In the book of enoch the watchers only became fallen angels after mating with humans and teaching them forbidden and secret knowledge which they, according to enoch, were not ready for. It gives all the details on how angelic beings copulated with human women and created a cosmic mess before the flood. Mystery of the watchers and book of enoch fallen angels. In the book of enoch it says that the leader of the fallen angels was called azazel, and he is often identified with lucifer the lightbringer or lumiel the light of god. The flesh of enoch was transformed into flames, his tendons into fire, his bones into embers, his eyes into torches, his hair into rays of light, and the storm, the whirlwind, the thunder and the lightning enveloped him until he disappeared. Belief in guardian angels can be traced throughout all antiquity. A guardian angel is an angel that is assigned to protect and guide a particular person, group, kingdom, or country. These, however, are not the true secrets of heaven they are the rejected mysteries, which the watchers ought not to have taught human. The book of enoch leaves no doubt that it was the offspring of this union that brought about the need for god to wipe out mankind except for noah and start over. Watcher is a term used in connection with biblical angels. The socalled angels take him away and this scene is described by the son of enoch in the last paragraphs of this incredible book. In genesis we read the following about the nephilim.
He commanded raphael to bind azazel hand and foot like a sacrificial goat and cast him into a deep ravine in the desert. Women, magic, and the history of 1 enoch society of biblical. The truth about the fall of the rebellious angels and their mating with mortal humans, the understanding and analysis of the end of. Watcher occurs in both plural and singular forms in the book of daniel. Azazel also taught them metallurgy and how to mine from the earth and use different metals. Sometime around the 200s bc a jewish document called book of enoch or 1 enoch was produced. Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on youtube. Buy the paperback, get the kindle version for free. The nephilim are known as great warriors and biblical giants see ezekiel 32.
The texts of enoch, despite having been found along with the septuagint codex vatican codex and chester beatty papyri which, although they were considered for the christian bible, they were excluded from the canon. One basic truth can be used as a foundation for a mountain of lies, and if we dig down deep enough in the. The book of watchers in the quran school of historical studies. The book of enoch is an apocryphal work, meaning it is not a legitimate part of the holy bible. I know the book of enoch is not considered divinely inspired but i do think the apocrypha could have some historical significance. Led by the angels semyaza and azazel, the watchers came to earth on mount hermon, where they mated with human women. Many of the book of enoch books available are in fact public domain the r.
Angels having relations with humans within jude and 2. Watcher occurs in both plural and singular forms in the book of. They were giants, often with six fingers, six toes, double rows of teeth and massive appetites for blood. He taught men to forge swords and make shields and breastplates body armour. The main reason why they were censored for the christian world was because they contain stories that describe. Apart from the book of enoch, the concept of angels mating with human beings likewise appears in genesis 6, which are the opening lines to noahs story. Nephilim are the offspring that resulted from the mating of fallen angels with humans. The offspring of the watchers and their human mates were what the bible calls giants or nephilim. Why church fathers suppressed the book of enoch and its startling revelations prophet, elizabeth clare on. From the book of 1 enoch book of the watchers ljudbok. Lesson 8 given the mating of angels and humans in genesis 6. Is the idea of angels mating with humans from the book of. In the book of enoch it says that when yahweh saw the lawlessness, chaos, corruption and sexual immorality that had been caused by the interaction of the watchers and humans he decided to intervene through the agency of the archangels michael, raphael, gabriel and uriel. Enoch tells that in ancient times, 200 heavenly watchers rebelled against god in heaven.
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