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A Watcher (Aramaic עִיר ʿiyr, plural עִירִין ʿiyrin, Greek: ἐιρ or ἐγρήγορος, egrḗgoros [a]) is a type of biblical angel. The word is related to the root meaning to be awake.
Articles relating to the Watchers, a type of biblical angel. Watcher occurs in both plural and singular forms in the Book of Daniel (4th–2nd century BC), where reference is made to their holiness. The apocryphal Books of Enoch (2nd–1st centuries BC) refer to both good and bad Watchers, with a primary focus on the rebellious ones.
Watcher Angel of deceit Artiya'il: Islam: Removes human grief, sadness and anxiety Asbeel: Christianity Fallen angel, Watcher Angel of destruction Azazel: Azazil (Arabic), Lucifer (Christianity), sometimes identified with Samael (Judaism) Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Yazdânism: Archangel, Cherub, Watcher, Ancestor of All-Jinns, Al-Wazrul Jannah.
Based on the number of copies found in the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Book of Enoch was widely read during the Second Temple period.Today, the Ethiopic Beta Israel community of Haymanot Jews is the only Jewish group that accepts the Book of Enoch as canonical and still preserves it in its liturgical language of Geʽez, where it plays a central role in worship. [6]
A reference to heavenly beings called "Watchers" originates in Daniel 4, in which there are three mentions, twice in the singular (v. 13, 23), once in the plural (v. 17), of "watchers, holy ones". The Ancient Greek word for watchers is ἐγρήγοροι (egrḗgoroi, plural of egrḗgoros), literally translated as "wakeful". [8]
The term archangel itself is not found in the Hebrew Bible or the Christian Old Testament, and in the Greek New Testament the term archangel only occurs in 1 Thessalonians 4 (1 Thessalonians 4:16) and the Epistle of Jude (), where it is used of Michael, who in Daniel 10 (Daniel 10:12) is called 'one of the chief princes,' and 'the great prince'.
The Watchers do not propose a community life, but a communion of prayer. The Watchers' Rule commits them to live "three moments for the essential". These are times set aside each day for prayer, in communion with other Watchers. No particular office or liturgy is imposed. Each Watcher is free to use the manuals, publications or daily reading ...
Shocking old man!". They send the Colonel's watch (which is the one Platte had been wearing) to the Colonel's wife. She attacks the Colonel, being wholly convinced of Original Sin - and begins to realize the harm and pain that unfounded suspicion can cause - and has caused her victims.