Commentary on Enoch’s Second Vision from the Book of Enoch, Chapter 89:6-9. |
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89:6 But that vessel floated on the water, while all the oxen and elephants and camels and asses sank to the bottom with all the animals, so that I could no longer see them, and they were not able to escape, but perished and sank into the depths. 89:7 And again I saw in the vision till those water torrents were removed from that high roof, and the chasms of the earth were leveled up and other abysses were opened. 89:8 Then the water began to run down into these, till the earth became visible; but that vessel settled on the earth, and the darkness retired and light appeared. 89:9 But that white bull which had become a man came out of that vessel, and the three bulls with him, and one of those three was white like that bull, and one of them was red as blood, and one black: and that white bull departed from them. |
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89:8 Is the Marianna Trench one such abyss? Is the Mid-Atlantic Ridge/Rift another? 89:9 Noah, “that white bull,” came out of the ark with Shem, a white bull like his father and the line of patriarchs tracing back to Seth and Adam; Ham, a black bull like Cain, and Japheth, a red bull like Abel. Spiritually Shem and his faithful descendents were always separated from his brothers and their descendents. This verse states that Shem “departed from” Ham and Japheth, but if the descendents of these three sons scattered to populate the entire world, then everyone “departed from” everyone else. Genesis 10:11 and 5 state “Out of that land went forth Asshur,” and “By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations,” clearly indicating that just about everyone “departed from” everyone else. Gael Bataman Originally Written: 15 September 2006 Latest Update: 10 December 2011 Return to Zadok Home Continue . . . Return One Page Go to Enoch Introduction Go to Enoch’s Second Vision Introduction “Who is Yehuveh?” “Who is Elohim?” |