The Book of Enoch: Why was The Fallen Angels Fall Worse than Adam and Eve’s?

Coke Francis
Interfaith Now
Published in
5 min readMar 7, 2022

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If Adam and Eve “Fell” that means they fell from somewhere either high above or another dimension into our own dimension. This coincides with my suspicion that the Garden of Eden was in some kind of dream world on our earth.

So Adam and Eve fell much like the fallen angels fell. However, according to The Book of Enoch, God's punishment for the fallen angels seems severe compared to the punishment for Adam and Eve.

And it’s not just my frail human heart that says so, apparently, even the Great Archangel Michael trembled at the thought of it:

LXVIII. Michael and Raphael astonished at the Severity of the Judgement.

CHAPTER LXVIII.

2. And on that day Michael answered Raphael and said: ‘The power of the spirit transports and makes me to tremble because of the severity of the judgement of the secrets, the judgement of the angels: who can endure the severe judgement which has been executed, and before which they melt away?’ 3. And Michael answered again, and said to Raphael: ‘Who is he whose heart is not softened concerning it, and whose reins are not troubled by this word of judgement (that) has gone forth upon them because of those who have thus led them out?’

4. And it came to pass…

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