in
the pages
of the Enochic
Similitudes; moreover, a crucial
synthesis is taking place, a synthesis
of APOTHEOTIC & THEOPHANIC traditions
that is key to the religious background
of the Gospels as well.
In Enoch here,
as in the nearly contemporary Gospels,
we find a powerful connection or synthesis between the idea of G d
made manifest to men by appearing on earth as a man ('theophany'

and of man being raised to the level of divinity
('apotheosis'

.
In these final chapters of the Similitudes,
Enoch is shown all of the secrets of the universe and brought to the house of the archangels,
with the Ancient of Days
among them.
In chapter 71,
the Ancient of Days
comes to Enoch and declares,
"YOU ARE THE SON OF MAN
WHO WAS BORN TO RIGHTEOUSNESS,
AND RIGHTEOUSNESS REMAINS OVER YOU,
AND THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE ANCIENT
OF DAYS WILL
NOT LEAVE
YOU."
Enoch
has been exalted
and been fused with the Son of Man,
the preexistence divine Redeemer and
heavenly Messiah whom we
have already
met.