of which is
constructed with brick, and with the stone of crime;
I tell you, that you shall not obtain peace.
14 Woe to you who despise the extent of the everlasting inheritance of
your fathers,
while your souls follow after
idols; for to you there shall be no
tranquillity.
15 Woe to them who commit iniquity, and
give aid to blasphemy, who slay their neighbour until the day of the great
judgment; for your glory shall fall; malevolence shall He put into your
hearts, and the spirit of his wrath shall stir you up, that every
one of you may perish by the sword.
16 Then shall all the righteous and the
holy remember your crimes.
Chapter 98
1 In those days shall fathers be struck
down with their children in the presence of each other; and brethren with
their brethren shall fall dead: until a river shall flow from their
blood.
2 For a man shall not restrain his hand
from his children, nor from his children,s children; his mercy will be to kill
them.
3 Nor shall the sinner restrain his hand
from his honoured brother. From the dawn of day to the setting sun shall the
slaughter continue. The horse shall wade up to his breast, and the chariot
shall sink to its axle, in the blood
of sinners.
And the winepress was trodden without the
city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by
the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs. Revelation 14:20
Chapter 99
1 In those days the angels shall descend
into places of concealment,
and gather together in one spot all who
have assisted in crime.
2 In that day shall the Most High rise up
to execute the great judgment upon all sinners, and to commit the guardianship of all the righteous and holy to the holy angels,
that they may protect them as the apple
of an eye, until every evil and
every crime be annihilated.
3 Whether or not the righteous
sleep securely, wise men shall then truly perceive.
4 And the sons of the earth shall
understand every word of that book, knowing that their riches cannot save them
in the ruin of their crimes.
5 Woe to you, sinners, when you shall be
afflicted on account of the righteous in the day of the great trouble; shall
be burnt in the fire; and be recompensed according to your deeds.
6 Woe to you, perverted in heart, who are
watchful to obtain an accurate knowledge of evil, and to discover terrors. No
one shall assist you.
7 Woe to you, sinners; for with the words
of your mouths, and with the work of your hands, have you acted impiously; in
the flame of a blazing fire shall you be burnt.
8 And now know, that the angels shall
inquire into your conduct in heaven; of the sun, the moon, and the stars,
shall they inquire respecting your sins; for upon earth you exercise
jurisdiction over the righteous.
9 Every cloud shall bear witness against
you, the snow, the dew, and the rain: for all of them shall be withholden from
you, that they may not descend upon you, nor become subservient to your
crimes.
10 Now then bring gifts of salutation to
the rain; that, not being withholden, it may descend upon you; and to the dew,
if it has received from you gold and silver. But when the frost, snow, cold,
every snowy wind, and every suffering belonging to them, fall upon you, in
those days you will be utterly incapable of standing before them.
Chapter 100
1 Attentively consider heaven, all you
progeny of heaven, and all the works of the Most High; fear him, nor conduct
yourselves criminally before him.
2 If He shut up the windows of heaven,
restraining the rain and dew, that it may not descend upon the earth on your
account, what will you do?
3 And if He send his wrath upon you, and
upon all your deeds, you are not they who can supplicate him; you who utter
against his righteousness, language proud and powerful. To you there shall be
no peace.
4 Do you not see the commanders of ships,
how their vessels are tossed about by the waves, torn to pieces by the winds,
and exposed to the greatest peril?
5 That they therefore fear, because their
whole property is embarked with them on the ocean; and that they forbode evil
in their hearts, because it may swallow them up, and they may perish in
it?
6 Is not the whole sea, all its waters, and
all its commotion, the work of him, the Most High; of him who has sealed up
all its exertions, and girded it on every side with sand?
7 Is it not at his
rebuke dried up, and alarmed; while all its fish with everything
contained in it die? And will not you, sinners, who are on
earth, fear him? Is not He the maker of heaven and earth, and of all things
which are in them?
8 And who has given erudition and wisdom to
all that move progressive upon the
earth, and over the sea?
9 Are not the commanders of ships terrified
at the ocean? And shall not sinners be terrified at the Most High?
(No Chapter 101)
Chapter 102
1 In those days, when He shall cast the
calamity of fire upon you, whither will you fly, and where will you be
safe?
2 And when He sends forth his word against
you, are you not spared, and terrified?
3 All the luminaries are agitated with
great fear; and all the earth is spared, while it trembles, and suffers
anxiety.
4 All the angels fulfill the commands
received by them, and are desirous of being concealed from the presence
of the great Glory; while the children of the earth are alarmed and
troubled.
5 But you, sinners, are for ever accursed;
to you there shall be no peace.
6 Fear not, souls of the righteous; but
wait with patient hope for the day of your death in righteousness. Grieve not,
because your souls descend in great trouble, with groaning, lamentation, and
sorrow, to the receptacle of the dead. In your lifetime your bodies have not
received a recompense in proportion to your goodness, but in the period of
your existence have sinners existed; in the period of execration and of
punishment.
7 And when you die, sinners say concerning
you, As we die, the righteous die. What profit have they in their works?
Behold, like us, they expire in sorrow and in darkness. What advantage have
they over us? Henceforward are we equal. What will be within their grasp, and
what before their eyes for ever? For behold they are dead; and never will they
again perceive the light. I say unto you, sinners, You have been satisfied
with meat and drink, with human plunder and rapine, with sin, with the
acquisition of wealth and with the sight of good days. Have you not marked the
righteous, how their end is in peace? For no oppression is found in them even
to the day of their death. They perish, and are as if they were not, while
their souls descend in trouble to the receptacle of the dead.
Chapter 103
1 But now I swear to you, righteous, by the
greatness of his splendour and his glory; by his illustrious kingdom and by
his majesty, to you I swear, that I comprehend this mystery; that I have read
the tablet of heaven, have seen the writing of the holy ones, and have
discovered what is written and impressed on it concerning you.
2I have seen that all
goodness, joy, and glory has been prepared for you, and been written down for
the spirits of them who die eminently righteous and good. To you it shall be
given in return for your troubles; and your portion of happiness shall far exceed the portion of the living.
3 The spirits of you who die in
righteousness shall exist and rejoice. Their spirits shall exult; and their
remembrance shall be before the face of the Mighty One from generation to
generation. Nor shall they now fear disgrace.
4 Woe to you, sinners, when you die in your
sins; and they, who are like you, say respecting you, Blessed are these
sinners. They have lived out their whole period; and now they die in happiness
and in wealth. Distress and slaughter they knew not while alive; in honour
they die; nor ever in their lifetime did judgment overtake them.
They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children
dance. Job 21:11
They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the
organ. Job 21: 12
They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the
grave. Job 21: 13
Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy
ways. Job 21: 14
What is the Almighty, that we should
serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him? Job 21: 15
Lo, their good is not in their hand: the
counsel of the wicked is far from me. Job 21: 16
5 But has it not been
shown to them, that, when to the
receptacle of the dead their souls shall be made to descend, their evil deeds
shall become their greatest torment? Into darkness, into the snare, and into
the flame, which shall burn to the great judgment, shall their spirits enter;
and the great judgment shall take effect for ever and for ever.
6 Woe to you; for to you there shall be no
peace. Neither can you say to the righteous, and to the good who are alive, In
the days of our trouble have we been afflicted; every manner of
trouble have we seen, and many evil things have suffered.
7 Our spirits have been consumed,
lessened, and diminished.
8 We have perished; nor has there been a
possibility of help for us in word or in deed: we have found none, but have
been tormented and destroyed.
9 We have not expected to live day after
day.
10 We hoped indeed to have been the
head;
11 But we have become the tail. We have
been afflicted, when we have exerted ourselves; but we have been devoured by
sinners and the ungodly; their yoke has been heavy upon us.
12 Those have exercised dominion
over us who detest and who goad us; and to those
who hate us have we humbled our neck; but they have shown no compassion
towards us.
13 We have been desirous of escaping from
them, that we might fly away and be at rest; but we have found no place to
which we could fly, and be secure from them. We have sought an asylum with
princes in our distress, and have cried out to those who were devouring us;
but our cry has not been regarded, nor have they been disposed to hear our
voice;
14 But rather to assist those who
plunder and devour us; those who
diminish us, and hide their
oppression; who remove not their
yoke from us, but devour, enervate, and slay
us; who conceal our slaughter, nor remember that they have lifted up their
hands against us.
Chapter 104
1 I swear to you, righteous, that in heaven
the angels record your goodness before the glory of the Mighty One.
2 Wait with patient hope; for formerly you
have been disgraced with evil and with affliction; but now shall you shine
like the luminaries of heaven. You shall be seen, and the gates of heaven shall be opened to
you. Your cries have cried for
judgment; and it has appeared to you; for an account of all your sufferings
shall be required from the princes, and from every one who has assisted your
plunderers.
3 Wait with patient hope; nor relinquish
your confidence; for great joy shall be yours, like that of the angels in
heaven. Conduct yourselves as you may, still you shall not be concealed in the
day of the great judgment. You shall
not be found like sinners; and
eternal condemnation shall be far from you, so long as the world
exists.
4 And now fear not, righteous, when you see
sinners flourishing and prosperous in their ways.
5 Be not associates with them; but keep yourselves at a
distance from their oppression; be
you associated with the host of heaven. You, sinners, say, All our
transgressions shall not be taken account of, and be recorded. But all your
transgressions shall be recorded daily.
6 And be assured by me, that light and
darkness, day and night, behold all your transgressions. Be not impious in
your thoughts; lie not; surrender not the word of uprightness; lie not
against the word of the holy and the mighty One; glorify not your
idols; for all your lying and all your
impiety is not for righteousness, but for great crime.
7 Now will I point out a mystery:
Many sinners shall turn and transgress against the word of uprightness.
NOW the Spirit speaketh expressly, that
in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to
seducing spirits, and doctrines of
devils; 1Ti.4:1
Speaking lies in
hypocrisy; having their
conscience seared with a hot iron; 1 Tim 4:2
For the love of money is the root of all
evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and
pierced themselves through with many sorrows. 1Ti.6:10
8 They shall speak evil things; they
shall utter
falsehood; execute great
undertakings; (142) and
compose books in their own
words.
But when they shall write all
my words correctly in their
own languages,
(142) Execute great undertakings. Literally, "create a great creation" (Laurence, p.
173).
9 They shall neither change or diminish them; but shall write them
all correctly; all which from the
first I have uttered concerning them. (143)
(143) Despite Enoch's mandate, his book
was most certainly "changed" and "diminished" by later editors, though these
fragments of it have survived.
10 Another mystery also I point out. To the
righteous and the wise shall be given books of joy, of
integrity, and of great wisdom.
To them shall books be given, in which
they shall believe;
11 And in which they shall rejoice. And all
the righteous shall be rewarded, who from these shall acquire the knowledge of every upright
path.
Chapter 105
1 In those days, saith the Lord, they shall
call to the children of the earth, and make them listen to their wisdom. Show
them that you are their leaders;
2 And that remuneration shall take place over the whole earth; for I and my Son will for ever
hold communion with them in the paths of uprightness, while they
are still alive. Peace shall be yours. Rejoice, children of integrity, in the
truth.
Fragment of the Book of
Noah
Chapter 106
1 After a time, my son Mathusala
took a wife for his son
Lamech.
2 She became pregnant by him, and
brought forth a
child, the flesh of which was as
white as snow, and red as a rose; the hair of whose head was white like wool,
and long; and whose eyes were beautiful. When he opened them, he illuminated
all the house, like the sun; the whole house abounded with light.
3 And when he was taken from the hand of
the midwife, Lamech his father became afraid of him;
and flying away came to his own father Mathusala, and said, I have begotten a
son, unlike to other
children.
He is not human; but, resembling the offspring of the angels of
heaven, is of a different
nature from ours, being altogether unlike to us.
4 His eyes are bright as
the rays of the sun; his
countenance glorious, and he looks not as if he belonged to me, but to
the angels.
5 I am afraid, lest something miraculous
should take place on earth in his days.
6 And now, my father, let me entreat and
request you to go to our progenitor Enoch, and learn from him the truth; for
his residence is with the angels.
7 When Mathusala heard the words of his
son, he came to me at the extremities of the earth; for he had been informed
that I was there: and he cried out.
8 I heard his voice, and went to him
saying, Behold, I am here, my son; since
you have come to me.
9 He answered and said, On account of a
great event have I come to you; and on account of a sight difficult
to be comprehended have I approached you.
10 And now, my father, hear me; for to my
son Lamech a child has been born, who resembles not him; and whose nature is
not like the nature of man. His colour is whiter than snow; he
is redder than the rose; the hair of his head is whiter than white wool; his
eyes are like the rays of the sun; and when he opened them he illuminated the whole
house.
11 When also he was taken from the hand of
the midwife,
12 His father Lamech feared, and fled to
me, believing not that the
child belonged to him, but that he
resembled the angels of
heaven. And behold I am come to
you, that you might point out to me the truth.
Key to Music
13 Then I, Enoch, answered and said, The
Lord will effect a new thing upon the earth. This have I explained, and seen
in a vision.
I have shown you that in the
generations of Jared my
father,
those who were from
heaven disregarded the word of the Lord. Behold they committed crimes; laid aside their class, and intermingled with women. With them also they
transgressed; married with them, and begot children. (144)
(144) After this verse, one Greek papyrus
adds, "who are not like spiritual beings, but creatures of flesh" (Milik, p.
210).
See Adam
and Eve Two
Key to Music
14 A great destruction therefore shall come
upon all the earth; a deluge, a great
destruction, shall take place in one year.
15 This child which is
born to your son
shall survive on the earth,
and his three sons shall be saved with him. When all mankind who are
on the earth shall die, he shall be safe.
16 And his posterity shall beget
on the earth giants, not
spiritual, but carnal.
Upon the earth shall a great punishment be
inflicted, and it shall be washed from all corruption. Now
therefore inform your son
Lamech, that he who is born is his
child in truth; and he shall call his name Noah, for he
shall be to you a survivor. He and his
children shall be saved from the corruption which shall take place in the
world; from all the sin and from all the iniquity which shall be consummated
on earth in his days.
Afterwards shall greater impiety take place than that which had been before consummated on the earth;
for I am acquainted with holy mysteries,
which the Lord himself has discovered and explained to me; and which I have
read in the tablets of heaven.
See Adam
and Eve Two
107
17 In them I saw it written, that the
generation after
generation shall transgress, until
a righteous race shall arise; until transgression and crime perish from off
the earth; until all goodness come upon it.
18 And now, my son, go tell your son
Lamech,
19 That the child which is born is
his child in truth; and that there is no deception.
20 When Mathusala heard the word of his
father Enoch, who had shown him every secret thing, he returned with
understanding, and called the name of that child Noah; because he was to
console the earth on account of all its destruction.
108
21 Another book, which Enoch wrote for his
son Mathusala, and for those who should come after him, and preserve their
purity of conduct in the latter days. You, who have laboured, shall wait in
those days, until the evil doers be consumed, and the power of the guilty be
annihilated. Wait, until sin pass away; for their names shall be blotted out
of the holy books; their seed shall be destroyed, and their spirits slain.
They shall cry out and lament in the
invisible waste, and in the bottomless fire shall
they burn. (145) There I perceived, as it were, a cloud which
could not be seen through; for from the depth of it I was unable to look
upwards. I beheld also a flame of fire blazing brightly, and, as it were,
glittering mountains whirled around, and agitated from side to
side.
(145) In the bottomless fire shall they burn. Literally, "in the fire shall they burn, where
there is no earth" (Laurence, p. 178).
22 Then I inquired of one of the holy
angels who was with me, and said, What is this splendid object?
For it is not heaven, but a flame of fire alone which blazes; and
in it there is the clamour of exclamation, of woe, and
of great suffering.
23 He said, There, into that place which
you behold, shall be thrust the
spirits of sinners and blasphemers;
of those who shall do evil,
and who shall pervert all which
God has spoken by the mouth of the
prophets; all which they ought to
do.
See Recognitions of Clement above to see that music was the
problem after the flood.
The Spirit of Christ was the Spirit of
the Prophets 1 Pe 1:11
For respecting these things there shall be
writings and impressions above
in heaven, that the angels may read
them and know what shall happen both to sinners and to the spirits of the
humble; to those who have suffered
in their bodies, but have been
rewarded by God; who have been injuriously treated by wicked men; who have
loved God; who have been attached neither to gold nor silver, nor to any good
thing in the world, but have given their bodies to torment;
24 To those who from the period of their
birth have not been covetous of earthly riches; but have regarded themselves
as a breath passing away.
25 Such has been their conduct; and much
has the Lord tried them; and their spirits have been found pure, that they
might bless his name. All their blessings have I related in a book; and He has
rewarded them; for they have been found to love heaven with an everlasting
aspiration. God has
said, While they have been trodden
down by wicked men, they have heard from them revilings and blasphemies; and
have been ignominiously treated, while they were blessing me. And now will I
call the spirits of the good from the generation of light, and will change
those who have been born in darkness; who have not in their bodies been
recompensed with glory, as their faith may have merited.
26 I will bring them into the splendid
light of those who love my holy name: and I will place each of them on a
throne of glory, of glory peculiarly his own,
and they shall be at rest during unnumbered periods. Righteous is the judgment
of God;
And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say
unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son
of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve
thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. Matthew 19:28
27 For to the faithful shall he give faith
in the habitations of uprightness. They shall see those, who have been born in
darkness unto darkness shall be cast; while the righteous shall be at rest.
Sinners shall cry out, beholding them, while they exist in splendour and
proceed forwards to the days and periods prescribed to them.
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Caution for the
ones who see, and can find these truths within your spirit.
Truths that have been always clouded within Good & Evil.
Which is an illusion and mans curse. Lift the curse open your eyes,
and find now all that you knew will seem irrelevant. Adhere to these truths, or you will burn
within your own Iniquitous Behavior, =