Enoch 80
1 And in those days the angel Uriel answered and said to me: 'Behold, I have shown thee everything, Enoch, and I have revealed everything to thee that thou shouldst see this sun and this moon, and the leaders of the stars of the heaven and all those who turn them, their tasks and times and departures.
2 And in the days of the sinners the years shall be shortened, And their seed shall be tardy on their lands and fields, And all things on the earth shall alter, And shall not appear in their time: And the rain shall be kept back And the heaven shall withhold it.
3 And in those times the fruits of the earth shall be backward, And shall not grow in their time, And the fruits of the trees shall be withheld in their time.
4 And the moon shall alter her order, And not appear at her time.
5 And in those days the sun shall be seen and he shall journey in the evening on the extremity of the great chariot in the west And shall shine more brightly than accords with the order of light.
6 And many chiefs of the stars shall transgress the order prescribed. And these shall alter their orbits and tasks, And not appear at the seasons prescribed to them.
7 And the whole order of the stars shall be concealed from the sinners, And the thoughts of those on the earth shall err concerning them, And they shall be altered from all their ways, Yea, they shall err and take them to be gods.
8 And evil shall be multiplied upon them, And punishment shall come upon them So as to destroy all.'
Common Questions About Enoch 80
What warning does Uriel give Enoch about 'the days of the sinners' in chapter 80?
Uriel warns that in those days the years will be shortened, crops will be delayed and fail to grow in their proper time, rain will be withheld, and the whole natural order, the moon, the sun, and the stars, will fall out of their prescribed courses because of humanity's sin.
What tragic mistake does this chapter say people will make as a result?
Because the true order of the stars will become concealed from sinners, people's thinking about the heavens will go astray, and they will wrongly begin to regard the stars themselves as gods, a specific warning against astral idolatry brought on by humanity's own sin distorting their perception of creation.
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Questions to Think About
- This chapter connects human sin directly to disruption in the natural world, and disruption in the natural world to spiritual confusion and idolatry. Where have you noticed that seasons of personal sin or spiritual disorder in your own life tend to distort your perception of what's actually true, even about God Himself?
- The warning specifically says people will 'take them to be gods' once they lose sight of the true order behind creation. What modern 'stars', achievements, technology, influence, are you at risk of quietly elevating to a place only God should hold?
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