EXAMPLE INTERPRETATION OF ENOCH’S 10 WEEK APOCALYPSE

(1) Era/“Week”(2) Events(3) Character
ONE (93:3)(PAST) Birth of Enoch (7th part)Justice and righteousness
TWO (93:4)Rise of evil; sprouting of deceit The “first end” (Great Flood) A man (Noah) rescued Increase of iniquity Law given for sinnersEvil Judgment Deliverance Evil Expedient law
THREE (93:5)A man (Abraham) chosen as plant of righteousnessElection and righteousness
FOUR (93:6)Visions of holy and righteous ones Law given for every generation (Torah) Enclosure made for them (tabernacle)Permanent law
FIVE (93:7)House of glory and royalty/ kingdom built (pass. div.) for eternity (Temple)Permanent temple A

SIX (93:8)         The blind fall away from wisdom     Evil

            A man (Elijah) ascends          Deliverance

            House of royalty/kingdom burned  Evil

            The chosen root scattered    Evil

SEVEN A (93:9–10)(PAST-PRESENT) Rise of wicked generation Election of the chosen righteous from eternal plant of righteousness Sevenfold instruction on the entire creationEvil Election and righteousness

SEVEN B (91:11)         Uprooting of oppression      Judgment

Destruction of sinners

EIGHT (91:12–13)Judgment on oppressors and sinners by the righteous Righteous obtain wealth/ possessions Temple of the Great King built in glory foreverJudgment Reward Permanent temple B

NINE (91:14) Revelation of righteous judgment Judgment to the whole world

Works of the wicked recorded for destruction

All people look to the way of           Righteousness

TEN (91:15–16)Eternal judgment (7th part) Judgment against watchers and among angels Disappearance of the first heaven Creation of a new heaven Every heavenly power shines sevenfold foreverPermanent judgment Permanent destruction New cosmos

WEEKS WITHOUT      Goodness and righteousness            Permanent cosmic order

NUMBER (93:17)        Memory of sin erased

Brill Publishers:       Author – Loren T. Stuckenbruck

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