Azazel
END OF THE AGE - ABIB 1, 6001

"Aaron shall offer the bull as a sin offering for himself, and shall make atonement for himself and for his house.  He shall take the two goats and set them before the Lord at the entrance of the tent of the meeting; and Aaron shall cast lots on the two goats, one lot for the Lord and the other lot for Azazel.  Aaron shall present the goat on which the Lot fell for the Lord, and offer it as a sin offering; but the goat on which the lot fell for Azazel shall be presented alive before the Lord to make atonement over it, that it may be sent away into the wilderness to Azazel."  (Leviticus 16:6-10, New Revised Standard Version)

"And it came to pass when the children of men had multiplied that in those days were born unto them beautiful and comely daughters.  And the angels, the children of heaven, saw and lusted after them and said to one another: 'Come, let us choose us wives from among the children of men and beget us children.'  And Semjaza, who was their leader, said unto them:  'I fear ye will not indeed agree to do this deed, and I alone shall have to pay the penalty of a great sin.;  And they answered him and said:  'Let us all swear an oath, and all bind ourselves by mutual imprecations not to abandon this plan but to do this thing.'  Then swore they all together and bound themselves by mutual imprecations upon it.  And they were in all two hundred; who descended in the days of Jared (note:  some time between lunar years 461 and 1323) on the summit of Mount Hermon, and they called it Mount Hermon, because they had sworn and bound themselves by mutual imprecations upon it.  And these are the names of their leaders:  Samiazaz, their leader, Arakiba, Rameel, Kokabiel, Tamiel, Ramiel, Danel, Ezeqeel, Baraqijal, Azazel, Armaros, Batarel, Ananel, Zaqiel, Samsapeel, Satarel, Turel, Jomjael, Sariel.  These are the chiefs of tens."  (Book of Enoch 6:1-8)

"And Azazel taught men to make swords, and knives, and shields, and breastplates, and made known to them the metals of the earth and the art of working them, and bracelets, and ornaments, and the use of antimony, and the beautifying of the eyelids, and all kinds of costly stones, and all colouring tinctures."  (Book of Enoch 8:1-2)

"And again the Lord said to Raphael:  'Bind Azazel hand and foot, and cast him into the darkness and make an opening in the desert, which is in Dudael, and cast him therein.  And place upon him rough and jagged rocks, and cover him with darkness, and let him abide there for ever, and cover his face that he may not see the light.  (Book of Enoch 10:4-7)

It is Azazel who is known by the names of Abaddon in Hebrew and Apollyon in Greek (Revelation 9:11).  It is Azazel, not YHWH, who is the Destroyer responsible for destruction in the world.  It is written of YHWH, rather, that He destroys those who destroy the world (Revelation 11:18).

The human race was not wiped out by YHWH in the Flood which carried away the 200 million fallen angels and their offspring (Matthew 24:38-39).  The Book of Job provides evidence that people other than Noah's family were able to survive the Flood.  Zophar was a Naamathite (Job 2:11) and Naamathites were descendants of Naamah (Genesis 4:22) who was of the line of Cain.  If Noah's family had been the only survivors of the Flood, as many assume, the line of Cain would not have survived the Flood.
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