The Book of Enoch (1 Enoch, Charles translation) · 137 of 141 · tr. R.H. Charles

Chapter CVI (part 2)

And this son who has been born unto you shall be left on the earth, and his three children shall be saved with him: when all mankind that are on the earth shall die [ he and his sons shall be saved ] .

18.

And now make known to thy son Lamech that he who has been born is in truth his son, and call his name Noah; for he shall be left to you, and he and his sons shall be saved from the destruction, which shall come upon the earth on account of all the sin and all the unrighteousness, which shall be consummated on the earth in his days.

19.

And after that there shall be still more unrighteousness than that which was first consummated on the earth; for I know the mysteries of the holy ones; for He, the Lord, has showed me and informed me, and I have read (them) in the heavenly tablets.

Themes

◆Divine Providencetheology

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 Lord actively informs Enoch of future events and orders the salvation of Noah amidst the coming destruction.

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◆Hidden Sayingssoteriology

Esoteric teachings reserved for those ready to receive them; outer meaning conceals an inner liberating truth.

Enoch explicitly states he knows the mysteries of the holy ones which were shown to him and read in the heavenly tablets.

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◆Sacred Namestheology

Divine names or formulas that carry ontological power, used in prayer, liturgy, or magical practice.

The instruction to call the son 'Noah' implies a significant naming act tied to his destiny of being saved.

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◇Eschatological Judgmentsoteriology

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 passage centrally describes the destruction of all mankind due to sin and the salvation of a specific remnant (Noah and his sons) from this cosmic judgment.

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