BookOfEnoch

The Book of Enoch
mercy and His patience."
61.1 And in those days, I saw long cords given to those Angels and they
acquired wings for themselves, and flew, and went towards the north.
61.2 And I asked the Angel, saying:
“Why did these take the long cords, and go?” And he said to me: “They
went so that they may measure.”
61.3 And the Angel who went with me, said to me:
“These will bring the measurements of the righteous, and the ropes of the
righteous, to the righteous, that they may rely on the name of the Lord of
Spirits for ever and ever.
61.4 The chosen will begin to dwell with the chosen, and these
measurements will be given to faith, and will strengthen righteousness.
61.5 And these measurements will reveal all the secrets of the depths of the
Earth, and those who were destroyed by the desert, and those who were
devoured by the fish of the sea, and by animals, that they may return and
rely on the Day of the Chosen One. For no one will be destroyed in front
of the Lord of Spirits, and no one can be destroyed.”
61.6 And all those in the Heavens above received a command, and power,
and one voice, and one light like fire was given to them.
61.7 And Him, before everything, they blessed, and exalted, and praised in
wisdom. And they showed themselves wise in speech and in the spirit of
life.
61.8 And the Lord of Spirits set the Chosen One on the throne of his glory,
and he will judge all the works of the Holy ones in Heaven above, and in
the Balance he will weigh their deeds.
61.9 And when he lifts his face to judge their secret ways according to the
word of the name of the Lord of Spirits, and their path according to the way
of the Righteous Judgment of the Lord Most High, they will all speak with
one voice and bless, and praise, and exalt, and glorify, the Name of the
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