WHEN MERKABAH MYSTICISM FIRST EMERGED

[Ms Tercy Lonan]

WHEN MERKABAH MYSTICISM FIRST EMERGED:- Scholars are uncertain as to when MERKABAH mysticism first emerged. Some say that the oldest evidence of this throne mysticism is in the First Book of Enoch, which may have been written as early as the third century B.C. It portrays Enoch’s ascent to heaven and his vision of an exalted throne and the Glorious One who sat upon it. A hymn-fragment in the Dead Sea Scrolls discovered at Qumran, dating back to about the first century B.C…, describes cherubim blessing the “image of the throne-chariot.” Some have deduced from this that the Qumran community embraced some kind of Merkabah mysticism.
Merkabah mysticism began to flourish in the first century in Palestine. Some scholars claim that threads of Merkabah Mysticism are even woven into Jesus’ teachings and New Testament writings of the first century. They say, for instance, that Paul’s account of being “caught up into paradise” in II Corinthians 12 and John’s vision recorded in Revelation 4 of the heavenly throne him who sat upon it are MERKABAH visions. Gnostic texts, which claim to record Jesus secret teachings, also describe mystic ascents. Wish you a peaceful day to YOU with love & light to all my Divine Friends. Tercy