1. And they took and brought me to a place in which those who were there were like flaming fire, and, when they wished, they appeared as men.
(17:1) They raised me up into a certain place, where there was the appearance of a burning fire; and when they pleased they assumed the likeness of men.
VERSE 2
2. And they brought me to the place of darkness, and to a mountain the point of whose summit reached to heaven.
(17:2) They carried me to a lofty spot, to a mountain, the top of which reach to heaven.
VERSE 3
3. And I saw the places of the luminaries and the treasuries of the stars and of the thunder and in the uttermost depths, where were a fiery bow and arrows and their quiver, and a fiery sword and all the lightnings.
17:3 And I beheld the receptacles of light and of thunder at the extremities of the place, where it was deepest. There was a bow of fire, and arrows in their quiver, a sword of fire, and every species of lightning.
VERSE 4
4. And they took me to the living waters, and to the fire of the west, which receives every setting of the sun.
17:4 Then they elevated me to a babbling stream, and to a fire in the west, which received all the setting of the sun.
VERSE 5
5. And I came to a river of fire in which the fire flows like water and discharges itself into the great sea towards the west.
17:5 I came to a river of fire, which flowed like water, and emptied itself into the great sea westwards.
VERSE 6
6. I saw the great rivers and came to the great river and to the great darkness, and went to the place where no flesh walks.
17:6 I saw every large river, until I arrived at the great darkness. I went to where all of flesh migrate;
VERSE 7
7. I saw the mountains of the darkness of winter and the place whence all the waters of the deep flow.
17:7 and I beheld the mountains of the gloom which constitutes winter, and the place from which issues the water in every abyss.
VERSE 8
8. I saw the mouths of all the rivers of the earth and the mouth of the deep.
17:8 I saw also the mouths of all the rivers in the world, and the mouths of the deep.
1 Enoch 17:1
Enoch began relating how he was conducted through various places and parts of God's creation that are out of sight to average human beings. A company of great Angels were Enoch's Conductor, leading, guiding and taking him through these Expeditions. These Expeditions include exploring various elements and Products/Creatures of Fire(s), Water(s), Wind(s).
ELEMENTS, PRODUCTS OR CREATURES OF FIRE(s)
*1* Flames of Fire that were Spirit Beings and could assume the appearance or likeness of a man.
The first place Enoch was conducted to in the series was not described by name or features of the place, but by the different kinds or class of the Fire based there. These Fires or Flames were living Beings, and they have default rights, portions and powers, in the appearance or likeness of a man whenever they please to change into a man. Remember how Ezekiel saw God on the Throne both as the Appearance of a Man and at the same time the Appearance of Amber Lamp and Fiery Furnace [Ezekiel 1:26-27].
God also made His Angels to have multiple appearance abilities: For example, Angels with appearance of a man could switch into appearance of both "Wnds" (spirits) and "Fires" (Flames), or vice versa. As is written,
[Psalms 104:4 GWN] — "You make Your angels winds and your servants flames of fire."
So you could be feeling or seeing wind (spirit) that's actually an angel; you could be feeling or seeing a fire (flame) that's actually an angel; or you could be feeling or seeing a man/woman that's actually an angel. E.g. in the first book of Adam and Eve, there were occasions the Serpent's spirit (Satan) and his angels, appeared as men and women to Adam and Eve, and tried giving them impression that they (Adam and Eve) were not the first or only men God created on earth, and that there were mankind people God made before them on earth. But later, Adam and Eve realized that was Satan (the person of the Serpent that was cast away from them) and his angels masquerading as men and women to them.
1 Enoch 17:2
The next categories of Fires they were conducting Enoch to see here were Products or Kinds Fires that needs darkness to be revealed or manifested. Ordinarily, we know that light is what reveals or manifests things, while darkness covers of hides things. But there are lights or kinds of Fire Creatures that need darkness to be revealed, and the more the darkness around them the more glorious and brilliant they manifest. They are one of the reasons you may say, "Night unto Night reveals Knowledge"(Psalms 19:2), Darkness reveals them. They are in the next category of Fire in the next Enoch Verse below.
Enoch was conducted to a high and lofty spot, on top invisible mountain, where being at the top of the mountain means being in heaven. To enter that part of heaven, all one needed to was just to climb that mountain and get to the top of it.
1 Enoch 17:3
*2* Creatures of Fire that need Obscurity of Darkness or Clouds to manifest themselves better in appearance.
One of the reasons why there are still some forms of darkness, dark clouds and obscurity of shadows, in heaven is because these forms of Creatures of Fire needs them for their manifestations and expressions. These include the Luminaries of Stars, Lightnings, Thunders, Fiery Bows and Arrows or Darts, and Fiery Sword or Flaming Sword.
Note: God is Light, and in Him is no darkness at all nor shadow. But there are darkness, clouds and shadows, in heaven hosting these treasures of Lights that needs them for their manifestations and to rule by them. As it is written,"God made the Moon and Stars to rule by Night."
1 Enoch 17:4
*3* Creatures of Fire that Recharges, Recharging FIre and Recharging Water.
The Sun Setting means the Sun has gone into its chamber to refresh or recharge for another race the following day from sunrise; and this chamber were the Sun goes to rest includes a speaking or babbling stream that utters Voices and Visions of Days with Fire. As it is written,
[Psalms 19:4-6] — "Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words (Voices) to the end of the world. In them has he set a tabernacle for the sun, Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoices as a strong man to run a race. His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit to the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof."
These speaking stream (that's seen as living waters) with fire are they that recharge or refresh the Sun when the Sun sets each day in the West before rising again from the East the next day. Implying location of these Babbling Stream and Fire is at the West, where the Sun sets or resets.
1 Enoch 17:5
*4* River of Fire that Discharges.
This is like a stream of "Molten lava or Magma,"discharging either into sea or as volcano on earth.
The preceding category was Group of Fire that Recharges, but this is category of Fire that Discharges. Both involves giving: while Recharging means giving to whom you received, Discharging means giving out to whom you did receive basically because you can no longer contain or bear what you are discharging (because you care for whom you discharging).
1 Enoch 17:6
UNCOMMON LANDMARKS AND DARK PLACES OF THE EARTH
*1** Heads and Rivers Of Waters
In this category, Enoch saw every major or great river that feeds other minor ones. Just like the Great River that watered the Garden of Eden where only Light dwelt, (and outside the Garden parted into four Riverheads), there's also another great River in a place where only Darkness dwelt and no flesh (Man, Animals or Fishes) can walk or cross into that area and remain alive with the breath of life. As it is written,
(Job 28:7-8 BSB'19) — "No bird of prey knows that path; no falcon’s eye has seen it. Proud beasts have never trodden it; no lion has ever prowled over it."
Enoch was not a flesh when he went there, and there he knew no flesh could go through those parts. Basically, some river source is in where Light dwells, and some other river source is in where Darkness Dwells. Here, the dwelling places of Light and Darkness are separated, but knowing both dwelling places answers few questions in the scriptures:
[Job 38:19 BSB'19] — "Where is the way to the home of light? Do you know where darkness resides?"
But though no flesh have gone through those parts or paths, the dead was said to go into the land of darkness upon exiting his perished body:
[Job 10:21-22 BSB'19] — "before I go— never to return— to a land of darkness and gloom, to a land of utter darkness, of deep shadow and disorder, where even the light is like darkness.”"
[Psalms 88:10-12] — "Do You work wonders for the dead? Do departed spirits rise up to praise You? Selah Can Your loving devotion be proclaimed in the grave, Your faithfulness in Abaddon? Will Your wonders be known in the darkness, or Your righteousness in the land of oblivion?"
1 Enoch 17:7
*2** Mountains and Fountains' Head of Darkness
Enoch witnessed the"Dark Mountains" or "Mountains of Darkness" where lights may not be found and one may stumble upon them. As it is written,
[Jeremiah 13:16] — "Give glory to the LORD your God, before He causes darkness, and before your feet stumble on the dark mountains, and, while you look for light, He turns it into the shadow of death, and makes it gross darkness."
Enoch also witnessed the"Source of the Water from the Deep/Abyss" and yes the ones God opened during the flood of Noah and stopped after the flood of Noah (Genesis 7:11, 8:2). These water sources or fountains are called "Fountains of the Deep" or "Fountains of Abyss" because the word "Abyss" means "The Deep." As it is written,
[Proverbs 8:27-29] — "I was there when He established the heavens, when He inscribed the horizon on the face of abyss, when He established the clouds above, when the fountains of abyss gushed forth, when He set a boundary for the sea, so that the waters would not surpass His command, when He marked out the foundations of the earth."
1 Enoch 17:8
*3** Fountains' Months or Water Sources
By now you should know that water of fountains come from mouths. Enoch witnessed the mouths of all the rivers of the earth and the mouth of Abyss. However, I want to mention just two unearthly mouths or fountains of waters that later came up after that moment Enoch wrote these.
**A** The Serpent's Mouth, or the Dragon's Mouth: That was when the Serpent opened its mouth and released a river/flood of water from the Serpent's mouth, a river meant to swallow the Woman; but the earth also opened its own and swallowed the river from the Serpent's mouth to prevent the river from swallowing the Woman [Revelation 12:15-16]
**B** The Spirit or Wisdom of God in a man or woman, makes the opening of the man's mouth in utterance to become the Fountain or River of Living Waters.
[John 7:38-39 BSB'19] — "Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said: ‘Streams of living water will flow from within him.’” He was speaking about the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were later to receive. For the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus had not yet been glorified."
[Proverbs 18:4] — "The words of a man's mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring (Fountain) of wisdom as a flowing brook (river)."
Make sure this river source of water from your mouth is not lukewarm, neutral or diluted. Either be hot or cold, not lukewarm; and either be sweet (cup of blessings communion) or bitter (cursing), but not both.
[James 3:10-12 BSB'19] — "Out of the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, this should not be! Can both fresh water and salt water flow from the same spring? My brothers, can a fig tree grow olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water."