The Visit To The
Third Heaven,
Paradise And Hell Fire
Chapter 8
The Angels Take Enoch
To The Third Heaven
And from
there, those men took me, and led me up on to the Third Heaven, and placed me there; and I looked downwards (which
means that the Angels placed him in atmosphere of the Third Heaven), and saw the produce of these places, such as has
never been known for goodness.
2 And I saw
all the sweet-flowering trees and beheld their fruits, which were
sweet-smelling, and all the foods borne by
them bubbling with sweet-smelling exhalation (pleasant breathe, pleasant
fragrance). 3 And in the midst of the trees that of life (was the tree of
life), in that place whereon the Lord rests, when He goes up into Paradise; and
this tree is of indescribable 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 (produces all kinds of
fruits?). 4 Its root is in the garden at the earth's end.
5 And Paradise
is between corruptibility and incorruptibility. 6 And 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.
7 And thence they go forth along
the earth, and have a
revolution to their circle even as other elements.
8 And here
there is no unfruitful tree, and every place is blessed. 9 And there are three hundred Angels very
bright, who keep the garden, and with incessant pleasant singing and
never-silent voices serve the Lord throughout all days and hours.
Chapter 9
The Angels Show Enoch
The Paradise
The Place Of The Righteous And
Compassionate
10 And I said:
“How very pleasant is this place,” and those Angels said to me: “This place, O
Enoch, is prepared for the righteous, who endure all manner of offence from
those that afflict their souls; prevent their eyes from seeing evil; who make
righteous judgement; give bread to the hungry; cover the naked with clothing;
raise up the fallen; help injured orphans; and walk without fault before the
face of the Lord, and serve Him alone. For them is prepared this place for
eternal inheritance.”
Enoch:
Son of man, where were you told that the milk and
honey flowed into?
Son of man, by this you know certainly that
the Garden of Eden is not in this world.
Congregation: Yes.
Enoch:
It is in the Paradise. This is where Adam and eve
were, where various fruits are available.
Those
Without Fault
Enoch:
Son of man, without faults.
This is a lump word.
The
Head: It is a remarkable word which humanity do not
understand. A lump word has many meanings. That is why it shall be explained
very well.
Enoch:
A person without fault is a person, who serves and
worships God in perfection. He has no faults because he abides by all the laws
of God, which God ordered in sequence.
Need
For Explanation
Enoch:
Son of man, if you leave this expression, without
fault, as it is, humanity shall not understand the explanation in perfection.
It is not that people will not understand it. They will understand it, but the
understanding will not be perfect. This is because many people understand and
explain the words, without fault, in many various ways.
What is fault to one person may not be
fault to another person. But the will of God is one, from everlasting to
everlasting. Until every word has completed its work – every word has its
meaning, purpose and set time.
The
Head: Some words are in use for a while, while
others may be in use forever. That is why, as the day breaks, a language drops
some words, which are considered outdated; and introduces new words to accommodate
new development and new meanings, and to make things perfect.
Marriage
As An Example
Enoch:
For example, at the beginning of humanity, a person
could marry his own sister or brother. Even a father could marry his daughter.
Is it true or false?
Congregation: It is true.
Son of man, that was when humanity were not
yet many in the world. By that law, by that way, humanity were made to increase
and multiply. But when the time came, that law words made to be past – is no
longer necessary.
Those
Who Abide By The Laws Of God
Enoch:
Son of man, therefore, the person without fault is
the person who abides in all the laws of God.
The
Word Of God Is Different
Enoch:
Therefore, you have to include it and the meaning,
for the understanding to be perfect. This is because the word of God is not a
word written to be read like news, novel, textbook or folktale. It is a
narration from which people learn. There is a special teaching which Yahweh,
the Lord of the Hosts, put in it. That is why we look into it – we study,
examine, correct, update and restore the Holy Book as it should be. This is to
make the teaching manifest, very well.
Continuation
Of Meaning
Enoch:
That word, without fault, says, means, a person who
worships God without fault. Myself is explaining to you people that that word
is true, but it is not completely perfect. That is why myself is making you
people to understand what it means.
Son of man, only those people, who worship
God without fault, are the people who worship God and keep all the laws of
righteousness and the laws of holiness.
The
Head: They are the perfect ones. They are called
the Saints.
Enoch:
They are the people, who worship God without
faults. Therefore, any person who was to enter the Paradise, has to keep all
the laws of God. Including all the laws he knows about or not.
Chapter 10
The Angels Show Enoch
The Hell Fire
The Terrible Place And Various
Tortures
And those two
Angels led me 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 sadness and misery, and there is no
light there, but murky fire constantly flames upward, and there is a fiery river (burning
river) coming forth, and that whole place is everywhere fire, and everywhere there is frost and ice, thirst and
shivering, while the chains are very cruel, and the Angels fearful and
merciless, bearing angry faces and cruel weapons, merciless torture, and I
said: “Woe, woe, how very terrible is this place.”
3 And those
men said to me: “This place, O Enoch, is prepared for those who dishonour God;
who on earth practise sin against nature, which is child-corruption after the sodomitic fashion;
magic-making, charms and devilish witchcrafts; who boast of their wicked deeds
– stealing, lies, defamations, envy, rancour (hatred, bitterness and
resentment), fornication and murder; and who, accursed, steal the souls of men;
who, seeing the poor take away their goods and themselves wax rich (get richer
and richer), injuring the poor and helpless to gain other men's goods; who
being able to satisfy the empty (the poor and needy), made the hungry to die;
being able to clothe themselves with more than enough, without clothing the
naked; and who knew not their creator, because they neither know God nor obey
Him; and bowed down to soulless (lifeless) gods, which gods cannot see nor
hear, vain gods – who also built hewn images and bow down to unclean handiwork.
For all these unrepentant sinners is prepared this place amongst these, for eternal
inheritance.
Paradise
And Hell Fire
Enoch:
Son of man, why was it written in the Holy Book,
telling you about Lazarus and the rich man?
The rich man looked and saw Lazarus in the
bosom of Abraham.
Why was he able to see Lazarus?
It is because both Paradise and Hell Fire
are in the same Third Heaven.
In Paradise are sweetness (pleasures),
joyfulness and gladness of heart; goodwill, contentment and satisfaction. Even
the tree of life, which bears various fruits is therein. In the same Third
Heaven is the place of gnashing of teeth, Hell Fire.
Son of man, ‘oji ncha awu aru malu onwe ya’
– let all the sinners repent to avoid Hell Fire, because people destine
themselves for Paradise or hell fire, by their thoughts, words and actions.
Sins Against Nature
1.
Doing what is
not good.
2.
Doing things
in the wrong ways.
3.
Failure to
observe necessary rites of holiness, in the use of all things.
4.
Uncontrolled
freedom, which leads to carelessness, carefreeness, damages and destructions.
5.
…
Nature
Of Torments Inside Hell Fire
The torments, the sufferings, afflict the
soul, body, spirit and heart. Such sufferings radiate to all the parts of the
body, in a very bad and terrible sensation. Even so mercilessly and endlessly.