Starting in Col. 12 we see the connection between the star angels and the earthly army.
| Col. 12 | ||
| For You have a multitude of holy ones in the heavens and hosts of angels in Your exalted dwelling to pr[aise] Your [name]. The chosen ones of the holy people | ||
| You have established for Yourself in a [community. The nu]mber (or The b]ook) of the names of all their host is with You in Your holy dwelling, and the n[umber of the holy one]s is in the abode of Your glory. | ||
| Mercies of blessing […] and Your covenant of peace You engraved for them with a stylus of life in order to reign o[ver them]: for all time, | ||
| commissioning the hos[ts of I Your [e]lect by their thousands and tens of thousands together with Your holy ones [and] Your angels, and directing them | ||
| in battle [so as to condemn] the earthly adversaries by trial with Your judgments. With the elect of heaven [they] shall prev[ail]. | ||
| And You, O God, are awe[some] in the glory of Your dominion, and the company of Your holy ones is in our midst for etern[al] support. We [shall direct our contempt at kings, derision | ||
| and disdain at mighty men. For the Lord is holy, and the King of Glory is with us together with the holy ones. Migh[ty men and] a host of angels are with our commissioned forces. | ||
| The Hero of Wa[r] is with our company, and the host of His spirits is with our steps Our horsemen are [as] the clouds and as the mist covering the earth, | ||
| and as a steady downpour shedding judgment on all her offspring. Rise up, O Hero, take Your captives, O Glorious One, take | ||
| Your plunder, O You who do valiantly. Lay Your hand upon the neck of Your enemies, and Your foot upon the backs of the slain. Crush the nations, Your adversaries, and may Your sword devour guilty flesh. Fill Your land with glory, and Your heritance with blessing. | ||
Thanksgiving Hymns speak of this war
Once more we picture the face of Jacob speaking.
The Hero shall bend his bow; the fortress shall open on to endless space and the everlasting gates shall send out weapons of war.
They shall be mighty from end to end [of the earth and there shall be no escape] for the guilty of heart [in their battle]…
With heavenly hosts- as warriors
For God shall sound His mighty voice, and His holy abode shall thunder with the truth of His glory. The heavenly hosts shall cry out and the world’s foundations shall stagger and sway.
The war of the heavenly warriors shall scourge the earth; and it shall not end before the appointed
destruction which shall be for ever and without compare.
They are shown as ministers
9. I thank Thee (corrected: Blessed art Thou) O Lord, for Thou hast not abandoned the fatherless or despised the poor .For Thy might [is boundless] and Thy glory beyond measure and wonderful Heroes minister to Thee; yet [hast Thou done marvels] among the humble in the mire underfoot, and among those eager for righteousness, causing all the well-loved poor to rise up together from the trampling. All the nations shall acknowledge Thy truth, and all the peoples Thy glory.
Face sees angels ascending and descending
For Thou wilt bring Thy glorious [salvation] to all the men of Thy Council, to those who share a common lot with the Angels of the Face.
The angel princes reply
They shall reply according to Thy glorious word and shall be Thy princes in the company [of the Angels].
They shall send out a bud [for ever] like a flower [of the fields], and shall cause a shoot to grow into the boughs of an everlasting Planting It shall cover the whole [earth] with its shadow [and its crown] (shall reach) to the [clouds]; its roots (shall go down) to the Abyss [and all the rivers of Eden shall water its branches].
The heavenly hosts shall cry out and the world’s foundations shall stagger and sway.
The war of the heavenly warriors shall scourge the earth; and it shall not end before the appointed destruction which shall be for ever and without compare.
- The heavenly hosts shall cry out/ This is done in the Songs of the Sabbath sacrifices (also addressed “ to the Maskil”).
- The war of the heavenly warriors / The equinox war being fought by seven star men in heaven is important. It is the model for war on earth to be fought the same way.
- The battle of the heavenly Heroes will span the globe-(Wise Albreg Translation) Sees this story as kind of a Gospel of the Kingdom that will go out to the whole earth.
Note: It is also the purpose of Qumran to make straight the crooked paths of the LORD. This is the path of the foundation stone, from Kether (the crown of the head) to Malkuth (the pit)
[There is no] calm in the whirlwind that I may restore my soul, no path that I may straighten my way on the face of the water.
- Straighten my way/Celestially the solar path is the path of the soul. It goes from Kether to Malkuth. On earth it goes from the forehead of the Microprosophus to the pit.
- face of the water /Zohar vol.5 Sonchino Press- Book of Concealed Mystery; calls the face of Jacob the face of the waters (in Genesis 1)
The deeps resound to my groaning and [my soul has journeyed] to the gates of death.
- my soul has journeyed] to the gates of death./The Foundation stone has the soul body of the Holy One and goes to the gates of death; to break open the gates of Hell
- Compare: Upon this rock…gates of Hell shall not prevail against it.
But I shall be as one who enters a fortified city, as one who seeks refuge behind a high wall until deliverances (comes); I will [lean on] Thy truth, O my God.
- The face of Jacob is in the fortified city of Old City Jerusalem and has a wall.
For Thou wilt set the foundation on rock
- The face lays upon the foundation stone.
and the framework by the measuring-cord of justice;
and the tried stones [Thou wilt lay] by the plumb-line [of truth], to [build] a mighty [wall] which shall not sway; and no man entering there shall stagger.
- Make straight the crooked paths of the LORD.
- It will descend to the pit.
- A line to the Plummet ,
- From Kether to Malkuth
All the nations shall acknowledge Thy truth, and all the peoples Thy glory.
Bring forth your witnesses or say it is the truth
- For Thou wilt bring Thy glorious [salvation] to all the men of Thy Council, to those who share a common lot with the Angels of the Face. And among them shall be no mediator to [invoke Thee], and no messenger [to make] reply; for …They shall reply according to Thy glorious word and shall be Thy princes in the company [of the Angels].
ü to those who share a common lot with the Angels of the Face/The face is beholding star men, also called Angels.
ü War Scroll speaks of gods and men our steps with their steps
Also see:
- Royal Psalms: Seven Spirits will give you reliable decisions. If you don’t know about them listen
- Songs of Sabbath Sacrifices speaks of seven Princes, also call Spirits. They are also star men.
The mysteries
- Thou hast created all the spirits [and. hast established a statute] and law for all their works.
- Thou hast spread the heavens for Thy glory and hast [appointed] all [their hosts] according to Thy will; the mighty winds according to their laws before they became angels [of holiness] … and eternal spirits in their dominions; the heavenly lights to their mysteries, the stars to their paths, [the clouds] to their tasks, the thunderbolts and lightning’s to their duty, and the perfect treasuries (of snow and hail) to their purposes,… to their mysteries.
- Thou hast created the earth by Thy power and the seas and deeps [by Thy might].
- Thou hast’ fashioned [all] their [inhabi]tants according to Thy wisdom, and hast appointed all that is in them according to Thy will.
