1 Enoch 91:1
Study resource: not ScriptureR. H. Charles translation (1917) · public domain
‘And now, my son Methuselah, call to me all thy brothers And gather together to me all the sons of thy mother; For the word calls me, And the spirit is poured out upon me, That I may show you everything That shall befall you for ever.’
This verse’s chapter, studied
A Father Gathers His Sons to Tell Them What Is Coming
Enoch calls Methuselah to summon all his brothers, so their father can tell them everything that is going to happen. He warns them not to walk with "a double heart" but to love uprightness, because violence will increase before it is finally cut off. He then looks ahead to the last three ages of world history: a sword given for righteous judgment, a house built for "the Great King," a final eternal judgment, and a new heaven replacing the old.
- Revelation 21:1 : "the first heaven shall depart and pass away, and a new heaven shall appear" stands beside John's vision of a new heaven and a new earth.
- Daniel 12:2 : "the righteous shall arise from their sleep" echoes Daniel's resurrection language of those who "sleep in the dust" waking.
- Isaiah 65:17 : the promise of a renewed heaven echoes Isaiah's "new heavens and a new earth," the former things not remembered.
Teachers on this ground
R. H. Charles
The Book of Enoch (1917)
The public-domain translation this shelf reads, with the critical introduction the field still builds on.
Johnny Enlow
The Book of Enoch: Paraphrase and Commentary (2025)
A living teacher's paraphrase of the whole book with his own running commentary, from the prophetic stream.