For this, they were imprisoned and cast into tartarus. Enochs journey through the heavens 2 enoch 122 reading acts. Enochs vision of his ascent to heaven in the book of the watchers. Ive often wondered about the reference in jude to enochs prophecy. It is not regarded as scripture by jews or any christian group, apart from the ethiopian orthodox church, which to this day regards it to be canonical. In addition, enoch also has a set of books that are completely interconnected to his journeys and mysteries that he decoded during his time. All who are in the heavens know what is transacted there. The words of the blessing of enoch, wherewith he blessed the elect and righteous, who will be living in the day of tribulation, when all the wicked and godless are to be removed.
The book of enoch is divided into five basic parts, but it is the the book of parables 3771 which gives scholars the most trouble for it is primarily concerned with a figure called the messiah. The behold the earth, and understand what is there transacted, from the beginning to the end of it. In the apocryphal book of enoch, archangel haniel transports the biblical prophet enoch to heaven, where he is transformed into archangel. The introduction to the book of enoch tells us that enoch is a just man, whose eyes were opened by god so that he saw a vision of the holy one in the heavens, which the sons of god showed to me, and from them i heard everything, and i knew what i saw, but these things that i saw will not come to pass for this generation, but for a generation that has yet to come. Adeboye, redeemed christian church of god, rccg, e. And he took up his parable and said enoch a righteous man, whose eyes were opened by god, saw the vision of the holy one in the heavens, which the angels showed me, and from them i heard everything, and from them i understood as i saw, but not for this generation, but. The book of enoch seems to have a direct relationship with the end time senario of revelation. In a second book, the secrets of enoch, he describes his journey into heaven and describes what he observes there. In the 18th chapter, he is describing a journey with the angels, where they are flying in an angelic spaceship southwards on the earth, and coming to a place where there are pillars of heavenly fire. The bible, flying machines, and how enoch and prophet elijah were taken to the heavens. The bible, flying machines, and how enoch and prophet. Jul 06, 2016 the book begins with enochs vision soon after he fathered methuselah. In the 18th chapter, he is describing a journey with the angels, where they are flying in an angelic spaceship southwards on the earth, and coming to a place where there are pillars of heavenly fire to me, this sounds like they were flying over africa from the middle east, and coming to the south pole, and watching the. The first part of the book of enoch describes the fall of the watchers, the angels who fathered the nephilim.
Islams seven heavens islam adopted the idea of seven heavens from apocryphal jewish writings. The angel uriel has taken enoch to the very edge of the earth and beyond, in a place which had no firmament of heaven above, and no firmly founded earth beneath it. The timing of the renewed interest of the book of enoch with the discovery of the dead sea scrolls in 1947 is significant. Lets take a look at enoch and his mysterious disappearance mentioned in genesis 5. We turn to biblehub and see what was written down in the past.
Enoch, a righteous man, who was 1 with god, answered and spoke, while his eyes were open, and while he saw a holy vision in the heavens. The only people who accept the book as an official part of their holy scriptures are ethiopian jews and the ethiopian orthodox church and a few more obscure religious groups around the. The book of enoch, written during the second century b. Feb 28, 2017 in part 1 of the book of the secrets of enoch series, follow enoch on his journey all the way up to the 7th heaven. The remainder of the book describes enoch s visits to heaven in the form of travels, visions and dreams, and his revelations. And he took up his parable and said enoch a righteous man, whose eyes were opened by god, saw the vision of the holy one in the heavens, which the angels showed me, and from them i heard everything, and from them i understood as i saw, but not for this generation, but for a remote one which is 3 for to come. The book written by enoch enoch indeed wrote this complete doctrine of wisdom, which is praised of all men and a judge of all the earth for all my children who shall dwell on the earth. So im sure many of you have heard of enoch and for those of you who havent, enoch is a very iconic biblical character that appears in the apocrypha. The book of enoch, chapters 160 reluctant messenger. Knibbs scholarly translation of the ethiopian manuscripts, the ethiopic book of enoch, oxford university press, which i believe to be the best translation currently available. If some passages are of high eloquence, and redolent of piety and reverence and noble aspirations, others are characterised by wild speculation and empty bombast.
He is caught up into heaven by glorious angelic beings chapter 1. Pdf the book of enoch complete download read online free. Ive never taken the time to read the book and to be honest, have been skeptical of a reliable source. Mar 22, 2012 enoch, the 7th from adam and great grandfather of noah is the builder and first to decipher the code of the heavens, the mysteries and language of god. Some of these heavens are described as being like natural features, such as vilon, or curtain, which is the veil that hides the other heavens from human view. It is there where he witnessed the fate of those angels who left their own habitation. Jan 24, 2005 thanks for the interesting post, deborah.
Open heavens, a guide to a close fellowship with god. So even as late as this statement, no human beingand that includes enochhad ascended into heaven. I have discovered something very interesting in the book of enoch. The book of enoch also 1 enoch 1 is an ancient jewish religious work, ascribed to enoch, the greatgrandfather of noah. Then in 1773, james bruce brought three copies back from ethiopia, having spent some years exploring the country. Where there is a divine order that stretches across multiverses, and this experience is but one of many to see what we are made of and to who we truly belong. The book of enoch was found complete along side of the dead sea scrolls and is used by rabbis to explore jewish cosmology. Metatron, the angel, the prince of the presence, said to me.
In america, when one finds a mound of dead mummified nephalim it is confiscated, yet they had 6 fingers on each hand, 6 toes on each foot and 2 rows of teeth. As heaven reminds the reader of the temple in jerusalem so enoch becomes the true high priest. In 3 book of enoch, enoch ascends to heaven and is transformed into the angel metatron. In chapters 36 enoch describes his trip through the first heaven where. And now, my son methuselah, i will show thee all my visions which i have seen, recounting them before thee. The best plan is to read the book of enoch for there is a reason i painted it rather than retold it. The second book of enoch summary and explanation simona rich. In that parable i saw how a mighty quaking made the heaven of heavens to quake, and the host of the most high, and the angels, a thousand thousands and ten thousand times ten thousand, were 2 disquieted with a great disquiet.
And i lifted him up with the sound of a trumpet and with a teraa shout to the high heavens, to be my witness together with the chayyoth by the merkaba in the world to come. The bible, flying machines, and how enoch and prophet elijah. This heaven is a strange and impossible place not fit for human habitation. Apocrypha the 10 heavens of the 2nd book of enoch ii. Chapter vii enoch raised upon the wings of the shekina to the place of the throne, the merkaba and the angehc hosts r. And for the future generations who shall observe uprightness and peace. The book of enoch is one of those books that almost made it into the bible but was then rejected as apocryphal, even though enoch and the book itself are mentioned and referred to several times in the bible. Its interesting to note that the angels who encountered enoch.
It describes the ascent of the patriarch enoch, ancestor of noah, through ten heavens in an earthcentered cosmos. Fear god and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty. The remainder of the book describes enochs visit to heaven in the form of a vision, and his revelations. With that let i expand on the ten heavens in this new piece. Parable of enoch on the future lot of the wicked and the righteous chapter i. Astronomy confirms the accuracy of the book of enoch. And he took up his parable and saidenoch a righteous man, whose eyes were opened by god, saw the vision of the holy one in the heavens. There i beheld, in the midst of that light, a building raised with stones of ice. The book of enoch 3 introduction i have based this book on michael a. The book of enoch also 1 enoch1 is an ancient jewish religious work, ascribed to enoch, the greatgrandfather of noah. Apocrypha the 10 heavens of the 2nd book of enoch ii enoch i.
And in the midst of these stones vibrations of living fire. The seven heavens are found in an apocryphal book of scripture, 2 enoch, which relates enochs journey through the heavens. At the end of the book, a sort of summary is given but some new information is also presented. The book of the watchers 1 enoch 6 was written to fill this void and help students of the bible understand and appreciate this important and influential ancient book. The book begins with enochs vision soon after he fathered methuselah. Before we address enochs prophecy of the seven epochs of 490 years that span from creation to christ, first some words about why the book of enoch is important for today.
And i saw how the winds stretch out the vaults of heaven, and have their. You shalt today ascend with us into heaven, and you shall tell your sons and all. They know that the heavenly luminaries change not their paths. Apocrypha the 10 heavens of the 2nd book of enoch ii enoch. It is written for the people of the end times where astronomers could verify the information for truth. This is a compilation of some notes and thoughts about the book of enoch this is by no means an exhaustive study of enoch, and i dont even mention many of the things written in it. First heaven, keeps a great sea held above terrible treasure like storehouses that are based in the clouds. Jul 24, 2011 this book enoch, what does heaven look like. The seven heavens are found in an apocryphal book of scripture, 2 enoch, which relates enoch s journey through the heavens. When enoch finished speaking these things, darkness covered the earth and enoch was taken up to the highest heaven and yhwh placed him before his face. This is about the merkabah and is of interest to those who study mysticism and magic, and to. According to the 2nd book of enoch, the garden of eden is.
Two visions i saw before i took a wife, and the one was quite. In part 1 of the book of the secrets of enoch series, follow enoch on his journey all the way up to the 7th heaven. In the introduction to the book of enoch we read that. During his heavenly journey, enoch describes a multidimensional reality of ten heavens and one dimension of.
The second book of enoch is a pseudepigraphic text in the apocalyptic genre. In the book of enoch, left out of the bible by religions organizations men, is hidden a message about bible prophesy. Oct 08, 2015 enochs vision of his ascent to heaven in the book of the watchers. Enoch is a just man, whose eyes were opened by god so that he saw a vision of the holy one in the heavens, which the sons of god showed to me, and from them i heard everything, and i knew what i saw, but these things that i saw will not come to pass for this generation, but for a. The story of archangel haniel taking enoch to heaven. The second book of enoch abbreviated as 2 enoch and also known as slavonic enoch, slavic enoch or secrets of enoch is a pseudepigraphic text in the apocalyptic genre. The book of enoch, which is part of the jewish and christian apocrypha, credits archangel haniel under one of her alternate names with traveling to earth on assignment from god to pick up enoch in a fiery chariot and escort him through the flames into another dimension to reach heaven. First of all, enoch is mentioned in genesis, luke, and hebrews. In the book of the secrets of enoch ii enoch, the garden of eden is described as being located in the 3rd heaven. Used 735 times 54 times in the book of revelation alone, the number 7 is the foundation of gods word. The levels are separated by gates which can be opened if the person observed certain rituals on earth, such as jihad, charity, fasting, and pilgrimage to mecca. The book of enoch 5 the history of the book of enoch the book was thought to have been lost, for over 2,000 years, with many ancient sources referring to it, and even quoting parts, but no complete copies were known. Pdf the book of the secrets of enoch download full pdf.
It anticipates the repeat of the sin of the watchers. The book of enoch secrets black holes and revelations. Nov 27, 2017 and the third book of enoch is a work that gravitates towards jewish mystical writings, and is, like the second book of enoch, of a tradition which follows a belief that enoch, when he was taken by yhwh into heavens, was transformed into an angel. And appear in the strength of his might from the heaven of heavens. Ive often wondered about the reference in jude to enoch s prophecy. The story of archangel haniel taking enoch to heaven a trip to heaven. Enoch, the 7th from adam and great grandfather of noah is the builder and first to decipher the code of the heavens, the mysteries and language of god. And he took up his parable and said enoch a righteous man, whose eyes were opened by god, saw the vision of the holy one in the heavens, which the. And he concealed the spirit of enoch in the heaven of heavens. Enoch contains unique material on the origins of demons and giants, why some angels fell from heaven, an explanation of why the great flood was morally necessary, and prophetic exposition of the. Mikes new commentary on the book of enoch is now shipping.
Enoch, what does heaven look like enochs revelation of god. The book of enoch shows its variety of authorship by the inequality of literary skill which is found in it. According to the 2nd book of enoch, the garden of eden is not. He then instructs his sons to walk before the lord by praying and giving generous gifts to the lord 2. I first heard about the book of enoch a few years ago, while i was. In 2 book of enoch, two angels take enoch through the 7 heavens. And the third book of enoch is a work that gravitates towards jewish mystical writings, and is, like the second book of enoch, of a tradition which follows a belief that enoch, when he was taken by yhwh into heavens, was transformed into an angel. Enoch, what does heaven look like enochs revelation of. I have taken off on a whim and ordered the book from amazon. Nov 02, 2015 where there is a divine order that stretches across multiverses, and this experience is but one of many to see what we are made of and to who we truly belong.