Division – A Universal Process of Creation#

Mark 3:24 And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.

The division of evil kingdoms – or their transfer to nations of lesser evil – is also a dominant theme in the scriptures and an important part of our 666, Counted, Weighed, Divided study.

Transfer, growth, and division are parts of the lifecycle of earthly governments ordained by God until the end, when the kingdoms of the earth are finally transferred to the Kingdom of the Heavens and placed under the jurisdiction of 144,000 rulers.

Kingdom Division – A Mystery#

1 Enoch 41:1-2 And after that I saw all the secrets of the heavens, and how the kingdom is divided, and how the actions of men are weighed in the balance. And there I saw the mansions of the elect and the mansions of the holy, and mine eyes saw there all the sinners being driven from thence which deny the name of the Lord of Spirits, and being dragged off: and they could not abide because of the punishment which proceeds from the Lord of Spirits.

Considering that Enoch is both pre-Old Testament and pre-New Testament, this is very advanced knowledge. It simultaneously refers to:

1. The kingdom being divided in a certain secret manner.
2. The actions of men being weighed in the balance.
3. The “mansions of the elect.”
4. Sinners who deny the Lord being dragged off.

These threads all relate to:

1. MENE MENE TEKEL UPHARSIN (our root study).
2. The Wise, Faithful, or Evil Stewards (Matthew 24:45-51).
3. God’s statement that “In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.” – John 14:2
4. The final judgment mentioned at Proverbs 14:32: “The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.”

Yet the Book of Enoch effortlessly presents all of these as parts of a single thread and theme revealed to Enoch.

Division – A Necessary Part of Life#

Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:

A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;

A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;

A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;

A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;

A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.

And compare Hebrews:

Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

The Beauty of the Process#

In these studies, I’ve easily moved from the dark-age terror of “the end times” taught by church groups to realizing that God has formed his entire creation around a process of unifying and dividing under appointed times.

Even childbirth itself is a form of division. The baby was previously a part of the mother, but through hard work and labor, the child is physically divided from the mother while a much greater and deeper harmony is formed afterward.

So, even amid the dark and frightful events of life, all things work together for good, as it is stated.

So deep-reaching is the necessity of division that it was required in the first stages of creation:

Genesis 1:1–7 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep.

And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.

And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.

And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.

One can easily sense the higher symbolism:

And God saw the light, that it was good…

…which implies that the darkness was not good. This would be a major stumbling point for most readers, who suppose that every detail at the beginning of creation was good.

But Enoch expounds:

1 Enoch 41:7-9

And after that I saw the hidden and the visible path of the moon, and she accomplishes the course of her path in that place by day and by night–the one holding a position opposite to the other before the Lord of Spirits.

And they give thanks and praise and rest not;

For unto them is their thanksgiving rest.

For the sun changes oft for a blessing or a curse,

And the course of the path of the moon is light to the righteous

And darkness to the sinners in the name of the Lord,

Who made a separation between the light and the darkness,

And divided the spirits of men,

And strengthened the spirits of the righteous,

In the name of His righteousness.

For no angel hinders and no power is able to hinder; for He appoints a judge for them all and He judges them all before Him.

Here we see that, just as light and darkness are divided, the spirits of men are also divided, with the luminaries themselves being involved in this process.

Division of Light and Darkness in the Parables#

So we see a process of design and intent regarding the progression of creation as it relates to Good and Evil.

Knowing that the

MENE MENE TEKEL UPHARSIN

or

MINA WEIGHED DIVIDED

system, as it relates to the weighing of the spirit and the portioning of rewards, is a key part of creation itself, Jesus’ parable of division makes sense here:

Matthew 24:45-51; 25:1-10

Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?

Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.

Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.

But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;

And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;

The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,

And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

THEN shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.

And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.

They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them:

But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.

While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.

And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.

Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.

And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.

But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.

And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.

In this progression, we see a small and strange blur between the faithful and evil servant, where there seems to be a question of whether he will, in fact, be faithful or evil – wise or foolish.

The evil slave is divided, or rather “cut asunder,” and something is achieved:

A division of light and darkness

Ten virgins are produced from that division. Five are bearers of light, and five are not – that is, they are associated with darkness.

NOTE: Some might object that the progression from the dividing of the evil steward to the division of the two sets of virgins is not linear. But it is supported by the wording: THEN directly connects the two parables.

The light-bearers enter into the joy of the master, while the darkness-bearers remain behind, illustrating this proverb:

Proverbs 21:16 The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.

The greater relationship is shown in 2 Esdras:

2 Esdras 7:22-28

Nevertheless they were not obedient unto him; but spake against him, and imagined vain things;

And deceived themselves by their wicked deeds; and said of the most High, that he is not; and knew not his ways:

But his law have they despised, and denied his covenants; in his statutes have they not been faithful, and have not performed his works.

And therefore, Esdras, for the empty are empty things, and for the full are the full things.

Behold, the time shall come, that these tokens which I have told thee shall come to pass, and the bride shall appear, and she coming forth shall be seen, that now is withdrawn from the earth.

And whosoever is delivered from the foresaid evils shall see my wonders.

For my son Jesus shall be revealed with those that be with him, and they that remain shall rejoice within four hundred years.

So we have confirmation of the empty – the dark, in this case – inheriting the empty things, or outer darkness, and the full – those with full oil, the light-bearers – inheriting the full things: God and All Things.

Immediately after this statement, 2 Esdras mentions the Bride appearing, which is contextually sound within this entire concept.

So our parent article, 666, Counted, Weighed, Divided study, shows that the process of division is a necessary and foundational part of creation.

Somewhat supporting this entire framework is what was said regarding Jacob and Esau, who were both “divided” from the same mother:

Romans 9:18-22

Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth.

Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will?

Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?

Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?

What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:

This series of connections is merely a sampling of this process as it appears throughout scripture.

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