Enoch

Enoch was born in the earliest ages of humanity before the Flood, as the son of Jared who lived eight hundred sixty-two years, and was the seventh in the line of patriarchs from Adam through Seth, Enosh, Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared. He is mentioned in Genesis 5:18-22 as a pivotal figure in a morally decaying world, where humans began marrying the daughters of men and evil spread, but he remained pure and distinguished by his piety. He lived three hundred sixty-five years, a number symbolizing the complete solar cycle, pointing to his role as a mediator between earth and heaven in later traditions.

Unlike his corrupted contemporaries, 'Enoch walked with God' as Genesis 5:24 states, implying an intimate close communion with the divine. This granted him profound visions of cosmic secrets, stellar movements, the fall of rebellious angels (Watchers) who mated with human daughters birthing Nephilim, and end-time events. He recorded this knowledge in sacred books like First Book of Enoch, describing his journeys through heavens, judgment of fallen angels, and depictions of paradise and hell, making him the first teacher of heavenly wisdom in Jewish and early Christian traditions.

At the age of three hundred sixty-five, Enoch suddenly vanished from earth without seen death, as Genesis 5:24 states: 'Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him'. This exceptional event, unique before Elijah, is interpreted in apocryphal texts as a living transit to the seventh heaven through graduated gates, where he received heavenly coronation and instruction from angels on divine secrets, affirming his status as a living martyr and extraordinary prophet in Jewish theology.

In Jewish esoteric traditions like Third Book of Enoch (Hebrew-Kabbalistic), Enoch's arrival at God's throne is depicted where his physical body turned to celestial fire, veins to lightning bolts, bones to sinews, eyes to torches, crowned with 72 wings becoming Metatron 'the voice' or 'high priest', heavenly scribe recording human deeds and guardian of cherubim. This transformation positions him as the supreme mediator between God and creation, mentioned in Talmud as 'lesser YHWH', linking human eras to spiritual realms in Kabbalah and Hermeticism.