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008 - Chapters 60-64 · Book of Enoch

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  Speaker 1: Section eight of the Book of Enoch, translated by Robert
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  Speaker 1: Henry Charles. This LibriVox recording is in the public domain,
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  Speaker 1: Chapter sixty, Book of Noah. A fragment Quaking of Heaven,
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  Speaker 1: Behemeth 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 Enoch. 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 Spirits 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 where two monsters parted, a female monster named
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  Speaker 1: Leviathan to dwell in the abysses 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 masculine and strong, and according to the
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  Speaker 1: might of his strength, he draws it back with a rain,
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  Speaker 1: and in like manner it is driven forward and disperses
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  Speaker 1: amid all the mountains of the earth. And the spirit
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  Speaker 1: of the hoar frost is his own angel. And the
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  Speaker 1: spirit of the hail is a good angel. And the
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  Speaker 1: spirit of the snow has forsaken his chambers on account
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  Speaker 1: of his strength there is a special spirit therein, and
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  Speaker 1: that which ascends from it is like smoke, and its
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  Speaker 1: name is frost. And the spirit of the Mist is
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  Speaker 1: not united with them in their chambers, but it has
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  Speaker 1: a special chamber, for its course is glorious, both in
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  Speaker 1: 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
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  Speaker 1: Paradise the judgment of the righteous by the elect one,
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  Speaker 1: the praise of the elect one and of God Chapter
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  Speaker 1: sixty one. And I saw in those days how long
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  Speaker 1: cords were given to those angels, and they took to
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  Speaker 1: themselves wings and flew, and they went towards the north.
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  Speaker 1: And I asked the angel, saying unto him, why have
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  Speaker 1: those angels taken these cords and gone off? And he said,
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  Speaker 1: unto me, they have gone to measure. And the Angel
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  Speaker 1: who went with me said, unto me, these shall bring
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  Speaker 1: the measures of the righteous and the ropes of the
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  Speaker 1: righteous to the righteous, that they may stay themselves on
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  Speaker 1: the name of the Lord of spirits forever and ever.
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  Speaker 1: The elect shall begin to dwell with the elect. And
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  Speaker 1: those are the measures which shall be given to faith,
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  Speaker 1: and which shall strengthen righteousness. And these measures shall reveal
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  Speaker 1: all the secrets of the depths of the earth, and
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  Speaker 1: those who have been destroyed by the desert, and those
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  Speaker 1: who have been devoured by the beasts and those who
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  Speaker 1: have been devoured by the fish of the sea, that
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  Speaker 1: they may return and stay themselves on the day of
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  Speaker 1: the elect One. For none shall be destroyed before the
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  Speaker 1: Lord of Spirits, and none can be destroyed. And all
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  Speaker 1: who dwell above in the heaven received a command and power,
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  Speaker 1: and one voice, and one light like unto fire, and
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  Speaker 1: that one with their first words they blessed and extolled,
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  Speaker 1: and lauded with wisdom. And they were wise in utterance
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  Speaker 1: and in the spirit of life. And the Lord of
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  Speaker 1: Spirits placed the elect One on the throne of glory.
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  Speaker 1: And he shall judge all the works of the Holy
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  Speaker 1: above in the heaven, and in the balance shall their
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  Speaker 1: deeds be weighed. And when he shall lift up his
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  Speaker 1: countenance to judge their secret ways according to the word
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  Speaker 1: of the name of the Lord of Spirits, and their
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  Speaker 1: path according to the way of the righteous judgment of
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  Speaker 1: the Lord of Spirits, then shall they all with one
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  Speaker 1: voice speak and bless and glorify, and extol and sanctify
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  Speaker 1: the name of the Lord of Spirits. And he will
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  Speaker 1: summon all the host of the heavens, and all the
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  Speaker 1: holy ones above, and the host of God, the Cherubic,
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  Speaker 1: Seraphin and Ophan, and all the angels of power, and
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  Speaker 1: all the angels of principalities, and the elect One and
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  Speaker 1: the other powers on the earth and over the water.
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  Speaker 1: On that day shall raise one voice and bless and
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  Speaker 1: glorify and exalt in the spirit of faith, and in
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  Speaker 1: the spirit of wisdom, and in the spirit of patience,
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  Speaker 1: and in the spirit of mercy, and in the spirit
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  Speaker 1: of judgment and of peace, and in the spirit of goodness.
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  Speaker 1: And shall all say with one voice, blessed is He.
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  Speaker 1: And may the name of the Lord of Spirits be
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  Speaker 1: blessed forever and ever. All who sleep not above in
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  Speaker 1: heaven shall bless him, and all the holy ones who
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  Speaker 1: are in heaven shall bless him, And all the elect
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  Speaker 1: who dwell in the Garden of life. And every spirit
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  Speaker 1: of light who is able to bless and glorify and
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  Speaker 1: extol and hallow thy blessed name, and all flesh shall
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  Speaker 1: beyond measure glorify and bless thy name forever and ever.
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  Speaker 1: For great is the mercy of the Lord of Spirits,
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  Speaker 1: And he is lofe suffering, and all his works and
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  Speaker 1: all that he has created he has revealed to the
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  Speaker 1: righteous and elect in the name of the Lord of
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  Speaker 1: Spirits Chapter sixty two. Judgment of the Kings and the Mighty,
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  Speaker 1: Blessedness of the Righteous, Chapter sixty two. And thus the
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  Speaker 1: Lord commanded the kings and the Mighty and the exalted,
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  Speaker 1: and those who dwell on the earth, and said, open
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  Speaker 1: your eyes and lift up your horns, if you are
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  Speaker 1: able to recognize the elect one. And the Lord of
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  Speaker 1: Spirit seated him on the throne of his glory, and
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  Speaker 1: the spirit of righteousness was poured out upon him, and
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  Speaker 1: the word of his mouth slays all the sinners, and
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  Speaker 1: all the unrighteous are destroyed from before his face. And
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  Speaker 1: there shall stand up in that day all the Kings
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  Speaker 1: and the Mighty and the Exalted, in those who hold
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  Speaker 1: the earth, and they shall see and recognize how he
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  Speaker 1: sits on the throne of his glory, and righteousness is
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  Speaker 1: judged before him, and no lying word is spoken before him.
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  Speaker 1: Then chapain come up upon them, as on a woman
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  Speaker 1: in travail, and she has pain in bringing forth when
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  Speaker 1: her child enters the mouth of the womb, and she
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  Speaker 1: is pain in bringing forth. And one portion of them
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  Speaker 1: shall look on the other, and they shall be terrified,
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  Speaker 1: and they shall be downcast of countenance, and pain shall
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  Speaker 1: seize them when they see that Son of Man sitting
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  Speaker 1: on the throne of his glory. And the kings and
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  Speaker 1: the Mighty, and all who possess the earth shall bless
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  Speaker 1: and glorify and extol him who rules over all, who
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  Speaker 1: was hidden. For from the beginning the Son of Man
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  Speaker 1: was hidden, and the most High preserved him in the
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  Speaker 1: presence of his might and revealed him to the elect.
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  Speaker 1: And the congregation of the elect and holy shall be sown,
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  Speaker 1: and all the elects shall stand before him on that day,
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  Speaker 1: and all the kings and the Mighty, and the Exalted,
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  Speaker 1: and those who rule the earth shall fall down before
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  Speaker 1: him on their faces and worship and set their hope
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  Speaker 1: upon that son of Man, and petition him, and supplicate
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  Speaker 1: for mercy at his hands. Nevertheless, that Lord of spirits
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  Speaker 1: will so press them that they shall hastily go forth
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  Speaker 1: from his presence, and their faces shall be filled with shame,
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  Speaker 1: and the darkness grow deeper on their faces, and he
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  Speaker 1: will deliver them to the angels for punishment, to execute
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  Speaker 1: vengeance on them, because they have oppressed his children and
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  Speaker 1: his elect And they shall be a spectacle for the
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  Speaker 1: Righteous and for his elect. They shall rejoice over them,
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  Speaker 1: because the wrath of the Lord of Spirits resteth upon them,
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  Speaker 1: and his sword is drunk with their blood. And the
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  Speaker 1: Righteous and Elect shall be saved on that day, and
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  Speaker 1: they shall never thenceforward see the face of the sinners
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  Speaker 1: and unrighteous. And the Lord of Spirits will abide over them,
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  Speaker 1: and with that Son of Man they shall eat and
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  Speaker 1: lie down and rise up forever and ever. And the
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  Speaker 1: Righteous and Elect shall have risen from the earth and
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  Speaker 1: ceased to be of downcast countenance, and they shall have
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  Speaker 1: been clothed with garments of glory, and these shall be
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  Speaker 1: the garments of life from the Lord of Spirits. And
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  Speaker 1: your garments shall not grow old, nor your glory pass
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  Speaker 1: away before the Lord of Spirits Chapter sixty three. The
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  Speaker 1: Unveiling Repentance of the Kings and the Mighty Chapter sixty three.
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  Speaker 1: In those days shall the Mighty and the Kings who
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  Speaker 1: possess the earth implore him to grant them a little
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  Speaker 1: respite from His angels of punishment to whom they were delivered,
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  Speaker 1: that they might fall down and worship before the Lord
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  Speaker 1: of Spirits and confess their sins before him. And they
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  Speaker 1: shall bless and glorify the Lord of Spirits, and say,
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  Speaker 1: blessed 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 bless 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 glorify and give thanks and
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  Speaker 1: confess our faith before His glory. And now we long
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  Speaker 1: for a little rest, but find it not. We follow
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  Speaker 1: hard upon and obtain it not. And light has vanished
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  Speaker 1: from before us, And darkness is our dwelling place forever
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  Speaker 1: and ever. For we have not believed before him, nor
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  Speaker 1: glorified the name of the Lord of Spirits, nor glorified
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  Speaker 1: our Lord. But our hope was in the scepter of
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  Speaker 1: our kingdom, and in our glory, And in the day
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  Speaker 1: of our suffering in tribulation. He saves us not, and
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  Speaker 1: we find no respite for confession that our Lord is
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  Speaker 1: true in all his works and in his judgments, and
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  Speaker 1: his justice, and his judgments have no respect of 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 schule. And after that their faces shall be filled
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  Speaker 1: with darkness and shame before that son of man, and
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  Speaker 1: they shall be driven from his presence, and the sword
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  Speaker 1: shall abide before his face in their midst. Thus spake
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  Speaker 1: the Lord of Spirits. This is the ordinance and judgment
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  Speaker 1: with 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
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  Speaker 1: Spirits Chapter sixty four. Vision of the fallen Angels in
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  Speaker 1: the Place of Punishment Chapter sixty four, and other forms
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  Speaker 1: I saw hidden in that place. I heard the voice
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  Speaker 1: of the Angel, saying, these are the angels who descended
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  Speaker 1: to the earth and revealed what was hidden to the
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  Speaker 1: children of men, and seduced the children of men into
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  Speaker 1: committing sin and of Section eight read by C. J.
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  Speaker 1: Plogue