№ ¹. And then Michael, Uriel, Suryal, Raphael, and Gabriel looked down from heaven and saw much blood being shed on the earth, and all lawlessness being done on the earth.
№ ². And they said to each other: Let the cries from the destruction of Earth ascend up to the gates of heaven.
№ ³. And now to you, the holy ones of heaven, the souls of men make their petition, saying, "Bring our cause before the Most High."
№ ⁴. And they said to the Lord of the ages: 'Lord of lords, God of gods, King of kings, and God of the ages, the throne of Your glory endures through all the generations of the ages, and Your name holy and glorious and blessed to all the ages!
№ ⁵. You have made all things, and You have power over all things: and all things are revealed and open in Your Sight, and You see all things, and nothing can hide itself from You.
№ ⁶. Look at what Azazel has done, who hath taught all unrighteousness on earth and revealed the eternal secrets which were made and kept in heaven, which men were striving to learn:
№ ⁷. And Semjaza, who taught spells, to whom You gave authority to rule over his associates.
№ ⁸. And they have gone to the daughters of men on the earth, and have had sex with the women, and have defiled themselves, and revealed to them all kinds of sins.
№ ⁹. And the women have borne giants, and the whole earth has thereby been filled with blood and unrighteousness.
№ ¹°. And now, behold, the souls of those who have died are crying out and making their petition to the gates of heaven, and their lament has ascended and cannot cease because of the lawless deeds which are done on the earth.
№ ¹¹. And You know all things before they come to pass, and You see these things and You have permitted them, and say nothing to us about these things. What are we to do with them about these things"
[1 Enoch 9:1] —And then Michael, Uriel, Suryal, Raphael, and Gabriel looked down from heaven and saw much blood being shed on the earth, and all lawlessness being done on the earth.
These Leading angels, Michael, Gabriel, Raphael, Uriel and Suryal, beheld from heaven that there were much blood-shed and iniquities done on the earth. Even from the Heaven far apart, the angels could see that the violence and evil on earth was very great by reason of the quantities of them. This meant the angels of heaven did not even had to make secret search nor had to visit the earth down before seeing the great violence and evils done on the earth, seeing the evils and violence were so bare and open to those in heaven. Whether those doing the evils and violence and murder, were doing so in obscurity or not, whether they were so or not, whether they were covering their lawlessness in secrets or not; The angels only looked downwards from heaven, before seeing the much blood-shed and iniquities done on earth.
Being great eternal Beings of Light like these great Angels, and being in their great Positions in Heaven, come with the ability to see much things done or hidden on earth by looking down from heaven at the earth from that height.
They could see much things from their lights and positions in heaven much better than even the people who dwell on earth could see on the earth themselves. Nevertheless, they do not just see the corruption, evil or iniquities done on earth while beholding from the heaven above: For they also see the glory and riches of God fill the earth while beholding from the heavens above. As it is written,
[Isaiah 6:3] — "And one cried to another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of His glory."
[1 Enoch 9:2] —And they said to each other: Let the cries from the destruction of Earth ascend up to the gates of heaven.
These great Angels supported the cries and prayers of the oppressed in reaching the gates of heaven and reaching the Ears of God in heaven. Yes, we know God hears all things without needing angel's support. But for formality sake, the angels do assist with the prayers and cries of those of us on earth, and use our prayers to also seek permissions, approval or assignments, from God to them on behalf of those who's prayers and cries they are advocating for.
So angels like it when the children of God pray more and more, and cry even more to God in prayers; this is because the prayers of the people of God on earth and their cries give the concerned angels of heaven more things to present to God, more excuse to approach God's attention, more opportunities to fight for those who pray more, more employments or engagements or assignments and charges the angels would receive from God in treating the prayer files or proposals, etc. Even though most times the more honored or greater angels get the jobs more than the lesser angels over those who are praying and crying in righteousness, yet they all benefits from our prayers/cries to God.
A man wrote how angels showed him battles waged in the spiritual Realms and the evil schemes of the evil ones. Then the angels told the man that even though they see these plans and schemes of the devils, sometimes they are not allowed to do anything about them because the people on earth are not praying enough for the angels to do more with their prayers. The angels charged the man to encourage those on earth who are called by the Lord's Name to humble themselves, and pray and seek the face of God, turn from their wicked ways, and keep praying; for even when it seems to them that the prayers are not doing anything physically there, that here lots of things go on and changes with much prayers and cries to God in His Chosen Name. Pray without ceasing.
What about Angels adding the Prayers of the saints to their offering perfumes to God on the altar, like someone adding salt to food? For the prayers of the righteous and the righteous are the Salt of Earth, with good seasoning flavor or savor. As it is written,
[Revelation 8:3-4] — "And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given to him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints on the golden altar which was before the throne. And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand."
Again, it is written,
[Revelation 5:8] — "And when he had taken the book, the four Living Creatures and the twenty four elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of Perfumes, which are the prayers of saints."
[1 Enoch 9:3] —And now to you, the holy ones of heaven, the souls of men make their petition, saying, "Bring our cause before the Most High."
Can or should men pray to angels and angels to intercede for them on their behalf before God? What of the Catholic church members praying to saints and angels of heaven, beseeching them to pray for them or intercede on their behalf, before God?
According to this Enoch Verse here, the leading Angels or Archangels, appropriated the cries of the earth reaching heaven to mean the souls of men making their petition to them who are the holy ones of heaven, praying them (the saints and holy angels) to intercede for them and bring their cause before the Most High. This implying the Holy ones and holy angels of heaven were to act as mediator for them before God.
Now understand there's nothing wrong in so doing, because Holy Angels, Saints and Holy Ones in Heaven are technically doing so, interceding for the people of God who are on earth and for mankind generally in the presence of God. Infact, a major reason the angels want people here to pray more is because the angels would love to do more of interceding and praying for those praying on earth, to gain more assignments and approvals through their prayers or cries to God.
But mentioning the names of the angels or saints, and asking them to do so, is the problem.By default, the angels and saints of heaven would pray for you, but that's because you prayed or cried to God directly in the only Authorized Name, which is the name of the only Authorized Mediator between God and men, that is the name of Jesus Christ the Son of God.
Do not pray mentioning Holy Mary, name of Holy Apostles, name of Holy Angels, etc, to pray for you; and yet they will pray for you. Remember these Archangels, Michael, Gabriel, Raphael, Uriel, etc, did not hear their names mentioned in the cries of the earth reaching heaven; and yet they took up the cries of the souls of men as if the cries were petition to them who are holy ones in heaven, to present their case before God's Justice. It's like a human rights activists who saw some people getting oppressed and crying, and even though the human rights pro-bono lawyers are not directly related to the oppressed, yet they took it upon themselves to take up the matter to court and sue for justice against the oppressors. Even so, by default the Saints and Holy Ones in Heaven are Justice and Right Activists, who are very interested in cases that reach heaven, even without their names being mentioned in the Prayers or cries. They will take the matter up too to God and intercede for the humble and meek, but you must address the letters (prayers/cries) to the appropriate Authority, which is to God directly through the name of the Son of man and Son of God, Jesus Christ.
[1 Enoch 9:4] —And they said to the Lord of the ages: 'Lord of lords, God of gods, King of kings, and God of the ages, the throne of Your glory endures through all the generations of the ages, and Your name holy and glorious and blessed to all the ages!
The Holy Ones and Angels began with acknowledging God and Hallowing His Name, His Kingdom and His Throne of Glory, enduring and blessed throughout all generations and all ages.
He who is the Lord of Ages, He is the Lord of Lords, the King of Kings, the God of Gods, and the God of Ages, in all and above all the generations of the ages that were, that are, and that are yet to come. The Ancient of Days. Behold, both His Throne and His Name are blessed and glorious with enduring glory to all ages.
[1 Enoch 9:5] —You have made all things, and You have power over all things: and all things are revealed and open in Your Sight, and You see all things, and nothing can hide itself from You.
It's important to acknowledge or bear in mind that praying to God is not you teaching/telling God what He doesn't know, but what He already knows. He knows all things, and sees all things: He already knows all the thoughts and feelings or needs you have even before you pray to Him about them. As it is written,
[Matthew 6:8] — "Therefore do not be like to them, for your Father knows of what things you have need before your asking Him."
[Hebrews 4:13] — "Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened to the eyes of him with whom we have to do."
Nevertheless God who already knows still waits for prayers to be made to Him and to be asked, requested and petitioned, before He grants and answers those who humbly come to Him in faith and truth.
[1 Enoch 9:6] —Look at what Azazyel has done, who hath taught all unrighteousness on earth and revealed the eternal secrets which were made and kept in heaven, which men were striving to learn:
Satan is known as the Accuser of the Brethren, and he accused them before God. But while Satan was the one who accused the brethren (men and women of God), and the Holy Angels were the Ones who accused their fellow but fallen angels before God.
Technically, Michael, Gabriel, Raphael, Uriel and Suryal, were those who brought charges against the fallen angels before God, mentioning or reporting their evils among men before God. Truly, the Holy Angels are the best Reporters, who records and reports everything thing every man does on earth before God. And as we see here, even the angels report themselves and relay what their fellow angels have done or said both in heaven and earth.
In this report to God, Azazyel was reported to have done evil beginning with his teaching unrighteousness on earth and leaking viral secrets in the world of men, when those secrets should not have been known to men until they come into eternity in heaven because those secrets were supposed to be eternal secrets and shut/sealed so that men would not understand/know them even if they tried or strive to know them.
This charge against Azazyel was similar to the charge against the serpent who deceived Eve into the secret of the knowledge of good and evil, which mankind should not have known by then.
So revealing certain secrets to men before their time to know those secrets and without the Lord's approval, could both result in men having destructive knowledge detrimental among men and be counted as sin to the revealer of such classified secrets.
[1 Enoch 9:7] —And Semjaza, who taught spells, to whom You gave authority to rule over his associates.
Semjaza was also accused or reported to have taught the secrets of sorcery and casting spells, which knowledge ought not to have been taught or revealed to mankind at that stage. And God had entrusted Semjaza with Authority over a group of angels that were assigned to associate or serve under him.
[1 Enoch 9:8] —And they have gone to the daughters of men on the earth, and have had sex with the women, and have defiled themselves, and revealed to them all kinds of sins.
The Holy Angels also accused or reported the fallen angels of having defiled themselves with women on earth, having committed fornication, and have became the authors of all kinds of sins on the earth.
If you can rejoice in what heaven is saying about you, you are truly blessed eternally. But if what Heaven has written or spoken about you before God and before His Holy Ones in Heaven is terrible, then eternal woes await you.
[1 Enoch 9:9] —And the women have borne giants, and the whole earth has thereby been filled with blood and unrighteousness.
Are women not supposed to rejoice because they have borne men on earth? What is this written?
[John 16:21] — "A woman when she is in travail has sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembers no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world."
Behold those women have borne giants, sons of angels, into the world but it shall not be counted as joy to them but sorrows to them in the reports in heaven, because the whole earth was by those giants borne by the women filled with blood shed and violence. In the world, they were praised as mighty men of renown of old according to "Genesis 6:4." But what the heavens are saying about them before God mattered above what the world's praises and histories said about them.
[Proverbs 17:21] — "He that begets a fool does it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool has no joy."
[1 Enoch 9:10] —And now, behold, the souls of those who have died are crying out and making their petition to the gates of heaven, and their lament has ascended and cannot cease because of the lawless deeds which are done on the earth.
When it was said the archangels saw much blood and cries reached heaven, those were more the blood and cries of the dead, than those of the living. Just like Abel, being dead yet cried and spoke, the souls of the righteous and innocent murdered also cried and petitioned the Lord of heaven because of the injustice, unrighteousness and lawless deeds done on earth.
Thinking one is silenced by killing him is very foolish thought. The voices become louder and more intense beyond death, at the manifest souls in death.
[1 Enoch 9:11] —And You know all things before they come to pass, and You see these things and You have permitted them, and say nothing to us about these things. What are we to do with them about these things."
Again, God knows all things even when He seems to be doing nothing. And God does not just do what He knows, but does what He says.
The Holy Angels affirmed God knew all things before they come to pass, including seeing all the secrets and intents of the fallen angels even before they fell, and yet allowed those things without speaking a word about them. Then they asked (inquired) of God what they should do about those things.
Always remember that even when God does not speak because He knows, God will speak because He's asked or consulted for answer of His Word.