THE
DABELA
The final prophet is
referred to by many different names.
The Urantia Book calls him "another and greater John
the Baptist." Isaiah refers to him as "God’s servant." Malachi
calls him "Elijah." The Dead
Sea Scrolls refer to him
as "the interpreter of the law" and "the Priest." 1Enoch
calls him "the dabela" which is a mountain goat with a large single
horn. The names are different but the activities and the messianic time of his
appearance are all the same. Separating out this information we have:
God’s Servant, Final
Prophet
Names
. Elijah to come (Malachi 3:23)
. another and Greater John the Baptist (UB)
. interpreter of the Law (DSC)
. the Priest (DSC)
. interpreter of Knowledge (DSC)
. God’s servant (Isaiah)
. dabela (mountain goat, large horn) 1Enoch
And so, we read tomorrow’s
newspaper today. This part of 1Enoch is an important piece of scripture, which
outlines certain events, in the messianic time period just ahead that concern
the elect. The sheep
are symbolic of God’s
traditional peoples, mostly Christians and Jews. These people give birth to a
new people (lambs)
of God, who "begin
to open their eyes" (? as a result of new revelation.) As the lambs awaken
to the newly discovered realities of the kingdom of heaven, they call to their
predecessors (Christians and Jews: sheep) to open their eyes too. But the
traditional peoples of God (the sheep) have been blinded by the false teachings
of the past and they are "deaf, blind, and obdurate in the greatest
degrees." The lambs, I believe, are the congregation of those who elect
God’s will.
1Enoch 89:10 I saw in the vision
that ravens flew down upon those lambs;
1Enoch 89:11 That they seized
one of them; and that tearing the sheep
in pieces, they devoured
them.
1Enoch 89:12 I saw also, that horns grew upon those lambs; and that the ravens lighted down upon
their horns.
The ravens symbolize the evil
ones of the world who attack the innocent lambs because the lambs understand
the evil that is transpiring in the world and have become a threat to the
powers that be. As a result of the open attack on the lambs, the elect become
fully cognizant of the evil that exists and therefore they increase in
strength, as symbolized by the growing of horns,
which always symbolize power
(good or bad).
1Enoch 89:9-11 Then I kept
seeing till one
great horn sprouted on one
of those sheep, and he
opened their (the lambs) eyes, and
they had vision in them and their eyes were opened. He cried aloud to the
sheep, and all the rams saw him and ran unto him. (1Enoch; Pseudoepigrapha, James Charlesworth).
The ram with the "great
horn" "opens the eyes" of the others probably by revealing God’s
plan for the messianic age. I believe He is the final prophet to come. The rams
are the strongest ones among the lambs and sheep, and run to join the final
prophet (one with the great horn) after the revelation is made to them.
1Enoch 89:11-12 In spite of
this, all those eagles, vultures, ravens, and kites until now continue to rip
the sheep (Christians and Jews) swooping down on them and eating them. As for
the sheep they remain silent; but the rams are lamenting and crying aloud.
Those ravens gather and battle with him (the large horned ram/prophet) and seek
to remove his horn (his power), but without success. (James Charlesworth). (my
parentheses)
In the verse above , we witness
the persecution and killing of the sheep (predominantly Jews and Christians).
The stronger ones among the Christians (the rams) cry out and lament while the
rest of the sheep remain silent and blind.
1Enoch 89:13 I saw thereafter
the shepherds coming; and those vultures and kites
cried aloud to the ravens so that they would smash the horn of that ram with
the great horn (the prophet). But he (the prophet) battled with them, and they
(shepherds) fought each other, and he (prophet) cried aloud, while battling
them, so that God’s help would come. (James Charlesworth). (my parentheses)
The shepherds are the misleaders who are supposed to be tending
the flock, but are instead killing and enslaving the sheep. The ram with the
great horn (the Dabela), the final prophet, calls to God for help as he battles
against the agents of evil (shepherd leaders and henchmen ravens).
1Enoch 89:22 He (the man)
brought assistance, and caused
every one to see him descending to the help of the dabela.
The "Lord of the
sheep" is Melchizedek and the "dabela" is the ram with the great
horn, the Final Prophet. The man who writes down the iniquities of the
shepherds is an unidentified helper or assistant of Melchizedek’s. This helper
"descends" to the aid of the prophet in plain sight for
"everyone" to see! How does he descend in plain sight?
1Enoch 89:24 All came together,
and strove to break the horn of the dabela.
This presentation is from the
book, “The Kingdom of Heaven is at Hand” by Edmund J. Roache.