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

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Sect. 11] Ch(q}ters XLVIL 4.—XLVIII. 5 93
The Fount of RigJdeomiiess : ike Son of Man— ilie Slay of the
liiffhtcous : Judgement of the Kings and the Might)/.
XLVIII. 1 , And in that place I saw the fountain of righteousness
Which was inexhaustible
And around it were many fountains of wisdom
And all the thirsty drank of them,
And were filled with wisdom.
And their dwellings were with the righteous and holy and
elect.
2. And at that hour that Son of jNIan was named
In the presence of the Lord of Spirits,
And his name before the Head of Days.
3. Yea, before the sun and the signs were created.
Before the stars of the heaven were made.
His name was named before the Lord of Spirits.
4. He shall be a staff to the righteous whereon to stay them-
selves and not fall.
And he shall be the light of the Gentiles,
And the hope of those who are troubled of heart.
5. All who dwell on earth shall fall down and worship
before him,
XLVIII. 1. And {qt, j8), > gmii. 62^, and unlimited judicial authority,
Place: see 46^^. Fountains of wis- 69" This idea of pre-existence is
dom :
see 421. 2 (note). Cf. Is. BSi""- found also in 4 Ezra 12^2 IS'". Cf.
2. At that hour, i.e. when Enoch was Schiirer, II. ii. 159-162 (Eng. Trans.),
beholding these visions. That Son who agrees with the view above
of Man was named. The pre- followed. 3. The jsigns. These
existence of the Son of Man is plainly are the signs of the Zodiac, DllTD
taught in the Parables. He (not his Job 38^2. See also 8^ 72". 19. 4.
name) has been chosen and hidden Kighteous. + ' and to the holy ' 0.
in God's pi-esence from before creation Whereon to stay themselves. Cf.
and unto eternity, 48'.^ J the Most High 61^ where the same phrase recurs,
has preserved him and revealed him to The light of the Gentiles. Is. 42"
the elect, 461-2 62'; his glory is for ever 49« Luke 2'^. The hope of those
and ever, 49^ ; when Enoch was trans- who are troubled of heart. Cf. Is.
61i> ^
' The Lord hath anointed me . . .
lated the Son of Man was already abid-
ing with the Lord of Spirits, 701. This to bind up the broken-hearted ' ('"l^tyj
actual pre-existence of the Son of Man jjj), 5_ j^ _ _ _ shall fall
is in keeping with his other super- down . , . before him. Even
natural attributes of universal dominion, those \vho denied him, 62".' 63 90''
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