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The narrator of this book, supposedly Rabbi Ishmael, tells how Metatron guided him through Heaven and explained its wonders. 3 Enoch presents Metatron in two ways: as a primordial angel (9:2–13:2) and as the transformation of Enoch after he was assumed into Heaven. [49] [50] And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.
The Book of Enoch (also 1 Enoch; [a] Hebrew: סֵפֶר חֲנוֹךְ, Sēfer Ḥănōḵ; Ge'ez: መጽሐፈ ሄኖክ, Maṣḥafa Hēnok) is an ancient Jewish apocalyptic religious text, ascribed by tradition to the patriarch Enoch who was the father of Methuselah and the great-grandfather of Noah.
Some points that appear in 1 Enoch and 3 Enoch are: Enoch ascends to Heaven in a “storm chariot” (3 Enoch 6:1; 7:1) Enoch is transformed into an angel (3 Enoch 9:1–5; 15:1–2) Enoch is enthroned in Heaven as the exalted angel Metatron (3 Enoch 10:1–3; 16:1) Enoch receives a revelation of cosmological secrets of creation (3 Enoch 13:1–2)
Examples of use of the Hebrew term מַלְאַךְ יְהוָה are found in the following verses, here given in the King James Version translation: Genesis 16:7–14. The angel of the Lord appears to Hagar. The angel speaks as God himself in the first person, and in verse 13 Hagar identifies "the L ORD that spoke to her" as "The God Who sees".
Asbeel (Heb. עזב azab "to abandon" + אל el "God", meaning "God has forsaken" or "deserter of God") is a fallen angel that appears in the first book of Enoch, chapter 69, verse 5: "And the second was named Asbeel: he imparted to the holy sons of God evil counsel, and led them astray so that they defiled their bodies with the daughters of men."
[6] [7] The angel's name is not mentioned anywhere else in the book nor in other biblical texts. There is some speculation that Zotiel is synonymous with the cherub Johiel, the guardian of the Garden of Eden , [ 2 ] although an interpretation of the line in the text where Zotiel's name appears, it could be inferred or implied that Enoch met ...
[2] Ananiel was entrusted by God "all the trees of the earth, its plants, the rain, the dew, the heat, the simoom, the wind and as many [atmospheric phenomena] as there are in summer and winter." [3] Ananiel is also known as an angelic guard of the gates of the South Wind. [4] The Book of Enoch describes three gates for each direction. The ...
Pages in category "Angels in the Book of Enoch" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Asbeel; B.