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And it came to pass that the Lord spake unto Enoch and told Enoch all the doings of the children of men,
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Wherefore, Enoch knew and looked upon their wickedness, and their misery, and wept, and stretched forth his arms and his heart swelled wide as eternity, and his bowels yearned, and all eternity shook.
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And Enoch saw Noah also and his family, that the posterity of all the sons of Adam should be saved with a temporal salvation; wherefore he saw that Noah built an Ark.
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And the Lord smiled upon it and held it in his own hands; but upon the residue of the wicked came the floods and swallowed them up.
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And as Enoch saw thus he had bitterness of soul, and wept over his brethren, and said unto the heavens: I will refuse to be comforted!
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But the Lord said unto Enoch: Lift up your heart and be glad and look!
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And it came to pass that Enoch looked, and from Noah he beheld all the families of the earth.
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And he cried unto the Lord saying: When shall the day of the Lord come?
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When shall the blood of the righteous be shed, that all they that mourn may be sanctified and have eternal life?
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And the Lord said: It shall be in the meridian of time, in the days of wickedness and vengeance;
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And behold, Enoch saw the day of the coming of the Son of Man, even in the flesh,
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And his soul rejoiced saying: The righteous is lifted up, and the Lamb is slain from the foundation of the world, and through faith I am in the bosom of the Father; and behold, Zion is with me!
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And it came to pass that Enoch looked upon the earth and he heard a voice from the bowels thereof saying: Wo, wo is me, the mother of men!
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I am pained, I am weary because of the wickedness of my children!
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When shall I rest and be cleansed from the wickedness and filthiness which has gone forth out of me?
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When will my creator sanctify me that I may rest?
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And righteousness for a season abide upon my face?
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And when Enoch heard the earth mourn he wept and cried unto the Lord saying: O Lord, wilt thou not have compassion upon the earth?
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Wilt thou not bless the children of Noah?
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And it came to pass that Enoch continued his cry unto the Lord saying: I ask thee, O Lord, in the name of thy only begotten, even Jesus Christ, that thou wilt have mercy upon Noah and his seed. that the earth might never more be covered by the floods.
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And the Lord could not withhold, and he covenanted with Noah and swore unto him with an oath that he would stay the floods that he would call upon the children of Noah;
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And he sent fourth an unalterable decree that a remnant of his seed should always be found among all nations while the earth should stand;
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And the Lord said blessed him through whose seed Messiah should come;
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For he saith I am Messiah, the king of Zion, the rock of heaven, which is broad as eternity;
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And whoso cometh in at the gate and climbeth up by me shall never fall, wherefore blessed are they of which I have spoken for they shall come forth with songs of everlasting joy!
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And it came to pass that Enoch cried unto the Lord saying: When the Son of Man cometh in the flesh shall the earth rest, I pray thee shew me these things.
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And the Lord said unto Enoch: Look! and he looked and beheld the Son of man lifted up on the cross after the manner of men;
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And he heard a loud voice and the heavens were veiled, and all the creation of God mourned;
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And the earth groaned, and the rocks were rent, and the saints arose and was crowned at the right hand of the Son of Man with crowns of glory;
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And as many of the spirits as were in prison came fourth and stood on the right hand of God,
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And the remainder were reserved in chains of darkness until the Judgement of the great day.
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And again, Enoch wept and cried unto the Lord again saying: When shall the earth rest?
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And Enoch beheld the Son of Man ascend up unto the Father, and he called unto the Lord saying: Wilt thou not come again upon the earth?
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For inasmuch as thou art God, and I know thee and thou hast sworn unto me, and commanded me that I should ask in the name of thine only begotten, thou hast made me and given unto me a right to thy throne;
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And not of myself but through thine own grace; wherefore I ask thee if thou wilt not come again on the earth?
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And the Lord said unto Enoch: As I live even so will I come in the last days, in the days of wickedness and vengeance, to fulfill the oath which I have made unto you concerning the children of Noah;
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And the day shall come that the earth shall rest, but before that day the heavens shall be darkened, and a veil of darkness shall cover the earth;
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And the heavens shall shake and also the earth, and great tribulations shall be among the children of men;
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But my people will I preserve, and righteousness will I send down out of heaven, and truth will I send fourth out the earth to bear testimony of mine only begotten:
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His resurrection from the dead, yea and also the resurrection of all men;
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And righteousness and truth will I cause to sweep the earth as with the flood together out mine own elect from the four quarters of the earth unto a place which I shall prepare;
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An holy City that my people may gird up their loins and be looking fourth for the time of my coming;
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For there shall be my tabernacle, and it shall be called Zion—a New Jerusalem.
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And the Lord said unto Enoch: Then shalt thou and all thy City meet them there, and we will receive them into our bosom, and they shall us see us;
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And we will fall upon their necks and they shall fall upon our necks, and we will kiss each other and there shall be mine abode;
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And it shall be Zion, which shall come fourth out of all the creations which I have made, and for the space of a thousand years shall the earth rest.
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And it came to pass that Enoch saw the days of the coming of the son of man in the last days to dwell on the earth in righteousness for the space of a thousand years,
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But before that day he saw great tribulation among the wicked, and he also saw the sea that it was troubled and men’s hearts failing them looking forth with fear for the judgements of the Almighty God upon the wicked which should come upon the wicked.
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And the Lord shewed Enoch all things, even unto the end of the world; and he saw the day of the righteous the hour of their redemption and received a fullness of joy.
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And all the days of Zion in the days of Enoch were three Hundred and Sixty five years, and Enoch and all his people walked with God; and he, God, dwelt in the midst of Zion.
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And it came to pass that Zion was, not for God received it up into his own bosom, and from thence went forth the saying Zion is fled. Amen.