the-book-of-enoch-r-h-charles - Fallen Angels

Sect, II] Chapters XLIl 2—XLr. 2 83
according to the number of the angels, and (how) they keep faith
with each other. 3. And I asked the angel who went with me
who showed me what was hidden : 'What are these?' 4. And
he said to me: 'The Lord of Spirits hath showed thee their
parabolic meaning (lit. ' their parable ') : these are the names of
the holy who dwell on the earth and believe iu the name of the
Lord of Spirits for ever and ever.'
XLIV. Also another phenomenon I saw in regard to the
lightnings ; how some of the stars arise and become lightnings
and cannot part with their new form.
XLV— LVII. The Second Parable.
I'/te Lot of the Apostates: the New Heaven and the New Earth.
XLV. 1. And this is the Second Parable concerning those who
deny the name of the dwelling of the holy ones and the Lord of
Spirits.
2. And into the heaven they shall not ascend,
And on the earth they shall not come
Such shall be the lot of the sinners
duces lightning {gqfi{mu)). fi0 ' and Contrast the denial of sinners, 38'.
revolution : how one flash of lightning XLIV. The reference here is to
jiroduces another '. 3. The angel shooting stars, affripis SiaHiovTfs,
who wont with me who showed me Arist, Meteor, i. 4. Lightning in
what was hidden : of. 46^. Taken general is produced by the quick
over into the Interpolations, 60^^. movement of the stars, 43^ ; but some
3, 4. There is some mysterious con- of the stars at times are transformed
nexion between the stars and the holy, wholly into lightning,
whereby the stars represent the holy ; XLV. 1. It is idle to expect an
of. Dan. 8^'. Does it mean that the accurate description of the contents
holy will be as numerous as the stars ? of the Parable from the opening verse
or as bright as the stars? cf. 104' Dan. or superscription. 'We find none such
12' Matt. 13". There was a close con- in 38'> ' ; nor yet in 58'. '. For a
nexion between the stars and the angels summary of the thought of the Parables
in the 0. T. ; cf. Job SS', where the see pp. 67-68. Those who deny
morning stars are undoubtedly angels ; the name of the dwelling : see 38'
cf. also Dent. 4". 4. Holy (a). (note). The Lord of Spirits (a).
'righteous'. Believe in the ;3'of the Lord of Spirits'. 2, And'"
name : cf. 39« ' the Elect One . . , (a-(). > t, 0. On the earth they
of faith
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; 58° ' the inheritance of shall not come. The earth will be
faith'; 61* 'the measures given to transformed (ver. 5) and be thenceforth
faitJi ' ; 61-" ' in the spirit of faitli ', the abode of the righteous only.
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