Used 735 times 54 times in the book of revelation alone, the number 7 is the foundation of gods word. 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. 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 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.
It anticipates the repeat of the sin of the watchers. Adeboye, redeemed christian church of god, rccg, e. So even as late as this statement, no human beingand that includes enochhad ascended into heaven. 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. 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. The remainder of the book describes enochs visit to heaven in the form of a vision, and his revelations. For this, they were imprisoned and cast into tartarus. First of all, enoch is mentioned in genesis, luke, and hebrews. He is caught up into heaven by glorious angelic beings chapter 1. 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. Jul 24, 2011 this book enoch, what does heaven look like. 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. There i beheld, in the midst of that light, a building raised with stones of ice. 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.
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. As heaven reminds the reader of the temple in jerusalem so enoch becomes the true high priest. In a second book, the secrets of enoch, he describes his journey into heaven and describes what he observes there. Mikes new commentary on the book of enoch is now shipping. In the book of the secrets of enoch ii enoch, the garden of eden is described as being located in the 3rd heaven. Enochs journey through the heavens 2 enoch 122 reading acts. 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.
The second book of enoch is a pseudepigraphic text in the apocalyptic genre. We turn to biblehub and see what was written down in the past. 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. This is about the merkabah and is of interest to those who study mysticism and magic, and to. The seven heavens are found in an apocryphal book of scripture, 2 enoch, which relates enoch s journey through the heavens. In 3 book of enoch, enoch ascends to heaven and is transformed into the angel metatron. Apocrypha the 10 heavens of the 2nd book of enoch ii. And now, my son methuselah, i will show thee all my visions which i have seen, recounting them before thee. 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. 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. 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. I first heard about the book of enoch a few years ago, while i was. Open heavens, a guide to a close fellowship with god. This volume contains the extended version of 2 book of enoch, the exaltation of melchizedek.
In 2 book of enoch, two angels take enoch through the 7 heavens. The book of enoch also 1 enoch 1 is an ancient jewish religious work, ascribed to enoch, the greatgrandfather of noah. 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. The book of enoch 3 introduction i have based this book on michael a. 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. The behold the earth, and understand what is there transacted, from the beginning to the end of it. 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.
And i saw how the winds stretch out the vaults of heaven, and have their. The bible, flying machines, and how enoch and prophet. Pdf the book of enoch complete download read online free. 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. And he concealed the spirit of enoch in the heaven of heavens. Ive never taken the time to read the book and to be honest, have been skeptical of a reliable source.
Two visions i saw before i took a wife, and the one was quite. The remainder of the book describes enoch s visits to heaven in the form of travels, visions and dreams, and his revelations. According to the 2nd book of enoch, the garden of eden is. The book of enoch, chapters 160 reluctant messenger.
Enoch, what does heaven look like enochs revelation of god. 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 story of archangel haniel taking enoch to heaven a trip to heaven. The bible, flying machines, and how enoch and prophet elijah. 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. In chapters 36 enoch describes his trip through the first heaven where. Enoch, what does heaven look like enochs revelation of. In the book of enoch, left out of the bible by religions organizations men, is hidden a message about bible prophesy. Then in 1773, james bruce brought three copies back from ethiopia, having spent some years exploring the country. With that let i expand on the ten heavens in this new piece. He then instructs his sons to walk before the lord by praying and giving generous gifts to the lord 2. 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 bible, flying machines, and how enoch and prophet elijah were taken to the heavens. And for the future generations who shall observe uprightness and peace.
It is written for the people of the end times where astronomers could verify the information for truth. 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 of enoch secrets black holes and revelations. Lets take a look at enoch and his mysterious disappearance mentioned in genesis 5. 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. 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.
The story of archangel haniel taking enoch to heaven. Apocrypha the 10 heavens of the 2nd book of enoch ii enoch. 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 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. 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. Fear god and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty. This heaven is a strange and impossible place not fit for human habitation. The book of enoch seems to have a direct relationship with the end time senario of revelation. Its interesting to note that the angels who encountered enoch. According to the 2nd book of enoch, the garden of eden is not.
And appear in the strength of his might from the heaven of heavens. The book of enoch shows its variety of authorship by the inequality of literary skill which is found in it. 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. Metatron, the angel, the prince of the presence, said to me. The best plan is to read the book of enoch for there is a reason i painted it rather than retold it. 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. I have discovered something very interesting in the book of enoch.
The book begins with enochs vision soon after he fathered methuselah. Jul 06, 2016 the book begins with enochs vision soon after he fathered methuselah. 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. 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. Astronomy confirms the accuracy of the book of enoch. Islams seven heavens islam adopted the idea of seven heavens from apocryphal jewish writings. The timing of the renewed interest of the book of enoch with the discovery of the dead sea scrolls in 1947 is significant. The book of enoch was found complete along side of the dead sea scrolls and is used by rabbis to explore jewish cosmology. Parable of enoch on the future lot of the wicked and the righteous chapter i.
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. Pdf the book of the secrets of enoch download full pdf. The seven heavens are found in an apocryphal book of scripture, 2 enoch, which relates enochs journey through the heavens. 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. You shalt today ascend with us into heaven, and you shall tell your sons and all. Chapter vii enoch raised upon the wings of the shekina to the place of the throne, the merkaba and the angehc hosts r. In the apocryphal book of enoch, archangel haniel transports the biblical prophet enoch to heaven, where he is transformed into archangel. The second book of enoch summary and explanation simona rich. In the introduction to the book of enoch we read that. Apocrypha the 10 heavens of the 2nd book of enoch ii enoch i. Ive often wondered about the reference in jude to enoch s prophecy. 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. 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.
I have taken off on a whim and ordered the book from amazon. And in the midst of these stones vibrations of living fire. In addition, enoch also has a set of books that are completely interconnected to his journeys and mysteries that he decoded during his time. Ive often wondered about the reference in jude to enochs prophecy. 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. 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. Enochs vision of his ascent to heaven in the book of the watchers. 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. Oct 08, 2015 enochs vision of his ascent to heaven in the book of the watchers. At the end of the book, a sort of summary is given but some new information is also presented. 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.