1 Enoch 57

And it came to pass after this that I saw another host of wagons, and men riding thereon, and coming on the winds from the east, and from the west to the south.

In the five hundredth year, and in the seventh month, on the fourteenth *day* of the month, of the lifetime of Enoch, in that parable, I saw that the heaven of heavens shook; that it shook violently; and that the powers of the Most High, and the angels, thousands of thousands, and myriads of myriads, were agitated with great agitation. And when I looked, the Ancient of days was sitting on the throne of his glory, while the angels and saints were standing around him. A great trembling came upon me, and terror seized me. My loins were bowed down and loosened; my reins were dissolved; and I fell upon my face. The holy Michael, another holy angel, one of the holy ones, was sent, who raised me up.

This kingdom is to be established on earth, probably in Palestine ; cf. chap.

And the noise of their wagons was heard, and when this turmoil took place the holy ones from heaven remarked it, and the pillars of the earth were moved from their place, and the sound thereof was heard from the one end of heaven to the other, in one day.

And when he raised me, my spirit returned; for I was incapable of enduring this vision of violence, its agitation, and the concussion of heaven.

And the noise of their wagons was heard, and as this commotion took place, the holy ones from heaven noticed it ; and the pillars of the earth were moved from their place, and it was heard from the ends of the earth to the ends of the heavens in one day.

And they shall all fall down and worship the Lord of Spirits. And this is the end of the second Parable.

Then holy Michael said to me, Wherefore art thou disturbed at this vision?

And they will all fall down and bend the knee before the Lord of the spirits. And this is the end of the second Parable. Chap. 45,

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Hitherto has existed the day of mercy; and he has been merciful and longsuffering towards all who dwell upon the earth.

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But when the time shall come, then *shall* the power, the punishment, and the judgment take place, which the Lord of spirits has prepared for those who prostrate themselves to the judgment of righteousness, for those who abjure that judgment, and for those who take *his* name in vain.

Throne of glorrj, 51:3; 62 : 1-9 ; 69 : 27-29, also throne of God, 47 : 3 ; 55 : 4 ; 62 : 1-9. In the first part God himself is judge, but here it is the Messiah, 51:3; 55 : 4 ; 69 : 27 ; but according to 47 : 3 ; 62 : 2 it may seem as if God himself will judge. The difficulty is solved in 69 : 27, where we learn that although God is in reality the judge he has empowered the Messiah to act in his name ; what is done by God's deputy is virtually done by himself; cf. note on 10 :

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That day has been prepared for the elect *as a day of* covenant; and for sinners *as a day of* inquisition.

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In that day shall be distributed *for food* two monsters; a female monster, whose name is Leviathan, dwelling in the depths of the sea, above the springs of waters; S. And a male *monster*, whose name is Behemoth; which possesses, *moving* on his breast, the invisible wilderness.

Choose, cf. note on 41 :

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His name was Dendayen in the east of the garden, where the elect and the righteous will dwell; where he received *it* from my ancestor, who was man, from Adam the first of men, whom the Lord of spirits made.

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Then I asked of another angel to show me the power of those monsters, how they became separated on the same day, one *being* in the depths of the sea, and one in the dry desert.

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And he said, Thou, son of man, art here desirous of understanding secret things.

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[^l1] And the angel of peace, who was with me, said, These two monsters are by the power of God prepared to become food, that the punishment of God may not be in vain.

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Then shall children be slain with their mothers, and sons with their fathers.

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And when the punishment of the Lord of spirits shall continue, upon them shall it continue, that the punishment of the Lord of spirits may not take place in vain. After that, judgment shall exist with mercy and longsuffering.

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His idea of this kingdom is one with a visible prince, although, unlike some of the later prophets, he does not find this prince in the house of David.

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The author does not so much desire to give a description of the unhappy fate of the unjust, but rather in a general manner directs his polemics against those who will not believe in a Messianic rule and judgment ; it is his defence of i<sn Dbirn against those who accept only 134 THE BOOK OF ENOCH. nth cb-yn. That this object as stated here is in strict conformity with the conteuts of the parable is apparent at first glance. — 2. Cf. notes on 38 : 1 ; 41 : 2. — 3. Chosen One^ the most frequent name of the Messiah in the Parables ; cf. note on 40 :