The Book of Enoch (1 Enoch, Charles translation) · 90 of 141 · tr. R.H. Charles
Chapter LXIX (part 2)
This (angel) requested Michael to show him the hidden name, that he might enunciate it in the oath, so that those might quake before that name and oath who revealed all that was in secret to the children of men.
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And this is the power of this oath, for it is powerful and strong, and he placed this oath Akâe in the hand of Michael.
16 And these are the secrets of this oath .
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And they are strong through his oath: And the heaven was suspended before the world was created, And for ever.
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And through it the earth was founded upon the water, p.
91 And from the secret recesses of the mountains come beautiful waters, From the creation of the world and unto eternity.
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And through that oath the sea was created, And †as its foundation† He set for it the sand against the time of (its) anger, And it dare not pass beyond it from the creation of the world unto eternity.
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And through that oath are the depths made fast, And abide and stir not from their place from eternity to eternity.
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And through that oath the sun and moon complete their course, And deviate not from their ordinance from eternity to eternity.
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And through that oath the stars complete their course, And He calls them by their names, And they answer Him from eternity to eternity.
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And in like manner the spirits of the water, and of the winds, and of all zephyrs, and (their) paths from all the quarters of the winds.
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And there are preserved the voices of the thunder and the light of the lightnings: and there are preserved the chambers of the hail and the chambers of the hoarfrost, and the chambers of the mist, and the chambers of the rain and the dew.
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And all these believe and give thanks before the Lord of Spirits, and glorify (Him) with all their power, and their food is in every act of thanksgiving: they thank and glorify and extol the name of the Lord of Spirits for ever and ever.
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And this oath is mighty over them And through it ⌈ they are preserved and ⌉ their paths are preserved, And their course is not destroyed.
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92 Close of the Third Parable .
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And there was great joy amongst them, And they blessed and glorified and extolled Because the name of that Son of Man had been revealed unto them.
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And he sat on the throne of his glory, And the sum of judgement was given unto the Son of Man, And he caused the sinners to pass away and be destroyed from off the face of the earth, And those who have led the world astray.
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With chains shall they be bound, And in their assemblage-place of destruction shall they be imprisoned, And all their works vanish from the face of the earth.
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And from henceforth there shall be nothing corruptible; For that Son of Man has appeared, And has seated himself on the throne of his glory, And all evil shall pass away before his face, And the word of that Son of Man shall go forth And be strong before the Lord of Spirits.
This is the Third Parable of Enoch.
Pronoia — the doctrine that the divine actively orders the unfolding of the cosmos and human affairs toward intelligible ends, against pure chance or blind necessity.
The oath actively sustains the heavens, earth, sea, and celestial bodies, demonstrating divine ordering of the cosmos.
Final, collective cosmic judgment as an event in which the wicked are sentenced and the cosmos restored; distinct from psychopomp_journey (individual passage at death) and emphasising verdict where Zoroastrian frashokereti emphasises restoration.
[auto] The text explicitly describes the Son of Man sitting on a throne of glory to execute judgment, destroying sinners and ending corruption.
The 1 Enoch narrative in which a class of originally-good angelic beings (the Watchers) descends, mates with women, and teaches forbidden arts — the substrate that Gnostic archons inherits and inverts: archons are born malevolent, the Watchers fall through transgression.
The passage references the transgression of those who 'revealed all that was in secret to the children of men,' alluding to the Watchers' forbidden teachings.