The Book of the Secrets of Enoch 29
Lightning received its wonderful nature from the gleam of an eye, being both fire in water and water in fire.
1nd for all the heavenly troops I imaged the image and essence of fire, and my eye looked at the very hard, firm rock, and from the gleam of my eye the lightning received its wonderful nature, (which) is both fire in water and water in fire, and one does not put out the other, nor does the one dry up the other, therefore the lightning is brighter than the sun, softer than water and firmer than hard rock.
2 And from the rock I cut off a great fire, and from the fire I created the orders of the incorporeal ten troops of angels, and their weapons are fiery and their raiment a burning flame, and I commanded that each one should stand in his order.
3 And one from out the order of angels, having turned away with the order that was under him, conceived an impossible thought, to place his throne higher than the clouds above the earth, that he might become equal in rank to my power.
4 And I threw him out from the height with his angels, and he was flying in the air continuously above the bottomless.
Did You Know?
Lightning received its wonderful nature from the gleam of an eye, being both fire in water and water in fire.
Lightning is brighter than the sun, softer than water and firmer than hard rock, as neither element destroys the other.
From rock a great fire was cut to create ten incorporeal troops of angels with fiery weapons and burning flame raiment.
One angel turned away with his order and thought to place his throne higher than the clouds to equal the creator's power.
Thrown from the height with his angels, the rebel was flying continuously in the air above the bottomless.
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Commentary
In brief
God creates ten orders of fiery angels from fire cut from rock after giving lightning its dual nature from his eye's gleam, but casts out one rebel angel and his troop who conceive the thought of equaling his power by placing a throne higher than the clouds, so they fly above the bottomless.