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Can't help but to think of Transformers-like robots whenever I read the word 'metatron'.

Book of Enoch, Genesis the Director Cut.That and the Book of Jubilee.

It always threw me that the name Metatron didn't follow the typical angel naming convention of adding "iel" to a root.

I love that you describe Enoch's transformation into Metatron as increasing his power level. Was waiting to hear you say if he could beat Goku.

Enoch's transformation into Matatron is basically the 3rd impact

A few hours after listening to this i went to a trivia night where one of the questions was "name the two people in the bible taken up to heaven without dying." We got the points thanks to you! (My team looked at me a bit funny when i said "oh yeah, i was just listening to a video on the book of Enoch.")

Wow, I can't believe he became a Decepticon. What a twist!

I'm very impressed by Enoch's transformation not as religious text, but as a piece of ancient cosmic body horror. Commonly literature history doesn't talk about body horror before the modern era (e.g. Frankenstein or The Metamorphosis), but it's very easy to see what God did to Enoch to create Metatron in those terms.

I propose the hypothesis that the Books of Enoch were the first DLCs/expansion packs in history. The devs knew one sentence about Enoch randomly thrown in would arouse the interest and imagination of the readers who'd demand more. And so they received, one expansion pack about Enoch in three DLCs. A new quest/campaign with lots of new and expanded lore, new characters and costumes/skins and also included a flashy Angel Armor which initially the publishers wanted to be a separate DLC that cost quite a pretty shekel, but changed their mind later on. The expansion received overwhelmingly positive reception from fans and critics alike. The reason why they became forgotten was because the original title got ported to other more popular systems under a new publisher who saw no value in porting the DLCs as well, instead opting to create new ones from scratch. The Books of Enoch regained popularity when the modding scene found the source code for the DLCs and polished and remastered them releasing them on torrents under the name Genesis Expanded HD-MOD Unofficial Patch.

Thank you for breaking down these texts, you were the reason for my initial interest in learning about these stories

People when they hear "Metatron" imagine either ; 1. a Pokémon 2. a tranformer

I once had a dream where God came to me in an Arby's. Maybe I should write 4th Enoch.

I think of Metatron from Dogma, played by Alan Rickman.

I am METATRON BE NOT AFRAID *heavy metal 🎸 *

The book of Enoch would make a great movie. And since very few people treat it as scripture you wouldn’t offend a lot of people like often happens when movies are made of actual Bible stories.

Enoch was *EMBIGGENED*

"The Enoch fan club" - your narrative skills are just high class 🙂

What timing with the topic, and the use of Star Wars as an example! The most recent episode of Ahsoka, the new Star Wars series, just introduced a side character named Enoch!

Religion for Breakfast and History for Granite have quickly become my favorite channels on KZfaq. Loving this emergence of high quality, academic content on KZfaq.

Enoch turned into Metatron and started a KZfaq channel where he talks about history

I am developing a video game that takes place in the distant past and involves many of these biblical characters. After watching many of your videos and some on other channels, I convinced my time that Metatron was absolutely necessary to add as a character because he is just so unique and interesting to me. We are having the player start by meeting him as Enoch and then later in the game seeing him as Metatron. Thanks for the wonderfully informational videos!

What fascinates me in the Enochic works is that angelology actually makes heaven very much polytheistic just with its non-ruling 'gods' being termed as angels.

Welcome Nobel ones

I always remember Metatron being the central antagonist in the third book of the Dark Materials trilogy the Amber Spyglass.

This is very interesting in contrast to the Trinity in Christianity. I'd also love to see a video on the divine council in the Bible like Heiser's work.

Thumbs Up for showing Thrawn's 'Gold Face Stormtrooper' next to Boba Fett; and Yes, we are geeking out about What's Up With Him just like Boba 😅

I've been waiting for this video since I found the channel. Can't wait.

the sooner people would understand the "Enoch" can become a billion dollar movie the faster we would get this over due film about him

The use of Enoch from Ahsoka made me realise something. His inclusion seems to be a reference to this book, seeming to imply that Grand Admiral Thrawn in his exile now considers himself to be a god of sorts, with his stormtroopers becoming his cult-like worshipers.

God was like watching Transformers and went “yo Enoch...you are Megatron!!! I mean Metatron! ...” and then He said unto satan “Autobots....roll out!!” ...god is such a comic book fan!!!

Your channel name "Religion for Breakfast" doesn't hold true in India, for me it should be "Religion for Dinner" for it is Evening here😊

I was just thinking about how it seems popular in modern fiction to make Metatron a bad guy, or at least a dangerously ambitious angel. I love hearing how fluid these stories and ideas have been, since it's easy to think it was all settled with a written down holy text.

The text definitely puts you in a trance while reading it. Read it about a year or so ago. Need to revisit it.

Do you have any plans to extend this Enoch series to talk about Enoch's prominence in Latter day Saint tradition? Or LDS biblical exegesis (Melchizedek for example) in general?

And all this time I thought the Metatron was an Italian KZfaqr named Raffaello...

Dr. Henry, I am thankful with the frequent uploads. Always looking forward with new content from you and Dan McClellan.

Angels seem very much like gods in their own right, albeit under the jurisdiction of the head of the pantheon YHVH. The Hebrew "Bene elohim" is cognate with the Ugaritic word "bn 'il" which means "sons of gods." The same meaning can be applied to the Sanskrit "Devaputra" which refers to heavenly deities in Indic traditions. Hekhalot literature is also reminiscent of a Buddhist story in which a king named Nimi is given a tour of heaven and hell by the god Shakra's charioteer Matali. There are other similar ascension stories like those found in the Divine Comedy and the Zoroastrian Book of Arda Viraf.

I’ve been waiting for this!

There are 2 Enochs in they book of Genesis- one is of the bloodline of Cain and one was of the bloodline of Seth. Perhaps the mystic Enoch of the third book of Enoch is from the bloodline of Cain which would explain a lot. Odd how you didn’t mention 2 Biblical Enochs in your video as it is definitely worth mentioning.

Enoch was so special he got his own magical girl spinoff with transformation included.

For the ones mentioning anime and things check out El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron. It's an old PS 3 game.

Thank you for all your videos, I really love watching all your new content!

O M G FINALLY I've been waiting for this for ages, thank you so much, you're doing such a good job!

Metatron, really? :D Man, ancient fanfiction is just as wild as modern fanfiction, people never change 🤔🧐

not gonna lie, I'd love to see George Lucas, James Cameron, and some other writer/director's that made some really awesome movies, collab to make each Book of Enoch a movie trilogy 🤔

Powerful video with lots of powerful insights and shares. Thank you.

Fantastic editing in this episode.

The usage of the Enoch image from star wars is fantastic. I'm familiar with book one and two. Thanks for the review of book 3.

Nice! I can't get enough Enoch🤩

Amazing video and content. This is exactly the kind of channel I was looking for. Just subscribed to it.

Hey man this was great to click on and be given a historicity on Enoch especially after watching Felonis Ahsoka series on star wars. His really blending in mythologies to create a beautiful story. Keep up the great work and Love your Chanel man!

Metatron sounds like a Transformer

I have a couple questions: 1.) What translation are you using for 3 Enoch? I'm interested in reading it for myself. 2.) If the Enochic traditions are considered to be a "spin-off" of Enoch's brief appearance in Genesis, are there any scholarly theories regarding the origins and purpose behind Enoch's first appearance?

How could you time this SO RIGHT with Star Wars Enoch debut just a few hours ago?!

Thank you for making these videos. They're fascinating to me

Metatron would make a good Godzilla villain.

This seems a lot like Dante's Inferno but in heaven. It makes me wonder if Dante Alighieri read the third book of Enoch and was inspired by it as part of his construction of the circles of hell. Love your videos!

Very imaginative. I often appreciate this channels offerings

Your channel really inspired me to start my own theology KZfaq Channel! THANK YOU!

There was a chance for a crossover here: "And remember: The Metatron has spread his wings."

I really enjoy your podcast. You are non-judgemental or pushing an agenda (Yeah, I know religion scholars aren't suppose to do that.) Your videos are helping the public to understand the cultures and beliefs of our highly mobile world.

Keep up the awesome job, Dr Henry 👍

Excellent video and is fascinating to learn about this!

Not only the Metatron stuff being bitheistic, I think the idea that God consults with the angels before acting and that there in an angel each for controlling universal forces is downright polytheistic. No wonder the chariot people were considered heretics.

I suspect that the cult of Metatron may have been a very specific, if perhaps unconscious, means of countering the threat of the Jesus movement, which, after all, in the early days, would have seemed like a variant of Judaism. “We have an authentic god-hero, already mentioned in our scriptures, not that nobody from Nazareth!”

Any day you release a video is a good day. Thank-you.

I have been looking forward to this one for so long

Surprised you didn't throw in a Supernatural reference, since Metatron plays a significant role in that as "the scribe of God" and at one point does usurp power. As always, this is fascinating stuff.

Enoch is literally Diablo/Marvel crossover universe

I really enjoy your videos, thank you

There is so much info to this video! Lots of research! ❤❤❤ thank u.

Omg, I rewatched the videos on first two enochs following the recent episode of Ahsoka, and wished there were one on the third. This hommage to geekery is heartwarming.

0:17: ! The video discusses the character of Enoch in religious literature and his role as a central character in ancient texts. 3:23: 📚 The video discusses the literary and historical context of the third Enoch, a rabbinic Jewish mysticism text, and its four sections. 6:51: 📚 The video discusses the angelology and celestial hierarchy described in the book of Third Enoch, including the roles of specific archangels and the control of natural phenomena by angels. 10:31: 🔥 Enoch undergoes a dramatic transformation, becoming a fiery angel named Metatron and is put in charge of the Angelic host. 14:19: 📚 Theistic ideas in second temple Jewish literature, such as the concept of a son of man with god-like power, are explored in this video. Recap by Tammy AI

Thank you so much. Extremely detailed event to event explanation of Enoch. More info for personal mystical experience.

man, i really could've used this information last year when I was writing a paper on Enoch and the Son of Man for my graduate class lol oh well. Love that you finally did it!

Great video ! The section on the “2 powers in heaven “ was very fascinating. The traditional mainstream Christian position on this is that the “Son of man” identified as the 2nd power is of course Jesus ( John 9:35-37 Jesus identifying himself as the Son of Man) As you mentioned the “Son of Man” is also associated with an Angel . The traditional standard Christian belief is that this angel is not merely ontologically an Angel but rather a deity being ( being one with God) . This figure is called “The Angel of the LORD (YWHW) “ in the Old Testament . (Example Judges 13:21-22 where the Angel of the LORD is called “God”) Christians of course believe this Angel of the LORD , and the Son of Man are different titles for the same person Jesus . The New Testament in Jude even subtly makes this connection. In Jude 1:5 It says Jesus rescued his people out of Egypt . (some translations say “Lord” but in this context Lord is Jesus indicated by Jude 1:4 ) In Exodus 14:19 it says “the Angel of God” who was travelling ahead of Israel’s army withdrew from them. To summarize, “ the Angel of YWHW” which is “The second power of heaven” and is associated as being God (Judges 12:21-22) is understood by us Christians to be Jesus. Which is why in Christianity we believe there are multiple persons that comprise the 1 nature/being/essence of God aka the Trinity. We believe the 3 persons associated who share “one name” are the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit ( exemplified as Matthew 28:19) That’s just our opinion of course. Good video

Could this council of angels be a relic from the older "divine council" of El that is still mentioned in some Elohistic texts?

Loved the video sir! Thank you again 🫡❤

I'm just here for the Transformers jokes.

I've never seen transformers but Metatron sounds like it could be one of them

Any chance that the 365 references in Enoch have a connection to time? Did they have a 365 day year calendar at the time?

I didn't know these texts existed. Thank you for bringing them to my attention.

I could listen to this man talk about history and writing for hours

I learned a great deal about Metatron from Supernatural but this is a good add-on. 🤗

You should talk about Kālī. The Malayalapuzha Bhadrakālī Temple and Kodungallur Bhagavathy Temple are some of the most powerful Bhadrakālī temples in the Southwestern Indian state of Kerala, where the worship of Kālī is popular.

Amazing, timely editing on using Enoch, captain of the guard.

i love enoch with a passion thank god you continued this

Interesting choice using a page of Genesis Rabbah to represent Rabbinic Judaism at 2:35 Especially considering the content of Enoch and the Midrash!

Forgive me for this but every time I hear about the angel "Metatron" I keep imagining an angel that looks like a Deceptacon... A little disturbing to say the least.

His transformation reminded me of Enoch going Super Saiyan 😂

Engaging and enlightening - thank you

Coincidentally, the "light of 365000 suns" equates to EXACTLY as bright of a "cloud" as the towers of the current largest solar-power farms,- if you had been the target of the mirrors. Or in other words, specifically the specifications and appearance of Saurons Eye tower. Once again, Tolkiens scriptural awareness shines through.

"365 thousand" is an interesting number of eyes 🤔 knowing that ancient Hebrews often used "a thousand" to imply an indefinite but quite long period of time rather than _specifically_ "1,000", and knowing there's 365(.24...) days in a year, I wonder if the implication is that he had "an eye on every day through all the years", or something to that effect? Though I've no idea if _they_ knew about the ~365 day year at the time 🤔

Enoch becomes metatron, wow i never saw that twist coming I can't wait to see what happens in the sequel "BEHOLD THE METATRON, HERALD OF THE ALMIGHTY AND VOICE OF THE ONE TRUE..." *FIRE EXTINGUISHER*

Three videos in two weeks?! You’re on a roll!

How did you put enoch from ahsoka into this video so fast lol

40 years ago I said the name Metatron out loud to my mom, a devout flavor of the day believer, and she got freaked out until she later confirmed with me she asked her "elders" about the word and they said "Its OK" "Tetragramaton" freaked her out as well. She was sure I had turned to the Dark Side., when she wanted me there with her on Kolob.

Ah, nice to see you're on Nebula. I'm already subscribed, but I wasn't aware you are also making content for it.

Was expecting a sick collab, but this works too