Enoch 17
1 And they took and brought me to a place in which those who were there were like flaming fire, and, when they wished, they appeared as men.
2 And they brought me to the place of darkness, and to a mountain the point of whose summit reached to heaven.
3 And I saw the places of the luminaries and the treasuries of the stars and of the thunder and in the uttermost depths, where were a fiery bow and arrows and their quiver, and a fiery sword and all the lightnings.
4 And they took me to the living waters, and to the fire of the west, which receives every setting of the sun.
5 And I came to a river of fire in which the fire flows like water and discharges itself into the great sea towards the west.
6 I saw the great rivers and came to the great river and to the great darkness, and went to the place where no flesh walks.
7 I saw the mountains of the darkness of winter and the place whence all the waters of the deep flow.
8 I saw the mouths of all the rivers of the earth and the mouth of the deep.
Common Questions About Enoch 17
What begins in chapter 17, and where does Enoch go first?
Chapter 17 opens the long section of Enoch's cosmic journeys, guided by angelic beings who appear as flaming fire, to a mountain whose peak reaches heaven, and to the treasuries where the stars, thunder, lightning, and winds are stored.
What other features of the cosmos does Enoch see on this first journey?
He sees the place of darkness, the 'living waters,' the fire of the west that receives the setting sun, a river of fire flowing like water into the great sea, and the sources of all the earth's rivers and the deep, along with the mountains of winter's darkness.
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Questions to Think About
- Enoch's journeys reveal a cosmos far more vast and ordered than he could see from the ground alone. When has stepping back and gaining a bigger perspective changed how you understood something in your own life?
- The chapter describes literal 'treasuries' where God stores the stars, thunder, and lightning, as though creation itself is carefully kept and accounted for. How does picturing God as this attentive to the physical universe shape your trust in His attention to the details of your own life?
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