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09 - The Book of Enoch · Philosophy and Faith

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  Speaker 1: Chapter sixty five. Enoch foretells to Noah the deluge and
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  Speaker 1: his own preservation chapter sixty five. And in those days
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  Speaker 1: Noah saw the earth that it had sunk down, and
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  Speaker 1: its destruction was nigh. And he arose from thence and
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  Speaker 1: went to the ends of the earth, and cried aloud
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  Speaker 1: to his grandfather Enoch. And Noah said, three times, with
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  Speaker 1: an embittered voice, hear me, hear me, hear me. And
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  Speaker 1: I said unto him, tell me what it is that
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  Speaker 1: is falling out on the earth, that the earth is
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  Speaker 1: in such evil plight and shaken, lest perchance I shall
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  Speaker 1: perish with it. And thereupon there was a great commotion
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  Speaker 1: on the earth, and a voice was heard from heaven.
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  Speaker 1: And I fell on my face, and Enoch, my grandfather,
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  Speaker 1: came and stood by me and said, unto me, why
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  Speaker 1: hast thou cried unto me with a bitter cry and weeping.
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  Speaker 1: And a command has gone forth from the presence of
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  Speaker 1: the Lord concerning those who dwell on the earth, that
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  Speaker 1: their ruin is accomplished, because they have learnt all the
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  Speaker 1: secrets of the angels, and all the violence of the Satans,
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  Speaker 1: and all their powers, the most secret ones, and all
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  Speaker 1: the power of those who practice sorcery, and the power
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  Speaker 1: of witchcraft, and the power of those who make molten images,
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  Speaker 1: for the whole earth, and how silver is produced from
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  Speaker 1: the dust of the earth, and how soft metal originates
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  Speaker 1: in the earth. For lead and tin are not produced
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  Speaker 1: from the earth, like the first. It is a fountain
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  Speaker 1: that produces them. And an angel stands therein, and that
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  Speaker 1: angel is pre eminent. And after that, my grandfather Enoch
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  Speaker 1: took hold of me by my hand and raised me
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  Speaker 1: up and said, unto me, go, for I have asked
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  Speaker 1: the Lord of spirits as touching this commotion on the earth,
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  Speaker 1: and he said, unto me, because of their unrighteousness, their
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  Speaker 1: judgment has been determined upon and shall not be withheld
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  Speaker 1: by me forever. Because of the sorceries which they have
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  Speaker 1: searched out and learnt, the earth and those who dwell
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  Speaker 1: upon it shall be destroyed. And these they have no
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  Speaker 1: place of repentance for us, because they have shown them
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  Speaker 1: what was hidden, and they are the damned. But as
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  Speaker 1: for thee my son, the Lord of Spirits knows that
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  Speaker 1: thou art pure and guiltless of this reproach concerning the secrets,
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  Speaker 1: and he has destined thy name to be among the holy,
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  Speaker 1: and will preserve thee amongst those who dwell on the earth,
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  Speaker 1: and has destined thy righteous seed both for kingship and
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  Speaker 1: for great honors. And from thy seed shall precede a
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  Speaker 1: fountain of the righteous and holy without number forever Chapter
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  Speaker 1: sixty six. The angels of the waters bidden to hold
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  Speaker 1: them in check chapter sixty six. And after that he
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  Speaker 1: showed me the angels of Punishment, who were prepared to
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  Speaker 1: come and let loose all the powers of the waters
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  Speaker 1: which are beneath in the earth, in order to bring
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  Speaker 1: judgment and destruction on all who abide and dwell on
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  Speaker 1: the earth. And the Lord of spirits gave commandment to
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  Speaker 1: the angels who were going forth, that they should not
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  Speaker 1: cause the waters to rise, but should hold them in check.
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  Speaker 1: For those angels were over the powers of the waters.
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  Speaker 1: And I went away from the presence of Enoch Chapter
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  Speaker 1: sixty seven. God's promise to Noah places of punishment of
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  Speaker 1: the angels and of the kings chapter sixty seven. And
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  Speaker 1: in those days the word of God came unto me,
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  Speaker 1: and he said, unto me, Noah, thy lot hast come
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  Speaker 1: up before me, a lot without blame a lot of
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  Speaker 1: love and uprightness. And now the angels are making a
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  Speaker 1: wooden building. And when they have completed the task, I
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  Speaker 1: will place my hand upon it and preserve it. And
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  Speaker 1: there shall come forth from it the seed of life,
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  Speaker 1: and a change shall set in, so that the earth
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  Speaker 1: will not remain without inhabitant. And I will make fast
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  Speaker 1: thy seed before me forever and ever, and I will
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  Speaker 1: spread abroad those who dwell with thee. It shall not
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  Speaker 1: be unfruitful on the face of the earth, but it
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  Speaker 1: shall be blessed and multiply on the earth in the
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  Speaker 1: name of the Lord. And he will imprison those angels
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  Speaker 1: who have shown unrighteousness. In that burning valley which my
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  Speaker 1: grandfather Enoch had formed, shown to me in the west,
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  Speaker 1: among the mountains of gold and silver and iron and
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  Speaker 1: soft metal and tin, and I saw that valley in
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  Speaker 1: which there was a great convulsion and a convulsion of
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  Speaker 1: the waters. And when all this took place, from that
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  Speaker 1: fiery molten metal, and from the convulsion thereof in that
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  Speaker 1: place there was produced a smell of sulfur, and it
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  Speaker 1: was connected with those waters. And that the valley of
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  Speaker 1: the angels who had led astray mankind burned. Beneath that land,
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  Speaker 1: and through its valleys proceede streams of fire, where these
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  Speaker 1: angels are punished, who had led astray those who dwell
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  Speaker 1: upon the earth. But those waters shall in those days
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  Speaker 1: serve for the kings and the mighty and the exalted,
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  Speaker 1: and those who dwell on the earth, for the healing
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  Speaker 1: of the body, but for the punishment of the spirit.
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  Speaker 1: Now their spirit is full of lust, that they may
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  Speaker 1: be punished in their body. For they have denied the
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  Speaker 1: Lord of spirits, and see their punishment daily, and yet
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  Speaker 1: believe not in his name, and in proportion. As the
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  Speaker 1: burning of their bodies becomes severe, a corresponding change shall
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  Speaker 1: take place in their spirit forever and ever. For before
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  Speaker 1: the Lord of Spirits, none shall utter an idle word,
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  Speaker 1: for the judgment shall come upon them because they believe
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  Speaker 1: in the lust of their body and deny the spirit
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  Speaker 1: of the Lord. And those same waters will undergo a
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  Speaker 1: change in those days, For when those angels are punished
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  Speaker 1: in these waters, these water springs shall change their temperature.
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  Speaker 1: And when the angels ascend, this water of the springs
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  Speaker 1: shall change and become cold. And I heard Michael answering
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  Speaker 1: and saying this judgment wherewith the angels are judged, is
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  Speaker 1: the testimony for the kings and the mighty who possess
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  Speaker 1: the earth. Because these waters of judgment minister to the
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  Speaker 1: healing of the body of the kings and the lust
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  Speaker 1: of their body. Therefore they will not see and will
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  Speaker 1: not believe that those waters will change and become a
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  Speaker 1: fire which burns forever. Chapter sixty eight. Michael and Raphael
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  Speaker 1: astonished at the severity of the judgment Chapter sixty eight.
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  Speaker 1: And after that, my grandfather Enoch gave me the teaching
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  Speaker 1: of all the secrets in the book in the Parables,
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  Speaker 1: which had been given to him, and he put them
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  Speaker 1: together for me in the words of the Book of
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  Speaker 1: the Parables. And on that day Michael answered Raphael and said,
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  Speaker 1: the power of the spirit transports and makes me to
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  Speaker 1: tremble because of the severity of the judgment of the
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  Speaker 1: secrets and the judgment of the angels. Who can endure
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  Speaker 1: the severe judgment which has been executed and before which
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  Speaker 1: they melt away? And Michael answered again and said to Raphael,
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  Speaker 1: who is he whose heart is not softened concerning it,
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  Speaker 1: and whose reigns are not troubled by this word of
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  Speaker 1: judgment that has gone forth upon them because of those
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  Speaker 1: who have thus led them out. And it came to
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  Speaker 1: pass when he stood before the Lord of Spirits, Michael
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  Speaker 1: said thus to Raphael, I will not take their part
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  Speaker 1: under the eye of the Lord, for the Lord of
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  Speaker 1: Spirits has been angry with them, because they do as
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  Speaker 1: if they were the Lord. Therefore, all that is hidden,
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  Speaker 1: they'll come upon them forever endeavor, for neither angel nor
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  Speaker 1: man shall have his portion in it. But alone. They
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  Speaker 1: have received their judgment forever and ever. Chapter sixty nine.
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  Speaker 1: The Names and Functions of the Fallen Angels and Satan's
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  Speaker 1: the Secret Oath, chapter sixty nine. And after this judgment
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  Speaker 1: they shall terrify and make them to tremble, because they
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  Speaker 1: have shown this to those who dwell on the earth.
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  Speaker 1: And behold the names of those angels, and these are
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  Speaker 1: their names. The first of them is Somejaza, the second Artaquifa,
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  Speaker 1: and the third Armen, the fourth Colcobel, the fifth Tariel,
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  Speaker 1: the sixth Rumjal, the seventh dan Jal, the eighth Nikuel,
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  Speaker 1: the ninth Baraqueal, the tenth Asazel, the eleventh Armaros, the
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  Speaker 1: twelfth Batarashal, the thirteenth Bisassijaal, the fourteenth Hananal, the fifteenth
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  Speaker 1: Turrel and the sixteenth Samapasiel, the seventeenth Jetrel, the eighteenth
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  Speaker 1: to Mail, the nineteenth Turrel, the twentieth Rumael, the twenty
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  Speaker 1: first Azazel. And these are the chiefs of their angels,
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  Speaker 1: and their names, and their chief ones over hundreds and
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  Speaker 1: over fifties and over tens. The name of the first Jequan,
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  Speaker 1: that is the one who led astray all the sons
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  Speaker 1: of God, and brought them down to the earth, and
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  Speaker 1: led them astray through the daughters of men. And the
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  Speaker 1: second was named Aspiel. He imported to the holy sons
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  Speaker 1: of God evil counsel and led them astray, so that
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  Speaker 1: they deviled their bodies with the daughters of men. And
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  Speaker 1: the third was named Gadriel. He it is who showed
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  Speaker 1: the children of men all the blows of death, and
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  Speaker 1: he led astray eve and showed the weapons of death
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  Speaker 1: to the sons of men, the shield and the code
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  Speaker 1: of Mail, and the sword for battle, and all the
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  Speaker 1: weapons of death to the children of men. And from
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  Speaker 1: his hand they have proceeded against those who dwell on
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  Speaker 1: the earth. From that day and forevermore. And the fourth
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  Speaker 1: was named Pennemule. He taught the children of men the
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  Speaker 1: bitter and the sweet, and he taught them all the
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  Speaker 1: secrets of their wisdom. And he instructed mankind in writing
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  Speaker 1: with ink and paper, and thereby many sinned from eternity
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  Speaker 1: to eternity and until this day. For men were not
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  Speaker 1: created for such a purpose to give confirmation to their
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  Speaker 1: good faith with pen and ink. For men were created
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  Speaker 1: exactly like the angels, to the intent that they should
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  Speaker 1: continue pure and righteous. And death, which destroys everything, could
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  Speaker 1: not have taken hold of them. But through this their knowledge,
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  Speaker 1: they are perishing. And through this power it is consuming me.
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  Speaker 1: And the fifth was named Casteja. This is he who
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  Speaker 1: showed the children of men all the wicked smitings of
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  Speaker 1: spirits and demons, and and the smitings of the embryo
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  Speaker 1: in the womb that it may pass away, and the
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  Speaker 1: smitings of the soul, the bites of the serpent, and
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  Speaker 1: the smitings which befall through the noontide heat. The son
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  Speaker 1: of the serpent named taba Et. And this is the
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  Speaker 1: task of Caspil, the chief of the Oath, which he
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  Speaker 1: showed to the Holy ones when he dwelt high above
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  Speaker 1: in glory, and its name is Biqua. This angel requested
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  Speaker 1: Michael to show him the hidden name, that he might
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  Speaker 1: enunciate it in the oath, so that those might quake
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  Speaker 1: before that name and oath, who revealed all that was
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  Speaker 1: in secret to the children of men. And this is
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  Speaker 1: the power of this oath, for it is powerful and strong.
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  Speaker 1: And he placed this oath a kay in the hand
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  Speaker 1: of Michael. And these are the secrets of this oath,
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  Speaker 1: and they are strong through his oath. And the heaven
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  Speaker 1: was suspended before the world was created and forever, and
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  Speaker 1: through it the earth was founded upon the water, and
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  Speaker 1: from the secret recesses of the mountains come beautiful waters
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  Speaker 1: from the creation of the world and unto eternity. And
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  Speaker 1: through that oath the sea was created, and as its
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  Speaker 1: foundation he set for it the sand against the time
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  Speaker 1: of its anger, and it dare not pass beyond it.
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  Speaker 1: From the creation of the world unto eternity. And through
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  Speaker 1: that oath are the depths made fast and abide and
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  Speaker 1: stir not from their place from eternity to eternity. And
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  Speaker 1: through that oath the Sun and Moon complete their course
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  Speaker 1: and deviate not from their ordinance from eternity to eternity.
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  Speaker 1: And through that oath the stars complete their course. And
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  Speaker 1: he calls them by their names, and they answer him
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  Speaker 1: from eternity to eternity. And in like manner the spirits
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  Speaker 1: of the water, and of the winds, and of all zephyrs,
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  Speaker 1: and their paths from all the quarters of the winds,
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  Speaker 1: and there are preserved the voices of the thunder and
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  Speaker 1: the light of the lightnings, and their observe the chambers
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  Speaker 1: of the hail, and the chambers of the hoarfrost, and
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  Speaker 1: the chambers of the mist, and the chambers of the
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  Speaker 1: rain and the dew, And all these believe and give
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  Speaker 1: thanks before the Lord of spirits and glorify him with
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  Speaker 1: all their power. And their food is in every act
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  Speaker 1: of thanksgiving. And they think and glorify and extol the
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  Speaker 1: name of the Lord of spirits forever and ever. And
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  Speaker 1: this oath is mighty over them, and through it they
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  Speaker 1: are preserved, and their paths are preserved, and their course
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  Speaker 1: is not destroyed. Close of the third parable, and there
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  Speaker 1: was great joy amongst them, and they blessed and glorified
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  Speaker 1: and extolled, because the name of that son of Man
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  Speaker 1: had been revealed unto them, and he sat on the
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  Speaker 1: throne of his glory, and the sum of judgment was
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  Speaker 1: given unto the son of Man, and he caused the
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  Speaker 1: sinners to pass away and be destroyed from off the
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  Speaker 1: face of the earth. And those who have led the
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  Speaker 1: world astray with chains shall they be bound, and in
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  Speaker 1: their assemblage place of destruction, shall they be imprisoned, And
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  Speaker 1: all their works vanish from the face of the earth.
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  Speaker 1: And from henceforth there shall be nothing corruptible. For that
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  Speaker 1: Son of Man has appeared and has seated himself on
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  Speaker 1: the throne of his glory, and all evils shall pass
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  Speaker 1: away from before his face. And the word of that
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  Speaker 1: son of Man shall go forth and be strong before
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  Speaker 1: the Lord of spirits. This is the third parable of
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  Speaker 1: Enoch chapter seventy, the final translation of Enoch chapter seventy.
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  Speaker 1: And it came to pass after this that his name,
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  Speaker 1: during his lifetime, was raised aloft to that son of
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  Speaker 1: Man and to the Lord of Spirits, from amongst those
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  Speaker 1: who dwell on the earth. And he was raised aloft
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  Speaker 1: on the chariots of the spirit, and his name vanished
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  Speaker 1: among them. And from that day I was no longer
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  Speaker 1: numbered amongst them, and he set me between the two winds,
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  Speaker 1: between the north and the west, where the angels took
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  Speaker 1: the cords to measure for me the place for the
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  Speaker 1: elect and righteous. And there I saw the first Fathers
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  Speaker 1: and the righteous, who from the beginning dwell in that
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  Speaker 1: place Chapter seventy one. Two earlier versions of Enoch chapter
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  Speaker 1: seventy one. And it came to pass after this that
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  Speaker 1: my spirit was translated, and it ascended into the heavens,
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  Speaker 1: and I saw the holy sons of God. They were
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  Speaker 1: stepping on flames of fire. Their garments were white, and
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  Speaker 1: their raiment and their faces shone like snow. And I
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  Speaker 1: saw two streams of fire, and the light of that
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  Speaker 1: fire shone like Hyacinth. And I fell on my face
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  Speaker 1: before the Lord of spirits, and the angel Michael, one
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  Speaker 1: of the archangels, seized me by my right hand, and
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  Speaker 1: he lifted me up and led me forth into all
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  Speaker 1: the secrets, and he showed me all the secrets of righteousness,
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  Speaker 1: and he showed me all the secrets of the ends
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  Speaker 1: of the heaven, and all the chambers of all the stars,
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  Speaker 1: and all the luminaries. Whence they proceeded before the face
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  Speaker 1: of the holy ones, and he translated my spirit into
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  Speaker 1: the heaven of heavens. And I saw there, as it were,
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  Speaker 1: a structure built of crystals, and between those crystals tongues
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  Speaker 1: of living fire. And my spirit saw the girdle which
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  Speaker 1: girt that house of fire, and on its four sides
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  Speaker 1: were streams full of living fire. And they girt that house,
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  Speaker 1: and round about were Seraphin Cherubic and Ofannin. And these
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  Speaker 1: are they who sleep not and guard the throne of
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  Speaker 1: His glory. And I saw angels who could not be
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  Speaker 1: counted a thousand thousands and ten thousand times ten thousand
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  Speaker 1: encircling that house. And Michael and Rafael and Gabriel and Fanoel,
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  Speaker 1: and the holy angels who are above the heavens go
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  Speaker 1: in and out of that house. And they came forth
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  Speaker 1: from that house, and Michael and Gabriel, Rafael and Fanol
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  Speaker 1: and many holy angels without number, and with them the
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  Speaker 1: Head of Days, his head white and pure as wool,
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  Speaker 1: and his raiment indescribable. And I fell on my face,
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  Speaker 1: and my whole body became relaxed, and my spirit was transfigured,
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  Speaker 1: and I cried with a loud voice, with the spirit
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  Speaker 1: of power, and blessed and glorified and extolled. And these
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  Speaker 1: blessings which went forth out of my mouth were well
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  Speaker 1: pleasing before that Head of Days. And that Head of
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  Speaker 1: Days came with Michael and Gabriel, Raphael and Fanouel, thousands
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  Speaker 1: and ten thousands of angels without number lost passage wherein
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  Speaker 1: the Son of Man was described as accompanying the Head
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  Speaker 1: of Days. And Enoch asked one of the angels, as
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  Speaker 1: in forty six three, concerning the Son of Man as
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  Speaker 1: to who he was, and he in other words, the
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  Speaker 1: angel came to me and greeted me with his voice,
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  Speaker 1: and said, unto me, this is the son of Man,
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  Speaker 1: who is born unto righteousness, and righteousness abides over him,
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  Speaker 1: and the righteousness of the Head of Days forsakes him not.
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  Speaker 1: And he said, unto me, he proclaims unto the peace
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  Speaker 1: in the name of the world to come. For from
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  Speaker 1: hence has preceded peace since the creation of the world.
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  Speaker 1: And so shall it be unto thee forever and forever
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  Speaker 1: and ever, and all shall walk in his ways, since
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  Speaker 1: righteousness never forsaketh him. With him will be their dwelling places,
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  Speaker 1: and with him their heritage. And they shall not be
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  Speaker 1: separated from him forever and ever and ever. And so
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  Speaker 1: there shall be length of days with that son of man,
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  Speaker 1: and the righteous shall have peace and an upright way
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  Speaker 1: in the name of the Lord of Spirits, forever and ever.
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  Speaker 1: And of Section nine