Scripture never treats heaven as a single empty ceiling. It speaks of the heaven and the heaven of heavens, of a third heaven where Paradise waits, of a Messiah who ascended far above all heavens. The Book of the Secrets of Enoch, called 2 Enoch, takes that biblical language and walks it floor by floor, as Enoch is carried upward and shown what each heaven holds. But before we climb, this lesson deals plainly with a question most teachers skip: the surviving manuscripts of 2 Enoch do not agree on the count. One family of copies describes seven heavens. Another continues past the seventh to a...
Scripture never treats heaven as a single empty ceiling. It speaks of the heaven and the heaven of heavens, of a third heaven where Paradise waits, of a Messiah who ascended far above all heavens. The Book of the Secrets of Enoch, called 2 Enoch, takes that biblical language and walks it floor by floor, as Enoch is carried upward and shown what each heaven holds. But before we climb, this lesson deals plainly with a question most teachers skip: the surviving manuscripts of 2 Enoch do not agree on the count. One family of copies describes seven heavens. Another continues past the seventh to a tenth, where Enoch sees the very face of Yahuah. Neither family is a forgery; they are two streams of copying of one ancient book. This app carries the text and shows you both, because you are a Berean, and Bereans search and weigh. So bring your Bible alongside the Secrets of Enoch, and let us...