We need not go into all the details of Messianic teaching given in this literature; much of it is similar to that found in the Old Testament and in the Apocrypha; it will be sufficient if we point out what is more specifically characteristic. The most important point upon which to lay stress is the transcendental character of the Messiah. In 1 Enoch the Messiah appears as One Who is divine, for He has His place upon the throne of God: On that day Mine Elect One shall sit upon the Throne of Glory (xlv. 3). He is Judge and Saviour, and is endowed with all wisdom: For in those days the Elect One shall arise, And He shall choose the righteous and holy from among them, For the day has drawn nigh that they should be saved.[137] And the Elect One shall in those days sit on My throne, And His mouth shall pour forth all the secrets of wisdom and counsel; For the Lord of Spirits hath given them to Him, and hath glorified Him (li. 2, 3). But as a righteous judge He will condemn the wicked: And He sat on the throne of His glory, And the sum of judgement was given unto the Son of Man, And he caused the sinners to pass away and be destroyed from off the face of the earth, And those who have led the world astray.... For that Son of Man has appeared, And has seated himself upon the throne of His glory, And all evil shall pass away before His face, And the word of that Son of Man shall go forth, And be strong before the Lord of Spirits (lxix. 27-29, cp. lxi. 8).[138] In accordance with this divine character of the Messiah is the teaching of His pre-existence before the world began: Yea, before the sun and the signs were created, Before the stars of the heaven were made, His name was named before the Lord of Spirits (xlviii. 3, cp. verse 6). This teaching is by no means confined to the Book of Enoch; in the Sibylline Oracles v. 414 ff., for example, it is said in reference to the Messiah that “there hath come from the plains of heaven a Blessed Man with the Sceptre in His hand which God hath committed to His clasp; and He hath won fair dominion over all, and hath restored to all the good the wealth which the former men took.” In the Testament of the Twelve Patriarchs, Judah xxiv. 1 it is said: “No sin shall be found in Him”; and in Levi xviii. 10, 11 are the striking words: And He shall open the gates of paradise, And shall remove the threatening sword against Adam, And He shall give to the saints to eat from the tree of life, And the spirit of holiness shall be on them.