Dabela - ram, he-goat

DABELA - Ram, he-goat (Amharic, Ge’ez)

(Book of Enoch ch 90)

6. But behold lambs were borne by those white sheep, and they began to open their eyes and to see, and to cry to the sheep. 7. Yea, they cried to them, but they did not hearken to what they said to them, but were exceedingly deaf, and their eyes were very exceedingly blinded. 8. And I saw in the vision how the ravens flew upon those lambs and took one of those lambs, and dashed the sheep in pieces and devoured them. 9. And I saw till horns grew upon those lambs, and the ravens cast down their horns; and I saw till there sprouted a great horn of one of those sheep, and their eyes were opened. 10. And it †looked at† them [and their eyes opened], and it cried to the sheep, and the rams saw it and all ran to it. 11. And notwithstanding all this those eagles and vultures and ravens and kites still kept tearing the sheep and swooping down upon them and devouring them: still the sheep remained silent, but the rams lamented and cried out. 12. And those ravens fought and battled with it and sought to lay low its horn, but they had no power over it. 13. And I saw till the †shepherds and† eagles and those vultures and kites came, and †they cried to the ravens† that they should break the horn of that ram, and they battled and fought with it, and it battled with them and cried that its help might come. 14. And I saw till that man, who wrote down the names of the shepherds [and] carried up into the presence of the Lord of the sheep [came and helped it and showed it everything: he had come down for the help of that ram].  15. And I saw till the Lord of the sheep came unto them in wrath, and all who saw Him fled, and they all fell †into His shadow† from before His face.“

Dreams

DREAMS

Enoch appeared to warn of people getting sidetracked by following spurious dreams in chapter 99

“8. And they shall become godless by reason of the folly of their hearts,

And their eyes shall be blinded through the fear of their hearts

And through visions in their dreams.

9. Through these they shall become godless and fearful;

For they shall have wrought all their work in a lie,

And shall have worshiped a stone:

Therefore in an instant shall they perish.”

Clearly there are dreams and there are dreams.

The magi who visited the Son of Man when He was a baby were following a star in their magi understanding of what it signified but later they saved His life by following a warning in a dream. So magi wise in spiritual things were discerning of God-given dreams and discerning of dreams that should be ignored. The Law given to Moses warned about spirits coming to people predicting things: the warning is that the prediction not coming true is to be ignored but even if the prediction did come true but if the spirit led towards making idols then it should not be heeded. Yet the wise know to not ignore some dreams if they do show signs of coming from a God-sent spirit and are not leading to idolatry. Over thousands of years of human history folk all over the world have been led in dreams to making foolish idols out of things not supposed to be worshipped which has harmed true religion and corrupted humanity. Yet the Holy Spirit when given does lead through dreams as light amid this darkness. The wise magi who went to see the baby Son of Man followed the dream wisely and it proved to be a God-send saving God’s Son. Those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. 

What is the Kingdom of God?

What is the Kingdom of God?

The archaeology of Enoch’s times tells us clues about the meaning of Kingdom of God and what it is. Enoch’s original name shortened to Enoch over the centuries tells us the same as a sign of this kingdom. Enmenduranki. En meant Lord, AnKi meant God kingdom or God domain. The rest meant bridge. It tells us there is a task for us to be part of God’s domain by doing things led by the Spirit of God but then there is another challenge for us of bridging our holy task with our normal lives and human body needs so we manage to make it all holy. The Son of Man exemplfied this and taught it is like mixing yeast with dough.

The Offer

The ‘wealthy investor’ offer of the Son of Man given in the Name of the Father - what is it?

A bit like a business offer we can ask what is on offer and what is asked in return. What is on offer? Eternally perpetuated fulfilled life with constant salvation and inner renewal. What then is asked in return? What is that “If ...”?

It is like enrollment on His course which is really behind the scenes the Father’s course. The “if” is perpetually staying signed up - sticking with the Son and the Spirit as disciples.

‘If you abide with the word” https://lnkd.in/dVgEUnn - stick with the Son of Man and what He says as teacher - stay on His course - remain a disciple of Him - and follow the Spirit coming in His name. This is the deal to accept and perpetually keep to. Eternal enrolment with the Son and the Holy Spirit in the name of the Father in exchange for eternally being saved and renewed.

Our Sorceries

“... nor did they repent of their murders or their sorceries or their sexual immorality or their thefts.” — Revelation 9:21

The use of metals to protect ourselves which of course endangers others and ultimately endangers everyone including ourselves, and provides a culture in which violence can increase; the use of colourful chemicals to brighten up our lives and overbrighten them which ultimately provides a culture in which promiscuity can increase; these things started around 3300 BC and have continued and increased since then. Archaeology shows all this and it was the background to the original writings found in the Book of Enoch which explains it as the result of Azazel an angel mixing with humans to gain a human wife and teaching things to humans better kept to angels alone. So archaeology backs up these things with evidence from around 3300 BC in Mesopotamia spreading from there. 

Then the veracity of the account details which passed through the ages is verified by the Son of Man preaching teachings consistent with the Book of Enoch and teaching that those writings are Scripture (as evidenced in the Gospel of John 7:38 and the Book of Enoch 49).

In Revelation this Son of Man together with the Father, God, testify that sorcery will be among the reasons humans will be permanently cast into fire as final judgement (Rev 21:8). Sorcery grew out of the technologies of metal working, according to the Book of Enoch (chapter 65). The Book of Enoch relates how Noah saw that sorcery in metallurgy would result in world destruction.

Book of Enoch chapter 65

Verse 1: 

“And in those days Noah saw the earth that it had sunk down and its destruction was nigh...”

Verses 6-11: 

‘And a command has gone forth from the presence of the Lord concerning those who dwell on the earth that their ruin is accomplished because they have learnt all the secrets of the angels, and all the violence of the Satans, and all their powers--the most secret ones--and all the power of those who practice sorcery, and the power of witchcraft, and the power of those who make molten images for the whole earth: And how silver is produced from the dust of the earth, and how soft metal originates in the earth. For lead and tin are not produced from the earth like the first: it is a fountain that produces them, and an angel stands therein, and that angel is pre-eminent. And after that my grandfather Enoch took hold of me by my hand and raised me up, and said unto me: 'Go, for I have asked the Lord of Spirits as touching this commotion on the earth. And He said unto me: "Because of their unrighteousness their judgement has been determined upon and shall not be withheld by Me for ever. Because of the sorceries which they have searched out and learnt, the earth and those who dwell upon it shall be destroyed." And these--they have no place of repentance for ever, because they have shown them what was hidden, and they are the damned: but as for thee, my son, the Lord of Spirits knows that thou art pure, and guiltless of this reproach concerning the secrets.”’

Origins of the Kingdom of God?

Origins of the Kingdom of God?

The people of the time of Enoch and Noah around 3000 BC living in what is now Iraq and Iran had the word Anunnaki which combined Anunna meaning sons of God with KI meaning domain or city. Ki on the end of a word is likely to be a diminutive signifying that the word might be a city or province or domain. So the word shows an awareness of there being of domain of the sons of God. There was a tradition at the time that the first angelic sons of God existijg long ago before the start of the human race were rejected by God after falling into sin and that God created humans with the purpose of eventually replacing these sons of God. In the meantime God had designated seven more sons of God to be closest to Him in their service. The Book of Enoch names these and some of the names are familiar such as Michael and Gabriel. The Epic of Gilgamesh written in the later years of Noah’s life tells how it was Noah who provided Sumerians with much of their teaching about the sons of God. Both Noah and Enoch his great grandfather are given in the Book of Enoch as its main authors who were made privy to knowledge of these angelic ministers over this earth. Yet nowhere in the writings in this book or other Sumerian writings does it indicate that angels are the ultimate focus of God’s longterm purposes except that they will be judged if they depart from His decrees and plans as a group of them did before Enoch’s time. The focus seems to coincide with that tradition that ultimately it is humans whose purpose is to be the stock from which God will select elect righteous sons to be with Him forever and He with them along with His righteous anointed Son, the perfect human.

The Gentle Judge

Considering why the prophet Enoch (in the Book of Enoch) focussed in his writings so much on the righteous Anointed One of faith being the Son of Man: As a son of man, eternal, yet like a young man in nature, the Son of Man can be gentle of heart and kind towards humans and forgive those who cannot repay their debts to His Father, God. Yet this cuts both ways because as the Son of Man made flesh (Jesus, Isa, Yeshu) said of the ones so forgiven who go out and torture those in much smaller debt to them, once the time comes for the Son of Man to review the situation He may well punish such former debtors by forcing them to repay their own debt to God formerly forgiven by Him. So what does this say about God’s character in giving this Son of Man authority over other humans to both forgive and judge? In doing so God provides humans with the very best just opportunity to receive mercy through someone of gentle sympathy to fellow humans whilst making any judgement that is yet incurred by the unmerciful in no way undeserved or overly harsh. This shows God in providing judgement provides the most tender and gentle form of judgement overall but not falling short of overall justice to the victim of merciless judgement by humans. This favours the poor and the victims while maintaining fairness and sternness when punishment is warranted.

Baptism into the way of the Son of Man

Baptism in the name of the Son of Man: 

The Son of Man seen by Enoch but hidden from most others became visible to many around 20-30 AD when He appeared in the flesh and He gave teachings which were powerful as little hurricanes here and there and changed the world. He also gave baptism into those teachings as a way for people who believed His message to commit to following His teachings. Yet how foolish that now so many who spread and preserve the practice of baptising ‘in His name’ and being so baptised are doing that without the important bit - following through with living by His teachings. Occasionally someone actually takes on his shoulders the yoke of adhering to and practising the teachings of the Son of Man while struggling with trying to understand them and put them into sensible action and some, but few, try to teach this to others too. So why is it an exception? Why do so many others go through the ritual of baptising but not the way of following?

the Lamb who was slain from the creation of the world

Revelation 13:8b “...the Lamb who was slain from the creation of the world.”

The Son of Man is now a slain and risen human being back in the provinces of God and His top angels and this was determined before the creation of the world as if it already was so. Given this eternal future nature of the Christ it figures that God would prepare Him long before sending Him to take a flesh and bone body for eternity to come. So it stands to reason that even aeons before He came the Son of Man would have the close resemblance to human flesh that made Enoch then later Daniel see Him and call Him a son of man.

A New World is Emerging

There was an ancient Sumerian king who was a great prophet and teacher about God and this Enoch (Enmendurana, seventh world king) saw the Son of Man long before this same Son of Man came as a human baby boy and grew to an adult we call Jesus of Nazareth. This Jesus (Yeshu, Yeshua, Isa) said it is not flesh that makes us children of Abraham but spirit. Children of Satan lie and hate. Children of Abraham put lying far from their mouths. This is what the Son of Man taught when He came. Then He died for us to set us free from lying and hating. The freedom from sinning comes when the true message that He died for you enters your heart and teaches you repentance (turning from such things). So keeping the Law of Moses and related teachings (Torah) is not all there is to it for the Jew and is not imposed upon the non-Jew. Saul of Tarsus kept that Law (Torah) better than most and had everything to help him do so (like the most famous master of the Law, Gamaliel to teach him). Yet still Saul hated followers of Yeshu (Jesus) of Nazareth and effectively showed hatred towards God and God’s Son by doing so. Then the Son of Man transformed him and we have the Apostle Paul. So Enoch tells it well thousands of years in advance what the Son of Man would be as a way to be saved but it is all so much more certain now that the Son of Man has come in flesh and blood, crucified and risen. As the chief apostle of Jesus, Peter put it (2 Peter 1:19) “... and we have the prophetic word more fully confirmed, to which you will do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.“ So we can receive prophecy as a gift from God confirmed by this coming of Jesus. Today God still speaks and says “Israel has sinned” and we see world events unfolding as a sign of the faithfulness of God’s prophetic word. We should love this God, this Father, with all our hearts as we see the events unfold and prophecy fulfilled. The US spy planes and other spying agencies take to the skies while below the Iranian and Balkan and Iraqi conflicts have taken many to destruction and a new order emerges to be an empire of tomorrow like combinations of the empires of the distant past. We can take these things as signs of the truth of the prophecies and write God’s prophetic words as notices in our households and shout them from rooftop and social media site. The love towards this one God Yahweh, the Father, proclaimed by the Son, is a way towards the elimination of sin from among the Israel of God and all of us who believe as we give God’s commands priority in all aspects of our lives and set them on both our lips and our hearts.

Next Level Perspective on Jesus Christ

“Next level” perspective on Jesus Christ. The perspective on Jesus Christ given in the Book of Enoch is important to the growth of faith because it takes the believer to the next level. In the Book of Enoch a believer in the book’s veracity and historic authenticity can find evidence of Jesus Christ existing as the Son of Man thousands of years before His advent as a baby. The Son of Man’s longevity is revealed. This revelation leads to the necessary conclusion that this Jesus who turns people from their sins and turns Sauls into Pauls can keep doing so for endless thousands of years into the future with the same person and eternal security becomes a reality.