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242a Shepherd of the Sheep of Israel. This Prophet has also some apocalyptical portions in his book. In his first vision with which he begins his prophetic book, he sees besides the sapphire throne of the Eternal theappearance of “the Son of Man.” [1] This “Son of Man” who is repeatedly mentioned as always in the presence of God and above the Cherubim is not Hezekiel (or Ezekiel) himself [2] He is the prophetical “Barnasha,” the Last Prophet, who was appointed to save the people of God from the hands of the unbelievers here upon this earth, and not elsewhere!(a) “The Son of Man” according to the Apocalypse of Enoch (or Henoh).There is no doubt that Jesus Christ (pbuh) was very familiar with the Revelation of Enoch, believed to be written by the seventh patriarch from Adam (pbuh) . For Judah, “the brother of James” and the “servant of Jesus Christ (pbuh) ,” that is the brother of Jesus (pbuh) , believes that Enoch was the real author of the work bearing his name [3] There are some dispersed fragments of this wonderful Apocalypse preserved in the quotations of the Early Christian writers. The book was lost long before Photius. It was only about the beginning of last century that this important work was found in the Canon of the Scriptures belonging to the Abyssinian Church, and translated from the Ethiopic into the German language by Dr. Dillmann, with notes and explanations [4] . The book is divided into five parts or books, and the whole contains one hundred and ten chapters of unequal length. The author describes the fall of the angels, their illicit[1] Ezek. i. 26.[2] Ezek. x. 2.[3] Judah i. 14. In the Gospels, he is mentioned as one of the four brothers of Jesus, Matt. xiii. 55, 56, etc.[4] It has also been translated into English by an Irish Bishop, Laurence.