In the last episode, we saw the Watchers punished  by the Archangels where they were rounded up,  

beaten and were damned to be thrown into the  Duadel - a void said to be located deep in  

the desert of East Jerusalem. Amongst them, the  Nephilim - the monstrous offspring of the women  

impregnated by the Watchers were also neutralised  and coerced into destroying each other.  

The chaos that had burdened the world  courtesy of the Watchers’ involvement  

had now been countervailed with the Archangels’  intervention, and mankind appears to have been  

allowed breathing space from the terrors they had  seen. During this time, we are told that the great  

scribe Enoch had been hidden and that no one knew  where he was, nor what had become of him. But we  

understand that his activities during this time  were to do with the Watchers, as directed to him  

by God and that his days in hiding were spent  with the holy ones - possibly preparing him to  

confront the fallen angels and eventually read  them their judgement. Enoch himself tells us, 

“And I Enoch was blessing the Lord of majesty  and the King of the ages, and lo! the Watchers  

called me -Enoch the scribe- and said to  me: 'Enoch, thou scribe of righteousness,  

go, declare to the Watchers of the heaven who  have left the high heaven, the holy eternal place,  

and have defiled themselves with women, and have  done as the children of earth do, and have taken  

unto themselves wives: "Ye have wrought great  destruction on the earth: And ye shall have no  

peace nor forgiveness of sin: and inasmuch as they  delight themselves in their children, The murder  

of their beloved ones shall they see, and over the  destruction of their children shall they lament,  

and shall make supplication unto eternity,  but mercy and peace shall ye not attain."' 

From Enoch’s words, we see that  it is the Watchers who deem him  

‘Enoch the Scribe’ and there is some idea that  they recognised Enoch as an important figure,  

despite his mortality. It is possible that  they realised God favoured Enoch and conceded  

that he was something of a conduit to  reaching God - especially given that they  

were now damned and had no way of reaching  him. We also see God’s instruction to Enoch,  

who tells him to go to the Watchers and tell them  that they have brought great destruction upon  

we understand God’s attitude towards the Watchers,  that after their defilement of the women and their  

teaching of warfare and magic to the mortals, they  have now been shunned and nothing they can ever do  

will ever see them redeemed. In a way, God  washes his hands of the Watchers so entirely,  

that he doesn’t even deem them worthy to hear  their punishment from himself, so instead sends  

Enoch - a mortal - to read the angels their fate. It is with this that Enoch rather audaciously  

approaches the Watchers - without fear,  might I add, and goes straight for Azazel,  

telling him “Azazel, thou shalt have no peace:  a severe sentence has gone forth against thee  

to put thee in bonds: and thou shalt not  have toleration nor request granted to thee,  

because of the unrighteousness which thou  hast taught, and because of all the works  

of godlessness and unrighteousness  and sin which thou hast shown to men.” 

The fact that Enoch demonstrates no fear in this  encounter shows us how much faith he has in God,  

for the angel would most certainly have been more  powerful than him and given that he was willing to  

do such monstrous things, it would not have been  above him to strike Enoch and physically harm him.  

But still, Enoch does not hesitate in his approach  of Azazel and tells him that he will have no  

peace, that he will be bound, shunned and have  no request granted for the things he has done.  

With this, Azazel has no recourse  and does not seem to retaliate,  

but rather accepts Enoch’s words in defeat. 

Then Enoch speaks to all the Watchers and  Enoch tells us that they were all afraid of  

the judgment he brought upon them and that  each of them were trembling. With this,  

they begged Enoch to draw up a petition on their  behalf so that they could find forgiveness in God.  

Evidently, they had seen the error of their  ways and after having seen first hand the  

vengeance of the archangels, they were  essentially begging Enoch to convince God  

to absolve them. It should be noted that  they needed Enoch to become this intermediary  

because God had now met them with silence and  refused to speak to them - in fact, Enoch details  

that the Watchers were unable to lift their  eyes up to heaven, suggesting that their heads  

were too heavy with guilt. Enoch tells us, “Then I went and spoke to them all together,  

and they were all afraid, and fear and trembling  seized them. And they besought me to draw up a  

petition for them that they might find  forgiveness, and to read their petition  

in the presence of the Lord of heaven. For from  thenceforward they could not speak (with Him)  

nor lift up their eyes to heaven for shame of  their sins for which they had been condemned.” 

But Enoch does actually write out their petition  - perhaps a sign of his compassion and sympathy  

for the Watchers and tells us that he detailed  all of their thoughts and feelings in regards  

to them seeking forgiveness and redemption.  With this, he went off to the waters of Dan,  

in the land of Dan, in the south west of Hermon  and he read their petition to God repeatedly until  

he fell asleep. So with this, we can see that  Enoch really does try to be fair to the Watchers  

and despite the horrible things they had done, he  still tries to commune with God in their favour  

and leaves the decision to God, as opposed  to damning them himself as God had permitted. 

After having fallen asleep after  reciting this prayer to God,  

Enoch tells us “And behold a dream came  to me, and visions fell down upon me,  

and I saw visions of chastisement, and a voice  came bidding me to tell it to the sons of heaven,  

and reprimand them. And when I awaked, I came unto  them, and they were all sitting gathered together,  

weeping in 'Abelsjail, which is between  Lebanon and Seneser, with their faces covered.  

And I recounted before them all the  visions which I had seen in my sleep,  

and I began to speak the words of righteousness,  and to reprimand the heavenly Watchers.” 

Here, it is believed that Enoch here’s the  voice of God telling him to reprimand the  

Watchers - these ‘sons of heaven’, and that when  he awakens, he finds them all gathered together,  

crying over the events that they had masterminded.  Here, we see Enoch tell them of what he had  

seen in his dream - that which he deems was a  vision - and speaks the words of righteousness,  

or perhaps more accurately, the words of  God, in order to chastise the Watchers. 

In Chapter 14, we see Enoch provide a  bit of a recap of the recent events,  

telling us that God had permitted him to be the  one to deliver the judgement of the Watchers  

and that whilst he had agreed to write their  petition, it was up to God to decide what to  

do… and decide, he did. Enoch reveals to us  that their petition was rejected and that  

no favour will be granted upon them for all the  wicked that they had committed. And henceforth,  

they would not be ascending into heaven -  not now, and not ever and that instead they  

would be bound in the earth - most likely  the Duadel as spoken of earlier. Here,  

they would remain for all eternity in the pits of  the underworld, buried under dirt and darkness. 

There, Enoch continues to tell the Watchers  of another vision that affected him where  

mist coalesced around him and he was taken up  into the clouds. He tells the Watchers that  

through the power of the wind, he was given the  ability to fly and he soared up to the heavens  

until he found himself at a wall built of  crystals that was surrounded by tongues of fire.  

And so Enoch ventured into these tongues of  fire and he tells us, “And I went into the  

tongues of fire and drew nigh to a large house  which was built of crystals: and the walls of  

the house were like a tesselated floor (made)  of crystals, and its groundwork was of crystal.  

Its ceiling was like the path of the stars and the  lightning and between them were fiery cherubim,  

and their heaven was (clear as) water. A  flaming fire surrounded the walls, and its  

portals blazed with fire. And I entered into that  house, and it was hot as fire and cold as ice:  

there were no delights of life therein: fear  covered me, and trembling got hold upon me.” 

So as we can gather, Enoch was lifted - or  flew - in this vision, to heaven. Though  

it isn’t necessarily the heaven that  is often portrayed in common beliefs.  

Instead, this place is a house made of crystals  and interestingly, the vicinity is consumed with  

tongues of fire. But perhaps one of the most  concerning things that Enoch notices is the  

presence of the Cherubim; a six winged angel which  is most commonly noted by Ezekiel in the bible.  

Naturally, Enoch is terrified of what he sees  and begins to further describe the walls of fire,  

the blazing portals and even the hot and cold  sensations he experiences in this strange realm.  

He tells us that there was no delight here, no  life - nothing but the trembling of his own self. 

“And as I quaked and trembled, I fell upon my  face. And I beheld a vision. And lo! There was  

a second house, greater than the former, and  the entire portal stood open before me, and it  

was built of flames of fire. And in every respect  it so excelled in splendour and magnificence and  

extent that I cannot describe to you its splendour  and its extent. And its floor was of fire,  

and above it were lightning and the path of the  stars, and its ceiling also was flaming fire.  

And I looked and saw therein a lofty  throne: its appearance was as crystal,  

and the wheels thereof as the shining sun,  and there was the vision of cherubim.” 

Here, Enoch continues to describe his newfound  environment, telling us that a new house emerged,  

one that was so magnificent that there  were no words that could do it justice.  

Yet again, the structure was consumed with fire  and lightning and stars strode across from above.  

Within the house, Enoch spots a lofty, crystal  throne - that which has wheels of the shining sun.  

These wheels might be linked to the whirling  wheels as seen by Ezekiel, those otherwise  

known as the ophanim, which were sometimes  considered to be the wheels of God’s chariot.  

The fact that they also appear here in  Enoch’s vision, alongside the Cherubim  

no less, is strikingly similar to Ezekiel’s  vision, where similar wheels are also seen. 

Enoch continues, “And from underneath the  throne came streams of flaming fire so that  

I could not look thereon. And the Great Glory sat  thereon, and His raiment shone more brightly than  

the sun and was whiter than any snow. None  of the angels could enter and could behold  

His face by reason of the magnificence  and glory and no flesh could behold Him.  

The flaming fire round about Him, and a great fire  stood before Him, and none around could draw nigh  

Him: ten thousand times ten thousand stood  before Him, yet He needed no counselor. And  

the most holy ones who were nigh to Him did  not leave by night nor depart from Him.” 

It is with this that we realise  that Enoch actually sees God,  

or at least, gets a glimpse of him for  he describes him as being a radiant light  

that shines more brightly than the sun - so  bright that he cannot gaze upon it himself.  

He also declares that none of  the cherubim who were present  

were able to get near this light either and none  who were present could behold him. Enoch continues  

that he’d already been prostrate on his face by  the time he’d even realised God was present and  

that the Lord did call to him, telling him ‘Come  hither, Enoch, and hear my word.’ With that, one  

of the cherubim interrupted his prostration and  guided him to the door where the lord was seated. 

In the next episode, we’ll be taking a look  at Enoch’s meeting with God and we are able to  

understand some more interesting thoughts that  God holds towards the Watchers, including his  

bafflement as to why they would trade heaven for  earth, why they had fornicated with the women at  

all and his utter disgust towards the Nephilim -  those which he deems as the most evil of spirits. 

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