Secrets Of Enoch - Chapter 2 - Chapter 7
Posted by Darshana Sanrakshak Shambhala on January 30, 2011 at 3:44pm in Bible Secrets
Chapter 2. The instruction of Enoch to his sons
1 Listen to me, my
children, I know not whither I go, or what will befall me; now therefore, my
children, I tell you: turn not from God before the face of the vain, who made
not Heaven and earth, for these shall perish and those who worship them, and may
the Lord make confident your hearts in the fear of him. And now, my children,
let no one think to seek me, until the Lord return me to you.
Chapter 3.
Of Enoch's assumption; how the angels took him into the first heaven
1 It
came to pass, when Enoch had told his sons, that the angels took him on to their
wings and bore him up on to the first heaven and placed him on the clouds. And
there I looked, and again I looked higher, and saw the ether, and they placed me
on the first heaven and showed me a very great Sea, greater than the earthly
sea.
Chapter 4. Of the angels ruling the stars
1 They brought
before my face the elders and rulers of the stellar orders, and showed me two
hundred angels, who rule the stars and their services to the heavens, and fly
with their wings and come round all those who sail.
Chapter 5. Of how the
angels keep the store−houses of the snow
1 And here I looked down and saw
the treasure−houses of the snow, and the angels who keep their terrible
store−houses, and the clouds whence they come out and into which they
go.
Chapter 6. Of the dew and of the olive−oil, and various
flowers
1 They showed me the treasure−house of the dew, like oil of the
olive, and the appearance of its form, as of all the flowers of the earth;
further many angels guarding the treasure−houses of these things, and how they
are made to shut and open.
Chapter 7. Of how Enoch was taken on to the
second heaven
1 And those men took me and led me up on to the second
heaven, and showed me darkness, greater than earthly darkness, and there I saw
prisoners hanging, watched, awaiting the great and boundless judgment, and these
angels were dark−looking, more than earthly darkness, and incessantly making
weeping through all hours. 2 And I said to the men who were with me: Wherefore
are these incessantly tortured? They answered me: These are God’s apostates, who
obeyed not God’s commands, but took counsel with their own will, and turned away
with their prince, who also is fastened on the fifth heaven. 3 And I felt great
pity for them, and they saluted me, and said to me: Man of God, pray for us to
the Lord;and I answered to them: Who am I, a mortal man, that I should pray for
angels? Who knows whither I go, orwhat will befall me? Or who will pray for me?