Page 64 - Book Of Enoch

The Book of Enoch

Notes

The Second Parable. (Pages 64-73)

Here we are introduced to some new characters, there is the Chosen One, or

Messiah, and The Head of Days or ‘ancient of days’ (see also 71.10) who appears in
Daniel 7:9-10 and seems to represent God.

It is a bit confusing that Enoch sees characters from the future. It may be that
the Watchers presented this to Enoch as a theatrical drama so that he could see it and

ask questions at the same time. It was no doubt a deliberate policy not to give actual
names so that different readers in different eras would assume they new the names.

When I read this, I think it obviously refers to Jesus, but many ages had a ‘chosen one’.

The number of righteousness (47.4), that is reached, may refer to the twelve
times twelve thousand predicted to survive in the biblical Book of Revelations.

Sheol is mentioned at 51.1, it is the name for hell used in early times and it is
also mentioned in the book of Genesis and book of Job, it means ‘the grave’ - but more

than just a hole in the ground.

The mountains leap like rams at 51.4, this phrase also occurs in the bible
(Psalms 114.4 & 6).

There is a rare mentioning of place names at 56.5 - Parthia and Medes - these were
ancient kingdoms in the Iran\Iraq area. This is the area where Enoch probably lived but

it is difficult to know whether he originally used these names in his book, or whether

later translators substituted in their own names for the areas that they thought were
being referred to.

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