
Blood Rising to the Horses in Final Judgment
Enoch and Revelation share the striking image of judgment blood rising to the height of horses, linking two apocalyptic harvest scenes.
Revelation 14:14–20
14And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud [one] sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle.
15And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe.
16And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped.
17And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle.
18And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.
19And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast [it] into the great winepress of the wrath of God.
20And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand [and] six hundred furlongs.
Attributed passages in the Book of Enoch
These noncanonical passages are presented as historical literary witnesses and are kept distinct from canonical Scripture.
An unusually close apocalyptic image of final judgment
Sources & further reading
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The Book of Enoch — R. H. Charles translation
Project GutenbergPublic-domain English edition used for the displayed chapter and verse references.
4QEnoch: an Aramaic manuscript witness
Israel Antiquities AuthorityOfficial presentation of a Dead Sea Scroll manuscript of 1 Enoch, documenting its ancient transmission.
1 Enoch: The Hermeneia Translation
Society of Biblical LiteratureScholarly publication material situating 1 Enoch and its major literary sections.
The sources establish the historical record and provide background on the biblical passage. The conclusion that these events fulfill prophecy is the stated interpretation of Watchman 33.