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62 scribe and righteous, he will become an interceder for men and will be taught heavenly secrets. Tt was after that dream-vision that Enoch's journeys actu- ally took place. They started one night, ninety days before his 365th birthday. As Enoch told it later to his sons, I was alone in the house. I was in_ great weeping with my eyes, and _ was _ resting, asleep in my couch. And there appeared to me two men, exceedingly big, such as I have never seen on Earth. Their faces shone like the Sun, their eyes were like a burning light, and fire was coming out of their mouths. Their clothing, purple in appearance, was different from each other; and their arms were like golden wings. They stood at the head of my couch, and called upon me by my name. in the house. I yes, and in at trouble, and fell in great resting, al was eyes, was Thus awakened from his sleep, Enoch continued, "I saw clearly those two men standing in front of me." Unlike the first dream-vision, this was more than just a dreamlike vision; this time it was for real! "I stood up beside my couch, and bowed down to them," Enoch went on, "and was seized with fear, and [ covered my face from terror." Then the two emissaries spoke up, saying, "Have courage, Enoch, do not fear, for the Eternal Lord hath sent us to thee. Behold, today thou shalt go up with us to the heavens." They instructed Enoch to prepare himself for the celestial journey by telling his sons and servants all that they should do in the house while he was gone, and that no one should seek him, "until the Lord return thee to them." Summoning his two oldest sons, Metushelah and Regim, Enoch told them, "I know not whither I go nor what will befall me." There- ore, he instructed them to be righteous and just and keep the faith of one Almighty God. He was still speaking to his sons when "the two angels took him on their wings and bore him up unto the First Heaven." It was a cloudy place, and he saw mere "a very great sea, greater than the earthly sea." In that first stop Enoch was shown the secrets of meteorology, DIVINE ENCOUNTERS