Yeshua Put the Fallen Angels on Notice at Mount Hermon
By
James Scott Trimm
All three of the Synoptic Gospels record Yeshua’s visit to to the district of Caesarea Philippi (Mat. 16:13-17:21; Mark 8:27-9:29 & Luke 9:18-43a). This visit had a very special significance, which has been unknown for generations, and only now can be revealed.
Caesarea Philippi was a city located at the base of Mount Hermon, in what is today known as the Golan Heights. There is a very important reason Yeshua came to this location, and that reason sheds light on these accounts in the Gospels.
Mount Hermon was the location where the fallen angels bound themselves by an oath:
1 And it came to pass when the children of men had multiplied that in those days were born unto them beautiful and comely daughters.
2 And the angels, the children of the heaven, saw and lusted after them, and said to one another: ‘Come, let us choose us wives from among the children of men and beget us children.’
3 And Shemikhazah, who was their leader, said unto them: ‘I fear you will not indeed agree to do this deed, and I alone shall have to pay the penalty of a great sin.’
4 And they all answered him and said: ‘Let us all swear an oath, and all bind ourselves by imprecations not to abandon this plan but to do this thing.’
5 Then they all swore together and bound themselves by imprecations upon it.
6 And they were in all two hundred; who descended in the days of Yared on the summit of Mount Hermon, and they called it Mount Hermon, because they had sworn and bound themselves by imprecations upon it.
(1Enoch 6:1-6)
Yeshua as intentionally taken his talmidim to the base of the very mountain where this took place!
13 And Yeshua came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi. And He asked one and all of His talmidim, saying: Who do the sons of men say that the Son of Man is?
14 And they said, Some, that he is Yochanan the immerser, and some, Eliyahu, and others, Yirmeyahu, or another of the prophets.
15 And Yeshua said to them: And you … who say you, that I am?
16 Then answered Shim’on Kefa, saying, You are Messiah, the Son of the Living Elohim.
(Matthew 16:13-16 HRV)
Yeshua begins by asking his tamidim who men say the “Son of Man” is. Luke (9:18) and Mark (8:27) have Yeshua asking who do men say that “I” am. However they are all recording the same event, and Yeshua either said “I” or “the Son of Man”. I believe the context (as we will see as we continue) indicates that Yeshua said “Son of Man” as recorded in Matthew 16:13, and that our current versions of Luke and Mark were emended to “I” drawing from Matt. 16:15 = Luke 9:20 = Mark 8:29. The original Hebrew of Luke and Mark may have originally had “Son of Man.”
Yeshua was opening a discussion as to the identity of the Son of Man figure in the Book of Parables section of the Book of Enoch. Although the “Son of Man” figure appears in Daniel 7:13, that is a later reference, itself drawing from the earlier Book of Enoch. Moreover, while the “Son of Man” makes a single appearance in the Book of Daniel, the Son of Man is featured repeatedly in the Book of Enoch.
17 And Yeshua said to him: Happy are you Shim’on Ben Yonah, for this was not revealed to flesh and blood but to you, when it was revealed to you by My Father which is in heaven.
18 And I tell you, that you are Kefa, and upon this rock I will build My assembly, and the gates of takh’ti will not prevail against you.
19 And to you will I give the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven, and whatever you will prohibit on earth, has been prohibited in heaven: and whatever you will permit on earth, has been permitted in heaven.
(Matthew 16:17-19 HRV)
And I tell you (masculine “you”), that you are Kefa, and upon this (feminine “this”) rock… While there is a wordplay on the name Kefa, it is clear in Hebrew that it is the revelation of 16:17 and not the man Kefa which the “assembly” is built on.
My assembly – i.e. the “court”“…the judges who serve in those days.” mentioned in Dt. 19:17 (Since Mt. 18:18 echoes Mt. 16:19)- see my recent blog Two or Three are Gathered in My Name- What Does that Mean? This “Assembly” that can “bind” and “loose” (Matt. 16:19) which is the “Assembly” (Matt. 18:17) that can “bind” and “loose” in Matthew 18 (Matt. 18:18), not the general assembly (Body of Messiah).
16:19 And to you will I give the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven, and whatever you will prohibit on earth has been prohibited in heaven; and whatever you permit on earth has been permitted in heaven. – The reference is to Isaiah 22:22:
And the keys of the House of David
will I lay upon his shoulder;
so he shall open, and none shall shut;
and he shall shut, and none shall open.
the gates of takh’ti will not prevail against you. The KJV has “gates of Hell” the Greek has πύλαι Ἅιδου “gates of Hades” and the Aramaic (Old Syriac and Peshitta) have תרעא דשיול “gates of She’ol” so we might have expected “gates of She’ol” in the Hebrew. However the DuTillet and Munster versions of Hebrew Matthew have שערי תהתיות “gates of Takh’ti”. (Shem Tob has שערי גהינם “gates of Gehinnom).
For years I wondered why DuTillet/Munster has Takhti (Strong’s 8482) in this passage. But as it turns out, Takhti is the perfect word here. Takhti is the Hebrew word that appears in Job. 41:16 where the Greek Septuagint has Torturous. Torturous is also the word that appears in the Greek of 2Kefa 2:4 where we read takh’ti in the HRV (“hell” in the KJV).
For if Eloah did not spare the angels who sinned,
but cast them down to takh’ti,
and delivered them into chains of darkness
to be reserved for judgment,
(2Kefa 2:4 HRV)
Takhti refers to the lowest parts of a pit, and in this case the lowest compartment of She’ol. This compartment is reserved only for fallen angels and not for human souls.
2Kefa 2:4 is referring to the fallen angels of the Book of Enoch, who are being kept in Takh’ti.
When Yeshua refers here to the “gates of Takh’ti”, he is referring to the Fallen angels.
Yeshua is at the very base of Mount Harmon declaring that the gates of Takh’ti will not overcome his restored halachic authority.
Following this, Yeshua speaks of his suffering, death, and resurrection (Mt. 16:21-23; Mk. 8:31-33 & Lk. 9:21-22) then about bearing our own suffering (Mt. 16:24-28; Mk. 8:34-9:1 & Lk. 9:23-27).
Then we come to the event of the Mount of Transfiguration (Mt. 17:1-13; Mk. 9:2-13; Lk. 9:28-36). Matthew and Mark say that Yeshua Kefa, Ya’akov and Yochanan went up “on a high mountain” (Mt. 17:1 & Mk. 9:2) but Luke says “the mountain” (Lk. 9:28). This mountain would have been Mount Hermon, Caesarea Philippi is at the base of this mountain, which is why Luke simply says “the mountain”. The identify of the mountain is obvious to anyone familiar with the geography involved.
Yeshua is now on Mount Hermon itself, with only three of his talmidim, the very spot where the fallen angels had entered into their covenant of rebellion, meeting with transfigured Moses and Elijah.
Yeshua comes down from the mountain and casts a demon out of a young boy, curing him of epileptic attacks (Mt. 17:14-21; Mk. 9:14-29 & Lk. 9:37-43a).
According to the Book of Enoch, the fallen angels impregnated human women with offspring known as giants:
1 And all the others together with them took unto themselves wives from all, and each chose for himself one, and they began to go in unto them and to defile themselves with them, and they taught them sorcery and spellbinding, and the cutting of roots, and made them acquainted with plants.
2 And they became pregnant, and they bare great giants, whose height was three thousand cubits, and there were not born upon the earth children of their strength.
(1En. 7:1-2)
And at the flood the giants became evil spirits on the earth:
8 And now, the giants, who are produced from the spirits and flesh, shall be called evil spirits upon the earth, and on the earth shall be their dwelling.
9 Evil spirits have proceeded from their bodies; because they are born from men and from the set-apart Watchers is their beginning and primal origin; they shall be evil spirits on earth, and evil spirits shall they be called.
10 [As for the spirits of heaven, in heaven shall be their dwelling, but as for the spirits of the earth which were born upon the earth, on the earth shall be their dwelling.]
11 And the spirits of the giants afflict, oppress, destroy, attack, do battle, and work destruction on the earth, and cause trouble: they take no food, but nevertheless hunger and thirst, and cause offenses.
12 And these spirits shall rise up against the children of men and against the women, because they have proceeded from them.
(1En. 15:8-12).
Yeshua has come down from Mount Hermon to demonstrate his power and authority over these evil spirits!
In light of the Book of Enoch, these passages take on new meaning. Yeshua’s visit to Caesarea Philippi was intended as a direct challenge to the fallen angels and their evil spirit offspring. Yeshua
Book of Enoch elaborates on the oath the fallen angels took at Mount Hermon saying:
13 And this is the number of Kasbeel, the chief of the oath, which he showed to the set-apart ones when he dwelt high above in glory, and its name is Biqa.
14 This (angel) requested Mikha’el to show him the hidden name, that he might enunciate it in the oath, so that those might quake before that name and oath
15 who revealed all that was in secret to the children of men? And this is the power of this oath, for it is powerful and strong, and he placed this oath Akae in the hand of Mikha’el.
(1Enoch 69:13-15)
Unfortunately this portion of the Book of Enoch has survived only in Ethiopic. However the underlying Hebrew for “Biqa” is probably “ביקה” and the underlying Hebrew for “Akae” is probably “אכע”.
The “oath” was enunciated with “the hidden name” which corresponds to a “number” and revealed to us in the Book of Enoch only in hidden form with the words “biqa” (ביקה) and “akae” (אכע).
Enoch goes on to tell us that the power of this oath is the very Power which Created and Upholds the universe itself. The very laws of nature, the laws of nature’s Creator are the very power of this oath:
16 And these are the secrets of this oath . . .
And they are strong through his oath:
And the heaven was suspended before the world was created,
And for ever.
17 And through it the earth was founded upon the water,
And from the secret recesses of the mountains come beautiful waters,
From the creation of the world and unto eternity.
18 And through that oath the sea was created,
And as its foundation He set for it the sand against the time of (its) anger,
And it dare not pass beyond it from the creation of the world unto eternity.
19 And through that oath are the depths made fast,
And abide and stir not from their place from eternity to eternity.
20 And through that oath the sun and moon complete their course,
And deviate not from their ordinance from eternity to eternity.
21 And through that oath the stars complete their course,
And He calls them by their names,
And they answer Him from eternity to eternity.
22 [And in like manner the spirits of the water, and of the winds, and of all zephyrs, and (their) paths from all the quarters of the winds.
23 And there are preserved the voices of the thunder and the light of the lightnings: and there are preserved the chambers of the hail and the chambers of the hoarfrost, and the chambers of the mist, and the chambers of the rain and the dew.
24 And all these believe and give thanks before YHWH Tzva’ot, and glorify (Him) with all their power, and their food is in every act of thanksgiving: they thank and glorify and extol the name of YHWH Tzva’ot for ever and ever.]
(1Enoch 69:16-24)
Then Enoch reveals to us that the “hidden name”, by which the oath was enunciated is also “the name of that Son of Man.” This is why Yeshua had opened his teaching at the base of Mount Hermon, with the question of the identity of the Son of Man!
25 And this oath is mighty over them
And through it [they are preserved and] their paths are preserved,
And their course is not destroyed.
26 And there was great joy among them,
And they blessed and glorified and extolled
Because the name of that Son of Man had been revealed unto them.
27 And he sat on the throne of his glory,
And the sum of judgment was given unto the Son of Man,
And he caused the sinners to pass away and be destroyed from off the face of the earth,
And those who have led the world astray.
28 With chains shall they be bound?
And in their assemblage-place of destruction shall they be imprisoned,
And all their works vanish from the face of the earth.
29 And from henceforth there shall be nothing corruptible;
For that Son of Man has appeared,
And has seated himself on the throne of his glory,
And all evil shall pass away before his face,
And the word of that Son of Man shall go forth
And be strong before YHWH Tzva’ot.
(1Enoch 69:25-29)
But let us return to the oath itself. The “oath” was enunciated with “the hidden name” which corresponds to a “number” and revealed to us in the Book of Enoch only in hidden form with the words “biqa” (ביקה) and “akae” (אכע). So what is the hidden meaning of these mysterious words?
In Hebrew letters and numbers are the same thing, so a series of letters can express a word but it can also express a number. When Hebrew words are converted to numbers, or vice versa, this is called “gematria”.
The gematria of “biqa” (ביקה) is 117, which is also the gematria for “YHWH Elohim”.
The gematria of “akae” (אכע) is 91, which is also the gematria for “Adonai YHWH.” (91 is also the gematria for the Hebrew words for “amen,” “angel,” and “manna.”)
The “hidden name” which enunciated the oath was the name of YHWH! And the Book of Enoch also reveals to us that YHWH is the Name of the Son of Man. In my recently published blog Why the Rabbis Suppressed the Book of Enoch, I demonstrated that the Rabbis suppressed the Book of Enoch because the Deity of Messiah is revealed in it.
According to the Book of Enoch the fallen angels bound their oath by imprecations, swearing by the Name of YHWH and it is the Name of YHWH which has the power to bind these fallen angels “with chains” (1Enoch 69:28).
Yeshua took his talmidim to the base of Mount Hermon where he asks his talmidim about the identity of the “Son of Man” and declares that the “gates of Takh’ti”, where the fallen angels are being held, will not prevail over his restored halachic authority. He then takes three of his talmidim up onto Mount Hermon itself to meet with Moses and Elijah and then comes down from Mount Hermon to demonstrate his power over the evil spirits who are seed of the fallen angels, by casting one out of a young man, curing him of epilepsy!
Yeshua’s visit to Caesarea Philippi was a direct challenge to the fallen angels and their seed. Yeshua was serving them notice, that their days are numbered, and that the Son of Man has power over them!
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Unfortunately this portion of the Book of Enoch has survived only in Ethiopic. However the underlying Hebrew for “Biqa” is probably “ביקה” and the underlying Hebrew for “Akae” is probably “אכע”.
Please elaborate on your feelings about anything coming from Ethiopia and why you feel it cannot be possible to be accurate.
I never said anything about “anything coming from Ethiopia” nor did I say “it cannot be possible to be accurate”. The Book of Enoch was originally written in Hebrew. While the Hebrew has been completely lost, portions have survived in Aramaic, which is a cognate language to Hebrew. Basically the Book of Enoch was originally written in Hebrew. None of the Hebrew has survived, but large portions have survived in Aramaic and Greek, and a small portion in Latin. The complete text, survives only in an Ethiopic translation. However, a comparison of the Ethiopic with the Aramaic and Greek (where we have Aramaic and/or Greek) show that the Ethiopic translation has reliability problems.
interesting and Yeshua travels over the Sea of Galilee to what seems to be this location to come before the man with devils identified as a Legion which threw himself at his feet “and with a loud voice said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou *Son of God most high? I beseech thee, torment me not.” (Lk.8:28)!