Commentary on Enoch’s Second Vision from the Book of Enoch, Chapter 89:68-71.
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Continued Abuses of the Israelite and Irish King-line 89:68  And the shepherds and their associates delivered over those sheep to all the wild beasts, to           devour them, and each one of them received in his time a definite number: it was written by           the other in a book how many each one of them destroyed of them. 89:69  And each one slew and destroyed many more than was prescribed; and I began to weep and           lament on account of those sheep. 89:70  And thus in the vision I saw that one who wrote how he wrote down every one that was           destroyed by those shepherds, day by day, and carried up and laid down and showed actually           the whole book to Yehuveh of the sheep—even everything that they had done, and all that           each one of them had made away with, and all that they had given over to destruction. 89:71  And the book was read before Yehuveh of the sheep, and He took the book from his hand           and read it and sealed it and said it down.
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R. H. Charles heads this section with “First Period of the Angelic Rulers—From the Destruction of Jerusalem to the Return from the Captivity.” Mr. Charles did not know how to interpret who the seventy shepherds were and therefore focused on making the history in the remaining portions of this dream-vision fit into the time between the fall of Judah to Babylon in 605 B.C. and 586 B.C. and the popularly accepted time of Messiah Yehoshua’s death in or about A.D. 33. Such an assumption necessarily forces a very awkward and ill-fitting interpretation on the remainder of this vision. If, however, these shepherds are rightly understood, the connections between this vision and human history continue to flow just as smoothly as they have in the first portion of this vision. Mr. Charles’ sectioning and headings, reflecting his premise as they do, force the reader to totally disregard the historical reality of the appointed shepherds.         For that reason, I will note R. H. Charles’ headings in the notes beneath each section, but I will replace them in the actual text with more appropriate headings. These headings include:                               Reflexive—From Solomon’s Death and the Division of the Kingdom to Nehemiah                               The Scottish Accession of the Irish King-line                               The British King-line                               Horrific Assault of the Gentile Leadership on the Returning Tribes of Israel However, in spite of his assumptions, R. H. Charles heads the remaining two sections of Enoch’s Second Vision more suitably:                               Judgment of Fallen Angels, Seventy Shepherds, and Apostates                               The New Jerusalem and the True Messiah (Annointed)                               89:68-71 Again the tragic results of the mismanagement of these seventy shepherds is stated, and each violation of Yehuveh’s purposes is recorded. Movies like Braveheart graphically portray the horrible abuses these kings inflicted on innocent people, and their struggles to survive. When the Romans claimed control of Britain and Europe, the abuses intensified. Gael Bataman Originally Written:         15 September 2006 Latest Update:                12 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?”