God’s Celestial Palace and Enoch’s Commission

1 Enoch 14:8–25

3rd Century BCE–1st Century CE

8And in the vision thus it appeared to me: Behold, clouds called me in the vision, and mists summoned me. Shooting-stars and lightnings urged me on and whirled me along, and in my vision winds gave me wing, and lifted me up and carried me into heaven. 9And I went in till I came near a wall built of hailstones, with tongues of fire surrounding it…

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This excerpt from 1 Enoch records Enoch’s ascent to heaven and his vision of God’s celestial temple. Echoing the commissions of the biblical prophets, the passage concludes with Enoch’s commission to hear God’s word, after which an angel raises him up from his prostration.

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