The Book of the Secrets of Enoch 24
Enoch was summoned to sit on the left side of the Lord together with the angel Gabriel.
1nd the Lord summoned me, and said to me: Enoch, sit down on my left with Gabriel.
2 And I bowed down to the Lord, and the Lord spoke to me: Enoch, beloved, all (that) you see, all things that are standing finished I tell to you even before the very beginning, all that I created from non-being, and visible (physical) things from invisible (spiritual).
3 Hear, Enoch, and take in these my words, for not to My angels have I told my secret, and I have not told them their rise, nor my endless realm, nor have they understood my creating, which I tell you to-day.
4 For before all things were visible (physical), I alone used to go about in the invisible (spiritual) things, like the sun from east to west, and from west to east.
5 But even the sun has peace in itself, while I found no peace, because I was creating all things, and I conceived the thought of placing foundations, and of creating visible (physical) creation.
Did You Know?
Enoch was summoned to sit on the left side of the Lord together with the angel Gabriel.
Secrets of creation and the endless realm were told to Enoch though never shared with the angels.
Before physical things existed the Lord alone moved through invisible realms like the sun from east to west.
The sun has peace in itself yet the Lord found no peace because he was creating all things.
The Lord conceived placing foundations and making visible physical creation from invisible spiritual things.
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Commentary
In brief
The Lord summons Enoch to sit on his left with Gabriel and reveals creation secrets never told to the angels, explaining that he alone moved through the invisible things before conceiving the foundations of the visible world.