A mystery, in the language of this ancient book, is a truth hidden until heaven reveals it. Composed within the Ethiopian Orthodox Church and steeped in the world of Enoch and the Watchers, The Book of the Mysteries of Heaven and Earth unfolds the story of the cosmos as a single sacred drama: the making of the angels, the rebellion of the proud, the fall of Adam and Eve, the visions of the righteous Enoch, the judgment of the great flood, and the long road to the coming of Christ. Then, turning to the end of all things, it describes the reign of the Antichrist, the resurrection of the dead, and the final making of a new heaven and a new earth. This faithful modern-English edition makes the vision of this timeless classic available to today's readers in clear, inviting prose — while keeping all the wonder, strangeness, and urgency of the original. Sit with it slowly; it rewards a patient reader. Part of The World Scriptures Library.