WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.480 Welcome to the deep dive. We take your sources, 00:00:02.700 --> 00:00:05.339 your articles, your research, and really dig 00:00:05.339 --> 00:00:08.080 into the fascinating nuggets of knowledge hidden 00:00:08.080 --> 00:00:10.320 inside. Our job is basically to give you that 00:00:10.320 --> 00:00:12.820 shortcut to being well -informed, maybe find 00:00:12.820 --> 00:00:16.100 some surprising facts, and hopefully keep you 00:00:16.100 --> 00:00:19.500 hooked along the way. And today, we are plunging 00:00:19.500 --> 00:00:21.719 into something pretty extraordinary. We've got 00:00:21.719 --> 00:00:25.160 excerpts from the Secrets Book of Enoch. Yeah, 00:00:25.280 --> 00:00:27.339 this one's... Different you kind of have to set 00:00:27.339 --> 00:00:29.940 aside what you think you know about ancient views 00:00:29.940 --> 00:00:32.119 of the cosmos for a bit right imagine getting 00:00:32.119 --> 00:00:34.880 like a personal guided tour of the universe But 00:00:34.880 --> 00:00:37.000 your guides are angels and the map was drawn 00:00:37.000 --> 00:00:39.500 up thousands of years ago. We're talking multiple 00:00:39.500 --> 00:00:43.640 levels of heaven intricate cosmic machinery Divine 00:00:43.640 --> 00:00:46.700 judgment and even creation secrets that supposedly 00:00:46.700 --> 00:00:49.280 weren't even told to the angels themselves. It's 00:00:49.280 --> 00:00:51.619 definitely ambitious So our mission today is 00:00:51.619 --> 00:00:54.380 to unpack this well this unique vision laid out 00:00:54.380 --> 00:00:56.649 in the book exactly Let's get into it, starting 00:00:56.649 --> 00:00:58.609 with how this whole journey even kicks off for 00:00:58.609 --> 00:01:01.149 this figure, Enoch. Okay, so the text sets the 00:01:01.149 --> 00:01:03.850 scene. We learn about Enoch, describes him as 00:01:03.850 --> 00:01:06.569 a wise man, a great artificer. And it's very 00:01:06.569 --> 00:01:09.469 specific about his age, isn't it? Yeah, 165 years 00:01:09.469 --> 00:01:12.109 until he fathered his son Methusel, and then 00:01:12.109 --> 00:01:15.450 another 200 years after that. So 365 years total. 00:01:15.750 --> 00:01:18.310 That number, 365, it just jumps out immediately, 00:01:18.609 --> 00:01:21.530 right? The solar year. Exactly. In a text that 00:01:21.530 --> 00:01:24.629 gets really into cosmic timekeeping later, starting 00:01:24.629 --> 00:01:28.370 with a lifespan mirroring the sun cycle. Well, 00:01:28.849 --> 00:01:31.409 it feels deliberate. Like it's marking Enoch 00:01:31.409 --> 00:01:33.890 himself as aligned with these rhythms. That's 00:01:33.890 --> 00:01:35.989 a great point. It kind of grounds him in time 00:01:35.989 --> 00:01:38.370 before he, you know, transcends it. And the moment 00:01:38.370 --> 00:01:41.209 it happens is strange. Very strange. He's home 00:01:41.209 --> 00:01:43.989 alone, resting, maybe asleep, and he gets hit 00:01:43.989 --> 00:01:46.049 with this great distress, weeping in his sleep, 00:01:46.090 --> 00:01:48.629 but he doesn't know why. It feels less like, 00:01:48.650 --> 00:01:50.769 I don't know, personal sadness and more like 00:01:50.769 --> 00:01:53.719 some kind of cosmic signal, maybe. A tremor before 00:01:53.719 --> 00:01:55.400 something big happens. And then they arrive, 00:01:55.760 --> 00:01:57.599 two beings. And the description is something 00:01:57.599 --> 00:02:01.319 else. Uh, exceeding big, faces shining like the 00:02:01.319 --> 00:02:03.939 sun, eyes like burning light. Fire from their 00:02:03.939 --> 00:02:06.400 lips, purple clothing, wings brighter than gold, 00:02:06.599 --> 00:02:09.919 hands wider than snow. It's this intense, almost 00:02:09.919 --> 00:02:13.620 overwhelming picture of divine power. Not quite 00:02:13.620 --> 00:02:16.120 human, but appearing as men. And they just stand 00:02:16.120 --> 00:02:18.979 at his couch and call his name. An Enoch's reaction 00:02:18.979 --> 00:02:23.560 is just... fear. Pure human fear, his face changes. 00:02:24.039 --> 00:02:26.479 But they immediately try to calm him down. Have 00:02:26.479 --> 00:02:29.280 courage. Do not fear. The eternal God sent us 00:02:29.280 --> 00:02:32.280 to thee. And lo, thou shalt today ascend with 00:02:32.280 --> 00:02:35.060 us into heaven. I mean, talk about a summons. 00:02:35.280 --> 00:02:37.719 Right. But practicalities first, they tell him, 00:02:37.819 --> 00:02:39.639 okay, tell your family what to do while you're 00:02:39.639 --> 00:02:41.280 gone, and tell them not to look for you until 00:02:41.280 --> 00:02:43.139 the Lord brings you back. And even though he's 00:02:43.139 --> 00:02:45.860 terrified, he does it quickly. Calls his son's 00:02:45.860 --> 00:02:49.620 Methusel regime. Guy Dad. His parting words are 00:02:49.620 --> 00:02:51.699 really something he admits. I don't know where 00:02:51.699 --> 00:02:53.580 I'm going or what will happen. But then he gives 00:02:53.580 --> 00:02:56.599 this final warning. Yeah, he tells him not to 00:02:56.599 --> 00:02:59.740 turn from God towards these vain gods who didn't 00:02:59.740 --> 00:03:01.560 make heaven and earth, saying they and their 00:03:01.560 --> 00:03:03.819 followers will perish. He prays for them to stay 00:03:03.819 --> 00:03:06.620 strong in their faith and repeats. Don't look 00:03:06.620 --> 00:03:09.319 for me. It's like a prophet's final message before 00:03:09.319 --> 00:03:12.000 being taken. A very human moment mixed with this 00:03:12.000 --> 00:03:14.819 huge theological warning right before liftoff. 00:03:15.060 --> 00:03:17.949 So farewell said, the ascent starts. The text 00:03:17.949 --> 00:03:20.349 says the angels took him on their wings, carried 00:03:20.349 --> 00:03:23.150 him up. First stop, the clouds. He looks up, 00:03:23.270 --> 00:03:25.330 sees the ether, then they place him on the first 00:03:25.330 --> 00:03:27.770 heaven itself. And straight away, it's this blend 00:03:27.770 --> 00:03:31.469 of cosmic and, well, earthly stuff. He sees this 00:03:31.469 --> 00:03:34.449 massive sea, bigger than any earthly sea. And 00:03:34.449 --> 00:03:37.389 it's populated. He sees the elders and rulers 00:03:37.389 --> 00:03:41.310 of the stellar orders, 200 angels managing the 00:03:41.310 --> 00:03:43.629 stars and their movements. And they fly around 00:03:43.629 --> 00:03:46.069 all who sail. What's that about? It seems to 00:03:46.069 --> 00:03:49.330 connect earthly seafaring with this angelic activity 00:03:49.330 --> 00:03:51.629 in the first heaven, like celestial oversight 00:03:51.629 --> 00:03:53.909 for navigation. It's a cool detail. It really 00:03:53.909 --> 00:03:56.210 is. And it continues with elements, right? He 00:03:56.210 --> 00:03:58.830 sees treasure houses of snow. Yep, guarded by 00:03:58.830 --> 00:04:01.509 angels. And the treasure house of dew described 00:04:01.509 --> 00:04:04.909 beautifully like olive oil, like flowers. Again, 00:04:05.129 --> 00:04:07.210 angels manage these stores opening and closing 00:04:07.210 --> 00:04:10.319 them. So even weather comes from heaven. directly 00:04:10.319 --> 00:04:13.379 managed by angels in this view. Precisely. Divine 00:04:13.379 --> 00:04:15.340 administration starts right at the first level. 00:04:15.560 --> 00:04:17.560 From there, they go up. To the second heaven. 00:04:18.019 --> 00:04:20.920 And the vibe changes completely. Oh yeah. Darkness. 00:04:21.779 --> 00:04:24.019 Greater than earthly darkness, the text says. 00:04:24.459 --> 00:04:29.000 And inside this gloom, prisoners. Hanging, watched, 00:04:29.620 --> 00:04:32.220 waiting for judgment. And these are angels. Fallen 00:04:32.220 --> 00:04:34.519 angels, dark looking, weeping constantly. Enoch 00:04:34.519 --> 00:04:36.540 asks why they're being tortured. And the answer. 00:04:36.680 --> 00:04:39.560 They're God's apostates. They disobeyed. followed 00:04:39.560 --> 00:04:41.399 their own will, turned away with their prince, 00:04:41.699 --> 00:04:44.680 who, interestingly, is said to be fastened on 00:04:44.680 --> 00:04:46.939 the fifth heaven. So punishment is spread across 00:04:46.939 --> 00:04:49.480 different levels. That's complex. It is. And 00:04:49.480 --> 00:04:51.939 Enoch, still human here, feels pity for them 00:04:51.939 --> 00:04:54.000 and they actually speak to him. They ask him 00:04:54.000 --> 00:04:56.079 to pray for them. Man of God, pray for us to 00:04:56.079 --> 00:04:59.879 the Lord. But Enoch's reply is so human, so vulnerable. 00:05:00.360 --> 00:05:03.240 He says, basically, who am I? I'm mortal. How 00:05:03.240 --> 00:05:04.920 can I pray for angels? I don't even know where 00:05:04.920 --> 00:05:06.839 I'm going. Who's gonna pray for me? He's still 00:05:06.839 --> 00:05:09.439 processing all this. Just a man caught in this 00:05:09.439 --> 00:05:12.939 epic cosmic drama. Exactly. And from that darkness, 00:05:13.199 --> 00:05:15.699 they ascend again. To the third heaven. Another 00:05:15.699 --> 00:05:18.360 shift. Big shift. Now he looks down and sees 00:05:18.360 --> 00:05:22.699 produce, food, goodness, like nothing known on 00:05:22.699 --> 00:05:26.319 earth. Sweet flowers, fragrant fruits. Seems 00:05:26.319 --> 00:05:29.079 like it. And right in the middle, the tree of 00:05:29.079 --> 00:05:31.750 life. where the Lord rests when he visits Paradise. 00:05:32.550 --> 00:05:35.610 It's described as ineffably good, beautiful, 00:05:36.089 --> 00:05:38.930 adorned with gold fire bearing all kinds of fruit. 00:05:39.129 --> 00:05:41.149 And its root is connected to Earth. To a garden 00:05:41.149 --> 00:05:43.850 at Earth's end, yeah. And Paradise itself is 00:05:43.850 --> 00:05:46.490 between corruptibility and incorruptibility. 00:05:46.889 --> 00:05:49.050 A kind of bridge, maybe. And there are springs. 00:05:49.800 --> 00:05:53.279 flowing with honey, milk, oil, wine. Two springs 00:05:53.279 --> 00:05:56.079 dividing into four rivers flowing quietly down 00:05:56.079 --> 00:05:58.959 into the paradise of Eden again, noted as between 00:05:58.959 --> 00:06:01.600 corruptibility and incorruptibility. And from 00:06:01.600 --> 00:06:04.319 there they flow out across the earth. So earthly 00:06:04.319 --> 00:06:06.899 Eden gets its supplies straight from this heavenly 00:06:06.899 --> 00:06:09.220 paradise. That's the picture it paints. Total 00:06:09.220 --> 00:06:11.720 perfection, no unfruitful trees, everything blessed, 00:06:12.120 --> 00:06:14.579 and guarded by 300 bright angels, always singing. 00:06:14.800 --> 00:06:16.800 Enoch loves it, right? He calls it sweet. He 00:06:16.800 --> 00:06:19.279 does. And the guides explain who it's for, the 00:06:19.279 --> 00:06:21.360 righteous. And they list who counts as righteous. 00:06:21.560 --> 00:06:24.699 Oh yes. Those who endure hardship turn away from 00:06:24.699 --> 00:06:27.480 sin, judge fairly, feed the hungry, clothe the 00:06:27.480 --> 00:06:29.600 naked, help the fallen, support orphans, walk 00:06:29.600 --> 00:06:32.660 blamelessly, serve only God. For them, this place 00:06:32.660 --> 00:06:36.329 is eternal. A very clear ethical code tied to 00:06:36.329 --> 00:06:39.540 this amazing reward. But wait. There's more to 00:06:39.540 --> 00:06:41.199 the Third Heaven. There is. They take them to 00:06:41.199 --> 00:06:43.279 the northern side. And it's not paradise. The 00:06:43.279 --> 00:06:46.360 absolute opposite. A very terrible place. Descriptions 00:06:46.360 --> 00:06:48.800 are graphic. Tortures, darkness, gloom, no light, 00:06:48.939 --> 00:06:52.300 murky fire, a fiery river, frost, ice, thirst, 00:06:52.639 --> 00:06:56.100 cruel bonds, merciless angels with weapons, just 00:06:56.100 --> 00:06:59.720 pure torment. Enoch is horrified. Whoa, whoa, 00:06:59.959 --> 00:07:01.779 how very terrible is this place. And just like 00:07:01.779 --> 00:07:04.439 paradise, this place has its specific inhabitants. 00:07:05.120 --> 00:07:07.399 Those who dishonor God. And there's another list 00:07:07.399 --> 00:07:11.160 of sins. one sins against nature like child corruption 00:07:11.160 --> 00:07:14.060 after the sodometic fashion magic witchcraft 00:07:14.060 --> 00:07:17.680 boasting about evil deeds stealing lying slander 00:07:17.680 --> 00:07:20.800 envy hatred fornication murder wow it covers 00:07:20.800 --> 00:07:23.319 a lot stealing souls exploiting the poor for 00:07:23.319 --> 00:07:26.319 riches harming others for gain letting the hungry 00:07:26.319 --> 00:07:28.600 die when you could help letting the naked freeze 00:07:28.600 --> 00:07:31.519 and critically not knowing their creator bowing 00:07:31.519 --> 00:07:34.420 to lifeless idols made by hand that list is fascinating 00:07:34.420 --> 00:07:37.079 give you such a clear window into the moral anxieties 00:07:37.079 --> 00:07:42.420 of the time Exactly, it's about how you treat 00:07:42.420 --> 00:07:44.560 God and how you treat other people, especially 00:07:44.560 --> 00:07:47.300 the vulnerable. For all those sins, this terrible 00:07:47.300 --> 00:07:50.420 place is the eternal inheritance. This stark 00:07:50.420 --> 00:07:52.899 contrast within one heaven just hammers home 00:07:52.899 --> 00:07:55.639 the two possible outcomes. Okay, so from rewarding 00:07:55.639 --> 00:07:58.519 punishment in the third heaven, where next? The 00:07:58.519 --> 00:08:00.319 fourth. Up to the fourth heaven, and the focus 00:08:00.319 --> 00:08:03.040 shifts dramatically again. Now it's all about 00:08:03.040 --> 00:08:05.560 cosmic mechanics. Like how the universe works. 00:08:05.870 --> 00:08:08.730 Pretty much. He's shown the movements, the successive 00:08:08.730 --> 00:08:11.389 goings, and light rays of the sun and moon. He's 00:08:11.389 --> 00:08:13.769 even measuring them, comparing their light. Measuring 00:08:13.769 --> 00:08:16.589 the sun's path. How's it described? As this incredible 00:08:16.589 --> 00:08:20.949 engine, a circle, wheels, moving like wind, incredibly 00:08:20.949 --> 00:08:23.509 fast, never resting day or night. Not just the 00:08:23.509 --> 00:08:26.009 sun, though. There are stars with it. Eight great 00:08:26.009 --> 00:08:28.529 stars, four on each side of the sun's wheel, 00:08:28.670 --> 00:08:30.610 and each of those has a thousand stars under 00:08:30.610 --> 00:08:33.629 it. So, 8 ,000 stars accompanying the sun constantly. 00:08:33.970 --> 00:08:36.529 Mind -boggling. And angels run it. Armies of 00:08:36.529 --> 00:08:40.730 them. 15 myriads, that's 150 ,000, a 10 by day, 00:08:40.909 --> 00:08:44.350 1 ,000 by night, plus six winged beings go ahead 00:08:44.350 --> 00:08:47.309 into fiery flames, and a hundred specific angels 00:08:47.309 --> 00:08:49.629 actually kindle the sun set at a light. It's 00:08:49.629 --> 00:08:51.389 like a divine power plant. And there were those 00:08:51.389 --> 00:08:53.789 other creatures too. The phoenixes and shockerdry, 00:08:53.850 --> 00:08:55.870 yeah, these are bizarre. Lion feet and tails, 00:08:56.149 --> 00:08:59.470 crocodile head, rainbow colors, huge size, 12 00:08:59.470 --> 00:09:02.279 wings, like angels. I love you too. They attend 00:09:02.279 --> 00:09:04.940 the sun, carrying heat and dew, following God's 00:09:04.940 --> 00:09:08.399 orders. Their look is just. It's trying to describe 00:09:08.399 --> 00:09:11.240 something utterly alien using powerful known 00:09:11.240 --> 00:09:14.000 creatures, maybe. Maybe. And the sun's path, 00:09:14.080 --> 00:09:16.399 it goes under the earth too. Yes, the text is 00:09:16.399 --> 00:09:18.340 clear. It revolved, goes under the earth, but 00:09:18.340 --> 00:09:21.259 its rays are incessant. Enoch has taken east, 00:09:21.519 --> 00:09:24.120 shown six huge gates where the sun rises depending 00:09:24.120 --> 00:09:27.149 on... the season, month, hour. He measures the 00:09:27.149 --> 00:09:30.250 gates. Get specific again. 61 and a quarter stadia 00:09:30.250 --> 00:09:32.169 wide each. That's what? Over seven miles wide? 00:09:32.450 --> 00:09:34.889 Huge specific numbers trying to grasp celestial 00:09:34.889 --> 00:09:37.049 scale. And it sets through similar gates in the 00:09:37.049 --> 00:09:39.690 west, following the 365 and a quarter day cycle. 00:09:39.929 --> 00:09:43.250 Exactly. Then it goes down, draws its light under 00:09:43.250 --> 00:09:46.250 the earth, but its crown of shining stays in 00:09:46.250 --> 00:09:49.679 heaven. guarded by 400 angels. It travels under 00:09:49.679 --> 00:09:51.919 the earth for seven hours at night. Then comes 00:09:51.919 --> 00:09:54.200 back up in the east. At the eighth hour of the 00:09:54.200 --> 00:09:56.639 night, it approaches the east, brings its light 00:09:56.639 --> 00:09:59.620 and crown, and flames out more than fire. And 00:09:59.620 --> 00:10:02.139 that's when the weird creatures sing. The phoenixes 00:10:02.139 --> 00:10:04.820 and Chalkidry, yeah. They break into song, and 00:10:04.820 --> 00:10:07.080 it makes every bird on earth flutter and rejoice 00:10:07.080 --> 00:10:10.200 at the sunrise. They sing at God's command. So 00:10:10.200 --> 00:10:12.340 the sunrise is this whole orchestrated event. 00:10:12.649 --> 00:10:15.529 Totally. The sun gets its brightness, lights 00:10:15.529 --> 00:10:18.210 the earth, the text emphasizes this is the calculation 00:10:18.210 --> 00:10:21.009 shown to Enoch, the gates are for computing the 00:10:21.009 --> 00:10:23.570 hours of the year, and the sun's big cycle is 00:10:23.570 --> 00:10:25.909 28 years before it repeats. Okay, what about 00:10:25.909 --> 00:10:27.730 the moon? Is it just as complex? Pretty much. 00:10:28.330 --> 00:10:31.330 12 great gates for the moon, west to east. It 00:10:31.330 --> 00:10:33.389 goes through them at set times each month with 00:10:33.389 --> 00:10:35.710 specific day counts for each gate passage, 31 00:10:35.710 --> 00:10:39.720 days, 30 days, etc. Adding up to. 354 days for 00:10:39.720 --> 00:10:41.799 the lunar year and the text points us out its 00:10:41.799 --> 00:10:44.620 12 days short of the solar year calls these the 00:10:44.620 --> 00:10:47.419 lunar apex So it acknowledges the calendar different 00:10:47.419 --> 00:10:50.879 explicitly it even mentions a bigger 532 year 00:10:50.879 --> 00:10:53.620 cycle and how the quarter day leap year thing 00:10:53.620 --> 00:10:56.399 is handled omitted for three years added in the 00:10:56.399 --> 00:10:58.980 fourth taken outside heaven Changing the timing 00:10:58.980 --> 00:11:02.149 with two new months Wow That level of detail 00:11:02.149 --> 00:11:05.129 about orbits, cycles, calendar adjustments like 00:11:05.129 --> 00:11:08.230 epaques and leap days. It's amazing. It really 00:11:08.230 --> 00:11:10.429 is. It's like ancient astronomy and timekeeping, 00:11:10.669 --> 00:11:12.750 but fully embedded in this framework of divine 00:11:12.750 --> 00:11:16.009 creation and constant angelic management. It's 00:11:16.009 --> 00:11:18.250 not just nature. It's administered. Okay, moving 00:11:18.250 --> 00:11:21.720 on up. What's between the heavens? Ah, yes. In 00:11:21.720 --> 00:11:24.059 the midst of the heavens, Enoch sees armed soldiers 00:11:24.059 --> 00:11:26.759 serving the Lord, but with music, tempana, organs, 00:11:27.019 --> 00:11:29.960 incessant sweet singing, it's described as impossible 00:11:29.960 --> 00:11:32.820 to put into words, just astonishing. Enoch is 00:11:32.820 --> 00:11:34.960 purely delighted listening. A realm of worship 00:11:34.960 --> 00:11:38.320 through sound. And then the fifth heaven. The 00:11:38.320 --> 00:11:41.240 fifth, and here, another shift. He sees countless 00:11:41.240 --> 00:11:43.779 soldiers called Grigori. Grigori, I've heard 00:11:43.779 --> 00:11:45.559 that name. You probably have. They look human, 00:11:45.700 --> 00:11:48.190 but bigger than giants. But their faces are withered, 00:11:48.330 --> 00:11:50.690 they're perpetually silent, and crucially, there's 00:11:50.690 --> 00:11:53.710 no service on this heaven. Silent and withered. 00:11:54.070 --> 00:11:58.429 Why? Minak asks. Right. He does. Why withered, 00:11:58.769 --> 00:12:01.590 melancholy, silent, no service? And the answer 00:12:01.590 --> 00:12:04.190 ties back to the second heaven. Directly. These 00:12:04.190 --> 00:12:06.350 are the Grigori who, with their Prince Satan 00:12:06.350 --> 00:12:09.450 now, rejected God. The ones in the second heaven 00:12:09.450 --> 00:12:11.429 were their followers. And it gives more detail 00:12:11.429 --> 00:12:14.090 here about their fall. Yeah, it echoes that story 00:12:14.090 --> 00:12:16.850 found elsewhere. Genesis 6, other Enoch books. 00:12:17.269 --> 00:12:19.529 Three of them came down to earth to Mount Hermon, 00:12:19.710 --> 00:12:22.210 broke their vows, saw human women were beautiful. 00:12:22.389 --> 00:12:25.409 Took wives, messed up the earth. Giants were 00:12:25.409 --> 00:12:29.210 born, cause great enmity. That story. That exact 00:12:29.210 --> 00:12:32.210 story. So God judged them. They weep for their 00:12:32.210 --> 00:12:35.120 brethren and await the final judgment day. And 00:12:35.120 --> 00:12:37.200 Enoch talks to them. He does. He tells them, 00:12:37.220 --> 00:12:39.440 essentially, I saw your buddies down in the second 00:12:39.440 --> 00:12:41.539 heaven, saw their torments, I prayed for them, 00:12:41.899 --> 00:12:44.200 but God's judgment stands. They're condemned. 00:12:44.559 --> 00:12:46.139 And then he challenges the Gregori themselves. 00:12:46.480 --> 00:12:49.000 Right, to their withered faces. Why are you just 00:12:49.000 --> 00:12:51.460 waiting here? Why aren't you serving God? Aren't 00:12:51.460 --> 00:12:54.000 you afraid of making Him even angrier? Do they 00:12:54.000 --> 00:12:57.080 react? Amazingly, yes. They listen. After He 00:12:57.080 --> 00:13:00.340 speaks, they talk to four ranks of angels, four 00:13:00.340 --> 00:13:03.500 trumpets sound, and the Gregori break their silence. 00:13:04.049 --> 00:13:07.850 They sing together, one voice described as pitifully 00:13:07.850 --> 00:13:11.909 and effectively going up to God. Wow. So Enoch, 00:13:12.210 --> 00:13:14.470 the mortal, prompted them to break their silence 00:13:14.470 --> 00:13:16.730 and sing this sorrowful song. He's already having 00:13:16.730 --> 00:13:19.149 an impact. He really is. He's acting with some 00:13:19.149 --> 00:13:21.190 kind of authority even here. From the fifth, 00:13:21.389 --> 00:13:24.509 they go up again. Sixth Heaven. what's here seven 00:13:24.509 --> 00:13:27.909 bands of angels super bright glorious faces shining 00:13:27.909 --> 00:13:30.049 more than the sun all looking the same and their 00:13:30.049 --> 00:13:32.669 job huge responsibility they make the orders 00:13:32.669 --> 00:13:35.610 learn the paths of stars moon sun manage the 00:13:35.610 --> 00:13:38.289 good government of the world they spot evil issue 00:13:38.289 --> 00:13:40.710 commandments and instruction and sing praises. 00:13:40.789 --> 00:13:42.409 These sound like high -level managers. They're 00:13:42.409 --> 00:13:45.029 called archangels, above other angels. They measure 00:13:45.029 --> 00:13:47.669 all life, heaven and earth, overseas seasons, 00:13:47.929 --> 00:13:50.769 years, rivers, seas, fruits, grass, food for 00:13:50.769 --> 00:13:53.169 everything. And this is key. They write all the 00:13:53.169 --> 00:13:55.350 souls of men and all their deeds and their lives 00:13:55.350 --> 00:13:57.830 before the Lord's face. The celestial record 00:13:57.830 --> 00:14:01.580 keepers. Exactly. Cosmic administrators and scribes. 00:14:01.960 --> 00:14:03.899 And among them, we see those creatures again. 00:14:04.159 --> 00:14:07.620 Six phoenixes, six cherubim, six winged ones 00:14:07.620 --> 00:14:10.399 singing constantly before God's footstool. Okay, 00:14:10.620 --> 00:14:12.799 so structure, administration, record keeping. 00:14:13.340 --> 00:14:15.879 Getting close to the top now. Seventh heaven. 00:14:16.169 --> 00:14:18.309 The seventh. And the description ramps up again. 00:14:18.429 --> 00:14:21.490 Yeah. Immense light, fiery troops, great archangels, 00:14:21.669 --> 00:14:24.129 incorporeal forces, dominions, orders, governments, 00:14:24.429 --> 00:14:26.710 cherubim, seraphim, thrones, many eyed ones, 00:14:27.309 --> 00:14:30.529 nine regiments, the stations of light. Overwhelming. 00:14:31.009 --> 00:14:32.970 Enoch gets scared again. Crumbling with terror. 00:14:33.669 --> 00:14:35.830 The guides have to reassure him again, have courage, 00:14:36.049 --> 00:14:39.120 do not fear. And then the big reveal. They show 00:14:39.120 --> 00:14:41.799 him the Lord from afar sitting on his throne 00:14:41.799 --> 00:14:44.399 high up. Now, the text clarifies something interesting 00:14:44.399 --> 00:14:46.460 here. What's that? It asks, basically, what's 00:14:46.460 --> 00:14:48.519 on the 10th heaven if the Lord dwells here on 00:14:48.519 --> 00:14:51.440 the 7th? It implies his ultimate place is even 00:14:51.440 --> 00:14:54.799 higher, the 10th heaven, Erevov. Ah, okay, so 00:14:54.799 --> 00:14:57.820 this is a manifestation, maybe. Perhaps. And 00:14:57.820 --> 00:15:00.799 the angels approach the throne in ranks, bow, 00:15:01.039 --> 00:15:04.440 return, singing. The highest ones, cherubim, 00:15:04.620 --> 00:15:07.559 seraphim, six -winged, many -eyed, stay constantly 00:15:07.559 --> 00:15:09.919 before the throne, doing God's will, covering 00:15:09.919 --> 00:15:12.799 it, singing holy, holy, holy. The song from earthly 00:15:12.799 --> 00:15:15.740 worship. Exactly. Place right here at the heart 00:15:15.740 --> 00:15:18.240 of celestial reality. And at this point, the 00:15:18.240 --> 00:15:20.500 two guides tell Enoch their job is done, thus 00:15:20.500 --> 00:15:22.299 far as it commanded us to journey with thee, 00:15:22.759 --> 00:15:24.759 and they leave him. Alone at the edge of the 00:15:24.759 --> 00:15:27.200 seventh heaven. He must be terrified. Falls on 00:15:27.200 --> 00:15:29.860 his face in fear. But he's not abandoned. The 00:15:29.860 --> 00:15:32.659 Lord sends Archangel Gabriel. Gabriel comes for 00:15:32.659 --> 00:15:35.299 him. Yes, with reassurance. Have courage, Enoch. 00:15:35.500 --> 00:15:37.639 Do not fear. Arise before the Lord's face into 00:15:37.639 --> 00:15:40.679 eternity. Arise! Come with me. Enoch is so scared 00:15:40.679 --> 00:15:42.980 his soul departs he calls for his original guide. 00:15:43.080 --> 00:15:45.299 Gabriel just scoops him up. Like a leaf caught 00:15:45.299 --> 00:15:47.279 by the wind and places him before the Lord's 00:15:47.279 --> 00:15:50.460 face. But first, a quick tour of the very highest 00:15:50.460 --> 00:15:53.139 heavens. Even higher than the seventh. Yep. He 00:15:53.139 --> 00:15:55.850 sees the eighth heaven, moves it off. This one 00:15:55.850 --> 00:15:57.870 changes the seasons, drought and wet, and it 00:15:57.870 --> 00:15:59.909 holds the twelve signs of the zodiac above the 00:15:59.909 --> 00:16:02.250 seventh heaven. Then the ninth. Ninth heaven, 00:16:02.389 --> 00:16:05.149 Kuchavim. This is where the actual heavenly homes 00:16:05.149 --> 00:16:07.710 of the zodiac signs are. So the zodiac is spread 00:16:07.710 --> 00:16:10.509 across these two top tiers. And finally the tenth 00:16:10.509 --> 00:16:14.470 heaven, Erevoth, where God truly dwells. There 00:16:14.470 --> 00:16:17.009 he sees the appearance of the Lord's face. And 00:16:17.009 --> 00:16:19.509 the description. Intense, like iron glowing hot 00:16:19.509 --> 00:16:22.610 from a fire emitting sparks burning. Wow. Enoch 00:16:22.610 --> 00:16:25.250 struggles to describe it. Ineffable, marvelous, 00:16:25.610 --> 00:16:28.330 and very awful, and very, very terrible. He says 00:16:28.330 --> 00:16:30.610 he can't convey the reality, the being, the face, 00:16:30.769 --> 00:16:33.710 the voices, the throne not made with hands, the 00:16:33.710 --> 00:16:36.389 angels, the singing, the beauty, the glory. He 00:16:36.389 --> 00:16:38.820 just falls down again. Falls prone and the Lord 00:16:38.820 --> 00:16:41.039 speaks directly with his lips. Have courage, 00:16:41.179 --> 00:16:43.679 Enoch. Do not fear arise and stand before my 00:16:43.679 --> 00:16:45.700 face into eternity. And Michael helps him up. 00:16:45.960 --> 00:16:47.860 Archist stratage Michael, the commander -in -chief, 00:16:48.480 --> 00:16:51.259 lifts him and leads him right before God. This 00:16:51.259 --> 00:16:54.100 is it, the main event. Seems like it. And God 00:16:54.100 --> 00:16:57.960 sort of confirms Enoch's status, asking his servants, 00:16:58.539 --> 00:17:00.960 let Enoch stand before my face into eternity 00:17:00.960 --> 00:17:03.259 and they all agree, let him go according to thy 00:17:03.259 --> 00:17:04.960 word. It's like they're validating his presence. 00:17:05.400 --> 00:17:08.359 Maybe. And their consent seems needed for the 00:17:08.359 --> 00:17:11.119 next step, Enoch's transformation. He gets changed. 00:17:11.460 --> 00:17:14.619 God tells Michael, take off his earthly clothes, 00:17:15.160 --> 00:17:17.539 anoint him with special ointment, put garments 00:17:17.539 --> 00:17:20.740 of God's glory on him. And Michael does it. What's 00:17:20.740 --> 00:17:23.200 the ointment like? Brighter than light, like 00:17:23.200 --> 00:17:26.400 sweet dew, smells mild, shines like the sun in 00:17:26.400 --> 00:17:29.200 the effect. Enoch looks at himself and realizes 00:17:29.200 --> 00:17:32.000 he's like one of his glorious ones. He's transformed. 00:17:32.519 --> 00:17:35.380 He can handle being there now. Exactly. And now, 00:17:35.559 --> 00:17:37.400 in this state, the real reason for his trip is 00:17:37.400 --> 00:17:39.359 revealed. Who it is? God calls another archangel, 00:17:39.700 --> 00:17:42.440 Prabhu. This one's known for super -fast knowledge, 00:17:42.759 --> 00:17:44.720 the one who writes down all God's deeds. Okay, 00:17:44.920 --> 00:17:48.339 the divine secretary. Basically. God tells Prabhu... 00:17:48.490 --> 00:17:50.670 Get the books from the archives, get a fast -writing 00:17:50.670 --> 00:17:53.049 pen, give them to Enoch, and deliver some choice 00:17:53.049 --> 00:17:55.390 and comforting books too. Previal teaches Enoch. 00:17:55.529 --> 00:17:57.049 Teaches him everything, all the works of heaven, 00:17:57.250 --> 00:17:58.910 earth, sea, elements, their movements, thunder, 00:17:59.130 --> 00:18:01.450 sun, moon, star, seasons, years, days, hours, 00:18:01.910 --> 00:18:04.890 wind, angel numbers, and songs, all human things, 00:18:05.069 --> 00:18:07.789 language, life, commandments, instructions, singing, 00:18:08.490 --> 00:18:10.849 everything worth learning. There's a lot of information. 00:18:11.130 --> 00:18:13.980 An unimaginable amount. Prevue had already written 00:18:13.980 --> 00:18:16.839 it down, but Enoch gets a specific unique task. 00:18:17.160 --> 00:18:18.859 What does he have to write? Prevue tells him, 00:18:19.700 --> 00:18:21.900 Sit and write all the souls of mankind, however 00:18:21.900 --> 00:18:24.200 many of them are born, and the place is prepared 00:18:24.200 --> 00:18:27.680 for them to eternity. All souls, past, present, 00:18:27.819 --> 00:18:30.640 future. For all souls are prepared to eternity 00:18:30.640 --> 00:18:34.759 before the formation of the world. Yes. Their 00:18:34.759 --> 00:18:38.440 eternal destinies predetermined. Enoch is tasked 00:18:38.440 --> 00:18:41.380 with striving this ultimate divine plan. That's 00:18:41.380 --> 00:18:43.920 incredible. Does he do it? For 60 days and nights 00:18:43.920 --> 00:18:47.420 straight, the text says, produces 366 books, 00:18:47.700 --> 00:18:50.299 a massive record of all he saw and learned. And 00:18:50.299 --> 00:18:52.660 after all that writing? God calls Enoch again, 00:18:52.900 --> 00:18:55.259 seats him at his left hand next to Gabriel, and 00:18:55.259 --> 00:18:57.200 speaks to him directly, calling him beloved. 00:18:57.599 --> 00:19:00.019 And reveals the big secret. The core secret. 00:19:00.579 --> 00:19:03.000 Tells Enoch, essentially, everything you see, 00:19:03.200 --> 00:19:04.819 everything finished, I'm telling you about it 00:19:04.819 --> 00:19:06.859 from before the very beginning. Everything I 00:19:06.859 --> 00:19:09.099 created from nothing, visible from invisible. 00:19:09.500 --> 00:19:12.380 But the key part is what hasn't tell. Exactly! 00:19:12.920 --> 00:19:15.799 The Lord explicitly says, Here, Enoch, for not 00:19:15.799 --> 00:19:18.480 to vouch at him, my angels have I told my secret. 00:19:18.859 --> 00:19:20.839 I have not told them their rise nor my endless 00:19:20.839 --> 00:19:23.059 realm, nor have they understood my creating, 00:19:23.220 --> 00:19:26.099 which I tell thee today. Whoa! So the deepest 00:19:26.099 --> 00:19:29.369 secrets how the angels came to be God's own nature, 00:19:29.589 --> 00:19:31.690 the process of creation, weren't shared with 00:19:31.690 --> 00:19:33.930 the angels always around the throne. But revealed 00:19:33.930 --> 00:19:36.710 only to this transformed human, Enoch. That's 00:19:36.710 --> 00:19:39.309 a massive claim in this text about humanity's 00:19:39.309 --> 00:19:42.069 unique potential or place. It really elevates 00:19:42.069 --> 00:19:44.990 him. A confidant of God in a way the angels aren't. 00:19:45.230 --> 00:19:47.829 Absolutely. And then the text gives us God's 00:19:47.829 --> 00:19:50.009 own account of that creation, told to Enoch. 00:19:50.150 --> 00:19:52.049 How does this start? God explains that before 00:19:52.049 --> 00:19:54.490 anything visible, He alone moved in the invisible. 00:19:54.930 --> 00:19:57.430 Unlike the sun, He had no rest, always creating. 00:19:57.829 --> 00:20:00.609 He conceived the thought. Place foundations make 00:20:00.609 --> 00:20:03.130 visible creation. A restless creator, I like 00:20:03.130 --> 00:20:05.250 that image. What's the first step? Commands the 00:20:05.250 --> 00:20:08.009 lowest parts. Let visible things come down from 00:20:08.009 --> 00:20:11.309 invisible. A being, a Doyle, descends huge, belly 00:20:11.309 --> 00:20:14.130 full of light. God tells a Doyle, become undone, 00:20:14.289 --> 00:20:16.670 let the visible out. The fossil. Comes undone. 00:20:16.829 --> 00:20:19.349 Yeah, a great light bursts out. God is in the 00:20:19.349 --> 00:20:21.910 light. Light from light creates a great age, 00:20:22.009 --> 00:20:24.450 showing all the planned creation. God sees it's 00:20:24.450 --> 00:20:26.309 good. Sets up his throne in the light. Right 00:20:26.309 --> 00:20:29.029 there. Tells the light. Go higher. Be the foundation 00:20:29.029 --> 00:20:31.869 for the highest things. Above that light, nothing 00:20:31.869 --> 00:20:34.150 else. He looks down from the throne. Okay, act 00:20:34.150 --> 00:20:36.869 two. Summons the lowest again. Let Arches come 00:20:36.869 --> 00:20:39.910 forth hard. Arches appears hard, heavy, very 00:20:39.910 --> 00:20:42.890 red from the invisible. God tells Arches. Open 00:20:42.890 --> 00:20:45.109 up. Give birth. Arches comes undone too. Yep. 00:20:45.289 --> 00:20:47.869 An age comes forth, very great and very dark, 00:20:47.990 --> 00:20:50.650 carrying the lower creation. God sees it's good, 00:20:50.910 --> 00:20:53.809 tells arches, go down, be firm, be the foundation 00:20:53.809 --> 00:20:56.549 for lower things. Below that darkness, nothing 00:20:56.549 --> 00:21:00.950 else. So, Ed oil and arches, like primal forces 00:21:00.950 --> 00:21:03.410 of light and darkness foundation, pulled from 00:21:03.410 --> 00:21:05.109 the invisible. Seems like it, very different 00:21:05.109 --> 00:21:07.150 imagery than just speaking things into existence. 00:21:07.509 --> 00:21:09.829 It's more like birthing creation through these 00:21:09.829 --> 00:21:12.210 intermediate beings or principles. Okay, act 00:21:12.210 --> 00:21:14.930 three, water. Takes from light and darkness commands 00:21:14.930 --> 00:21:18.140 them. Be thick. They thicken. Spreads it out 00:21:18.140 --> 00:21:20.599 with light becomes water. Spreads water over 00:21:20.599 --> 00:21:23.400 darkness, below the light, makes the waters firm, 00:21:23.700 --> 00:21:25.720 the bottomless, puts a light foundation around 00:21:25.720 --> 00:21:28.539 the water, creates seven circles inside, shapes 00:21:28.539 --> 00:21:31.460 the water like crystal or glass, sets paths for 00:21:31.460 --> 00:21:33.779 water, elements, the seven stars in their heavens, 00:21:34.279 --> 00:21:36.460 sees it's good, then separates light and dark. 00:21:36.660 --> 00:21:38.779 Right, separates them within the water, light 00:21:38.779 --> 00:21:40.980 becomes day, darkness becomes night, evening 00:21:40.980 --> 00:21:43.460 and morning the first day. It echoes Genesis, 00:21:43.660 --> 00:21:48.259 but the process is unique. makes the heavenly 00:21:48.259 --> 00:21:50.859 circle firm, gathers the lower water into one 00:21:50.859 --> 00:21:54.339 place, chaos becomes dry land, creates rock from 00:21:54.339 --> 00:21:57.180 the waves, piles up dry land from the rock, calls 00:21:57.180 --> 00:22:00.000 it earth. The center is the abyss, the bottomless. 00:22:00.380 --> 00:22:03.019 Gathers the sea, sets its eternal limits, fastens 00:22:03.019 --> 00:22:05.700 the firmament, calls this day the first created. 00:22:06.000 --> 00:22:08.220 Wait, first created after day one, two, three. 00:22:08.900 --> 00:22:11.329 That's... Slightly odd phrasing. It is. Maybe 00:22:11.329 --> 00:22:13.349 emphasizing the creation of the stable Earthsea 00:22:13.349 --> 00:22:15.349 system as the foundational visible creation. 00:22:15.710 --> 00:22:17.910 It's a bit unclear how it fits the sequence perfectly. 00:22:18.230 --> 00:22:21.109 Okay, fifth act. Angels and fire. Creates the 00:22:21.109 --> 00:22:24.089 essence of fire for the angels. Looks at the 00:22:24.089 --> 00:22:26.750 rock. Lightning gets its nature from the gleam 00:22:26.750 --> 00:22:30.250 fire in water, water in fire, neither cancelling 00:22:30.250 --> 00:22:32.789 the other out. Lightning is brighter than sun, 00:22:33.190 --> 00:22:36.369 softer than water, firmer than rock. Poetic description. 00:22:36.890 --> 00:22:40.569 Very. Then, he cuts a great fire from the rock, 00:22:40.829 --> 00:22:44.049 and from that fire creates the ten orders of 00:22:44.049 --> 00:22:48.009 inquisitorial angels. Fiery weapons, fiery clothes, 00:22:48.509 --> 00:22:50.769 commands each to stand in order. And the fall 00:22:50.769 --> 00:22:54.069 happens right then. Immediately, the text inserts, 00:22:54.470 --> 00:22:56.529 here Satan and El with his angels was thrown 00:22:56.529 --> 00:22:58.170 down from the height. And it gives the reason 00:22:58.170 --> 00:23:01.349 again. Right there. One angel turned away with 00:23:01.349 --> 00:23:03.549 his followers, conceived the impossible thought. 00:23:03.710 --> 00:23:05.970 put his throne higher than the clouds, become 00:23:05.970 --> 00:23:09.029 equal to God's power. For that, God threw him 00:23:09.029 --> 00:23:11.650 and his angels out. He flies constantly above 00:23:11.650 --> 00:23:13.930 the bottomless. So the fall is an ancient history 00:23:13.930 --> 00:23:15.910 in this account. It's part of the initial ordering 00:23:15.910 --> 00:23:18.730 of creation itself. Exactly. The origin of evil 00:23:18.730 --> 00:23:20.990 is woven right into the fabric of the cosmos' 00:23:21.190 --> 00:23:23.230 formation here. And that brings us towards the 00:23:23.230 --> 00:23:25.369 end of this particular vision Enoch received. 00:23:25.670 --> 00:23:27.900 An absolutely incredible journey. Yeah, let's 00:23:27.900 --> 00:23:30.279 just quickly recap this deep dive into the secrets 00:23:30.279 --> 00:23:33.240 book of Enoch. We saw Enoch called up by these 00:23:33.240 --> 00:23:36.079 amazing angels. Ascending through multiple heavens, 00:23:36.299 --> 00:23:38.859 each totally different. Angels running the stars, 00:23:39.380 --> 00:23:42.099 guarding snow and dew. Then that shocking second 00:23:42.099 --> 00:23:44.640 heaven with the tormented fallen angels. And 00:23:44.640 --> 00:23:47.539 the complex fifth heaven with the silent withered 00:23:47.539 --> 00:23:50.359 gregory. And the third heaven, that amazing contrast 00:23:50.359 --> 00:23:52.759 between the beautiful paradise for the righteous 00:23:52.759 --> 00:23:56.019 with its tree of life and flowing honey and milk. 00:23:56.380 --> 00:23:59.059 and that horrifying place of torture on the northern 00:23:59.059 --> 00:24:02.980 side for very specific lists of sins. Then the 00:24:02.980 --> 00:24:05.160 shift to cosmic mechanics in the fourth heaven. 00:24:05.779 --> 00:24:08.099 The sun and moon is these incredibly detailed 00:24:08.099 --> 00:24:12.140 angel -operated machines, wheels, gates, thousands 00:24:12.140 --> 00:24:15.220 of attendant stars, phoenixes, chocketry. Specific 00:24:15.220 --> 00:24:17.839 measurements, complex cycles, calendar calculations 00:24:17.839 --> 00:24:20.539 all under divine control. We followed Enoch's 00:24:20.539 --> 00:24:23.019 own transformation anointed, clothed in glory, 00:24:23.160 --> 00:24:25.200 becoming like an angel himself, able to stand 00:24:25.200 --> 00:24:27.059 before God. Which happened up in the seventh 00:24:27.059 --> 00:24:29.619 heaven, amidst the highest angelic orders, and 00:24:29.619 --> 00:24:31.519 ultimately before the Lord's face in the tenth. 00:24:31.839 --> 00:24:34.839 And the core of it all, the revelation of secrets. 00:24:35.680 --> 00:24:38.500 Enoch being taught everything by Prev Wuhl commissioned 00:24:38.500 --> 00:24:41.960 to write it all down in 366 books. And hearing 00:24:41.960 --> 00:24:45.039 directly from God the secrets of creation, secrets 00:24:45.039 --> 00:24:47.559 the text insists were not even told to the angels. 00:24:48.240 --> 00:24:50.779 How God created from non -being. the role of 00:24:50.779 --> 00:24:53.660 Adoyle and Arches. The shaping of elements, the 00:24:53.660 --> 00:24:56.000 creation of angels from fire, and placing Satan's 00:24:56.000 --> 00:24:58.039 nails fall right within that initial ordering 00:24:58.039 --> 00:25:00.799 process? It paints such a vivid intricate picture 00:25:00.799 --> 00:25:03.200 of the universe. So different from modern science, 00:25:03.299 --> 00:25:05.440 obviously. Yeah. But internally consistent in 00:25:05.440 --> 00:25:08.380 its own way. Absolutely. A universe meticulously 00:25:08.380 --> 00:25:11.059 ordered, hierarchically managed by angels, with 00:25:11.059 --> 00:25:13.880 clear lines between good and evil, reward and 00:25:13.880 --> 00:25:16.269 punishment all mapped out. It really makes you 00:25:16.269 --> 00:25:18.049 think about the sheer variety of ways ancient 00:25:18.049 --> 00:25:20.250 cultures try to make sense of the cosmos and, 00:25:20.309 --> 00:25:22.730 you know, our place in it all. Definitely. And 00:25:22.730 --> 00:25:25.109 it leaves us wrestling with that central provocative 00:25:25.109 --> 00:25:28.150 idea from the text itself. What does it truly 00:25:28.150 --> 00:25:30.809 signify, for the author of this book, that the 00:25:30.809 --> 00:25:33.529 ultimate cosmic secrets, the mechanics of creation, 00:25:33.890 --> 00:25:36.369 God's own hidden nature knowledge supposedly 00:25:36.369 --> 00:25:39.049 denied to the highest angels, was reeled instead 00:25:39.049 --> 00:25:40.569 to this one human being, Enoch.