Note: I know many will have problems with this word, yet Enoch's prophecies are quoted in scripture by the Holy Apostles, so before any one get upset over this posting, prayerfully read it before criticizing it or me...and no, I do not put this book on the same level as scripture- msw
Chapter 62
1 And thus the Lord commanded the kings and the mighty and the exalted, and those who dwell on the earth, and said:
Open
your eyes and lift up your horns if ye are able to recognize the
Elect One.
2 And the Lord of Spirits seated him on the
throne of His glory,
And the spirit of righteousness was poured
out upon him,
And the word of his mouth slays all the sinners,
And
all the unrighteous are destroyed from before his face.
3
And there shall stand up in that day all the kings and the
mighty,
And the exalted and those who hold the earth,
And they
shall see and recognize How he sits on the throne of his glory,
And
righteousness is judged before him,
And no lying word is spoken
before him.
4
Then shall pain come upon them as on a woman in travail,
[And she
has pain in bringing forth]
When her child enters the mouth of
the womb,
And she has pain in bringing forth.
5And
one portion of them shall look on the other,
And they shall be
terrified,
And they shall be downcast of countenance,
And pain
shall seize them,
When they see that Son of Man Sitting on the
throne of his glory.
6 And the kings and the mighty and all who possess the earth shall bless and glorify and extol him who rules over all, who was hidden.
7
For from the beginning the Son of Man was hidden,
And the Most
High preserved him in the presence of His might,
And revealed him
to the elect.
8
And the congregation of the elect and holy shall be sown,
And all
the elect shall stand before him on that day.
9
And all the kings and the mighty and the exalted and those who rule
the earth
Shall fall down before him on their faces,
And
worship and set their hope upon that Son of Man,
And petition him
and supplicate for mercy at his hands.
10
Nevertheless that Lord of Spirits will so press them
That they
shall hastily go forth from His presence,
And their faces shall be
filled with shame,
And the darkness grow deeper on their faces.
11
And He will deliver them to the angels for punishment,
To execute
vengeance on them because they have oppressed His children and His
elect
12 And they shall be a spectacle for the righteous
and for His elect:
They shall rejoice over them,
Because the
wrath of the Lord of Spirits resteth upon them,
And His sword is
drunk with their blood.
13
And the righteous and elect shall be saved on that day,
And they
shall never thenceforward see the face of the sinners and
unrighteous.
14
And the Lord of Spirits will abide over them,
And with that Son of
Man shall they eat
And lie down and rise up for ever and ever.
15
And the righteous and elect shall have risen from the earth,
And
ceased to be of downcast countenance.
And they shall have been
clothed with garments of glory,
16 And these shall be the garments of life from the Lord of Spirits:
And
your garments shall not grow old,
Nor your glory pass away before
the Lord of Spirits.
1
In those days shall the mighty and the kings who possess the earth
implore (Him) to grant them a little respite from His angels of
punishment to whom they were delivered, that they might fall
2
down and worship before the Lord of Spirits, and confess their sins
before Him. And they shall bless and glorify the Lord of Spirits, and
say:
Blessed
is the Lord of Spirits and the Lord of kings,
And the Lord of the
mighty and the Lord of the rich,
And the Lord of glory and the
Lord of wisdom,
3
And splendid in every secret thing is Thy power from generation to
generation,
And Thy glory for ever and ever:
Deep
are all Thy secrets and innumerable,
And Thy righteousness is
beyond reckoning.
4
We have now learnt that we should glorify
And bless the Lord of
kings and Him who is king over all kings.
5 And they shall
say:
Would that we had rest to glorify and give thanks
And
confess our faith before His glory !
6
And now we long for a little rest but find it not:
We follow hard
upon and obtain (it) not:
And
light has vanished from before us,
And darkness is our
dwelling-place for ever and ever:
7
For we have not believed before Him
Nor glorified the name of the
Lord of Spirits, [nor glorified our Lord]
But our
hope was in the sceptre of our kingdom,
And in our glory.
8
And in the day of our suffering and tribulation He saves us not,
And
we find no respite for confession
That
our Lord is true in all His works, and in His judgements and His
justice,
And His judgements have no respect of persons.
And we
pass away from before His face on account of our works,
And all
our sins are reckoned up in righteousness.
10 Now they shall say unto themselves: Our souls are full of unrighteous gain, but it does not prevent us from descending from the midst thereof into the burden of Sheol.
11
And after that their faces shall be filled with darkness
And shame
before that Son of Man,
And they shall be driven from his
presence,
And the sword shall abide before his face in their
midst.
12 Thus spake the Lord of Spirits: This is the ordinance and judgement with respect to the mighty and the kings and the exalted and those who possess the earth before the Lord of Spirits.