The Book of Enoch 44
Book II The Book of Parables (Similitudes) Chapters 37–71 · late 1st century BCE - early 1st century CE
Three parables revealing the heavenly Son of Man / Elect One, seated on the throne of glory to judge the kings and the mighty. The most theologically influential - and most debated - section.
Dating & manuscripts. Notably ABSENT from the Qumran fragments, unlike every other section. This absence anchors the long scholarly debate over the Parables' date and the origin of their 'Son of Man' figure.
Chapters 46 and 48 draw directly on Daniel 7 for the titles 'Head of Days' and 'Son of Man'. The section also contains Noahic interpolations (e.g. 60, 65-69).
1 Enoch is an anthology of five distinct works, composed over roughly three centuries.
Also another phenomenon I saw in regard to the lightnings: how
Some of the stars arise and become lightnings and cannot part with their new form.
1lso another phenomenon I saw in regard to the lightnings: how some of the stars arise and become lightnings and cannot part with their new form. XLV-LVII. The Second Parable. The Lot of the Apostates: the New Heaven and the New Earth.
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Some of the stars arise and become lightnings and cannot part with their new form.
Enoch saw another phenomenon in regard to the lightnings how some of the stars arise and become lightnings.
Once they become lightnings the stars cannot part with their new form.
XLV - LVII form the Second Parable on the lot of the apostates and the new heaven and the new earth.
The Second Parable addresses the lot of the apostates along with the new heaven and the new earth.
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In brief
The chapter recounts that Enoch also sees another phenomenon in regard to the lightnings, in which some of the stars arise and become lightnings and cannot part with their new form.