Enoch 86
1 And again I saw with mine eyes as I slept, and I saw the heaven above, and behold a star fell from heaven, and it arose and eat and pastured amongst those oxen.
2 And after that I saw the large and the black oxen, and behold they all changed their stalls and pastures and their cattle, and began to live with each other.
3 And again I saw in the vision, and looked towards the heaven, and behold I saw many stars descend and cast themselves down from heaven to that first star, and they became bulls amongst those cattle and pastured with them amongst them.
4 And I looked at them and saw, and behold they all let out their privy members, like horses, and began to cover the cows of the oxen, and they all became pregnant and bare elephants, camels, and asses.
5 And all the oxen feared them and were affrighted at them, and began to bite with their teeth and to devour, and to gore with their horns.
6 And they began, moreover, to devour those oxen; and behold all the children of the earth began to tremble and quake before them and to flee from them.
Common Questions About Enoch 86
What does the falling star represent in chapter 86, and what happens because of it?
Enoch sees a star fall from heaven and begin pasturing among the oxen, symbolizing the descent of a Watcher angel among humanity; soon many more stars fall and join it, becoming bulls among the cattle, symbolizing the full company of Watchers described earlier in the book.
What corrupted union does this chapter depict, and what results from it?
The fallen stars-turned-bulls are shown mating with the cows in an unnatural way and producing elephants, camels, and asses, symbolic of the giants born from the Watchers and human women, and these creatures become violent and destructive, causing all the earth's creatures and people to tremble and flee in fear.
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Questions to Think About
- This chapter symbolically retells the corruption described in the book's opening chapters, showing how the same core story of the Watchers gets revisited from a different angle later in the book. Is there a lesson or warning from earlier in your own life that keeps resurfacing in new forms until you fully take it to heart?
- The chapter shows fear spreading among 'all the children of the earth' as violence increases from the corrupted union of angels and humans. Where do you see fear spreading in your own community today because of choices that broke from God's intended order?
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