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Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament 59

60. QUAKING OF THE HEAVEN: BEHEMOTH AND LEVIATHAN: THE ELEMENTS.

60 In the year 500, in the seventh month, on the fourteenth day of the month in the life of †Enoch†. In that Parable I saw how a mighty quaking made the heaven of heavens to quake, and the host of the Most High, and the angels, a thousand thousands and ten thousand times ten thousand, were disquieted with a great disquiet. And the Head of Days sat on the throne of His glory, and the angels and the righteous stood around Him.

And a great trembling seized me,

And fear took hold of me,

And my loins gave way,

And dissolved were my reins,

And I fell upon my face.

And Michael sent another angel from among the holy ones and he raised me up, and when he had raised me up my spirit returned; for I had not been able to endure the look of this host, and the commotion and the quaking of the heaven. And Michael said unto me: ‘Why art thou disquieted with such a vision? Until this day lasted the day of His mercy; and He hath been merciful and long-suffering towards those who dwell on the earth. And when the day, and the power, and the punishment, and the judgement come, which the Lord of Spirits hath prepared for those who worship not the righteous law, and for those who deny the righteous judgement, and for those who take His name in vain—that day is prepared, for the elect a covenant, but for sinners an inquisition.

When the punishment of the Lord of Spirits shall rest upon them, it shall rest in order that the punishment of the Lord of Spirits may not come, in vain, and it shall slay the children with their mothers and the children with their fathers. Afterwards the judgement shall take place according to His mercy and His patience.’

And on that day were two monsters parted, a female monster named Leviathan, to dwell in the abysses of the ocean over the fountains of the waters. But the male is named Behemoth, who occupied with his breast a waste wilderness named †Dûidâin†, on the east of the garden where the elect and righteous dwell, where my grandfather was taken up, the seventh from Adam, the first man whom the Lord of Spirits created. And I besought the other angel that he should show me the might of those monsters, how they were parted on one day and cast, the one into the abysses of the sea, and the other unto the dry land of the wilderness. And he said to me: ‘Thou son of man, herein thou dost seek to know what is hidden.’

And the other angel who went with me and showed me what was hidden told me what is first and last in the heaven in the height, and beneath the earth in the depth, and at the ends of the heaven, and on the foundation of the heaven. And the chambers of the winds, and how the winds are divided, and how they are weighed, and (how) the portals of the winds are reckoned, each according to the power of the wind, and the power of the lights of the moon, and according to the power that is fitting: and the divisions of the stars according to their names, and how all the divisions are divided. And the thunders according to the places where they fall, and all the divisions that are made among the lightnings that it may lighten, and their host that they may at once obey. For the thunder has †places of rest† (which) are assigned (to it) while it is waiting for its peal; and the thunder and lightning are inseparable, and although not one and undivided, they both go together through the spirit and separate not. For when the lightning lightens, the thunder utters its voice, and the spirit enforces a pause during the peal, and divides equally between them; for the treasury of their peals is like the sand, and each one of them as it peals is held in with a bridle, and turned back by the power of the spirit, and pushed forward according to the many quarters of the earth. And the spirit of the sea is masculine and strong, and according to the might of his strength he draws it back with a rein, and in like manner it is driven forward and disperses amid all the mountains of the earth. And the spirit of the hoar-frost is his own angel, and the spirit of the hail is a good angel. And the spirit of the snow has forsaken his chambers on account of his strength—There is a special spirit therein, and that which ascends from it is like smoke, and its name is frost. And the spirit of the mist is not united with them in their chambers, but it has a special chamber; for its course is †glorious† both in light and in darkness, and in winter and in summer, and in its chamber is an angel. And the spirit of the dew has its dwelling at the ends of the heaven, and is connected with the chambers of the rain, and its course is in winter and summer: and its clouds and the clouds of the mist are connected, and the one gives to the other. And when the spirit of the rain goes forth from its chamber, the angels come and open the chamber and lead it out, and when it is diffused over the whole earth it unites with the water on the earth. And whensoever it unites with the water on the earth … For the waters are for those who dwell on the earth; for they are nourishment for the earth from the Most High who is in heaven: therefore there is a measure for the rain, and the angels take it in charge. And these things I saw towards the Garden of the Righteous. And the angel of peace who was with me said to me: ‘These two monsters, prepared conformably to the greatness of God, shall feed …

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From-The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament

R.H. Charles Oxford: The Clarendon Press

60. Quaking of the Heaven: Behemoth and Leviathan: the Elements.

601 In the year 500, in the seventh month, on the fourteenth day of the month in the life of † Enoch† . In that Parable I saw how a mighty quaking made the heaven of heavens to quake, and the host of the Most High, and the angels, a thousand thousands and ten thousand times ten thousand, were disquieted with a great disquiet.

2 And the Head of Days sat on the throne of His glory, and the angels and the righteous stood around Him.

3 And a great trembling seized me,

And fear took hold of me,

And my loins gave way,

And dissolved were my reins,

And I fell upon my face.

4 And Michael sent another angel from among the holy ones and he raised me up, and when he had raised me up my spirit returned; for I had not been able to endure the look of this host, and the commotion and the quaking of the heaven.

5 And Michael said unto me: ‘Why art thou disquieted with such a vision? Until this day lasted the day of His mercy; and He hath been merciful and long-suffering towards those who dwell on the earth.

6 And when the day, and the power, and the punishment, and the judgement come, which the Lord of Spirits hath prepared for those who worship not the righteous law, and for those who deny the righteous judgement, and for those who take His name in vain—that day is prepared, for the elect a covenant, but for sinners an inquisition.When the punishment of the Lord of Spirits shall rest upon them, it shall rest in order that the punishment of the Lord of Spirits may not come, in vain, and it shall slay the children with their mothers and the children with their fathers. Afterwards the judgement shall take place according to His mercy and His patience.’

7 And on that day were two monsters parted, a female monster named Leviathan, to dwell in the abysses of the ocean over the fountains of the waters.

8 But the male is named Behemoth, who occupied with his breast a waste wilderness named † Dûidâin† , on the east of the garden where the elect and righteous dwell, where my grandfather was taken up, the seventh from Adam, the first man whom the Lord of Spirits created.

9 And I besought the other angel that he should show me the might of those monsters, how they were parted on one day and cast, the one into the abysses of the sea, and the other unto the dry land of the wilderness.

10 And he said to me: ‘Thou son of man, herein thou dost seek to know what is hidden.’

11 And the other angel who went with me and showed me what was hidden told me what is first and last in the heaven in the height, and beneath the earth in the depth, and at the ends of the heaven, and on the foundation of the heaven.

12 And the chambers of the winds, and how the winds are divided, and how they are weighed, and ( how) the portals of the winds are reckoned, each according to the power of the wind, and the power of the lights of the moon, and according to the power that is fitting: and the divisions of the stars according to their names, and how all the divisions are divided.

13 And the thunders according to the places where they fall, and all the divisions that are made among the lightnings that it may lighten, and their host that they may at once obey.

14 For the thunder has † places of rest† ( which) are assigned ( to it) while it is waiting for its peal; and the thunder and lightning are inseparable, and although not one and undivided, they both go together through the spirit and separate not.

15 For when the lightning lightens, the thunder utters its voice, and the spirit enforces a pause during the peal, and divides equally between them; for the treasury of their peals is like the sand, and each one of them as it peals is held in with a bridle, and turned back by the power of the spirit, and pushed forward according to the many quarters of the earth.

16 And the spirit of the sea is masculine and strong, and according to the might of his strength he draws it back with a rein, and in like manner it is driven forward and disperses amid all the mountains of the earth. 17 And the spirit of the hoar-frost is his own angel, and the spirit of the hail is a good angel.

18 And the spirit of the snow has forsaken his chambers on account of his strength—There is a special spirit therein, and that which ascends from it is like smoke, and its name is frost.

19 And the spirit of the mist is not united with them in their chambers, but it has a special chamber; for its course is † glorious† both in light and in darkness, and in winter and in summer, and in its chamber is an angel.

20 And the spirit of the dew has its dwelling at the ends of the heaven, and is connected with the chambers of the rain, and its course is in winter and summer: and its clouds and the clouds of the mist are connected, and the one gives to the other.

21 And when the spirit of the rain goes forth from its chamber, the angels come and open the chamber and lead it out, and when it is diffused over the whole earth it unites with the water on the earth. And whensoever it unites with the water on the earth … For the waters are for those who dwell on the earth;

22 for they are nourishment for the earth from the Most High who is in heaven: therefore there is a measure for the rain, and the angels take it in charge.

23 And these things I saw towards the Garden of the Righteous.

24 And the angel of peace who was with me said to me: ‘These two monsters, prepared conformably to the greatness of God, shall feed …1

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1 Robert Henry Charles, ed., Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament, vol. 2 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1913), 223–225.

Revelation From God

Author

The author of Enoch is not know, there are several parts that are attributed to Enoch and to Noah, but the actual writer is unknown. If Enoch and Noah are the writer then it would be the oldest know writing, that Jesus, Matthew, and St. Jude quote from. 

Date

The date is also not know, but it could be as old as Noah, that of approximately 5000 to 4000 B.C.E. Most Theologian place it to about 300 B.C.E.

History/Theology

Most believe this is a mystical tale and that has several inaccurate parts, but it details the Nephilim Gen 6:1-22, Deut 2:10, 2 Sa 21:15-22, 1 Ch 20:8, 2 Pe 2:4, the great flood, Gen 6-9, the fall of the angels, Rev 12:1-12, and the Theology of "Son of Man", Eze 2:1, Mat 8:20, Mat 9:6, Mat 11:19, Mat 16:13, Mat 18:11, Mar 8:38, Luke 18:8, Joh 1:51, Joh 5:27, Joh 6:53, Joh 15:23, Joh 13:31, Act 7:56, Rev 1:13 !!!! 

This is not considered a canonical book today but it is the most quoted ancient book, by Jesus, Isaiah, Ezekiel, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John and St. Jude, which would a strong argument that it is a Canonical book when The Word became flesh and dwelt among us, Joh 1:14 !!!!

Structure

It is divided into five parts ; and the first discourses of such subjects as the fall of the angels, and the journey of E. through the earth and through Paradise in the company of an angel, by whom he is initiated into the secrets of nature, &c. ; the second contains E.'s account of what was revealed to him concerning the heavenly or spiritual region; the third treats of astronomy and the- phenomena of the seasons ; the fourth represents E. beholding, in prophetic vision, the course of Divine Providence till the coming of the -Messiah; and the last consists of exhortations based on what has preceded. The book was current in the primitive church, and was quoted by the Fathers, but was lost sight of by Christian writers about the close of the 8th century, so that until last century it was only known by extracts. Fortunately, however, the traveller Brace discovered in Abyssinia three complete -MSS. of the work, which he brought to England in 1773. These MSS. proved to be an Ethiopic version made from the Greek one, in use among the Fathers, as was evident from the coincidence of language. The Ethiopic version did not appear till 1838, when it was published by Archbishop Lawrence. An English translation, however, by the same writer, had appeared in 1821, which passed through three editions, and formed the basis of the German edition of Hoffmann (Jena, 1833--1838). In 1840, Gfrorer published a Latin translation of the work; but by far the best edition is that of Dr A. Dillmann, who, in 1851, published the Ethiopic text from five MSS.; and in 1853, a German translation, with an introduction and commentary, which has recently turned the attention of many German scholars to the subject. Taken from the Chambers Encyclopedia of 1861 A.D. 

Chapter (60) whose sum is (6) {(2) YHWH the Son, Christ Jesus, Yeshua Gen 1:3, Rev 22:1-5, times (3) YHWH, the Holy Spirit, Ruach Gen 1:2, Rev 22:17, which is Man, the (6th day), YHWH the Church, Qahal, Ecclesia, Gen 1:27-31}. (60) is the product of (6) {(2) YHWH the Son, Christ Jesus, Yeshua Gen 1:3, Rev 22:1-5, times (3) YHWH, the Holy Spirit, Ruach Gen 1:2, Rev 22:17, which is Man, the (6th day), YHWH the Church, Qahal, Ecclesia, Gen 1:27-31} times (10) whose sum is (1) YHWH the Father, YHWH, Ge 1:1, Rev 22:13,  and is the embodiment of the perfect fulfillment of the Law Mat 5:17-20, Rom 13:8-10, Christ Jesus in You 2 Co 5:17-21, Eph 4:1-32. There is (1) Pericope, (1) YHWH the Father, YHWH Ab, Isa 41:10, Isa 43:11-12, Isa 45:11-25, John 17:20-26!!!! It has (24) verses whose sum is (6) {(2) YHWH the Son, Christ Jesus, Yeshua Gen 1:3, Rev 22:1-5, times (3) YHWH, the Holy Spirit, Ruach Gen 1:2, Rev 22:17, which is Man, the (6th day), YHWH the Church, Qahal, Ecclesia, Gen 1:27-31}. (24) is the product of (4) YHWH the Church, YHWH Qahal, Ecclesia, 1 Co 12:1-31, 2 Co 5:17-21, 2 Co 6:14-18, Col 1:15-19, times (6) {(2) YHWH the Son, Christ Jesus, Yeshua Gen 1:3, Rev 22:1-5, times (3) YHWH, the Holy Spirit, Ruach Gen 1:2, Rev 22:17, which is Man, the (6th day), YHWH the Church, Qahal, Ecclesia, Gen 1:27-31}.

Purpose 

The purpose of Enoch to teach all to walk in the ways of YHWH, Deut 8:6, Deut 10:12, Deut 30:1-20, 1 Ki 2:1-9, 1 Ki 8:58-61, 2 Ch 34:30-33, Psa 84:5-12, Psa 19:1-4, Isa 48:17, Eze 36:26-27, Mic 6:8, Rom 8:1-17, Gal 5:16-26, Heb 13:15-21, Jas 3:1-18, 1 Pe 1:13-25, 1 Pet 3:1-22, 1 John 1:6-10 !!!!

Which is THEOPHILUS, GOD’S Love, Deut 10:18-19, Deut 11:1-32, Deut 13:3, 1 Sa 18:1-5, 2 Sa 9:1-13, John 3:16, John 13:34-35, Rom 5:8, Rom 13:8-10, 1 Co 13:1-13, Eph 5:1-21, 1 Jn 3:11-14, 1 Jn 4:7-21, 1 John 5:3 !!!!

By Faith Eph 2:8-9, Ga 2:15-21, Gal 3:1-29, Gal 5:1-26, Heb 11:1-40, Jas 2:14-26!!!!

The purpose of Chapter (60) is to teach Man, the (6th day), YHWH the Church, Qahal, Ecclesia, Gen 1:27-31, when you walk in the ways of YHWH, Rom 8:1-17, Gal 5:16-26, Heb 13:15-21, Jas 3:1-18, which is THEOPHILUS, GOD’S Love, Rom 5:8, Rom 13:8-10, 1 Co 13:1-13, Eph 5:1-21, by Faith Eph 2:8-9, Ga 2:15-21, Gal 3:1-29, Gal 5:1-26, Heb 11:1-40, Jas 2:14-26, YHWH will fill you is His fullness, Wisdom, Understanding, Knowledge in all manner of workmanship, Exo 31:3, Exo35:31, 1 Es 4:59-60, 2 Es 13:52-58, 2 Es 14:38-48!!!!

Exegesis / Hermeneutical

The Fullness of YHWH, Enoch 60:1-24, Enoch 60 POT :

Pericope, (1) YHWH the Father, YHWH Ab, Isa 41:10, Isa 43:11-12, Isa 45:11-25, John 17:20-26!!!! It has (24) verses whose sum is (6) {(2) YHWH the Son, Christ Jesus, Yeshua Gen 1:3, Rev 22:1-5, times (3) YHWH, the Holy Spirit, Ruach Gen 1:2, Rev 22:17, which is Man, the (6th day), YHWH the Church, Qahal, Ecclesia, Gen 1:27-31}. (24) is the product of (4) YHWH the Church, YHWH Qahal, Ecclesia, 1 Co 12:1-31, 2 Co 5:17-21, 2 Co 6:14-18, Col 1:15-19, times (6) {(2) YHWH the Son, Christ Jesus, Yeshua Gen 1:3, Rev 22:1-5, times (3) YHWH, the Holy Spirit, Ruach Gen 1:2, Rev 22:17, which is Man, the (6th day), YHWH the Church, Qahal, Ecclesia, Gen 1:27-31}.

Enoch 60:1-6, Enoch 60 POT : When we do not walk in the ways of YHWH, Rom 8:1-17, Gal 5:16-26, Heb 13:15-21, Jas 3:1-18, which is THEOPHILUS, GOD’S Love, Rom 5:8, Rom 13:8-10, 1 Co 13:1-13, Eph 5:1-21, by Faith Eph 2:8-9, Ga 2:15-21, Gal 3:1-29, Gal 5:1-26, Heb 11:1-40, Jas 2:14-26, then the wrath of YHWH will be upon us, Deut 8:5, 1 Sa 4:1-22, 2 Ki 21:10-18, 2 Ki 22:14-17, 2 Ki 25:1-21, Enoch 54:1-10 54:7–55:2, Joh 3:18, Joh 3:36, Heb 12:5-8, Rev 2:11-17, Rev 3:19!!!!

Enoch 60:7-24, Enoch 60 POT : However, when you walk in the ways of YHWH, Rom 8:1-17, Gal 5:16-26, Heb 13:15-21, Jas 3:1-18, which is THEOPHILUS, GOD’S Love, Rom 5:8, Rom 13:8-10, 1 Co 13:1-13, Eph 5:1-21, by Faith Eph 2:8-9, Ga 2:15-21, Gal 3:1-29, Gal 5:1-26, Heb 11:1-40, Jas 2:14-26, YHWH will fill you is His fullness, Wisdom, Understanding, Knowledge in all manner of workmanship, Exo 31:3, Exo35:31, 1 Es 4:59-60, 2 Es 13:52-58, 2 Es 14:38-48!!!!

Conclusion

Chapter (60) teaches Man, the (6th day), YHWH the Church, Qahal, Ecclesia, Gen 1:27-31, when you walk in the ways of YHWH, Rom 8:1-17, Gal 5:16-26, Heb 13:15-21, Jas 3:1-18, which is THEOPHILUS, GOD’S Love, Rom 5:8, Rom 13:8-10, 1 Co 13:1-13, Eph 5:1-21, by Faith Eph 2:8-9, Ga 2:15-21, Gal 3:1-29, Gal 5:1-26, Heb 11:1-40, Jas 2:14-26, YHWH will fill you is His fullness, Wisdom, Understanding, Knowledge in all manner of workmanship, Exo 31:3, Exo35:31, 1 Es 4:59-60, 2 Es 13:52-58, 2 Es 14:38-48!!!!

Bible Study Question

Are you filled with the Fullness of YHWH?

This pericope is clear that when you walk in the ways of YHWH, Rom 8:1-17, Gal 5:16-26, Heb 13:15-21, Jas 3:1-18, which is THEOPHILUS, GOD’S Love, Rom 5:8, Rom 13:8-10, 1 Co 13:1-13, Eph 5:1-21, by Faith Eph 2:8-9, Ga 2:15-21, Gal 3:1-29, Gal 5:1-26, Heb 11:1-40, Jas 2:14-26, YHWH will fill you is His fullness, Wisdom, Understanding, Knowledge in all manner of workmanship, Exo 31:3, Exo35:31, 1 Es 4:59-60, 2 Es 13:52-58, 2 Es 14:38-48!!!!