The Angels Take Enoch
Into The First Heaven
It 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 (atmosphere,
large open space filled with air), and they
placed me on the First Heaven and showed me a very great sea, greater than the
earthly sea.”
Chapter 4
Enoch
Sees
The
Angels Ruling The Stars
They brought before my face the elders and rulers, who
are Angels, of the stellar orders (the stars), 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.
The Angels Who Keep
The Storehouses Of The Snow
And here I
looked down and saw the treasure-houses (storehouses) of the snow, and the
Angels who keep their terrible storehouses, and the clouds whence they come out
and into which they go.
Chapter 6
Of the dew and of the olive-oil, and various flowers.
They showed me
the treasure-house of the dew, like oil of the olive, and the appearance of its
form, as of all the flowers of the earth; and further, many Angels guarding the treasure-houses
of these things, and how they are made to shut and open.
Chapter 7
The Angels Take Enoch
To The Second Heaven
And those
Angels took me and led me up on to the Second
Heaven, and showed me darkness, which is greater than earthly darkness.
There I saw prisoners hanging, watched, awaiting the great and boundless
judgement, and these Angels were dark-looking, more than earthly darkness, and
always weeping through all hours.
2 And I said
to the men who were with me: “Why are these tortured, endlessly?' They answered
me: “These are God's apostates (fallen angels who disbelieve and disobey God),
who obeyed not God's commands, but took counsel with their own will, and turned
away with their leader, who also is chained in the Fifth Heaven.”
3 And 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?”
Meaning:
I an ordinary
man.
I am not
worthy to intercede for the Angels.
I am not a
saviour.
It is Angels
that supposed to intercede for me.