Enoch 57
1 And it came to pass after this that I saw another host of wagons, and men riding thereon, and coming on the winds from the east, and from the west to the south.
2 And the noise of their wagons was heard, and when this turmoil took place the holy ones from heaven remarked it, and the pillars of the earth were moved from their place, and the sound thereof was heard from the one end of heaven to the other, in one day.
3 And they shall all fall down and worship the Lord of Spirits. And this is the end of the second Parable.
Common Questions About Enoch 57
What vision closes out the Second Parable in chapter 57?
Enoch sees a great host of wagons and riders coming from the east, west, and south, their noise so great that the holy ones in heaven notice it and the very pillars of the earth are shaken, heard from one end of heaven to the other in a single day.
How does the chapter, and the Second Parable as a whole, come to a close?
It ends with a universal act of worship: all who witness this great gathering fall down and worship the Lord of Spirits, marking the conclusion of the Second Parable on a note of humble submission to God rather than continued conflict.
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Questions to Think About
- Even amid overwhelming, world-shaking events, the response the vision points toward is worship, not despair or panic. When the world around you feels shaken or chaotic, what helps draw your own response back toward worship rather than fear?
- The Second Parable moves from judgment and conflict all the way to universal worship as its final note. How does keeping the 'ending' of God's story in view help you stay hopeful in the middle chapters of your own life, which may currently feel more like conflict than resolution?
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