Thursday, April 25, 2024

SEPARATING THE WHEAT FROM THE CHAFF: WORD FROM ABBA FATHER (23rd Apr)

Another word from Abba Father to explain more about the groups being sifted right now. Please take all words to the Lord in your own prayer time for confirmation.



Genesis 1:4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
1 John 3:12 Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous.
Luke 3
16 John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire:
17 Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and will gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.
18 And many other things in his exhortation preached he unto the people.
Luke 15:7 I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.
1 Peter 2:9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light;
2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
1 Timothy 6:20 O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called:
Ephesians 5:8 For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
Galatians 6:8 For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.

Matthew
4:17 From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
5:20 For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.
15:8 This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
15:9 But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
17:17 Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me.
18:3 And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
24:21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.

25:31 When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:
32 And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:
33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.
34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
35 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:
36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.
37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?
38 When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?
39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?
40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
42 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:
43 I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
44 Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?
45 Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.
46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.

Wednesday, April 24, 2024

DAY OF THE LORD IS AT HAND DREAM: ARISE WARRIORS IN CHRIST JESUS

Joel 2

9 They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run upon the wall, they shall climb up upon the houses; they shall enter in at the windows like a thief.
10 The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining:
11 And the Lord shall utter his voice before his army: for his camp is very great: for he is strong that executeth his word: for the day of the Lord is great and very terrible; and who can abide it?

12 Therefore also now, saith the Lord, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:
13 And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the Lord your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.

16 Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.
17 Let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O Lord, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God?

23 Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the Lord your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month.

25 And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.

31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the Lord come.
32 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the Lord hath said, and in the remnant whom the Lord shall call.


"time to toughen up butter cup!" 😁

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Col Douglas Macgregor - Protect Our Children
Nothing is more important to the survival of America than the protection, nurturing, and care of our children. Without them, the human race ceases to exist. How they are reared determines what kind of adults they become.
As adults, we must shield our young from the onslaught of physical abuse and mental indoctrination preying on them today.
We have launched a new action group: Protect Our Children.
On www.ourcountryourchildren.com you'll find more information

I AM CREATOR: word from ABBA FATHER (22nd Apr)

Another word from Abba Father where He is explaining His aching heart for all His children and creation right now.



SIN IS SERIOUS: WORD FROM ABBA FATHER (21st Apr)
Another word from Abba Father to explain our carnal/flesh nature. Please take all words to the Lord in your own prayer time for confirmation.


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Sunday, April 21, 2024

HELL IS REAL!: WORD FROM ABBA FATHER (20th Apr)

Another word from Abba Father concerning the family and all of our responsibilities within them for which our Lord ordained from the beginning. The enemy is working very hard and is winning to break up a lot of families, but this is leaving many exposed to the enemy and especially the children are very vulnerable.


THE BEAST IS RISEN!:DREAM AND WORD I RECEIVED FROM OUR LORD (26th Jan)

Friday, April 19, 2024

Sessions: Righteous Remnant - Worship - Obedience. Enough Now!

ENOUGH NOW!: WORD FROM YESHUA HA MASHIACH (19th Apr)
Another word from Yeshua Ha Mashiach regarding us as His Body and 144,000 are to be of one mind, one heart and one accord. Please take all words to the Lord in your own prayer time for confirmation.


Sessions

RIGHTEOUS REMNANT: GOD IS NOT A RESPECTER OF PERSONS

Book of Enoch


WORSHIP: WHAT IT MEANS TO THE LORD


OBEDIENCE IS KEY

Ten Commandments


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Thursday, April 18, 2024

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) : COVID, Ukraine, and Government Spying.

FREE WILL VS GOD'S WILL

1 Corinthians 1

26 For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:
27 But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;
28 And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are:
29 That no flesh should glory in his presence.

Genesis 1

26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

Matthew

21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.


GIVE YOURSELF TO CHRIST JESUS AS A LIVING SACRIFICE: FREE WILL VS GOD'S WILL

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Wednesday, April 17, 2024

The Whole Armour of God

Ephesians 6

10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
15 And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
19 And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel,
20 For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.

DREAM: SPIRITUAL WARFARE: GIRD UP YOUR LOINS

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Tuesday, April 16, 2024

Will Israel Go Nuclear?

Sharing YouTube channel: 'Rosie Lost Sheep'

I have listen to her first 4 videos, and I share her feelings. I believe she is in the right way, hence I'm sharing her YouTube channel.

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Ukraine Lost A Number Of High-Ranking Officers | Russian Breakthrough.

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The battle of Chasiv Yar has started.


Friday, April 12, 2024

Russia is DESTROYING Ukraine's Army and Macron, NATO Want WWIII

The Duran's Alexander Mercouris and Alex Christoforou react to the latest admissions of Ukraine's coming defeat to Russia and how this has sparked desperation among NATO member state leaders such as Emmanuel Macron to clamor for a total war scenario. This video breaks down the truth behind the Western mainstream media spin.


Tuesday, April 9, 2024

Hundred Forty and Four Thousand

Who are the Elect? They are Israel. 12,000 of each of the 12 tribes, the remnant of the descendants of Jacob.
Who will Jesus Christ protect upon his return?
Is it the political nation of Israel?
Or is it the Elect?

Revelation 7:4
And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.

Revelation 14:1
And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads.

Revelation 14:3
And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.

For those who say that Jesus Christ will destroy the enemies of Israel, the nation of Israel, those who call themselves the 'Chosen Ones', I don't think that it says so anywhere in the new testament.
Yes, in the old testament God did protect Israel, the Kingdom of Israel, until they started worshiping other gods, and became wicked in their ways, when they were supposed to be a nation of holy people, priests serving the God the Most High. Then God sent the Assyrians and later the Persians to destroy them and scatter them.
More than likely the 144,000, the Elect are special righteous people scattered all over the world. Without a doubt they are holy people, believers in Christ being the Messaih.
Not the 6 or 10 million wicked people who got their land from the Rothschilds, and have been killing people to steal their land.
Remember the 10 commandemants. Are you commiting murder by supporting the ethnic cleansing of that land?

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Saturday, April 6, 2024

Israeli professors unveil secrets of the Passover seder

Dr. Erez Soref, Dr Golan Broshi, and Dr. Seth Postell look from a Messianic Jewish perspective at the Passover tradition celebrated for generations, uncovering the roots of different elements of the seder meal. Even though Exodus 12 gives us the basics of unleavened bread, lamb and bitter herbs, the first historical account of the ceremony as we know it today is shockingly found in the New Testament Gospels! Examine groundbreaking studies of the ancient traditions, and learn how the narrative of this traditional meal has implications to our past present and future!


How is Messianic Judaism Different than Christianity?

One of the most common questions we receive is, “What is the difference between Messianic Judaism and Christianity?” The key to better understanding the differences between Messianic Judaism and Christianity is to first understand the foundations of both religions as they spring from Judaism.

  1. Jewish people are descendants of the Twelve Tribes of Israel, and acknowledge Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob as the patriarchs of Israel and the Jewish people. Historically, Jewish people have not acknowledged Yeshua (Jesus) as the Messiah promised to Israel.
  2. Christians are typically non-Jews who have responded to Yeshua in faith to experience spiritual rebirth and reconciliation to God.
  3. Messianic Jews are people of Jewish heritage who maintain their Jewish identity and acknowledge Yeshua as the Messiah.

Passover Eve USA: Monday, April 22, 2024

Thursday, April 4, 2024

We’re On the Cusp of Civil War and WW3; “Facing Real Risk,” Warns Pentagon Advisor

“We're on the cusp of either a civil war or World War III. We don't have to go there, but that is what we're facing as very real risks,” warns Kevin Freeman, host of Economic War Room. In the conversation with Daniela Cambone, Freeman lays out five undeniable truths from his book "Pirate Money.,” including our perilous national debt and the fading dominance of the U.S. dollar. "The currency has a date and an expiration date on it... other nations are working toward that end as we speak." He also advises every individual to have the option of having transactional gold and silver in addition to their physical holdings of U.S. dollars in the bank.


Tuesday, April 2, 2024

America Must Forgo WW3 and turn to Peace for the sake of The People

Dennis Kucinich : Independent Candidate for Congress, OH-7.
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1997-2013)
Washington, D.C. today is a House Divided by partisanship, by special interest groups and by war. Sharp divisions are seen within the parties and between the political parties, often producing gridlock which is damaging to our national security."


Monday, April 1, 2024

What happens to your soul when you die?

Book of Enoch Chapter XXII (22)

1. From thence I proceeded to another spot, where I saw on the west a great and lofty mountain, a strong rock, and four delightful places.
2. Internally it was deep, capacious, and very smooth; as smooth as if it had been rolled over : it was both deep and dark to behold.
3. Then Raphael, one of the holy angels who were with me, answered and said. These are the delightful places where the spirits, the souls of the dead, will be collected ; for them were they formed ; and here will be collected all the souls of the sons of men.
4. These places, in which they dwell, shall they occupy until the day of judgment, and until their appointed period.
5. Their appointed period will be long, even until the great judgment. And I saw the spirits of the sons of men who were dead ; and their voices reached to heaven, while they were accusing.
6. Then I inquired of Raphael, an angel who was with me, and said, Whose spirit is that, the voice of which reaches to heaven, and accuses ?
7. He answered, saying, This is the spirit of Abel, who was slain by Cain his brother; and who will accuse that brother, until his seed be destroyed from the face of the earth;
8. Until his seed perish from the seed of the human race.
9. At that time therefore I inquired respecting him, and respecting the general judgment, saying. Why is one separated from another ? He answered. Three separations have been made between the spirits of the dead, and thus have the spirits of the righteous been separated,
10. Namely, by a chasm, by water, and by light above it.
11. And in the same way likewise are sinners separated when they die, and are buried in the earth judgment not overtaking them in their lifetime.
12. Here their souls are separated. Moreover, abundant is their suffering until the time of the great judgment, the castigation, and the torment of those who eternally execrate, whose souls are punished and bound there for ever.
13. And thus has it been from the beginning of the world. Thus has there existed a separation between the souls of those who utter complaints, and of those who watch for their destruction, to slaughter them in the day of sinners.
14. A receptacle of this sort has been formed for the souls of unrighteous men, and of sinners ; of those who have completed crime, and associated with the impious, whom they resemble. Their souls shall not be annihilated in the day of judgment, neither shall they arise from this place. Then I blessed God,
15. And said, Blessed be my Lord, the Lord of glory and of righteousness, who reigns over all for ever and for ever.

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Sunday, March 31, 2024

World War III - A Masterclass Assessment - We Are Peering Into The Abyss

Godfrey Bloom examines the parallels of modern day events & those which led to the previous 2 World Wars. Godfrey Bloom explains how we could very easily find ourselves in the midst World War III.


Friday, March 29, 2024

The Book of Enoch: Chapters CIV - CV

Chapter CIV

(twice for some reason)

1. In those days, saith the Lord, they shall call to the children of the earth, and make them listen to their wisdom. Show them that you are their leaders;
2. And that renumeration shall take place over the whole earth ; for I and my Son will for ever hold communion with them in the paths of uprightness, while they are still alive. Peace shall be yours. Rejoice, children of integrity, in the truth.


Chapter CV

1. After a time, my son Mathusala took a wife for his son Lamech.
2. She became pregnant by him, and brought forth a child, the flesh of which was as white as snow, and red as a rose; the hair of whose head was white like wool, and long ; and whose eyes were beautiful. When he opened them, he illuminated all the house, like the sun ; the whole house abounded with light.
3. And when he was taken from the hand of the midwife, opening also his mouth, he spoke to the Lord of righteousness. Then Lamech his father was afraid of him ; and flying away came to his own father Mathusala, and said, I have begotten a son, unlike to other chidren. He is not human; but, resembling the offspring of the angels of heaven, is of a different nature from ours, being altogether unlike to us.
4. His eyes are bright as the rays of the sun ; his countenance glorious, and he looks not as if he belonged to me, but to the angels.
5. I am afraid, lest something miraculous should take place on earth in his days.
6. And now, my father, let me entreat and request you to go to our progenitor Enoch, and to learn from him the truth; for his residence is with the angels.
7. When Mathusala heard the words of his son, he came to me at the extremities of the earth ; for he had been informed that I was there : and he cried out.
8. I heard his voice, and went to him saying. Behold, I am here, my son ; since thou art come to me.
9. He answered and said. On account of a great event have I come to thee ; and on account of a sight difficult to be comprehended have I approached thee.
10. And now, my father, hear me ; for to my son Lamech a child has been born, who resembles not him ; and whose nature is not like the nature of man. His colour is whiter than snow ; he is redder than the rose ; the hair of his head is whiter than white wool ; his eyes are like the rays of the sun; and when he opened them he illuminated the whole house.
11. When also he was taken from the hand of the midwife, he opened his mouth, and blessed the Lord of heaven.
12. His father Lamech feared, and fled to me, believing not that the child belonged to him, but that he resembled the angels of heaven. And behold I am come to thee, that thou mightest point out to me the truth. Then I, Enoch, answered and said. The Lord will effect a new thing upon the earth. This have I explained, and seen in a vision. I have shown thee that in the generations of Jared my father, those who were from heaven disregarded the word of the Lord. Behold they committed crimes ; laid aside their class, and intermingled with women. With them also they transgressed ; married with them, and begot children.
14. A great destruction therefore shall come upon all the earth ; a deluge, a great destruction, shall take place in one year.
15. This child which is born to you shall survive on the earth, and his three sons shall be saved with him. When all mankind who are on earth shall die, he shall be safe.
16. And his posterity shall beget on the earth giants, not spiritual, but carnal. Upon the earth shall a great punishment be inflicted, and it shall be washed from all corruption. Now therefore inform thy son Lamech, that he who is born is his child in truth ; and he shall call his name Noah, for he shall be to you a survivor. He and his children shall be saved from the corruption which shall take place in the world ; from all the sin and from all the iniquity which shall be consummated on earth in his days. Afterwards shall greater impiety take place than that which had been before consummated on the earth ; for. I am acquainted with holy mysteries, which the Lord himself has discovered and explained to me ; and which I have read in the tablets of heaven.
17. In them I saw it written, that generation after generation shall transgress, until a righteous race shall arise ; until transgression and crime perish from off the earth ; until all goodness come upon it.
18. And now, my son, go tell thy son Lamech,
19. That the child which is born is his child in truth ; and that there is no deception.
20. When Mathusala heard the word of his father Enoch, who had shown him every secret thing, he returned with understanding, and called the name of that child Noah ; because he was to console the earth on account of all its destruction.
21. Another book, which Enoch wrote for his son Mathusala, and for those who should come after him, and preserve their purity of conduct in the latter days. You, who have laboured, shall wait in those days, until the evil doers be consumed, and the power of the guilty be annihilated. Wait, until sin pass away ; for their names shall be blotted out of the holy books; their seed shall be destroyed, and their spirits slain. They shall cry out and lament in the invisible waste, and in the bottomless fire shall they burn. There I perceived, as it were, a cloud which could not be seen through ; for from the depth of it I was unable to look upwards. I beheld also a flame of fire blazing brightly, and, as it were, glittering mountains whirled around, and agitated from side to side.
22. Then I inquired of one of the holy angels who was with me, and said. What is this splendid object ? For it is not heaven, but a flame of fire alone which blazes ; and in it there is the clamour of exclamation, of woe, and of great suffering.
23. He said. There, into that place which thou beholdest, shall be thrust the spirits of sinners and blasphemers ; of those who shall do evil, and who shall pervert all which God has spoken by the mouth of the prophets ; all which they ought to do. For respecting these things there shall be writings and impressions above in heaven, that the angels may read them and know what shall happen both to sinners and to the spirits of the humble ; to those who have suffered in their bodies, but have been rewarded by God ; who have been injuriously treated by wicked men ; who have loved God ; who have been attached neither to gold nor silver, nor to any good thing in the world, but have given their bodies to torment;
24. To those who from the period of their birth have not been covetous of earthly riches ; but have regarded themselves as a breath passing away.
25. Such has been their conduct ; and much has the Lord tried them ; and their spirits have been found pure, that they might bless his name. All their blessings have I related in a book ; and He has rewarded them ; for they have been found to love heaven with an everlasting aspiration. God has said, While they have been trodden down by wicked men, they have heard from them revilings and blasphemies ; and have been ignominiously treated, while they were blessing me. And now will I call the spirits of the good from the generation of light, and will change those who have been born in darkness ; who have not in their bodies been recompensed with glory, as their faith may have merited.
26. I will bring them into the splendid light of those who love my holy name : and I will place each of them on a throne of glory, of glory peculiarly his own, and they shall be at rest during unnumbered periods. Righteous is the judgment of God;
27. For to the faithful shall he give faith in the habitations of uprightness. They shall see those, who having been born in darkness unto darkness shall be cast ; while the righteous shall be at rest. Sinners shall cry out, beholding them, while they exist in splendour and proceed forwards to the days and periods prescribed to them.

Here ends the vision of Enoch the prophet.
May the benediction of his prayer, and the gift of his appointed period, be with his beloved!
Amen.


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Thursday, March 28, 2024

The Book of Enoch: Chapters XCVII - CIV

Chapter XCVII

1. Woe to them who act impiously, who laud and honour the word of falsehood. You have been lost in perdition ; and have never led a virtuous life.
2. Woe to you who change the words of integrity. They transgress against the everlasting decree;
3. And cause the heads of those who are not sinners to be trodden down upon the earth. 4. In those days you, ye righteous, shall have been deemed worthy of having your prayers rise up in remembrance ; and shall have deposited them in testimony before the angels, that they might record the sins of sinners in the presence of the Most High.
5. In those days the nations shall he overthrown but the families of the nations shall rise again in the day of perdition.
6. In those days they who become pregnant shall go forth, carry off their children, and forsake them. Their offspring shall slip from them, and while suckling them shall they forsake them ; they shall never return to them, and never instruct their beloved.
7. Again I swear to you, ye sinners, that crime has been prepared for the day of blood, which never ceases.
8. They shall worship stones, and engrave golden, silver, and wooden images. They shall worship impure spirits, demons, and every idol, in temples but no help shall be obtained for them. Their hearts shall become impious through their folly, and their eyes be blinded with mental superstition. In their visionary dreams shall they be impious and superstitious, lying in all their actions, and worshipping a stone. Altogether shall they perish.
9. But in those days blessed shall they be, to whom the word of wisdom is delivered ; who point out and pursue the path of the Most High ; who walk in the way of righteousness, and who act not impiously with the impious.
10. They shall be saved.
11. Woe to you who expand the crime of your neighbour ; for in hell shall you be slain.
12. Woe to you who lay the foundation of sin and deceit, and who are bitter on earth ; for on it shall you be consumed.
13. Woe to you who build your houses by the labour of others, every part of which is constructed with brick, and with the stone of crime; I tell you, that you shall not obtain peace.
14. Woe to you who despise the extent of the everlasting inheritance of your fathers, while your souls follow after idols ; for to you there shall be no tranquillity.
15. Woe to them who commit iniquity, and give aid to blasphemy, who slay their neighbour until the day of the great judgment ; for your glory shall fall ; malevolence shall He put into your hearts, and the spirit of his wrath shall stir you up, that every one of you may perish by the sword.
16. Then shall all the righteous and the holy remember your crimes.


Chapter XCVIII

1. In those days shall fathers be struck down with their children in the presence of each other; and brethren with their brethren shall fall dead until a river shall flow from their blood.
2. For a man shall not restrain his hand from his children, nor from his children's children ; his mercy will be to kill them.
3. Nor shall the sinner restrain his hand from his honoured brother. From the dawn of day to the setting sun shall the slaughter continue. The horse shall wade up to his breast, and the chariot shall sink to its axle, in the blood of sinners.


Chapter XCIX

1. In those days the angels shall descend into places of concealment, and gather together in one spot all who have assisted in crime.
2. In that day shall the Most High rise up to execute the great judgment upon all sinners, and to commit the guardianship of all the righteous and holy to the holy angels, that they may protect them as the apple of an eye, until every evil and every crime be annihilated.
3. Whether or not the righteous sleep securely, wise men shall then truly perceive.
4. And the sons of the earth shall understand every word of that book, knowing that their riches cannot save them in the ruin of their crimes.
5. Woe to you, ye sinners, when you shall be afflicted on account of the righteous in the day of the great trouble ; shall be burnt in the fire ; and be recompensed according to your deeds.
6. Woe to you, ye perverted in heart, who are watchful to obtain an accurate knowledge of evil, and to discover terrors. No one shall assist you.
7. Woe to you, ye sinners ; for with the words of your mouths, and with the work of your hands, have you acted impiously; in the flame of a blazing fire shall you be burnt.
8. And now know ye, that the angels shall inquire into your conduct in heaven ; of the sun, the moon, and the stars, shall they inquire respecting your sins; for upon earth you exercise jurisdiction over the righteous.
9. Every cloud shall bear witness against you, the snow, the dew, and the rain : for all of them shall be withholden from you, that they may not descend upon you, nor become subservient to your crimes.
10. Now then bring gifts of salutation to the rain ; that, not being withholden, it may descend upon you; and to the dew, if it has received from you gold and silver. But when the frost, snow, cold, every snowy wind, and every suffering belonging to them, fall upon you, in those days you will be utterly incapable of standing before them.


Chapter C

1. Attentively consider heaven, all ye progeny of heaven, and all ye works of the Most High fear him, nor conduct yourselves criminally before him.
2. If He shut up the windows of heaven, restraining the rain and dew, that it may not descend upon earth on your account, what will you do ?
3. And if He send his wrath upon you, and upon all your deeds, you are not they who can supplicate him; you who utter against his righteousness, language proud and powerful. To you there shall be no peace.
4. Do you not see the commanders of ships, how their vessels are tossed about by the waves, torn to pieces by the winds, and exposed to the greatest peril ?
5. That they therefore fear, because their whole property is embarked with them on the ocean and that they forbode evil in their hearts, because it may swallow them up, and they may perish in it ?
6. Is not the whole sea, all its waters, and all its commotion, the work of him, the Most High; of him who has sealed up all its exertions, and girded it on every side with sand ?
7. Is it not at his rebuke dried up, and alarmed while all its fish with everything contained in it die? And will not you, ye sinners, who are on earth, fear him ? Is not He the maker of heaven and earth, and of all things which are in them ?
8. And who has given erudition and wisdom to all that move progressive upon the earth, and over the sea ?
9. Are not the commanders of ships terrified at the ocean? And shall not sinners be terrified at the Most High ?

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Chapter CII

1. In those days, when He shall cast the calamity of fire upon you, whither will you fly, and where will you be safe ?
2. And when He sends forth his word against you, are you not spared, and terrified ?
3. All the luminaries are agitated with great fear ; and all the earth is spared, while it trembles, and suffers anxiety.
4. All the angels fulfil the commands received by them, and are desirous of being concealed from the presence of the great Glory ; while the children of the earth are alarmed and troubled.
5. But you, ye sinners, are for ever accursed ; to you there shall be no peace.
6. Fear not, ye souls of the righteous ; but wait with patient hope for the day of your death in righteousness. Grieve not, because your souls descend in great trouble, with groaning, lamentation, and sorrow, to the receptacle of the dead. In your lifetime your bodies have not received a recompense in proportion to your goodness, but in the period of your existence have sinners existed ; in the period of execration and of punishment.
7. And when you die, sinners say concerning you, " As we die, the righteous die. What profit have they in their works? Behold, like us, they expire in sorrow and in darkness. What advantage have they over us? Henceforward are we equal. What will be within their grasp, and what before their eyes for ever ? For behold they are dead and never will they again perceive the light." I say unto you, ye sinners. You have been satiated with meat and drink, with human plunder and rapine, with sin, with the acquisition of wealth and with the sight of good days. Have you not marked the righteous, how their end is in peace? for no oppression is found in them even to the day of their death. They perish, and are as if they were not, while their souls descend in trouble to the receptacle of the dead.


Chapter CIII

1. But now I swear to you, ye righteous, by the greatness of his splendour and his glory; by his illustrious kingdom and by his majesty, to you I swear, that I comprehend this mystery ; that I have read the tablet of heaven, have seen the writing of the holy Ones, and have discovered what is written and impressed on it concerning you.
2. I have seen that all goodness, joy, and glory has been prepared for you, and been written down for the spirits of them who die eminently righteous and good. To you it shall be given in return for your troubles ; and your portion of happiness shall far exceed the portion of the living.
3. The spirits of you who die in righteousness shall exist and rejoice. Their spirits shall exult; and their remembrance shall be before the face of the mighty One from generation to generation. Nor shall they now fear disgrace.
4. Woe to you, sinners, when you die in your sins ; and they, who are like you, say respecting you. Blessed are these sinners. They have lived out their whole period and now they die in happiness and in wealth. Distress and slaughter they knew not while alive ; in honour they die ; nor ever in their lifetime did judgment overtake them.
5. But has it not been shown to them, that, when to the receptacle of the dead their souls shall be made to descend, their evil deeds shall become their greatest torment? Into darkness, into the snare, and into the flame, which shall burn to the great judgment, shall their spirits enter ; and the great judgment shall take effect for ever and for ever.
6. Woe to you ; for to you there shall be no peace. Neither can you say to the righteous, and to the good who are alive, " In the days of our trouble have we been afflicted ; every species of trouble have we seen, and many evil things have suffered.
7. Our spirits have been consumed, lessened, and diminished.
8. We have perished ; nor has there been a possibility of help for us in word or in deed : we have found none, but have been tormented and destroyed.
9. We have not expected to live day after day.
10. We hoped indeed to have been the head; 11. But we have become the tail. We have been afflicted, when we have exerted ourselves ; but we have been devoured by sinners and the ungodly their yoke has been heavy upon us.
12. Those have exercised dominion over us who detest and who goad us ; and to those who hate us have we humbled our neck ; but they have shown no compassion towards us.
13. We have been desirous of escaping from them, that we might fly away and be at rest ; but we have found no place to which we could fly, and be secure from them. We have sought an asylum with princes in our distress, and have cried out to those who were devouring us ; but our cry has not been regarded, nor have they been disposed to hear our voice;
14. But rather to assist those who plunder and devour us ; those who diminish us, and hide their oppression ; who remove not their yoke from us, but devour, enervate, and slay us ; who conceal our slaughter, nor remember that they have lifted up their hands against us."


Chapter CIV

1. I swear to you, ye righteous, that in heaven the angels record your goodness before the glory of the mighty One.
2. Wait with patient hope ; for formerly you have been disgraced with evil and with affliction ; but now shall you shine like the luminaries of heaven. You shall be seen, and the gates of heaven shall be opened to you. Your cries have cried for judgment ; and it has appeared to you : for an account of all your sufferings shall be required from the princes, and from every one who has assisted your plunderers.
3. Wait with patient hope ; nor relinquish your confidence ; for great joy shall be yours, like that of the angels in heaven. Conduct yourselves as you may, still you shall not be concealed in the day of the great judgment. You shall not be found like sinners ; and eternal condemnation shall be far from you, so long as the world exists.
4. And now fear not, ye righteous, when you see sinners flourishing and prosperous in their ways.
5. Be not associates with them ; but keep yourselves at a distance from their oppression ; be you associated with the host of heaven. You, ye sinners, say, All our transgressions shall not be taken account of, and be recorded. But all your transgressions shall be recorded daily.
6. And be assured by me that light and darkness, day and night, behold all your transgressions. Be not impious in your thoughts ; lie not ; surrender not the word of uprightness ; lie not against the word of the holy and the mighty One glorify not; your idols ; for all your lying and all your impiety is not for righteousness, but for great crime.
7. Now will I point out a mystery : Many sinners shall turn and transgress against the word of uprightness.
8. They shall speak evil things ; they shall utter falsehood ; execute great undertakings ; and compose books in their own words. But when they shall write all my words correctly in their own languages,
9. They shall neither change or diminish them but shall write them all correctly ; all which from the first I have uttered concerning them.
10. Another mystery also I point out. To the righteous and the wise shall be given books of joy, of integrity, and of great wisdom. To them shall books be given, in which they shall believe;
11. And in which they shall rejoice. And all the righteous shall be rewarded, who from these shall acquire the knowledge of every upright path.


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Wednesday, March 27, 2024

The Book of Enoch: Chapters XCII - XCVI

Chapter XCII

1. After this, Enoch began to speak from a book.
2. And Enoch said. Concerning the children of righteousness, concerning the elect of the world, and concerning the plant of righteousness and integrity.
3. Concerning these things will I speak, and these things will I explain to you, my children : I who am Enoch. In consequence of that which has been shown to me, from my heavenly vision and from the voice of the holy angels have I acquired knowledge; and from the tablet of heaven have I acquired understanding.
4. Enoch then began to speak from a book, and said, I have been born the seventh in the first week, while judgment and righteousness wait with patience.
5. But after me, in the second week, great wickedness shall arise, and fraud shall spring forth.
6. In that week the end of the first shall take place, in which mankind shall be safe.
7. But when the first is completed, iniquity shall grow up ; and he shall execute the decree upon sinners.
8. Afterwards, in the third week, during its completion, a man of the plant of righteous judgment shall be selected ; and after him the plant of righteousness shall come for ever.
9. Subsequently, in the fourth week, during its completion, the visions of the holy and the righteous shall be seen, the order of generation after generation shall take place, and an habitation shall be made for them. Then in the fifth week, during its completion, the house of glory and of dominion shall be erected for ever.
10. After that, in the sixth week, all those who are in it shall be darkened, the hearts of all of them shall be forgetful of wisdom, and in it shall a man ascend.
11. And during its completion he shall burn the house of dominion with fire, and all the race of the elect root shall be dispersed. 12. Afterwards, in the seventh week, a perverse generation shall arise ; abundant shall be its deeds and all its deeds perverse. During its completion, the righteous shall be selected from the everlasting plant of righteousness ; and to them shall be given the sevenfold doctrine of his whole creation.
13. Afterwards there shall be another week, the eighth of righteousness, to which shall be given a sword to execute judgment and justice upon all oppressors.
14. Sinners shall be delivered up into the hands of the righteous, who during its completion shall acquire habitations by their righteousness ; and the house of the great King shall be established for celebrations for ever. After, this, in the ninth week, shall the judgment of righteousness be revealed to the whole world.
15. Every work of the ungodly shall disappear from the whole earth ; the world shall be marked for destruction ; and all men shall be on the look out for the path of integrity.
16. And after this, on the seventh day of the tenth week, there shall be an everlasting judgment, which shall be executed upon the Watchers ; and a spacious eternal heaven shall spring forth in the midst of the angels.
17. The former heaven shall depart and pass away ; a new heaven shall appear ; and all the celestial powers shine with sevenfold splendour for ever. Afterwards likewise shall there be many weeks, which shall externally exist in goodness and in righteousness.
18. Neither shall sin be named there for ever and for ever.
19. Who is there of all the children of men, capable of hearing the voice of the Holy One without emotion ?
20. Who is there capable of thinking his thoughts? Who capable of contemplating all the workmanship of heaven ? Who of comprehending the deeds of heaven ?
21. He may behold its animation, but not its spirit. He may be capable of conversing respecting it, but not of ascending to it. He may see all the boundaries of these things, and meditate upon them ; but he can make nothing like them.
22. Who of all men is able to understand the breadth and length of the earth ?
23. By whom have been seen the dimensions of all these things ? Is it every man who is capable of comprehending the extent of heaven ; what its elevation is, and by what it is supported ?
24. How many are the numbers of the stars ; and where all the luminaries remain at rest ?


Chapter XCIII

1. And now let me exhort you, my children, to love righteousness, and to walk in it ; for the paths of righteousness are worthy of acceptation; but the paths of iniquity shall suddenly fail, and be diminished.
2. To men of note in their generation the paths of oppression and death are revealed ; but they keep far from them, and do not follow them.
3. Now, too, let me exhort you who are righteous, not to walk in the paths of evil and oppression, nor in the paths of death. Approach them not, that you may not perish ; but covet,
4. And choose for yourselves righteousness, and a good life.
5. Walk in the paths of peace, that you may live, and be found worthy. Retain my words in your inmost thoughts, and obliterate them not from your hearts : for I know that sinners counsel men to commit crime craftily. They are not found in every place, nor does every counsel possess a little of them.
6. Woe to those who build up iniquity and oppression, and who lay the foundation of fraud for suddenly shall they be subverted, and never obtain peace.
7. Woe to those who build up their houses with crime ; for from their very foundations shall their houses be demolished, and by the sword shall they themselves fall. Those, too, who acquire gold and silver, shall justly and suddenly perish. Woe to you who are rich, for in your riches have you trusted but from your riches you shall be removed ; because you have not remembered the Most High in the days of your prosperity:
8. You have committed blasphemy and iniquity ; and are destined to the day of the effusion of blood, to the day of darkness, and to the day of the great judgment.
9. This I declare and point out to you, that he who created you will destroy you.
10. When you fall, he will not show you mercy; but your Creator will rejoice in your destruction.
11. Let those, then, who shall be righteous among you in those days, detest sinners, and the ungodly.


Chapter XCIV

1. O that my eyes were clouds of water, that I might weep over you, and pour forth my tears like rain, and rest from the sorrow of my heart!
2. Who has permitted you to hate and to transgress ? Judgment shall overtake you, ye sinners.
3. The righteous shall not fear the wicked because God will again bring them into your power, that you may avenge yourselves of them according to your pleasure.
4. Woe to you who shall be so bound by execrations, that you cannot be released from them the remedy being far removed from you on account of your sins. Woe to you who recompense your neighbour with evil ; for you shall be recompensed according to your works.
5. Woe to you, ye false witnesses, you who aggravate iniquity ; for you shall suddenly perish.
6. Woe to you, ye sinners; for you reject the righteous ; for you receive or reject at pleasure those who commit iniquity ; and their yoke shall prevail over you.


Chapter XCV

1. Wait in hope, ye righteous ; for suddenly shall sinners perish from before you, and you shall exercise dominion over them, according to your will.
2. In the day of the sufferings of sinners your offspring shall be elevated, and lifted up like eagles. Your nest shall be more exalted than that of the avest you shall ascend, and enter into the cavities ; of the earth, and into the clefts of the rocks for ever, like conies, from the sight of the ungodly ;
3. Who shall groan over you, and weep like sirens.
4. You shall not fear those who trouble you ; for restoration shall be yours; a splendid light shall shine around you, and the voice of tranquillity shall be heard from heaven. Woe to you, sinners ; for your wealth makes you resemble saints, but your hearts reproach you, knowing that you are sinners. This word shall testify against you, for the remembrance of crime.
5. Woe to you who feed upon the glory of the corn, and drink the strength of the deepest spring, and in the pride of your power tread down the humble.
6. Woe to you who drink water at pleasure ; for suddenly shall you be recompensed, consumed, and withered, because you have forsaken the fountain of life.
7. Woe to you who act iniquitously, fraudulently, and blasphemously ; there shall be a remembrance against you for evil.
8. Woe to you, ye powerful, who with power strike down righteousness ; for the day of your destruction shall come ; while at that very time many and good days shall be the portion of the righteous, even at the period of your judgment.


Chapter XCVI

1. The righteous are confident that sinners will be disgraced, and perish in the day of iniquity.
2. You shall yourselves be conscious of it ; for the Most High will remember your destruction, and the angels shall rejoice over it. What will you do ye sinners, and where will you fly in the day of judgment, when you shall hear the words of the prayer of the righteous ?
3. You are not like them who in this respect witness against you ; you are associates of sinners.
4. In those days shall the prayers of the righteous come up before the Lord. When the day of your judgment shall arrive; and every circumstance of your iniquity be related before the great and the holy One;
5. Your faces shall be covered with shame; while every deed, strengthened by crime, shall be rejected.
6. Woe unto you, sjnners, who in the midst of the sea, and on dry land, are those against whom an evil record exists. Woe to you who squander silver and gold, not obtained in righteousness, and say, We are rich, possess wealth, and have acquired everything which we can desire.
7. Now then will we do whatsoever we are disposed to do ; for we have amassed silver ; our barns are full, and the husbandmen of our families are like overflowing water.
8. Like water shall your falsehood pass away ; for your wealth will not be permanent, but shall suddenly ascend from you, because you have obtained it all iniquitously ; to extreme malediction shall you be delivered up.
9. And now I swear to you, ye crafty, as well as simple ones ; that you, often contemplating the earth, you who are men, clothe yourselves more elegantly than married women, and both together more so than unmarried ones, everywhere arraying yourselves in majesty, in magnificence, in authority, and in silver : but gold, purple, honour, and wealth, like water, flow away.
10. Erudition therefore and wisdom are not theirs. Thus shall they perish, together with their riches, with all their glory, and with their honours;
11. While with disgrace, with slaughter, and in extreme penury, shall their spirits be thrust into a furnace of fire.
12. I have sworn to you, ye sinners, that neither mountain nor hill has been or shall be subservient to woman.
13. Neither in this way has crime been sent down to us upon earth, but men of their own heads have invented it; and greatly shall those who give it efficiency be execrated.
14. Barrenness shall not be previously inflicted on woman ; but on account of the work of her hands shall she die childless.
15. I have sworn to you, ye sinners, by the holy and the Great One, that all your evil deeds are disclosed in the heavens ; and that none of your oppressive acts are concealed and secret.
16. Think not in your minds, neither say in your hearts, that every crime is not manifested and seen. In heaven it is daily written down before the Most High. Henceforwards shall it be manifested ; for every act of oppression which you commit shall be daily recorded, until the period of your condemnation.
17. Woe to you, ye simple ones, for you shall perish in your simplicity. To the wise you will not listen, and that which is good you shall not obtain.
18. Now therefore know that you are destined to the day of destruction ; nor hope that sinners shall live but in process of time you shall die for you are not marked for redemption;
19. But are destined to the day of the great judgment, to the day of distress, and the extreme ignominy of your souls.
20. Woe to you, ye obdurate in heart, who commit crime, and feed on blood. Whence is it that you feed on good things, drink, and are satiated ? Is it not because our Lord, the Most High, has abundantly supplied every good thing upon earth? To you there shall not be peace.
21. Woe to you who love the deeds of iniquity. Why do you hope for that which is good ? Know that you shall be given up into the hands of the righteous ; who shall cut off your necks, slay you, and show you no compassion.
22. Woe to you who rejoice in the trouble of the righteous ; for a grave shall not be dug for you.
23. Woe to you who frustrate the word of the righteous; for to you there shall be no hope of life.
24. Woe to you who write down the word of falsehood, and the word of the wicked ; for their falsehood they record, that they may hear and not forget folly.
25. To them there shall be no peace ; but they shall surely die suddenly.


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Resurrection: April 5th AD 33 ?

HISTORICAL INFORMATION

AD 14 - Beginning of Tiberius’s reign
AD 28 - Fifteenth year of Tiberius’s reign: Beginning of John the Baptist’s ministry
AD 29 - A few months later: Beginning of Jesus’s ministry
AD 33 - Minimum three-year duration of Jesus’ ministry: Most likely date of Jesus’s crucifixion


Jesus Was Crucified on the Day of Preparation for the Passover



John 18

11 Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath: the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it?
12 Then the band and the captain and officers of the Jews took Jesus, and bound him,
13 And led him away to Annas first; for he was father in law to Caiaphas, which was the high priest that same year.
14 Now Caiaphas was he, which gave counsel to the Jews, that it was expedient that one man should die for the people.
15 And Simon Peter followed Jesus, and so did another disciple: that disciple was known unto the high priest, and went in with Jesus into the palace of the high priest.

Sanhedrin's Joseph Caiaphas, High Priest of the Jerusalem temple from 18 to 37 A.D., leveled charges of blasphemy against Jesus. The Sanhedrin (with the exceptions of Nicodemus and Joseph of Arimathea) voted to convict him. The penalty was death.

Luke 22

1 Now the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which is called the Passover.
2 And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill him; for they feared the people.
3 Then entered Satan into Judas surnamed Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve.
4 And he went his way, and communed with the chief priests and captains, how he might betray him unto them.
5 And they were glad, and covenanted to give him money.
6 And he promised, and sought opportunity to betray him unto them in the absence of the multitude.
7 Then came the day of unleavened bread, when the passover must be killed.

Luke 23

20 Pilate therefore, willing to release Jesus, spake again to them.
21 But they cried, saying, Crucify him, crucify him.
22 And he said unto them the third time, Why, what evil hath he done? I have found no cause of death in him: I will therefore chastise him, and let him go.
23 And they were instant with loud voices, requiring that he might be crucified. And the voices of them and of the chief priests prevailed.
24 And Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they required.
25 And he released unto them him that for sedition and murder was cast into prison, whom they had desired; but he delivered Jesus to their will.
26 And as they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon, a Cyrenian, coming out of the country, and on him they laid the cross, that he might bear it after Jesus.

Matthew 28

1 In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.
2 And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it.
3 His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow:
4 And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men.
5 And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified.
6 He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.
7 And go quickly, and tell his disciples that he is risen from the dead; and, behold, he goeth before you into Galilee; there shall ye see him: lo, I have told you.
8 And they departed quickly from the sepulchre with fear and great joy; and did run to bring his disciples word.
9 And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, All hail. And they came and held him by the feet, and worshipped him.
10 Then said Jesus unto them, Be not afraid: go tell my brethren that they go into Galilee, and there shall they see me.

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Tuesday, March 26, 2024

The Book of Enoch: Chapters LXXXIX - XCI

Chapter LXXXIX

1. And I observed during the time, that thus thirty-seven shepherds were overlooking, all of whom finished in their respective periods as the first. Others then received them into their hands, that they might overlook them in their respective periods, every shepherd in his own period.
2. Afterwards I saw in the vision, that all the birds of heaven arrived ; eagles, the avest, kites and ravens. The eagle instructed them all.
3. They began to devour the sheep, to peck out their eyes, and to eat up their bodies.
4. The sheep then cried out ; for their bodies were devoured by the birds.
5. I also cried out, and groaned in my sleep against that shepherd which overlooked the flock.
6. And I looked, while the sheep were eaten up by the dogs, by the eagles, and by the kites. They neither left them their body, nor their skin, nor their muscles, until their bones alone remained until their bones fell upon the ground. And the sheep became diminished.
7. I observed likewise during the time, that twenty-three shepherds were overlooking ; who completed in their respective periods fifty-eight periods.
8. Then were small lambs born of those white sheep ; who began to open their eyes and to see, crying out to the sheep.
9. The sheep, however, cried not out to them, neither did they hear what they uttered to them ; but were deaf, blind, and obdurate in the greatest degrees.
10. I saw in the vision that ravens flew down upon those lambs;
11. That they seized one of them and that tearing the sheep in pieces, they devoured them.
12. I saw also, that horns grew upon those lambs ; and that the ravens lighted down upon their horns.
13. 1 saw, too, that a large horn sprouted out on an animal among the sheep, and that their eyes were opened.
14. He looked at them. Their eyes were wide open ; and he cried out to them.
15. Then the dabela saw him ; all of whom ran to him.
16. And besides this, all the eagles, the avest, the ravens and the kites, were still carrying off the sheep, flying down upon them, and devouring them. The sheep were silent, but the dabela lamented and cried out.
17. Then the ravens contended, and struggled with them.
18. They wished among them to break his horn but they prevailed not over him.
19. I looked on them, until the shepherds, the eagles, the avest, and the kites came.
20. Who cried out to the ravens to break the horn of the dabela ; to contend with him ; and to kill him. But he struggled with them, and cried out, that help might come to him.
21. Then I perceived that the man came who had written down the names of the shepherds, and who ascended up before the Lord of the sheep.
22. He brought assistance, and caused every one to see him descending to the help of the dabela.
23. I perceived likewise that the Lord of the sheep came to them in wrath, while all those who saw him fled away ; all fell down in his tabernacle before his face ; while all the eagles, the avest, ravens, and kites assembled, and brought with them all the sheep of the field.
24. All came together, and strove to break the horn of the dabela.
25. Then I saw, that the man, who wrote the book at the word of the Lord, opened the book of destruction, of that destruction which the last twelve shepherds wrought ; and pointed out before the Lord of the sheep, that they destroyed more than those who preceded them.
26. I saw also that the Lord of the sheep came to them, and taking in his hand the sceptre of his wrath seized the earth, which became rent asunder while all the beasts and birds of heaven fell from the sheep, and sunk into the earth, which closed over them.
27. I saw, too, that a large sword was given to the sheep, who went forth against all the beasts of the field to slay them.
28. But all the beasts and birds of heaven fled away from before their face.
29. And I saw a throne erected in a delectable land;
30. Upon this sat the Lord of the sheep, who received all the sealed books;
31. Which were open before him.
32. Then the Lord called the first seven white ones, and commanded them to bring before him the first of the first stars, which preceded the stars whose form partly resembled that of horses ; the first star, which fell down first ; and they brought them all before him.
33. And he spoke to the man who wrote in his presence, who was one of the seven white ones, saying, Take those seventy shepherds, to whom I delivered up the sheep, and who receiving them killed more of them than I commanded. Behold, I saw them all bound, and all standing before him. First came on the trial of the stars, which, being judged, and found guilty, went to the place of punishment. They thrust them into a place, deep, and full of flaming fire, and full of pillars of fire. Then the seventy shepherds were judged, and being found guilty, were thrust into the flaming abyss.
34. At that time likewise I perceived, that one abyss was thus opened in the midst of the earth, which was full of fire.
35. And to this were brought the blind sheep ; which being judged, and found guilty, were all thrust into that abyss of fire on the earth, and burnt.
36. The abyss was on the right of that house.
37. And I saw the sheep burning, and their bones consuming.
38. I stood beholding him immerge that ancient house, while they brought out its pillars, every plant in it, and the ivory infolding it. They brought it out, and deposited it in a place on the right side of the earth.
39. I also saw, that the Lord of the sheep produced a new house, great, and loftier than the former, which he bounded by the former circular spot. All its pillars were new, and its ivory new, as well as more abundant than the former ancient ivory, which he had brought out.
40. And while all the sheep which were left were in the midst of it, all the beasts of the earth, and all the birds of heaven, fell down and worshipped them, petitioning them, and obeying them in everything.
41. Then those three, who were clothed in white, and who, holding me by my hand, had before caused me to ascend, while the hand of him who spoke held me ; raised me up, and placed me in the midst of the sheep, before the judgment took place.
42. The sheep were all white, with wool long and pure. Then all who had perished, and had been destroyed, every beast of the field, and every bird of heaven, assembled in that house : while the Lord of the sheep rejoiced with great joy, because all were good, and had come back again to his dwelling.
43. And I saw that they laid down the sword which had been given to the sheep, and returned it to his house, sealing it up in the presence of the Lord.
44. All the sheep would have been inclosed in that house, had it been capable of containing them ; and the eyes of all were open, gazing on the good One ; nor was there one among them who did not behold him.
45. I likewise perceived that the house was large, wide, and extremely full. I saw, too, that a white cow was born, whose horns were great ; and that all the beasts of the field, and all the birds of heaven, were alarmed at him, and entreated him at all times.
46. Then I saw that the nature of all of them was changed, and that they became white cows ;
47. And that the first, who was in the midst of them, spoke, when that word became a large beast, upon the head of which were great and black horns;
48. While the Lord of the sheep rejoiced over them, and over all the cows.
49. I lay down in the midst of them : I awoke and saw the whole. This is the vision which I saw, lying down and waking. Then I blessed the Lord of righteousness, and gave glory to Him.
50. Afterwards I wept abundantly, nor did my tears cease, so that I became incapable of enduring it. While I was looking on, they flowed on account of what I saw ; for all was come and gone by every; individual circumstance respecting the conduct of mankind was seen by me.
51. In that night I remembered my former dream ; and therefore wept and was troubled, because I had seen that vision.


Chapter XC

1. And now, my son Mathusala, call to me all thy brethren, and assemble for me all the children of thy mother ; for a voice calls me, and the spirit is poured out upon me, that I may show you everything which shall happen to you for ever.
2. Then Mathusala went, called to him all his brethren, and assembled his kindred.
3. And conversing with all his children in truth,
4. Enoch said, Hear, my children, every word of your father, and listen in uprightness to the voice of my mouth ; for I would gain your attention, while I address you. My beloved, be attached to integrity, and walk in it.
5. Approach not integrity with a double heart nor be associated with double-minded men: but walk, my children, in righteousness, which will conduct you in good paths; and be truth your companion.
6. For I know, that oppression will exist and prevail on earth ; that on earth great punishment shall in the end take place ; and that there shall be a consummation of all iniquity, which shall be cut off from its root, and every fabric raised by it shall pass away. Iniquity, however, shall again be renewed, and consummated on earth. Every act of crime, and every act of oppression and impiety, shall be a second time embraced.
7. When therefore iniquity, sin, blasphemy, tyranny, and every evil work, shall increase, and when transgression, impiety, and uncleanness also shall increase, then upon them all shall great punishment be inflicted from heaven.
8. The holy Lord shall go forth in wrath, and upon them all shall great punishment from heaven be inflicted.
9. The holy Lord shall go forth in wrath, and with punishment, that he may execute judgment upon earth.
10. In those days oppression shall be cut off from its roots, and iniquity with fraud shall be eradicated, perishing from under heaven.
11. Every place of strength shall be surrendered with its inhabitants ; with fire shall it be burnt. They shall be brought from every part of the earth, and be cast into a judgment of fire. They shall perish in wrath, and by a judgment overpowering them for ever.
12. Righteousness shall be raised up from slumber ; and wisdom shall be raised up, and conferred upon them.
13. Then shall the roots of iniquity be cut off sinners perish by the sword ; and blasphemers be annihilated everywhere.
14. Those who meditate oppression, and those who blaspheme, by the sword shall perish. 15. And now, my children, I will describe and point out to you the path of righteousness and the path of oppression.
16. I will again point them out to you, that you may know what is to come.
17. Here now, my children, and walk in the path of righteousness, but shun that of oppression; for all who walk in the path of iniquity shall perish for ever.


Chapter XCI

1. That which was written by Enoch. He wrote all this instruction of wisdom for every man of dignity, and every judge of the earth ; for all my children who shall dwell upon earth, and for subsequent generations, conducting themselves uprightly and peaceably.
2. Let not your spirit be grieved on account of the times ; for the holy, the Great One, has prescribed a period to all.
3. Let the righteous man arise from slumber ; let him arise, and proceed in the path of righteousness, in all its paths ; and let him advance in goodness and in eternal clemency. Mercy shall be showed to the righteous man ; upon him shall be conferred integrity and power for ever. In goodness and in righteousness shall he exist, and shall walk in everlasting light ; but sin shall perish in eternal darkness, nor be seen from this time forward for evermore.


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