WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.900 Okay, so imagine this. A baby is born, but he's 00:00:04.900 --> 00:00:07.099 not exactly your average newborn. Not at all. 00:00:07.259 --> 00:00:09.640 His body glows, his hair is white, like wool. 00:00:09.880 --> 00:00:13.179 His eyes literally light up the room like tiny 00:00:13.179 --> 00:00:15.279 suns. And that's not even the wildest part. Right. 00:00:15.779 --> 00:00:18.359 Yeah. Moments after birth, he stands up, opens 00:00:18.359 --> 00:00:21.339 his mouth, and starts, you know, blessing the 00:00:21.339 --> 00:00:24.399 Lord. Yeah. And his father, he's so freaked out, 00:00:24.480 --> 00:00:26.679 he thinks the baby might actually be part angel. 00:00:26.899 --> 00:00:29.649 He panics. rushes off to his father for help. 00:00:29.789 --> 00:00:31.469 I mean, it sounds like something straight out 00:00:31.469 --> 00:00:33.390 of a fantasy novel, doesn't it? It really does. 00:00:33.750 --> 00:00:35.609 But this is actually how the story of Noah kicks 00:00:35.609 --> 00:00:40.130 off in a really important ancient text, one you 00:00:40.130 --> 00:00:41.770 won't find in most Bibles today, the book of 00:00:41.770 --> 00:00:43.729 Enoch. And that is exactly where we are heading 00:00:43.729 --> 00:00:46.130 in this deep dive. We've got some key excerpts 00:00:46.130 --> 00:00:49.070 pulled from the book of Enoch. And our mission 00:00:49.070 --> 00:00:52.429 really is to unpack this amazing story of Noah's 00:00:52.429 --> 00:00:55.130 birth. We want to dig into why, at least according 00:00:55.130 --> 00:00:57.469 to the source, his arrival caused such, well, 00:00:57.740 --> 00:01:00.520 Alarm. And uncover the surprising reasons given 00:01:00.520 --> 00:01:03.280 here for the Great Flood. It's maybe not what 00:01:03.280 --> 00:01:06.920 you think. Plus explore some truly cosmic, almost 00:01:06.920 --> 00:01:09.859 unbelievable visions Enoch has about judgment, 00:01:10.519 --> 00:01:13.159 the universe, everything. It's like getting a 00:01:13.159 --> 00:01:15.120 totally different perspective, isn't it? A different 00:01:15.120 --> 00:01:17.219 set of liner notes for a story you thought you 00:01:17.219 --> 00:01:19.060 knew. We're going to pull out the most striking 00:01:19.060 --> 00:01:21.579 details and hopefully help you see these ancient 00:01:21.579 --> 00:01:25.560 events through a, well... a very unique lens. 00:01:25.900 --> 00:01:27.900 Okay, let's get into it. Starting right there 00:01:27.900 --> 00:01:31.180 with that incredible birth scene. So the text 00:01:31.180 --> 00:01:34.859 says Methuselah's son, Lamek, has a son. Pretty 00:01:34.859 --> 00:01:37.519 normal start. Right, sounds standard. But then 00:01:37.519 --> 00:01:39.719 the description hits you. This child is anything 00:01:39.719 --> 00:01:41.700 but standard. Tell us about it. Okay, so his 00:01:41.700 --> 00:01:44.620 body described as white as snow and red as a 00:01:44.620 --> 00:01:47.159 blooming rose. His hair, his locks, white as 00:01:47.159 --> 00:01:50.840 wool. Wow. And his eyes They weren't just, you 00:01:50.840 --> 00:01:53.319 know, beautiful. When he opened them, they apparently 00:01:53.319 --> 00:01:55.980 lit up the entire house. Like the sun, the whole 00:01:55.980 --> 00:01:58.599 place just glowed. And then he acts. This newborn 00:01:58.599 --> 00:02:01.180 baby arises in the midwife's hands, opens his 00:02:01.180 --> 00:02:03.920 mouth and starts talking. Conversing. With the 00:02:03.920 --> 00:02:06.260 Lord of righteousness, no less. Not crying, not 00:02:06.260 --> 00:02:09.599 gurgling, speaking blessings. Which understandably 00:02:09.599 --> 00:02:13.300 terrifies Lamec. Completely. The text says he 00:02:13.300 --> 00:02:15.740 was afraid he fled when straight to his dad, 00:02:15.979 --> 00:02:18.580 Methuselah. And his fear is specific, isn't it? 00:02:18.659 --> 00:02:21.340 It's not just general new -parent anxiety. Oh, 00:02:21.340 --> 00:02:24.560 no. He thinks the sun is, and this is a quote, 00:02:25.120 --> 00:02:28.400 strange, diverse from an unlike man. He looks 00:02:28.400 --> 00:02:30.379 at the child and sees something resembling the 00:02:30.379 --> 00:02:33.539 sons of the God of heaven. Okay. He notes the 00:02:33.539 --> 00:02:35.759 child's different nature, those eyes like the 00:02:35.759 --> 00:02:39.159 sun's rays, his glorious appearance. Lamek is 00:02:39.159 --> 00:02:41.639 basically afraid the child isn't his. He thinks 00:02:41.639 --> 00:02:43.979 he came from angels. Exactly. Sprung from angels, 00:02:44.120 --> 00:02:47.340 not from him. And he's worried some Wonder may 00:02:47.340 --> 00:02:49.300 be wrought on the earth during this child's life. 00:02:49.520 --> 00:02:51.919 He senses something huge is coming. So his mind 00:02:51.919 --> 00:02:54.159 just leaps straight to the divine, or specifically 00:02:54.159 --> 00:02:56.780 the angelic. Something beyond human has happened 00:02:56.780 --> 00:02:59.300 here. That's his immediate conclusion. And his 00:02:59.300 --> 00:03:02.699 solution? He begs Methuselah to go find his father, 00:03:03.159 --> 00:03:05.620 Enoch Lemmick's grandfather, who, in this tradition, 00:03:06.080 --> 00:03:08.000 is said to dwell among the angels. To get the 00:03:08.000 --> 00:03:10.180 truth. To find out the absolute truth about this 00:03:10.180 --> 00:03:12.300 baby. Which leads Methuselah on quite a journey. 00:03:12.699 --> 00:03:15.840 It does. The text says he travels to the ends 00:03:15.840 --> 00:03:19.419 of the earth to find Enoch. He hears Enoch is 00:03:19.419 --> 00:03:22.099 there, cries out, and Enoch hears him and comes. 00:03:22.319 --> 00:03:24.800 So Methuselah explains the whole situation. Lays 00:03:24.800 --> 00:03:27.919 it all out for Enoch. The bizarre birth, the 00:03:27.919 --> 00:03:31.620 glowing baby, the talking, Lamek's terror that 00:03:31.620 --> 00:03:33.860 the child isn't human, or at least not fully 00:03:33.860 --> 00:03:36.180 human. Looks like the angels of heaven. He's 00:03:36.180 --> 00:03:39.340 basically asking, what is going on? Is this child 00:03:39.340 --> 00:03:41.699 mine? And this is where it gets really fascinating 00:03:41.699 --> 00:03:45.169 because Enoch's answer It's way bigger than just 00:03:45.169 --> 00:03:47.969 confirming paternity. Oh much bigger. He connects 00:03:47.969 --> 00:03:51.030 this birth to this huge cosmic drama and the 00:03:51.030 --> 00:03:53.389 real reason, according to this text, for the 00:03:53.389 --> 00:03:55.830 coming destruction. What does he say? Enoch tells 00:03:55.830 --> 00:03:57.889 Methuselah the Lord is about to do a new thing 00:03:57.889 --> 00:03:59.889 on the earth. He says I've already seen this 00:03:59.889 --> 00:04:02.389 in a vision. The vision? About what? He links 00:04:02.389 --> 00:04:04.229 it directly back to his own father's generation, 00:04:04.449 --> 00:04:07.610 Jared's time. He says back then, some of the 00:04:07.610 --> 00:04:10.030 angels of heaven transgressed the word of the 00:04:10.030 --> 00:04:12.310 Lord. Angels transgressing. How? What did they 00:04:12.310 --> 00:04:14.710 do? According to Enoch here, they committed sin, 00:04:15.330 --> 00:04:18.689 broke divine law, specifically by uniting with 00:04:18.689 --> 00:04:21.620 human women. The text says they united themselves 00:04:21.620 --> 00:04:24.399 with women and commit sin with them, and have 00:04:24.399 --> 00:04:26.680 married some of them and have begot children 00:04:26.680 --> 00:04:28.939 by them. These are often called the watchers 00:04:28.939 --> 00:04:31.500 in related traditions. So the sons of the God 00:04:31.500 --> 00:04:33.759 of heaven, Lamech, was worried about. This text 00:04:33.759 --> 00:04:36.899 says they were these specific fallen angels. 00:04:37.240 --> 00:04:39.819 That's the connection being made, yes. And the 00:04:39.819 --> 00:04:42.360 children they had with humans, what were they 00:04:42.360 --> 00:04:45.459 like? The text says they produced giants not 00:04:45.459 --> 00:04:47.939 according to the spirit, but according to the 00:04:47.939 --> 00:04:51.269 flesh. And because of this whole situation, the 00:04:51.269 --> 00:04:53.569 angelic transgression, their giant offspring, 00:04:54.250 --> 00:04:57.089 a great punishment is coming. A punishment on 00:04:57.089 --> 00:04:59.610 the earth? Yes. The earth shall be cleansed from 00:04:59.610 --> 00:05:02.529 all impurity. So wait. In this telling, the great 00:05:02.529 --> 00:05:05.490 flood is the direct result of this angelic corruption. 00:05:06.050 --> 00:05:09.029 The mingling of angels and humans and their offspring. 00:05:09.149 --> 00:05:11.490 Precisely. That's presented as the primary cause 00:05:11.490 --> 00:05:13.730 here. It's called a great destruction over the 00:05:13.730 --> 00:05:16.370 whole earth. Specifically, a deluge and a great 00:05:16.370 --> 00:05:19.129 destruction for one year. Okay, so where does 00:05:19.129 --> 00:05:22.430 this incredible baby Noah fit into all this coming 00:05:22.430 --> 00:05:25.189 destruction? Enoch reveals his crucial role. 00:05:25.930 --> 00:05:28.730 He says this son, Noah, shall be left on the 00:05:28.730 --> 00:05:30.990 earth, and his three children shall be saved 00:05:30.990 --> 00:05:33.709 with him. So when everyone else perishes? He 00:05:33.709 --> 00:05:35.990 and his sons will survive. They will be preserved 00:05:35.990 --> 00:05:39.050 through the deluge. So Noah's strangeness, his 00:05:39.050 --> 00:05:43.250 unique birth, it's not just weird, it's actually 00:05:43.250 --> 00:05:46.579 a sign. a sign he set apart for this role. That 00:05:46.579 --> 00:05:48.959 seems to be exactly the implication. And Enoch 00:05:48.959 --> 00:05:51.839 gives Methuselor clear instructions. Tell Lamek 00:05:51.839 --> 00:05:55.439 he is in truth his son. Okay, so he is Lamek's 00:05:55.439 --> 00:05:58.800 son after all. Yes, and call his name Noah because 00:05:58.800 --> 00:06:01.699 Enoch says he will be left to you and he and 00:06:01.699 --> 00:06:03.459 his son shall be saved from the destruction. 00:06:03.939 --> 00:06:06.360 And the name Noah itself has meaning here. Yes, 00:06:06.680 --> 00:06:09.060 connected to being left or remaining but also 00:06:09.060 --> 00:06:12.459 later comfort. The text stresses the destruction 00:06:12.459 --> 00:06:15.240 comes on account of all the sin and all the unrighteousness 00:06:15.240 --> 00:06:17.959 consummated on the earth in his days. The direct 00:06:17.959 --> 00:06:20.639 consequence. But Enoch sees even further, doesn't 00:06:20.639 --> 00:06:23.259 he, beyond the flood? He does. He mentions that 00:06:23.259 --> 00:06:25.879 even after this mass of cleansing, there will 00:06:25.879 --> 00:06:28.120 be even more unrighteousness than before. Really? 00:06:28.660 --> 00:06:30.980 So the flood isn't the ultimate fix in this view? 00:06:31.399 --> 00:06:33.800 Apparently not. It doesn't permanently solve 00:06:33.800 --> 00:06:37.420 the problem of human or maybe even cosmic corruption. 00:06:37.720 --> 00:06:39.620 Enoch says he knows all this because he's been 00:06:39.620 --> 00:06:42.300 shown the mysteries of the holy ones. by the 00:06:42.300 --> 00:06:44.579 Lord. And he mentions reading something. Yes. 00:06:44.860 --> 00:06:46.579 He says he has read it in the heavenly tablets. 00:06:46.920 --> 00:06:49.199 Heavenly tablets? What are those? Like cosmic 00:06:49.199 --> 00:06:51.560 record books? That's the idea. Yeah. Like everything 00:06:51.560 --> 00:06:54.000 is written down. He says he saw on these tablets 00:06:54.000 --> 00:06:57.259 that generation upon generation shall transgress 00:06:57.259 --> 00:06:59.839 till a generation of righteousness arises and 00:06:59.839 --> 00:07:02.579 transgression is destroyed and sin passes away. 00:07:02.899 --> 00:07:05.620 And all manner of good comes. Wow. That's a long 00:07:05.620 --> 00:07:08.660 view of history. Cycles of sin and eventual restoration. 00:07:08.959 --> 00:07:12.220 A very long view. But first, He really hammers 00:07:12.220 --> 00:07:14.420 home the message about Noah from Methuselah. 00:07:14.540 --> 00:07:18.079 He repeats it. Yes. Tell Lamech that this son 00:07:18.079 --> 00:07:21.779 is in truth his son, and that is no lie. Make 00:07:21.779 --> 00:07:24.060 sure he understands. And Methuselah does this. 00:07:24.199 --> 00:07:26.519 He does. He goes back, tells Lamech everything, 00:07:26.959 --> 00:07:29.759 and they name the child Noah. The text adds specifically, 00:07:30.079 --> 00:07:32.379 for he will comfort the earth after all the destruction. 00:07:33.160 --> 00:07:35.439 So the name also carries that sense of future 00:07:35.439 --> 00:07:38.199 solace. Okay, so the narrative seems to jump 00:07:38.199 --> 00:07:41.889 forward then. Noah is older. and he sees the 00:07:41.889 --> 00:07:45.209 signs himself. Right. Later, Noah sees the earth 00:07:45.209 --> 00:07:49.290 has sunk down, and its destruction was nigh. 00:07:49.689 --> 00:07:51.910 The catastrophe is imminent. And he reaches out 00:07:51.910 --> 00:07:54.069 to Enoch, even though Enoch was supposedly taken 00:07:54.069 --> 00:07:56.449 earlier. Yeah, the timeline of perspective gets 00:07:56.449 --> 00:07:58.889 a bit fluid here. Noah goes to the ends of the 00:07:58.889 --> 00:08:00.730 earth and cries out to his grandfather Enoch. 00:08:01.069 --> 00:08:03.569 Enoch appears to him, seemingly transcending 00:08:03.569 --> 00:08:05.990 that earlier departure. And Noah's distressed. 00:08:06.189 --> 00:08:10.029 Deeply. He cries out three times. Hear me. Hear 00:08:10.029 --> 00:08:13.060 me. Hear me. His question is desperate. Tell 00:08:13.060 --> 00:08:15.180 me what is falling out on the earth, lest perchance 00:08:15.180 --> 00:08:17.600 I shall perish with it. He sees it coming and 00:08:17.600 --> 00:08:19.480 he's terrified. What happens next? There's a 00:08:19.480 --> 00:08:22.259 great commotion, a voice from heaven, Noah falls 00:08:22.259 --> 00:08:25.019 on his face, and then Enoch is there, asking 00:08:25.019 --> 00:08:27.100 him, you know, why are you crying so bitterly? 00:08:27.560 --> 00:08:29.699 And the reason for the destruction revealed here, 00:08:30.300 --> 00:08:32.519 it adds another layer doesn't it, beyond just 00:08:32.519 --> 00:08:35.409 the angel stuff. It really does. Enoch tells 00:08:35.409 --> 00:08:37.669 Noah a command has gone forth from the Lord because 00:08:37.669 --> 00:08:39.769 the people on earth have learned all the secrets 00:08:39.769 --> 00:08:42.110 of the angels and all the violence of the satans 00:08:42.110 --> 00:08:45.110 and all their powers, the most secret ones. Secrets? 00:08:45.789 --> 00:08:47.629 Learning secrets is part of the problem now. 00:08:47.769 --> 00:08:50.289 What kind of secrets? The text gets surprisingly 00:08:50.289 --> 00:08:54.090 specific again. It mentions the power of sorcery, 00:08:54.250 --> 00:08:57.769 witchcraft, and making molten images, idolatry 00:08:57.769 --> 00:09:00.370 maybe. Okay, mystical or forbidden arts. But 00:09:00.370 --> 00:09:03.059 also secrets of the earth itself. how silver 00:09:03.059 --> 00:09:05.919 is produced from the dust, how soft metal originates 00:09:05.919 --> 00:09:08.419 like lead and tin. It even says these metals 00:09:08.419 --> 00:09:10.980 come from a specific fountain where an angel 00:09:10.980 --> 00:09:14.360 stands guard. Whoa. So it's not just angels marrying 00:09:14.360 --> 00:09:16.899 humans. It's also about them sharing forbidden 00:09:16.899 --> 00:09:19.600 knowledge, like illicit technology, mystical 00:09:19.600 --> 00:09:22.080 power, even knowledge about natural resources. 00:09:22.299 --> 00:09:24.100 That's a huge part of it in this section, yes. 00:09:24.700 --> 00:09:26.700 The corruption involved sharing and misusing 00:09:26.700 --> 00:09:28.940 knowledge that was meant to be hidden, perhaps 00:09:28.940 --> 00:09:31.179 even advanced knowledge related to things like 00:09:31.399 --> 00:09:33.820 allergy sourced from these fallen angels and 00:09:33.820 --> 00:09:35.700 the consequence for learning and using these 00:09:35.700 --> 00:09:39.580 secrets utter destruction the earth and those 00:09:39.580 --> 00:09:42.200 who dwell upon it shall be destroyed and for 00:09:42.200 --> 00:09:44.919 those involved the angels who taught the humans 00:09:44.919 --> 00:09:47.700 who learned there's no turning back they have 00:09:47.700 --> 00:09:50.240 no place of repentance forever because they have 00:09:50.240 --> 00:09:52.519 shown them what was hidden and they are the damned 00:09:52.519 --> 00:09:57.080 pretty final but Noah again is different yes 00:09:57.080 --> 00:10:00.320 Enoch reassured him The Lord of Spirits knows 00:10:00.320 --> 00:10:03.539 that thou art pure and guiltless of this reproach 00:10:03.539 --> 00:10:06.500 concerning the secrets. Noah didn't partake in 00:10:06.500 --> 00:10:08.559 this forbidden knowledge exchange. And his destiny 00:10:08.559 --> 00:10:10.879 is confirmed. Absolutely. His name will be among 00:10:10.879 --> 00:10:13.600 the holy, he'll be preserved, and his descendants 00:10:13.600 --> 00:10:16.000 are destined for kingship and for great honors. 00:10:16.659 --> 00:10:18.960 A righteous line will come from him, a fountain 00:10:18.960 --> 00:10:20.879 of the righteous and holy without number forever. 00:10:21.240 --> 00:10:24.340 Such a stark contrast. Total doom for the corrupted, 00:10:24.580 --> 00:10:26.779 but this incredible future promised through Noah. 00:10:27.200 --> 00:10:30.500 And then Enoch gets shown the mechanics of the 00:10:30.500 --> 00:10:33.539 judgment itself. What does he see? He sees the 00:10:33.539 --> 00:10:35.519 angels of punishment who are prepared to come 00:10:35.519 --> 00:10:37.559 and let loose all the powers of the waters which 00:10:37.559 --> 00:10:39.600 are beneath in the earth. They're ready to unleash 00:10:39.600 --> 00:10:41.519 the floodgates basically. But they're told to 00:10:41.519 --> 00:10:44.340 wait. Right. The Lord commands them not to release 00:10:44.340 --> 00:10:47.220 the waters yet, to hold them in check. The time 00:10:47.220 --> 00:10:49.279 isn't quite right. And God speaks directly to 00:10:49.279 --> 00:10:52.059 Noah then. Yes. Noah hears God's voice affirming 00:10:52.059 --> 00:10:55.759 him. Noah, thy lot has come up before me, a lot 00:10:55.759 --> 00:10:58.240 without blame, a lot of love and uprightness. 00:10:58.799 --> 00:11:01.279 God essentially says, the angels are working, 00:11:01.740 --> 00:11:04.919 but I will preserve life through you. A seed 00:11:04.919 --> 00:11:07.919 of life. Exactly. A seed of life shall come forth, 00:11:08.100 --> 00:11:10.259 and a change shall set in so that the earth will 00:11:10.259 --> 00:11:13.000 not remain without inhabitant. Life will continue 00:11:13.000 --> 00:11:15.299 through Noah. And his family line is secured. 00:11:15.740 --> 00:11:19.389 Divinely secured. God tells him to Fast thy seed 00:11:19.389 --> 00:11:22.149 before me for ever and ever, and promises they 00:11:22.149 --> 00:11:24.809 will spread abroad shall not be unfruitful, but 00:11:24.809 --> 00:11:27.490 will be blessed and multiply." So what about 00:11:27.490 --> 00:11:29.769 those angels who started all this trouble, the 00:11:29.769 --> 00:11:31.710 ones who shared the secrets? They get imprisoned, 00:11:32.190 --> 00:11:34.470 specifically in a burning valley that Enoch had 00:11:34.470 --> 00:11:37.029 apparently seen before. It's described as being 00:11:37.029 --> 00:11:39.269 in the west, among mountains known for gold, 00:11:39.490 --> 00:11:43.169 silver, iron, soft metal, and tin. Wait, the 00:11:43.169 --> 00:11:45.090 same area associated with those metals whose 00:11:45.090 --> 00:11:47.470 secrets were revealed? It seems directly connected, 00:11:47.669 --> 00:11:50.500 yes. That place of forbidden knowledge becomes 00:11:50.500 --> 00:11:53.419 their prison. What's the prison like? The text 00:11:53.419 --> 00:11:56.240 describes a great convulsion, an upheaval involving 00:11:56.240 --> 00:12:00.100 water. There's a smell of sulfur linked to fiery 00:12:00.100 --> 00:12:03.080 molten metal. This valley where the angels who 00:12:03.080 --> 00:12:05.600 led people astray are punished, it burned beneath 00:12:05.600 --> 00:12:08.320 that land with streams of fire flowing through 00:12:08.320 --> 00:12:10.159 it. But there was something weird about the waters 00:12:10.159 --> 00:12:13.120 there, right? Something about healing and punishment. 00:12:13.549 --> 00:12:16.049 Yeah, this is a really strange and striking paradox. 00:12:16.590 --> 00:12:19.690 The text says these waters will somehow serve 00:12:19.690 --> 00:12:23.029 earthly rulers kings, the mighty, for healing 00:12:23.029 --> 00:12:25.629 of the body. Healing from a place of punishment. 00:12:25.870 --> 00:12:28.909 Physically healing, yes, but spiritually it's 00:12:28.909 --> 00:12:31.289 for the punishment of the spirit. It's like the 00:12:31.289 --> 00:12:33.529 powerful on earth benefit physically from this 00:12:33.529 --> 00:12:35.529 corrupted source, but it damns their spirit. 00:12:35.669 --> 00:12:38.169 And does that work? Their spirit is full of lust, 00:12:38.490 --> 00:12:41.070 punished in their bodies, yet they deny the Lord 00:12:41.070 --> 00:12:44.190 even while using this tainted source. They prioritize 00:12:44.190 --> 00:12:47.269 the body's desires, reject the spirit, blinded 00:12:47.269 --> 00:12:49.669 by the physical benefit. So the very thing offering 00:12:49.669 --> 00:12:52.250 them physical comfort is tied to the ultimate 00:12:52.250 --> 00:12:55.049 source of corruption and judgment, and it blinds 00:12:55.049 --> 00:12:58.649 them. That seems to be exactly the point. A commentary 00:12:58.649 --> 00:13:01.470 on how earthly power and physical gratification 00:13:01.470 --> 00:13:03.929 can make you completely oblivious to spiritual 00:13:03.929 --> 00:13:07.049 reality and divine judgment. The text even adds 00:13:07.049 --> 00:13:09.029 that the water temperature changes based on the 00:13:09.029 --> 00:13:11.350 angel's punishment gets hot when they suffer. 00:13:11.690 --> 00:13:14.210 cold when they ascend slightly. And the archangel 00:13:14.210 --> 00:13:17.250 Michael comments on this. He does. Michael says 00:13:17.250 --> 00:13:19.610 this whole situation, the judgment, the valley, 00:13:19.809 --> 00:13:23.490 the waters is a testimony for the kings and the 00:13:23.490 --> 00:13:26.120 mighty. Because these waters offer them physical 00:13:26.120 --> 00:13:29.039 healing and cater to their lust, they will not 00:13:29.039 --> 00:13:31.620 see and will not believe that those waters will 00:13:31.620 --> 00:13:33.700 change and become a fire which burns forever. 00:13:33.940 --> 00:13:35.679 They're benefiting too much in the present to 00:13:35.679 --> 00:13:37.779 see the eternal consequence. Exactly. They're 00:13:37.779 --> 00:13:39.879 trapped by their reliance on this corrupted source. 00:13:40.440 --> 00:13:43.460 Yeah, that's incredibly dark. Okay, shifting 00:13:43.460 --> 00:13:46.340 gears slightly. The text then describes Enoch 00:13:46.340 --> 00:13:49.340 himself being elevated, right, taken up. Yes, 00:13:49.480 --> 00:13:52.279 his name is raised aloft to that Son of Man and 00:13:52.279 --> 00:13:55.059 to the Lord of Spirits. He's taken from among 00:13:55.059 --> 00:13:57.879 those dwelling on earth. How? On chariots of 00:13:57.879 --> 00:14:02.399 the Spirit. His name vanished among them. He's 00:14:02.399 --> 00:14:04.600 no longer counted as an earthly inhabitant. Where 00:14:04.600 --> 00:14:07.240 does he go? He's placed between the two winds, 00:14:07.539 --> 00:14:10.379 between the north and the west. It sounds like 00:14:10.379 --> 00:14:13.279 a specific celestial location where angels are 00:14:13.279 --> 00:14:15.639 measuring out a place for the elect and righteous. 00:14:16.419 --> 00:14:20.139 And there he sees the first fathers and the righteous 00:14:20.139 --> 00:14:22.139 who have been dwelling there since the beginning, 00:14:22.779 --> 00:14:25.299 like a realm for the departed righteous. And 00:14:25.299 --> 00:14:27.679 then he goes even higher. His spirit is translated, 00:14:28.019 --> 00:14:30.399 ascends into the heaven of heavens. The descriptions 00:14:30.399 --> 00:14:34.059 become even more intense. He sees Holy sons of 00:14:34.059 --> 00:14:36.799 God, angelic beings stepping on flames dressed 00:14:36.799 --> 00:14:39.820 in white, faces shining like snow. Overwhelming, 00:14:39.960 --> 00:14:42.659 I'm out. Totally. He sees streams of fire, light 00:14:42.659 --> 00:14:45.340 like hyacinth. He falls on his face completely 00:14:45.340 --> 00:14:47.600 overwhelmed. And Michael helps him again. Yes, 00:14:47.700 --> 00:14:49.480 Michael lifts him up and leads him into all the 00:14:49.480 --> 00:14:51.960 secrets. Secrets of righteousness, the ends of 00:14:51.960 --> 00:14:54.379 heaven, the chambers of the stars and luminaries 00:14:54.379 --> 00:14:56.059 where they come from before appearing in the 00:14:56.059 --> 00:14:59.279 sky. He's getting the grand cosmic tour. And 00:14:59.279 --> 00:15:01.419 he sees a central structure. He describes this 00:15:01.419 --> 00:15:03.960 incredible structure made of crystals, with tongues 00:15:03.960 --> 00:15:06.700 of living fire flickering between them, a girdle 00:15:06.700 --> 00:15:09.360 of fire surrounds it, streams of living fire 00:15:09.360 --> 00:15:12.379 pour out on four sides, guarded by angels, powerful 00:15:12.379 --> 00:15:15.960 ones, seraphim, cherivim, alphanim, these classes 00:15:15.960 --> 00:15:18.580 of angels associated with God's throne, they 00:15:18.580 --> 00:15:21.080 guard it constantly, never sleeping. And around 00:15:21.080 --> 00:15:24.080 them countless other angels thousand thousands 00:15:24.080 --> 00:15:27.620 and ten thousand times ten thousand and key archangels 00:15:27.620 --> 00:15:30.279 like Michael Raphael Gabriel faniola are seen 00:15:30.279 --> 00:15:33.879 going in and out and then from this house Someone 00:15:33.879 --> 00:15:37.980 emerges. Yes the head of days a title often used 00:15:37.980 --> 00:15:40.179 for God representing eternal divinity What's 00:15:40.179 --> 00:15:42.299 the description like his head is white and pure 00:15:42.299 --> 00:15:44.870 as wool his clothing indescribable Once again, 00:15:45.029 --> 00:15:47.370 Enoch is just floored, falls on his face, his 00:15:47.370 --> 00:15:49.629 spirit transforms, he cries out blessings, and 00:15:49.629 --> 00:15:51.450 this worship pleases the Head of Days. And then 00:15:51.450 --> 00:15:54.149 he meets another figure, the Son of Man. Right. 00:15:54.649 --> 00:15:56.769 The Head of Days comes with angels and greets 00:15:56.769 --> 00:16:10.210 Enoch, saying, And the Son of Man brings a message. 00:16:10.590 --> 00:16:13.070 A message of peace. Peace in the name of the 00:16:13.070 --> 00:16:16.519 world to come. A piece that's eternal, existing 00:16:16.519 --> 00:16:18.700 since creation. And the righteous are connected 00:16:18.700 --> 00:16:21.120 to him. Yes. The promise is that all the righteous 00:16:21.120 --> 00:16:23.659 will follow his ways. Their eternal homes and 00:16:23.659 --> 00:16:25.799 heritage will be with him. They'll never be separated. 00:16:26.419 --> 00:16:29.139 Length of days, eternal peace. It's all tied 00:16:29.139 --> 00:16:31.799 to this, Son of Man. So it's this vision of ultimate 00:16:31.799 --> 00:16:34.580 hope and righteousness, a real counterpoint to 00:16:34.580 --> 00:16:36.840 all the judgment and corruption described earlier. 00:16:37.039 --> 00:16:39.399 A powerful counterpoint, yeah. Offering a glimpse 00:16:39.399 --> 00:16:41.419 of the final restoration. The visions keep coming, 00:16:41.539 --> 00:16:44.519 though. Uriel shows him the cosmos. Yes, the 00:16:44.519 --> 00:16:48.120 Archangel Uriel shows Enoch, the proper functioning 00:16:48.120 --> 00:16:50.980 of the universe. The sun, the moon, the stars, 00:16:51.539 --> 00:16:53.679 their leaders, their tasks, their timing, their 00:16:53.679 --> 00:16:57.759 orbits. The perfect, intended cosmic order. But 00:16:57.759 --> 00:17:00.560 then he sees how that order gets disrupted. profoundly 00:17:00.560 --> 00:17:03.460 disrupted. In the days of sinners, this perfect 00:17:03.460 --> 00:17:06.740 mechanism breaks down. Years get shorter, crops 00:17:06.740 --> 00:17:09.819 are late, rain is withheld, fruits don't grow 00:17:09.819 --> 00:17:12.539 right, the moon cycle gets messed up, even the 00:17:12.539 --> 00:17:14.740 sun behaves erratically shining too brightly 00:17:14.740 --> 00:17:16.940 or setting strangely. And the stars themselves 00:17:16.940 --> 00:17:19.480 go off course. Yes, many of the chiefs of the 00:17:19.480 --> 00:17:22.420 stars transgress their ordained order. They change 00:17:22.420 --> 00:17:24.900 their orbits, mess up their tasks, don't appear 00:17:24.900 --> 00:17:27.420 when they're supposed to, cosmic chaos. What's 00:17:27.420 --> 00:17:29.829 causing this? Is it just a symptom? of the sin 00:17:29.829 --> 00:17:32.390 on earth. The text links it directly to human 00:17:32.390 --> 00:17:34.730 ignorance and error. It says the whole order 00:17:34.730 --> 00:17:36.609 of the star shall be concealed from the sinners 00:17:36.609 --> 00:17:38.250 and the thoughts of those on the earth shall 00:17:38.250 --> 00:17:41.170 err concerning them. Meaning. Humans misunderstand 00:17:41.170 --> 00:17:43.809 the stars. Their ways become altered. They make 00:17:43.809 --> 00:17:46.299 mistakes. And crucially, they take them to be 00:17:46.299 --> 00:17:50.000 gods. Wow. So according to this text, human error 00:17:50.000 --> 00:17:52.940 misunderstanding the cosmos, maybe even worshiping 00:17:52.940 --> 00:17:55.700 celestial bodies, actually causes the physical 00:17:55.700 --> 00:17:58.079 mechanics of the universe to go haywire. That's 00:17:58.079 --> 00:18:00.779 the implication. It's a really unique idea, this 00:18:00.779 --> 00:18:04.319 deep connection where human spiritual or intellectual 00:18:04.319 --> 00:18:08.000 corruption directly impacts physical cosmic order. 00:18:08.220 --> 00:18:10.480 And the result of all this disorder. More evil 00:18:10.480 --> 00:18:14.559 and ultimately punishment to destroy all. The 00:18:14.559 --> 00:18:17.299 cosmic chaos isn't random. It's both a consequence 00:18:17.299 --> 00:18:20.480 of sin and a sign leading towards judgment. And 00:18:20.480 --> 00:18:22.259 throughout all these incredible visions, those 00:18:22.259 --> 00:18:24.900 heavenly tablets keep coming up. Right. Enoch 00:18:24.900 --> 00:18:27.380 has told again, observe the heavenly tablets, 00:18:27.680 --> 00:18:29.740 read what is written thereon, and mark every 00:18:29.740 --> 00:18:32.240 individual fact. He reads it all, understands 00:18:32.240 --> 00:18:34.579 it all, the book of all the deeds of mankind, 00:18:35.180 --> 00:18:37.680 to the remotest generations. A complete divine 00:18:37.680 --> 00:18:40.640 record of everything past, present, future. Seems 00:18:40.640 --> 00:18:43.250 like it. And after seeing all this, Enoch blesses 00:18:43.250 --> 00:18:46.569 God for creation, praises his patients, and blesses 00:18:46.569 --> 00:18:49.069 humanity. Especially, he blesses the person who 00:18:49.069 --> 00:18:51.849 dies righteous, with no record of unrighteousness 00:18:51.849 --> 00:18:53.930 against them, who won't face a day of judgment 00:18:53.930 --> 00:18:56.089 because their sleet is clean. And then finally, 00:18:56.269 --> 00:18:58.869 he returns to earth. Yes. Seven holy ones bring 00:18:58.869 --> 00:19:00.809 him back, set him down right in front of his 00:19:00.809 --> 00:19:03.130 own house. And they give him instructions. Very 00:19:03.130 --> 00:19:05.950 specific ones. Declare everything you saw to 00:19:05.950 --> 00:19:08.670 your son Methuselah. Show it to all your children. 00:19:09.630 --> 00:19:12.630 And stress the point. No flesh is righteous in 00:19:12.630 --> 00:19:14.470 the sight of the Lord, for He is their Creator. 00:19:15.349 --> 00:19:17.710 No one is righteous on their own. And He has 00:19:17.710 --> 00:19:31.509 a deadline, a strict one. And they offer some 00:19:31.509 --> 00:19:41.609 final words, encouragement and warning. But the 00:19:41.609 --> 00:19:43.849 sinners shall die with the sinners and the apostate 00:19:43.849 --> 00:19:46.650 go down with the apostate. Clear separation of 00:19:46.650 --> 00:19:48.589 fates. There was that line about the righteous 00:19:48.589 --> 00:19:50.609 dying because of the wicked. How does that fit? 00:19:50.970 --> 00:19:52.950 Yeah, that line. Those who practice righteousness 00:19:52.950 --> 00:19:55.269 shall die on account of the deeds of men and 00:19:55.269 --> 00:19:57.390 be taken away on account of the doings of the 00:19:57.390 --> 00:20:01.049 godless. Sounds odd at first, but in the context, 00:20:01.329 --> 00:20:03.630 especially thinking about the flood, it might 00:20:03.630 --> 00:20:06.109 mean that the physical judgment brought on by 00:20:06.109 --> 00:20:10.049 widespread wickedness is so catastrophic It impacts 00:20:10.049 --> 00:20:12.529 everyone on earth. So the righteous might physically 00:20:12.529 --> 00:20:15.910 perish in that destruction, or maybe taken away 00:20:15.910 --> 00:20:18.410 means they are removed beforehand, like Enoch 00:20:18.410 --> 00:20:20.269 himself was. So it's not saying their righteousness 00:20:20.269 --> 00:20:23.109 fails them, but that the consequences of overwhelming 00:20:23.109 --> 00:20:25.609 sin affect the whole world. That seems the most 00:20:25.609 --> 00:20:27.990 plausible reading, yeah? Their ultimate fate 00:20:27.990 --> 00:20:30.309 is secure, but they might still be caught up 00:20:30.309 --> 00:20:32.390 in the earthly consequences caused by others, 00:20:32.809 --> 00:20:35.509 highlighting how interconnected things are, maybe 00:20:35.509 --> 00:20:37.799 tragically so. Okay, that makes more sense. and 00:20:37.799 --> 00:20:40.099 then the angels leave. They see speaking and 00:20:40.099 --> 00:20:42.220 Enoch is back with his people. Blessing the Lord. 00:20:42.759 --> 00:20:44.539 A man returned from seeing the secrets of heaven 00:20:44.539 --> 00:20:47.119 and the future of earth. Wow. Okay, so let's 00:20:47.119 --> 00:20:49.619 just try and recap this journey we've taken through 00:20:49.619 --> 00:20:51.920 these excerpts. We started with this unbelievable 00:20:51.920 --> 00:20:54.839 baby Noah, whose father literally thought he 00:20:54.839 --> 00:20:57.799 might be part angel. And that detail found in 00:20:57.799 --> 00:20:59.960 the book of Enoch opens up this whole narrative 00:20:59.960 --> 00:21:03.640 where Noah's birth is a sign directly tied to 00:21:03.640 --> 00:21:07.079 this major angelic transgression, angels mixing 00:21:07.079 --> 00:21:10.279 with humans producing giants. And where the Great 00:21:10.279 --> 00:21:13.259 Flood isn't just about general human sin, but 00:21:13.259 --> 00:21:15.640 specifically about cleansing the earth from that 00:21:15.640 --> 00:21:17.960 corruption and importantly from the spread of 00:21:17.960 --> 00:21:20.259 forbidden knowledge. Right, the secret sorcery, 00:21:20.400 --> 00:21:23.319 metallurgy, things humans weren't meant to know 00:21:23.319 --> 00:21:25.599 taught by fallen angels. And Enoch's visions. 00:21:26.079 --> 00:21:28.380 They took us from that judgment to the fate of 00:21:28.380 --> 00:21:30.539 those angels in that bonding valley with that 00:21:30.539 --> 00:21:33.119 bizarre twist about its waters healing the bodies 00:21:33.119 --> 00:21:35.700 of kings while punishing their spirits. And then 00:21:35.700 --> 00:21:38.160 all the way up into the heavens, seeing the divine 00:21:38.160 --> 00:21:40.759 throne room, the head of days, the son of man. 00:21:41.279 --> 00:21:44.119 And that really mind -bending concept that the 00:21:44.119 --> 00:21:46.680 physical order of the cosmos, the stars and planets, 00:21:46.799 --> 00:21:49.119 could actually be disrupted by human sin and 00:21:49.119 --> 00:21:51.900 error by us fundamentally misunderstanding our 00:21:51.900 --> 00:21:54.460 place or even worshiping creation instead of 00:21:54.460 --> 00:21:56.430 the Creator. It just gives you such a different 00:21:56.430 --> 00:21:58.769 framework for thinking about these ancient stories, 00:21:58.930 --> 00:22:00.869 doesn't it? It adds these layers about knowledge, 00:22:01.130 --> 00:22:04.619 angelic influence, cosmic mechanics. It's complex. 00:22:05.200 --> 00:22:07.619 Absolutely. Thinking about these perspectives 00:22:07.619 --> 00:22:10.180 really does raise huge questions. You know, what 00:22:10.180 --> 00:22:12.480 counts as forbidden knowledge? How does divine 00:22:12.480 --> 00:22:15.180 justice actually work? What about these unseen 00:22:15.180 --> 00:22:17.900 forces described so vividly? And maybe the final 00:22:17.900 --> 00:22:19.859 thought to leave you with, building on that connection 00:22:19.859 --> 00:22:22.660 between cosmic order and human error, if this 00:22:22.660 --> 00:22:25.480 ancient text suggests that chaos in the universe 00:22:25.480 --> 00:22:28.539 is linked to our mistakes, our failures to understand 00:22:28.539 --> 00:22:31.359 or worship correctly, What might that imply about 00:22:31.359 --> 00:22:33.220 our own understanding of the universe today and 00:22:33.220 --> 00:22:35.440 our relationship with the world around us? Something 00:22:35.440 --> 00:22:36.059 to mull over.