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04 - The Book of Enoch · Philosophy and Faith

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  Speaker 1: Chapters twenty through twenty five. Chapter twenty name and function
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  Speaker 1: of the seven arch Angels, And these are the names
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  Speaker 1: of the Holy Angels who watch. Uriel, one of the
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  Speaker 1: Holy Angels who is over the world and over Tatarus. Raphael,
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  Speaker 1: one of the Holy Angels who is over the spirits
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  Speaker 1: of men. Raguel, one of the Holy Angels who takes
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  Speaker 1: vengeance on the world of the luminaries. Michael, one of
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  Speaker 1: the Holy Angels to wit he is set over the
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  Speaker 1: best part of mankind and over chaos. Sarcreel, one of
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  Speaker 1: the Holy Angels who is set over the spirits who
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  Speaker 1: sin in the spirit Gabriel, one of the Holy Angels
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  Speaker 1: who is over Paradise and the serpents in the Cherubim.
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  Speaker 1: Ramael one of the Holy Angels whom Gods set over
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  Speaker 1: those who rise. Chapter twenty one Preliminary and final place
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  Speaker 1: of punishment of the fallen Angels. Stars. And I proceeded
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  Speaker 1: to where things were chaotic, and I saw there something horrible.
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  Speaker 1: I saw neither a heaven above nor firmly founded earth,
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  Speaker 1: but a place chaotic and horrible. And there I saw
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  Speaker 1: seven stars of the heaven bound together in it like
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  Speaker 1: great mountains, and burning with fire. Then I said, for
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  Speaker 1: what sinner they bound? And on what account have they
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  Speaker 1: been cast in hither? Then said Uriel, one of the
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  Speaker 1: Holy angels, who was with me and was chief over them,
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  Speaker 1: and said, Enoch, why dost thou ask? And why art
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  Speaker 1: thou eager for the truth? These are the number of
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  Speaker 1: the stars of heaven which have transgressed the commandment of
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  Speaker 1: the Lord, and are bound here till ten thousand years,
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  Speaker 1: the time entilled by their sins are consummated. And from
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  Speaker 1: thence I went to another place, which was still more
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  Speaker 1: horrible than the former. And I saw a horrible thing,
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  Speaker 1: a great fire there, which burned and blazed, and the
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  Speaker 1: place was cleft as far as the abyss, being full
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  Speaker 1: of great descending columns of fire. Neither its extent or
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  Speaker 1: magnitude could I I see, nor could I conjecture. Then
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  Speaker 1: I said, how fearful is this place? And how terrible
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  Speaker 1: to look upon? Then Uriel answered me, one of the
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  Speaker 1: Holy angels, who was with me, and said, unto me, Enoch,
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  Speaker 1: why hast thou such fear and affright? And I answered,
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  Speaker 1: because of this fearful place, and because of the spectacle
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  Speaker 1: of the pain. And He's said unto me, this place
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  Speaker 1: is the prison of the angels, and here they will
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  Speaker 1: be imprisoned forever Chapter twenty two, Shiel or the underworld.
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  Speaker 1: And thence I went to another place, and he showed
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  Speaker 1: me in the west another great high mountain and of
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  Speaker 1: hard rock, and there was in it four hollow places,
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  Speaker 1: deep and wide, and very smooth. How smooth are the
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  Speaker 1: hollow places, and deep and dark to look at. Then
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  Speaker 1: Raphael answered one of the holy angels who was with me,
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  Speaker 1: and said, unto me, these hollow places have been created
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  Speaker 1: for this very purpose, that the spirits of the souls
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  Speaker 1: of the dead should assemble Therein yea, that all the
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  Speaker 1: souls of the children of men should assemble here. And
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  Speaker 1: these places have been made to receive them till the
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  Speaker 1: day of their judgment, until their appointed period, till the
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  Speaker 1: period appointed till the great judgment comes upon them. I
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  Speaker 1: saw the spirits of the children of men who were dead,
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  Speaker 1: and their voice went forth to heaven and made suit.
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  Speaker 1: Then I asked Rafael, the angel who was with me,
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  Speaker 1: and I said, unto him, this spirit, whose is it?
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  Speaker 1: Whose voice goeth forth and maketh suit. And he answered me, saying,
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  Speaker 1: this is the spirit which went forth from Abel, whom
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  Speaker 1: his brother Cain slew, and he makes his suit against him,
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  Speaker 1: till his seed is destroyed from the face of the earth,
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  Speaker 1: and his seed is annihilated from amongst the seed of men.
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  Speaker 1: Then I asked, regarding it, and regarding all the hollow places,
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  Speaker 1: why as one separated from the other. And he answered me,
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  Speaker 1: and said, unto me, these three have been made that
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  Speaker 1: the spirits of the dead might be separated. And such
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  Speaker 1: a division has been made for the spirits of the righteous,
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  Speaker 1: in which there is the bright spring of water. And
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  Speaker 1: such has been made for sinners, when they die and
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  Speaker 1: are buried in the earth, and judgment has not been
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  Speaker 1: executed on them in their lifetime. Here their spirits shall
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  Speaker 1: be set apart in this great pain till the great
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  Speaker 1: day of judgment and punishment and torment of those who
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  Speaker 1: curse forever and retribution for their spirits. There he shall
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  Speaker 1: bind them forever. And such a division has been made
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  Speaker 1: for the spirits of those who make their suit, who
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  Speaker 1: make disclosures concerning their destruction when they were slain in
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  Speaker 1: the days of the sinners. Such has been made for
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  Speaker 1: the spirits of men who were not righteous, but sinners
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  Speaker 1: who were complete in transgression, and of the transgressors they
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  Speaker 1: shall be companions. But their spirits shall not be slain
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  Speaker 1: in the day of judgment, nor shall they be raised.
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  Speaker 1: From thence, then I bless the Lord of Glory, and said,
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  Speaker 1: blessed be my Lord, the Lord of Righteousness, who ruleth forever.
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  Speaker 1: Chapter twenty three. The fire that deals with the luminary
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  Speaker 1: sad of Heaven. From thence I went to another place,
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  Speaker 1: to the west of the ends of the earth, and
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  Speaker 1: I saw a burning fire which ran without resting, and
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  Speaker 1: paused not from its course day or night, but ran regularly.
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  Speaker 1: And I ask, saying, what is this which rests not?
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  Speaker 1: Then Braguell, one of the Holy angels, who was with me,
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  Speaker 1: answered me and said, nto me, this course of fire
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  Speaker 1: which thou hast seen, is the fire in the west,
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  Speaker 1: which persecutes all the luminaries of heaven chapter twenty four
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  Speaker 1: and twenty five, the seven mountains in the northwest, and
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  Speaker 1: the Tree of Life chapter twenty four. And from thence
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  Speaker 1: I went to another place of the earth, and he
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  Speaker 1: showed me a mountain range of fire which burnt day
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  Speaker 1: and night. And I went beyond it and saw seven
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  Speaker 1: magnificent mountains, all differing each from the other, and the
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  Speaker 1: stones thereof were magnificent and beautiful, magnificent as a whole,
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  Speaker 1: of glorious appearance and fair exterior. Three towards the east
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  Speaker 1: one found it on the other, and three towards the south,
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  Speaker 1: one upon the other. And deep rough ravines, no one
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  Speaker 1: of which joined with any other. And the seventh mountain
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  Speaker 1: was in the midst of these, and it excelled them
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  Speaker 1: in height, resembling the seat of a throne. And fragrant
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  Speaker 1: trees encircled the throne, and amongst them was a tree
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  Speaker 1: such as I had never yet smelt. Neither was any
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  Speaker 1: among them, nor were others like it. It had a
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  Speaker 1: fragrance beyond all fragrance, and its leaves and blooms and
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  Speaker 1: wood whither not forever. And its fruit is beautiful, and
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  Speaker 1: its fruit resembles the dates of a palm. Then I said,
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  Speaker 1: how beautiful is this tree and fragrant, and its leaves
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  Speaker 1: are fair, and its blooms very delightful in appearance. Then
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  Speaker 1: answered Michael, one of the holy un honored angels, who
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  Speaker 1: was with me and was their leader Chapter twenty five.
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  Speaker 1: And he said, unto me, Enoch, why dost thou ask
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  Speaker 1: me regarding the fragrance the tree, And why dost thou
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  Speaker 1: wish to learn the truth. Then I answered him, saying,
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  Speaker 1: I wish to know about everything, but especially about this tree.
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  Speaker 1: And he answered saying, this high mountain which thou hast seen,
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  Speaker 1: whose summit is like the throne of God, is his
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  Speaker 1: throne where the Holy Great One, the Lord of Glory,
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  Speaker 1: the Eternal King, will sit, when he shall come down
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  Speaker 1: to visit the earth with goodness. And as for this
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  Speaker 1: fragrant tree, no mortal is permitted to touch it till
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  Speaker 1: the Great Judgment, when He shall take vengeance on all
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  Speaker 1: and bring everything to its consummation forever. It shall then
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  Speaker 1: be given to the righteous and holy. Its fruit shall
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  Speaker 1: be for food to the elect. It shall be transplanted
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  Speaker 1: to the Holy Place, to the temple of the Lord,
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  Speaker 1: the Eternal King. Then shall they rejoice with joy and
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  Speaker 1: be glad. And into the Holy Place shall they enter,
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  Speaker 1: And its fragrance shall be in their bones, and they
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  Speaker 1: shall live a long life on earth, such as thy
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  Speaker 1: fathers lived, and in their days shall no sorrow or plague,
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  Speaker 1: or torment or calamity touched them. Then I bless the
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  Speaker 1: God of glory, the Eternal King, who hath prepared such
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  Speaker 1: things for the righteous, and hath created them and promised
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  Speaker 1: to give to them. And of section four