Skip to main content
« Ch 54 Ch 56 »
0:00 / 0:00

The Book of the Secrets of Enoch 55

1 min 4 verses The Forgotten Books of Eden, 1928, after the Morfill translation (public domain). This is the shorter recension.

Enoch tells his children the day of his term and time have approached for him.

M1🔗y children, behold, the day of my term and time have approached.

2🔗 For the angels who shall go with me are standing before me and urge me to my departure from you; they are standing here on earth, awaiting what has been told them.

3🔗 For to-morrow I shall go up on to heaven, to the uppermost Jerusalem to my eternal inheritance.

4🔗 Therefore I bid you do before the Lord's face all (his) good pleasure.

Commentary

In brief

Enoch tells his children that his appointed time has come, with angels standing ready and urging his departure. Tomorrow he ascends to heaven to the uppermost Jerusalem for his eternal inheritance and bids them do the Lord's good pleasure.

Did You Know?

1

Enoch tells his children the day of his term and time have approached for him.

2

Angels who shall go with Enoch stand before him and urge him to depart from his children.

3

Those angels are standing here on earth awaiting whatever has already been told them.

4

Tomorrow Enoch shall go up on to heaven to the uppermost Jerusalem for his eternal inheritance.

5

Enoch bids his children do before the Lord's face all of his good pleasure.

Continue Reading The Book of the Secrets of Enoch 56

← → arrow keys to navigate chapters · spacebar to play/pause audio

Chapter Context