I like learning about history. I lament the burning of the
library at Alexandria because it could have given us so much more knowledge
than we otherwise have about Biblical culture and times. There are certain
historical books that coincide with things reported in the Bible, but are not widely
utilized. Some people discount these historical books, but nonetheless they
give us insight into what people were thinking and what they understood. The Book of the Secrets of Enoch is not
a popular book in our time. Many people don’t understand it, and because the
only copies found existed in the Slavic language it is hard to authenticate. In
ancient times in Alexandria, Egypt anyone carrying a written document was
ordered to have that document scribed at the library; the originals were kept
in Alexandria, and the person was given a copy. Some people would say that The Book of the Secrets of Enoch was edited
by a Greek person in Egypt. Obviously someone had to have been carrying that
book through Alexandria for it to have been copied. Ptolemy started the
Alexandria Library around 300 BC. Ptolemy was also the one who had the
Septuagint scribed. We don’t know how The
Secrets of the Book of Enoch (also known as Enoch 2 or 2 Enoch) made it to Slavic
countries, but we can guess that it was, at one time, scribed in Alexandria,
Egypt at the time of the Greek occupation.
While Enoch 2 is not scripture and we cannot verify if
this was one of the many books Enoch actually wrote, many of the subjects coincide
with the Bible and may add some extra light on the issues of heaven and hell.
When we look at Revelation 4 & 5 we notice many spiritual beings and a lot
of singing. We find that the redeemed are in heaven singing about being in
heaven and being redeemed by Jesus’ blood. What we know about heaven comes from
Revelation 4 & 5 as well as a few other places scattered around the Bible. Being
a concise work, Enoch 2 gives us a little insight into the levels of heaven.
While Enoch reports ten levels of heaven, I would suggest that these are not
consecutive levels, like stairs or ladder rungs, but places that are separate
from each other. It seems angels have to take Enoch from place to place. We
understand our lack of dimensionality hinders what we know about angels and
other sons of God, who seem to travel inter-dimensionally. And all our laws,
such as gravity, only apply in these three/four dimensions and are not laws in
other dimensions, such as Jesus walking on water, or through walls in his
resurrected body. Enoch had some interesting “other dimensional” experiences,
and other writers did as well, such as Jacob, Ezekiel, Isaiah, Paul, and John.
When we combine what Enoch 2 tells us with some of the experiences these men
had we see a similar and clearer picture.
Jacob had a dream. In his dream God said he would bless
his descendants. This is important as the blessings included Jacob’s
descendants to multiply and to inherit the land of Bethel where Jacob was sleeping.
Included in that dream, angels were going up and down a ladder or turnpike,
from heaven to earth and back. We don’t quite understand this dream or its
significance, but what it tells us is that there are spiritual beings moving about
between dimensions. Now when we take this into consideration with John’s
Apocalypse, we can recognize that there are assignments for the sons of God,
and things they do on earth and heaven. Let’s explore and compare.
Gen 28:12-15 when he had a dream! He saw a raised highway
that had been built with its ending point on earth and its beginning point in
heaven. God’s angels were ascending and descending on it. 13 And there was the
Lord, standing above it and telling Jacob, “I am the Lord God of your grandfather
Abraham. I’m Isaac’s God, too. I’m giving you and your descendants the ground
on which you’re sleeping. 14 Your descendants are going to become like the dust
of the earth and spread out to the west, east, north, and south. All the
families of the earth will be blessed through you and your descendants. 15 Now
pay attention! I’m here with you, and I’m going to be watching over you
wherever you go. I’m going to bring you back to this land, because I won’t ever
leave you until I’ve accomplished what I’ve promised about you.” ISV
Gen 28:12 And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on
the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending
and descending on it. KJV
Jacob says the angels go up into heaven and back down to
earth. Enoch says that angels took him up to the first heaven. The word ether used here in Enoch means “atmosphere”.
First Heaven
Chapter
3
Of Enoch's assumption; how the angels took him into the first heaven 1It came
to pass, when Enoch had told his sons, that the angels took him on to their
wings and bore him up on to the first heaven and placed him on the clouds. And
there I looked, and again I looked higher, and saw the ether, and they placed
me on the first heaven and showed me a very great Sea, greater than the earthly
sea.
Chapter
4
Of the angels ruling the stars 1They brought before my face the elders and
rulers of the stellar orders, and showed me two hundred angels, who rule the
stars and their services to the heavens, and fly with their wings and come
round all those who sail.
One of the angelic jobs is to keep the heavens running
smoothly. I think of this as keeping a clock or time piece running. Job tells
us about the first heaven.
Job 9:6-9 Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the
pillars thereof tremble.7 Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and
sealeth up the stars.8 Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon
the waves of the sea.9 Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the
chambers of the south. KJV
Job 22:12 Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold
the height of the stars, how high they are! KJV
God tells Job a thing or two about the heavens.
Job 38:4-7 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of
the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.5 Who hath laid the measures
thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?6 Whereupon
are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;7
When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy? KJV
The morning stars sang together and the sons of God
shouted for joy. The sons of God who work the heavens were joyful over God’s
creation. Lucifer wanted to become judge in the place where God judges the sons
of God; wherever this is, Lucifer wanted to take it over.
Isa 14:13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will
ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit
also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: KJV
Lucifer wanted to go somewhere in the heavens, somewhere above
where he already dwelt or had access to. He may have had access to multiple
levels of heaven as we will see. Solomon had some knowledge of the first
heavens as well.
Wisdom 7:17-19 For he hath given me certain knowledge of
the things that are, namely, to know how the world was made, and the operation
of the elements:18 The beginning, ending, and midst of the times: the
alterations of the turning of the sun, and the change of seasons:19 The
circuits of years, and the positions of stars: KJV
Chapter
5
Of how the angels keep the store-houses of the snow 1And here I looked down and
saw the treasure-houses of the snow, and the angels who keep their terrible
store-houses, and the clouds whence they come out and into which they go.
Job 38:22-24 “Have you entered the storehouses of the
snow or seen where the hail is stored,23 which I’ve reserved for the
tribulation to come, for the day of battle and war?24 Where is the lightning
diffused or the east wind scattered around the earth? ISV
Second Heaven
Chapter
7
Of how Enoch was taken on to the second heaven 1And those men took me and led
me up on to the second heaven, and showed me darkness, greater than earthly
darkness, and there I saw prisoners hanging, watched, awaiting the great and
boundless judgment, and these angels were dark-looking, more than earthly
darkness, and incessantly making weeping through all hours. 2And I said to the men who were with me:
Wherefore are these incessantly tortured? They answered me: These are God’s
apostates, who obeyed not God’s commands, but took counsel with their own will,
and turned away with their prince, who also is fastened on the fifth heaven. 3And
I felt great pity for them, and they saluted me, and said to me: Man of God,
pray for us to the Lord; and I answered to them: Who am I, a mortal man, that I
should pray for angels? Who knows whither I go, or what will befall me? Or who
will pray for me?
Peter’s description of tartarus seems to fit here. Is this also the place of
Apollyon/Abaddon and the locusts who will come out of the pit?
2 Peter 2:4 For if God spared not the angels that sinned,
but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be
reserved unto judgment; KJV
Third Heaven
Chapter
8
Of the assumption of Enoch to the third heaven
1 And those men took me thence, and led me up on to the third heaven,
and placed me there; and I looked downwards, and saw the produce of these
places, such as has never been known for goodness. 2And I saw all the sweet-flowering trees and
beheld their fruits, which were sweet-smelling, and all the foods borne by them
bubbling with fragrant exhalation. 3And
in the midst of the trees that of life, in that place whereon the Lord rests,
when he goes up into paradise; and this tree is of ineffable goodness and
fragrance, and adorned more than every existing thing; and on all sides it is
in form gold-looking and vermilion and fire-like and covers all, and it has
produce from all fruits. 4Its root is in
the garden at the earth’s end. 5And
paradise is between corruptibility and incorruptibility. 6And two springs come out which send forth
honey and milk, and their springs send forth oil and wine, and they separate
into four parts, and go round with quiet course, and go down into the PARADISE
OF EDEN, between corruptibility and incorruptibility. 7And thence they go forth along the earth,
and have a revolution to their circle even as other elements. 8And here there is no unfruitful tree, and
every place is blessed. 9And there are
three hundred angels very bright, who keep the garden, and with incessant sweet
singing and never-silent voices serve the Lord throughout all days and
hours. 10And I said: How very sweet is
this place, and those men said to me:
“Between corruptible and incorruptible” implies that it
is the place where one waits to rise in order to put on incorruption. Paul told
us the dead in Christ rise first and put on incorruption, while the living
mortals put on immortality.
1 Cor 15:53-54 For this corruptible must put on
incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. 54 So when this
corruptible has put on incorruption, and this mortal has put on immortality,
then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: "Death is swallowed
up in victory." NKJV
Chapter
9
The showing to Enoch of the place of the righteous and compassionate 1This
place, O Enoch, is prepared for the righteous, who endure all manner of offence
from those that exasperate their souls, who avert their eyes from iniquity, and
make righteous judgment, and give bread to the hungering, and cover the naked
with clothing, and raise up the fallen, and help injured orphans, and who walk
without fault before the face of the Lord, and serve him alone, and for them is
prepared this place for eternal inheritance.
The third heaven is what Paul described as “paradise”.
Paradise or Eden is where the Tree of Life is located. It is the place where
the righteous redeemed dead go, the place Jesus had to win back by his death.
2 Cor 12:2-4 I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years
ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot
tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.3 And I knew such
a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;)4
How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it
is not lawful for a man to utter. KJV
2 Esd 3:6 And thou leadest him into paradise, which thy
right hand had planted, before ever the earth came forward. KJV
Luke 23:43 And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto
thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise. KJV
Rev 2:7 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit
saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree
of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.KJV
On this same level or area is the place where the
unrighteous go as well. It is the place where the rich man went and wanted
Abraham and Lazarus to help him out.
Chapter
10
Here they showed Enoch the terrible place and various tortures 1And those two
men led me up on to the Northern side, and showed me there a very terrible
place, and there were all manner of tortures in that place: cruel darkness and
unillumined gloom, and there is no light there, but murky fire constantly
flaming aloft, and there is a fiery river coming forth, and that whole place is
everywhere fire, and everywhere there is frost and ice, thirst and shivering,
while the bonds are very cruel, and the angels fearful and merciless, bearing
angry weapons, merciless torture, and I said: 2Woe, woe, how very terrible is
this place. 3And those men said to me: This place, O Enoch, is prepared for
those who dishonour God, who on earth practice sin against nature, which is
child-corruption after the sodomitic fashion, magic-making, enchantments and devilish
witchcrafts, and who boast of their wicked deeds, stealing, lies, calumnies,
envy, rancour, fornication, murder, and who, accursed, steal the souls of men,
who, seeing the poor take away their goods and themselves wax rich, injuring
them for other men’s goods; who being able to satisfy the empty, made the
hungering to die; being able to clothe, stripped the naked; and who knew not
their creator, and bowed to the soulless and lifeless gods, who cannot see nor
hear, vain gods, who also built hewn images and bow down to unclean handiwork,
for all these is prepared this place among these, for eternal inheritance.
Ps 9:17 The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the
nations that forget God. KJV
Eccles 21:10 The way of sinners is made plain with stones,
but at the end thereof is the pit of hell.KJV
Luke 16:23-24 And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in
torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.24 And he cried
and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip
the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this
flame.KJV
We know from previous studies that satan made a part of
hades separate for the righteous, but that Jesus took the righteous out of
Abraham’s bay or creek and brought them to paradise. No one wants to go to
hades and it is much more comforting to pretend that death is like sleeping,
but this rich man wasn’t sleeping, neither was Abraham or Lazarus. In fact they
all knew where they were and they couldn’t travel between the two places.
Lucifer was allowed in Eden the Paradise of God, he was a
cherub there, but he also had a place on the holy mountain of God.
Ezek 28:13-14 You used to be in Eden—God’s paradise! You
wore precious stones for clothing: ruby, topaz, diamond, beryl, onyx, jasper,
sapphire, turquoise, and carbuncle. Your settings were crafted in gold, along
with your engravings. On the day of your creation they had been prepared!14
“You were the anointed cherub; having been set in place on the holy mountain of
God, you walked in the midst of fiery stones. ISV
Ezek 28:13-14 You were in Eden, the garden of God; every
precious stone was your covering, the carnelian, topaz, jasper, chrysolite,
beryl, onyx, sapphire, carbuncle, and emerald; and your settings and your
sockets and engravings were wrought in gold. On the day that you were created
they were prepared. [Gen 3:14,15; Isa 14:12-15; Matt 16:23.] 14 You were the
anointed cherub that covers with overshadowing [wings], and I set you so. You
were upon the holy mountain of God; you walked up and down in the midst of the
stones of fire [like the paved work of gleaming sapphire stone upon which the
God of Israel walked on Mount Sinai]. [Ex 24:10.] AMP
Fourth Heaven
Chapter
11
Here they took Enoch up on to the fourth heaven where is the course of sun and
moon 1Those men took me, and led me up
on to the fourth heaven, and showed me all the successive goings, and all the
rays of the light of sun and moon. 2And
I measure their goings, and compared their light, and saw that the sun’s light
is greater than the moon’s. 3Its circle and the wheels on which it goes always,
like the wind going past with very marvellous speed, and day and night it has
no rest. 4 Its passage and return are
accompanied by four great stars, and each star has under it a thousand stars,
to the right of the sun’s wheel, and by four to the left, each having under it
a thousand stars, altogether eight thousand, issuing with the sun continually. 5And by day fifteen myriads of angels attend
it, and by night a thousand. 6And six-winged ones issue with the angels before
the sun’s wheel into the fiery flames, and a hundred angels kindle the sun and
set it alight.
We know from our previous studies that the wheels of
Ezekiel are the Ophan, which are also known as “many eyed ones”. This portion
of the fourth heaven shows several beings, similar to Revelation chapter 4
Rev 4:8And the four living creatures, individually having
six wings, were full of eyes all over and within [underneath their wings]; and
day and night they never stop saying, Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty
(Omnipotent), Who was and Who is and Who is to come. [Isa 6:1-3.] AMP
Whatever their jobs are in the heavens, there are many
different races and functions for the sons of God. We have to stop thinking
that everything in the universal creation revolves around us. We are the most spiritually
blind beings in the universe, in comparison to the other sons of God. While
angels and other spiritual beings do not know everything God has planned, we
can hardly recognize a spiritual realm, and many humans do not even believe in
heaven, hell, or God. Even animals sense spiritual situations, but we humans
struggle with that. And yet the Bible tells us we will judge angels;
interesting.
Ps 104:19 He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun
knoweth his going down. KJV
There is an order and operation to the sun and moon, but
before the Day of the Lord, the day Jesus comes with his armies from heaven,
the sun and moon will be dark.
Joel 2:10-11The earth shall quake before them; the
heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall
withdraw their shining:11 And the Lord shall utter his voice before his army:
for his camp is very great: for he is strong that executeth his word: for the
day of the Lord is great and very terrible; and who can abide it? KJV
Joel 2:31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the
moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the Lord come. KJV
Nevertheless, today there is a glory of the sun, moon,
and stars. We look at sunrise or sunset and the full moon as beautiful masterpieces
that never replicate but are different each time. Each day or night brings a
new depiction of glory.
1 Cor 15:40-41 There are also celestial bodies, and
bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the
terrestrial is another.41 There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of
the moon, and another glory of the stars: for one star differeth from another star
in glory. KJV
Something the sons of God seem to do is sing, a lot. Once
the redeemed are raised from paradise or earth at the harpazo, they will sing
as well. We have to wonder if all the stories and myths we have been told have
their roots in 2 Enoch.
Chapter
17
Of the singings of the angels, which it is impossible to describe 1In the midst
of the heavens I saw armed soldiers, serving the Lord, with tympana and organs,
with incessant voice, with sweet voice, with sweet and incessant voice and
various singing, which it is impossible to describe, and which astonishes every
mind, so wonderful and marvellous is the singing of those angels, and I was
delighted listening to it.
Now Enoch sees another place like a holding prison. When
Enoch says there was no service in the 5th heaven, I think he is saying
there is no praise, singing, or heavenly functions. This place is another place
of punishment like the second heaven and part of the third heaven.
Fifth Heaven
Chapter
18
Of the taking of Enoch on to the fifth heaven 1The men took me on to the fifth
heaven and placed me, and there I saw many and countless soldiers, called
Grigori, of human appearance, and their size was greater than that of great
giants and their faces withered, and the silence of their mouths perpetual, and
there was no service on the fifth heaven, and I said to the men who were with
me: 2Wherefore are these very withered
and their faces melancholy, and their mouths silent, and wherefore is there no
service on this heaven? 3And they said
to me: These are the Grigori, who with their prince Satanail rejected the Lord
of light, and after them are those who are held in great darkness on the second
heaven, and three of them went down on to earth from the Lord’s throne, to the
place Ermon, and broke through their vows on the shoulder of the hill Ermon and
saw the daughters of men how good they are, and took to themselves wives, and
befouled the earth with their deeds, who in all times of their age made
lawlessness and mixing, and giants are born and marvellous big men and great
enmity. 4And therefore God judged them
with great judgment, and they weep for their brethren and they will be punished
on the Lord’s great day. 5And I said to
the Grigori: I saw your brethren and their works, and their great torments, and
I prayed for them, but the Lord has condemned them to be under earth till the
existing heaven and earth shall end for ever.
6And I said: Wherefore do you wait, brethren, and do not serve before
the Lord’s face, and have not put your services before the Lord’s face, lest
you anger your Lord utterly? 7And they
listened to my admonition, and spoke to the four ranks in heaven, and lo! As I
stood with those two men four trumpets trumpeted together with great voice, and
the Grigori broke into song with one voice, and their voice went up before the
Lord pitifully and affectingly.
Grigori is
a Russian name for angel, specifically a “watcher angel”. There are watchers
mentioned in the Bible. Enoch tells more about them in another one of his books.
Gen 6:1-4 Now after the population of human beings had
increased throughout the earth, and daughters had been born to them, 2 some
divine beings noticed how attractive human women were, so they took wives for
themselves from a selection that pleased them. 3 So the Lord said, “My Spirit
won’t remain with human beings forever, because they’re truly mortal. Their
lifespan will be 120 years.”4 The Nephilim were on the earth at that time (and
also immediately afterward), when those divine beings were having sexual relations
with those human women, who gave birth to children for them. These children
became the heroes and legendary figures of ancient times. ISV
Instead of being a help to humanity, they caused quite a
problem. Daniel saw watchers and holy ones.
Dan 4:13-17 I saw in the visions of my head upon my bed,
and, behold, a watcher and an holy one came down from heaven;14 He cried aloud,
and said thus, Hew down the tree, and cut off his branches, shake off his
leaves, and scatter his fruit: let the beasts get away from under it, and the
fowls from his branches:15 Nevertheless leave the stump of his roots in the
earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field;
and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the
beasts in the grass of the earth:16 Let his heart be changed from man's, and
let a beast's heart be given unto him; and let seven times pass over him.17
This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the
holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that the most High ruleth in
the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it
the basest of men. KJV
Dan 4:23 And whereas the king saw a watcher and an holy
one coming down from heaven, and saying, Hew the tree down, and destroy it; yet
leave the stump of the roots thereof in the earth, even with a band of iron and
brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of
heaven, and let his portion be w KJV
These watchers sound human, but in the context they are
speaking out to God against Judah.
Jer 4:15-17 For a voice declareth from Dan, and
publisheth affliction from mount Ephraim.16 Make ye mention to the nations;
behold, publish against Jerusalem, that watchers come from a far country, and
give out their voice against the cities of Judah.17 As keepers of a field, are
they against her round about; because she hath been rebellious against me,
saith the Lord. KJV
Jude also mentions them
Jude 6 And the angels which kept not their first estate,
but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under
darkness unto the judgment of the great day. KJV
It seems like Daniel, Jeremiah, Moses, Jude, and Enoch
are speaking about the same beings and the same situation. Unfortunately, we have
we not been taught these things in our churches. I would say that with the
advent of computers it is easier for us to study these subjects and do it more
efficiently.
Sixth Heaven
Chapter
19
Of the taking of Enoch to the sixth heaven
1And thence those men took me and bore me up on to the sixth heaven, and
there I saw seven bands of angels, very bright and very glorious, and their
faces shining more than the sun’s shining, glistening, and there is no
difference in their faces, or behaviour, or manner of dress; and these make the
orders, and learn the goings of the stars, and the alteration of the moon, or
revolution of the sun, and the good government of the world. 2And when they see
evildoing they make commandments and instruction, and sweet and loud singing,
and all songs of praise. 3These are the
archangels (1) who are above angels, measure all life in heaven and on earth,
and the angels who are appointed over seasons and years, the angels who are over
rivers and sea, and who are over the fruits of the earth, and the angels who
are over every grass, giving food to all, to every living thing, and the angels
who write all the souls of men, and all their deeds, and their lives before the
Lord’s face; in their midst are six Phoenixes and six Cherubim and six
six-winged ones continually with one voice singing one voice, and it is not
possible to describe their singing, and they rejoice before the Lord at his
footstool. {(1) Archangels. Or, "ruling angels."}
Could these seven bands of angels be the Seven Spirits of
God? They seem to have the same appearance as the Seven Spirits from Revelation
4.
There are seasons that angels are in charge of; spring,
summer, fall, and winter. But there are also times that angels are in charge
of, and they write and record what all men do.
Dan 2:19-21 Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a
night vision. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.20 Daniel answered and
said, Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever: for wisdom and might are
his:21 And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and
setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that
know understanding: KJV
Eccl 3:1 To every thing there is a season, and a time to
every purpose under the heaven: KJV
Angels record what you do and say, but also mark the
righteous. The seven spirits of God go out and report back what is going on.
Eccl 5:4-7 When you make a promise to God, don’t fail to
keep it, since he isn’t pleased with fools. Keep what you promise— 5 it’s better
that you don’t promise than that you do promise and not follow through. 6 Never
let your mouth cause you to sin and don’t proclaim in the presence of the
angel, “My promise was a mistake,” for why should God be angry at your excuse
and destroy what you’ve undertaken? ISV
Ezek 9:3-4 And the glory of the God of Israel was gone up
from the cherub, whereupon he was, to the threshold of the house. And he called
to the man clothed with linen, which had the writer's inkhorn by his side;4 And
the Lord said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of
Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry
for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof.KJV
In Job we are taught that the sons of God meet at
regularly scheduled times to give account to God. Lucifer comes at that time to
accuse people. We know that Lucifer still has access to accuse us before God
day and night. However, one day he will be cast out of this level of heaven to
the earth.
Rev 12:7-10 Then a war broke out in heaven. Michael and
his angels fought with the dragon, and the dragon and its angels fought back. 8
But it was not strong enough, and there was no longer any place for them in
heaven. 9 The huge dragon was hurled down. That ancient serpent, called the
Devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world, was hurled down to the earth,
along with its angels. 10 Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say, “Now the
salvation, the power, the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Messiah
have come. For the one who accuses our brothers, who accuses them day and night
in the presence of our God, has been thrown out. ISV
Not only are the angels recording what we do, the devil
does as well and accuses us day and night. Doesn’t the devil have anything
better to do than to pick at us humans who only have a small glimpse of the
spiritual realm and can hardly function properly without Jesus’ atoning blood?
If the devil was about fairness, he wouldn’t have attempted to hide the word of
God and the supporting historical books, but instead would have given humans a
fair chance at learning about life on earth, eternal life, and hell. As an
anointed cherub Lucifer had a position in the next level of heaven, but lost it
by his desire to be a judge over the sons of God as well as his merchandising
the beings under him. He distorted what he had authority over in the heavens
and it probably looked like what we see on earth. Is the sixth heaven where
satan accuses us, and is it where he wanted to put his throne to judge the sons
of God?
Isa 14:12-14 “How you have fallen from heaven, Day Star,
son of the Dawn! How you have been
thrown down to earth, you who laid low the nation! 13 You said in your heart, ‘I’ll ascend to
heaven, above the stars of God. I’ll erect my throne; I’ll sit on the Mount of
Assembly in the far reaches of the north; 14 I’ll ascend above the tops of the
clouds; I’ll make myself like the Most High.’ ISV
Isa 14:12-14 How have you fallen from heaven, O
light-bringer and daystar, son of the morning! How you have been cut down to
the ground, you who weakened and laid low the nations [O blasphemous, satanic
king of Babylon!] 13 And you said in your heart, I will ascend to heaven; I
will exalt my throne above the stars of God; I will sit upon the mount of
assembly in the uttermost north. 14 I will ascend above the heights of the
clouds; I will make myself like the Most High. AMP
It seems as if Lucifer was cast out of the upper heavens
to the sixth heaven and then will be kicked out of the sixth heaven during the
time of the seven thunders of Revelation 10. The seventh heaven is where we see
the heavenly troops, the ioanit stations
of light, nine regiments of beings, and they sing as well.
Seventh Heaven
Chapter
20
Hence they took Enoch into the seventh heaven
1And those two men lifted me up thence on to the seventh heaven, and I
saw there a very great light, and fiery troops of great archangels (2),
incorporeal forces, and dominions, orders and governments, cherubim and
seraphim, thrones and many-eyed ones, nine regiments, the Ioanit stations of
light, and I became afraid, and began to tremble with great terror, and those
men took me, and led me after them, and said to me: {(2) Archangels. Or, "chief
angels."} 2Have courage, Enoch, do not fear, and showed me the Lord from
afar, sitting on His very high throne. For what is there on the tenth heaven,
since the Lord dwells there? 3On the
tenth heaven is God, in the Hebrew tongue he is called Aravat (3). {(3) Aravat. Or, "Father of creation."} 4And all the heavenly troops would come and
stand on the ten steps according to their rank, and would bow down to the Lord,
and would again go to their places in joy and felicity, singing songs in the
boundless light with small and tender voices, gloriously serving him.
Chapter
21
Of how the angels here left Enoch, at the end of the seventh heaven, and went
away from him unseen 1 it And the cherubim and seraphim standing about the
throne, the six-winged and many-eyed ones do not depart, standing before the
Lord’s face doing his will, and cover his whole throne, singing with gentle
voice before the Lord’s face: Holy, holy, holy, Lord Ruler of Sabaoth, heavens
and earth are full of Your glory. 2When
I saw all these things, those men said to me: Enoch, thus far is it commanded
us to journey with you, and those men went away from me and thereupon I saw
them not. 3And I remained alone at the
end of the seventh heaven and became afraid, and fell on my face and said to
myself: Woe is me, what has befallen me?
4And the Lord sent one of his glorious ones, the archangel (4) Gabriel,
and he said to me: Have courage, Enoch, do not fear, arise before the Lord’s
face into eternity, arise, come with me.
{(4) Archangel. Or, "one of the seven highest angels, named
Gabriel."} 5And I answered him, and
said in myself: My Lord, my soul is departed from me, from terror and
trembling, and I called to the men who led me up to this place, on them I
relied, and it is with them I go before the Lord’s face. 6And Gabriel caught me up, as a leaf caught up
by the wind, and placed me before the Lord’s face.
Isa 6:1-4 In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the
Lord sitting upon his throne, high and exalted. The train of his robe filled
the Temple. 2 The seraphim stood above him. Each had six wings: with two he
covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he was flying.
3 They kept on calling to each other: “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of the
Heavenly Armies! The whole earth is full of his glory!”4 The foundations of the
thresholds quaked at the sound of those who kept calling out, and the Temple
was filled with smoke. ISV
Certainly, the seventh heaven resembles heavenly armies
with regiments, and yet they don’t seem to be angry or militant but instead
sing. How strange. On earth we have nothing to relate to this. We have armies,
and commanders, but no one sings to the leader. One country doesn’t sing louder
or better to their leader than another country. This is unimaginable until we
remember Lucifer had sanctuaries. He had beings worshipping him. Now let’s take
the view from 30 thousand feet. What do we see? We have religions where people
sing to their god, gods, or to God the Creator of heaven and earth. In the last
days the ones who worship God the creator and his son Jesus, are the ones we
see singing in heaven in Revelation 5.
The worship of heaven is an important part of the goings
on of the sons of God. Therefore, on earth as it is in heaven, we sing and
announce His Kingdom Come, Jesus’ kingdom, and His will be done. We sing,
praise, and worship the coming of Jesus who is crowned in Revelation 11. Once
Jesus is crowned and the announcement made, the second half of the tribulation
starts. In the 8th heaven we find the mazzaroth.
Eighth Heaven
Chapter
21:7
And I saw the eighth heaven, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Muzaloth,
changer of the seasons, of drought, and of wet, and of the twelve
constellations of the circle of the firmament, which are above the seventh
heaven.
Job 38:31-33 Canst thou bind the sweet influences of
Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?32 Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in
his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?33 Knowest thou the
ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth? KJV
Job 38:32 Can you lead forth the signs of the zodiac in
their season? Or can you guide [the stars of] the Bear with her young? AMP
Josiah was cleaning up and cleaning out the temple. As he
was doing so we see that people were burning incense to Baal, the sun, the
moon, the constellations, and the hosts of heaven. One thing is clear from 2
Enoch, all the sons of God worship God. No one in heaven worships anyone else
besides God Almighty, and we are not told to worship the sun, moon, constellations,
or the angels. If your religion puts something before God Almighty, the Creator
of the heavens and the earth, you might want to rethink that religion. Jesus,
the son of God, is coming to judge and punish, as well as to rescue. Be sure of
what it is that you are performing ritual service to. Jesus is seated at the
right hand of the Father, is there someone or something before them, a woman, a
prophet, an element, or another spiritual being?
2 Kings 23:5 He put away the idolatrous priests whom the
kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in Judah's
cities and round about Jerusalem — also those who burned incense to Baal, to
the sun, to the moon, to the constellations [or twelve signs of the zodiac],
and to all the hosts of the heavens. AMP
We know that God’s plan of redemption and his plan for
mankind is written in the constellations. The star names describe the
constellations. All star names are consistent in all ancient languages. The
constellations were not a connect-the-dots picture but a word picture. Abraham
brought this knowledge, from growing up in Noah’s household, to Egypt as
Josephus tells us. This is why the ancient star names are the same in all
ancient languages. It isn’t until the Greek and Roman era that mythology is
woven in and detracts from the story in the heavens.
Ninth Heaven
Chapter
21:8
And I saw the ninth heaven, which is called in Hebrew Kuchavim, where are the
heavenly homes of the twelve constellations of the circle of the firmament.
Isa 13:10 For the stars of heaven and the constellations
thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going
forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine. KJV
Amos 5:8 Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion,
and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with
night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the
face of the earth: The Lord is his name: KJV
Ps 19:1-6 THE HEAVENS declare the glory of God; and the
firmament shows and proclaims His handiwork. [Rom 1:20,21.] 2 Day after day
pours forth speech, and night after night shows forth knowledge. 3 There is no
speech nor spoken word [from the stars]; their voice is not heard. 4 Yet their
voice [in evidence] goes out through all the earth, their sayings to the end of
the world. Of the heavens has God made a tent for the sun, [Rom 10:18.] 5 Which
is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber; and it rejoices as a strong man
to run his course. 6 Its going forth is from the end of the heavens, and its
circuit to the ends of it; and nothing [yes, no one] is hidden from the heat of
it. AMP
The story that is written in the constellations is the
first scripture given to mankind. Belief in the story of a savior who would
come, is the way the Old Testament saints were redeemed, but before Moses was
born where was this written? In the heavens. The devil did not have access to
this part of heaven and could not erase the heavenly message. He could cloud
the meanings of the constellations with mythology, but he could not take down
the stars. Instead, he convinced people to worship them. Really the devil does
not play fair. Here are some blogs we have already studied regarding the
constellations.
God so protected his word in the heavens that there are
no angels or other spirit beings that Enoch identifies in the eighth and ninth
heavens that tend to the constellations. The Mazzaroth or Zodiac stands
according to the placement of God. This tells us that stars are not all alike.
The ones that God ordered to reveal His plan to us need no help and they cannot
be tampered with.
Tenth Heaven
Chapter
22 In the tenth heaven the archangel Michael led
Enoch to before the Lord’s face 1On the
tenth heaven, which is called Aravoth, I saw the appearance of the Lord’s face,
like iron made to glow in fire, and brought out, emitting sparks, and it
burns. 2Thus in a moment of eternity I
saw the Lord’s face, but the Lord’s face is ineffable, marvellous and very awful,
and very, very terrible. 3And who am I
to tell of the Lord’s unspeakable being, and of his very wonderful face? And I
cannot tell the quantity of his many instructions, and various voices, the
Lord's throne is very great and not made with hands, nor the quantity of those
standing round him, troops of cherubim and seraphim, nor their incessant
singing, nor his immutable beauty, and who shall tell of the ineffable
greatness of his glory. 4And I fell
prone and bowed down to the Lord, and the Lord with his lips said to me: 5Have courage, Enoch, do not fear, arise and
stand before my face into eternity. 6And
the archistratege (5) Michael lifted me up, and led me to before the Lord’s
face. {(5) Archistratege. Or, "the commander of the armies of the nations,
named Michael."} 7And the Lord said to his servants tempting them: Let
Enoch stand before my face into eternity, and the glorious ones bowed down to
the Lord, and said: Let Enoch go according to Your word. 8And the Lord said to Michael: Go and take
Enoch from out of his earthly garments, and anoint him with my sweet ointment,
and put him into the garments of My glory.
9And Michael did thus, as the Lord told him. He anointed me, and dressed
me, and the appearance of that ointment is more than the great light, and his
ointment is like sweet dew, and its smell mild, shining like the sun’s ray, and
I looked at myself, and I was like one of his glorious ones (6). {(6) Glorious
ones. Or, "one of the seven highest angels." } 10And the Lord
summoned one of his archangels by name Pravuil, whose knowledge was quicker in
wisdom than the other archangels, who wrote all the deeds of the Lord; and the
Lord said to Pravuil: Bring out the books from my store-houses, and a reed of
quick-writing, and give it to Enoch, and deliver to him the choice and
comforting books out of your hand.
Because verse 10 says Pravuil’s knowledge was quicker in
wisdom, some say this is the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of wisdom; while others
believe Pravuil is another angelic being, one of the higher ranking sons of
God. We do not know who or what Pravuil is but someday we will.
Since spiritual beings are in the 10th heaven,
is this the place God allowed Lucifer? It is probably the place of the fiery
stones. Is the 10th heaven the mountain of God?
Ezek 28:14 “You were the anointed cherub; having been set
in place on the holy mountain of God, you walked in the midst of fiery stones.
ISV
Ezek 28:16 Since your vast business dealings filled you
with violent intent from top to bottom, you sinned, so I cast you away as
defiled from the mountain of God. I destroyed you, you guardian cherub, from
the midst of the fiery stones. ISV
Chapter
23
Of Enoch’s writing, how he wrote his wonderful jouneyings and the heavenly
hosts and himself wrote three hundred and sixty-six books 1 And he was telling me all the works of
heaven, earth and sea, and all the elements, their passages and goings, and the
thunderings of the thunders, the sun and moon, the goings and changes of the
stars, the seasons, years, days, and hours, the risings of the wind, the
numbers of the angels, and the formation of their songs, and all human things,
the tongue of every human song and life, the commandments, instructions, and
sweet-voiced singings, and all things that it is fitting to learn. 2And Pravuil
told me: All the things that I have told you, we have written. Sit and write
all the souls of mankind, however many of them are born, and the places
prepared for them to eternity; for all souls are prepared to eternity, before
the formation of the world. 3And all double thirty days and thirty nights, and
I wrote out all things exactly, and wrote three hundred and sixty-six books.
Enoch wrote 366 books with the help of Pravuil. We are only
looking at the chapters relating to the heavens, heaven, and the heavenly host.
This is where most of our knowledge of heaven comes from. We have religions
that tell us many different things, but if we align what 2 Enoch says with the
Bible, we see that the content is in the Bible but it is scattered all over the
place. Whether The Book of the Secrets of
Enoch was actually written by Enoch is impossible to know here on earth.
There were 366 books written, and this one is orderly and concise as far as the
places written about in the Bible. The subjects regarding the sons of God, the
constellations, the place Lucifer wanted to take over, the Nephilim, the fallen
angels, and hell are all contained here in 2 Enoch.
If the first century apostles already had this
knowledge, they then wrote as if it was common knowledge to everyone, and it
probably was at that time. This is why they did not have to explain hades, sheol, or tartarus as well as the heavenly
abode of God. However, two thousand years later, we have lost the common
knowledge of the first century church and we are sometimes confused and misled
regarding our spiritual destiny. Comparing Enoch 2 with the Bible brings some
understanding into the mysteries of Heaven, and helps us compare other
scripture that seems to have been scattered all over the Bible so that we can
get a clearer understanding of Revelation 4 & 5.
