When anyone studies Judaism & the wildly crazy stuff they really believe, its no wonder why their ranks are not swelling in modern times, its crazy, primitive, tribal nonsense. Lets take their first angel from that list 'Hadarniel', now this is really a tall tale literally, maybe they were borrowing from the Hindus here for this angel was 2.1 million miles tall !
You wanted to roll your eyes? Feel free anytime, this is primitive human beings, cobbling stories stolen from each other, perhaps drinking too much wine & trying to outdo the other. Or put more simply, piled higher & deeper for thats about all they knew how to do since buliding real temples was out of their league as well. ( until the Hellenes arrive & really show them how to do it after 300BC)
Angel Hadraniel (or Hadarniel,among other variant spellings)
Whose name means "majesty [or greatness] of God," is an angel in Jewish Angelology assigned as gatekeeper at the second gate in heaven. [1] He is supposed to be more than sixty myriads of parasangs (approximately 2.1 million miles) tall and a daunting figure to face.
When Moses arrived in heaven to get the Torah from God, it was said that he was speechless with awe at the sight of Hadraniel. [2] Hadraniel didn't think Moses should have the Torah, and made him weep in fear, which caused God to appear and reprimand Hadraniel for causing problems. Hadraniel quickly decided to behave and acted as a guide for Moses. This was a great help, for (according to Zoharic legend) "when Hadraniel proclaims the will of the Lord, his voice penetrates through 200,000 firmaments." [3] Also, according to the Revelation of Moses, "with every word from his (Hadraniel's) mouth go forth 12,000 flashes of lightning." [4]
In Gnosticism Hadraniel is only one of seven subordinates to Jehuel, prince of fire (King,p. 15). In the Zohar (55b), Hadraniel speaks to Adam about Adam's possession of the Book of the Angel Raziel, which was said to contain secret information that not even the angels knew. |
