Welcome to the deep dive. Today we are plunging
into an absolutely wild ancient text. It takes
us on this incredible journey, heavenly realms,
earthly chaos, divine judgment, cosmic secrets,
the works. Yeah, our source for this deep dive
is a text known as Enos Journeys. Fallen Angels,
Judgment and Visions. Well, it's a really unique
look at some foundational ideas, but from perspective
that's, you know, outside the more familiar biblical
stuff. Exactly. And our mission, our goal for
this deep dive, to really unpack the core story
and these frankly astonishing details from this
text, trying to understand its dramatic take
on where evil comes from, the consequences and
the structure of, well, everything spiritual,
physical, all through Enoch's eyes. Okay, let's
dig in. Get ready for rebellious angels, terrifying
giants, these sort of cosmic prisons and visions
that span the whole universe. It's quite a ride.
It really is. Yeah. And the text opens with a
scene that just, it grabs you immediately. It
sets up this really dramatic origin story, describes
how, you know, as humanity multiplied on earth,
a group of angels, they're called the children
of the heaven or watchers, saw something. The
daughters of men. Exactly. They saw, the daughters
of men were beautiful, which For an angel shouldn't
have really rejected like that right and it wasn't
just like oh nice No, they lusted after them
and the text says they actually conferred Come
let us choose us wives from among the children
of men and beget us children It's a conscious
decision to cross a huge cosmic line But interestingly
it wasn't just you know, let's do it immediately
their leader Sam Jaza He actually voices this
fear He's worried apparently that he alone would
end up bearing the penalty for this well massive
sin if the others chicken out which tells you
they knew they absolutely knew this was a huge
transgression, but instead of backing down they
They don't go down exactly the others respond
by swearing a mutual oath binding themselves
by what the text calls Mutual implications basically
cursing themselves if they backed out of the
plan Wow, and they did this somewhere specific.
Yep All 200 of them came down in the days of
Jared onto the top of Mount Hermon. And the source
is really explicit here. They named it Mount
Hermon because that's where they swore this oath.
The location itself is marked by their rebellion.
And it even lists the leaders, right? The chiefs
of tens. It does. It's quite a list. It really
emphasizes that this was an organized, you know,
deliberate move by pretty significant chunk of
these watchers. Okay. So they take wives, they
defile themselves as the text says, but that
wasn't the end of it, was it? This is where it
gets like really weird and maybe even more damaging.
Absolutely. It wasn't just about the physical
act. It was about transmitting forbidden knowledge.
The text goes into detail about what these fallen
watchers started teaching humanity. They had
like charms and enchantments. Yeah, Simjaza and
others taught those. Yeah. Cutting roots, knowledge
of plants, things that sound maybe like, you
know, magic or forbidden herbalism. And others
taught other specific things. Oh, yeah. Breaks
it down. Baracchial taught astrology. Cocobel,
the constellations, is equal about clouds. Aeroquil
signs of the earth. Shemzil signs of the sun.
Cereal, the course of the moon. And Armaros taught
how to resolve enchantments. So you get this
whole spectrum from outright magical stuff to
like cosmic knowledge. that humans weren't supposed
to have access to, or maybe not in that way.
What does that list feel like to you? Astrology,
signs of the sun and moon. It's like they're
giving humanity ways to maybe predict or manipulate
things outside the divine plan. Circumventing
God, perhaps. That's a great way to put it. Yeah,
revealing secrets, things meant to be hidden,
or maybe only known through God. But it wasn't
just knowledge causing problems. This union,
it had physical consequences, too. And they were...
Well, monstrous. Oh yeah, the giants, the offspring
of the angels and human women, the tax calls
them great giants. And it gives a height, 3 ,000
Ls. Now translating that is tricky, but it suggests
something utterly enormous, maybe thousands of
feet tall, just terrifyingly unnatural in scale.
Unbelievable, and these weren't gentle giants
were they? Not at all. They apparently consumed
everything humans had stored up, all the food,
all the resources, and when that ran out, they
turned on humans. Devouring them, yes. And then
it got even worse. The giants started sinning
against animals too, birds, beasts, reptiles,
fish, consuming flesh drinking blood, just total
unrestrained violence and consumption, corrupting
the whole natural order. To the point where the
earth cries out. Exactly. The text says the earth
laid accusation against the lawless ones. Like
creation itself couldn't bear it. And beyond
the giants, there was one watcher, Azazel, who
taught particularly nasty stuff. Right. He singled
out, he got humans how to make weapons, swords,
knives, shields, breastplates, how to work metals.
Basically introducing sophisticated warfare.
But he also taught makeup. Yeah. And jewelry.
Yeah. Bracelets, ornaments, using antimony for
eyeliner, costly stones, dyes. It's fascinating
that the text puts weapon making right next to
cosmetics. What do you make of that pairing?
Well, maybe it suggests corruption isn't just
about violence. It's also about, you know, vanity,
maybe deception, focusing on the external rather
than inner righteousness, leading people astray
through superficial things as well as weapons.
That makes sense. So the combined effect is just
chaos, much godlessness, fornication, corruption
everywhere. And as people died, their cries finally
reached heaven. And they were heard. The text
shifts focus to four holy angels. Michael, Uriel,
Raphael and Gabriel, they look down, see the
bloodshed, the lawlessness. And they talk amongst
themselves first. Yeah, they confer about how
bad things are, how the souls of men are crying
out basically saying, we need to take this upstairs.
So they bring the case, the cause of humanity,
before the highest authority, the Lord of lords,
God of gods. Right. And they lay it all out.
What Azazel did teaching unrighteousness, revealing
eternal secrets. And what Simjaza and his crew
did, the sleeping with women, defiling themselves,
revealing all kinds of sins. They paint this
picture of an earth just drowning in blood and
injustice. And they explicitly say the tries
of the dead can't cease. And they add this interesting
bit. They tell God, basically, you see all this,
but you haven't told us what to do about it yet.
It's like they're prompting the judgment. And
God, the most high, responds. with specific jobs
for each of them. Exactly. Uriel is sent to Noah,
son of Lamek, tells him to hide, warns him about
the coming flood that will destroy everything,
but also how he and his family will survive.
It directly links this whole angelic mess to
the reason for the flood. Okay, so that's Uriel.
What about Raphael? Raphael gets Azel. Yeah.
He's told to bind him hand and foot, throw him
into total darkness in a desert called Dudiel,
pile rocks on him. There he stays until the final
judgment. when he's thrown into the fire. Very.
And Raphael is also told to heal the earth from
Azazel's corrupting influence, assigning all
that sin directly to him. Azazel becomes sort
of the scapegoat for that type of technological
and vanity -driven evil. Okay. Gabriel. Gabriel's
task is the giants, the bastards and the reprobates.
He's told to destroy them by basically Making
them fight each other to the death Turning the
violence back on itself Precisely and they're
explicitly told they won't get long life and
no prayers for them from them or their fathers
will be answered. Just total annihilation for
these hybrid beings. And Michael, he deals with
the leader Samjaza and the others. Yes, Michael
is told to bind Samjaza and his associates, but
there's a catch, a sort of poetic justice. First,
they have to watch their sons, the giants, slaughter
each other. Oh, wow. After they witness that
horror, then Michael binds them for 70 generations,
it says, in the valleys of the earth. They're
held there until the final judgment day. then
off to the abyss of fire, prison forever. So
specific punishments for specific players, but
there's a broader judgment to, a kind of restoration.
Yeah, the text talks about destroying the spirits
of the giants, because they're wronged humans,
ending all evil work, and then this positive
vision. The planet of righteousness and truth
will appear. The righteous escape, live long,
peaceful lives. The earth becomes fruitful again,
cleansed. All people become righteous worshiping
God. And a promise of no more punishment like
the flood. Right. Blessings instead. Right. Blessings
will flow. So the core message here is stark.
Angelic sin caused this catastrophe and it required
this massive targeted divine intervention to
cleanse the earth and punish the culprits. Okay,
so that's the judgment. But where does Enoch
fit into all this before it happens? His role
becomes really central now, doesn't it? It does.
The text says, before the judgments fully hit,
Enoch was kind of hidden. Nobody knew where he
was except that he was with the Watchers and
with the Holy Ones. He's in this in -between
space. And the Holy Watchers, the good ones,
they contact him. Yes. They call him Enoch, the
scribe, scribe of righteousness, and they give
him a job. Go tell the fallen watchers the ones
who sinned about their fate. Tell them they caused
immense destruction, and there's no peace nor
forgiveness for them. That's a heavy message
to carry. You bet. He has to tell them they'll
see their own children, the giants, murdered.
And they'll cry, but it won't help. No mercy.
And Enoch does it. He confronts them. He does.
He speaks to Zazel directly first about the unrighteousness
he taught. Then he addresses all the fallen watchers
together. and their reaction, pure terror. They're
afraid, trembling. And in that state, they ask
him for help? Ironically, yes. They ask Enoch,
the scribe of righteousness, to write a petition
for them, asking for forgiveness and to read
it to the Lord of Heaven. They can't do it themselves,
the text says, because they're too ashamed. They
can't even lift their faces to God. Wow. So Enoch,
the human scribe, becomes their only hope for
intercession. Pretty much. He writes it down,
their petition and prayer. Then he goes to a
specific place, the waters of Dan, near Mount
Hermon, remember, where they swore their original
oath. Yeah, the place of their fall. He reads
their petition there until he falls asleep. And
he has a vision. A big one, a dream, called a
vision of chastisement. A voice tells him to
go back and reprimand these sons of heaven. So
not good news for their petition. Not at all.
He wakes up, finds them all gathered together,
weeping in this place called Abel's Jail. And
Enoch lays it on them, recounts his vision, delivers
the reprimand from the Holy Great One. And the
final verdict. Absolute. Their petition is denied.
Throughout all the days of eternity, judgments
passed. They're never going back to heaven. They're
decreed to be bound in the bonds of the earth
forever. And he reminds them again about seeing
their sons destroyed. Yep. Rubs it in, basically.
You'll see your sons die. You won't get any pleasure
from them and you're pleased for them and yourselves.
Denied. Despite all the weeping, it's a final
definitive sentence. Okay, so that's the end
for the Fallen Watchers, at least for now. But
then the story shifts again dramatically to Enoch
himself. Right. After delivering this crushing
verdict, Enoch is basically taken, whisked away
by holy angels on these incredible journeys.
It's like he gets a guided tour of the entire
cosmos, the hidden structure of reality. What
kind of things does he see? Oh, just incredible
stuff. Places of flaming fire, mountains reaching
to heaven, darkness. He's shown the treasuries
like the storehouses of stars, thunder, lightning,
all the elements, winds, waters. He sees the
foundations of the earth, the pillars of heaven.
Yeah, the cornerstone, the four winds holding
up the sky, the paths the angels travel. He goes
to the ends of the earth, sees these magnificent
symbolic mountains, one like God's throne made
of alabaster and sapphire. But he also sees places
of punishment. Definitely. That's a big part
of it. He sees a deep abyss with columns of heavenly
fire falling into it. And beyond that, this horrible
waste place. No heaven, no earth, no water, no
birds. Just desolation. And that's where he sees
the imprisoned stars. Exactly. Seven stars that
look like great burning mountains. Uriel tells
him this is a prison for stars and the host of
heaven. Who didn't show up on time, basically.
cosmic disobedience. They're bound there for
10 ,000 years. Even stars get punished. That
says something about the order this text envisions.
It really does. And Uriel connects this place
back to the Watchers too, saying it's also where
they will eventually stand. And that their spirits,
loose on earth, are the ones causing trouble,
leading humans to sacrifice to demons. He even
mentions the women they corrupted become sirens.
Wow. Does he see the angels' main prison too?
Yes. He sees the prison of the angels. A separate
place, intense fire, described as fearful and
terrible, specifically for them. But it's not
all punishment and fire, is it? What about human
souls? Good point. He sees a mountain with four
hollow places inside, deep, wide, smooth. Raphael
explains that this is where the spirits of the
dead gather until judgment day. And they're separated.
Yeah, four distinct places, one for the righteous
spirits, and it has a bright spring of water.
One for sinners who weren't judged yet, but are
in pain. One for those who were murdered, like
Abel, who spirits cry out for justice. And one
for the really, really bad sinners, the ones
complete in transgression, who won't even be
raised or slain at the judgment. Just stay there.
It's a complex view of the afterlife. He sees
other symbolic places too, like the tree of wisdom.
Yes. He sees a mountain range of fire, then seven
amazing mountains, one like a throne. Michael
confirms this is God's throne, and nearby there's
this incredibly fragrant tree. Michael identifies
it as the Tree of Wisdom, the one Adam and Eve
ate from. The one from Eden? The very same. But
here's the twist. Michael says this tree will
be given to the righteous after the final judgment,
transplanted to the temple, bringing joy, fragrance,
long life. It's like a restoration of what was
lost. That's fascinating. A reversal. Isn't it?
He also sees a blessed place right next to an
accursed valley. which Uriel says is for people
who spoke against God. Again, very specific judgments
for specific sins. And throughout all this, Enoch
isn't just sightseeing, is he? He's learning,
recording. Right. He's actively jided, shown
secrets. He has to count and write down the stars'
movements, names, courses, timings, all shown
by Uriel. which feels important given that the
fallen angels taught a corrupt version of star
knowledge astrology. Exactly. It's a direct contrast.
Enoch receives the true divine order of the cosmos
from a holy angel and records it righteously.
It highlights that knowledge itself isn't bad.
It's about the source. and the purpose. And Enoch's
reaction through all this. He's constantly blessing
and praising God, overwhelmed by the majesty,
the complexity, the justice of it all. And the
text emphasizes his unique position. Absolutely.
Enoch himself says, He's presented as this singular
figure, granted ultimate access. So wrapping
this part up, this deep dive into Enoch, it's
taken us on just an epic journey, hasn't it?
From that initial dramatic fall of the angels.
And the absolute chaos that followed the giants,
the forbidden knowledge, the violence. To the
swift, decisive intervention by the holy angels
and God's very specific, almost tiered judgments
against the stars, the watchers, their offspring,
humanity. and then culminating in Enoch's incredible
cosmic tours, which map out this whole complex
universe, heavens, earth, underworlds, prisons,
places of blessing, detailing the fates of everyone
involved. It really gives you a picture of a
universe with strict rules and profound consequences
for breaking them. You've journeyed with us through
Enoch's, well, pretty unique vision, seeing everything
from those towering flesh -eating giants spawned
by angels all the way to cosmic rubors of fire
and prisons. for stars that didn't follow the
schedule? Yeah, it's a lot. So consider this,
what is a text like Enoch with this incredibly
detailed cosmology, this dramatic story pinning
so much earthly evil squarely on angelic rebellion?
What does that tell us about how ancient people,
you know, tried to make sense of suffering? How
they tried to find order in what must have seemed
like a very chaotic world? It's a powerful alternative
explanation for the problem of evil, isn't it?
Not just blaming humans, but seeing it as this
corruption injected from the heavens downward.
It really makes you think about all the different
ways cultures have tried to answer those huge
fundamental questions about life, the universe,
and everything. Absolutely. Thanks for taking
this deep dive with us.