works to demonstrate apocalyptic discourse is 1 Enoch.3 The figure “Enoch” is portrayed as receiving a vision and writing this: “It was shown to me, and I heard the holy messengers, and as I heard from them everything and understood I saw [… and spoke]” (1.2). The apostle Paul, while he did not write an “apocalypse,” as far as we know, easily demonstrates apocalyptic thought. He does not shy away from making reference to the nefarious activity of Satan (1 Thess. 2:18; 2 Cor. 2:11; Rom. 16:20). He