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08 - The Book of Enoch · Philosophy and Faith

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  Speaker 1: Chapter sixty, Book of Noah, A fragment Quaking of Heaven,
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  Speaker 1: Behemoth and Leviathan, the Elements, Chapter sixty in the year
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  Speaker 1: five hundred, in the seventh month, on the fourteenth day
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  Speaker 1: of the month, in the Life of Enuch. In that parable,
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  Speaker 1: I saw how a mighty quaking made the heaven of
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  Speaker 1: heavens to quake, and the Host of the Most High,
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  Speaker 1: and the angels a thousand thousands and ten thousand times
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  Speaker 1: ten thousand were disquieted with a great disquiet, And the
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  Speaker 1: Head of Days sat on the throne of his glory,
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  Speaker 1: and the angels and the righteous stood around him. And
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  Speaker 1: a great trembling seized me, and fear took hold of me,
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  Speaker 1: and my loins gave way, and dissolved were my reins,
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  Speaker 1: And I fell upon my face, and Michael sent another
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  Speaker 1: angel from among the holy ones, and he raised me up.
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  Speaker 1: And when he had raised me up, my spirit returned,
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  Speaker 1: for I had not been able to endure the look
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  Speaker 1: of this host and the commotion and the quaking of
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  Speaker 1: the heaven. And Michael said, unto me, why art thou
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  Speaker 1: disquieted with such a vision until this day lasted the
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  Speaker 1: day of his mercy? And he hath been merciful and
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  Speaker 1: long suffering towards those who dwell on the earth. And
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  Speaker 1: when the day and the power, and the punishment and
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  Speaker 1: the judgment come, which the Lord of Spirits hath prepared
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  Speaker 1: for those who worship not the righteous law, and for
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  Speaker 1: those who deny the righteous judgment, and for those who
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  Speaker 1: take his name in vain, that day is prepared for
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  Speaker 1: the elect to coven it, but for sinners and inquisition,
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  Speaker 1: when the punishment of the Lord of Spirit shall rest
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  Speaker 1: upon them, it shall rest in order that the punishment
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  Speaker 1: of the Lord of Spirits may not come in vain,
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  Speaker 1: and it shall slay the children with their mothers, and
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  Speaker 1: the children with their fathers. Afterwards the judgment shall take
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  Speaker 1: place according to his mercy and his patience. And on
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  Speaker 1: that day were two monsters parted, a female monster named
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  Speaker 1: Leviathan to dwell in the abe of the ocean, over
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  Speaker 1: the fountains of the waters. But the male is named Behameth,
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  Speaker 1: who occupied with his breast a waste wilderness named Duadane,
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  Speaker 1: on the east of the garden, where the elect and
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  Speaker 1: righteous dwell, where my grandfather was taken up the seventh
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  Speaker 1: from Adam, the first man whom the Lord of spirits created.
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  Speaker 1: And I besought the other angel that he should show
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  Speaker 1: me the might of those monsters. How they were parted
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  Speaker 1: on one day, and cast the one into the abysses
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  Speaker 1: of the sea, and the other unto the dry land
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  Speaker 1: of the wilderness. And he said to me, thou, son
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  Speaker 1: of man, herein thou dost seek to know what is hidden.
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  Speaker 1: And the other angel, who went with me and showed
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  Speaker 1: me what was hidden, told me what is first and
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  Speaker 1: last in the heaven, in the height and beneath the earth,
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  Speaker 1: in the depth and at the ends of the heaven,
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  Speaker 1: and on the foundation of the heaven, and the chambers
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  Speaker 1: of the winds, And how the winds are divided, and
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  Speaker 1: how they are weighed, and how the portals of the
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  Speaker 1: winds are reckoned, each according to the power of the wind,
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  Speaker 1: and the power of the lights of the moon, and
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  Speaker 1: according to the power that is fitting, and the divisions
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  Speaker 1: of the stars according to their names, and how all
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  Speaker 1: the divisions are divided, and the thunders according to the
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  Speaker 1: places where they fall, and all the divisions that are
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  Speaker 1: made among the lightnings, that it may lighten and their host,
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  Speaker 1: that they may at once obey. For the thunder has
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  Speaker 1: places of rest which are assigned to it while it
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  Speaker 1: is waiting for its peal. And the thunder and lightning
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  Speaker 1: are inseparable, and although not one and undivided, they both
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  Speaker 1: go together through the spirit, and separate not, For when
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  Speaker 1: the lightning lightens, the thunder utters its voice, and the
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  Speaker 1: spirit enforces a pause during the peal, and divides equally
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  Speaker 1: between them. For the treasury of their peals is like
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  Speaker 1: the sand, and each one of them, as it peals,
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  Speaker 1: is held in with a bridle, and turned back by
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  Speaker 1: the power of the spirit, and pushed forward according to
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  Speaker 1: the many quarters of the earth. And the spirit of
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  Speaker 1: the sea is mass, skill and strong, and according to
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  Speaker 1: the might of his strength, he draws it back with
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  Speaker 1: a rain, and in like manner it is driven forward
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  Speaker 1: and disperses amid all the mountains of the earth. And
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  Speaker 1: the spirit of the hoar frost is his own angel.
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  Speaker 1: And the spirit of the hail is a good angel.
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  Speaker 1: And the spirit of the snow has forsaken his chambers
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  Speaker 1: on account of his strength. There is a special spirit therein,
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  Speaker 1: and that which ascends from it is like smoke, and
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  Speaker 1: its name is frost. And the spirit of the mist
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  Speaker 1: is not united with them in their chambers. But it
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  Speaker 1: has a special chamber, for its course is glorious, both
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  Speaker 1: in light and in darkness, and in winter and in summer.
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  Speaker 1: And in its chamber is an angel. And the spirit
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  Speaker 1: of the dew has its dwelling at the ends of
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  Speaker 1: the heaven, and is connected with the chambers of the rain.
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  Speaker 1: And its course is in winter and summer, and its
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  Speaker 1: clouds and the clouds of the mist are connected, and
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  Speaker 1: the one gives to the other. And when the spirit
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  Speaker 1: of the Rain goes forth from its chamber, the angels
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  Speaker 1: come and open the chamber and lead it out. And
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  Speaker 1: when it is diffused over the whole earth, it unites
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  Speaker 1: with the water on the earth. And whensoever it unites
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  Speaker 1: with the water on the earth. For the waters are
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  Speaker 1: for those who dwell on the earth, for they are
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  Speaker 1: nourishment for the earth, and from the most High, who
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  Speaker 1: is in heaven. Therefore there is a measure for the rain,
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  Speaker 1: and the angels take it in charge. And these things
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  Speaker 1: I saw towards the Garden of the Righteous, and the
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  Speaker 1: Angel of Peace, who was with me, said to me,
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  Speaker 1: these two monsters prepared conformably to the greatness of God,
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  Speaker 1: shall feed Chapter sixty one, angels go off to measure Paradise,
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  Speaker 1: the judgment of the righteous by the elect one, the
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  Speaker 1: praise of the elect one and of God, Chapter sixty one.
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  Speaker 1: And I saw in those days how long cords were
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  Speaker 1: given to those angels, and they took to themselves wings
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  Speaker 1: and flew, and they went towards the north. And I
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  Speaker 1: asked the angel, saying, unto him, why have those angels
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  Speaker 1: taken these cords and gone off? And he said, unto me,
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  Speaker 1: they have gone to measure. And the angel who went
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  Speaker 1: with me said, unto me, these shall bring the measures
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  Speaker 1: of the righteous and the ropes of the righteous to
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  Speaker 1: the righteous, that they may stay themselves on the name
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  Speaker 1: of the Lord of spirits forever and ever. The elect
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  Speaker 1: shall begin to dwell with the elect. And those are
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  Speaker 1: the measures which shall be given to faith, and which
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  Speaker 1: shall strengthen righteousness. And these measures shall reveal all the
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  Speaker 1: secrets of the depths of the earth, and those who
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  Speaker 1: have been destroyed by the desert, and those who have
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  Speaker 1: been devoured by the beasts, and those who have been
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  Speaker 1: devoured by the fish of the sea, that they may
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  Speaker 1: return and stay themselves on the day of the elect one.
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  Speaker 1: For none shall be destroyed before the Lord of Spirits,
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  Speaker 1: and none can be destroyed. And all who dwell above
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  Speaker 1: in the heaven received a command and power, and one voice,
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  Speaker 1: and one light like unto fire, and that one with
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  Speaker 1: their first words they blessed and extolled, and lauded with wisdom.
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  Speaker 1: And they were wise in utterance and in the spirit
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  Speaker 1: of life. And the Lord of Spirits placed the elect
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  Speaker 1: One on the throne of glory. And he shall judge
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  Speaker 1: all the works of the Holy above in the heaven,
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  Speaker 1: and in the balance shall their deeds be weighed. And
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  Speaker 1: when he shall lift up his countenance to judge their
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  Speaker 1: secret ways according to the word of the name of
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  Speaker 1: the Lord of Spirits, and their path according to the
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  Speaker 1: way of the righteous judgment of the Lord of Spirits,
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  Speaker 1: then shall they all with one voice speak and bless
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  Speaker 1: and glorify, and extol and sanctify the name of the
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  Speaker 1: Lord of Spirits. And he will summon all the host
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  Speaker 1: of the heavens, and all the holy ones above, and
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  Speaker 1: the Host of God, the Cherubic Seraphin and Ofannin, and
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  Speaker 1: all the angels of power, and all the angels of principalities,
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  Speaker 1: and the elect One and the other powers on the
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  Speaker 1: earth and over the water. On that day shall raise
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  Speaker 1: one voice and bless and glorify and exalt in the
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  Speaker 1: spirit of faith, and in the spirit of wisdom, and
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  Speaker 1: in the spirit of patience, and in the spirit of mercy,
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  Speaker 1: and in the spirit of judgment and of peace, and
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  Speaker 1: in the spirit of goodness. And shall all say with
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  Speaker 1: one voice, Blessed is He. And may the name of
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  Speaker 1: the Lord of Spirits be blessed forever and ever. All
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  Speaker 1: who sleep not above in heaven shall bless him, and
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  Speaker 1: all the holy ones who are in heaven shall bless him.
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  Speaker 1: And all the elect who dwell in the Garden of life.
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  Speaker 1: And every spirit of light who is able to bless
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  Speaker 1: and glorify and extol and hallow thy blessed name, and
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  Speaker 1: all flesh shall beyond measure, glorify and bless thy name
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  Speaker 1: forever and ever. For great is the mercy of the
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  Speaker 1: Lord of Spirits, and he is long suffering, And all
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  Speaker 1: his works and all that he has created, he has
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  Speaker 1: revealed to the righteous and elect in the name of
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  Speaker 1: the Lord of Spirits. Chapter sixty two. Judgment of the
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  Speaker 1: Kings and the Mighty Blessedness of the Righteous. Chapter sixty
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  Speaker 1: two and thus the Lord commanded the kings and the mighty,
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  Speaker 1: and the exalted, and those who dwell on the earth,
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  Speaker 1: and said, open your eyes and lift up your horns,
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  Speaker 1: if you are able to recognize the elect one. And
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  Speaker 1: the Lord of Spirit seated him on the throne of
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  Speaker 1: his glory, and the spirit of righteousness was poured out
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  Speaker 1: upon him, and the word of his mouth slays all
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  Speaker 1: the sinners, and all the unrighteous are destroyed from before
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  Speaker 1: his face. And there shall stand up in that day
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  Speaker 1: all the kings and the Mighty, and the exalted, in
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  Speaker 1: those who hold the earth, and they shall see and
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  Speaker 1: recognize how he sits on the throne of his glory,
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  Speaker 1: and righteousness is judged before him, and no lying word
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  Speaker 1: is spoken before him. Then chau pain come upon them,
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  Speaker 1: as on a woman in travail. And she has pain
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  Speaker 1: in bringing forth when her child enters the mouth of
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  Speaker 1: the womb, and she is pain in bringing forth. And
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  Speaker 1: one portion of them shall look on the other, and
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  Speaker 1: they shall be terrified, and they shall be downcast of countenance,
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  Speaker 1: and pain shall seize them when they see that son
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  Speaker 1: of Man sitting on the throne of his glory, and
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  Speaker 1: the kings and the Mighty, and all who possess the
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  Speaker 1: earth shall bless and glorify and extol him who rules
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  Speaker 1: over all, who was hidden. For from the beginning the
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  Speaker 1: Son of Man was hidden, and the most High preserved
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  Speaker 1: him in the presence of his might, and revealed him
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  Speaker 1: to the elect. And the congregation of the elect and
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  Speaker 1: holy shall be sown, and all the elects shall stand
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  Speaker 1: before him on that day, and all the kings and
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  Speaker 1: the Mighty, and the Exalted, and those who rule the
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  Speaker 1: earth shall fall down before him on their faces and
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  Speaker 1: worship and set their hope upon that son of Man,
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  Speaker 1: and petition him, and supplicate for mercy at his hands. Nevertheless,
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  Speaker 1: that Lord of Spirits will so press them that they
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  Speaker 1: shall hastily go forth from his presence, and their faith
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  Speaker 1: shall be filled with shame, and the darkness grow deeper
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  Speaker 1: on their faces. And he will deliver them to the
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  Speaker 1: angels for punishment, to execute vengeance on them, because they
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  Speaker 1: have oppressed his children and his elect. And they shall
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  Speaker 1: be a spectacle for the righteous and for his elect.
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  Speaker 1: They shall rejoice over them, because the wrath of the
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  Speaker 1: Lord of Spirits resteth upon them, and his sword is
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  Speaker 1: drunk with their blood, and the Righteous and Elect shall
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  Speaker 1: be saved on that day, and they shall never thenceforward
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  Speaker 1: see the face of the sinners and unrighteous. And the
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  Speaker 1: Lord of Spirits will abide over them, and with that
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  Speaker 1: Son of Man, they shall eat and lie down and
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  Speaker 1: rise up forever and ever. And the righteous and Elect
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  Speaker 1: shall have risen from the earth and ceased to be
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  Speaker 1: of downcast countenance, and they shall have been clothed with
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  Speaker 1: garments of glory, and these shall be the garments of
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  Speaker 1: life from the Lord of Spirits. And your garments shall
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  Speaker 1: not grow old, nor your glory pass away before the
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  Speaker 1: Lord of Spirits Chapter sixty three. The Unveiling Repentance of
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  Speaker 1: the Kings and the Mighty Chapter sixty three. In those
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  Speaker 1: days shall the Mighty and the Kings who possess the
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  Speaker 1: earth implore him to grant them a little respite from
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  Speaker 1: His angels of punishment to whom they were delivered, that
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  Speaker 1: they might fall down and worship before the Lord of
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  Speaker 1: Spirits and confess their sins before him. And they shall
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  Speaker 1: bless and glorify the Lord of Spirits, and say, blessed
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  Speaker 1: is the Lord of Spirits and the Lord of Kings,
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  Speaker 1: and the Lord of the Mighty and the Lord of
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  Speaker 1: the rich, and the Lord of glory, and the Lord
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  Speaker 1: of wisdom and splendid In every secret thing is thy
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  Speaker 1: power from generation to generation, and thy glory forever and ever.
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  Speaker 1: Deep are all thy secrets and innumerable, and thy righteousness
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  Speaker 1: is beyond reckoning. We have now learnt that we should
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  Speaker 1: glorify and blessed the Lord of kings, and him who
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  Speaker 1: is King over all kings. And they shall say, would
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  Speaker 1: that we had rest to glory by and give thanks,
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  Speaker 1: and confess our faith before his glory. And now we
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  Speaker 1: long for a little rest, but find it not. We
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  Speaker 1: follow hard upon and obtain it not. And light has
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  Speaker 1: vanished from before us, And darkness is our dwelling place
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  Speaker 1: forever and ever. For we have not believed before him,
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  Speaker 1: nor glorified the name of the Lord of spirits, nor
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  Speaker 1: glorified our Lord. But our hope was in the scepter
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  Speaker 1: of our kingdom, and in our glory, and in the
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  Speaker 1: day of our suffering in tribulation. He saves us not.
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  Speaker 1: And we find no respite for confession that our Lord
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  Speaker 1: is true in all his works and in his judgments,
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  Speaker 1: and his justice and his judgments have no respective persons.
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  Speaker 1: And we pass away from before his face on account
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  Speaker 1: of our works, and all our sins are reckoned up
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  Speaker 1: in righteousness. Now they shall say, unto themselves, our souls
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  Speaker 1: are full of unrighteous gain. But it does not prevent
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  Speaker 1: us from descending from the midst thereof into the burden
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  Speaker 1: of shule. After that, their faces shall be filled with
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  Speaker 1: darkness and shame before that Son of Man, and they
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  Speaker 1: shall be driven from his presence, and the swords shall
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  Speaker 1: abide before his face in their midst. Thus spake the
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  Speaker 1: Lord of Spirits. This is the ordinance and judgment with
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  Speaker 1: respect to the Mighty, and the Kings, and the Exalted,
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  Speaker 1: and those who possess the earth before the Lord of Spirits,
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  Speaker 1: Chapter sixty four. Vision of the fallen Angels in the
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  Speaker 1: Place of Punishment chapter sixty four, and other forms I
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  Speaker 1: saw hidden in that place. I heard the voice of
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  Speaker 1: the Angel saying, these are the angels who descended to
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  Speaker 1: the earth and revealed what was hidden to the children
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  Speaker 1: of men, and seduced the children of men into committing sin.
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  Speaker 1: And of section eight