Ragnarok : the age of fire and gravel

426 CONCLUSIONS.

“4, And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth.”

And again, (chap. vi) :

“12. And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood ;

“13. And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig-tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.

‘14. And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together ; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.

“15. And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman and every freeman, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains ;

“16. And said to the mountains and the rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:

“17. For the great day of his wrath is come, and who shall be able to stand ?”

Here we seem to have the story of Job over again, in this prefiguration of the future.

The Ethiopian copy of the apocryphal book of Enoch contains a poem, which is prefixed to the -body of that work, and which the learned author of ‘“ Nimrod” supposes to be authentic. It certainly dates from a vast antiquity. It is as follows :

“Enoch, a righteous man, who was with God, answered and spoke while his eyes were open, and while he saw a holy vision in the heavens... .

“Upon this account I spoke, and conversed with him who will go forth from his habitation, the holy and mighty One, the God of the world.

“Who will hereafter tread upon the mountain Sinai, and appear with his hosts, and be manifested in the strength of his power from heaven.