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The Book of the Secrets of Enoch 65

2 min 7 verses The Forgotten Books of Eden, 1928, after the Morfill translation (public domain). This is the shorter recension.

Before all creatures were created, the Lord created both the visible physical things and the invisible spiritual things.

A1🔗nd Enoch answered all his people saying: Hear, my children, before that all creatures were created, the Lord created the visible (physical) and invisible (spiritual) things.

2🔗 And as much time as there was and went past, understand that after all that he created man in the likeness of his own form, and put into him eyes to see, and ears to hear, and heart to reflect, and intellect wherewith to deliberate.

3🔗 And the Lord saw all man's works, and created all his creatures, and divided time, from time he fixed the years, and from the years he appointed the months, and from the months he appointed the days, and of days he appointed seven.

4🔗 And in those he appointed the hours, measured them out exactly, that man might reflect on time and count years, months, and hours, (their) alternation, beginning, and end, and that he might count his own life, from the beginning until death, and reflect on his sin and write his work bad and good; because no work is hidden before the Lord, that every man might know his works and never transgress all his commandments, and keep my handwriting from generation to generation.

5🔗 When all creation visible (physical) and invisible (spiritual), as the Lord created it, shall end, then every man goes to the great judgment, and then all time shall perish, and the years, and thenceforward there will be neither months nor days nor hours, they will be adhered together and will not be counted.

6🔗 There will be one aeon, and all the righteous who shall escape the Lord's great judgment, shall be collected in the great aeon, for the righteous the great aeon will begin, and they will live eternally, and then too there will be amongst them neither labour, nor sickness, nor humiliation, nor anxiety, nor need, nor brutality, nor night, nor darkness, but great light.

7🔗 And they shall have a great indestructible wall, and a paradise bright and incorruptible (eternal), for all corruptible (mortal) things shall pass away, and there will be eternal life.

Commentary

In brief

Enoch explains to his people that before creatures the Lord made visible and invisible things, then man with eyes, ears, heart and intellect, dividing time so he may count his life and works. After judgment time ends and the righteous live forever in one bright aeon of paradise free from all ills.

Did You Know?

1

Before all creatures were created, the Lord created both the visible physical things and the invisible spiritual things.

2

Man was created in the likeness of the Lord's own form, receiving eyes to see, ears to hear, heart to reflect, and intellect to deliberate.

3

The Lord fixed years from time, months from years, days from months with seven appointed, and measured hours exactly for man to count his life.

4

When creation ends and men face the great judgment, all time will perish and years, months, days, and hours will not be counted.

5

The righteous collected in the great aeon will live eternally without labour, sickness, night, or darkness, enjoying great light and an indestructible wall.

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