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

96 The Booh of Enoch [Sect, ii
T/ie Power ami Wisdom of tlie Elect One.
XLIX. 1. For wisdom is poured out like water.
And g'lory failetli not before him for evermore.
3. For he is mighty in all the secrets of righteousness,
And unrighteousness shall disappear as a shadow.
And have no continuance
; :
Because the Elect One standeth before the Lord of
Spirits,
;^nd his glory is for ever and ever,
And his might unto all generations.
3. And in him dwells the spirit of wisdom,
^Vnd the spirit which gives insight,
A\\(\. the spirit of understanding and of might.
And the spirit of those who have fallen asleep in righteous-
ness.
4. And he shall judge the secret things,
.Vnd none shall be able to utter a lying word before
him;
For he is the Elect One before the Lord of Spirits according
to His good pleasure.
XLIX. That the Messiah will thu8 ground becftuse the Elect One staudeth.
deal with the mighty ones of the earth Glory is for ever and ever, &c. ; cf.
is clear from his nature and attributes. Is. O"' '' Mic. 5". 3. Further en-
1. Wisdom is poured out like water: dowments of the Messiah after Is. 11-.
cf. Is. 11°. ^\isdoui here = the know- The spirit of wisdom : cf. 51'. The
ledge and fear of God. Cf. 39^ Glory spirit wMoh gives insight (gqtu).
faileth not, &c. The Messiah is the m, ' the spirit of Him who gives inobject
of endless glorification. 2. sight'. The spirit of those who
Mighty in all the secrets of righte- have fallen, &c. The eschatological
ousness. On the revealing and mani- hopes of all the faithful in the past are
festing power of the Messiah see 46^ realized iu him. 4. Judge the
(note). Disappear as a shadow, And secret things : cf. ver. 2 and 43^ note,
have no continuance. The phraseo- A lying word. Falsehood will be
logy is borrowed from Job 14^. The impossible in his presence; cf. 62' 67'.
word translated 'continuance 'is formed For he is the Elect One. For
from the verb translated ' standeth '
unrighteousness will have no standing cf. 4&'.
these very purposes has he been chosen
;