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And now I know this mystery, that sinners will alter and pervert the words of righteousness in many ways, and will speak wicked words, and lie, and practice great deceits, and write books concerning their words. But when they write down truthfully all my words in their languages, and do not change or diminish ought from my words but write them all down truthfully all that I first testified concerning them.

Then, I know another mystery, that books will be given to the righteous and the wise to become a cause of joy and uprightness and much wisdom. And to them shall the books be given, and they shall believe in them and rejoice over them, and then shall all the righteous who have learnt there from all the paths of uprightness be recompensed.'

1 Enoch 104:10-13

All honour and glory is given to the One that reveals secrets, YHWH Elohim, through the Ben-Adam. FFOORREEWWOORRDD

A diligent study of the Book of Enoch reveals that many ‘Old Testament’ writers not only had access to the book but knew it intimately. Many of the Messiah’s teachings appear remarkably similar to the Two Ways found in the Book of Enoch. The early first century followers of ‘The Way’ respected the Book of Enoch and used it, as is demonstrated by the Bible-writer Jude’s quotation from the book. The Ante-Nicene Fathers had access to the Book of Enoch and not only valued it, but also most considered it a sacred writing.

Why then is the Book of Enoch neither found in the accepted Bible Canon we have today nor studied as sacred Scripture, yet it was canonised in the Eastern Orthodox version of the Bible?

The Book has been disregarded by many scholars and theologians for thousands of years. Even the find in 1770 by explorer James Bruce was challenged by critics. Recently the Dead Sea Scrolls of the Qumran Community have vindicated the claims that the book is indeed an ancient document.

This book is an introduction to the book of Enoch dealing with its reliability and antiquity. It further reveals a deeper understanding of the Book of Enoch, and demonstrates some of the allegories contained therein. This book also considers the Book of Enoch a source of joy, morality and copious wisdom and expounds these qualities.

Many thoughts found in this book will challenge mainstream clerical thinking; however the purpose of the book is not to build on existing theology but it is an introduction to focus on new information available. Therefore this study will assist in widening the scope of knowledge of wise and discerning truth seekers.

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This work is based on a sincere desire to know the True Way, particularly relating to the last days and therefore the information presented accords with our current understanding of YHWH of Elohim’s purposes.

It is accepted that the reader of this book has a good knowledge of the Holy Bible as elementary Bible truths are not covered in this book. Further research may be required to validate statements and arguments laid out in the book.

Second Release - July 2012

The release of this second version is easier to read. More clarity is provided on some thoughts to provided an easier flow from one thought to the next.

Additionally chapter eight has gone through a complete rewrite based on additional information from the Dead Sea Scrolls and other recognised Apocrypha. The animal apocalypse has been largely consulted thus giving more clarity as to the timing of the various sevens.

Clinton R. Smith

Books by Clinton R Smith

I KNOW A MYSTERY

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Pg 7 - Chapter 1 Peter and Jude have a message for us today

Pg 15 - Chapter 2 What is required for eternal life?

Pg 23 - Chapter 3 Why can we trust the Book of Enoch?

Pg 35 - Chapter 4 Why are true names so important?

Pg 47 - Chapter 5 Understanding the Book of Khanokh

Pg 56 - Chapter 6 The judgement of Azazel

Pg 71 - Chapter 7 Who is Gog of Magog?

Pg 84 - Chapter 8 The Plan of the Ages–Sevens

Pg 114 - Chapter 9 The Ben-Adam–what is his function

Pg 127 - Chapter 10 The Ben-Adam–what is his originality

Pg 142 - Chapter 11 The Ben-Adam and our morality

Pg 150 - Chapter 12 YHWH and our morality

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any truth seekers today are unaware that the Bible books of Jude and Peter M follow each other in the manner of writing almost verse for verse. In fact they are so similar, some scholars have fused them together to form a ‘new work’ of research.

Most biblical scholars are of the opinion that the second book of Peter was written around the book of Jude. In other words Peter’s book supports Jude’s book and may be compared to a verse by verse commentary. That means that the second book of Peter was written after the book of Jude. This opinion is derived mainly due to the timing of the writing of the books and at what stages the apostasy had infiltrated into the early congregation of believers.

This understanding opens up a whole new dimension that very few truth seekers have even contemplated, and can revolutionise The Way1 today, and more importantly our thinking. But before we can understand what this revolution is and the significance of it, we have to have a basic knowledge of the Bible canon.

The Bible Canon

The average Christian does not give much thought to where the Bible comes from. It is well known that there are many other works that were inspired of God, but these books are not found in our modern canon2 of the Bible. We all know that God inspired man to write the words therein, but who decides which of these inspired books should go into the Bible, to form the Bible canon we know today?

1 The Way was the name of the early congregation of believers as found in Acts 9:2. 2 Canon of Scripture, is a list of books considered to be authoritative Scripture by a particular religious community. 8 | P a g e I KNOW A MYSTERY

This has been in contention since the first books of the Hebrew Scriptures were canonised. It is well documented that some Jewish religious leaders felt that there were books that were not to be read to the ordinary Jew and certainly not to the Gentile. There is historical evidence that at the time of Ezra many books were set aside for the priestly class only and did not reach the average Israelite. Then there were books that were set aside for research and were considered historical information only. One such example is the book of Jashar3. Some leaders even hid part of the books because they did not fit in with the theology of the day.

The same was true in the second and third century of our common era. There were many writings collected during that period. Each of these writings were judged as inspired or not by the men of the time, that is, whether to include them in the Greek Scriptures or not. Why, even the books of second Peter and Jude went ‘through the fire’ of canonicity so to speak and the letter to the Hebrews attributed to the Apostle Paul was almost excluded from the Bible we have today.

In light of this and other facts we will discover in later chapters of the book, thinking people are now sitting up and asking: do we have the entire Bible today?

Many suppose that the book of Revelation is the last book of the Bible and therein it is commanded that the Word of God may not be changed. Revelation chapter twenty two4 says:

“18 I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: If anyone adds anything to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book. 19And if anyone takes words away from this book of prophecy, God will take away from him his share in the tree of life and in the holy city, which are described in this book.”

Does this command apply to the entire Bible? Without a doubt the Word of God should not be changed, however the verse in Revelation refers specifically to the prophecy in the book of Revelation and not to the entire Bible, and therefore cannot

3 The book of Jashar is referred to by Scripture but is not contained therein – Joshua 10:13 and 2 Samuel 1:18. 4 The New International Version and the New American Standard Version are used throughout this book unless otherwise indicated. 9 | P a g e I KNOW A MYSTERY furnish the guarantee that we seek. Additionally the book of Revelation is not the concluding book of the Bible as some would suppose!

There are books attributed to the Apostle John included in the Bible canon which have been dated after the book of Revelation. Comparatively the thought of not changing Scripture is found in Deuteronomy chapter twelve verse thirty two, and the same reasoning that applies to the book of Revelation applies to Deuteronomy. Remember that it was only well after the Messiah was resurrected that the Bible was put into one book. Before that time it was simply a collection of scrolls.

Man’s Wisdom

One of the first people to attempt to codify5 the entire Bible canon was a man well educated in the realm of both theology and pagan philosophy. His name was Origen of Alexandria. Thereafter men such as Irenaeus, Hippolytus, Tertullian, Cyprian, Justin Martyr, Clement of Rome and Constantine to mention a few were taking books out of the canon, and putting books into the canon. Each of these men had varying agendas and external pressures when deciding what book to include in the canon.

Up to this day we have many different canons of the Bible. They are the Jewish, Catholic, Orthodox, Coptic and Protestant canons, just to mention a few. All of these Bibles contain more or less books which are referred to as Sacred Scripture.

Now beg the questions: Who decides what is supposed to be in the Bible canon? Are there other books that should be included in the Bible, or for that matter are there any books which should not be included in the Bible? If any are missing, would God allow the Bible to continue incomplete for centuries?

The Word of God is inspired, that is, the men who wrote the sacred Scriptures were without doubt inspired through God’s Holy Spirit. But there are no ‘God-inspired’ credentials for the men who decided what books were to be put into the Bible and

5 Take individual writings and join them together to form one complete book. 10 | P a g e I KNOW A MYSTERY which were to be left out! We know very little about the qualifications or intentions of those men.

An in-depth study by many biblical scholars has shown that some of the missing books hold vital information to aid in understanding other portions of what we know today as accepted Scripture, and therefore we can conclude that we may not have all the information we require to understand the more challenging passages of the Scriptures.

Another logical question follows: who then is qualified to tell us what should be in the Bible? Is there anyone who can tell us? The answer is amazingly simple and is there for the wise to see and understand. It was, in part, a prophesy found in Daniel chapter twelve:

What does this Scripture reveal as to the answers to our question?

God’s Decision

We can confidently say that since it is God’s writing to us, surely He is qualified to determine what we should be reading! That seems very obvious, but as shocking as it may sound some ‘wise men’ do not believe that God should tell us what we should be reading!

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That claim should not come as a surprise to us as the apostles constantly warned that men would come into the association of the believers to teach the will of Satan6.

As was predicted by the Messiah and the apostles, a great apostasy overwhelmed the congregation of the first century, and to this day it has advanced from bad to worse. Notice in the second letter to the Thessalonians chapter two, this influence will only be removed at the end of the age:

3 Let no one in any way deceive you, for it will not come unless the apostasy comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction... 7For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only he who now restrains will do so until he is taken out of the way. 8Then that lawless one will be revealed whom the Lord will slay with the breath of His mouth and bring to an end by the appearance of His coming; 9that is, the one whose coming is in accord with the activity of Satan, with all power and signs and false wonders, 10 and with all the deception of wickedness for those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth so as to be saved. 11 For this reason God will send upon them a deluding influence so that they will believe what is false, 12 in order that they all may be judged who did not believe the truth, but took pleasure in wickedness.

However, we can have the confidence, based on Daniel’s prophecy that at the right time God will reveal to us what we should read. It is therefore no coincidence that between 1946 and 1956 discoveries were made of ancient documents called the Dead Sea Scrolls7. Some were whole and others partially preserved.

One of those writings was the Book of Enoch. It was composed partially in Aramaic and partially in Hebrew. The mere discovery of the scroll is a strong indication that the people who hid the scroll valued it greatly. The book’s use in the first century is undisputed. Many of the early Ante-Nicene Fathers quoted extensively from it. It is even included in the Coptic version of the Bible and was thus considered sacred Scripture by them.

6 See the chapter; The judgement of Azazel, and compare 2 Thessalonians 2:9. 7 Although the Book of 1 Enoch has been extant since 1773 when James Bruce discovered three copies of a Ge'ez version, many scholars doubted its relevance and date of writing. Even with the find of the Book of Enoch among the fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls, the doubts of these critics has cast a lasting shadow on the Book of Enoch in the minds of many. 12 | P a g e I KNOW A MYSTERY

Could it be that the Book of Enoch was part of the writings of the apostasy? Definitely not! The book was around long before the foretold Christian apostasy. Jude the half-brother of James, who’s writing as we mentioned earlier was backed up by the book of Peter, quoted from the Book of Enoch! Follow along in your own version of the Bible:

14Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about these men: "See, the Lord is coming with thousands upon thousands of his holy ones 15to judge everyone, and to convict all the ungodly of all the ungodly acts they have done in the ungodly way, and of all the harsh words ungodly sinners have spoken against him."

Comparatively 1 Enoch chapter ones says:

But 9 Hinneh! He comes with ten thousands of His Qadoshim to execute justice for all: to convict and destroy the Chattaim for crimes committed in rebellion, including all the hard sayings they have spoken against Him.8

Then the Apostle Peter affirms the reference by saying in his second letter chapter three:

1 This is now, beloved, the second letter I am writing to you in which I am stirring up your sincere mind by way of reminder, 2 that you should remember the words spoken beforehand by the holy prophets and the commandment of the Lord and Savior spoken by your apostles.

Peter referring to the quote of Jude says that we should remember the sayings previously spoken. In other words, we should remember the sayings of Enoch! How do we know Peter is speaking about the same reference? Recall that at the outset we stated that the book of Peter is a verse by verse commentary of the book of Jude. Thus commenting on Jude’s reference, Peter stamps his approval on the use of the quote.

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Jude calls Enoch the seventh from Adam a prophet. Peter includes him with the holy prophets and says that we need to remember or listen to him. How can we listen to him if we have not read what he said?

Why should we listen to Enoch? Simply stated, Enoch’s book was written for our time! Enoch says in chapter one:

1 The words of the blessing of Enoch, wherewith he blessed the elect and righteous, who will be 2 living in the day of tribulation, when all the wicked and godless are to be removed.

Do you think we are close to the day of tribulation when all the godless are to be removed? If you do, then a diligent study of the Book of Enoch is vital for us to understand important truths that are not directly contained in the Protestant Bible Canon available to most of us. Contained in the Book of Enoch are truths that can mean the difference between acceptable worship and lawlessness.

What should we read?

Paul, Peter and Jude all quoted from sources other than the Bible, some of which are available to us and some are not. Peter for example quotes from the Assumption of Moses which has been mostly lost to us. The Hebrew writings quotes from the book of Jashar which gives us vast insight into the book of Genesis and Enoch among others.

Some claim that Jude’s quote from the Book of Enoch should be treated the same as when Paul quoted ungodly philosophers that his readers were acquainted with. They further state that Jude simply ‘borrowed’ the saying. This reasoning does not stand up however, in that, Peter’s response to Jude’s quote is: “you should remember the sayings previously spoken by the holy prophets.” Peter is thus testifying to the fact that the Book of Enoch is a prophecy that is vital to us.

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Who knows what God will make available to us in the near future, to clarify parts of the Scriptures we do not fully understand. Right now, we need to take advantage of what he has given us because out of these are the waters and sources of life.

The prophet Enoch says in chapter one hundred and four:

12 ... Then, I know another mystery, that books will be given to the righteous and the 13 wise to become a cause of joy and uprightness and much wisdom. And to them shall the books be given, and they shall believe in them and rejoice over them, and then shall all the righteous who have learnt there from all the paths of uprightness be recompensed.'

Indeed, the books of Peter and Jude have a vital message for us today. Have you heard the message? Have you read the book of Enoch?9 Are you benefitting from the joy, uprightness and wisdom found therein?

9 It is highly recommend that the book; 1 Enoch The Sky Tripper – First Enoch, A New Translation, by Dr. Jackson H Snyder be considered as it is a True Names version that eliminates old churchy words that detract from the message contained therein. 15 | P a g e I KNOW A MYSTERY

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here are many different views on what is required for eternal life, paradise or T nirvana in Christianity, Islam, Jewish and Eastern religiosity. Sometimes these views may vary even within the same religious body.

To illustrate this, let’s look at Christianity in the broad sense and thereby encompass even those who are proclaimed sects by mainstream Christianity. Some insist that works will lead to everlasting life; others claim that faith is what is required for eternal life, while others say that mercy leads to salvation. While all of these are correct with none in isolation to the other, there are other requirements that are needed by a truth seeker to stand approved before God.

How many believers are saved?

Interestingly the Messiah indicates that most professed Christians will not meet the standards required for salvation. How can we make a statement like this? Note what the Messiah says in Matthew chapter seven:

21"Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter. 22"Many will say to Me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many miracles?' 23"And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from me, you who practice lawlessness.'

Notice that The Messiah is not speaking to non-believers, or those that do not know him, or those that do not suppose they are ministering to him, for they have the courage and confidence on Judgement Day to say to him: “Lord, did we not prophesy 16 | P a g e I KNOW A MYSTERY in your name, and in your name cast out demons, and in your name perform many miracles?”

In the context of the chapter, the Messiah was speaking not to men of the world, but to supposed followers who felt their worship was acceptable before him, for he said earlier in Matthew chapter seven:

13"Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it. 14"For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it.

The question we need to ask is: why is it that so many are rejected by him and why are there so few that find the gate to life? The Messiah answers by asking a question which should be alarming to us today. In the latter part of Luke chapter eighteen, the Messiah asks:

“However, when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on the earth?"

This passage give us the impression that when the Messiah returns, that is, at His second coming, it would be as if there are none on earth that have the required faith, because so few are chosen.

What faith is required?

What kind of faith does He require of us? The Messiah is here speaking, amongst other things, about persistent faith. In other words those who keep on knocking and intensely persist in searching for truth. But why is it that this kind of faith proves to be so difficult, as so few will possess it when He returns?

Allow me to borrow from a miracle of the Messiah to form an analogy. John chapter nine from verse one tells of a man that was blind, we read:

4"We must work the works of Him who sent Me as long as it is day; night is coming when no one can work. 5"While I am in the world, I am the Light of the world." 17 | P a g e I KNOW A MYSTERY

6When He had said this He spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and applied the clay to his [the blind man] eyes, 7and said to him, "Go, wash in the pool of Siloam" [which means, Sent]10. So he went away and washed, and came back seeing.

Just before the Messiah healed the man he spoke concerning light or knowledge from Himself. In our analogy the Messiah’s spittle may be likened to the knowledge we currently have from Him. The earth mixed with it may be likened to the teachings of man; that is, the theology, traditions and the resultant philosophies of theology.

So we can deduce that knowledge from God mixed with the theologies of man will still render us blind as the man was still blind! However the Messiah then instructed the man to wash in the pool of Siloam which he would do at a later stage. There was therefore a time delay between the first healing and the complete healing. Once that man had completed what the Messiah told him to do his sight was restored. Notice Siloam means Sent, so the blind man, or mankind in general, can only see once they wash in pure water or knowledge that is Sent.

Is this knowledge the key to eternal life? Why yes it is! Without knowledge that is sent from God we cannot please Him and thus it would be impossible to be obedient to him. How will we find the gate that leads to the narrow path without knowledge from God? Without knowledge of God how would we even identify the gate?

Not content to wait on God, man constantly tries to unravel the mysteries of God with his own wisdom, to his own detriment and confusion.

Man’s knowledge is inadequate

Why is knowledge from man inadequate? First of all we need to understand that even though people around the world have access to the Bible and many do read it, more is required from each individual to produce the fruits the Messiah talks about as quoted in the book of Matthew.11 12

10 Insert by author. 11 Compare Matthew 7:15-20 and 12:33. 12 Compare The Recollections of Clement, book two chapter twenty one. This book can be found in volume eight of the Ante-Nicene Fathers. Dr. Jackson H. Snyder provides an excellent translation of the early work entitled The Recollections of Clement. 18 | P a g e I KNOW A MYSTERY

We can now be certain that God’s word mixed with man's words, philosophies and traditions cannot help us because it says in the second letter of Peter, in chapter three:

14 Therefore, beloved, since you look for these things, be diligent to be found by Him in peace, spotless and blameless,15 and regard the patience of our Lord as salvation; just as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given him, wrote to you,16 as also in all his letters, speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which the untaught and unstable distort, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction.

Here we see plainly stated that the untaught and unstable or unwise are distorting the Word of God. Is this in itself not good reason to avoid man’s words? Previously in chapter two Peter says:

1But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves. 2Many will follow their shameful ways and will bring the way of truth into disrepute. 3In their greed these teachers will exploit you with stories they have made up. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping.

The whole thrust of the letter of Peter warns of these dangerous ones, the final result that awaits them and how we ought to avoid following in their ways. In doing so, he shows the wise or worthy what to do in chapter three:

1This is now, beloved, the second letter I am writing to you in which I am stirring up your sincere mind by way of reminder, 2that you should remember the words spoken beforehand by the holy prophets and the commandment of the Lord and Savior spoken by your apostles.

The wise will listen to God

It is of vital importance to us today to ‘remember (or listen to) the words spoken beforehand by the holy prophets and the commandment of the Lord and Savior spoken by your apostles’. Consider, that if it was important back then when apostasy was just starting in the first century, how much more important is it to us today.

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That’s why Peter says in chapter one of his second letter:

19And we have the word of the prophets made more certain, and you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a light shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.

How often did the Messiah say to his audience: “to those who have ears, hear”? All that God requires from us is to listen, by paying attention and obeying His voice. Do you recall some of the following passages from the Bible?

“If you will strictly listen to the voice of the Lord your God…” “Return to the Lord your God and to listen to His voice.” “You will perish, because you will not listen to the voice of your God.” “This is why you do not listen, because you are not from God.” “You must listen to Him ... Indeed, any soul that does not listen to that Prophet will be completely destroyed from among the people.”

Now you may have spotted that Peter adds a twist to listening to God. In Peter chapter three verse two quoted earlier he states that we need to listen to the Messiah, but then he adds that we need to listen to all the Holy Prophets. In other words Peter is saying: listen to the Prophets, both old and new, and thereby we will be listening to God.

Who are the holy prophets?

By way of reminder, in the book of Jude, on which Peter based his second book, an interesting reference is made to a Prophet. In verse fourteen it says:

There he stated a little-known fact that Enoch, the son of Jared the seventh from Adam, was a Prophet of the true God. According to Peter's admonition, if Enoch was a prophet should we not listen to him? Indeed we should! Peter confirms this in chapter one:

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21For prophecy never had its origin in the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.

It is obvious that wise persons would want to listen to the words of Enoch. Yet there is no mention of the prophesies of Enoch in Genesis or any other book of the Bible other than Jude. So where did Jude the brother of James, a pillar in the first century congregation, get his information?

Secret Knowledge

The information contained in Jude’s book was certainly valuable, otherwise Peter would not have designed his letter around it and included additional commentary. It may surprise many that Jude quoted from a book that by ‘wise men’s' standards is not deemed fit to be included in the Bible canon.

Does this book exist today? Yes it does, and it is called the Book of Enoch. As stated earlier, it was included in the Coptic version of the Bible, was read and deemed as Sacred Scripture.

Here then we have a dilemma. The Apostle Peter’s second letter is found in the accepted modern Bible canon. Peter based his second letter around Jude’s letter which is also in the modern Bible canon. Jude called Enoch a prophet of God, Peter includes Enoch with all the holy prophets. Jude, under inspiration of the Holy Spirit, quotes from a prophet whose book is not accepted by men in the modern Bible canon!

So now begs the question: Will the wise of God listen to supposed wise men who are blind and cannot see and at best have mud cakes on their eyes, or will they listen to God and ‘remember the words spoken beforehand by the holy prophets’ and wash their eyes in the pool of Siloam, that is, the knowledge which is sent?

Do you remember why this secret knowledge has only come to light now? Let us remind ourselves by reading Daniel chapter twelve again:

4 But you, Daniel, close up and seal the words of the scroll until the time of the end. Many will go here and there to increase knowledge." 9 He replied, "Go your way, Daniel, because the words are closed up and sealed until the time of the end. 10 Many will be purified, made spotless and refined, but the 21 | P a g e I KNOW A MYSTERY wicked will continue to be wicked. None of the wicked will understand, but those who are wise will understand.” We don’t want to make the incorrect assumption that the scroll here spoken about is the Book of Enoch. However, what Daniel does say is that true knowledge will only increase in the last days or end of this age.

How will it happen that knowledge increases in the last days? One way is by accepting the words in the Book of Enoch, as this book has now been given to us in a pure form as was prophesied by Enoch. The Prophet Enoch says in 1 Enoch chapter one hundred and four:

10 And now I know this mystery, that sinners will alter and pervert the words of righteousness in many ways, and will speak wicked words, and lie, and practice great deceits, and write books concerning11 their words. But when they write down truthfully all my words in their languages, and do not change or diminish ought from my words but write them all down truthfully all that I first testified12 concerning them. Then, I know another mystery, that books will be given to the righteous and the 13 wise to become a cause of joy and uprightness and much wisdom. And to them shall the books be given, and they shall believe in them and rejoice over them, and then shall all the righteous who have learnt there from all the paths of uprightness be recompensed.'

Enoch under inspiration prophesied that, at the time of the end, his books would be given to the righteous and the wise. Did you see that? Can we simply ignore such a prophecy?

It is interesting to note that the first reliable true names translation of the Book of Enoch, by Dr. Jackson H. Snyder, was only released in June 2009. Following this the book: I Know a Mystery, was released only 12 months later.

What will you do?

There is overwhelming evidence, apart from the arguments we have presented here, that the Book of Enoch not only deserves to be in our present Bible canon, but that it is definitely an integral part of the sacred writings. It can not only enhance our 22 | P a g e I KNOW A MYSTERY understanding of the Bible, but it also contains information that gives us wisdom, joy and morality.

Can we really afford to close our eyes to the existence of the Book of Enoch? The overwhelming answer is: no!

We strongly encourage you to prayerfully read the Book of Enoch and let it become to you a cause of joy and uprightness and much wisdom.

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ver many centuries God’s word has been passed down to us and for this we are O grateful and we thank Him deeply for such a wonderful gift. We are thankful that the Messiah’s message is preserved for us so that we can look to the Scriptures for support, direction and guidance in these dark times of mankind.

Sincere Christians read God’s Word daily demonstrating this appreciation. We are strongly encouraged to read God word daily. Paul said that we need to gain a full knowledge of God and the one whom he sent forth, our Saviour the Christ13.

Once we have sufficient knowledge we can then form an accurate belief based on the Scriptures we have read and understand. However a thinking person would agree that before we form any doctrine, we would have to have a solid starting point. In other words, we have to be sure that what we read is what the original author intended us to read and that our understanding of what we read is in line with the authors thoughts.

As far as we know, the Messiah during His sojourn did not give instructions that His Gospel or any of His works be written down. In other words, so as far as we can discern, His disciples and apostles did not keep a real time record of His teachings.

It was only much later, once the Messiah was resurrected and the early congregation was formed at Pentecost, that the Holy Spirit caused His disciples to recall the things He taught. This was in order to faithfully spread the message of the Good News and the Messiah.

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However when the message reached the outer provinces, and the apostolic fathers (first eye-witnesses) died, it became increasingly necessary for the Messiah’s teaching and their admonitions to be conveyed to others in writing.

The copy problem

This posed a unique problem for both the authors and the copyists of the time. Why is this the case? Let us consider a typical example14 of what would have happened back in the first century.

By inspiration the disciple Mark writes a gospel on the life of the Messiah. Many others want a copy of what Mark has written. How would those people go about getting a copy of his writing?

Mark would have to rewrite the scroll for them or he would have a skilled scribe rewrite it, letter by letter, word by word and page by page. Most people back in the time of the first and second century were rural folk and thus could not write, and if they could, they did not write very well. Additionally there were no modern conveniences such as mass produced pens, pencils, erasers or notepads. There was no such a thing as printers, copiers or computers.

All the writing instruments had to be made. The writing was done by hand with rough parchment and much of the writing was likely done in dim lighting conditions. Errors were inevitable.

Many people today have difficulty believing that we are capable of making mistakes when copying a book like the gospel of Mark. Copying the book of Mark may sound like an easy task, but I challenge you to take the book of Mark and copy it in your own handwriting without the use of modern technology. It is a guarantee that there will be mistakes in the copy you have just made, even if it is just little ones like spelling. Then if your hand writing is better than mine, hopefully others can also read it. Remember too that you are far more literate than the people of those days.

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Likely then, someone else from that area would also want a copy. He would take the copy and make a copy for himself with the errors the first copyist had made. No doubt he would make errors of his own.

Then if someone from say Ephesus or Smyrna or some other place wanted a copy, they would take the copied, copied, copy and make a copy for themselves and so they would go on perpetuating the errors, adding their own mistakes.

Immediately there will not be significant changes to the meaning of the original words, but eventually over time that what has been copied will have to be corrected. Now we have a corrected copy with the mistakes of a copy. The problem is that there is no guarantee that the correction was corrected properly.

Translation through the ages

Compounding the copy problem were the ideologies of new followers. It was a very difficult time for the early congregation as there were many different opinions about the meaning of the Messiah’s sayings. These different opinions led to various interpretations. Along with these difficulties were the various national influences and philosophies of the Jews, the Greeks, and the Romans.

By the third century the great apostasy prophesied by the Messiah and his apostles was in full swing. A brief examination of the early church fathers and their philosophies bears testament to this. During this time, yes you guessed it, copies were being made of the books of the Bible!

Consider the following criticisms:

Dean Burgon quotes Gaius (AD 175-200) who speaks of the source of corruptions that survive in the early papyri: "The Divine Scriptures these heretics have audaciously corrupted. Laying violent hands upon them, under pretence of correcting them." (Burgon, The Revision Revised, p. 323) 26 | P a g e I KNOW A MYSTERY

Eusebius (Ecclesiastical History), citing the second century Church Father Clement of Alexandria: "... The worst corruptions to which the New Testament has ever been subjected originated within one hundred years after it was composed."

To complicate this further as Christianity spread throughout the Roman Empire and other regions, the copies had to be translated into the languages of the people. This in itself was not an easy task. In many instances there is a special meaning or tone produced by using a particular set of words in a particular language. Once these words are translated this special meaning or tone can seldom be correctly conveyed to the new reader. The new language simply cannot express the same feeling or message of the original language.

This carried on through the ages until the advent of the printing press, where for the first time a copy could be faithfully be reproduced. However the printers had a huge problem! What were the ideas the original author was trying to convey? Due to the abundance of the extant copies and the variances contained therein, what copy should be used for reproduction? Since there are no originals or original copies of the copies to compare, what copy should be used?

How many mistakes are there?

By now most people will have said that surely there is a faithful copy in existence. However honest scholars admit that when it comes to comparing the manuscripts available, they all vary in their wording and so no two copies are alike. This is one reason we have so many translations of the Bible today.

The oldest ‘New Testament’ manuscript that we have is called P52 and is the size of a credit card. Palaeographers15 have determined that this fragment is dated to the first half of the second century. It is a section of the book of John where Pilot says, “What is truth?”

15 Palaeography is the study of the handwritings of the past, and often the manuscripts as well, so that they may be dated, read, etc. 27 | P a g e I KNOW A MYSTERY

We do not get a full copy of the book of John until the late second century. Most other full manuscripts only start appearing at the beginning of the third century. This is about one hundred and twenty years after the original had been written. Even more troubling is that we do not start getting numerous copies until the seventh, eighth or ninth centuries.

In the year 1707 there was a diligent scholar by the name of John Mill. For thirty years he was a pioneer in determining which of the manuscripts extant were closest to the original. Available to him at the time were one hundred manuscripts. He then printed the ‘New Testament’ and sighted the variances between the various manuscripts. To the dismay of his readers he sighted thirty thousand differences. John Mill did not give all of the differences he found; only the ones he thought were significant.

Today there are five thousand seven hundred manuscripts extant. How many differences are there within these manuscripts? There are so many differences that even with the aid of modern computer technology, no one has been able to produce a faithful count. It is estimated though that there are more differences in our ‘New Testament’ manuscripts than words in the ‘New Testament’ itself!

It might appear to you at this point that we are trying to render the text of Scripture uncertain. However we, as did John Mill, are only noting that variances do exist.

Significant and insignificant changes

Most of these differences are completely insignificant. However some errors and changes are significant, even to the point of challenging theological philosophies and creating confusion in interpretation.

Some of the errors are accidental changes, where the scribe or copyist was simply not concentrating sufficiently during the copying process. Unfortunately some differences have been created because the copyist or translators did not understand the text and added their own interpretation. Some differences were created because 28 | P a g e I KNOW A MYSTERY they did not agree with the text and changed it to suit their doctrine, or they made an addition so that their own doctrine would become more apparent to the reader.

There are many examples of such errors and additions. One is where the Messiah at the age of twelve went with Joseph and Mary to Jerusalem. After the festival his family left to go home but without him and effectively ‘lost’ him for three days. When his mother finally found him in the temple talking to the Jewish leaders, she exclaimed “Your father and I have been looking for you!”

Some scribes could not understand this passage. They reasoned that God, who was the Messiah’s Father, would naturally know where the Messiah was. Thus they reworded the passage to read, “We have been looking for you!” This error is really insignificant and is one that scholars are aware of and has mostly been corrected.

There are other errors that only some modern translators have corrected in the footnote or commentary and not in the main body of the text. An example of this is the triune formula found in Matthew chapter twenty eight verse nineteen. There it states that we should baptise in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost.

Now what is interesting about this verse is that we have no extant manuscripts earlier than the fourth century. In the case of these two oldest manuscripts the last page of Matthew in which the decree appears has been destroyed. The next complete copy is from the fifth century. In this manuscript, which is four hundred years older than the original, the triune formula is stated.

The two demonstrations we have contrary to the fifth century manuscript is the Patristic Writings16 and what is styled ‘internal evidence’17 (Matthew 28:19 is contrary to Matthew 18:5, 20; 24:5, Mark 9:37, 39, 41; 13:6; 16:17, Luke 9:48; 21:8, John 14:13, 14, 26; 15:16; 16:23, 24, 26, etc) which has many recognised scholars doubting the existence of the triune formula in the original writing by Matthew and thus it is considered an addition.

16 Patristic Writing are works from prominent early church fathers. 17 Internal evidence is passages of Scripture that contradict that which is otherwise stated. 29 | P a g e I KNOW A MYSTERY

What then are the translators to do? Do they correct such errors hoping that the corrections are correct?

What can we trust?

Although we cannot undermine the truth of the message of the Bible, we certainly need to be cautious when taking the literal meaning of each word and sometimes even the meanings or validity of entire sentences.

The question remains then: what can we trust? How safe is it to base our very salvation on a document that may contain significant errors? Will God pardon our ignorance due to these errors even if they lead us to sin or even gross sin in His eyes? Why has God allowed such error to exist in the Bible?

We are not appointed as judges of these things thus we cannot answer these questions directly . However there are indications in the Bible, that at the end of this age there will come to be knowledge from God that was previously unknown or hidden, and that this knowledge would save the elect and wise.

The Scriptures make it clear that right up to the time when the Messiah would make His second appearance, misleading teachings would advance in the world. These teachings would be so convincing that even some of the wise and elect may be deceived by them.

The letter attributed to Paul says of those who are deceived, in the second letter to the Thessalonians in chapter two:

6And now you know what is holding him back, so that he may be revealed at the proper time. 7For the secret power of lawlessness is already at work; but the one who now holds it back will continue to do so till he is taken out of the way. 8And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will overthrow with the breath of His mouth and destroy by the splendor of His coming. 9The coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with the work of Satan displayed in all kinds of counterfeit miracles, signs and wonders, 10and in every sort of evil that deceives those who are 30 | P a g e I KNOW A MYSTERY perishing. They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. 11For this reason God sends them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie 12and so that all will be condemned who have not believed the truth but have delighted in wickedness.

Did you notice that God allows this deception to happen to those who are to perish! This thought will be expanded on later in the book in the chapter: “The judgement of Azazel.”

Who are the ones that are not deceived? When will we know what God truly requires of us? Reconsider the Scripture in the book of Daniel chapter twelve:

Here we understand that it is only at the time of the end that many will be purified, made spotless and refined and those who are wise will understand.

Up to this time, while attempting to unravel the mysteries of the Bible with the limited knowledge we have, man has inserted dangerous speculation and interpretation to fill in the gaps. This has resulted in the utter confusion demonstrated by the countless religions and dominations we see around us today.

Can you honestly say you know the truth, all the truth? There is such a mix of speculation, man-made theology, philosophy, traditions and interpretation that no one can say with absolute certainty what is absolute truth!

The Book of Enoch

In chapter one hundred and four of the book of Khanokh it is prophesied: 31 | P a g e I KNOW A MYSTERY

12 Then, I know another mystery, that books will be given to the righteous and the13 wise to become a cause of joy and uprightness and much wisdom. And to them shall the books be given, and they shall believe in them and rejoice over them, and then shall all the righteous who have learnt there from all the paths of uprightness be recompensed.'

Enoch, under inspiration, prophesied that at the end of the age, books would be given to the righteous and the wise. What books was he writing about?

There is one book that we know of that has escaped the 'violent hands' of apostasy because it was considered too dangerous for the layman, or man in the street, by the early church. It was subsequently banned and burned. The book was even thought to be completely lost until the late 1700’s when three copies were found in an Egyptian library. This is the collection of books that make up the Book of Enoch written by Khanokh (Enoch), pronounced Ka’ nuke, as his name is in Hebrew.

Khanokh was the seventh generation from Adam, a man so loved by God that he was called the Scribe of Obedience18. Khanokh was designated a Holy Prophet by God. Most of the Book of Enoch was written by Khanokh himself as a testimony to the lawlessness of his time and for future generations. The book was used extensively from Khanokh’s day to the first century and many quotations and understandings are derived from this wonderful book.

The Dead Sea Scrolls testify to the usage of the book of Khanokh by the faithful patriarchs. In The Genesis Apocryphon 19 Abraham not only is in possession of the book but he reads it to the Egyptians. It says:

Five years later, councillors of the Egyptians court and advisors of the Pharaoh of Zoan came, having heard the words of my wife. They brought gifts and requested knowledge from me. I read to them from the Book of the words of Enoch.

Another example of its use is in Jude fourteen where Jude quotes directly from the Book of Enoch.

18 Compare 1 Enoch 15:1. 19 The Dead Sea Scrolls - 1Q20. 32 | P a g e I KNOW A MYSTERY

Khanokh’s visions and message has been faithfully preserved down through the ages for us today. How do we know that is for us today? Khanokh under inspiration says at 1 Enoch chapter one:

These are the words of Khanokh’s blessing with which he blessed the Bacharim20 and Tzadikim21 who will be 2 living in the day of trouble when all the wicked and devilish are to be removed. He took up his mashal and said, Khanokh, a Tzadik whose eyes were opened by Elohim22, saw the vision of the Qadosh23 One in the skies. The malachim24 showed me! I heard everything from them and I understood what I saw: not for this family, but for a remote generation, one that is 3 to come.

The words in the Book of Enoch contain a blessing for those who are living at the time when the wicked are to be removed; that is not for his family, his great grandson included, but they were intended for a distant generation. These are the ones who will see the wicked removed not by water but by fire.

Again we return to Khanokh chapter one hundred and four to glean another point. Carefully look the depiction of the ‘time of the end’:

Even now I know this mystery, that the chattaim [mark-missers] will change and pervert the words of obedience in many ways. They will speak evil and lie and practice great deceptions. They will publish books of 11 their own rules. But when they truthfully inscribe all my words in their languages, not changing or diminishing anything of my words, but write them all honestly–all I testified 12 from the beginning about them–Then (and I know another mystery) those books will be given to the Tzadikim and the 13 wise. They will become a cause of joy and morality and much wisdom. Yes, to the Tzadikim the books will be given, and they will believe them and rejoice in them; and so with that the Tzadikim who have learned all paths of righteousness be repaid!

20 Bacharim (H) = chosen or elect. 21 Tzadikim (H) = righteous. 22 Elohim (H) = Hebrew word for God. 23 Qadosh (H) = Set Apart. 24 Malachim (H) = messengers or angelic beings. 33 | P a g e I KNOW A MYSTERY

Did you notice two things in particular? One is that man in his disobedience will change and pervert the Word of God. This bears testimony to what we have considered thus far. The second is that “when they truthfully inscribe all my [Khanokh’s] words in their languages, not changing or diminishing anything of my [Khanokh’s] words, but write them all honestly then books will be given to the Tzadikim and the wise.”

We can have the utmost confidence that the Book of Enoch as revealed to us now has been translated in honesty. Why can we have this confidence? This has been prophesied for our day and we can have trust in that prophecy as God through his Holy Spirit has told us this! Additionally the book contains information and blessings that are vital to those who will witness the end of this age.

Further proof that the book did not experience changes during the great apostasy is in the fragment finds in the Qumran caves of the Dead Sea where the Essenes concealed this book two thousand years ago and thus preserved it from the perversions of man25.

This does not mean that we are to ignore the Word of God, the Bible that we have available to us today. But it does mean that we have been given an uncorrupted treasure that will cause us joy, morality and much wisdom.

Join the countless that have had their eyes opened to this magnificent book. Read the Book of Enoch and pray for wisdom and understanding. Become part of the group that are the ‘righteous and the wise’ and escape the certainty of the judgement of the ungodly sinners.

25 There are certain scholars that assert that the Similitude of Khanokh (chapter 37-71) was not found with the Dead Sea Scrolls and are therefore was written during the first century. The Similitude was written by Noach and could very well have been contained in a separate book and later assimilated into the Book of Khanokh as found in the Coptic version. Although the remnants of the Book of Khanokh is very fragmented Wikipedia states; ‘According to former chief editor of the DSS editorial team John Strugnell, “there are at least four privately owned scrolls from Cave 11, that have not yet been made available for scholars. Among them is a complete Aramaic manuscript of the Book of Enoch. Shanks, Hershel. ""An Interview with John Strugnell", Biblical Achaeology Review, July/August 1994".’ So while not all of the book, as preserved by the Coptics, has been found it is not entirely unlikely that the missing chapters are still to be found or revealed. 34 | P a g e I KNOW A MYSTERY

Please prayerfully take the time to read through the Book of Khanokh as much of the following reading depends on a basic and later an in-depth knowledge of the book

‘Blessed is YHWH Elohim, the Sovereign of Kings; Sovereign of potentates and the wealthy; Sovereign of honor and Sovereign of khokma; Marvelous in every secret is Your power from family to family, And You are to be admired forever. Your secrets are all deep and innumerable; Your ability to observe is beyond reckoning. [Amen] 1 Enoch 63

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WWHHYY AARREE TTRRUUEE NNAAMMEESS SSOO IIMMPPOORRTTAANNTT??

he Masoretes26, churches, scribes and translators have over the ages unwittingly T changed the names of things, places and people in the Bible and other sacred and historical texts. The churches have also through their traditions and doctrines altered the original meanings of words that carry vital concepts to us.

These changes unfortunately detract from the literal meaning of many Bible verses and can cause a multitude of problems such as mistranslations, misunderstandings and the incorporation of unwanted pagan titles and names into the Sacred Scriptures.

In recent years scholars have become increasingly aware of this tendency and many are attempting to purify the Bible and other sacred text so that the original meanings once again come to the fore. A fine example of one such translator is Dr. Jackson H Snyder27, who has compared books such as Matthew and 1 Enoch and rendered them as closely as they can be translated with True Hebrew Names and words inserted where applicable, giving us a clarity of understanding not possible a few years back.

In this chapter we will look at the importance of original names, especially those of the Creator and the Messiah and we will examine a few Hebrew words that have lost their meaning, due to translation and tradition.

26 Scribes and scholars working between the 7th and 11th century. 27 In the Book of Khanokh, Dr. Snyder took the Coptic Notes into account, as well as The English Translations of Isaac and Laurence, and the Latest Editions of the Dead Sea Scrolls, excising redundancies and clarifying errors, yet leaving the technical terms of the Hebrews standing. 36 | P a g e I KNOW A MYSTERY

Importance of true names

How important is the restoration of True Names? This is a good question, so we will cover a few examples to illustrate this.

Today in most cases, we are given a name by our parents that appeals to them. In the days of the Hebrew Scriptures this was not the case. Names in the Hebrew Scriptures almost always carried meanings. Sometimes they would relate to the personality of person being named, the eventuality of the person and his generations, the circumstances in which they were born, the place from where they came or their genealogy, or they would be named after their deity.

Professor G. T. Manley points out: “A study of the word ‘name’ in the O[ld] T[estament] reveals how much it means in Hebrew. The name is no mere label, but is significant of the real personality of him to whom it belongs. . . . When a person puts his ‘name’ upon a thing or another person the latter comes under his influence and protection.”28

This is a very important factor and we would like to use an analogy to illustrate this.

Most painters put their name on their painting. Why do you suppose that is? One reason is so that the admirer knows who the person was who did the painting. There is then an element of ownership to the painting and thus it reflects the personality of the painter. It can also affect the value if it is a Van Gogh painting!

The same can be said when a person admires the creation of God. God is merely a title, the same as “painter” is a title. As you are we aware, there are many gods. Why even the devil himself is called the god of this world. If you had to say however that the creation is from Yahuwah29, then you are giving the ownership to Him and no other! We can see in this one example alone the importance of using true names.

28 New Bible Dictionary, edited by J. D. Douglas, 1985, p. 430. 29 See the explanation of the pronunciation later in the same chapter. 37 | P a g e I KNOW A MYSTERY

Translation of names

When we attempt to translate these names from one language to another the richness and meaning of those names are lost, especially with the methods some translators have used in translating the Scriptures.

When converting the Scriptures from Aramaic, Hebrew or Greek to English the translators mostly use a method called transliteration. Transliteration is the practice of converting text from one writing system into another in a systematic way. Although that may sound the best method to follow, consider the following definition. Transliteration is opposed to transcription, which specifically maps the sounds of one language to the best matching script of another language.

What we are trying to say is that when you have a name in one language it is said and often spelt completely differently in another language unless you retain the exact spelling and pronunciation. A modern example would be the transliteration of the name James in English to Jakobus in Flemish. Therein is such a vast difference that the name is scarcely recognisable.

Let us examine the translation of a biblical name into English to illustrate this point further. The name ‘Jesus’ comes from an alternate spelling of the Latin Iēsus, which in turn comes from the Greek name Iesous (Ιησους) which in turn comes from the In this instance this name has gone .(יהשוה) Hebrew likely Yahshuah or Yahushua30 through several language changes.

Now the name Jesus has no intrinsic meaning in the English language and therefore the meaning of His name is lost. However in the original language; Hebrew, Jesus’ name, Yahshuah or Yahushua means salvation or deliverance of YHWH31. Now we see the true meaning behind the name coming to the fore. This understanding gives us a unique perspective of the role the he plays in the purposes of God.

30 See Strong’s # 3091. 31 Elohim’s name in syllables, termed by scholars the Tetragrammaton. 38 | P a g e I KNOW A MYSTERY

One is left with a question: why were the names of people in the Bible changed in the first place? Further it is Interesting that there is no equivalent for “J” in the Hebrew, Latin, or Greek languages. Why do you suppose so many Bible names start with ‘J’?32 This is especially curious since this trend started only about five hundred years ago and has remained so to this day.33

Pagan Names

Another reason for restoring the original Hebrew names to the sacred Scriptures is that the names of some pagan deities have been allowed to creep into the Scriptures. A startling example of incorporating pagan titles into the Scriptures is the title ‘lord’. This title not only appears several thousand times in most Bibles, but it is used as a replacement to the Creators original name, YHWH.

The title lord ultimately traces back to several ancient, pagan gods.34 Many refer to our Creator and Yahushua as Lord God or Lord and Lord. Are you aware that this refers to an ancient pagan god whom Yisrael35 were forbidden to worship? Yes, the god was called Ba’al Gad, which translated into English is Lord God!

How inaccurate would it be then to refer to Yahushua as: Lord Jesus. Yet how much more blasphemous would it be to refer to our Creator as Lord God! It stands to reason that as truth seekers we would want to strictly avoid such titles.

One of the few occasions it may be appropriate to use the word lord is in Matthew chapter seven as these ones spoken of here do not serve the true Elohim36:

21 Not every one who says to me, O Lord, Lord, will enter the malkuth shamayim; only the one who does the will of Avi in the shamayim. 22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy by your name, and by your name cast out demons,

32 Glossary of Kata Mattyah, The Tov Besorah According to Matthew by Dr. Jackson H. Snyder 33 Dr. Lee Warren, B.A. 34 Footnote to Kata Mattyah chapter seven rendered by Dr. Jackson H. Snyder. 35 Yisrael (H) = Israel. 36 Elohim (H) = God. 39 | P a g e I KNOW A MYSTERY and by your name do many powerful works? 23 I will confess to them then, I never knew you! Leave me, you who work inequity!

The Divine Name

or YHWH in the modern יהוה The Creator’s name was revealed to his servants as alphabet which is derived from a verb that means "to be". This name occurs 6,828 times in the Hebrew text alone. Yet in most modern Bibles it does not exist once. Why is that?

Rabbinical leaders, during the captivity of Yisrael, felt that His name was too sacred to be used in the mundane activities of life. Later it was even considered too sacred to use in daily prayer. How sad is that! This was due to fear, superstition and misinterpretation. Thus the Jews perpetuated the writing of the Name without vowels, and did not pronounce the Divine name YHWH, save once a year when the High Priest would pronounce it. However the Jews of the time went a step further and removed the name completely from the sacred texts substituting YHWH with Adonai, which means “My Lord”!

Their superstitions went contrary to the early Hebrews who used the Divine Name frequently, even in business and greetings. To prove this let us look at the Scripture in the Bible book of Ruth chapter two:

4 Now behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem and said to the reapers, “ May the LORD be with you.” And they said to him, “May the LORD bless you.”

Here Boaz, who was a righteous man, testified by his Messianic lineage, greeted the reapers with the greeting: May YHWH be with you! They replied to him: May YHWH bless you! Is it not refreshing to elevate our Creators name, YHWH, to the status it rightfully deserves?

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The Israelites even included Elohim’s name into their own names! If His Name was deemed so sacred that it may not be pronounced how is it that Isaiah is Yeshayahu, meaning the Saviour is Yah37, in Hebrew?

Additionally the divine Name was even known and frequently used in other lands. Egypt is an example of this.38

From the actions of those Jews and subsequent opposers of Elohim it is impossible at this time to say for sure how the Divine Name is to be pronounced. The sad reality is that we have lost the very Name our Creator personally gave us! It is no wonder that when Elohim comes in His rage at the destruction of the wicked at the end of this age, He says in the book of Ezekiel chapter thirty six39:

23 And I will sanctify my great name, which hath been profaned among the nations, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the nations shall know that I am Jehovah, saith the Lord Jehovah, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.

Simply because we have lost the exact pronunciation of His Name does not mean that we should not use Elohim’s Name. On the contrary the Bible encourages us to use it and certainly does not prohibit the use of His Name.

How do we know that the Scriptures encourage the use of His Name? Look closely at the Scripture in Exodus chapter three40 where it says:

15 And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, Jehovah, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name forever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.

At Exodus chapter nine YHWH says:

37 Yah is a shortened form of Yahuwah. 38 "Who Were the Early Israelites?" by archeologist William G. Dever, William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., Grand Rapids, Michigan, 2003. 39 American Standard Version. 40 American Standard Version. 41 | P a g e I KNOW A MYSTERY

16"But, indeed, for this reason I have allowed you to remain, in order to show you My power and in order to proclaim My name through all the earth.

When telling of the coming restoration of the Israelites, YHWH emphasised to them how important His Name is. He said to them as prophesied in the Book of Ezekiel chapter thirty six:

20"When they came to the nations where they went, they profaned My holy name, because it was said of them, 'These are the people of the LORD; yet they have come out of His land.' 21"But I had concern for My holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations where they went. 22"Therefore say to the house of Israel, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "It is not for your sake, O house of Israel, that I am about to act, but for My holy name, which you have profaned among the nations where you went. 23"I will vindicate the holiness of My great name which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned in their midst Then the nations will know that I am the LORD," declares the Lord GOD, "when I prove Myself holy among you in their sight.

There are many more examples that prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that we should not only know Elohim’s name but also use it in our daily prayers, praise, greetings and conversation. However, more than that is required.

Call on his name

The writer of Romans emphatically says in chapter ten:

12 For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, abounding in riches for all who call on Him; 13 for “ Whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

Did you notice in the Scripture in Romans that, “whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved,” was in inverted commas. This is because it is a quote from 42 | P a g e I KNOW A MYSTERY another passage in the Bible. Some Bibles have a reference in the margin to the book of Joel chapter two from where this quote comes. It says41:

32 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of Jehovah shall be delivered; for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be those that escape, as Jehovah hath said, and among the remnant those whom Jehovah doth call.

Here is a fine example of how easy it is to confuse names when the True Names are not used. Which Lord does the Scripture in Romans refer to. Are we to call on the name Yahushua or on the name YHWH his Father?

A quick comparison with any literal, True Names version of the Bible will show that the Lord referred to here is YHWH. How much easier it would have been if we simply had the True Names in the sacred Scriptures.

The Book of Enoch also shows that it is integral that the wise or elect ones in the last days of this age, call on the name of YHWH. In chapter thirty nine we read:

7b All the Tzadikim42 and Bacharim43 before Him will be strong as fiery lights. Their mouth will be full of blessing As their lips extol the name of YHWH of Elohim.

Here the worshippers of YHWH of Elohim are praising and honouring his name. In chapter forty one and forty five it shows that the chattaim44 are the ones who deny the name of YHWH and will reap a tragic reward for doing so:

2 There I saw the mansions of the Bacharim and of the Qadoshim, and my eyes saw all the chattaim being driven from there–those who deny the name of YHWH of Elohim–being dragged off.

1 And this is the second mashal about those who deny the name of the Dwelling-place of the Qadoshim and the name of YHWH of Elohim. 2 Into the skies they will not

41 American Standard Version. 42 Tzadikim (H) = Righteous. 43 Bacharim (H) = Chosen ones. 44 Chattaim (H) = Mark-misser or sinner. 43 | P a g e I KNOW A MYSTERY ascend; Onto the land they will not descend. Such will be the fame of the chattaim Who have denied the name of YHWH of Elohim, Who are thus preserved for the day of suffering and troubles.

1 Enoch chapter forty eight and chapter fifty show that, as in the Bible books of Romans and Joel, we need to call on the name of YHWH to be saved:

7 The Chokma of YHWH revealed Him to the Qadoshim and Tzadikim; For He has preserved the lot of the Tzadikim Because they have hated and despised this world of disobedience And have hated all its works and ways in the name of YHWH of Elohim: For in His name they are saved.

2 On the day of affliction, when evil has been treasured up against the chattaim, The Tzadik will be victorious in the name of YHWH Elohim: He will see to it that the others witness So they might turn back–Relinquishing their handiwork. 3 They will have no honor by the name of YHWH Elohim, Yet through His name they will be saved. YHWH of Elohim will have compassion on them, For great is His compassion.

The pronunciation of YHWH

How do we pronounce the name YHWH? This is unfortunately a subject of much debate.

There are many that use the widely known name Jehovah. Is this the correct pronunciation? The name Jehovah came about through the Masoretes substituting the vowel marks for Adonai (Lord), and putting them between the letters Y H W H. This rendering results in the pronunciation; Yehovah, which is obviously an incorrect pronunciation of the Name. It becomes even more inaccurate since we learnt that there was no “J” sound in the Hebrew language.

Other pronunciations may be Yahwah, Yahawah, Yaheweh, Yehaweh, Yehowah, Yahbe, Yahweh and so on. From research the author feels that the most likely 44 | P a g e I KNOW A MYSTERY pronunciation is Yahuwah45. However how to pronounce the Divine Name is your decision until we have the correct pronunciation made known to us.

Until that time may we continue to implore YHWH to give us His Holy Name and may we continue to sanctify it in our daily lives. May we pray as Yahushua instructed us:

Our father who is in heaven, may Your Name be sanctified!

Hebrew words

It might seem strange to a reader that is not familiar with the use of Hebrew words to see such words when an author is explaining things. In the beginning it may even seem a chore to constantly refer to a glossary for the explanation of these foreign words. Why is it necessary to use such words?

The main reason is to attempt to restore the original meaning to the text in the mind of the reader. During the ages of church traditions and through the development of the modern languages we tend associate words with specific meanings. Sometimes these meanings are not what the original author meant. It is therefore necessary to convey the meaning to the reader as accurately as possible to derive the most benefit from the text being studied.

Let us consider a few examples of this. The word holy tends to suggest to us something sacred, pure or very clean in our modern understanding. For example if we were to say a candlestick is holy, we might understand it as a pure candlestick. But this is not what holy means. The original Hebrew word is qadosh, which means set-apart. Thus the candlestick in our example would be ‘set-apart’ for a specific use.

We can illustrate it this way: my kitchen utensils are set-apart from my garden utensils. This does not specifically mean that my kitchen utensils are ‘cleaner’ than my garden utensils as I might wash them after every use! What it does mean is that I

45 It will be the practice of the author to use YHWH until the correct pronunciation is known. 45 | P a g e I KNOW A MYSTERY do not use my kitchen utensils in the garden. In other words my kitchen utensils are set aside or set-apart for a specific use.

Another example is the word repent. Our modern understanding of this word most likely means: saying sorry, or at a stretch: turning over a new leaf. The Hebrew word for repent is teshuvah and it does not mean sorry. It carries the meaning of a complete return to Elohim. There is a significant difference, do you not agree?

This book will make use of a few Hebrew words that the author feels necessary to convey the exact meaning of the original thoughts to the reader.

The Echad use His Name

Finally then, contrary to what many theologians today believe, it is vitally important that we have and use the name of YHWH and this is especially so in the last days of this age. Khanokh through Noach makes this very clear a number of times in the Similitude, for example in chapter fifty three when discussing the weapons being made for the final war against YHWH in the climax of this age, he says:

6 After this the Echad46 will make His assembly house to appear. After this, in the name of YHWH of Elohim, they will no longer be hindered.

It is interesting to note that this qahal47 that use His name will only appear in the final part of the days. Then chapter thirty eight associates the appearance of that qahal very closely with the time of judgement which in turn reminds us of Daniel chapter twelve.

1 Enoch chapter thirty eight says:

1 When the congregation of the Tzadikim will appear, the chattaim will be judged for their sins And will be driven from the face of the earth. 2 When the Tzadik will appear

46 Echad (H) = tzadik and Bacharim. 47 Qahal (H) = Congregation or assembly. 46 | P a g e I KNOW A MYSTERY before the eyes of the Tzadikim, whose bachar works descend from YHWH of Elohim, light will appear to the Tzadikim and Bacharim who live on earth.

May we be of those that obediently use the name YHWH. May we be of those spoken about in chapter one hundred and eight:

12 In a blazing light, I will bring forth those who love My sacred name. I will seat them upon sky-thrones. There will they dazzle for many ages, Since YHWH judged them obedient.

Beruch ata YHWH, HaShem YHWH , give us your Name that we may praise and extol you So that your Name may be made great among the nations So that we may bless your great and set-apart Name from now until times indefinite! Amein.

It is highly recommended that anyone who desires to understand the Scriptures more fully and clearly, obtain a copy of True Names Edition of the Scriptures.48

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t a quick glance, the Book of Khanokh can be broken up into the following A themes: the judgements from Elohim given through Khanokh to the fallen malachim49 and their offspring before the flood, the judgements of the fallen angels and their offspring during judgement day and thereafter, the judgements of chattaim50 bnei-a’am51 before the flood and at judgement day, the Similitude containing the prophesies of the Moshiach52, the two ways and their rewards, the sevens and the mysteries of the universe.

Now let us contemplate the sections of the mysteries of the universe for a moment. Why would Khanokh be shown the mysteries of the universe? We know that he was a Tzadik53, even earning the title of Scribe of Shama54 55. We know that while he was on earth he accompanied the malachim and saw many wonders and visions.

But that still does not answer the question: why did Khanokh record the secrets of the universe? Was he shown such to impart to the bnei a'am understanding of the planets, planetary orbits, heavenly anomalies and seasons?

49 Malachim (H) = Messengers or angels. 50 Chattaim (H) = Torah (law) breakers or mark missers. 51 Bnei a' am (H) = Human children. 52 Moshiach (H) = Messiah. 53 Tzadik (H) = Righteous. 54 Shama (H) = Obedience with the intent on doing. 55 Compare 1 Enoch 12:4. 48 | P a g e I KNOW A MYSTERY

The mysteries of the universe

The first reason he was shown these mysteries and recorded them may seem obvious, and that is to instil in the reader the awe of YHWH and his creations. Khanokh says in chapter two and three for example:

1 Observe everything that takes place in the skies, how the planets do not change their orbits, and the light-bearers that are in the skies, how they all rise and set in order, each in its season, and 2 do not contravene against their appointed order. Look to the land; heed the things that take place upon it from first to last: how steadfast they are, how none of the things upon land 3 change. You may see all the works of El. Look at summer and winter, how the whole land is filled with water. The clouds, dew, and rain lie upon it.

1 Observe and notice how, in the winter, all the trees seem as though dead. They had withered and shed all their leaves–except fourteen trees that do not lose their foliage, but retain the old foliage from two to three years until the new comes.

Yes indeed, the wonders of Elohim's creations are awe-inspiring. Certainly we all should set aside time regularly to stop and reflect how all His creations are ‘as a book’ for us to learn from. However reading a little deeper into these passages shows another reason for their reference.

Without a doubt we cannot comprehend all the dynamics and wonders in the universe, never mind the significant timeless mysteries and secrets kept in the spiritual shamayim56. So was Khanokh shown the mysteries of the universe to impart the wisdom of the physical universe and it’s workings to those generations that followed him? Khanokh says in chapter eight one:

2 So I marked the sky tablets. I read everything written on them and understood everything. Then I read the book, History of the Bnei-a’am, the record of all the basar-children 3 on earth to the most distant generations. Right following, I blessed

56 Shamayim (H) = Heavens. 49 | P a g e I KNOW A MYSTERY the great YHWH, the King of Kavod Eternal, in that He has made all the mechanisms of the world!

By appearances that reasoning appears be correct when taking the references to the secrets of the universe at face value. However recall that the Book of Khanokh was written mainly for the generation that sees the last days. Today we have technology that explains the universe in ways our forefathers could not have imagined.

There is one area however where our technology is rendered absolutely valueless. It is this one detail that serves to confirm that the Book of Khanokh is far more than what meets the eye on first glance! In what way does our modern technology fail us? There are mysteries that even the malachim desire to know as described by the writer of the book of Peter in chapter one of the first letter:

12It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves, but you, in these things which now have been announced to you through those who preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven—things into which angels long to look.

Indeed, we are referring to the spiritual realm, the Chokma of YHWH. The Book of Khanokh clearly shows that some of these mysteries are only given to the Tzadikim57 who live in the final part of the days, when the Ben-Adam58 returns and the final judgement begins. This would not make sense if he was referring to the literal universe as such knowledge is plainly available for all to understand and not just the Tzadikim.

Further to this you may have noticed the unique term Khanokh used in chapter eighty one to refer to the history of the bnei-a’am. He called it the mechanisms or system of the world.

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A taste of what is to come

The truth is that the Book of Khanokh is just as challenging to understand as the Apocalypse or Revelation recorded by the Apostle John. That statement should not scare us off examining this book for ourselves, as the Book of Khanokh offers a little more insight into its mysteries than does the book of Revelation. How so?

Let us examine a key that will change the way we look at this book forever. Chapter forty three says:

1 I saw more lightning and the sky-lights, and I saw how He called them all by their 2 names, and how they paid attention to Him. I saw how they are weighed in correct balance according to their proportions of light, the width of their spaces, the day of their appearing, how their revolution produces lightning, their revolutions according to the 3 number of the malachim, and how they all keep faith one with the other.

This passage is quite easy to understand. Here Khanokh59 saw lightning, stars or planets, their sizes, the light radiating off them, their rotational patterns and gravity, right?

If this were the case why would Khanokh next ask: “I asked the malach who went with me, who showed me what was hidden, ‘What are these?’”

After having seen many stars from the ground, surely Khanokh would know what a star is? Additionally at this stage of his vision many secrets of the universe would have been revealed to him. Thus he would not have to ask the malach accompanying him, ‘what are these?’

Notice the reply that the malach gave him:

59 It is to be noted that the Similitude of the Book of Khanokh, that is chapter thirty seven to ninety one, was a series of three visions given to Khanokh that he taught Noach all the secrets from the sepher(books) of mashalim given to him. Compare 1 Enoch chapter sixty seven and compare The Recollections of Clement chapter fifty two of book one. 51 | P a g e I KNOW A MYSTERY

He said to me, ‘YHWH of Elohim has showed you their story. These are the names of the Qadoshim60 who dwell on the earth and believe in the name of YHWH of Elohim forever and ever.’

Here is what many casual readers of the book might miss. These are not the secret workings of the universe at all but rather the deeds of the Qadoshim who dwell on the earth! That small revelation will dramatically change the way we look at the book from now on. In fact we may ask, are any of the references to the universe physical, or are they all symbolic of the future of the bnei-a’am, the malachim and the Ben-Adam?

Some basic meanings

Let us take a detailed look at the verses in chapter forty three. “I saw more lightning and the sky-lights” . The sky-lights are the Bacharim or set apart ones on the earth that serve YHWH Elohim as explained by the malach. The lightning is divine judgement based on their deeds as explained in chapter fifty nine:

1 In those days my eyes saw the secrets of the lightning, of the lights, and of their judgment: they lighten for a blessing or a curse as YHWH 2 Elohim may decide. There I saw the secrets of the thunder and how when it resounds above in the skies, the sound of it is heard. He helped me see the judgments executed on the earth, whether they are for well-being and blessing, or for a curse according to the word of YHWH Elohim. 3 After that, all the secrets of the lights and lightning were shown to me, and they lighten for blessing and for satisfying.

Then he says, “I saw how He called them all by their names, and how they paid attention to Him.” YHWH Elohim knows those who serve him by name and how they listen or obey Him as is demonstrated in Psalm one hundred and thirty nine:

1 You have searched me, Lord, and you know me. 2 You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. 3 You discern my going out and my lying

60 Qadosh, Qadoshim (H) = Elect or Saints 52 | P a g e I KNOW A MYSTERY down; you are familiar with all my ways. 4 Before a word is on my tongue you, Lord, know it completely. 5 You hem me in behind and before, and you lay your hand upon me. 6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.

Further, “I saw how they are weighed in correct balance according to their proportions of light,” here the faithful are measured by their obedience to Elohim’s word and how they shine accordingly. The Moshiach mentions a similar thought when he told his apostles in Mattityahu61 chapter five:

14 “You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. 16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.

After that, “the width of their spaces, the day of their appearing, how their revolution produces lightning,” This passage indicates how much faith they have in YHWH, when they turned themselves over to the will of YHWH and how their faith and obedience results in judgement for a blessing or a curse.

Also the number of malachim assigned to guard and protect them, “their revolutions according to the number of the malachim, and how they all keep faith one with the other.” Lastly their care or love for one another is measured.

See how this harmony is continued through the Book of Khanokh where in chapter one hundred and four he directly tells us that we will shine as the sky lights. And he reveals another secret, the sky windows :

1 I swear to you, that in the heavens the malachim remember you for good before the Kavod haGadol. 2 Your names are written before the majesty of El Shaddai. Be hopeful, for once you were shamed by disease and affliction. But now you will shine as the sky lights. 3 You will shine and you will be seen, as the sky windows will be opened for you.

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Consider another reference in chapter ninety three:

11 ‘Of all the yeladim-a’am62, is any capable of hearing the voice of the Qadosh (One) without being troubled? Who can think His thoughts? Who can behold all the works 12 of the skies? How might there be one who could observe the heavens and understand them? To see a nefesh63 or ruach64 and describe such, or ascend to watch 13 all their activities, to think or do like them? Of all the bnei-a’am, who could know the breadth and length of the earth? To whom has the measure of all been shown? 14 ‘Or is there anyone who could determine the length, height, and breadth of the skies, upon what might they be founded, how high is the number of the stars, and where might all the sky-lights remain?’

Another example of symbolisms contained in the Book of Khanokh is that of the malachim who left their eternal abode to dwell with the daughters bnei-a'am and sinned against YHWH. These are recorded in 1 Enoch chapter eighteen:

I saw there seven stars like great burning mountains, 14 and the malach said to me (once I had inquired regarding them), ‘This place is the end of ha shamayim and ha’aretz: it has become a prison for the stars and all the sky-bound host. The stars that roll over in the fire have contravened the commandment of YHWH since the beginning of 16 their rising (because they did not come forth at their appointed times). He was wroth with them and bound them until their guilt should be completed–for ten thousand years.’

This passage is a little easier to understand as it is directly explained by the malach. The seven great burning mountains are symbolic of the prison of the malachim that sinned and are bound for ten thousand years.

Interestingly in verse eight it says that one of the mountains symbolised was like the throne of Elohim:

62 Yeladim-a'am (H) = children of mankind. 63 Nephesh (H) = Soul. 64 Ruach, Ruachim (H) = Spirit, spirits. 54 | P a g e I KNOW A MYSTERY

8 But the middle mountain reached to the skies like Elohim’s throne, of alabaster, and the apex of the 9,10 throne was of sapphire. I saw a flaming fire. Beyond these mountains is the terminus of the whole world; there the heavens were complete.

From this we can establish that included in their number is Azazel, the one who corrupted the first human pair and is now called the god of this world.

Some deeper meanings

In chapter twenty four through chapter thirty six, Khanokh travels extensively, starting in the west then going east, north and finally south. This vision is certainly not referring to specific travels around the earth. Rather it appears to map out the course of our history and the path of the malachim from the beginning to the end in a similar way that the animal apocalypse does in book four.

Hints to this are the trees, the dismembered tree in verse two of twenty six, the three cursed valleys signifying three judgements and the differing great creatures at the earth’s terminal in chapter thirty three. Also interesting to note, is his movements beyond the terminus of the earth.

Then there is the allegory of the sun and moon in chapter forty one. Take specific note of how the chapter starts with the dividing of the kingdom, and the lightning. Then analyse the qualities of the sun and the moon. Look also at how the sun changes for a blessing or a curse in a similar way that the lightning does and that the pathway of the moon is a light, not to all the bnei-a'am as one would expect of the literal moon, but only to the Tzadikim. Finally compare the reference of the sun and moon bearing testimony against the chattaim in chapter one hundred.

These are but a few of the secrets in the Book of Khanokh. There are sections that deal with mountains of metal, symbolisms in the wind, rain, dew and cloud, to name a few that appear to tie in with natural phenomena, but are allegories to other events, prophesies and times relating to the past, present and future of the bnei- a’am and malachim.

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If you have already read the Book of Khanokh, please take time out to read it again for it is a cause of joy, morality and much wisdom.

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haul65 foretold that a great apostasy was imminent in the first century. In Acts S chapter twenty we read:

29I know that after my departure fierce wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock; 30and from among your own selves will arise men speaking twisted things, to draw away the disciples after them.

The letter attributed to Peter added to this by saying in the second letter chapter two:

1But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction. 2And many will follow their sensuality, and because of them the way of truth will be blasphemed. 3And in their greed they will exploit you with false words. Their condemnation from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.

The prophet Khanokh also confirms the perversion of man by saying in 1 Enoch chapter one hundred and four:

10 Even now I know this mystery, that the chattaim 66will change and pervert the words of obedience in many ways. They will speak evil and lie and practice great deceptions. They will publish books of 11 their own rules.

65 Shaul (H) = Paul. The book attributed to Paul. 66 Chattaim (H) = mark-missers 57 | P a g e I KNOW A MYSTERY

The apostasy

Recall from earlier chapters that the writer of the letter to the Hebrew congregation said that they were in danger from apostasy. What was the spiritual condition of the Hebrew congregation that alarmed the writer? Hebrews chapter four says:

11About this [the order of Melchizedek] we have much to say, and it is hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing. 12For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the basic principles of the oracles of God. You need milk, not solid food, 13for everyone who lives on milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, since he is a child. 14But solid food is for the mature, for those who have their powers of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil.

Does this statement to the Hebrews indicate to you of the level of maturity and morality67 that we need to attain to?68 Today we are in a situation more tragic than that of the Hebrews. The apostasy foretold by the Moshiach and the Apostles Kefa, Yochanan69 and Shaul, has greatly influenced the modern religious order. This is because the modern church is unfortunately built on the traditions of the second and third century church including the rampant apostasy prevalent at the time. To add fuel to the fire, this apostasy has progressed from bad to worse and has not yet been removed70.

Modern theology has been greatly refined. Many have diligently searched the word of Elohim and made adjustments to traditional thinking, only to be victims of traditionalism themselves. Thus honest truth seekers will admit that there is still utter confusion among theologians and theologies. Even within one system of belief there are schisms and either vocal or passive variations to their officially taught doctrines. Each of these Christian divisions insists to varying degrees that they have the truth!

67 Moral from which morality is the source, is defined as the distinction between good and bad or right and wrong behaviour, moral sense. 68 See chapter 12: YHWH and our morality. 69 Yochanan (H) = John. 70 See 2 Thessalonians 2:1-12. 58 | P a g e I KNOW A MYSTERY

Is the world of theology really so changed that the Two Ways of the first century are now unrecognisable? Some scholars and thinking people that have devoted research specific to this field based on history, the Apocrypha and the Dead Sea Scrolls are alarmed at the changes. Where can we turn to as genuine truth seekers? We may be living at the beginning of a time when man will have the opportunity to see the extent of the demonic influences in the religious systems of today, through the truth as revealed by the knowledge promised at the end of this age.

Does it surprise us that the religions of today are under demonic influences? It really should not because it is warned in the second letter to the Corinthians in chapter twelve:

13For such men are false apostles, deceitful workmen, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ. 14And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. 15So it is no surprise if his servants, also, disguise themselves as servants of righteousness. Their end will correspond to their deeds.

Ask yourself honestly, what has changed from those days? The only change we can see is that the confusion of the religious orders have grown from bad to worse. Most Christians do not even know what Elohim actually requires of us! We are indeed in a pitiful condition. This is why Malachi predicted that the coming of Eliyahu71 would revolutionise the thinking of those at the time of the end. In chapter four he prophesies:

5 “See, I will send the prophet Elijah to you before that great and dreadful day of the 6 LORD comes. He will turn the hearts of the parents to their children, and the hearts of the children to their parents; or else I will come and strike the land with total destruction.”

The church of the immoral one

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So what can we deduce from the statements of the Scriptures? Think carefully about the following two facts. We already know that the prince of impiety72 wants to be divine, that is, like Elohim. We know that he wants everybody to worship him, or at bare minimum follow his cause of self-destruction. We have confirmation of his intense desire for worship by the fact that he even tried to get the Moshiach, the begotten Son of Elohim to bow down before him.73

Thus we can glean from this reasoning and the rest of the Scriptures that he wants and has his own church! And why ever not, he is called an angel of light and has his own servants as if of righteousness!

The sad reality of this is that most of those in Shaitan’s church do not even know that they are following his teachings. That is why Yahushua said of them as is recorded in Mattityahu chapter seven:

21 "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22 On that day many will say to me, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?' 23 And then will I declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.'”

Did you notice that they genuinely thought that they are part of Yahushua’s emet qahal74? So who make up the prince of impiety’s group? That revelation is for the Moshiach to make in the near future. What is of vital importance is that we are no part of those who are duped by Shaitan and his crowd!

Many today say it does not matter what religion you belong to, as long as you worship ‘God’. Is this true? Can we really serve Elohim the way that suits us? Is it really important that we separate ourselves from this group which we have bluntly termed Shaitan’s church?

The Corinthians were cautioned in chapter ten:

72 Prince of impiety is a reference to Azazel, the Shaitan. Compare Leviticus 16:18. 73 Compare The Recollections of Clement chapter thirty four of book four. 74 Emet, qahal (H) = True, congregation or assembly. 60 | P a g e I KNOW A MYSTERY

20No, but I say that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons and not to God; and I do not want you to become sharers in demons. 21You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons; you cannot partake of the table of the Lord and the table of demons. 22Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? We are not stronger than He, are we?

Well, are we stronger than Elohim? Our share is with the uncorrupted table of YHWH, is it not? If this is our desire then there cannot be any sharing with Shaitan’s church as workers of righteousness, pure and undefiled, worshipping in spirit and truth. Recall what is recorded in the book of James chapter one:

27Pure and undefiled religion in the sight of our God and Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

That world would obviously include all the world under the control of the prince of this world. The book of John defines how much of the world is in the power of the immoral one in the first letter, chapter one:

19 We know that we are of God, and that the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.

So, with all the confusion we find around us today, how will we know who make up this group? More importantly what do we need to be doing right now to avoid being identified with these ones?

Solid food not milk

Kefa said in his second letter that we need to pay attention to the prophets especially since the Moshiach made the word more sure. We already know that Khanokh was one of the prophets. We will develop this thought as the chapter progresses, but for now notice how Kefa phrases chapter one:

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19So we have the prophetic word made more sure, to which you do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star arises in your hearts.

Are we unlike the Hebrew congregation? Have we paid attention and thus can easily distinguish between right and wrong? Are we able to digest solid food even though we reside in a dark place? The following patterns might challenge our thinking ability, as prophecy is not milk but solid food.

Now here is a soul searching question for each one of us. Do I have the desire and humility to change if the necessity is made known to me, once I have distinguished between right and wrong? This would be an indication of a mature man. Additionally we need to be aware that we may not be who we think we are or rather we may not be identifying ourselves with whom we think we are.

The thoughts found in the prophetic pattern we are to investigate will be easier for us to grasp if we are moved by the Ruach75 of Elohim operating in our hearts. Corinthians in chapter four says:

6For God, who said, "Light shall shine out of darkness," is the One who has shone in our hearts to give the Light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.

The goat of Azazel

The first time we are introduced to Azazel in the Bible is in the Torah76. YHWH commands in Leviticus chapter sixteen77:

5Then the community of Israel will bring you a ram and two goats, both of them males. The goats are to be used as sacrifices for sin, and the ram is to be used as a sacrifice to please me. 6Aaron, you must offer the bull as a sacrifice of forgiveness for your own sins and for the sins of your family. 7Then you will lead the two goats into

75 Ruach, Ruach haQodesh (H) = Spirit, Set-apart Spirit. 76 Torah (H) = Divine Law. 77 Contemporary English Version. 62 | P a g e I KNOW A MYSTERY my presence at the front of the sacred tent, 8where I will show you which goat will be sacrificed to me and which one will be sent into the desert to the demon Azazel. 20After you have purified the most holy place, the sacred tent, and the bronze altar, you must bring the live goat to the front of the tent. 21There you will lay your hands on its head, while confessing every sin the people have committed, and you will appoint someone to lead the goat into the desert, so that it can take away their sins. 22Finally, this goat that carries the heavy burden of Israel's sins must be released deep in the desert. 26The one who led the goat into the desert and sent it off to the demon Azazel must take a bath and wash his clothes before coming back into camp.

This ritual was performed on Yom Kipper or the Day of Atonement, for the benefit of the priests and for Yisrael. Why was this ceremony so important? The Jewish Encyclopaedia has this to say:

“He [the high priest] then fastened a scarlet woollen thread to the head of the goat ‘for Azazel’; and laying his hands upon it again, recited the following confession of sin and prayer for forgiveness.” “When he [an appointed bearer] came to the precipice he divided the scarlet thread into two parts, one of which he tied to the rock and the other to the goat's horns, and then pushed the goat down” “The scarlet thread is symbolically referenced in Isaiah 1:18, and the Talmud states (ib. 39a) that during the forty years that Simon the Just was high priest, the thread actually turned white as soon as the goat was thrown over the precipice: a sign that the sins of the people were forgiven. In later times the change to white was not invariable: a proof of the people's moral and spiritual deterioration that was gradually on the increase, until forty years before the destruction of the Second Temple, when the change of color was no longer observed (l.c. 39b).”

Interesting! But even more interesting is that once Yahushua fulfilled the Day of Atonement by dying as an unblemished perfect sacrifice, we never hear of Azazel again. Why not? Let us identify Azazel and the “role” he played in this ritual. The Jewish Encyclopaedia has the following to say of Azazel:78

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Far from involving the recognition of Azazel as a deity, the sending of the goat was, as stated by Naḥmanides, a symbolic expression of the idea that the people's sins and their evil consequences were to be sent back to the spirit of desolation and ruin, the source of all impurity. The very fact that the two goats were presented before YHWH before the one was sacrificed and the other sent into the wilderness, was proof that Azazel was not ranked with YHWH, but regarded simply as the personification of wickedness in contrast with the righteous government of YHWH.

According to the encyclopaedia, “Azazel was not ranked with God?” Why would he even be “lifted” to that position? Who is he?

Khanokh tells us who he is, in 1 Enoch chapter six :

1,2 And so it happened, once the bnei-a’am multiplied, beautiful and wholesome daughters were born to them. So the malachim, children of the skies, saw them and lusted for them. They said to one another, Come on, let us choose us wives from among the yeladim-a’am 3 and spawn our own children.

1 Enoch chapter eight further states:

1 Azazel taught them to make swords, knives, shields and breastplates, and made known to them earth-metals and the skill of working them for bracelets and jewelry. Azazel also taught the use of antimony (for coloring the eyelids) along with all types of precious stones and 2, 3 dye formulas. From this arose great disobedience: they were led astray; they committed immorality; they became corrupt in all their ways. As the people perished, they cried out–and their cry went up to the skies.

Disclosing the chatta79 of Azazel to YHWH the qadosh malachim say as recorded in 1 Enoch chapter nine:

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6 “You see what Azazel has done, the one who taught all disobedience in the world and revealed the timeless mysteries kept in skies, all that 7 the bnei-a’am have been striving to learn.

Who is Azazel?

Here Azazel is identified as one of the heavenly sons (malachim or watchers) of Elohim who came down to earth to fornicate with the daughters of men. Furthermore he taught them wisdom that was meant to be reserved in the shamayim80 81.

This wisdom included the knowledge of war and war equipment, beautifying women by make-up along with all the other secrets that the other fallen angels had shown to man. This knowledge resulted in the malachim, their offspring and the bnei-a’am becoming so depraved with immorality and rapine that YHWH had no option but to destroy the world by flood.82

Although there were other fallen malachim that also imparted forbidden knowledge to man, 1 Enoch chapter ten, shows that Azazel was primarily credited with all the sins that man committed83:

8 The entire world has been corrupted 9 by the works taught by Azazel: ascribe to him all sin.”

Thus a great judgement went out against him in 1 Enoch chapter thirteen:

1 “Azazel, you will have no shalom! A severe sentence has gone forth 2 against you, to put you in chains, and you will not be tolerated nor have any request granted to you

80 Shamayim (H) = Heavens – dwelling place of the malachim. 81 Compare 1 Enoch 86:1-4. 82 We note that the knowledge shared with man was derived from the superior wisdom the malach possessed. It was not that the knowledge of the things taught to man were common knowledge in the shamayim. Compare 1 Enoch 69:6-8. 83 Compare The Recollections of Clement chapter eighteen of book two. 65 | P a g e I KNOW A MYSTERY because of the lawlessness you have taught, and because of all the devious, illegal, sinful things you have shown to men.”

The command was issued by YHWH to the qadosh malachim to bind Azazel. 1 Enoch chapter ten says:

4 “Bind Azazel hand and foot, and cast him into the darkness: make a mouth 5 in the desert of Dudael and plunge him in. Lay rough and jagged rocks on him, blanket him with darkness, and let him remain there forever. Cover his face so he cannot 6,7 see the light. Then on the great day of judgment, Azazel will be cast into the fire.

So here we find not only the name Azazel and who Azazel was, but also why Yisrael was commanded by YHWH to take one goat and dispose of it in the wilderness. This goat then represented all sin that Yisrael [all mankind by inference] committed and was a reminder to Azazel himself of his guilt and coming judgement. Now we can also understand why the goat of Azazel was not ranked with the sacrificial goat to Elohim, but was separated.

After the Moshiach died and was resurrected, he went to Azazel and his associates who are bound in a condition called Tartarus and made a proclamation to them. It is explained in the book of Peter in the first letter chapter three:

18For Christ also died for sins once for all, the just for the unjust, so that He might bring us to God, having been put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the Spirit; 19in which also He went and made proclamation to the spirits now in prison, 20who once were disobedient, when the patience of God kept waiting in the days of Noah, during the construction of the ark, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through the water. 21Corresponding to that, baptism now saves you—not the removal of dirt from the flesh, but an appeal to God for a good conscience—through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, 22who is at the right hand of God, having gone into heaven, after angels and authorities and powers had been subjected to Him.

Yahushua’s proclamation to the ruachim84 in prison would then correspond to the goat being sent to Azazel proclaiming all the sins of Yisrael. This is the reason that

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Azazel has been quieted once for all time with the sacrifice of the Ben-Adam and by the Ben Adam remaining faithful and obedient to YHWH right to the end.

Azazel in modern times

Unfortunately for man, although Azazel was quieted, this did not isolate us from Azazel and his associates. From the beginning in the Garden of Obedience85 and throughout the ages he has been detrimentally influencing man. Thus great is the cheit86 of both the bnei-a’am and the fallen malachim before the El Shaddai, Melek haMelekim87.

As we know through Scripture, today cheit has multiplied to a point that soon YHWH will again take vengeance on the wicked. Yahudah88 quotes Khanokh saying:

14It was also about these men that Enoch, in the seventh generation from Adam, prophesied, saying, "Behold, the Lord came with many thousands of His holy ones, 15to execute judgment upon all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their ungodly deeds which they have done in an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him."

Notice though that Yahudah says that Khanokh spoke of these men. What modern men were Yahudah and Khanokh referring to? Yahudah tells us:

3Beloved, while I was making every effort to write you about our common salvation, I felt the necessity to write to you appealing that you contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all handed down to the saints. 4For certain persons have crept in unnoticed, those who were long beforehand marked out for this condemnation, ungodly persons who turn the grace of our God into licentiousness and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

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What men was Yahudah referring to? The same men that make up the church of Shaitan today! The very same men who have perverted and corrupted the word of Elohim. These men have crept unnoticed into the churches of the world and are marked for condemnation!

When will this condemnation take place? I Enoch chapter fifty three to fifty four says:

3 I saw all the malachim of punishment staying there and preparing all the weapons of Satan. 4 I asked the Malach of Shalom who went with me: ‘For whom are they preparing such weaponry?’ 5 And he said to me, ‘They are prepared for kings and the mighty of the earth so with them they may be destroyed!

These mighty men include the false prophets and teachers that are Azazel’s disguised servants of unrighteousness. 1 Enoch chapter fifty four continues:

1 I looked and turned to another part of the land and saw there a deep valley with burning 2 fire. They brought the kings and the mighty and began to cast them into this deep valley. 3 There my eyes saw how they made such weaponry as they had, such as iron chains of immeasurable weight. 4 I asked the Malach of Shalom who went with me, saying, ‘For whom are these chains being prepared?’ He replied to me, ‘These are being prepared for the armies of Azazel so they may be captured and cast 35 “before His obedience” into the total condemnation of the abyss. There they will cover their jowls with rough stones as YHWH of Elohim commanded. 6 ‘On that great day, Michael, Gabriel, Raphael, and Phanuel will take hold of them and cast them into the burning furnace so that YHWH of Elohim may take vengeance on them for their disobedience–having become the subjects of Satan and leading astray those who dwell on the earth.’

Khanokh tells us when this condemnation will take place by saying: ‘These are being prepared for the armies of Azazel so they may be captured and cast “before His obedience” into the total condemnation of the abyss. When are the nations of the earth gathered together against YHWH? The book of Revelation tells us it is part of the sixth bowl that is poured out on the earth, in chapter sixteen it says:

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13And I saw coming out of the mouth of the dragon and out of the mouth of the beast and out of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits like frogs; 14for they are spirits of demons, performing signs, which go out to the kings of the whole world, to gather them together for the war of the great day of God, the Almighty.

The false prophet that issues from the dragon joins the beast to war against YHWH, His Tzadik and His Bacharim. Revelation further tells us in chapter nineteen:

20 And the beast was seized, and with him the false prophet who performed the signs in his presence, by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image; these two were thrown alive into the lake of fire which burns with brimstone. 21 And the rest were killed with the sword which came from the mouth of Him who sat on the horse, and all the birds were filled with their flesh.

It is clear to see that it will not only be the false prophet that is to be judged and condemned but all those who are deceived by the immoral angel of light. Thus only those Bacharim who have escaped his deceptions are found to be written in the book of life.

What do we need to do?

In light of this, what must we do? There are a few things that are required of us as Bacharim and Tzadikim now.

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Firstly, we need to recognise that YHWH is without blame. The labours, trials and tribulations that we find our self in originate from ourselves, and none other is to blame.

Secondly, we need to recognise that without the aid from YHWH through the Ben- Adam, we will never lift ourselves out of our present condition. Thus we need to call to Him with a cry of distress that issues from our inmost self.

Thirdly, we need to want to have YHWH close to us. This we will display by having an intense desire to cleanse ourselves of all impiety and immorality, and follow through with actions that befit such a cleansing.

Fourthly, we need to understand that it is only YHWH that can give us the mysteries of His will and counsel and that we are in dire need of the water of Siloam. Therefore we cannot turn to men as they do not know the mind of YHWH, only the Ben-Adam knows Him and can reveal Him.

Lastly we need to become tamim89 as our Abba90 in the shamayim is tamim— obedient in every way.91

By our obedience we will then be able to serve Elohim with spirit and truth, repudiating all practices and habits that may associate us with the father of this world, including manmade interpretations, philosophies, traditions and theologies. In this way we will have no spot or blemish from the table of the demons.

Khanokh says in chapter one hundred and four:

Fear not, you Tzadikim, when you see the Chattaim growing strong and prospering in their ways! Do not fellowship with them, 7 but keep away from their violence; for you are the friends of the sky-armies! Now I reveal to you the light and darkness, 9 the day and night. Bring all your sins into the light and the evil out of your hearts. Do not lie; do not exchange indecent

89 Tamim (H) = Complete or perfect. 90 Abba (H) = Father. 91 We will discuss this later in the book. 70 | P a g e I KNOW A MYSTERY words. Do not charge the Qadosh Shaddai with lies, nor take notice of any 10 teraphim; for all your lying and bedevilment issue not from obedience, but from great iniquity.

Knowledge will continue to grow as more persistent truth seekers come to know YHWH. Understanding will grow exponentially with the revealing of the second Eliyahu. Daniyel chapter twelve and Yoel chapter two says:

4 "But as for you, Daniel, conceal these words and seal up the book until the end of time; many will go back and forth, and knowledge will increase."

28 It will come about after this that I will pour out My Spirit on all mankind; And your sons and daughters will prophesy, Your old men will dream dreams, Your young men will see visions. 29 "Even on the male and female servants I will pour out My Spirit in those days.

So then let us never forget the calling that to which we were called and to that which was handed down to us from the prophets of long ago but be aware of the false talk of those that are destined for destruction. For they have twisted themselves into the congregation of the elite and have subverted the things that were of long ago.

We need to anoint ourselves with the waters of life and make ourselves available for Him, the Sovereign of the Universe, YHWH and His Anointed One, the Ben-Adam.

As often as I could see, I always blessed YHWH of Kavod; yes, I continued to bless YHWH of Kavod who has wrought great and glorious wonders, to show the greatness of His work to malachim, ruachim, and to the bnei-a’am, that they might praise His work and all His creation, that they might see the work of His might and praise the great work of His hands

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WHO IS GOG OF MAGOG

og of Magog! Most certainly a mysterious mystery found in the Bible. This topic G has been the focus of much speculation and interpretation over many generations since it was penned by Yechezkel92 the prophet between 586 and 573 before our common era. One of the main reasons that it has captivated such intense interest is that it is a prophecy closely tied in with the time of the final judgement of the bnei-a’am thus signifying the ‘end of the world’ or this age as we know it.

All three major religions that accept Yechezkel as a prophet; Jews, Muslims and Christians have their own theologies on who, what and when Gog will appear. In this chapter, we will discuss the appearance of Gog from a different angle. The aim of our discussion is to provide clear evidence of the identity of Gog in the simplest manner possible without interpretation, for therein lies error. We will also consider some of the events revealed to us that occur during the activities of Gog.

A new source of information

By now you know the Book of Khanokh was lost to us for many centuries. For this we are grateful to YHWH, that this vital book, written for our time, was not corrupted. For now at this critical time in human history we have a true source of refreshing truth from YHWH Elohim that has been faithfully preserved through the ages to be given to us close to the end of this age.93

Reaffirm the confirmation in mind, given to us by YHWH Elohim through the prophet Khanokh in 1 Enoch chapter one hundred and four:

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10 Even now I know this mystery, that the chattaim will change and pervert the words of obedience in many ways. They will speak evil and lie and practice great deceptions. They will publish books of 11 their own rules. But when they truthfully inscribe all my words in their languages, not changing or diminishing anything of my words, but write them all honestly–all I testified 12 from the beginning about them– Then (and I know another mystery) those books will be given to the Tzadikim and the 13 wise. They will become a cause of joy and morality and much wisdom. Yes, to the Tzadikim the books will be given, and they will believe them and rejoice in them; and so with that the Tzadikim who have learned all paths of righteousness be repaid!

Why are we referring to the Book of Khanokh in this discussion? Firstly the Book of Khanokh was written not only to record the prophetic condemnation of the chattaim of his day, but also for all those who would be on hand to see YHWH of Elohim’s final judgement of the bnei-a’am. In other words the book is intended for those living at the end of this age whom the Ben-Adam referred to, when His throne of Kavod94 would be revealed to all the bnei-a’am.

Khanokh prophesied to give the wise chokma95 and it is this very chokma that reveals the identity of Gog of Magog. For the reason that the book has been illusive is the reason that the identity of Gog has remained inconclusive until now.

To understand with clarity the identity of Gog of Magog we first need to establish all the references to him in the Bible, and their relevance to the Gog of Magog we are endeavouring to identify.

Gogs and Magogs

The first time we know of the name in the accepted biblical canon is in Genesis. Yahpheth96 was one of Noach’s97 three sons. Yahpheth along with Shem was blessed

94 Kavod (H) = Radiance (glory). 95 Chokma (H) = Wisdom. 96 Yahpheth (H) = Japheth. 97 Noach (H) = Noah. 73 | P a g e I KNOW A MYSTERY by Noach for appropriately handling the indiscretion of Cham98. Genesis states in chapter ten99:

1Now these are the records of the generations of Shem, Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah; and sons were born to them after the flood. 2The sons of Japheth were Gomer and Magog and Madai and Javan and Tubal and Meshech and Tiras. 3The sons of Gomer were Ashkenaz and Riphath and Togarmah. 4The sons of Javan were Elishah and Tarshish, Kittim and Dodanim. 5From these the coastlands of the nations were separated into their lands, every one according to his language, according to their families, into their nations.

Here we find reference to Magog, the direct descendant of Yahpheth. Is this of interest to us? Yes it is, but our curiosity is not due to Yahpheth or his son Magog. The reason for this is that Noach blesses Yahpheth in Genesis chapter nine:

27"May God enlarge Japheth, and let him dwell in the tents of Shem; and let Canaan be his servant."

Yahpheth was blessed by Noach to dwell in the tents of Shem his brother. That blessing would have been accepted in the shamayim as history has borne out. Is it logical then to assume that his direct descendant would be the target of Elohim’s rage? It is very unlikely.

However that does not mean that all generations thereafter would be immune to judgement from the Melek ha Melekim. Many of Yahpheth’s children were punished for disobedience. The Babylonians and Persians are a prime example. Interestingly, we will see later that Gog of Magog with his crowd is a descendant of Yahpheth100.

98 Cham (H) = Ham. 99 New American Standard Version. 100 There does appear to be a link between Yahpheth’s descendants and Gog of Magog of Yechezkel. However, this does not contribute directly to the identification of Gog of Magog but merely assures it. 74 | P a g e I KNOW A MYSTERY

Another reference to Gog of Magog is in the book of Revelation attributed to Yochanan. In Revelation chapter twenty the following account is given:

7 When the thousand years are completed, Satan will be released from his prison, 8 and will come out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together for the war; the number of them is like the sand of the seashore. 9 And they came up on the broad plain of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city, and fire came down from heaven and devoured them.

In this account of Gog of Magog, the event takes place after the thousand-year millennium of the exalted Ben-Adam, which is very much in the future. There Gog of Magog refers to all of those in opposition to YHWH and His Bacharim. So this event does not reveal the identity of Gog at the end of this age before the first judgement.

What this Scripture does clarify for us is that the term Gog of Magog is not strictly a reference to a geographical location, nor is it necessarily referring to the descendants from that location. It is symbolic of a group of peoples or nations that follow the fallen angels and are in open rebellion to Elohim. Here begins the true identity of Gog of Magog in the time of the last days and takes out the guess work and interpretation that has led to so many varied understandings.

The third and last reference to Gog of Magog in Bible prophecy is found in the book of Ezekiel. In chapter thirty eight and thirty nine we find in part the following words from YHWH to Gog and his crowd:

1 And the word of the LORD came to me saying, 2"Son of man, set your face toward Gog of the land of Magog, the prince of Rosh, Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him.”

Gog of Magog’s Identity

This the Gog that we are interested in. The reasons for this are found in the chapters that deal with Magog in Yechezkel. In chapter thirty eight Yechezkel prophesies: 75 | P a g e I KNOW A MYSTERY

14 “Therefore prophesy, son of man, and say to Gog, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD, “On that day when My people Israel are living securely, will you not know it? 15 You will come from your place out of the remote parts of the north, you and many peoples with you, all of them riding on horses, a great assembly and a mighty army; 16 and you will come up against My people Israel like a cloud to cover the land. It shall come about in the last days [be·'a·cha·rit ha·ya·mim] that I will bring you against My land, so that the nations may know Me when I am sanctified through you before their eyes, O Gog.”

Note that this prophecy is fulfilled in the last days (be·'a·cha·rit ha·ya·mim). Shortly we will also see undisputable comparisons in the Book of Khanokh.

Then we want to compare Yechezkel chapter thirty nine with the book of Revelation:

17 “As for you, son of man, thus says the Lord GOD, ‘Speak to every kind of bird and to every beast of the field, ‘Assemble and come, gather from every side to My sacrifice which I am going to sacrifice for you, as a great sacrifice on the mountains of Israel, that you may eat flesh and drink blood. 18 You will eat the flesh of mighty men and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, as though they were rams, lambs, goats and bulls, all of them fatlings of Bashan. 19 So you will eat fat until you are glutted, and drink blood until you are drunk, from My sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you. 20 You will be glutted at My table with horses and charioteers, with mighty men and all the men of war,’ declares the Lord GOD.”

At the time of the marriage feast of the Lamb of Elohim, which we know is the uniting of the Bacharim with the Ben-Adam shortly after the events of Har- Mageddon, Revelation chapter nineteen says:

17 Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and he cried out with a loud voice, saying to all the birds which fly in midheaven, "Come, assemble for the great supper of God, 18 so that you may eat the flesh of kings and the flesh of commanders and the flesh of mighty men and the flesh of horses and of those who sit on them and the flesh of all men, both free men and slaves, and small and great." 19And I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies assembled to make war against Him who sat on the horse and against His army. 20 And the beast was seized, and with him the false prophet who performed the signs in his presence, by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image; these two were thrown alive into the lake of fire which burns with brimstone. 21 And the rest were killed with the sword which came 76 | P a g e I KNOW A MYSTERY from the mouth of Him who sat on the horse, and all the birds were filled with their flesh.

Now we will tie together the prophecy of Yechezkel, Revelation and the new information from the Book of Khanokh to reveal the identity of Gog. 1 Enoch, chapter fifty six prophesies:

5 ‘In those days the malachim will return And hurl themselves to the east upon the Persians and Iranians. They will stir up the kings so that a ruach [sprit] of unrest will come upon them; They will rouse them from their thrones That they may break forth as lions from their lairs, As hungry wolves among their flocks.

The prophesy of Yechezkel says in chapter thirty eight101:

3'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Behold, I am against you, O Gog, prince of Rosh, Meshech and Tubal. 4"I will turn you about and put hooks into your jaws, and I will bring you out.”

10'Thus says the Lord GOD, "It will come about on that day, that thoughts will come into your mind and you will devise an evil plan.”

There are a few things to take note of in these verses. Firstly, we have the identity of Gog confirmed by Khanokh as being the Persians and Iranians. Yechezkel says it is the prince of Rosh, Meshech and Tubal. Although we stated that the term Gog of Magog is not strictly a reference to a geographical location, it is interesting that they do come from the same area of ancient Persia.102

101 Please note that sections of Scripture are rendered for clarity of thought. But entire reading of Ezekiel chapter 38 and 39 is recommended. 102 This location for the initiation of the final war is confirmed in the prophecies of Daniyel through the migration to the final king, the Greek Seleucid dynasty, to the current day Persians and Iranians. 77 | P a g e I KNOW A MYSTERY

Secondly Khanokh says that the fallen angels stir up a spirit of unrest in them. Yechezkel says that YHWH allows this and gives more information saying that this plan originates with them. So the initiative of the attack against Yisrael will be theirs, stirred up by the returning fallen malachim.

How do we know for sure that Khanokh and Yechezkel are referring to the same event? There are five more explicit comparisons that we will look at.

The first is that those who are termed Gog of Magog and the Persians and Iranians come from the same area. We will not consider this to be the only evidence, as we have stated that the reference is an allegory of their defiance of Divine Sovereignty and not exclusively a geographical location.

The second similarity is that the Persians and Iranians go up against Yisrael and specifically the city of Melekzadik. Khanokh says in chapter fifty six:

6 They will go up and tread underfoot the land of His Bacharim. The land of His Bacharim will be a threshing-floor and a highway before them. 7 But the city of My Tzadik will be a hindrance to their horses.

Yechezkel says in chapter thirty nine:

15You will come from your place out of the remote parts of the north, you and many peoples with you, all of them riding on horses, a great assembly and a mighty army; 16and you will come up against My people Israel like a cloud to cover the land. It shall come about in the last days that I will bring you against My land.

The third likeness is that the attack of Iran and Persia against Yisrael end with them fighting among themselves, brother against brother. The Book of Khanokh prophecies:

7 So they will begin to fight among themselves; Their own right hand will be strong against them; A man will not know his brother Nor a son his father or his mother.

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21"I will call for a sword against him on all My mountains," declares the Lord GOD "Every man's sword will be against his brother.”

Another similarity is that there will be a great earthquake in the land of Yisrael following the attack. Khanokh through Noach explains:

2 When all this turmoil took place, the Qadoshim from the skies noticed it as the pillars of the earth were moved from their place.

Yechezkel says:

19"In My zeal and in My blazing wrath I declare that on that day there will surely be a great earthquake in the land of Israel.

The last comparison is found where YHWH magnifies His Glorious Name. Khanokh declares:

3 In one day, all will drop down and worship YHWH of Elohim.

Yechezkel declares:

23 "I will magnify Myself, sanctify Myself, and make Myself known in the sight of many nations; and they will know that I am the LORD."

It is quite evident from these few comparisons that the same event is being prophetically shown to us.

Israel, literal or symbolic?

The question we may need to ask ourselves is: is Yisrael the literal newly re- established independent nation that is the target of the hostility of Iran and Persia? There are many contradicting theories as to whether Yisrael is symbolic or literal, however the Book of Khanokh removes any need of interpretation.

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The deeper understanding of the following Scriptures will follow later but for now notice the events directly following the destruction of the attackers of Yisrael. Khanokh chapter fifty six and fifty seven says:

7 There will be no numbering of corpses through their slaughter. Their reprimand will not be in vain. 8 For in those days Sheol103 will open its jaws and they will be swallowed up until the end of their destruction. Sheol will devour the chattaim in the very presence of the Bacharim.’

1 It came to pass after this that I saw another host of cars with men riding inside, 2 approaching on the winds from the east and from the west to the south. The noise of their cars was loud. When all this turmoil took place, the Qadoshim [set apart ones] from the skies noticed it as the pillars of the earth were moved from their place. The sound of it was heard from the one end of the skies 3 to the other.

Here it is evident that a very literal army of men, from the East, West to the South were attracted by the invasion of Yisrael by Persia and Iran. Even their mode of transport is detailed so that we today can make sense of the description. Surely then the description that Khanokh provides must therefore be literal.

Furthermore Khanokh tells of the city of his Tzadik One, that is the esteemed Ben Adam, as being a hindrance to the armies of the attackers. Compare Khanokh chapter fifty six:

7 But the city of My Tzadik will be a hindrance to their horses

Therefore we can confidently say that this is a literal conflagration that takes place by the Persians and Iranians against Yisrael in the Middle East.

There are additional examples of geographical significance that we can investigate at another time as well as other events tied in with the wrath of YHWH that will be physically manifest in that region.

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Keep awake then

The fact that the prophecy of Khanokh is linked to the last days has meaning for us. Can we already see these events taking place? At the time of the first release of this book, there was little evidence of the looming conflagration between Iran and Yisrael. Recent events have testified to the prophecies of Khanokh!

Let us review the news events and incorporate recent pertinent events.

The Boston Globe on December 23, 2005 said in part, “Iran’s belligerent foreign policy toward Israel is among the more puzzling issues in international relations. At a time when most Arab governments, including the elected Palestinian leadership, have come to accept Israel’s existence, non-Arab Iran continues to call for the eradication of the state. Over the course of the past several weeks President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran attacked Israel as a “tumour” that should be “wiped off the map of the world”.

The article continued by saying, “There exists no inherent reason why the Israel- Palestinian struggle should be an overriding concern to the average Iranian. Iran has no territorial disputes with Israel, no Palestinian refugee problem, a long history of contentious relations with the Arab world, and an even longer history of tolerance vis-a-vis the Jewish people. To this day, the Jewish community in Iran is the largest in the middle east outside of Israel.”

At this point in time 7 years later Iran’s defiance against Yisrael and the rest of the western world has grown dramatically.

A report by Reza Kahlili for WND On 5 February 2012 said in part: “Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is calling for the death of all Jews and the destruction of Israel. On the Web site, called Alef, Khamenei says the opportunity must not be lost to remove "this corrupting material. It is a "'jurisprudential justification' to kill all the Jews and annihilate Israel, and in that, the Islamic government of Iran must take the helm."”

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Over the weekend of March 30, 2010 Iran hosted the presidents of Iraq, Afganistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan to celebrate the ancient Persian New Year, marking the first day of spring. What a spring that has turned out to be!

Then the focus on Iran’s nuclear program hit the media. Since then relations between Iran and the West have rapidly deteriorated.

On 28 March 2012 the New York Times under the title “2 Israeli Leaders Make the Iran Issue Their Own” reported: A top Israeli official who works closely with both leaders and spoke on the condition of anonymity confirmed that the cabinet had not talked lately about Iran, but noted that detailed and long-standing preparation had gone into the possibility of a military strike. Of the two men, he said: “One views himself as a savior, the other lives for a good operation. They’re a strange pair who have come to appreciate each other. Together they control this issue.”

On 20 May 2012 The Daily Caller reported: “Iran committed to ‘full annihilation of Israel,’ says top Iranian military commander. Iran is dedicated to annihilating Israel, the Islamic regime’s military chief of staff declared Sunday. ‘The Iranian nation is standing for its cause and that is the full annihilation of Israel,’ Maj. Gen. Hassan Firouzabadi said in a speech to a defence gathering Sunday in Tehran.”

Daily more evidence is pointing to a major conflagration occurring between Iran with its allies and Israel and its allies.

Novinite Sofia News Agency reported on 11 July 2012: “Iran's supreme religious and political leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has issued an unprecedented statement calling people across the world to prepare for the wars signalling the coming of Judgment Day.”

How much longer before the Persians and Iranians are roused up by the fallen angels to the point of attack as predicted by Khanokh in chapter fifty six we cannot say.

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The book of Revelation when referring to the battle of Har-Mageddon of which the invasion into Israel is a prelude says in chapter sixteen:104

14for they are spirits of demons, performing signs, which go out to the kings of the whole world, to gather them together for the war of the great day of God, the Almighty. 15("Behold, I am coming like a thief Blessed is the one who stays awake and keeps his clothes, so that he will not walk about naked and men will not see his shame.") 16And they gathered them together to the place which in Hebrew is called Har- Mageddon.

Notice the interruption in the Scripture highlighting the need to keep awake. Let us who walk in ruach and chokma not be fooled by the chattaim that have changed and perverted the words of obedience and speak evil and lie and practice great deceptions and have published books of their own rules.

These are the ones who say, and will say, that there is peace when there is no peace! Then later in the prophecy of Yermeyahu105 he says in chapter six:

Thus says the LORD, “Stand by the ways and see and ask for the ancient paths, Where the good way is, and walk in it; And you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’ 17“And I set watchmen over you, saying, ‘Listen to the sound of the trumpet!’ But they said, ‘We will not listen.’ 18“Therefore hear, O nations, And know, O congregation, what is among them. 19“Hear, O earth: behold, I am bringing disaster on this people, The fruit of their plans, Because they have not listened to My words, And as for My law, they have rejected it also. 20“For what purpose does frankincense come to Me from Sheba And the sweet cane from a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable And your sacrifices are not pleasing to Me.”

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Those of the church of the immoral one will undoubtedly share the end fate of Gog and his crowd. Khanokh opens his book by saying about them:

9 Look! He comes with ten thousands of His Qadoshim106 to execute justice upon all, and to destroy all the chattaim. To convict all basar107 of all the works of their disobedience that they have committed in disobedience and of all the hard things those chattah-criminals have spoken against Him.

Indeed a fitting end to those who lift themselves up against YHWH and his Tzadik One. Finally, see how chapter one hundred and two describes this culmination:

1 ‘In those days, when He has brought a grievous fire on you, Where will you flee and find rescue? When He launches His Word against you, Will you not be alarmed and fear? 2 All the light-bearers will be frightened with great horror; All the land will be scared and tremble and be alarmed. 3 All the malachim will execute their commands. They will try to hide themselves away From the presence of the Kavod haGadol.108 The benim-a’am will shake and quake; And you Chattaim will be cursed forever: You will have no shalom.

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PPLLAANN OOFF TTHHEE AAGGEESS --SSEEVVEENNSS--

hanokh originated and wrote the Two Ways. What are the Two Ways? One is K the path of obedience and the other is the path of disobedience, and he shows in each the result of both paths. Mixed in within the Two Ways is the mystery of the ages, sevens or weeks. Where did Khanokh get the mystery of the ages? He tells us in chapter ninety three:

1 2Yes, I Khanokh will declare them to you, my sons: according to what appeared to me in the sky vision, and what I have experienced through the word of the set-apart malachim, and from the sky tablets.’

Khanokh received a vision of sky tablets and in these tablets he saw the history of the bnei-a’am unravelling in generations of sets of sevens or weeks. A similar concept of time was given to the prophet Daniyel as revealed in chapter nine.

The history Khanokh saw incorporates the time Khanokh was on the earth and extends past our present day. It projects so far into the future that it appears to offer details beyond the scope of even the book of Revelation. In chapter ninety one after having called his family together, he discloses to them what he saw:

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In this passage Khanokh says to his family that he is able to show them everything that would befall them forever. To set the mood for our discussion let us read Khanokh’s introduction to his sons:

‘Hear, you sons of Khanokh, to all your father’s sayings, And strictly heed the voice of my mouth; For it is I who am speaking to you, urging you forward! Beloved! 4 Love uprightness and walk in it. Do not draw near to uprightness with a double mind;109 Do not associate with the double-minded; Instead, walk in obedience, O my sons. Obedience will guide you on good paths And be your constant companion.

Interpretation

The sevens have confused many scholars in that there is no distinct reference to the Moshiach. Thus many have assumed that the application extended only until the time of the Maccabeus. This assumption however is incorrect as we will prove that his prophecy extends past our day.

If there is no distinct reference to the Moshiach it would seem that there is no clear way to differentiate the first and second coming of Eliyahu who precedes the first and second coming of the Moshiach. By this it is obvious that the complete interpretation of the sevens is being reserved for the appointed time when as prophesied in Yoel110 the Ruach would be poured out on the Bacharim. When this occurs we can expect a full understanding of both current events and those of the future.

However there is a basic understanding that we are able to glean from the sevens now.

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Careful analysis of the sevens proves that there are markers apparent in Khanokh’s dream of the animal apocalypse that provide indicators of the time periods being discussed. These indicators are the keys we will use to unravel the mystery of the sevens.

The Sevens table

The following table outlines the brief the events in the sevens.

1st Seven I was born the seventh in the first seven, While (1 Enoch 93:3) judgment and obedience still endured.

2nd Seven After me, there will arise a great evil in the second (1 Enoch 93:4) seven: Deceit will have sprung up; In it there will be the first end; In it a man will be salvaged.

3rd Seven After it is done, disobedience will grow; And a law will (1 Enoch 93:5) be made for the chattaim. After that, at the close of the third seven, A man will be chosen as the Plant of Righteous Judgment. His posterity will become the Plant of Obedience forevermore.

4th Seven At the close of the fourth seven, The Qadoshim and (1 Enoch 93:6) Tzadikim will see visions; and A law will be readied for all families–Special space will be prepared for them.

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5th Seven At the close of the fifth seven, The Qadosh House of (1 Enoch 93:7) Dominion will be built to last forever.

6th Seven After that, in the sixth seven, all who live in it will be (1 Enoch 93:8) blinded; The hearts of all will deviously forsake Chokma. At that time, one will then ascend in that House; In the end, the House of Dominion will be burnt down with fire, The whole family of the chosen root will be dispersed.

7th Seven After that, in the seventh seven, an apostate family will (1 Enoch 93:9-10) rise. A great many will be its activities And all its works will be apostate. At its close will be chosen The Bachar Tzadik (One) of the timeless Plant of Obedience, To receive sevenfold instruction about His entire creation.

8th Seven After that, the eighth seven will come to pass–the (1 Enoch 91:12-13) seven of obedience. A sword will be given to it so that justice may be executed in obedience upon all oppressors, and chattaim will be delivered into the hands of the Tzadikim. At its completion, they will acquire greatness through their obedience. A house will be built for the Melek haGadol of Kavod; it will stand h’olam va-ed.

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9th Seven Afterward, in the ninth seven, righteous judgment will (1 Enoch 91:14) be revealed to the whole world. All the acts of the chattaim will be gone from the entire place, written off for holocaust. Then all people will direct their gaze upon the pathway of uprightness

After this, in the tenth seven in the seventh part, there 10th Seven will be everlasting judgment executed on the malachim (1 Enoch 91:15-16) by the Great One of the endless skies from whom all malachim spring. ‘The first skies will depart and pass away. New skies will appear! Then all the powers of the skies will shine sevenfold forever.

Afterward, there will be many sevens–sevens without number unto timelessness. It will be an age of goodness and obedience. Chattaim will be no more considered.

For our analysis, we will start in the eighth seven and work backward from there, thereafter we will advance to the ninth and tenth seven. Although this may at first seem very confusing, it will provide the basis of understanding the sevens.

The eighth seven

The sevens:

After that, the eighth seven will come to pass–the seven of obedience. A sword will be given to it so that justice may be executed in obedience upon all oppressors, and chattaim will be delivered into the hands of the Tzadikim. At its completion, they will 89 | P a g e I KNOW A MYSTERY acquire greatness through their obedience. A house will be built for the Melek haGadol of Kavod; it will stand h’olam va-ed111.

The animal apocalypse:

27 Then I watched until a huge sword was given to the sheep, and the sheep went against all the beasts of the field to destroy them. The birds and beasts took off before them.

The first point to note is that a sword is given to the sheep. This is paralleled in both the sevens and the animal apocalypse. When is this sword event to occur? The previous verse in the animal apocalypse gives us the answer, it says:

I watched until the Shepherd came to them and took the staff of His anger in His hand. He struck the ground and the ground broke into pieces. All birds and beasts among the sheep fell to the ground; the ground swallowed them all up and it covered them up.

It is clear that the event being referred to here is the war of Har-Megeddon. How have we reached this conclusion? This is the only time in the animal apocalypse aside from the flood where a destruction from the person of YHWH takes place. This we know to be the destruction of the chattaim at Har-Megeddon by fire.

What is to occur during the eighth seven? A sword is to be given to the sheep. This we can see paralleled in the prophecy of Zecharyah112 chapter fourteen:

16 Then it will come about that any who are left of all the nations that went against Jerusalem will go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to celebrate the Feast of Booths. 17 And it will be that whichever of the families of the earth does not go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, there will be no rain on them. 18 If the family of Egypt does not go up or enter, then no rain will fall on them; it will be the plague with which the LORD smites the nations who do not go up to celebrate the Feast of Booths. 19 This will be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all the nations who do not go up to celebrate the Feast of Booths.

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This prophesy is fitting as it mentions ‘those who are left of all the nations that went against Jerusalem’. These are survivors of Har-Megeddon and they come under the subjection of the sheep or the Bacharim who rule over them with a ‘sword’. These survivors or Tzadikim are ruled over because they come through as those standing judgement during the eighth seven which is judgement day.

During this seven a house will be built for the Melek haGadol of Kavod; it will stand h’olam va-ed.

The seventh seven

With the analysis of the seventh seven we will crystallise both the eighth and seventh seven in the stream of time.

The seventh seven is very obviously the seven that includes the destruction of the chattaim by fire, that is the second destruction, the first being by water.

The sevens:

After that, in the seventh seven, an apostate family will rise. A great many will be its activities and all its works will be apostate. At its close will be chosen The Bachar Tzadik (One) of the timeless Plant of Obedience, to receive sevenfold instruction about His entire creation.

Where do we find references to the destruction we spoke of? In 1 Enoch chapter ninety it says:

5 For I know that violence must increase on the earth; A great reprimand executed in the world. Yes, the world will be cut off at its roots And its whole structure will be destroyed. 6 Disobedient acts will be carried out in the land again; All kinds of acts of defiance and violence. Lawlessness will prevail to a double degree. 91 | P a g e I KNOW A MYSTERY

7 When sin, disobedience, blasphemy, And violent acts of all types increase; When apostasy, wrongdoing, and uncleanness increase, A great reckoning will come upon all of them from the skies. The Qadosh YHWH will come out with anger and rebuke To execute judgment on the earth. ‘And through Him, the roots of disobedience will be cut off. Chattaim will be destroyed by the sword along with blasphemers in every locale. Those who plan terror and commit blasphemy will perish by the sword.

This event occurs before the eighth seven as indicated in verse twelve. This is the great reckoning, and Khanokh warned those living at the end of the age about in chapter one:

This is the same reckoning that Yahudah writes about in verse twelve. How do we know this is the time period being spoken of here? Follow as Khanokh further prophesised in chapter ninety:

8 In those days violence will be cut off at its roots; The roots of lawlessness and deceit– They will be destroyed from beneath the skies. 9 All heathens’ teraphim will be abandoned, Their steeples burned up with fire; Yes, these will be removed from the entire earth. The Chattaim will be cast into the judgment of fire; They will perish in anger and in grievous fairness forever. 10 The Tzadikim will arise from their sleep; Khokma will also arise and be bestowed on them.

Besides the strong indications of judgement in this passage, Khanokh also mentions the resurrection of those who are asleep, that is the first resurrection. This event 92 | P a g e I KNOW A MYSTERY confirms the time frame. We can also tie in the resurrection spoken of by Khanokh with the prophesy of Daniyel chapter twelve, that occurs after the tribulation when the qadosh malach, Michael113 stands up on behalf of the people:

1 “Now at that time Michael, the great prince who stands guard over the sons of your people, will arise. And there will be a time of distress such as never occurred since there was a nation until that time; and at that time your people, everyone who is found written in the book, will be rescued. 2 Many of those who sleep in the dust of the ground will awake, these to everlasting life, but the others to disgrace and everlasting contempt. 3 Those who have insight will shine brightly like the brightness of the expanse of heaven, and those who lead the many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever.

To summarise, this seventh seven includes the following periods: all the years of apostasy since truth was established by the Moshiach, the time of the end, or last days of the present age, the tribulation which must be cut short in order for flesh to survive, the fury of YHWH at Har-Megeddon represented by Michael standing up as he did at the time of the flood and thereafter the resurrection of the tzadik bnei- a’am.

We described this period as a time of apostasy. Shortly after the Moshiach gave the truth of Elohim’s will to the bnei-a’am, the opposers of truth violently disseminated the teachings of the prince of darkness resulting firstly in the corruption of the Scriptures114 and then false doctrine flooded over the truth. These teachings progressed so rapidly that by the time the Apostles left the earthly scene the truth was difficult to find. Time obscured the truth to such an extent that today scholars and truth seekers have few reliable sources of information from the early first century that is entirely uncorrupted. Thus we are in the allegoric famine condition described by Yoel in chapter one:

113 It may be of interest to note that the functions assigned to Michael as described in 1 Enoch chapter twenty includes; “he is set over the best part of the benim-a’am and over chaos”. Thus it would be appropriate that at the time of the worst tribulation in the entire history of the bnei a’am Michael stands up for the Bacharim. Compare The Recollections of Clement, book two and chapter sixty two 114 See the chapter; ‘Why can we trust the book of Enoch?’ 93 | P a g e I KNOW A MYSTERY

9 The grain offering and the drink offering are cut off From the house of the LORD. The priests mourn, The ministers of the LORD. 10 The field is ruined, The land mourns; For the grain is ruined, The new wine dries up, Fresh oil fails. 11 Be ashamed, O farmers, Wail, O vinedressers, For the wheat and the barley; Because the harvest of the field is destroyed. 12 The vine dries up And the fig tree fails; The pomegranate, the palm also, and the apple tree, All the trees of the field dry up. Indeed, rejoicing dries up From the sons of men.

Returning to the sevens it says: ‘At its close will be chosen The Bachar Tzadik (One) of the timeless Plant of Obedience, To receive sevenfold instruction about His entire creation.’ Who is this one and how are we to understand this text?

This is none other than Melekzadik who is to lead his people out of the captive condition of chattah and death, into the obedience of YHWH115. This rulership of Melekzadik is in the eighth period we analysed previously and is typified by the well known millennia period spoken of in the prophesy of Revelation. He is the One who was promised to the Plant of Righteous Judgment spoken of in the third seven, who is Avraham. The Melekzadik is the Timeless Plant of Obedience116. Khanokh foresees this one in a vision as described in chapter forty six:

1 There I saw One who was Rosh Yomim.117 His head was white as wool.

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With Him was another whose face appeared to be that of a man; His face was fully favorable, like one of the qadosh malachim. 2 I asked the malach who went with me and showed me all the hidden things about the 3 Ben-Adam. Who was he? Where did he come from? Why did he accompany the Rosh Yomim? He answered and said to me, This is the obedient Ben-Adam; Obedience lives within Him. He reveals all hidden treasures, For YHWH Elohim has chosen Him to so do. His fate is most important before YHWH Elohim, May He stand upright forever!

What does the animal apocalypse say of this period?118

8Then were small lambs born of those white sheep; who began to open their eyes and to see, crying out to the sheep. 9The sheep, however, cried not out to them, neither did they hear what they uttered to them; but were deaf, blind, and obdurate in the greatest degrees. 10I saw in the vision that ravens flew down upon those lambs; 11That they seized one of them; and that tearing the sheep in pieces, they devoured them. 12I saw also, that the horns grew upon those lambs; and that the ravens lighted down upon their horns. 13I saw, too, that a large horn sprouted out on an animal among the sheep, and that their eyes were opened. 14He looked at them. Their eyes were wide open; and he cried out to them. 15Then the dabela119 saw him; all of whom ran to him. 16And besides this, all the eagles, the avest, the ravens and the kites, were still carrying off the sheep, flying down upon them, and devouring them. The sheep were silent, but the dabela lamented and cried out. 17Then the ravens contended, and struggled with them. 18They wished among them to break his horn; but they prevailed not over him.

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19I looked on them, until the shepherds, the eagles, the avest, and the kites came. 20Who cried out to the ravens to break the horn of the dabela; to contend with him; and to kill him. But he struggled with them, and cried out, that help might come to him. 21Then I perceived that the man came who had written down the names of the shepherds, and who ascended up before the Lord of the sheep. 22He brought assistance, and caused everyone to see him descending to the help of the dabela. 23I perceived likewise that the Lord of the sheep came to them in wrath, while all those who saw him fled away; all fell down in his tabernacle before his face; while all the eagles, the avest, ravens, and kites assembled, and brought with them all the sheep of the field. 24All came together, and strove to break the horn of the dabela. 25Then I saw that the man, who wrote the book at the word of the Lord, opened the book of destruction, of that destruction which the last twelve shepherds wrought; and pointed out before the Lord of the sheep, that they destroyed more than those who preceded them. 26I saw also that the Lord of the sheep came to them, and taking in his hand the sceptre of his wrath seized the earth, which became rent asunder; while all the beasts and birds of heaven fell from the sheep, and sunk into the earth, which closed over them.

There are a number of strong indications in this passage that differentiate it from other periods and link it with the end of this age. Described here is an epic battle between the dabela and the eagles, avest, ravens and kites. The dabela here is the one who would restore tzedakah to the nations before the appearance of the Ben- Adam, the foretold Eliyahu.

How do we arrive at this conclusion? It is stated in the passage: “Then I perceived that the man came who had written down the names of the shepherds, and who ascended up before the Lord of the sheep. He brought assistance, and caused everyone to see him descending to the help of the dabela.” This refers to the time when all the birds, at the instruction of Tza ha Moshiach120, bring all the sheep to

120 Tza ha Moshiach (H) = Anti-christ. 96 | P a g e I KNOW A MYSTERY fight against him. At this time Michael assists the dabela as shown in Daniyel chapter twelve:

“Now at that time Michael, the great prince who stands guard over the sons of your people, will arise.121

Thereafter YHWH came to them, and taking in His hand the sceptre of His wrath, seized the earth, which became rent asunder; while all the beasts and birds of heaven fell from the sheep, and sunk into the earth, which closed over them.

The sixth seven

The sevens:

After that, in the sixth seven, all who live in it will be blinded; The hearts of all will deviously forsake Chokma. At that time, one will then ascend in that House; In the end, the House of Dominion will be burnt down with fire, The whole family of the chosen root will be dispersed.

The animal apocalypse:

Then I watched those sheep. Once again they strayed into error, going many ways. They left their house, so the Shepherd called on certain sheep, sending them forth to redress the rest. 52 Yet these sheep began to slay the others. However, one was not killed, but was rescued. It hurried away to cry out over the sheep. They wanted to kill it, but the Shepherd rescued it from 53 the rest and brought it up to me, causing it to live right there. He sent many others to testify to and cry out over the sheep. 54 ‘Afterward, I saw they had forsaken the Shepherd’s house. His tower fell completely away. Because of this, they all became blind. I watched the Shepherd, how He caused a great slaughter in their herds. 55 Such sheep invited it by betraying His house. So He gave them to lions, tigers, wolves, and hyenas, even to foxes and all the wild 56 beasts. Beasts tore the sheep to pieces. ‘As I watched, He left their house

121 Compare 1 Enoch 20:6 and The Recollections of Clement chapter forty two of book two. 97 | P a g e I KNOW A MYSTERY and tower, giving them over to lions (that tore them to devour them), 57 even to all the beasts. I started to cry out with all my might, appealing to the Shepherd, interceding with Him on the sheep’s behalf, because they had been devoured 58 by wild beasts. Yet He remained unmoved even though He saw it happening; He was glad they were robbed, swallowed, and devoured. So He left them to all such beasts to be consumed. 59 ‘Then He called seventy shepherds. He placed the sheep with them for pasturing before speaking with them and their companions: “Let each one of you pasture these sheep 60 from now on, and all I command of you, do! I will deliver them over to you in numbers correctly counted. I will tell you which are to be destroyed, and you will destroy them!” 61 So He gave the sheep over to the shepherds. ‘Then He called another and spoke to him, “Watch! Make note of everything the shepherds do to the sheep. They will slay more than 62 I have commanded. Regarding every excess killing done by the shepherds–record the number killed on My command plus the number they kill by whim. Record the destruction 63 caused by each shepherd. ‘“Then read out to Me the number they kill and the number they delivered over for execution, so I may keep a record as evidence against them. I must know each action of the shepherds, so I may identify each and understand what they do, whether or not they obey My 64 orders. They are not to know of this. You will not tell them, nor accuse them; only record each destructive act against each individual shepherd, 65 each in his own time–then lay it all out for Me.” ‘I watched until the shepherds pastured in their season. They started to kill, destroying more than were ordered, transporting 66 sheep over to lions. Lions and tigers killed and ate the better part of the sheep, and the wild hogs ate right along with them. They even burned the tower down after tearing up 67 the house. I became very, very upset over the destruction of the tower because the entire house of the sheep was demolished. Afterward, I was not able to observe whether any sheep came into the ruin.’122 68 ‘The shepherds and their herdsmen delivered all the sheep over to the wild beasts so they might be consumed. Each received a certain number in his time. The number each destroyed was recorded 69 in a book by another, for each destroyed many 70 more than was permitted. I started again to weep, grieving for the sheep. In the vision I saw the scribe; I saw exactly how he recorded every single one destroyed by the shepherds, every day. He carried it up and set it down,

122 Into the ruin; that is, entered into the house. 98 | P a g e I KNOW A MYSTERY showing the entire book to the Shepherd, containing everything the shepherds had done, all that each had 71 given over to destruction. ‘The book was read before the Shepherd. Then He took the book in his hand, read it, sealed it up, and laid it down. 72 Right away I saw how the shepherds pastured for twelve hours, and I witnessed three sheep turning back. They entered into the ruin of the house and started rebuilding all that had fallen 73 down. ‘The wild hogs tried to hinder them, but were not able. So they started building as before, even raising up the tower. It was named Ha Migdah Gaboa.123 Again they placed a table in front of the tower, but all the bread on it was polluted and impure. 74 ‘Yet the sheep’s eyes were blinded to these things. They could not see; so they were handed over in large numbers to their shepherds for 75 destruction; they trampled upon the sheep and gobbled them down. ‘The Shepherd was firm in his resolve; all the sheep were dispersed over the field and mingled with the 76 beasts there. The shepherds did not rescue them from the beasts. “The recorder carried the book up, showing it to the Shepherd, reading it before him. He implored the Shepherd for them, and seeking His favor as he reported all the 77 shepherd’s actions. He testified before Him against all the shepherds. Then he took the book, placed it beside the Shepherd, and departed.”

1 Then I watched until thirty-five shepherds undertook the pasturing of the sheep, and they each finished their terms as the first. Others then received them 2 into their power, pasturing them for their terms, each shepherd with his own term. After that I saw in my vision all the birds approaching: eagles, vultures, kites, crows; but the eagles led them. They began to devour those sheep, picking out their eyes, 3 eating their bodies. The sheep cried out as their bodies were being eaten by the birds. 4 As for me, in my sleep I watched and grieved over the shepherd who pastured the sheep. I watched until the sheep were devoured by the dogs, eagles, kites–and they left neither meat, skin, nor tendon on them. Only their bones stood out; even their bones fell 5 to the ground. The sheep were few. I watched until twenty-three had attempted pasturing the sheep, completing their terms fifty-eight times.

6 But hinneh! Lambs were borne to the white sheep! They began to open their eyes to see, 7 and to cry to the sheep. O yes, they cried to them, but they did not heed what

123 Ha Migdah Gaboa = The High Tower. 2 Samuel 22:3; Psalms 18:2, 144:2- Snyder. 99 | P a g e I KNOW A MYSTERY they said to 8 them. They were profoundly deaf; their eyes exceptionally blind. I saw in the vision how the crows flew upon those lambs, taking one of them, then dashing the sheep 9 to pieces and eating them up.

This passage shows how Yisrael fell away to apostasy soon after the establishment of the temple and gives vital lessons to us on how YHWH deals with his people. The Damascus Document124 opens with these words:

Listen, all you who recognize righteousness, and consider the deeds of Elohim. When He has a dispute with any mortal, He passes judgment on those who spurn Him. For when Israel abandoned Him by being faithless, He turned away from them and from His sanctuary and gave them up to the sword.

After the split of the twelve kingdoms into two, YHWH handed the administration of the disobedient Yisrael over to seventy shepherds and to those whom they govern125, who would be held accountable for their governing. Fifty eight of those had dominion over Yisrael. The latter twelve we can conclude fell under the apostolic and post apostolic period in the beginning of the of the seventh seven.

Further in the sixth seven we take special note of “the ascension of one in that house.” This is the One that came from the root of Jessie, the Moshiach. The animal apocalypse defines this as the time period when Yisrael was exceptionally deaf.

In the vision Khanokh saw how the crows, that is the Romans, flew upon those lambs, taking one of them, then dashing the sheep 9 to pieces and eating them up. This indicates the death of the Moshiach as the one who was dashed and the subsequent brutal persecution that followed during the time of the Apostles and beyond.

The sevens end with the complete destruction of the temple by fire by the Romans in seventy of our common era and the prophecy of the complete dispersal of the Jewish nation.

124 The Ancient Sermon - from the Damascus Document (CD, Geniza A + B, 4Q266 – 272) – Translated by Dr. Jackson H. Snyder 125 Compare Daniel 10:10-14 100 | P a g e I KNOW A MYSTERY

The fifth seven

The sevens:

At the close of the fifth seven, The Qadosh House of Dominion will be built to last forever.

The animal apocalypse:

41 ‘Sometimes their eyes were open; other times they were shut–until another sheep arose to lead them. He brought them all back, and their eyes were opened. 42 But dogs, foxes, and the wild hogs began to devour those sheep until the Shepherd raised a ram from their 43 number who led them. The ram began to charge the flanks of the dogs, foxes, and wild 44 hogs until he had destroyed them all. That sheep (whose eyes were open) watched the ram among the sheep until it abandoned its good repute and began to butt the other sheep, trampling them down and conducting himself 45 in a contrary manner. ‘Then the Shepherd sent the sheep to yet another lamb, raising it to become a ram, even the herd’s prince and leader (in the place of the 46 previous ram of forsaken reputation). This former approached and spoke to the other alone, raising it to be a ram, and made it the prince and leader of the sheep (as he was instructed). Yet during all this time, dogs 47 exploited the sheep. The first ram (of the lost reputation) pursued the second ram, and the second arose and escaped. Then I watched until the dogs dragged 48 down the first ram. ‘The second ram arose 49 and led the little sheep. They grew and multiplied; still dogs, foxes, and wild hogs were afraid and fled out from before it. That ram butted and slew all the wild beasts until they no longer had any power over the 48b little sheep. They stole from them no more. ‘That ram bore many sheep and fell asleep; a little sheep became a ram in its stead– even the sheep’s prince and leader. 50 The house became greater and wider. It was built larger for so many sheep. A very high tower was constructed as an addition to the house. This was constructed for the Shepherd. The house was quite low, but the tower was raised up very high. So the Shepherd stood upon that tower while a fully laden table was brought for Him.’

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There is sparse information supplied in the seven other than telling us that at the close of the fifth seven the house or temple would be built. This project was started by Melek Dawid126 and was completed by his son Shlomo127. It was in this temple arrangement that the sons of Zadok officiated as later represented by the Bacharim at the time of the end.

The apocalypse details the inauguration of Yisrael’s first melek, Shaul, his failing to complete his assignment and subsequent falling away, the setting up of Melek Dawid and his triumph over the surrounding nations. Then it details Shlomo’s construction of the temple.

The forth seven

The sevens:

At the close of the fourth seven, The Qadoshim and Tzadikim will see visions; and A law will be readied for all families–Special space will be prepared for them.

The animal apocalypse:

‘When the twelve sheep had grown, they gave one of themselves up to the asses. Then the asses gave that sheep over to the wolves, so the sheep grew up among wolves. Their leader brought the eleven sheep to live with the one sheep, to pasture with it among the wolves, and they all multiplied to become many sheep herds. The wolves began to fear them, so they oppressed the sheep, destroying their little ones by casting them into a very wide river. ‘The sheep began to 16 cry aloud for their little ones, complaining to their Shepherd. One sheep that had been rescued from the wolves ran away, escaping to the place of wild asses. Then I saw all the sheep–how they wailed and lamented; how they sought their Shepherd with all their might, until the Shepherd descended from the heights at the sheep’s voice, came to them, and pastured them. He called on the sheep that had

126 Dawid (H) = David. 127 Shlomo (H) = Solomon. 102 | P a g e I KNOW A MYSTERY escaped the wolves, and spoke with it concerning the wolves, that it should 18 give a warning to them not to touch the sheep. ‘So the sheep went to the wolves in accordance with the command of their Shepherd, and another sheep met that sheep and went with it, and the two went together to enter into the assembly of wolves. They spoke with them, warning them not to touch the 19 sheep from then on. I saw the wolves, and how they oppressed the sheep greatly, 20 with all their power–and the sheep cried aloud. ‘Their Shepherd came to the sheep, which began to strike at the wolves. Now the wolves were howling. This quieted the sheep, 21 and afterward stopped their crying. I saw the sheep until they left the wolves. The wolves’ eyes were blinded. Still the wolves left in hot pursuit of the sheep with all their might. 22 The Shepherd went with them as their Leader, and all His sheep 23 followed Him: and his face was dazzling and glorious and terrible to see! ‘Still those wolves 24 pursued the sheep until they reached the great sea. This sea was torn in two; and water stood up on this side and that, right before their faces, and their Shepherd led them, putting Himself between 25 them and the wolves. Since the wolves did not yet see the sheep, they advanced into the middle of that sea, and the wolves followed the sheep, chasing after them right into the water. 26 ‘When they saw the Shepherd, they turned to run away from His face, but the sea gathered itself up and became just as it had been created–rising and swelling until it enclosed 27 the wolves. I watched until all those who pursued the sheep were drowned and thus perished. 28 But the sheep escaped the sea for a desert. There was no water or grass. They began to open their eyes to see. I saw the Shepherd 29 pasturing them, giving them water and grass, and a certain sheep coming forward to lead them. ‘This certain 30 sheep climbed to the top of a lofty rock. Then the Shepherd sent him back to them. Afterward I saw the Shepherd standing before them: His appearance was so great, 31 awesome, and majestic, that all the sheep beheld Him, standing in awe before His face. They all quaked in fear on account of Him, and they cried to that certain sheep with them, 32 “We cannot stand before our El nor gaze at Him!” ‘That certain sheep who led them went once again up to the top of the rock, but the sheep were losing their vision and wandering off 33 the pathway he had shown them (though that certain sheep did not know it). The Shepherd was greatly angered against them, and that certain sheep learned of it. He descended from the summit of the rock and came to the sheep. There he found 103 | P a g e I KNOW A MYSTERY most of them sightless and fallen 34 away. When they saw him they were horrified, and they quaked at his presence. They wanted to return to their 35 folds. ‘That certain sheep took other sheep with him, and came to those fallen sheep and began to slay them. These sheep feared his presence, and since that certain sheep brought back those 36 others who had fallen, they returned to their folds. In this vision I watched until that certain sheep became a man. He built a house for the Shepherd and put all the sheep in that house. 37 I watched the leaders of the sheep, who knew that certain sheep, falling asleep. Yes, I watched until all the great sheep died off and the little ones arose in their place; until they all came to a pasture 38 near a stream. ‘Then that certain sheep, their leader who had become man, left 39 them and fell asleep. All the sheep went out after him and wept over him with a great wailing. I watched until the lamenting sheep had crossed the stream. Then there arose two sheep for leaders in the place of the former–those who had fallen asleep. 40 I watched until the sheep came to a good place, an agreeable and wonderful country, and I watched until the sheep were satisfied in the house that stood in their midst: there, in that pleasant country.

During this seven Yisrael is established. They are of the ones that see the wondrous works of YHWH. The Torah is established through Moshe and they are finally led into the land of their inheritance.

The apocalypse details the oppression of Yisrael by Mitzraim, the destruction of Mitzraim in the sea, the assent of Moshe to Sinai, the worship of Yisrael of Apis, the construction of the tabernacle, Moshe’s death and Yisrael reaching the Pleasant Country.

The third seven

The sevens:

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The apocalypse:

10 ‘Those who were left began to bring out wildlife and birds, so that there arose different kinds, like lions, tigers, wolves, dogs, hyenas, wild hogs, foxes, squirrels, swine, falcons, vultures, kites, eagles, and crows. Among them a white bull was born. Again they began to bite one another; the white bull born among them engendered a wild ass and with it a white bull, and 12 wild asses multiplied. But the bull born from him begat a black wild boar and a white 13 sheep; and the former engendered many hogs, while the sheep generated twelve sheep.

The sevens start with; after it is done, which is the flood of Noach. It was prophesied that disobedience would grow. During that seven many atrocities were committed by the bnei-a’am including the worship of idols dedicated to demons, dislocating tribes from inherited lands, and Sedom and Amorah.128

It is no wonder that a law was made for the bnei-a’am. What was that law? Due to the abundance of rapines and eating of blood prior to the flood, YHWH commanded as recorded in Genesis chapter nine:

3 Every moving thing that is alive shall be food for you; I give all to you, as I gave the green plant. 4 Only you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood. 5 Surely I will require your lifeblood; from every beast I will require it. And from every man, from every man’s brother I will require the life of man. 6 “ Whoever sheds man’s blood, By man his blood shall be shed, For in the image of God He made man. 7 “As for you, be fruitful and multiply; Populate the earth abundantly and multiply in it.”

The seven closes by saying: ”after that, at the close of the third seven, A man will be chosen as the Plant of Righteous Judgment. His posterity will become the Plant of Obedience forevermore.” This Plant of Righteous Judgement was Avraham, the one who was beloved of YHWH. Why is he considered the Plant of Righteous Judgement?

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The Recollections of Clement129 indicate that all the bnei-a’am were due for destruction by fire. It was due to the intercession by Avraham as recorded in Genesis eighteen that they were spared and it was only Sedom, Amorah and surrounds that were destroyed. Additional to that is the obedience demonstrated by the aged Avraham when instructed to offer his son Yitzhak.

From the loins of Avraham was Yisrael who produced the tribe of Yahudah, the lineage through which the Moshiach was born.

The second seven

The Sevens:

After me, there will arise a great evil in the second seven: Deceit will have sprung up; In it there will be the first end; In it a man will be salvaged.

The animal apocalypse:

1 ‘Again I saw something with my eyes as I slept: I saw the skies above, and 2 hinneh! A star fell from skies. 3 The star got up and began to pasture and eat with the cattle. 4 After that I saw very big, black cattle. Hinneh! They all changed their stalls and pasture lands; the young crying among themselves. ‘Again I saw in the vision by looking skyward, and hinneh! I saw many stars fall, casting themselves down from the skies to that first star. They became as bulls amongst those young cattle and pastured among them. I looked at them and saw them; and hinneh! They all let out their members, just like horses. They began to cover the female cattle, 5 which all became expectant. They bore elephants, camels, and asses. All the cattle were afraid and very anxious about them, for they began to bite with their teeth and gulp down, and to gore with their 6 horns. They began to swallow up those cattle; and hinneh! All the young ones of the earth began to tremble and shake before them, and run away from them.’ 1 Khanokh 87

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1 ‘Again I saw how they gored and swallowed each other down. Then the earth 2 began to cry out. I raised my eyes again to the skies, and I saw something in the vision: hinneh! Out of the skies came beings like white men. Four left that place 3 and three went with them. ‘Those three that came last grabbed me by my hand and took me up, away from the families of earth. They raised me up to a high place and showed me 4 a tower rising high above the earth; all the hills were down lower. One of them said to me, “Stay here until you see all that happens to those elephants, camels, and asses, also to the stars and the cattle; all of them!”’ 1 Khanokh 88 1 ‘I saw one of the first four beings. He seized the first star that had fallen from the skies. He bound it up hand and foot then cast it into a pit. Now this pit was 2 deep and narrow; it was dark and horrible. One of the beings drew a sword and gave it to the elephants, camels, and asses. They started to strike one another, and the whole earth shook 3 on account of them. ‘While as I was watching in the vision, hinneh! One of those four who had come out cast stones from the skies. They rounded up all the great stars (those whose members were like horses’ members) and took them, binding them hand and foot in order to throw them in an abyss.’ 1 Khanokh 89 1 ‘One of the four went to the white bull and gave him secret orders (yet without scaring him). He was born a bull but he became a man! He built himself a great ship and lived on it. 2 Three bulls stayed with him in that ship, and they were all covered over. Again I raised my eyes towards the skies and saw a high roof with seven waterways on it–and the white-water 3 flooded down (with the rest of the water) into a reservoir. ‘Again I saw something! Hinneh! Fountains opened up on the surface of the great reservoir, and water rose and swelled on the surface. 4 I watched that ship until its shell was completely covered with water. The water, the darkness, and mist multiplied upon it. As I looked at the hill of water, I saw it had risen higher than the ship. It was streaming over it as though it were situated on land. 5 ‘All the cattle in that reservoir were rounded up until I saw them sink, 6 swallowed up, perishing in the water. But the ship floated in the water while all the cattle, elephants, camels, and asses sank to the bottom with the rest of the creatures, until I could see them no longer, for they could not escape. They all perished, sinking into the depths. 107 | P a g e I KNOW A MYSTERY

‘Again I watched the vision until the white-water torrents were pouring from of the sky-high roof while the land rifts 8 were levelling things up and other pits came opened. The water began to run down into the abyss until the land again became visible. The ship settled on the ground; the darkness 9 vanished and light appeared. ‘The white bull (who had become a man) came out of that ship, and the three bulls came with him. One of those three was white, just like the bull–one of them was red as blood and one was black. Then the white bull left them alone.’

The sevens mention a great evil that will arise. This evil is clearly defined in the animal apocalypse. Azazel is the malach that corrupted Chawah130 131. At the time of Yared, Khanokh’s father some malachim were assigned to the earth as watchers. The book of Jubilees defines their function in chapter four:

And in the second week of the tenth jubilee Mahalalel took unto him to wife Dinah, the daughter of Barakiel the daughter of his father's brother, and she bare him a son in the third week in the sixth year, and he called his name Jared, for in his days the angels of the Lord descended on the earth, those who are named the Watchers, that they should instruct the children of men, and that they should do judgment and uprightness on the earth.

The watchers were sent to the earth to instruct the bnei-a’am in tzedakah. The apocalypse shows that a star, singular, fell from the sky and pastured with man. That star is Azazel. He then instructed man in the craft of war and immorality. The account then shows that two hundred malachim joined Azazel in defiance of YHWH.

These malachim also imparted knowledge that led to the corruption of the bnei- a’am. The malachim took for themselves women from the yeladim and produced their own offspring. Due to the unnatural relationship of ruachim with basar132 these offspring were giants. These giborim133 tyrannised and killed the bnei-a’am. The combination of the rapines of the giborim and the corrupted bnei-a’am led to the

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There was one man who was salvaged. The man was Noach. What is interesting about this man is that he was found to be tamim134 in his generation. The Targum of Onkelos says of him:

These are the memorials of Noah. Noah was a man righteous and perfect in his generation; in the fear of the Lord walked Noah. And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Cham, and Yapheth. And the earth was corrupted before the Lord, and the earth was filled with violence. And the Lord saw the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt, because all flesh had corrupted, each one, his way upon the earth.

It was through this man that YHWH preserved the lot of the bnei-a’am and the animal kingdom. A thorough study of the period of the Nephilim is required by all those who live in the time of the end as it is these ones who will see conditions similar to that of Noach’s as predicted by the Ben-Adam in Mattityahu chapter twenty four:

36 No one knows of that yom135 and sha’ah, not the malachim of shamayim, nor the Ben, but only Av136. 37 But as the yomin of Noach, so will the shekinah of Ben-Adam be. 38 For they were eating, drinking, marrying, and betrothing in the yomin before the flood, until the very yom in which Noach entered the ark. 39 They knew nothing until the flood came and took them all away. And so will it be in the shekinah of Ben- Adam.

The first seven

The sevens: I was born the seventh in the first seven, While judgment and obedience still endured.

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The animal apocalypse:

3 ‘Before I took your mother Edna, I saw a vision while in my bed. Hinneh! A bull came out of the land, and that bull was white. A heifer came out after it, and along with the heifer came two bulls, one black, 4 the other red. The black gored the red and chased him across the grounds until 5 I could see the red no longer. But that black bull grew and the heifer followed him. Then 6 I saw lots of cattle coming out of him. They all looked like him and followed him. That first heifer left the first to search for the red, but did not find him. 7 She cried out for him with a great howl while continuing to search. ‘I watched until the first 8 bull came to her to calm her down. From then on she did not cry anymore. After that she bore another white bull, then after him she bore many bulls and black cattle. 9 I saw in my sleep that the white bull likewise grew up and become a great white bull. From him proceeded a lot of white bulls. They all looked like him. And they all begat many more white bulls. They all looked alike, one following the other, and many.’

Here in the first seven Khanokh says that there was still obedience and judgement on ha’aretz137. This was no doubt due to the malachim of YHWH acting as judges on ha’aretz.

The animal apocalypse tells of the slaying of the first son of light, Hevel138, by Kain. Thereafter it details the lineage of the sons of light by naming them as white bulls.

The ninth seven

We are now to consider the ninth seven. This part of the vision extends well into the future of the Tzadikim.

The sevens:

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Afterward, in the ninth seven, righteous judgment will be revealed to the whole world. All the acts of the chattaim will be gone from the entire place, written off for holocaust. Then all people will direct their gaze upon the pathway of uprightness

The animal apocalypse does not appear to comment much on the ninth seven as it appears to concentrate on the judgement of the malachim which according to the sevens takes place in the tenth seven.

The ninth seven is directly after the period of the sword of the eighth seven. We can assume then that the eighth seven, judgement day, will be a period during which those who survive through the tribulation as spoken of in Revelation will be brought to tamim with the tzadik:

9 After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could count, from every nation and all tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, and palm branches were in their hands; 10 and they cry out with a loud voice, saying, “ Salvation to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb.” 11 And all the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures; and they fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, 12 saying, “ Amen, blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might, be to our God forever and ever. Amen.” 13 Then one of the elders answered, saying to me, “These who are clothed in the white robes, who are they, and where have they come from?” 14 I said to him, “My lord, you know.” And he said to me, “These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation, and they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. 15 For this reason, they are before the throne of God; and they serve Him day and night in His temple; and He who sits on the throne will spread His tabernacle over them. 16 They will hunger no longer, nor thirst anymore; nor will the sun beat down on them, nor any heat; 17 for the Lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd, and will guide them to springs of the water of life; and God will wipe every tear from their eyes.”

Then during the ninth seven the rest of the dead are resurrected under righteous judgement. This appears to harmonise with the sequence of events in the book of Revelation chapter twenty:

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4 Then I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand; and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. 5 The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were completed. This is the first resurrection. 6 Blessed and holy is the one who has a part in the first resurrection; over these the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with Him for a thousand years.

The tenth seven

The sevens:

After this, in the tenth seven in the seventh part, there will be everlasting judgment executed on the malachim by the Great One of the endless skies from whom all malachim spring. ‘The first skies will depart and pass away. New skies will appear! Then all the powers of the skies will shine sevenfold forever.

The apocalypse:

20 I watched until a throne was built in the pleasant land, and the Shepherd was seated thereon, and the other took the sealed books and opened them before Him. 21 The Shepherd called the first seven white sheep, commanding them to bring all the stars (whose members 22 were like those of horses) before Him, beginning with the first star that led the way. So they brought all those stars before Him. He said to the one in front of him who was recording it all (one of those seven white ones), ‘Take those seventy shepherds to whom I delivered the sheep; those who took it upon themselves to slay more 23 than I commanded them.’ And hinneh! they seventy were bound up. I watched while they all stood before Him. 24 Court was held over the stars first; they were judged and found guilty. Then they were sent off to the place of conviction and cast into a pit full of fiery flame with the 25 pillars of fire. The seventy shepherds were judged guilty. They too were cast 26 into that fiery pit. I saw how the pit was opened to the earth’s center; it was full of fire. Next they brought the blinded sheep. They were all judged guilty and 27 cast into this fiery pit. 112 | P a g e I KNOW A MYSTERY

They all burned up. Now this pit was just to the right of the house, so I watched those sheep, even their bones, all burning. 28 I stood up to watch until they folded up the old house. They carried off all the pillars; all the beams and supplies of the house were folded up with it. They carried 29 it all off and laid it in the south-land. I watched until the Shepherd brought a new house greater and loftier than the first, and He set it up in place of the first, the one that had been folded up. All its pillars were new, and its supplies were new and larger than those of the old one He had taken away. And all the sheep were inside. 30 I saw the remainder of the sheep, along with all the beasts on the ground and birds in the sky, falling down and paying homage to the sheep within the house–pleading with them–and obeying 31 them in every matter. Afterward the three white-robed ones–who had seized me by my hand (with the hand of that ram also seizing me)–32 took me up and set me down among the sheep just before their judgment. Those 33 sheep were all white. Their wool was massive and clean. All that had been destroyed and dispersed, all the beasts of the field, and all the sky birds, congregated in that house. The Shepherd greatly rejoiced because they were all good and had returned to 34 His house. I watched until the sheep laid down the sword given them, for they brought it into the house. It was there sealed up in the presence of the Shepherd and the sheep 35 invited in. So it no longer harmed them. For their eyes were all opened! They 36 saw the good, and there was not one among them that could not see. I noticed that the house was great, wide, broad, and full. 37 I saw a white bull born with great horns. All the beasts of the earth and 38 birds of the sky were afraid of him and persistently pleaded with him. I watched while all their generations were transformed into white bulls! The first of them became a lamb, then a great creature with big black horns. The Shepherd 39 rejoiced over it and over all the livestock. I slept in their midst; when I awoke, I saw everything.

In this seven is the climax of all things for herein will the judgement of the malachim take place, the final judgement of the sheep as noted in verse thirty two and the sword that was issued in the eighth seven is returned. There is therefore no need of sword nor judgement after this period.

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20 But now Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who are asleep. 21 For since by a man came death, by a man also came the resurrection of the dead. 22 For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive. 23 But each in his own order: Christ the first fruits, after that those who are Christ’s at His coming, 24 then comes the end, when He hands over the kingdom to the God and Father, when He has abolished all rule and all authority and power. 25 For He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet. 26 The last enemy that will be abolished is 27 death. For HE HAS PUT ALL THINGS IN SUBJECTION UNDER HIS FEET. But when He says, “ All things are put in subjection,” it is evident that He is excepted who put all things in subjection to Him. 28 When all things are subjected to Him, then the Son Himself also will be subjected to the One who subjected all things to Him, so that God may be all in all

Thereafter Khanokh says:

Afterward, there will be many sevens–sevens without number unto timelessness. It will be an age of goodness and obedience. Chattaim will be no more considered.

‘Baruch atah YHWH haMelek! You are powerful and strong in Your greatness, Sovereign of the skies’ whole creation, Melek Melekim, and Elohim of the whole world. Your power and kingship and greatness reside forever and ever. Throughout all generations, Your dominion Of the entire sky is to be Your everlasting throne. The whole earth is Your footstool h’olam va-ed. Khanokh 84

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uch confusion has existed over the past two thousand years concerning the M Ben-Adam. There appears to have been confusion even in the early first century and thus numerous writings are extant that address his role in the purposes of YHWH. Thereafter in the second and third century, confusion grew as to his identity and originality, and various doctrines were proposed to explain these theologies.

Before the appearance of the Moshiach there was speculation as to who he was, in what manner he would come, where he came from and what his purpose on earth was to be. Interestingly, this expectation did not originate with man. Long before man knew of the existence of the Moshiach, the malachim knew of the Ben-Adam. They were not shown the identity of the Ben-Adam from the outset as the name of the Ben-Adam was hidden. Chapter sixty nine says:

13 This is the task of Kasba’al, the chief of the vow that was presented to the Qadoshim139 while he yet lived high 14 above in his kavod140. The malach Biqa asked Michael to show him the hidden name so he might speak it in the vow. 26 There was great joy among them; They blessed and esteemed and extolled! This ever since the name of Ben-Adam was revealed to them.

There was thus keen interest among them to know who the Ben-Adam would be. Once this was revealed to them there was great joy in the heavens.

How do we know that the title of Ben-Adam refers to the Moshiach? There are many proofs in the Similitude and you will do yourself well to carefully read through book

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Who is the Ben-Adam

The first reference we will look at is recorded in chapter forty six. Here we are privileged to share in a vision where Khanokh sees YHWH himself and with him the Ben-Adam:

1 141 There I saw One who had a Head of Days . His head was white like wool. With Him was another whose face appeared to be that of a man; His face was fully favorable, like one of the qadosh malachim. 2 I asked the malach who went with me and showed me all the hidden things about the 3 Ben-Adam. Who was he? From whence came he? Why did he go with the Head of Days? He answered and said to me, This is the obedient Ben-Adam; Obedience lives within Him. He reveals all hidden treasures, For YHWH of Elohim has chosen him to so do. His fate is most important before YHWH of Elohim, May He stand upright forever! 4 This Ben-Adam whom you have seen will raise up kings and mighty ones from off their thrones, Even the strong from off their benches. He will loosen the reins of the powerful and break the teeth of chattaim. 5 Then He will put kings out of their thrones and kingdoms, Because they neither revere nor praise Him, Nor even humbly acknowledge that their kingdom Was bestowed upon them.

Here we see a personage who goes with YHWH whose face appeared to be that of a man and he is called the Ben-Adam. There are some additional characteristics of the Ben-Adam namely: he is called obedient and obedience lives within him, he is chosen by YHWH to reveal hidden treasures, and he raises up kings and powerful ones. These qualities are surely those possessed by the glorified Moshiach.

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Chapter forty eight says of the Ben-Adam:

1 There I saw Tzedekah Fountain. It was inexhaustible! Many fountains of khokma were around it. All the thirsty drank of them And were filled with khokma. They made their homes with the Tzadik, the Qadoshim and Bacharim. 2 At that very hour, the Ben-Adam was named In the presence of YHWH Elohim, His name named before the Rosh Yomim. 3 Yes, before the sun and the signs were created, Before the sky stars were formed, His name was named before YHWH Elohim! 4 To the Tzadikim, he will be a rod– To steady them so they may not fall. To foreigners, He will be the light – The hope of those who are heart-troubled.

This passage gives strong imagery associated with the Moshiach in that the Ben- Adam will be a rod or staff for the Tzadikim. In fulfilment of Yeshayahu chapter forty two, he is here prophesied to be the light of all peoples. This can only refer to the Moshiach.

In chapter sixty two when speaking of the wicked, Khanokh says:

5 One gang of them will look at the other. They will be terrified, they will be downcast of countenance, pain will seize them when they see the Ben-Adam sitting on the throne of his esteem.

What throne does the Ben-Adam sit on that terrifies the chattaim? A few verses before state:

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The Shama Ruach142 was poured out upon Him. The word of His mouth slays all the Chattaim; All the Chattaim are destroyed from before His face. 3 In that day will stand all the kings and the proud– The high-born and landlords– They will see and recognize How He sits on his Kavod Throne; How obedience is reckoned before Him; How no lying word is spoken before Him.

Chapter forty five and fifty one shows that the Bachar One, who is the Ben-Adam will sit on the throne of YHWH and judge and restore mankind. Khanokh chapter forty five says:

3On that day, My Bachar One will sit on the throne of honor and will try their works, and the places they stay will be innumerable.

Khanokh chapter fifty one:

3 The Bachar (One) will sit on My throne in those days; His mouth will pour forth all the secrets of chokma and counsel, For YHWH of Elohim has given them to Him and has honored him.

There is only one who will sit on the throne of YHWH to judge the nations. Notice the parallels in the book of Yeshayahu chapter eleven:

1 Then a shoot will spring from the stem of Jesse, And a branch from his roots will bear fruit. 2 The Spirit of the Lord will rest on Him, The spirit of wisdom and understanding, The spirit of counsel and strength, The spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord. 3 And He will delight in the fear of the Lord,

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And He will not judge by what His eyes see, Nor make a decision by what His ears hear; 4 But with righteousness He will judge the poor, And decide with fairness for the afflicted of the earth; And He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth, And with the breath of His lips He will slay the wicked. 5 Also righteousness will be the belt about His loins, And faithfulness the belt about His waist.

It is clear then from what we already know and from these comparisons that the Ben-Adam is indeed identified as the Moshiach.

Sifting through the confusion

Most of the confusion regarding the Ben-Adam especially in the last two thousand years has been as a result of speculation and misinterpretation of the parts of the Greek manuscripts that we have. The truth is that the fundamental identity of Ben- Adam has been a sacred secret that would only be completely revealed to man at the close of this age, when Elohim’s purpose of bringing all things together to Himself draws closer.

This is not a surprising thought as not all has been revealed to even faithful servants of YHWH, like Daniyel. These secrets have been given to the Ben-Adam to understand and disseminate as YHWH wills. Thus our knowledge and understanding grows with His purposes for us.

One of the key ways to progress to an understanding of the originality of the Ben- Adam is to understand his functionality or role in YWHW of Elohim’s purposes. So let us then closely examine Yahushua’s words while he was on earth as found in the Bible, and then compare them to the words found in the Book of Khanokh.

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Sum of Judgement In the translations of the Bible it is quoted that the Ben-Adam proclaimed that the sum of judgement had been given to him. What does this mean? The explanation is quite clear in the New American Standard Bible and in subsequent verses. Please examine these in a translation of your choice.

In the Gospel of Yochanan143 chapter five, the Ben-Adam declares:

22 For not even the Father judges anyone, but He has given all judgment to the Son 27and He gave Him authority to execute judgment, because He is the Son of Man.

The verse quoted states that the role of Judge has been given to the Ben-Adam. This is validated in the Book of Khanokh in chapter forty one, where the extent of the judgement is stated:

9 For no malach may obstruct and no power is able to hinder. He appoints a judge for them all and His Appointee judges them all before Him.

Therefore his judgement is to all men including kings and powerful ones, there is no escape from before him. Chapter sixty two says:

2 YHWH of Elohim seated him on the throne of His kavod. The ruach of obedience was poured out upon him. The word of his mouth slays all the chattaim; All the chattaim are destroyed from before his face. 3 There will stand up in that day all the kings and the proud–The exalted and those who hold the land–And they will see and recognize How He sits on the throne of his esteem, How obedience is judged before him, How no lying word is spoken before him.

No lying word, demonstrates the depth of the Ben-Adam’s judgement as confirmed in chapter forty nine:

3 The ruach of chokma dwells in Him. The ruach that gives insight; The ruach of understanding and of strength; The ruach of those who have fallen asleep in

143 Yochanan (H) = John. 120 | P a g e I KNOW A MYSTERY obedience. 4 He will judge secrets! No one will be able to utter a lying word before Him, For He is the Bachar One before YHWH Elohim; This One pleases Him.

The role of judge is not limited to the yeladim but also extends to the malachim who challenged the authority of YHWH. In chapter fifty five and sixty one, the El Shaddai says:

4 ‘You strong kings who live on the earth, you will have to study My Bachar (One), how he sits on the throne of honor and judges Azazel144 and all his associates, even all his armies in the name of YHWH of Elohim.’

8 YHWH Elohim placed the Bachar (One) on the throne of kavod: He will thus judge all the works of the Qadoshim above in the skies, And in the balance, their deeds will be weighed. 9 When he lifts up his face to judge their secret ways by the word and name of YHWH Elohim, and their pathways according to the way of the righteous judgment such as that of YHWH Elohim, then will they all with one voice speak and bless; They will honor and extol and set the name of YHWH Elohim apart.

Chapter ten of the book of Acts145 states that the judgement includes those who have died since the disobedience of Adam:

42"And He ordered us to preach to the people, and solemnly to testify that this is the One who has been appointed by God as Judge of the living and the dead.

The Book of Khanokh also speaks of this in chapter fifty one, where the Baruch One will choose out the Tzadikim from those in Sheol:

1 In those days the land will give back what has been entrusted to it, and Sheol also will give back what it has received, and Hades will give back what it owes. For in those days the Bachar (One) will arise; 2 He will choose the Tzadikim and Qadoshim from among them all: For the day has drawn near that they should be saved.

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It is apparent that the sum of judgement is given to Elohim’s Bachar One, the glorified Ben-Adam. This includes all of YHWH Elohim’s creation; that being the malachim and the bnei-a’am both alive and those in sheol. This is the first function of the Ben-Adam.

The Ben-Adam a Ransom

The Ben-Adam's role as Judge is wholly dependent on the rachad146 of YHWH. Thus without Yahushua spilling his blood on earth and the mercy of YHWH that follows, there would be no need of a Judge, as all would stand condemned before YHWH as being disobedient. This then would be the foremost role of the Ben-Adam.

It is said to the Hebrew congregation in chapter two147:

16For surely it is not angels he helps, but Abraham's descendants. 17For this reason He had to be made like his brothers in every way, in order that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, and that He might make atonement for the sins of the people. 18Because He himself suffered when He was tempted, He is able to help those who are being tempted.148

Here it is shown that the Ben-Adam was made like His brothers, that is the bnei- a'am, in every way. The main reason for this is so that He could sympathise and make atonement for the transgressions of the bnei-a’am. But what does this actually mean? The American Standard version translates this word atonement as propitiation. An online dictionary149 defines propitiation as intended to reconcile or appease.

This may seem even more confusing. So let us move to another passage in the Bible that clarifies what this means. When YHWH instructed Moshe150 to build the ark of

146 Rachad (H) = Mercy. 147 New International Version. 148 Compare The Recollection of Clement, book one chapter fifteen. 149 www.definitions.net. 150 Moshe (H) = Moses. 122 | P a g e I KNOW A MYSTERY the covenant for Yisrael he also included instruction for the Ark of the Covenant to be covered with a cover of pure gold. Exodus chapter twenty five says:

17 "Make an atonement cover of pure gold—two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide. 18 And make two cherubim out of hammered gold at the ends of the cover. 19 Make one cherub on one end and the second cherub on the other; make the cherubim of one piece with the cover, at the two ends. 20 The cherubim are to have their wings spread upward, overshadowing the cover with them. The cherubim are to face each other, looking toward the cover. 21 Place the cover on top of the ark and put in the ark the Testimony, which I will give you.

Did you notice what the ark’s cover was called? It was called an atonement or propitiatory cover. The original Hebrew word for atonement is kap·po´reth which in turn comes from Kafar which is defined by Strong151 as appease, make an atonement, cleanse, disannul, forgive, be merciful, pacify, pardon. So this cover or mercy seat was used to represent the covering or atoning for the cheit of the people. Recall that the Torah was kept in the Ark of the Covenant and it was the Torah that accused Yisrael of cheit.152

During the period of the hekel153 once a year the Kohen haGadol154 would enter into the Qadosh haQadoshim155 where the Ark was kept and sprinkle blood on it. This represented or foreshadowed the sacrifice that Yahushua would make by spilling his own blood and presenting it to YWHW. He thereby provided a manner for the bnei- a'am to return to the condition of obedience before Him.

What would qualify the Ben-Adam to do this for the bnei-a'am? The author of the letter to Timothy knew. In chapter two he says:

151 Strongs concordance; word no 3722. 152 Cheit (H) = missing the mark. 153 Hekel (H) = Temple. 154 Kohen haGadol (H) = Hight Priest. 155 Qadosh haQadoshim (H) = Holy of Holies. The most sacred place in the temple. 123 | P a g e I KNOW A MYSTERY

5 For there is one God and one mediator between God and human beings, Christ Jesus, himself human, 6 who gave himself as a ransom for all people. This has now been witnessed to at the proper time.

Two interesting points come to the fore here. The first is that Yahushua Ben-Adam was human, the original Hebrew word would have been adam or bnei-adam. The second is that the Ben-Adam functioned as a ransom.

We want to dwell on the word ransom for a while. In Greek, the word for ransom would have been an·ti´ly·tron. Now this is a very interesting word. Ly´tron was used by Greek writers to refer to a price paid to ransom prisoners of war or to release those under bond or in slavery. With regard to an·ti´ly·tron John Wesley’s Explanatory Notes says: “the word signifies, wherein a like or equal is given; as an eye for an eye, or life for life.”

Additionally Parkhurst’s Greek and English Lexicon to the New Testament says it means: “a ransom, price of redemption, or rather a correspondent ransom.” He quotes Hyperius as saying: “It properly signifies a price by which captives are redeemed from the enemy; and that kind of exchange in which the life of one is redeemed by the life of another.” He concludes by saying: “So Aristotle uses the verb [an·ti·ly·tro´o] for redeeming life by life.”

Therefore what Adam lost, that is the right to give true life, the Ben-Adam regained: that is the right to give or pass on true life. This is made clear in the letter to the Roman qahal in chapter five:

18 Consequently, just as one trespass resulted in condemnation for all people, so also one righteous act resulted in justification and life for all. 19 For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.

So one of the chief functions of Yahushua Ben-Adam was to offer his life for the lives of all the bnei-a'am. This is why in the Book of Khanokh the malach says in chapter forty six that the Ben-Adam’s fate is most important before YHWH of Elohim:

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1 There I saw One who had a Head of Days. His head was white like wool. With Him was another whose face appeared to be that of a man; His face was fully favorable, like one of the qadosh malachim. 2 I asked the malach who went with me and showed me all the hidden things about the 3 Ben-Adam. Who was he? From whence came he? Why did he go with the Head of Days? He answered and said to me, This is the obedient Ben-Adam; Obedience lives within Him. He reveals all hidden treasures, For YHWH of Elohim has chosen him to so do. His fate is most important before YHWH of Elohim, May He stand upright forever!

Contemplate, if the Ben-Adam had not completed his commission successfully, the entire creation of Elohim would stand condemned. What an important fate indeed!

The Revealer of secrets

The Book of Khanokh reveals another interesting role that the Ben-Adam is given. In chapter ninety three the Ben-Adam is shown all the lessons or secrets of the creation:

10 At its close will be chosen The Bachar Tzadik (One)156 of the timeless Plant of Obedience, To receive sevenfold instruction about His entire creation.

Then in chapter fifty one it is said of the Ben-Adam:

3 The Bachar (One) will sit on My throne in those days; His mouth will pour forth all the secrets of chokma and counsel, For YHWH of Elohim has given them to Him and has honored him.

Is this function supported in the Bible? Mattityahu chapter thirteen shows that the Bible does support the statements in Khanokh:

10 The disciples came to him and asked, "Why do you speak to the people in parables?"

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11 He replied, "The knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them. 12 Those who have will be given more, and they will have an abundance. As for those who do not have, even what they have will be taken from them. 13 This is why I speak to them in parables: "Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.”

Did you see that the Ben-Adam shared the secrets of the kingdom? He could share those secrets because he knew them. Then in the Revelation of Yochanan, the book starts by saying:

1 The revelation from Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants what must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, 2 who testifies to everything he saw—that is, the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ. 3 Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear it and take to heart what is written in it, because the time is near.

Here the Moshiach is given the responsibility by YHWH to give the secrets of the future of the bnei-a’am to Yochanan which he then recorded.

There are many other examples of the Ben-Adam both prior to his sojourn on earth and thereafter having been entrusted with sacred secrets and revealing them to the Tzadikim at the proper time.

The originality of The Ben-Adam

Now that we have established the functions that the Ben-Adam fulfils in Elohim’s purpose, we can move onto the next chapter.

Note that the role of Judge, Ransomer, and Revealer of Secrets are not the only functions, but these we have considered are of the most important for our study.

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This is the obedient Ben-Adam; Obedience lives within Him. He reveals all hidden treasures, For YHWH of Elohim has chosen him to so do. His fate is most important before YHWH of Elohim, May He stand upright forever!

Khanokh 46:3

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hat! What did he just say? W “He said, we must drink his blood!” “What blasphemy is this? Elohim would never expect such a thing. Let us leave this despicable man!”157 So it was that many turned and left Yahushua after he uttered these statements as recorded in the book of Yochanan chapter six.

Unfortunately those that left the Moshiach would face judgement. Due to their hard-heartedness they were sifted out, so as not to enjoy the malkuth158. Yet we perceive that the dragnet of the malkuth will again sift out those who are hard- hearted to humble themselves before YHWH Elohim and His will.

There is an awe-inspiring secret contained in the Book of Khanokh and that sacred secret will put to the test the faith of many. We can expect many to reject the teaching of truth, just as the teaching of the Moshiach was rejected through spiritual immaturity.

This sacred secret has largely been kept from the yeladim until now. Now very close to the last days or end of this age it has been revealed and the star-lights159 will be measured against it.

The prophet Malachi foretold of this in chapter three:

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1"Behold, I am going to send My messenger, and he will clear the way before Me And the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to His temple; and the messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight, behold, He is coming," says the LORD of hosts. 2"But who can endure the day of His coming? And who can stand when He appears? For He is like a refiner's fire and like fullers' soap. 3"He will sit as a smelter and purifier of silver, and He will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, so that they may present to the LORD offerings in righteousness.”

The days of apostasy

Although this verse pertains to Yisrael who had sunk into a very deep apostasy, just as they had before the appearance of the Moshiach, we have a very similar parallel today. As a result of the great apostasy in our day, the yeladim are yet again walking around blind and confused.

Recall the analogy160 in chapter two of this book where the clay of the earth mixed with the spittle of Yahushua rendered partial sight only. The sight received was only partial as the earth was likened to the traditions, interpretations and theologies of man. This mixed with the light of truth would naturally only render partial sight.

The blind man in the analogy was required to wash his eyes in the waters of Siloam. Siloam means Sent, so our blindness can only be completely removed once we wash in water or knowledge that is Sent.161

It is quite significant to note in this analogy that from the first healing to the complete healing there was a significant time span. So too with us today. We cannot see properly when we have mud packs on our eyes. It is only once we have washed in the uncorrupted waters sent from YHWH through the Moshiach that we can see the truth clearly.

The second letter to the Thessalonians says in chapter two:

160 Compare John 9:1-12 161 This is complete knowledge of Elohim’s will and counsel along with the Ruach haQadosh.

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3 Let no one in any way deceive you, for it will not come unless the apostasy comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction, 4who opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, displaying himself as being God.162 5Do you not remember that while I was still with you, I was telling you these things? 6And you know what restrains him now, so that in his time he will be revealed. 7For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only he who now restrains will do so until he is taken out of the way. 8Then that lawless one will be revealed whom the Lord will slay with the breath of His mouth and bring to an end by the appearance of His coming; 9that is, the one whose coming is in accord with the activity of Satan, with all power and signs and false wonders, 10and with all the deception of wickedness for those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth so as to be saved. 11For this reason God will send upon them a deluding influence so that they will believe what is false, 12in order that they all may be judged who did not believe the truth, but took pleasure in wickedness.

Did you notice three very interesting points, firstly the passage describes that the apostasy comes from the power of Shaitan. The very prince of impiety who has spiritually seduced so many bnei-a‘am over the ages. Yes, the very confusion and blindness that we see around us emanates from him and his church of imitation light-bearers.

The second is that this apostasy has worsened over the ages and will only be removed at the appearance of the coming of the glorified Moshiach as foretold, in type, in Mattityahu chapter twenty four. That means we are deep in the time of the apostasy, as the events evident around the globe indicate that we are near the last days of this age, and yet the qahal of ‘sky-lights’ has not been established coinciding with the foretold return of Eliyahu163.

Lastly, it makes mention of a deluding influence that is allowed to go forth so that they, that is the entire world alienated from Elohim, will believe what is false, in order that they all may be judged who did not believe the truth. In other words, a

162 Compare Daniel 11:36-38. 163 Compare Malachi 4:5. 130 | P a g e I KNOW A MYSTERY great sifting work would occur in the last days of this age thus filtering out the undesirables from the malkuth.164

After reviewing the admonition to the Thessalonians, are not the words of the prophet Malachi so much more applicable to us today? So it will be, when the instruction is given to take the measuring rod and measure those worshiping him as foretold in Revelation chapter eleven:

1Then there was given me a measuring rod like a staff; and someone said, "Get up and measure the temple of God and the altar, and those who worship in it. 2"Leave out the court which is outside the temple and do not measure it, for it has been given to the nations; and they will tread underfoot the holy city for forty-two months.

The sacred secret of Khanokh

Let us now analyse what YHWH has hidden in the Book of Khanokh and why there have been such vicious attempts to destroy the book by the prince of darkness and his minions.

In chapter nine of the Book of Khanokh the malachim, Michael, Uriel, Raphael, and Gabriel, had just brought the case of the malachim who had reclined with the women of the yeladim, defiling themselves and revealing all manner of chattah to them, before YHWH. In chapter twelve we read that Khanokh was then instructed to give judgement against the Nephalim165:

3 I, Khanokh, was blessing YHWH’s majesty, even Melek ha Olam,166 and hinneh! the Irim 4 called me “Khanokh the Author” and said to me, ‘Khanokh, author of shama, go!167 Declare to the Sky-Irim who have abandoned the heights (separating the

164 Compare Daniel 11: 33-35. 165 Nephalim (H) = Fallen ones – referring to the malachim who sinned with the bnei-a’am. 166 Melek ha Olam = King / Ruler of the Ages – Snyder. 167 Shama (H) = Obedience; hearing with the intent of doing – Snyder. 131 | P a g e I KNOW A MYSTERY timeless realm) and have defiled themselves with women, doing as the yeladim-am and taking 5 wives: “You have caused great destruction on the earth, so you will have no shalom or forgiveness 6 of chattah!” Since they so delight in their issue, they will witness their beloved executed and lament over their destruction. They will implore the Eternal, but ‘no chesed168 nor shalom will you be granted.’”

Did you notice that Khanokh was called the scribe of obedience? That is an unusual title for a malach of Elohim to give to Khanokh. Further we read after Khanokh had attempted to interceded for the Irim, he is taken to the very presence of YHWH in a vision. Chapter fifteen says:

1 He answered and said to me (and I heard His voice): “Fear not, Khanokh, you tzadik 2 and author of obedience: approach and hear my voice. Then go, say to the Irim of the skies, those who have sent you to intercede for them: “‘You should intercede for people and not people 3 for you! Why have you left the high, separated, and timeless skies, to lie with women, to defile yourselves with the daughters of adam, to take yourselves wives?

Here in the very presence of YHWH he is again called the scribe of obedience. It is clear from these two passages that Khanokh was known by the heavenly host as the scribe of obedience. Thereafter while in the presence of Elohim, YHWH Himself calls Khanokh the scribe of obedience, thus relating a special characteristic of Khanokh. In comparison Daniyel was called highly esteemed by Gabriel.169

Another special characteristic we want to take note is that Khanokh is given the task to declare judgement to the fallen malachim. In chapter fourteen he says;

1 This is the book of the Words of Tzedekah and of the reprimand of the eternal Irim in accordance 2 with the command of the Qodesh Shaddai of that vision. I saw in my sleep what I will now tell with a tongue of flesh, and my mouth’s breath: that El Shaddai has given the tongue to 3 converse and the heart to understand. As He has

168 Chesed (H) = Mercy. 169 Compare Daniyel 9:23. 132 | P a g e I KNOW A MYSTERY created and given to humankind the power to recognize khokma’s word, so He has also created me and given me the power of rebuking 4 the Irim, these sky-children.

Surprisingly it was not the malach hagadol170 Michael that was chosen to transmit this judgement, as his task was merely to bind Azazel and his associates.171 So Khanokh who was a mere man, a bnei-adam172, was given the judgement of the malachim. A logical question would be: why did Khanokh receive such a task?

The Presence

From here, we would like to focus our attention on chapter forty six where Noach relates how he foresaw the Ben-Adam in an awesome vision:

1 There I saw One who had a Head of Days. His head was white like wool. With Him was another whose face appeared to be that of a man; His face was fully favorable, like one of the qadosh malachim. 2 I asked the malach who went with me and showed me all the hidden things about the 3 Ben-Adam. Who was he? From whence came he? Why did he go with the Head of Days? He answered and said to me, This is the obedient Ben-Adam; Obedience lives within Him. He reveals all hidden treasures, for YHWH of Elohim has chosen him to so do. His fate is most important before YHWH of Elohim, May He stand upright forever!

Here a presence is seen closely associated with YHWH and there are a few things that catch our attention in the passage. Firstly the face of the presence appeared to be that of a man. Secondly he is identified as the Ben-Adam, which incidentally means Son of Adam, Son of Man or one who ascends and descends173. Lastly, he is called ‘the obedient Ben-Adam, and it is stated that’ obedience lives within Him.

170 HaGadol malach (H) = Chief arch angel. 171 Compare 1 Enoch 10:11-16. 172 Child of Adam. 173 See the glossary of 1 Enoch by Dr. Jackson H Snyder. 133 | P a g e I KNOW A MYSTERY

Who then is the presence seen with YHWH? Could it be that Khanokh who was called the scribe of obedience is this one? That would seem unlikely, as this is a vision that Khanokh is seeing. So who is he?

We have already established that the Ben-Adam is Yahushua the Moshiach before his sojourn on earth. There is another chapter that reveals more about this presence with YHWH, chapter forty eight tells us:

Here we see that the Ben-Adam was named in the presence of YHWH before the sun and the signs were created and before the stars of the skies were formed. Moreover as part of YHWH Elohim’s purpose, the Ben-Adam was revealed as the hope of the bnei-a’am.

Does this imply that the Ben-Adam existed before the creation. Not necessarily, reason further on chapter forty eight:

6 For the Bachar One (who had been hidden in His Presence)– Existed before the creation of the world and lives forevermore. 134 | P a g e I KNOW A MYSTERY

7 The Khokma of YHWH revealed Him to the Qadoshim and Tzadikim; For He has preserved the lot of the Tzadikim.

This passage shows that the Ben-Adam had been hidden before YHWH. In what sense would that one be hidden? Consider chapter sixty nine:

13 This is the task of Kasba’al, the chief of the vow that was presented to the Qadoshim while he yet lived high 14 above in his kavod. The malach Biqa asked Michael to show him the hidden name so he might speak it in the vow–so that all who revealed secrets to the yeladim-ha-a’am might quake before that name and vow. Such is the power of this vow–for it is mighty and strong–and Akae put this vow into the hand of Michael.

From this we understand that at the time when the malachim schemed to come down from heaven, the actual name and identity of the Ben-Adam was still hidden or unknown. So then Elohim’s purpose of the emancipation of the bnei-a’am was known by the malachim before the Ben-Adam was identified. This thought ties in perfectly with the plea of the four qadosh malachim to YHWH to put an end to the suffering on earth. Chapter nine says:

11 “But you know all events before they happen. Though You know them, You allow them, and You do not tell us what to do about them.”

The translation

In chapter seventy one Khanokh is translated into the sky of the skies, to the very presence of YHWH. This is verified by many Apocrypha, for example: the book of Wisdom, the book of Jubilees and the book of Jasher. Aside from this testimony is the book of Genesis which says in chapter five:

23 So all the days of Enoch were three hundred and sixty-five years. 24 Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him.

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When he is translated he is welcomed by Michael, Gabriel, Raphael, and Phanuel, many numberless qadosh malachim and the Rosh Yomim.174 Follow this fascinating account in chapter seventy one:

1 So my ruach was translated just after this. I ascended into the skies. I saw the Bnei Elohim ha Qodesh. They were marching on fire flames! Their clothes were white And their faces glistened like snow. 2 I saw two streams of fire– The fire light shone like hyacinth. I fell on my face before YHWH Elohim 3 And the malach hagadol Michael seized me by my right hand. He lifted me up and led me forward into all secrets. He showed me all the mysteries of obedience. 4 He showed me the secret of the skies’ depths; All the star bins, and light-bearers: From whence they proceed to assemble before the face of the Qadoshim. 5 He translated my ruach into the highest skies, Where I saw something there like a structure built of crystals. Between crystals were tongues of living fire. 6 My ruach saw the restraint that held that house of fire together. Streams full of living fire were on its four sides; They surrounded the building. 7 Round-about were seraphim, cherubim, and ophanim. Such do not sleep, but guard His Kavod Throne. 8 I saw uncountable multitudes of malachim – A thousand thousands, and ten thousand times ten thousand– Circling that building. Michael, Raphael, Gabriel, Phanuel, And the qadosh malachim from above the skies,

174 Rosh Yomim (H) = Head of Days or Ancient of Days – YHWH. 136 | P a g e I KNOW A MYSTERY

Going in and out of that building. 9 They came forth from that building, Yes, Michael, Gabriel, Raphael, and Phanuel, And numberless qadosh malachim. 10 With them was the Rosh Yomim; His head white and pure as wool; His clothing indescribable. 11 I fell on my face. My whole body became light. My ruach was transformed. I cried with a loud voice, with the wind of power; I blessed, honored, and celebrated. 12 These blessings from my mouth were pleasing to the Rosh Yomim, 13 who came with Michael, Gabriel, Raphael Phanuel, and thousands and ten thousands of malachim–all without number. 14 The malach came to me and greeted me with his voice, and said to me, ‘This is the Ben-Adam who is born to obedience. Obedience rests over Him, And obedience to the Rosh Yomim never leaves Him.’ 15 He also said to me, ‘To you He announces shalom in the name of the age to come; For shalom has progressed from now and since the world’s creation. So will it be to you also forever and forever and ever. 16 All will walk in his ways, since obedience never leaves Him. Their home will be with Him; their heritage will be in Him. They will not be separated from him forever and ever and ever. So there will be length of days with the Ben-Adam; The Tzadikim will have shalom and an upright way In the name of YHWH Elohim and forevermore.’

Did you notice how the malach addressed Khanokh? He said; ‘This is the Ben-Adam who is born to obedience. Obedience rests over Him, And obedience to the Rosh Yomim never leaves Him.’ Yes, Khanokh is called the Ben-Adam!175 Interestingly,

175 Compare the Richard Lawrence translation from the Coptic version. 137 | P a g e I KNOW A MYSTERY once Khanokh is translated he is met by all the host of the skies and even YHWH Himself, but at the translation one key personage is left out–The Ben-Adam. Why is that? The answer is simple, it is because Khanokh himself, the scribe of obedience, is the Ben-Adam.

Additionally it is stated regarding him that obedience rests over Him, and again the obedience to the Rosh Yomim never leaves Him. Furthermore to Khanokh it is said: To you He [YHWH] announces shalom in the name of the age to come.

Khanokh chapter thirty nine tells us why he was chosen by YHWH Elohim:

6a In that place, my eyes saw the Chosen One (ha Bachar), Chosen from those of obedience and faith. 7and I saw his dwelling under the wings of YHWH Elohim. 6b Obedience will prevail in his days, The Tzadikim and Bacharim will be numberless before Him forever. 7b They will be strong as fiery lights. Their mouth will be full of b’rakhah As their lips extol the name of YHWH Elohim. Obedience before Him will never fail; Uprightness will never fall before Him.

Thus Khanokh was chosen because of his complete obedience and faith!176 That is why we read in chapter forty six:

This is the obedient Ben-Adam; Obedience lives within Him. He reveals all hidden treasures, For YHWH Elohim has chosen him to so do. His fate is most important before YHWH Elohim, May He stand upright forever!

176 Compare; The Recollections of Clement, book one chapter fifty two. 138 | P a g e I KNOW A MYSTERY

Why did Khanokh pre-see the vision of the Ben-Adam as recorded by Noach? This was part of the witness he received before being translated into the shamayim, yes Khanokh saw his own future played out in that vision. The book of Hebrews says of Khanokh in chapter eleven:

5 By faith Enoch was taken up so that he would not see death; and he was not found because God took him up; for he obtained the witness that before his being taken up he was pleasing to God.

Yes indeed, Khanokh existed in heaven and then appeared on earth as Yahushua the Moshiach to prove his obedience to the point of death. When on earth he said of himself as recorded in the gospel according to Yochanan chapter three:

13 No one has ascended into heaven, but He who descended from heaven: the Son of Man.

A very interesting point to note is that Yisrael were expecting a Moshe-like177 Saviour and He was individualized in Khanokh. In the book New Bible Commentary by D. Guthrie (March 1972) under the chapter Apocryphal and Apocalyptic Literature, he says:

“Along with the two anointed personages the Qumran Community expected the prophet like Moses to arise in the end time.

“No longer is the Messiah a merely human figure, he is a transcendent being, pre- existent figure and exulted above all creatures, and is to be manifested in the last times, not only to rule for Elohim but to establish the kingdom. He is closely associated, if not identified with the community of the righteous and chosen people of Elohim and can be individualized in someone who is outstandingly righteous–in 1 Enoch 71:14 he is individualized in Enoch who is divinely appointed to pronounce judgment on the ungodly at the last assize.” P57

177 Moshe (H) = Moses. 139 | P a g e I KNOW A MYSTERY

These are only a few of the many examples that exist. A careful study of the Scriptures with this new light, in the Bible, the Book of Khanokh, the other recognised Apocrypha and the Dead Sea Scrolls, shows us countless confirmations that this man, Khanokh, is the Ben-Adam who while on earth learnt obedience from the things he suffered and by Elohim’s mercy and love, sacrificed his life for all man. Thereafter he was raised from the dead as the first-fruits178 of mankind.

Thus he fulfilled and will fulfil all the tasks given to him by YHWH, as the King, Judge, Ransomer and Revealer of secrets. He will accomplish so much more, because in him we now have a Kohen Hagadol179 who before YHWH can sympathise with us as Hebrews chapter two and four states:

17Therefore, He had to be made like His brethren in all things, so that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people. 18For since He Himself was tempted in that which He has suffered, He is able to come to the aid of those who are tempted.

15For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin.

Note this interesting passage from the book of Khanokh. Chapter sixty nine continues onto the benefits of the Sacred Vow that is made in the name of the Ben- Adam:

25 This vow is strongly set over them. Their paths are preserved through it, Their courses are not wiped clean. 26 There was great joy among them; They have blessed, honored, and celebrated Ever since the Ben-Adam’s name was revealed to them. 27 So he was seated on His Kavod Throne. All extent of judgment was given to the Ben-Adam. He made the Chattaim pass away; To be destroyed from earth’s face;

178 Or preeminent one. 179 Kohen Hagadol (H) = High Priest. 140 | P a g e I KNOW A MYSTERY

Including those who led the world astray: 28 They will be bound with chains. Destruction will take them captive in their assembly. All their works will disappear from the face of the earth. 29 From here on there will be nothing corruptible, For the Ben-Adam has appeared.

Not only the hope of the malachim but all creation is made firm through the vow based on the obedience of the Ben-Adam.

Let us rejoice in YHWH and the Ben-Adam who has made such an astonishing provision for all his creation. Yes, we certainly agree with the exclamation in the letter to the Romans in chapter eleven:

33Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and unfathomable His ways! 34For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who became His counselor? 35Or who has first given to Him that it might be paid back to him again? 36For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever. Amen.

Now that we have our eyes washed in the waters of Siloam and can see, not trees as men180 181, but the vivid image of the Perfecter of our faith, the Ben-Adam. Let us give thanks to YHWH for allowing the mud to be removed from our eyes!

Let us find joy and morality in the Books of Khanokh and believe in them just as it says in chapter one hundred and four and five:

12 Then (and I know another mystery) those books will be given to the Tzadikim and the 13 wise. They will become a cause of joy and morality and much wisdom. Yes, to the Tzadikim the books will be given, and they will believe them and rejoice in them; and so with that the Tzadikim who have learned all paths of righteousness be repaid! 1 In those days YHWH bade them to summon the bnei-a’am to repeat these words of wisdom: “Show it to them! Be their guides and a prize to the entire earth! 2 For My

180 Compare Mark chapter eight and nine. 181 Compare 1 Enoch chapter twenty six. 141 | P a g e I KNOW A MYSTERY

Son and I will be united with them, testifying to the paths of righteousness in all their lives. And you will have shalom. Rejoice, you children of righteousness! Amein

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TTHHEE BBEENN--AADDAAMM AANNDD OOUURR MMOORRAALLIITTYY

he Book of Khanokh says that the book will become a cause of joy and morality TT and much wisdom. Notice in the passage that it links the joy, morality and wisdom with the Tzadikim learning the paths of righteousness. It says in chapter one hundred and four:

In what way will the book give us the secrets to the paths of righteousness? Book five in the collection of books that make up Khanokh is termed, “The Two Ways”. This is a very interesting term as the whole theme of the Bible follows the theme of the Two Ways. Let us consider a few examples.

The Two Ways in the Bible

The first recorded Two Ways was given to us in the Garden of Obedience when Torah182 was set before Adam. He was instructed that he was not to touch or eat of the tree in the centre of the garden. The stipulation was, “if you eat from the tree you will die.” This Torah inferred; if you do not eat of the tree you will not die.

Here right in the beginning the Two Ways or Roads were already in place. But why was Adam given such a restriction? Each of us are free thinking agents, that is, we can decide what we want to do. Our actions of obedience or disobedience are entirely up to us. The importance of this gift was instilled into Adam by the restriction of the tree in the middle of the garden.

182 Torah (H) = Divine Law or Divine requirements. 143 | P a g e I KNOW A MYSTERY

Although we can do whatever we want without limitation, not all things are advantageous or profitable to us. For example, we can jump off a building if we want, but without safety equipment there would not be much benefit to us. The same applied to Adam. He could eat of the tree, but it would not be profitable to him. Thus he chose to be disobedient knowing the final outcome.

Further along in history, Moshe says to Yisrael in Deuteronomy chapter thirty:

19 I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. So choose life in order that you may live, you and your descendants.

Thus a Torah was given to Yisrael, which they by their free will could either follow or reject. The history of Yisrael clearly shows that when they followed the way of obedience then YHWH would bless them with prosperity and peace. If they did not follow the way of obedience then disaster befell them according to the righteousness of YHWH. Since the time of Adam and Yisrael none of Elohim’s ways have changed, not even a bit!

The wise word of Proverbs reminds us of the Two Ways principle in chapter twelve:

28 In the way of righteousness is life, and in its pathway there is no death.

In Jeremiah chapter twenty one, YHWH reminds Yisrael through His prophet:

8"You shall also say to this people, 'Thus says the LORD, "Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death.”’”

The Ben-Adam when on earth repeatedly emphasised as recorded in the ‘sermon on the mount’183 and many other places, the Two Ways. One is the path of obedience and the other is the path of disobedience resulting in woe and death.

Notably the early congregation of Yahushua’s followers were known as The Way. In the book of Acts chapter nine:

1 Now Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest, 2and asked for letters from him to the synagogues at Damascus, so

183 Please take the time to compare the Two Ways as recorded in the Book of Khanokh with the words of the Moshiach in the ‘sermon on the mount.’ 144 | P a g e I KNOW A MYSTERY that if he found any belonging to the Way, both men and women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.

The recollections of Clement affirms this by the following statement by Kefa:

And therefore, because these two ways have been made known to you, and you have heard the divisions of them, flee from the way of unbelief, lest it lead you to that prince who delights in evils; but follow the way of faith, that you may come to that King who delights in good men.”

The Two Ways in the Book of Khanokh

The book of Khanokh dedicates a large amount of time discussing to the Two Ways. The many do’s and don’ts found in the book set the bases for loving Elohim with our lev184 and caring for our neighbour as ourselves. Thus they are quoted many times by other Bible writers.

Khanokh says for example in chapter ninety one:

4 Love uprightness and walk in it. Do not draw near to uprightness with a double heart; Do not associate with those of a double heart; Instead walk in obedience, O my sons. Obedience will guide you on good paths And obedience will be your companion.

Khanokh also said with regard to the wicked in chapter one and is quoted by the book attributed to Ya’akov’s185 half brother, Yahudah:

What makes the statement in the Book of Khanokh regarding morality so outstanding? Put another way, what is new in the Book of Khanokh that we have

184 Lev (H) = Innermost self. 185 Ya’akov (H) = James. 145 | P a g e I KNOW A MYSTERY never known before? This, that while in the flesh Khanokh pleased Elohim so well that he was translated so as not to see death.

Kefa186 while instructing Clement187 said to him as recorded in the Recollections of Clement in book one chapter fifty two:

Then Kefa says: “You compel me, O Clement, to touch upon things that are unspeakable. But so far as it is allowed to declare them, I will not shrink from doing so. Know then that Moshiach, who was from the beginning, and always, was ever present with the obedient, though secretly, through all their generations: especially with those who waited for Him, to whom He frequently appeared. But the time was not yet that there should be a resurrection of the bodies that were dissolved; but this seemed rather to be their reward from YHWH, that whoever should be found righteous should remain longer in the body, or at least, as is clearly related in the writings of Torah concerning a certain righteous man, that YHWH translated him. In like manner others were dealt with, who pleased His will, that, being translated to Paradise, they should be kept for the malkuth. But as to those who have not been able completely to fulfil the rule of righteousness, but have had some remnants of evil in their flesh, their bodies are indeed dissolved, but their spirits are kept in good and blessed abodes, that at the resurrection of the dead, when they will recover their own bodies, purified even by the dissolution, they may obtain an ageless inheritance in proportion to their good deeds. And therefore blessed are all those who will attain to the Malkuth of Moshiach; for not only will they escape the pains of Geh Hinnom188, but will also remain incorruptible, and will be the first to see YHWH the Father, and will obtain the rank of honor among the first in the presence of YHWH.

Did you notice that Kefa says that a certain righteous man was translated? Did you see why he was translated? Kefa says, “as is clearly related in the writings of Torah concerning a certain righteous man, that YHWH translated him. In like manner others were dealt with, who pleased His will, that, being translated to Paradise, they should be kept for the malkuth.”

Khanokh was righteous without any remnant of evil in his flesh. That means that Khanokh was tamim, complete or perfect and that is one reason why he was translated to heaven. He was the first man to achieve this, so he became Elohim’s

186 Kefa = The Apostle Peter. 187 Clement is recorded in Philippians 4:3 as being in the Book of Life. 188 Geh Hinnom = Gehenna - the Hebrew term became a figurative name for the place of spiritual purification for the wicked dead. 146 | P a g e I KNOW A MYSTERY first begotten son189. Kefa further explains of the Moshiach and of the others that would follow in the ways of tamim in book one chapter forty five of the Recollections of Clement:

“When Elohim had made the world, as Master of the universe, He appointed chiefs over the several creatures, over the trees even, and the mountains, and the fountains, and the rivers, and all things that He had made, as we have told you; for it were too long to mention them one by one. He set, therefore, a malach as chief over the malachim, a spirit over the spirits, a star over the stars, a demon over the demons, a bird over the birds, a beast over the beasts, a serpent over the serpents, a fish over the fishes, and a man over men, who is Moshiach Y’shua. But He is called Moshiach by a certain excellent rite of obedience; for as there are certain names common to melekim, as Ahashwerosh among the Persians, Caesar among the Romans, Pharaoh among the Mitsrayim, so among the Yahudaïm a melek is called Moshiach. And the reason of this appellation is this: Although indeed He is the Son of YHWH, and the beginning of all things, He became as man; Him first YHWH anointed with oil that was taken from the wood of the tree of life: from that anointing therefore He is called Moshiach. from there, moreover, He Himself also, according to the appointment of His Father, anoints with similar oil every one of the obedient when they come to His kingdom, for their refreshment after their labors, as having got over the difficulties of the way; so that their light may shine, and being filled with the Ruach HaKodesh, they may be endowed with immortality.

What does this mean for you and me? It means that we do not have to purified by the dissolution of death. It means that we can become one of the Bacharim while alive in the flesh. But more than that it means that contrary to Satan’s lie throughout the ages we can be tamim!

The reward of YHWH therefore, is that those who walk in complete obedience or tamim will not have to undergo the dissolution of death. Do we have proof of this in the other Apocrypha? In the book of Wisdom190 chapter four it alludes to Khanokh:

10 He who pleased God was loved; he who lived among sinners was transported— 11 Snatched away, lest wickedness pervert his mind or deceit beguile his soul;

189 Compare Psalm 2:7 and Luke 3:22. 190 (LXX) The Book of the Wisdom of Solomon, is one of the deuterocanonical books of the Bible. It is one of the seven Sapiential or wisdom books of the Septuagint Old Testament, which includes Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon, and Sirach. 147 | P a g e I KNOW A MYSTERY

12 For the witchery of paltry things obscures what is right and the whirl of desire transforms the innocent mind. 13 Having become perfect in a short while, he reached the fullness of a long career; 14 for his soul was pleasing to the LORD, therefore he sped him out of the midst of wickedness. But the people saw and did not understand, nor did they take this into account.

Be perfect

Let us look at a few Scriptures in this new light. The Moshiach says as recorded in Matthew chapter five:

48"Therefore you are to be perfect [teleios - Greek or tamim - Hebrew], as your heavenly Father is perfect.”

Reason on this, why would he say we are to be perfect if he knew we could not attain it?191

The first letter to the Corinthians says in chapter fourteen:

20 Brethren, do not be children in your thinking; yet in evil be infants, but in your thinking be mature.

In the New American Standard Bible Lexicon, the original Greek word for ‘mature’ is teleioi192. It is the Greek equivalent to the Hebrew tamim, which are both rendered by Strong as having reached its end, i.e. complete, by extension, perfect. Compare the version rendered by ISR, The Scriptures:

20 “Brothers, do not be children in your thinking, but in evil be babes, and in your thinking be perfect.”

Why do you think it is that the modern translators do not use the word perfect? Note that in Philippians chapter three, the word perfect is used:

191 Although the context of this passage is referring to care (love) for our neighbour, we need to understand that true love is the result of tamim. Compare 2 Peter 1:5-6. 192 Strongs #5046. 148 | P a g e I KNOW A MYSTERY

12 Not that I have already obtained it or have already become perfect (teteleiōmai), but I press on so that I may lay hold of that for which also I was laid hold of by Christ Jesus.

The second letter to the Corinthians says in chapter seven:

1 Therefore, having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

Ephesians chapter four says:

13 until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature (teleion) 193 man, to the measure of the stature which belongs to the fullness of Christ.

The list of Scriptures both in the Hebrew and Greek writings that use and encourage tamim and teleioi is very long, but it is not the purpose of this study to detail all of them. However it is truly eye opening to study the Scriptures with a lexicon with this theme in mind.

Did not the letter to the Romans in chapter three say:

23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.

Indeed it does! So how is it then that the goal of tamim be required of the bnei- a’am? Furthermore, how could Khanokh be declared righteous, so as not only to be translated to heaven but to become the Ben-Adam? We will discuss this question in detail in the second book in this series entitled, “Be Perfect.”

For now let us meditate on the fine example Khanokh has left us. What an outstanding reason, besides a heartfelt love of YHWH, to walk in the way of obedience.

Let us resolve to become a slave to obedience. Khanokh shows that this is what YHWH expects of us. Once YHWH cleansed the earth after the flood, he stated in chapter ten in the Book of Khanokh:

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16 Destroy all immorality from the face of the earth and let every evil work end so the planting of obedience and truth may emerge. This will ultimately prove to be a blessing, for works of obedience and certainty will surely be planted in verity and joy forevermore.

Then speaking of the time after the final judgement YHWH says in chapter ten:

20 “Cleanse the land from all oppression, of all lawlessness, from all sin and disobedience. Destroy all the uncleanness wrought upon the earth. 21 Then all the yeladim-a’am will become tzedekah, and all tribes 22 will offer adoration and will praise Me; all will worship Me.

Let us therefore become pillars of obedience and so see the outworking of Elohim’s wonderful future for the tzadik and Bacharim as stated in chapter thirty nine:

5 Here my eyes saw their dwellings among His righteous malachim, Even their restings among the Qadoshim. They petitioned and interceded and prayed for the yeladim-a’am; Obedience flowed before them as waters And mercy like dew upon the earth: It is like this among them forever.

Let us walk with YHWH our Elohim just as the Ben-Adam did and become sons of His obedience. Thus may it be said in chapter one hundred and eight:

In a blazing light, I will bring forth Those who love My sacred name. I will seat them upon sky-thrones. There will they dazzle for many ages

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YYHHWWHH AANNDD OOUURR MMOORRAALLIITTYY

hroughout the ages there has been a debate by opposing forces of theology T about morality. What is morality and what is expected of those who would please Elohim? Some even dismiss morality as a set of do’s and don’ts. To start we would want to define morality from the perspective of this study, thus avoiding theological debates.

Morality194 is secularly defined as 1) the quality of being moral, 2) conformity, or degree of conformity, to conventional standards of moral conduct, 3) [Philosophy] a system of moral principles.

Moral158 is secularly defined as: 1) concerned with or relating to human behaviour, especially the distinction between good and bad or right and wrong behaviour, moral sense, 2) adhering to conventionally accepted standards of conduct, and 3) based on a sense of right and wrong according to conscience, moral courage, moral law.

In the context of this discussion, two definitions stand out at once. They are the distinction between good and bad or right and wrong behaviour and adhering to ‘conventionally accepted’ standards of conduct.

This understanding of morality diverges to other words in the English language such as obey, disobey, sin, sinner, and so on. It is much the same as in the original Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek languages from where the Bible was translated. However there were slight nuances to each of these words and, as expected our modern culture influences the definitions of words in a way not intended by the original author.

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The following is an example of the modern English understanding as opposed to the original meaning. The Bible often refers to the keeping and breaking of Elohim's commands and covenant. To "keep" the commands of YHWH is generally understood as to "obey" the commands, but this is not completely true since the Hebrew word "shamar" literally means to guard or protect. This definition is vitally important. The breaking of the commands is understood as "disobeying" but the Hebrew word "parar" literally means to trample underfoot.

In this chapter we do not debate meanings lost through translation, nevertheless these two understandings can revolutionise our view of morality. How so?

Keep the commandments of Elohim

If we start at the beginning, there can be no doubt that for Adam and Chawah195 there was only one simple set of rules to follow. Clearly laid out by Elohim his command to Adam in Genesis chapter two states:

15 16 The LORD God placed the man in the Garden of Eden to tend and watch over it. But the LORD God warned him, “You may freely eat the fruit of every tree in the garden—17 except the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. If you eat its fruit, you are sure to die.”

So Adam and Chawah were instructed to tend and watch over the Garden of Eden, and the only restriction placed upon them, was that they were not to touch or eat of the tree in the middle of the Garden, the tree of knowledge of good and bad or in other words, the tree of morality.

Unfortunately the first human couple did not guard or protect against covetousness196, and thus were lured out by their own desires. As a result of this disobedience, the yeladim of Adam and Chawah inherited a certain sinful condition

195 Chawah (H) = Eve. 196 Covetousness may be defined as the illegitimate desire for anything that has not been allotted to us by Elohim. 152 | P a g e I KNOW A MYSTERY that requires conscious and diligent effort to master197. The chattah of the bnei-a’am climaxed when some of the malachim lusted after the women of the earth and produced offspring of their own. The earth became a place of such violence and degradation that YHWH intervened and destroyed all but one man and by extension his immediate family, thus preserving the entire human race.

Why was Noach spared and of what import is it to us today? The Moshiach when on earth said that the last days of this age would be similar to the times of Noach. Matthew chapter twenty four states:

37 “When the Son of Man returns, it will be like it was in Noah’s day. 38 In those days before the flood, the people were enjoying banquets and parties and weddings right up to the time Noah entered his boat. 39 People didn’t realize what was going to happen until the flood came and swept them all away. That is the way it will be when the Son of Man comes.”

Did you notice the comparison Yahshua made? He said that the ‘morality’ would be the same as the days of Noach. That is the “conformity, or degree of conformity, to conventional standards of moral conduct”. The standards of mankind at the time!

Why was Noach the only one who was approved by YHWH? The reason this man was approved by Elohim, is because of his differing morality. What made Noach different from those of his generation? Genesis records the reason in chapter six:

5 ...He [Elohim] saw that everything they thought or imagined was consistently and totally evil. 8 But Noah found favor with the Lord. 9 This is the account of Noah and his family. Noah was a righteous man, the only blameless person living on earth at the time, and he walked in close fellowship with God.

197 The Targum of Palestine quotes Elohim’s words to Kain before he killed his brother; “But if you do not your work well in this world, your sin is retained to the day of the great judgment, and at the doors of your heart lies your sin. And into your hand have I delivered the power over evil passion, and to you shall be the inclination thereof, that you may have authority over it to become righteous, or to sin.” 153 | P a g e I KNOW A MYSTERY

The New American Standard version uses the word blameless to describe Noach. The original Hebrew word used here is tamim198 which means complete or perfect.

What then did Noach do to find favour with YHWH? A closer examination of those times shows it is more of what Noach did not do. What do we mean? When the malachim came down from heaven to fornicate with the daughters of man, they passed on superior wisdom that was meant to stay in the heavens. This knowledge included weapons of war, artificially beautifying women, the use of plants for functions not purposed for man and many others.199

What did Noach do? He distanced himself from these disobedient malachim, their offspring, his neighbours and all their disobedient ideas. He associated with men who adhered themselves to Elohim and did not walk in the path of Cain but rather walked with Elohim. What is to be understood by the path of Cain? It is the lusting for the reward of sin.

The original word for sin in Hebrew is cheit and it means to miss. A similar thought is when an archer misses a target. The original word for sinners, chattaim,200 makes this clearer as it means mark-missers. Here again the concept of protecting or guarding oneself through the command of Elohim comes to the fore. So the path of Cain can be redefined as loving the reward of mark-missing.

A time of change

All of this changed when Yisrael received the Torah. For the first time a comprehensive Law Code was given to the bnei-a’am. The Torah was a set of instructions that the bnei-a’am were to follow. Unlike the forefathers of Yisrael who

198 See the chapter; The Ben Adam and our Morality. 199 The Book of Khanokh chapter eight. 200 These original words do not include deliberate rebellion against Elohim (Pesha), a sin of lust or uncontrollable emotion (Avon), but merely an unintentional sin which compromises Divine morality. (Note: Chatta is the singular, chattaim the plural of “mark-misser.”)

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At first when Yisrael got the Torah there was no debate possible. The Torah was simple and clear; ‘choose good over evil and live’. Well, it was not so simple. There were 365 negative restrictions (do not do) and 248 positive commands (requirements) which totalled 613 laws. Many of these resulted in death if they were not meticulously followed.

A righteous man or tzadik in the eyes of a Hebrew was considered to be a person who followed the Torah to the letter201. However as we know from history, Yisrael did not follow the Torah completely. That is why the Torah was a teacher leading to the Moshiach. The Moshiach, who was tamim, demonstrated that the Torah could be followed completely or perfectly.

Although it never was intended, the Torah created enormous problems for Yisrael. The Torah itself was simple, but as is true in any aspect of life there are always exceptions and extenuating circumstances. These were exploited by certain ones of Yisrael. Thus the schools of Rabbinical leaders out of their hardheartedness, compensated for the exceptions by making more laws and they mercilessly enforced these laws. They even went as far as excommunicating those who did not follow their interpretation of the Torah.

It seems that at times they inserted their own rules for no apparent reason. Some examples of this were the washing of hands up to the elbow before a meal, and what could and could not be done on the Shabbat202. By the time the Moshiach appeared, there were many traditions which had been fed into the practiced belief at that time. During His sojourn Yahushua experienced many conflicts with the Pharisees and Sadducees. Why was this? The ideas that they had about morality had progressed to a point where it varied vastly from what Elohim had originally instructed.

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The Torah in itself can rightly be called morality, as it was a written conformity to Divine standards of moral conduct. However the leaders, at the time of the Moshiach, did not practice the Divine Law but rather the traditions of men. Furthermore they missed the point of the principles of the Torah and concentrated wholly on following all the Torah word for word thereby disqualifying themselves and enforcing a ‘morality of the day’.

Reverting back to morality

The Torah the Moshiach demonstrated to the people was a Torah based on principles that are written in the heart and this became the ‘new law’ for those who serve YHWH. Thus the Torah is written in our hearts by the spirit of Elohim and therefore it comes from YHWH. We can say then that the morality that we should be practicing and declaring today is given to us by Elohim! Think about this for a minute; our morality is given to us by YHWH.

It is for this reason that the book of Galatians says that we produce the fruits of the spirit as is written in chapter five:

16 So I say, let the Holy Spirit guide your lives. Then you won’t be doing what your sinful nature craves. 17 The sinful nature wants to do evil, which is just the opposite of what the Spirit wants. And the Spirit gives us desires that are the opposite of what the sinful nature desires. These two forces are constantly fighting each other, so you are not free to carry out your good intentions. 18 But when you are directed by the Spirit, you are not under obligation to the law of Moses. 19 When you follow the desires of your sinful nature, the results are very clear: sexual immorality, impurity, lustful pleasures, 20 idolatry, sorcery, hostility, quarrelling, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambition, dissension, division, 21 envy, drunkenness, wild parties, and other sins like these. Let me tell you again, as I have before, that anyone living that sort of life will not inherit the Kingdom of God. 22 But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things! 24 Those who belong to Christ Jesus have nailed the passions and desires of their sinful nature to his cross and crucified them there.

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This Scripture is truly enlightening as it clearly shows that if we live by spirit then we will not carry out works of the flesh. It also argues that the flesh wills the opposite of the spirit, and that we are not free to carry out our good intentions. Does this mean that we are excused from being tamim due to nature? Certainly not! The passage further states that anyone who lives according to the flesh will not inherit the malkuth. Therefore we ought to live a life governed by the spirit that has the flesh in complete subjection. In this way we will fulfil the law of the Moshiach and we will like him be tamim.

Thus it is stated in Romans chapter eight:

1 Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. 2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death. 3 For what the Law could not do, weak as it was through the flesh, God did: sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and as an offering for sin, He condemned sin in the flesh, 4 so that the requirement of the Law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

If we live by the spirit then, we will naturally display the qualities of love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control, in our daily life. This is the principle of the Two Ways. One, the way of obedience to the spirit that Elohim put within our hearts or two, the way of disobedience, by submitting to the cravings of the flesh.

Khanokh demonstrates this in chapter ninety:

2 Let not your ruach be troubled on account of the times. The Qadosh El Shaddai has appointed days for all things. 3 The Tzadik will arise from sleep to walk in the paths of obedience. All his pathways and deportment will be of timeless goodness and favor. 4 He will be gracious to the Tzadikim and grant them timeless standing. He will give the Tzadikim power so that they will be full of goodness and obedience. He will walk in the light of timelessness. 5 Chattaim will perish forever into darkness; they will no more be seen from that day and forward.

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4 Blessed are all the Tzadikim! Blessed are all those who walk in the way of obedience, and who never commit chattah (as do the Chattaim)! In the reckoning of all their days, the sun traverses the skies, entering and leaving windows for thirty days, with the chiefs of thousands of the order of the stars, together with the four days inserted, dividing the four seasons of the year, and those who 5 go before them to properly insert the four days.203

Khanokh tells us that in order for us to walk in the paths of obedience we need to love obedience:

1 ‘Now I tell you, my sons, love obedience and walk therein; For the paths of obedience are worthy of accepting, But the paths of disobedience Will suddenly be destroyed and vanish. 2 To certain of a family will the paths of violence And of death be revealed; They will keep themselves far from such, And will not follow them. 3 Now I say to you, the Tzadikim: Walk not in the paths of corruption nor in the paths of death, And draw not near to them lest you be destroyed. 4 Seek for obedience for yourselves – Choose a set-apart life – Walk in the paths of shalom– And you will live and prosper. 5 Hold on to my words in your heart-thoughts; Do not allow them to be wiped out of your hearts. I know that Chattaim will tempt you to call on occult knowledge, But let no place be found for her, And allow no manner of temptation to diminish you. This applies especially to those who live at the end of the age as Khanokh shows in chapter ninety one:

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1 Now Methuselah my son, call all your brothers to me. Gather all your mother’s sons together to me: For the word calls me, And the ruach is poured out on me, So I am able to show you everything That will befall you forever.’ 2 Methuselah went out and summoned his brothers and kin to an assembly with him. 3 Then he spoke to all the children of obedience, saying, ‘Hear, you sons of Khanokh, to all your father’s sayings, And strictly heed the voice of my mouth; For it is I who am speaking to you, urging you forward! Beloved! 4 Love uprightness and walk in it. Do not draw near to uprightness with a double mind;204 Do not associate with the double-minded; Instead, walk in obedience, O my sons. Obedience will guide you on good paths And be your constant companion. 5 For I know that violence must increase on the earth; A great reprimand executed in the world. Yes, the world will be cut off at its roots And its whole structure will be destroyed. 6 Disobedient acts will be carried out in the land again; All kinds of acts of defiance and violence. Lawlessness will prevail to a double degree. 7 When sin, disobedience, blasphemy, And violent acts of all types increase; When apostasy, wrongdoing, and uncleanness increase, A great reckoning will come upon all of them from the skies. The Qadosh YHWH will come out with anger and rebuke To execute judgment on the earth. Chapter ninety nine encourages us further by saying:

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10 But observe the paths of El Shaddai And walk in the way of His obedience. They will be rescued.

Those that follow the paths of obedience will not only be rescued but will be a beacon of light and hope to others, a city on a mountain. Chapter one hundred and five says:

1 In those days, YHWH told them to summon the benim-a’am to repeat all these words of wisdom: “Show it all to them! Be their guides as a gift to the entire world! 2 For Beni (my Son) and I will unite with them, testifying to the roads of righteousness for the lives of all. Rejoice then, all you Yeladim l’Tzedekah!205 For you will finally have shalom. Amein.

This is the reason the Moshiach says as recorded in Mattityahu chapter seven:

15 “Beware of false prophets who come disguised as harmless sheep but are really vicious wolves. 16 You can identify them by their fruit, that is, by the way they act. Can you pick grapes from thorn bushes, or figs from thistles? 17 A good tree produces good fruit, and a bad tree produces bad fruit. 18 A good tree can’t produce bad fruit, and a bad tree can’t produce good fruit. 19 So every tree that does not produce good fruit is chopped down and thrown into the fire. 20 Yes, just as you can identify a tree by its fruit, so you can identify people by their actions.

It is by fruits that the obedient will be recognised. Who will not recognise qualities such as love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control?

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The congregation of the Tzadikim and Bacharim

It is for this reason that when that congregation of the Tzadikim and Bacharim are revealed to the world at the end of the age, it will not be difficult to know that they are from Elohim.206 They will stand out from Shaitan’s world the same way the Moshiach did. Indeed they will be totally different! Notice how Khanokh prophesies with regard to the Bacharim in chapter thirty eight:

1 When the congregation of the Tzadikim will appear, chattaim will be judged for their sins And will be driven from the face of the earth. 2 When the Tzadik will appear before the eyes of the Tzadikim, whose bachar works descend from YHWH of Elohim, light will appear to the Tzadikim and Bacharim who live on earth. Where then will be the dwelling of the chattaim and the resting place of those who have denied YHWH of Elohim? It had been good for them if they had not been born.

Later in the same chapter Khanokh says:

3 When the secrets of the Tzadikim are revealed and the chattaim are judged, when the unrighteous are driven from the presence of the Tzadikim and Bacharim: 4 from that time forward, those who hold the land will no longer be high and mighty: they will not be able to behold the face of the Qadoshim, For YHWH of Elohim has shined His light upon the face of the Qadoshim, the Tzadikim, the Bacharim.

Here another dimension is added to the qahal of the Bacharim. In this verse Khanokh says that the Bacharim have secrets and once those are revealed, the unrighteous are driven from their presence. What are these secrets? Judge for yourself.

Finally Khanokh says in chapter one hundred and four:

10 Even now I know this mystery: the Chattaim will change and pervert the words of obedience in many ways. They will speak evil, lie, and practice great deceptions. They will publish books of 11 their own rules. But when someone inscribes all my words in their languages truthfully, not changing or diminishing anything, but writing them all

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Therefore we need to go out and show the world this awesome translation of the sky tablets. Let us by our obedience to the words of Khanokh become a cause of joy, morality, and copious wisdom.

In those days, YHWH told them to summon the benim-a’am to repeat all these words of wisdom: “Show it all to them! Be their guides as a gift to the entire world! For Beni (my Son) and I will unite with them, testifying to the roads of righteousness for the lives of all. Rejoice then, all you Yeladim l’Tzedekah! For you will finally have shalom. Amein.

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GLOSSARY

Abba (H) = Father. Av (H) = Father. Azazel (Scapegoat, Lev. xvi., A. V.)

Bacharim (H) = chosen or elect. Basar(H) = flesh. Ben Adam (H) = Son of Man, the name haMoshiach constantly referred to himself as. Bnei a' am (H) = Human children.

Cham (H) = Ham. Chattah (H) = Sins or mark missing. Chattaim (H) = Torah (law) breakers or mark missers or sinners. Chawah (H) = Eve. Chesed (H) = Mercy. Cheit (H) = Sin. Chokma (H) = Wisdom (Khokma).

Dabela = Ibex, a wild goat found in the Mediterranean mountains. Dawid (H) = David.

Echad (H) = tzadik and Bacharim. Eliyahu (H) = Elijah. El Shaddai (H) = Elohim Most High. Elohim (H) = God. Emet (H) = True.

Geh Hinnom = Gehenna - the Hebrew term became a figurative name for the place of spiritual purification.

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H’olam va-ed (H) = Forever and ever.

Kanaan (H) = Cainan. Kavod (H) = Radiance (glory). Kavod haGadol = the Great Glowing, Shining, or Shekinah. Kefa = The Apostle Peter. Kohen haGadol (H) = High Priest.

Lev (H) = Innermost self, or heart.

Malachim (H) = Messengers or angelic beings. Malkuth (H) = Kingdom. Mattityahu (H) = the book of Matthew. Melek haMelek (H) = the King of Kings. Melek ha Olam = King / Ruler of the Ages. Moshe (H) = Moses. Moshiach (H) = Messiah.

Nephalim (H) = Fallen ones–referring to the malachim who sinned with the bnei- a’am. Nephesh (H) = Soul. Noach (H) = Noah.

Qadosh (H) = Set Apart–sometimes translated as Elect or Saints. Qadoshim (H) = set apart ones. Qadosh haQadoshim (H) = Holy of Holies. The most sacred place in the temple. Qahal (H) = congregation or assembly.

Rachad (H) = Mercy. Ruach, Ruachim (H) = Spirit, spirits. Ruach haQodesh (H) = Spirit, Set-apart Spirit. Rosh Yomim (H) = Head of Days - is an official title referring to a timeless chief, ie YHWH Elohim.

Sedom and Amorah (H) = Sodom and Gomorrah. Sha’ah (H) = Hour. Shabbat (H) = Sabbath. Shama (H) = Obedience with the intent on doing. Shamayim (H) = Heavens–or dwelling place of the malachim. 164 | P a g e I KNOW A MYSTERY

Shaul (H) = The Apostle Paul. Sheol (H) = the pit, or grave of mankind. Shlomo (H) = Solomon.

Tamim (H) = Complete or perfect. Teleion (G) = teleioi which means; having reached its end, i.e. complete, by ext. perfect. Torah (H) = Divine Law or Divine requirements. The Bachar Tzadik (One) = The Chosen Righteous (One) Tzadikim (H) = righteous. Tzadik, Tzadikim (H) = Righteous one, righteous ones. Tza ha Moshiach (H) = Anti-christ.

Ya’akov (H) = James. Yahpheth (H) = Japheth. Yahudah (H) = Jude. Zecharyah (H) = Zachariah. Yechezkel (H) = Ezekiel. Yeladim-a'am (H) = children of mankind. Yeladim l’Tzedekah = Children of Righteousness = Children of the Torah–Snyder Yermeyahu (H) = Jerimiah. Yisrael (H) = Israel. Yochanan (H) = John. Yom, yomim (H) = Day, days.