WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.439 Welcome back to the deep dive. Get ready, because 00:00:02.439 --> 00:00:05.960 today we're plunging into a really unique piece 00:00:05.960 --> 00:00:08.220 of ancient literature. That's right. We're working 00:00:08.220 --> 00:00:10.359 from the source material you provided us, which 00:00:10.359 --> 00:00:13.080 is excerpts from The Secrets of Enoch. Now, this 00:00:13.080 --> 00:00:15.679 isn't a text most people know offhand. No, definitely 00:00:15.679 --> 00:00:19.870 not. but it gives this fascinating kind of non 00:00:19.870 --> 00:00:23.589 -canonical look at themes we think we know really 00:00:23.589 --> 00:00:26.230 well, you know, creation, the fall, judgment, 00:00:26.510 --> 00:00:28.649 the whole cosmic setup. And our mission here 00:00:28.649 --> 00:00:31.269 in this deep dive is basically to go through 00:00:31.269 --> 00:00:33.390 this text together. We're not just summarizing, 00:00:33.789 --> 00:00:36.090 we're really digging, trying to un... Earth, 00:00:36.469 --> 00:00:38.950 the most, well, surprising details and insights 00:00:38.950 --> 00:00:40.929 in your source material. Like digging for hidden 00:00:40.929 --> 00:00:43.310 treasure, really. Exactly. And there are definitely 00:00:43.310 --> 00:00:45.030 some treasures here. We'll get into things like 00:00:45.030 --> 00:00:48.590 the unbelievably specific recipe for making a 00:00:48.590 --> 00:00:52.070 human being and the exact target of God's curse 00:00:52.070 --> 00:00:54.530 after the fall, which might surprise you. Then 00:00:54.530 --> 00:00:56.689 there's Enoch himself, how he was transformed, 00:00:56.969 --> 00:00:59.409 and some really unexpected bits about animals, 00:00:59.829 --> 00:01:02.909 stars, even the weather. Okay, let's unpack this. 00:01:03.030 --> 00:01:05.159 Where should we start? Right at the beginning, 00:01:05.319 --> 00:01:07.900 I guess. With this text's really unique take 00:01:07.900 --> 00:01:09.840 on creation. Yeah, let's do that. It sort of 00:01:09.840 --> 00:01:12.260 jumps into the creation account, picking up around 00:01:12.260 --> 00:01:14.900 day three. It covers the familiar stuff, earth, 00:01:15.040 --> 00:01:17.659 trees, hills, seeds appearing. Standard enough, 00:01:17.700 --> 00:01:20.099 yeah. But then it adds this really striking detail. 00:01:20.540 --> 00:01:23.810 Paradise was planted, sure. But crucially, it 00:01:23.810 --> 00:01:27.030 was enclosed and guarded by flaming angels. Flaming 00:01:27.030 --> 00:01:29.790 angels? Okay, wow. That immediately gives the 00:01:29.790 --> 00:01:31.930 garden a whole different feel, doesn't it? More 00:01:31.930 --> 00:01:34.590 intense than just, like, a fence. Absolutely. 00:01:34.829 --> 00:01:36.629 A different kind of boundary. So what about day 00:01:36.629 --> 00:01:40.370 four? The lights, the celestial bodies? The text 00:01:40.370 --> 00:01:42.670 gets incredibly specific there, I remember. It 00:01:42.670 --> 00:01:44.689 really does. It talks about great lights set 00:01:44.689 --> 00:01:48.269 on heavenly circles. And it names them. using 00:01:48.269 --> 00:01:50.510 names that sound, well, pretty different from 00:01:50.510 --> 00:01:52.769 typical biblical accounts. We see names like 00:01:52.769 --> 00:01:57.560 Cruno, Aphrodite, Eris, Zeus, Hermes. assigned 00:01:57.560 --> 00:01:59.640 to specific circles. These aren't names you usually 00:01:59.640 --> 00:02:02.640 hear in this context. No. It suggests some really 00:02:02.640 --> 00:02:05.140 interesting cultural crosscurrents influencing 00:02:05.140 --> 00:02:07.900 the text itself. Yeah. You know. So it's not 00:02:07.900 --> 00:02:10.280 just the sun, moon, and stars in a general sense. 00:02:10.500 --> 00:02:13.560 It's like a mapped, ordered cosmos. Specific 00:02:13.560 --> 00:02:15.939 entities, specific places. Exactly. The sun for 00:02:15.939 --> 00:02:18.419 the day, the moon, and lesser stars for night. 00:02:18.639 --> 00:02:21.240 Yeah. And the sun follows a path according to 00:02:21.479 --> 00:02:25.080 12 animals. 12 animals. What's that about? Sounds 00:02:25.080 --> 00:02:27.259 like. It seems to be an ancient reference to 00:02:27.259 --> 00:02:29.900 the zodiac signs. Yeah. Showing how astronomical 00:02:29.900 --> 00:02:33.280 observation was woven into this particular cosmology. 00:02:33.539 --> 00:02:36.840 Huh. And the text links the sun's path through 00:02:36.840 --> 00:02:39.819 these signs directly to, like, the months and 00:02:39.819 --> 00:02:42.539 seasons. Right. To the succession, names, lives, 00:02:42.939 --> 00:02:44.759 thunderings, even the hour markings of the months 00:02:44.759 --> 00:02:46.919 is all appointed. Okay, moving on. Day five, 00:02:47.360 --> 00:02:50.210 the living creatures. The sea brings forth fishes, 00:02:50.509 --> 00:02:52.870 feathered birds, many varieties. Land brings 00:02:52.870 --> 00:02:54.870 creeping animals, four legs, and also things 00:02:54.870 --> 00:02:56.949 soaring in the air. Male and female. Both male 00:02:56.949 --> 00:02:59.509 and female created, yes. And the text makes a 00:02:59.509 --> 00:03:01.530 point of saying every soul is breathing the spirit 00:03:01.530 --> 00:03:04.090 of life. And then we get to the climax, day six. 00:03:04.729 --> 00:03:07.229 Man, and this is where the secrets of Enoch gives 00:03:07.229 --> 00:03:09.710 us that almost like alchemical formula, seven 00:03:09.710 --> 00:03:12.550 consistencies. This list is just, it's wild. 00:03:12.879 --> 00:03:16.000 Flesh from earth, okay. Blood from dew, eyes 00:03:16.000 --> 00:03:18.599 from the sun, bones from stone, intelligence 00:03:18.599 --> 00:03:20.900 from the swiftness of angels and from cloud. 00:03:21.099 --> 00:03:24.400 Angels and cloud, wow. Veins and hair from grass, 00:03:24.939 --> 00:03:26.719 and then the soul from God's breath and the wind. 00:03:27.300 --> 00:03:29.699 Blood from dew, eyes from the sun, intelligence 00:03:29.699 --> 00:03:32.520 from angels and cloud. I mean, that's a far cry 00:03:32.520 --> 00:03:34.919 from just being made of dust, isn't it? Oh, absolutely. 00:03:35.520 --> 00:03:38.039 What does this incredible mix of ingredients 00:03:38.039 --> 00:03:42.080 earthly, cosmic, divine tell us about how this 00:03:42.080 --> 00:03:45.599 text sees human nature? Well, it presents humanity 00:03:45.599 --> 00:03:48.699 as this kind of microcosmos, right? Drawing elements 00:03:48.699 --> 00:03:51.300 from literally every sphere of creation. The 00:03:51.300 --> 00:03:54.919 solid earth, the sky, you know, dew, cloud, weaned 00:03:54.919 --> 00:03:57.099 the heavens with the sun and angels and the divine 00:03:57.099 --> 00:03:59.120 itself with God's breath. So we're not just earthly 00:03:59.120 --> 00:04:01.800 creatures. Not at all. We're intrinsically linked 00:04:01.800 --> 00:04:03.580 right down to our physical makeup to the whole 00:04:03.580 --> 00:04:05.860 visible and invisible universe. And man gets 00:04:05.860 --> 00:04:08.229 seven natures too. functions. Yeah. And they 00:04:08.229 --> 00:04:10.770 seem to correlate with those consistencies, flesh 00:04:10.770 --> 00:04:12.949 for hearing, eyes for sight, soul for smell, 00:04:13.210 --> 00:04:15.810 veins for touch, blood for taste, bones for endurance, 00:04:16.329 --> 00:04:18.810 and intelligence for sweetness, which seems to 00:04:18.810 --> 00:04:22.509 mean enjoyment or pleasure. So our very senses, 00:04:22.730 --> 00:04:25.009 our capacities are tied back to these cosmic 00:04:25.009 --> 00:04:28.149 origins. The text says, man is created from invisible 00:04:28.149 --> 00:04:31.290 and visible nature. Death, life, image, they 00:04:31.290 --> 00:04:34.470 come from both. He knows speech. And then there's 00:04:34.470 --> 00:04:37.870 that phrase, small in greatness, And again, great 00:04:37.870 --> 00:04:40.529 and smallness. What do you make of that? Hmm. 00:04:41.250 --> 00:04:43.589 It seemed to capture that paradox of humanity, 00:04:43.850 --> 00:04:45.850 you know, physically tiny in the grand scheme 00:04:45.850 --> 00:04:49.850 of things, but with this immense potential. Potential 00:04:49.850 --> 00:04:52.170 for greatness. Yeah. Through intelligence, that 00:04:52.170 --> 00:04:54.509 connection to the divine and the rulership he's 00:04:54.509 --> 00:04:57.110 given. He's put on earth as a second angel, it 00:04:57.110 --> 00:05:00.930 says. Honorable, great, glorious, appointed ruler 00:05:00.930 --> 00:05:03.550 with God's wisdom, none like him on earth. And 00:05:03.550 --> 00:05:06.050 his name, Adam, even comes from the four directions 00:05:06.050 --> 00:05:09.110 east, west, south, north. And four special stars 00:05:09.110 --> 00:05:11.529 appointed just for him. Right. And he was shown 00:05:11.529 --> 00:05:13.889 the two ways, light and darkness, so he could 00:05:13.889 --> 00:05:15.689 learn whether he had love or hatred for God. 00:05:15.930 --> 00:05:17.529 The text adds something quite poignant here. 00:05:17.670 --> 00:05:20.509 What's that? That sin is made worse. because 00:05:20.509 --> 00:05:24.230 man fails to see his own true nature, this incredible 00:05:24.230 --> 00:05:26.910 complex blend of elements we just talked about. 00:05:27.529 --> 00:05:30.709 And asks, you know, after sin, what is there 00:05:30.709 --> 00:05:33.170 but death? Which, yeah, brings us right to this 00:05:33.170 --> 00:05:35.490 text description of the fall and what happened 00:05:35.490 --> 00:05:38.750 next. So God puts Adam to sleep, takes a rib, 00:05:39.129 --> 00:05:41.329 creates Eve. And here's another one of those 00:05:41.329 --> 00:05:44.649 specific kind of startling details. The text 00:05:44.649 --> 00:05:47.629 states that death should come to him by his wife. 00:05:48.220 --> 00:05:51.120 And her name, Eve, is said to come from Adam's 00:05:51.120 --> 00:05:54.339 last word while he was asleep. Huh, okay. Now, 00:05:54.399 --> 00:05:57.439 Adam, before the fall, he lived in paradise, 00:05:58.220 --> 00:06:00.639 in the garden, Eden, in the east. Yeah, and the 00:06:00.639 --> 00:06:02.939 heavens were open to him. He saw angels singing 00:06:02.939 --> 00:06:05.620 this gloomless light, continuously in paradise, 00:06:05.800 --> 00:06:07.339 observing the testament, keeping the command. 00:06:08.019 --> 00:06:11.259 Sounds pretty good. It does, but meanwhile, the 00:06:11.259 --> 00:06:13.480 devil enters the picture. Right, described as 00:06:13.480 --> 00:06:16.389 the evil spirit of the lower places. this fugitive, 00:06:16.589 --> 00:06:18.870 Seton or Satan Nail from the heavens. He understood 00:06:18.870 --> 00:06:21.290 God was creating another world with Adam as its 00:06:21.290 --> 00:06:24.209 Lord. And his nature didn't change? No, not regarding 00:06:24.209 --> 00:06:25.889 understanding right and wrong. And he knew his 00:06:25.889 --> 00:06:28.389 condemnation was coming. So he cooked up a plan 00:06:28.389 --> 00:06:32.430 against Adam. He did. And the text is very explicit 00:06:32.430 --> 00:06:35.490 here. He entered and seduced Eve, but did not 00:06:35.490 --> 00:06:37.990 touch Adam. Okay, that distinction is interesting. 00:06:38.310 --> 00:06:41.050 Now, this next part is maybe one of the most 00:06:41.050 --> 00:06:43.899 striking differences. from, you know, the accounts 00:06:43.899 --> 00:06:46.699 most people know, the target of God's curse after 00:06:46.699 --> 00:06:50.139 the fall. It doesn't say God cursed the man or 00:06:50.139 --> 00:06:53.319 the ground. Correct. It explicitly states God 00:06:53.319 --> 00:06:56.240 cursed ignorance. Ignorance. Yes. It says God 00:06:56.240 --> 00:06:58.779 did not curse man or the earth or other creatures, 00:06:59.139 --> 00:07:03.339 but man's evil fruit and his works. Wow, so that 00:07:03.339 --> 00:07:05.279 really shifts the blame, doesn't it? It's not 00:07:05.279 --> 00:07:08.220 inherent evil in creation or humanity itself, 00:07:08.540 --> 00:07:11.000 but the results of acting out of ignorance, the 00:07:11.000 --> 00:07:13.339 wicked deeds that follow. Exactly. It's a subtle 00:07:13.339 --> 00:07:15.939 but profound difference. And God's words to Adam 00:07:15.939 --> 00:07:18.379 when he sent out, they're also different. The 00:07:18.379 --> 00:07:21.459 familiar dust thou art bit is there, but there's 00:07:21.459 --> 00:07:24.480 a significant addition. Right. Earth thou art. 00:07:25.279 --> 00:07:26.939 And into the earth, whence I took thee, thou 00:07:26.939 --> 00:07:29.500 shalt go. I will not ruin thee, but send thee 00:07:29.500 --> 00:07:31.670 whence I took thee. then I can again take the 00:07:31.670 --> 00:07:34.110 Yet My Second Coming. A promise of resurrection 00:07:34.110 --> 00:07:36.589 right there at the moment of expulsion. Embedded 00:07:36.589 --> 00:07:38.949 right in it. It frames the whole thing not just 00:07:38.949 --> 00:07:40.990 as punishment, but as a temporary sending away 00:07:40.990 --> 00:07:43.810 before a future return. The text then mentions, 00:07:44.250 --> 00:07:47.029 God blessed all creatures, visible and invisible, 00:07:47.490 --> 00:07:49.870 and it gives a time frame for Adam in paradise. 00:07:50.649 --> 00:07:52.769 Surprisingly short. Just five and a half hours. 00:07:52.910 --> 00:07:55.430 That's it. Wow. Seems incredibly brief, doesn't 00:07:55.430 --> 00:07:57.410 it? Yeah. Then it talks about the seventh day, 00:07:57.589 --> 00:08:00.569 the Sabbath, which God rested on and blessed. 00:08:01.129 --> 00:08:03.930 But then interestingly, it introduces the eighth 00:08:03.930 --> 00:08:06.709 day. The eighth day. Yeah, as the first created 00:08:06.709 --> 00:08:09.009 after God's work finished. And it elaborates 00:08:09.009 --> 00:08:12.149 on this idea. The first seven days revolve as 00:08:12.149 --> 00:08:15.930 the 7 ,000 years maybe, but the 8 ,000 is described 00:08:15.930 --> 00:08:19.639 as a time of not counting. Endless. Without years, 00:08:19.860 --> 00:08:22.100 months, weeks, days or hours. Okay, hang on. 00:08:22.240 --> 00:08:24.480 A time of not counting? Where time itself basically 00:08:24.480 --> 00:08:26.699 dissolves? That's a concept. It is. And it's 00:08:26.699 --> 00:08:28.139 definitely something we should keep in mind when 00:08:28.139 --> 00:08:30.480 we get to Enoch's visions of the end. Good point. 00:08:31.160 --> 00:08:33.960 Okay, so let's turn to Enoch himself. His ascension. 00:08:34.100 --> 00:08:36.120 He's shown everything right. Creation, judgment. 00:08:36.519 --> 00:08:39.779 Everything. And he gets these profound insights 00:08:39.779 --> 00:08:43.279 into God's nature. Self eternal, not made with 00:08:43.279 --> 00:08:46.679 hands. Unchanging. God's thought is his counselor. 00:08:47.220 --> 00:08:50.139 Wisdom and word are made. His eyes see everything, 00:08:50.240 --> 00:08:52.759 making it tremble. Just turning his face away 00:08:52.759 --> 00:08:55.379 is enough to destroy all. And this is where Enoch's 00:08:55.379 --> 00:08:57.620 role becomes absolutely central to the material 00:08:57.620 --> 00:08:59.879 we're looking at. God gives him a very specific 00:08:59.879 --> 00:09:02.559 job. Right. Take the books he himself has already 00:09:02.559 --> 00:09:04.179 written. He'd already written books. Apparently 00:09:04.179 --> 00:09:06.659 so. Take those books, go back down to earth with 00:09:06.659 --> 00:09:09.399 the angels, Samuel and Regiel. And do what? Tell 00:09:09.399 --> 00:09:11.980 his sons, his household, his people, everything 00:09:11.980 --> 00:09:14.379 he's seen and heard. From the lowest heavens 00:09:14.379 --> 00:09:16.740 right up to God's throne, all the heavenly hosts. 00:09:17.720 --> 00:09:20.259 These books were meant to be given out to children, 00:09:20.539 --> 00:09:23.980 generations, nations so they can know God, understand 00:09:23.980 --> 00:09:26.830 his unique unity. Michael gets a mention here 00:09:26.830 --> 00:09:29.330 too, as an Archistratage. Yeah, Chief Commander 00:09:29.330 --> 00:09:32.149 basically, a leader in heaven. He's presented 00:09:32.149 --> 00:09:34.049 as an intercessor for the handwritings of earlier 00:09:34.049 --> 00:09:37.690 figures, Adam, Seth, Enos, Canaan, Mahallel, 00:09:38.029 --> 00:09:40.669 Jared. So Enoch's writings are positioned within 00:09:40.669 --> 00:09:43.269 this long tradition of divine record keeping. 00:09:43.570 --> 00:09:46.909 Exactly. But the text also explains why judgment, 00:09:47.169 --> 00:09:49.649 like the Great Flood, became necessary in the 00:09:49.649 --> 00:09:52.659 first place. Why? What reason does it give? It 00:09:52.659 --> 00:09:55.059 says the forefathers, the generations before 00:09:55.059 --> 00:09:57.240 the flood, they rejected God's commandments, 00:09:57.480 --> 00:10:00.659 His yoke. A worthless seed came up, they didn't 00:10:00.659 --> 00:10:04.399 fear God, bowed down to vain idols, denied God's 00:10:04.399 --> 00:10:06.600 unity. And it gets quite graphic, doesn't it? 00:10:06.679 --> 00:10:08.759 It does. They had laid in the whole earth with 00:10:08.759 --> 00:10:11.879 untruthed offenses, abominable letcheries, namely 00:10:11.879 --> 00:10:14.559 one with another, and all manner of other unclean 00:10:14.559 --> 00:10:18.470 wickednesses. Strong stuff. Yeah. So because 00:10:18.470 --> 00:10:21.649 of all that God decided to bring the deluge destroy 00:10:21.649 --> 00:10:24.629 men let the earth crumble into darkness Pretty 00:10:24.629 --> 00:10:26.950 bleak, but there's also a prophecy tucked in 00:10:26.950 --> 00:10:29.950 there About hope or at least another chance maybe 00:10:29.950 --> 00:10:32.309 for a future generation. Yeah another generation 00:10:32.309 --> 00:10:34.710 arising much later though many of them will be 00:10:34.710 --> 00:10:39.250 Insatiate it warns insatiate greedy unsatisfied 00:10:39.250 --> 00:10:42.330 seems like it but someone He who raises that 00:10:42.330 --> 00:10:44.509 generation will reveal Enoch's books to them. 00:10:44.629 --> 00:10:46.250 They'll be shown to faithful people who fear 00:10:46.250 --> 00:10:48.830 God and don't misuse his name. And these rediscovered 00:10:48.830 --> 00:10:51.330 books will have a big impact. The text claims 00:10:51.330 --> 00:10:54.269 those who read them shall become more glorious 00:10:54.269 --> 00:10:56.309 thereafter, more than the first generations. 00:10:56.730 --> 00:10:59.230 So Enoch's writings are seen as absolutely crucial 00:10:59.230 --> 00:11:01.450 for some kind of future restoration or enlightenment. 00:11:01.970 --> 00:11:05.090 Okay, now his return to earth. There are some 00:11:05.090 --> 00:11:07.269 startling details about that. He gets 30 days 00:11:07.269 --> 00:11:10.019 back. 30 days yet to relay everything he heard 00:11:10.019 --> 00:11:12.360 from the Lord's lips. But there's this angel. 00:11:12.580 --> 00:11:15.620 The older angel. Yes, described as terrible menacing 00:11:15.620 --> 00:11:19.299 whitest snow, hands like ice, great frost. This 00:11:19.299 --> 00:11:22.000 angel is placed beside Enoch and he freezes Enoch's 00:11:22.000 --> 00:11:24.220 face. Freezes his face? Why on earth would he 00:11:24.220 --> 00:11:26.639 do that? The text gives a reason. It says it 00:11:26.639 --> 00:11:28.659 was because Enoch couldn't endure the terror 00:11:28.659 --> 00:11:30.879 of the Lord's face comparing it to a stove's 00:11:30.879 --> 00:11:33.919 fire or the sun's heat. Ah, okay. So the freezing 00:11:33.919 --> 00:11:36.679 was necessary so that no ordinary person back 00:11:36.679 --> 00:11:38.759 on earth could look directly at Enoch's face 00:11:38.759 --> 00:11:41.259 after he'd seen the divine presence. It was too 00:11:41.259 --> 00:11:43.919 much. That really drives home. how transformative, 00:11:44.240 --> 00:11:47.919 almost dangerously holy that experience was supposed 00:11:47.919 --> 00:11:50.559 to be. Definitely. So the man who led him up 00:11:50.559 --> 00:11:52.919 plays him back on his couch at night. His son, 00:11:52.940 --> 00:11:55.659 Missusel, is there waiting, completely awestruck. 00:11:55.799 --> 00:11:58.100 And Enoch gathers his family, tells them to gather 00:11:58.100 --> 00:12:00.720 round, explains he's back, not to speak his own 00:12:00.720 --> 00:12:03.259 words, but from the Lord's lips to tell them 00:12:03.259 --> 00:12:05.840 everything, all that is and was and all that 00:12:05.840 --> 00:12:08.399 is now and all that will be till judgment day. 00:12:08.799 --> 00:12:10.840 And he describes how seeing the Lord physically 00:12:10.840 --> 00:12:14.080 changed him. Yeah. His eyes became like the sun's 00:12:14.080 --> 00:12:17.159 rays, filling people with awe. His hand filled 00:12:17.159 --> 00:12:19.840 heaven when the Lord helped him write. He saw 00:12:19.840 --> 00:12:22.419 the Lord's limitless compass, heard his voice 00:12:22.419 --> 00:12:25.500 like huge thunder with hurling clouds. So this 00:12:25.500 --> 00:12:27.519 experience hasn't just given him knowledge, it's 00:12:27.519 --> 00:12:29.940 fundamentally altered him, giving him incredible 00:12:29.940 --> 00:12:32.460 authority. Precisely. And the knowledge itself 00:12:32.460 --> 00:12:34.659 is presented as totally comprehensive, right? 00:12:35.159 --> 00:12:37.480 The text says Enoch knows and has written everything, 00:12:37.840 --> 00:12:40.860 beginning to end. It really emphasizes the scope. 00:12:41.399 --> 00:12:43.399 The heavens, their structure, armies, movements, 00:12:43.740 --> 00:12:47.039 he measured and described countless stones. And 00:12:47.039 --> 00:12:49.799 get this, it makes a point to say he knows their 00:12:49.799 --> 00:12:52.419 names, which even the angels don't know the number 00:12:52.419 --> 00:12:55.200 of. Knowing the names of stars when angels don't, 00:12:55.340 --> 00:12:57.720 that definitely puts Enoch in a unique position 00:12:57.720 --> 00:13:01.220 in this cosmology. Absolutely elevated. He measured 00:13:01.220 --> 00:13:04.139 the Sun's circle, its rays, counted hours, wrote 00:13:04.139 --> 00:13:07.879 about everything on Earth, plants, grass, flowers, 00:13:08.200 --> 00:13:10.620 their smells, their names. He observed clouds 00:13:10.620 --> 00:13:12.700 too. Yeah, wrote about their dwelling places, 00:13:12.840 --> 00:13:14.759 their composition, their wings, how they carry 00:13:14.759 --> 00:13:17.840 rain. He investigated it and wrote down the path 00:13:17.840 --> 00:13:20.019 of thunder and lightning. Path of thunder and 00:13:20.019 --> 00:13:22.139 lightning. Yeah, noting they have keys and guardians. 00:13:22.620 --> 00:13:24.919 and they're let out gently by a chain. A chain? 00:13:25.179 --> 00:13:27.759 Yeah. Lest by a heavy chain and violence, it 00:13:27.759 --> 00:13:30.460 hurl down the angry clouds and destroy all things 00:13:30.460 --> 00:13:33.059 on earth. It's incredibly specific. It really 00:13:33.059 --> 00:13:35.120 is. What else did he write about? Treasure houses 00:13:35.120 --> 00:13:38.120 of snow, storehouses of cold and frosty airs, 00:13:38.440 --> 00:13:41.159 they're key holders. The resting places of winds 00:13:41.159 --> 00:13:44.519 whose key holders use scales and measures, letting 00:13:44.519 --> 00:13:46.600 them out carefully. Lest by heavy breathing, 00:13:46.700 --> 00:13:49.389 they make the earth to rock. Wow. Scales and 00:13:49.389 --> 00:13:51.429 measures for the wind. He measured the whole 00:13:51.429 --> 00:13:54.750 earth, mountains, hills, fields, rivers, and 00:13:54.750 --> 00:13:57.509 maybe most striking. He measured the height from 00:13:57.509 --> 00:13:59.929 earth up to the seventh heaven and also downwards 00:13:59.929 --> 00:14:02.889 to the very lowest hell. He measured hell, including 00:14:02.889 --> 00:14:06.009 the judgment place and this very great open and 00:14:06.009 --> 00:14:09.710 weeping hell. He saw prisoners there in pain 00:14:09.710 --> 00:14:12.830 waiting for limitless judgment, wrote it all 00:14:12.830 --> 00:14:15.539 down who was judged. their sentences, their works. 00:14:15.919 --> 00:14:18.299 It paints this picture of a universe that's not 00:14:18.299 --> 00:14:22.240 just vast, but like meticulously measured, governed 00:14:22.240 --> 00:14:25.559 by precise rules and ultimately subject to total 00:14:25.559 --> 00:14:28.220 accountability, all observed and recorded by 00:14:28.220 --> 00:14:30.179 Ena. And seeing all this judgment, especially 00:14:30.179 --> 00:14:33.360 Hell, it leads him to reflect on humanity. He 00:14:33.360 --> 00:14:35.799 saw Adam and Eve there. In Hell. Well, he saw 00:14:35.799 --> 00:14:38.860 their ruin. And he wept over it, saying, Woe 00:14:38.860 --> 00:14:41.539 is me for my infirmity and for that of my forefathers. 00:14:41.639 --> 00:14:43.519 That's heavy. Then he makes this really stark 00:14:43.519 --> 00:14:55.200 statement. Basically, it's better not to exist 00:14:55.200 --> 00:14:57.529 than to sin and end up there. That seems to be 00:14:57.529 --> 00:14:59.529 the sentiment. He saw the key holders of hell 00:14:59.529 --> 00:15:02.269 described as great serpents with faces like extinguished 00:15:02.269 --> 00:15:05.090 lamps, fiery eyes, sharp teeth. But the text 00:15:05.090 --> 00:15:07.350 also affirms, you know, God's works are right. 00:15:07.809 --> 00:15:10.309 It's man's works that are a mix, some good, some 00:15:10.309 --> 00:15:13.789 bad, known by what you actually do. It compares 00:15:13.789 --> 00:15:15.870 different kinds of earthly honor. Like wealth, 00:15:16.190 --> 00:15:18.649 wisdom, strength, looks. Yeah, all those things. 00:15:18.990 --> 00:15:21.549 Possessions, wisdom, intellect, cunning, silence, 00:15:21.850 --> 00:15:23.909 cleanliness, strength, comeliness, youth, sharp 00:15:23.909 --> 00:15:27.399 wit. body shape, sensibility, quite a list. But 00:15:27.399 --> 00:15:29.580 what's the punchline? The conclusion is crystal 00:15:29.580 --> 00:15:32.440 clear. There is none better than he who fears 00:15:32.440 --> 00:15:34.940 God, he shall be more glorious in time to come. 00:15:35.580 --> 00:15:38.519 Fear of God trumps everything else. Okay. So 00:15:38.519 --> 00:15:41.379 based on this whole cosmic view and the reality 00:15:41.379 --> 00:15:43.899 of judgment, the text then gets really practical, 00:15:44.080 --> 00:15:46.899 doesn't it? Specific moral instructions, warnings. 00:15:47.200 --> 00:15:49.139 Very practical. It drills down into specific 00:15:49.139 --> 00:15:52.659 actions and crucially, intentions. Look what? 00:15:53.529 --> 00:15:56.070 reviling a ruler or a pouring the Lord's face 00:15:56.070 --> 00:15:58.409 that's seen as despising God directly, getting 00:15:58.409 --> 00:16:00.750 angry without cause or spitting reproachfully 00:16:00.750 --> 00:16:02.649 that leads to judgment. And the positive side. 00:16:10.959 --> 00:16:14.919 It uses this image of judgment day as a marketplace. 00:16:15.299 --> 00:16:17.960 A marketplace. Yeah, where everyone's works are 00:16:17.960 --> 00:16:20.960 put on scales, weighed, measured, like make weights, 00:16:21.279 --> 00:16:24.379 and you receive your reward accordingly. Very 00:16:24.379 --> 00:16:26.600 transactional in a way. And it connects offerings 00:16:26.600 --> 00:16:28.740 and sacrifices back to the heart's condition, 00:16:28.840 --> 00:16:31.360 right? Absolutely. Bringing gifts from labor 00:16:31.360 --> 00:16:33.620 your own hands didn't make. The Lord turns away. 00:16:34.089 --> 00:16:36.110 Even if you did make it, if your heart is just 00:16:36.110 --> 00:16:39.509 murmuring and complaining incessantly, no advantage. 00:16:39.769 --> 00:16:42.309 So the ritual isn't the point. Not in itself. 00:16:42.730 --> 00:16:44.909 This is crucial. When the Lord demands bread 00:16:44.909 --> 00:16:47.669 or candles or flesh, cattle, or any other sacrifice, 00:16:47.970 --> 00:16:50.309 then that is nothing. But God demands cure hearts, 00:16:50.590 --> 00:16:52.330 and with all that only tests the heart of man. 00:16:52.529 --> 00:16:55.370 The interstate is what matters. Exactly. It prioritizes 00:16:55.370 --> 00:16:57.490 that over the outward show. And there's a strong 00:16:57.490 --> 00:17:00.559 warning about false appearances too. Yeah. Powerful 00:17:00.559 --> 00:17:02.620 one, bringing gifts to an earthly ruler with 00:17:02.620 --> 00:17:05.900 disloyal thoughts. The ruler gets angry, refuses 00:17:05.900 --> 00:17:08.299 them, sends you for judgment. Same principle 00:17:08.299 --> 00:17:11.359 applies with God. Appearing good with a deceitful 00:17:11.359 --> 00:17:14.119 tongue, but having an evil heart, that tritury 00:17:14.119 --> 00:17:16.619 will be exposed and condemned. Because at the 00:17:16.619 --> 00:17:18.859 great judgment. When the Lord sends that great 00:17:18.859 --> 00:17:21.759 light, nothing stays hidden. No one escapes notice. 00:17:22.119 --> 00:17:24.359 It's all laid bare. The text also hammers home 00:17:24.359 --> 00:17:27.299 the idea of God's singularity, doesn't it? No 00:17:27.299 --> 00:17:30.119 other God. Definitely. No other God in heaven, 00:17:30.359 --> 00:17:32.420 earth, the lowest places, the one foundation. 00:17:33.039 --> 00:17:35.279 It uses these rhetorical questions to emphasize 00:17:35.279 --> 00:17:38.039 God's unique power. Like who counted the water? 00:17:38.240 --> 00:17:39.960 Exactly. Who counted the water, the foundation, 00:17:40.119 --> 00:17:42.420 the dust, the sand, the drops of dew, the wind's 00:17:42.420 --> 00:17:45.539 breathings. Who filled earth and sea or cut stars 00:17:45.539 --> 00:17:48.380 from fire? It's meant to show God as utterly 00:17:48.380 --> 00:17:51.700 beyond comparison, the sole creator and sustainer. 00:17:51.839 --> 00:17:53.859 And the detailed description of the Sun's path 00:17:53.859 --> 00:17:56.319 comes up again. Yeah. Adding more layers to this 00:17:56.319 --> 00:17:58.779 measured cosmos. It moves along seven heavenly 00:17:58.779 --> 00:18:01.519 circles, as specific numbers of thrones for shorter 00:18:01.519 --> 00:18:04.160 and longer days. It reinforces this precise, 00:18:04.519 --> 00:18:07.279 almost clockwork -like cosmic order. And its 00:18:07.279 --> 00:18:09.940 movement directly affects Earth's seasons and 00:18:09.940 --> 00:18:12.460 fertility. Right. Closer to earth, fruit grows. 00:18:13.140 --> 00:18:16.079 Further away, the earth is sad, no fluorescence. 00:18:16.579 --> 00:18:18.660 Everything measured with good measurement and 00:18:18.660 --> 00:18:21.900 wisdom, visible and invisible. What about oaths? 00:18:22.000 --> 00:18:24.000 Any guidance on that? Yeah, interesting point. 00:18:24.559 --> 00:18:28.000 It advises swearing simply by yay, yay, or nay 00:18:28.000 --> 00:18:31.000 nay, and specifically not by creation. Why not 00:18:31.000 --> 00:18:32.920 by creation? Seems to highlight the reverence 00:18:32.920 --> 00:18:35.859 due only to the Creator Himself. The Lord has 00:18:35.859 --> 00:18:39.490 no oath or injustice, only truth. Swearing by 00:18:39.490 --> 00:18:41.890 created things might somehow diminish that. Okay. 00:18:42.250 --> 00:18:43.890 And then there's this really profound concept, 00:18:44.390 --> 00:18:46.930 the pre -existence of souls. This is a big one. 00:18:47.230 --> 00:18:49.029 The text states that before a person is even 00:18:49.029 --> 00:18:51.529 conceived in the womb, a place for the repose 00:18:51.529 --> 00:18:53.950 of their soul is already prepared. Already prepared. 00:18:54.190 --> 00:18:56.809 Yes. And a measure is fixed for how much trial 00:18:56.809 --> 00:18:59.369 they will face in this world. A place is prepared 00:18:59.369 --> 00:19:02.329 for every single soul. Wow. So earthly life is 00:19:02.329 --> 00:19:04.970 framed as this measured trial within a much larger 00:19:04.970 --> 00:19:07.470 preordained spiritual journey. That's exactly 00:19:07.470 --> 00:19:09.809 how it seems. The invisible is made visible in 00:19:09.809 --> 00:19:12.569 creation, but God himself remains invisible. 00:19:13.009 --> 00:19:15.329 And the books Enoch wrote, they're presented 00:19:15.329 --> 00:19:18.309 as absolutely vital for navigating this life 00:19:18.309 --> 00:19:21.230 and judgment. Critically important, they must 00:19:21.230 --> 00:19:24.470 be distributed. Children, generations, nations 00:19:24.470 --> 00:19:26.849 who fear God, people should love them more than 00:19:26.849 --> 00:19:29.730 food or sweets, read them, study them. And if 00:19:29.730 --> 00:19:31.549 they don't? For those who don't understand the 00:19:31.549 --> 00:19:34.349 Lord, don't fear God or reject these books. The 00:19:34.349 --> 00:19:37.769 text warns of a terrible judgment. But blessed 00:19:37.769 --> 00:19:39.890 is the one who bears the yoke of these books 00:19:39.890 --> 00:19:42.369 carries them because they'll be released at judgment. 00:19:42.650 --> 00:19:45.470 Accountability sounds absolute. Totally. Every 00:19:45.470 --> 00:19:47.529 person's work is written down before creation 00:19:47.529 --> 00:19:50.730 even happened. Nothing is hidden. God sees everything, 00:19:50.930 --> 00:19:53.009 even the vain thoughts just flickering in the 00:19:53.009 --> 00:19:55.869 heart. Reading the books is presented as a way 00:19:55.869 --> 00:19:58.869 to avoid future regret. The text also gives advice 00:19:58.869 --> 00:20:01.170 on how to live day to day, doesn't it? Patience. 00:20:01.609 --> 00:20:04.349 Endurance. Yes. Spend your days in patience and 00:20:04.349 --> 00:20:07.579 weakness, aiming for that endless life. Endure 00:20:07.579 --> 00:20:10.160 wounds, injuries, evil words, attacks for the 00:20:10.160 --> 00:20:13.119 Lord. Don't retaliate because the Lord is the 00:20:13.119 --> 00:20:15.500 Avenger at Judgment Day. What about wealth and 00:20:15.500 --> 00:20:18.000 poverty? Give gold and silver for your brother 00:20:18.000 --> 00:20:20.000 that earns ample treasure in the world to come. 00:20:20.960 --> 00:20:23.220 Don't injure widows, orphans, or strangers that 00:20:23.220 --> 00:20:25.720 brings God's wrath. Stretch out your hands to 00:20:25.720 --> 00:20:28.880 the poor. Don't hide your silver. Help the faithful 00:20:28.880 --> 00:20:31.279 in affliction. An affliction won't find you. 00:20:31.400 --> 00:20:33.930 That's the promise. Yeah. Bear a cruel yoke or 00:20:33.930 --> 00:20:36.329 burden for the Lord's sake, and you'll find your 00:20:36.329 --> 00:20:39.549 reward at judgment. And worship is that detailed. 00:20:39.869 --> 00:20:42.950 Simple but consistent instruction. Go to the 00:20:42.950 --> 00:20:45.349 Lord's dwelling morning, midday and evening to 00:20:45.349 --> 00:20:48.250 glorify the Creator. Every breathing thing, every 00:20:48.250 --> 00:20:51.029 creature, visible and invisible, glorifies and 00:20:51.029 --> 00:20:53.549 praises Him. Then the text gets into those lists. 00:20:54.309 --> 00:20:57.069 Blessings and curses based on actions, speech, 00:20:57.410 --> 00:21:00.710 heart. Right. Often contrasting opposites. Blessed 00:21:00.710 --> 00:21:02.410 are those who praise God with lips and heart. 00:21:02.640 --> 00:21:04.839 Cursed are those whose lips show contempt or 00:21:04.839 --> 00:21:06.920 slander their neighbor because that brings God 00:21:06.920 --> 00:21:10.500 into contempt too. So speech matters a lot. Hugely. 00:21:11.019 --> 00:21:12.599 Blessed are those blessing and praising God. 00:21:13.140 --> 00:21:14.960 Cursed are those cursing and abusing before the 00:21:14.960 --> 00:21:16.980 Lord. Blessed are those who bless the Lord's 00:21:16.980 --> 00:21:19.220 works. Cursed are those who bring His creation 00:21:19.220 --> 00:21:22.259 into contempt. Actions too. Yep. Blessed are 00:21:22.259 --> 00:21:25.230 those who look down to raise the fallen. Cursed 00:21:25.230 --> 00:21:27.029 are those eager for the destruction of others. 00:21:27.569 --> 00:21:29.829 Blessed are those who keep the father's foundations 00:21:29.829 --> 00:21:32.910 the ancient ways. Cursed are those who pervert 00:21:32.910 --> 00:21:35.490 their forefathers decrees. One about relationships. 00:21:35.890 --> 00:21:38.089 Blessed are those who implant peace and love. 00:21:38.490 --> 00:21:40.410 Cursed are those who disturb people who love 00:21:40.410 --> 00:21:42.789 their neighbors. Blessed are those who speak 00:21:42.789 --> 00:21:45.769 with a humble tongue and heart. Cursed, that's 00:21:45.769 --> 00:21:47.710 a good one. Cursed are those who speak peace 00:21:47.710 --> 00:21:50.210 with their tongue, but have a sword in their 00:21:50.210 --> 00:21:53.880 heart. Wow. That cuts deep, doesn't it? And all 00:21:53.880 --> 00:21:56.259 of this, all these actions and tensions, words 00:21:56.259 --> 00:21:59.000 will be laid bare on those scales and in the 00:21:59.000 --> 00:22:01.720 books at the Great Judgment. Nothing missed. 00:22:01.859 --> 00:22:03.579 Then after all this talk about works and judgment, 00:22:03.720 --> 00:22:06.059 there's a really direct warning about relying 00:22:06.059 --> 00:22:09.380 on, well, connections. Extremely direct. Do not 00:22:09.380 --> 00:22:11.980 say, our Father is standing before God and is 00:22:11.980 --> 00:22:14.539 praying for our sins, for there is there no helper 00:22:14.539 --> 00:22:17.980 of any man who has sinned. So no pulling strings, 00:22:18.720 --> 00:22:21.230 no relying on someone else's righteousness. Seems 00:22:21.230 --> 00:22:24.029 not. It's a powerful statement about individual 00:22:24.029 --> 00:22:27.609 accountability. At that final judgment, you stand 00:22:27.609 --> 00:22:30.230 alone with your deeds, no intercessor for your 00:22:30.230 --> 00:22:33.269 own sin. Enoch's handwriting records it all. 00:22:33.650 --> 00:22:36.349 God sees even the hidden thoughts. And the advice, 00:22:36.589 --> 00:22:39.650 again, is... Read the books. Understand this 00:22:39.650 --> 00:22:41.730 so you don't regret it later. And give these 00:22:41.730 --> 00:22:43.970 books to everyone who wants them. Instruct them 00:22:43.970 --> 00:22:47.309 on God's works. Share the knowledge. Now, moving 00:22:47.309 --> 00:22:50.420 on slightly. One of the most Maybe surprising 00:22:50.420 --> 00:22:53.819 sections is the specific instruction about animals, 00:22:54.259 --> 00:22:56.799 the care of animals. Absolutely, it's quite detailed. 00:22:57.160 --> 00:22:59.480 It describes Adam naming them all, being appointed 00:22:59.480 --> 00:23:01.559 ruler over them, subjecting them, making them 00:23:01.559 --> 00:23:03.500 kind of dumb and dull so they'd be obedient. 00:23:04.180 --> 00:23:06.400 Every man is lord over his own possessions, animals 00:23:06.400 --> 00:23:09.420 included. Okay, standard enough so far. But then 00:23:09.420 --> 00:23:11.339 it says something really extraordinary. The Lord 00:23:11.339 --> 00:23:13.880 will not judge a single soul of a beast for man's 00:23:13.880 --> 00:23:17.200 sake, okay, instead. He will judge the souls 00:23:17.200 --> 00:23:19.720 of men to their beasts in this world. Meaning. 00:23:19.980 --> 00:23:22.700 Implying men have this special place, this responsibility 00:23:22.700 --> 00:23:24.900 towards their animals. And the really sharp point 00:23:24.900 --> 00:23:27.759 comes next, right? About judgment. Yeah. Beasts 00:23:27.759 --> 00:23:30.680 won't perish until the great judgment, and they 00:23:30.680 --> 00:23:33.180 will accuse man if he feed them ill. Animals 00:23:33.180 --> 00:23:35.440 will accuse humans at the judgment. If they were 00:23:35.440 --> 00:23:38.420 mistreated, yes. That's what the text says. It 00:23:38.420 --> 00:23:41.799 gives mistreatment of animals actual cosmic consequences 00:23:41.799 --> 00:23:44.940 for the human involved. Whoever defiles the soul 00:23:44.940 --> 00:23:49.519 of beasts defiles his own soul. Wow. Okay. What 00:23:49.519 --> 00:23:52.160 else does it say about animals' sacrifice? It 00:23:52.160 --> 00:23:54.640 mentions clean animals and birds for sacrifice 00:23:54.640 --> 00:23:56.940 as a good cure for the soul, especially when 00:23:56.940 --> 00:23:59.539 bound by the fore feet, maybe implying proper 00:23:59.539 --> 00:24:02.160 ritual handling, but killing a beast without 00:24:02.160 --> 00:24:04.180 wounds. What does that mean without wounds, like 00:24:04.180 --> 00:24:08.039 improperly strangling? Could be. It's described 00:24:08.039 --> 00:24:10.480 as killing one's own soul and defiling one's 00:24:10.480 --> 00:24:13.779 own flesh and entering a beast secretly. That's 00:24:13.779 --> 00:24:15.700 an evil practice that defiles your own soul. 00:24:15.880 --> 00:24:17.519 The emphasis on the perpetrator's soul being 00:24:17.519 --> 00:24:20.279 defiled is really strong. It is. And the consequences 00:24:20.279 --> 00:24:22.759 for harming other humans are described with similar, 00:24:23.140 --> 00:24:25.680 like, ultimate finality. Oh, soul. Killing a 00:24:25.680 --> 00:24:27.960 man's soul kills your own soul and body. And 00:24:27.960 --> 00:24:30.000 there's no cure for him for all time. For all 00:24:30.000 --> 00:24:33.039 time. Eternal consequence. Seems like it. Setting 00:24:33.039 --> 00:24:35.299 any kind of snare for another person, you get 00:24:35.299 --> 00:24:37.599 stuck yourself. No cure for him for all time. 00:24:38.380 --> 00:24:40.440 Putting someone in any vessel may be imprisoning 00:24:40.440 --> 00:24:43.680 or confining them. Retribution at the great judgment 00:24:43.680 --> 00:24:47.140 for all time and just general cricketness working 00:24:47.140 --> 00:24:50.640 crickety or speaking evil against any soul You 00:24:50.640 --> 00:24:53.140 will not make justice for self for all time. 00:24:53.339 --> 00:24:55.680 These aren't just bad deeds They're presented 00:24:55.680 --> 00:24:58.880 as actions with irreversible eternal consequences 00:24:58.880 --> 00:25:01.809 for the person doing them That really underlines 00:25:01.809 --> 00:25:04.730 the text's focus on absolute accountability for 00:25:04.730 --> 00:25:07.390 actions against humans and animals, and it ties 00:25:07.390 --> 00:25:10.009 into the idea of judgment and those places prepared. 00:25:10.250 --> 00:25:12.809 Exactly. The many mansions prepared for men. 00:25:13.230 --> 00:25:15.490 Good ones for the good, bad for the bad, without 00:25:15.490 --> 00:25:18.609 number. The blessed enter the good mansions, 00:25:18.910 --> 00:25:21.289 but from the bad ones there's no peace nor return. 00:25:21.369 --> 00:25:23.690 No escape. Seems not. And it comes back again 00:25:23.690 --> 00:25:25.750 to offerings in the heart. Bringing gifts from 00:25:25.750 --> 00:25:28.210 labor you didn't do yourself, rejected. Even 00:25:28.210 --> 00:25:29.910 if you made it, if your heart is just murmuring 00:25:29.910 --> 00:25:32.970 and complaining, no advantage. But bringing gifts 00:25:32.970 --> 00:25:35.329 with faith. That brings forgiveness of sins. 00:25:36.009 --> 00:25:38.049 But there's also this warning about repentance 00:25:38.049 --> 00:25:40.450 being time sensitive. Right. You mentioned that 00:25:40.450 --> 00:25:42.569 taking back words or not doing what you promised. 00:25:42.930 --> 00:25:44.869 If time passes, it says there's no repentance 00:25:44.869 --> 00:25:48.569 after death and doing work deceitfully before 00:25:48.569 --> 00:25:51.619 the time, maybe trying to cheat the system. That's 00:25:51.619 --> 00:25:54.720 sin before God. What about charity again? Rewarded. 00:25:54.880 --> 00:25:56.880 Yes. Clothing the naked, feeding the hungry. 00:25:57.380 --> 00:25:59.640 But again, the heart. If you do it with a murmuring 00:25:59.640 --> 00:26:02.400 heart, it's a double evil ruins you and the gift. 00:26:02.720 --> 00:26:05.660 No reward. And being self -absorbed. If your 00:26:05.660 --> 00:26:08.140 heart is filled with your own food, clothed with 00:26:08.140 --> 00:26:10.640 your own clothing, while others suffer. That 00:26:10.640 --> 00:26:13.339 brings contempt. You forfeit any reward for enduring 00:26:13.339 --> 00:26:16.500 poverty earlier. No reward for good deeds now. 00:26:17.099 --> 00:26:19.740 The proud, the boastful man, hateful to the Lord. 00:26:19.799 --> 00:26:22.559 And false speech. Lying. Cut by the sword of 00:26:22.559 --> 00:26:24.759 death, thrown into fire, burned for all time. 00:26:25.160 --> 00:26:27.200 The consequences are consistently severe and 00:26:27.200 --> 00:26:30.839 eternal. Okay. So after all this focus on individual 00:26:30.839 --> 00:26:35.000 actions, morality, judgment, the text culminates 00:26:35.000 --> 00:26:37.640 in a vision of the end times, right? The ultimate 00:26:37.640 --> 00:26:39.940 fate of everything. Yeah, brings it all together. 00:26:40.220 --> 00:26:42.960 When all creation finally ends, great judgment. 00:26:43.099 --> 00:26:46.779 And then that really mind bending event happens. 00:26:47.180 --> 00:26:51.480 All time shall perish. Years, months, days, hours 00:26:51.480 --> 00:26:54.019 will be stuck together and will not be counted. 00:26:54.180 --> 00:26:57.279 There will just be one Eon. One single endless 00:26:57.279 --> 00:27:00.940 state where time as we measure it, as we experience 00:27:00.940 --> 00:27:05.059 it, just stops existing. Exactly. And the righteous, 00:27:05.220 --> 00:27:07.339 those who escape judgment, they'll be collected 00:27:07.339 --> 00:27:10.339 together in this great Eon. They'll live eternally. 00:27:10.519 --> 00:27:12.809 And what's that eternal life like? No labor, 00:27:13.069 --> 00:27:16.170 no sickness, no humiliation, no anxiety, no need, 00:27:16.369 --> 00:27:19.349 no violence, no night, no darkness, only great 00:27:19.349 --> 00:27:21.769 light. Sounds peaceful. They'll dwell within 00:27:21.769 --> 00:27:24.650 a great indestructible wall in a paradise that's 00:27:24.650 --> 00:27:26.269 bright and incorruptible. All the corruptible 00:27:26.269 --> 00:27:28.390 things pass away. No. Eternal life. And there 00:27:28.390 --> 00:27:30.869 was that detail about them shining. Right. They 00:27:30.869 --> 00:27:33.910 just shall shine forth more than the sun sevenfold. 00:27:34.069 --> 00:27:35.930 Seven times brighter than the sun. How does it 00:27:35.930 --> 00:27:38.390 explain that? It gives this intriguing explanation 00:27:38.390 --> 00:27:43.039 that in this world, right now, The seventh part 00:27:43.039 --> 00:27:45.960 is somehow taken off from things like light, 00:27:46.359 --> 00:27:49.480 darkness, food, enjoyment, sorrow, paradise, 00:27:49.720 --> 00:27:53.420 torture, fire, frost, everything. Wait, so everything 00:27:53.420 --> 00:27:56.440 we experience now is like a deluded version, 00:27:56.640 --> 00:27:59.380 only one seventh strength? That seems to be the 00:27:59.380 --> 00:28:01.490 implication. the intensity of everything in that 00:28:01.490 --> 00:28:04.329 future eon both the good and paradise and presumably 00:28:04.329 --> 00:28:06.670 the bad and judgment will be seven times greater 00:28:06.670 --> 00:28:08.589 than anything we can even conceive of now our 00:28:08.589 --> 00:28:11.650 current reality is just a shadow intensity wise 00:28:11.650 --> 00:28:14.500 a diminished version yeah of the true potential 00:28:14.500 --> 00:28:17.720 intensity of existence. Wow, okay. So finally, 00:28:17.920 --> 00:28:20.480 the text describes Enoch's actual departure, 00:28:20.900 --> 00:28:23.380 his final exit. Yeah, his term, his time approached. 00:28:23.599 --> 00:28:25.559 Angels were there on earth, urging him to leave. 00:28:26.019 --> 00:28:28.299 Tomorrow they say, you go up to the highest heaven, 00:28:28.480 --> 00:28:30.680 the uppermost Jerusalem, your eternal inheritance. 00:28:31.200 --> 00:28:33.119 He tells his family, do God's good pleasure. 00:28:33.420 --> 00:28:35.779 And his son, Methuselah, asks for a blessing. 00:28:36.000 --> 00:28:38.420 Asks, what would please Enoch? So he can bless 00:28:38.420 --> 00:28:40.779 the dwellings, the sons, the people before Enoch 00:28:40.779 --> 00:28:43.279 goes. And Enoch's reply is quite telling. How 00:28:43.279 --> 00:28:45.740 so? He says that since he was anointed with that 00:28:45.740 --> 00:28:47.859 ointment of glory back in heaven, he's had no 00:28:47.859 --> 00:28:50.660 food. His soul doesn't remember any earthly enjoyment. 00:28:50.819 --> 00:28:53.240 He wants nothing earthly anymore. He's completely 00:28:53.240 --> 00:28:55.220 detached from this world. Fully transformed. 00:28:55.660 --> 00:28:57.519 Completely. He summons his family, the elders. 00:28:58.140 --> 00:29:01.180 It lists his brethren. Regime, Ramon, Wu Chen, 00:29:01.500 --> 00:29:04.220 Chermian, Guy Dad. and he blesses them. And the 00:29:04.220 --> 00:29:07.359 text gives specific dates for his life and departures. 00:29:16.509 --> 00:29:18.369 handed the books to his sons, stayed on earth 00:29:18.369 --> 00:29:21.029 30 days, then taken up the second time on Sivan 00:29:21.029 --> 00:29:23.710 6th. Which was? The very day and hour he was 00:29:23.710 --> 00:29:26.529 born. Wow, full circle. Exactly. The text notes 00:29:26.529 --> 00:29:28.789 that man's nature, conception, birth, departure, 00:29:29.329 --> 00:29:31.289 it's all dark, mysterious. And the hour conceived 00:29:31.289 --> 00:29:33.910 equals the hour born equals the hour died. A 00:29:33.910 --> 00:29:35.890 cyclical view, almost. And his family built an 00:29:35.890 --> 00:29:39.190 altar. Methuselah and Enoch's sons, yeah. At 00:29:39.190 --> 00:29:41.299 a Chuzan, the place where Enoch was taken up. 00:29:41.740 --> 00:29:44.160 They sacrificed oxen, called the people, had 00:29:44.160 --> 00:29:47.319 a big feast for three days, rejoicing, praising 00:29:47.319 --> 00:29:49.599 God for the sign given through Enoch who found 00:29:49.599 --> 00:29:51.960 favor so they could hand it on. And they found 00:29:51.960 --> 00:29:54.380 something there. A roll inscribed at the words, 00:29:55.160 --> 00:29:57.839 the invisible God. A fitting end note for a text 00:29:57.839 --> 00:30:00.299 that tries so hard to reveal the workings of 00:30:00.299 --> 00:30:02.740 the invisible God in his cosmos. A perfect symbol, 00:30:02.819 --> 00:30:06.599 really. Okay, wow. Stepping back now from this 00:30:06.599 --> 00:30:09.720 deep dive. We really covered a lot. The secrets 00:30:09.720 --> 00:30:12.140 of Enoch text, from the source material you provided, 00:30:12.640 --> 00:30:14.599 it just offers this incredible scope, doesn't 00:30:14.599 --> 00:30:17.539 it? Truly unique insights. Absolutely. From that 00:30:17.539 --> 00:30:21.460 cosmic recipe for making a human. Right. The 00:30:21.460 --> 00:30:24.039 blood from dew. To the intricately measured universe 00:30:24.039 --> 00:30:27.160 named stars, regulated winds and lightning, the 00:30:27.160 --> 00:30:29.420 surprising rules of judgment, the focus on animal 00:30:29.420 --> 00:30:31.799 care. Yeah, the animal care part was unexpected. 00:30:32.160 --> 00:30:34.299 And that vision of an end where time itself just 00:30:34.299 --> 00:30:37.359 dissolves, it's packed. And it's not just retelling 00:30:37.359 --> 00:30:40.380 stories we think we know, it's constantly providing 00:30:40.380 --> 00:30:43.319 these specific, often really counterintuitive 00:30:43.319 --> 00:30:46.500 details in this rigorous set of moral and cosmic 00:30:46.500 --> 00:30:49.619 instructions. Yeah, and the core themes come 00:30:49.619 --> 00:30:52.000 through so strongly. God's ultimate power, definitely. 00:30:52.660 --> 00:30:55.119 The importance of a pure heart and right actions 00:30:55.119 --> 00:30:56.980 over just going through the motions of ritual, 00:30:57.099 --> 00:30:59.359 that absolute accountability for every single 00:30:59.359 --> 00:31:01.890 thought and deed. No hiding place. None. And 00:31:01.890 --> 00:31:03.930 then the promise of that eternal existence for 00:31:03.930 --> 00:31:06.730 the faithful, but an existence that's fundamentally 00:31:06.730 --> 00:31:09.950 different and way more intensely real than anything 00:31:09.950 --> 00:31:12.349 we experience now. This deep dive has definitely 00:31:12.349 --> 00:31:14.269 given us a shortcut, I think, to understanding 00:31:14.269 --> 00:31:17.269 a really extraordinary piece of ancient literature 00:31:17.269 --> 00:31:20.309 and its unique worldview. So much to think about. 00:31:20.490 --> 00:31:22.150 What stands out most to you now, looking back 00:31:22.150 --> 00:31:25.690 over it? For you listening, maybe ponder this. 00:31:26.170 --> 00:31:28.250 The text describes the end, not just as eternity, 00:31:28.490 --> 00:31:30.529 but as the actual perishing of time. Years, months, 00:31:30.730 --> 00:31:33.269 days, hours stuck together will not be counted. 00:31:33.450 --> 00:31:36.670 Just one single, endless eon. What does it fundamentally 00:31:36.670 --> 00:31:38.789 change about how we understand existence? Maybe 00:31:38.789 --> 00:31:41.470 God's relationship to creation when time, as 00:31:41.470 --> 00:31:43.210 we know it, simply ceases to be a factor. What 00:31:43.210 --> 00:31:43.750 does that even mean?