The Cuneiform scholar Amar Annus says that in Babylonian society of old, there was a tradition that the 7th king to exist since Creation, and therefore who existed before the Flood, ascended to Heaven without dying and there he learned much from the gods. This 7th king was named Enmeduranki, who is said to have obtained his knowledge specifically from the gods Adad and Shamash. We need to notice that Enoch was the 7th biblical patriarch since Adam and he existed before the Flood… exactly the same as the Mesopotamian story. In Genesis chapter 5 is the so-called genealogy of Adam. There, we read this about Enoch (whose Hebrew name is Hanokh):
CJB Genesis 5:18-24 18 Yered lived 162 years and fathered Hanokh. 19 After
Hanokh was born, Yered lived 800 years and had sons and daughters. 20 In all, Yered lived 962 years; then he died. 21 Hanokh lived sixty-five years and
fathered Metushelach. 22 After Metushelach was born, Hanokh walked with God . 300 years and had sons and daughters. 23 In all, Hanokh lived 365 years. 24 Hanokh walked with God, and then he wasn't there, because God took him.
That Enoch was taken by God has always meant to the Hebrews that he didn’t die but rather was translated, alive, to Heaven. There, according to Jewish legend, he joined God and sat on a Heavenly council where he learned secrets and mysteries meant only for heavenly beings, and not earthbound humans, to know.
Tom Bradford
21 окт 2024
