THE WATCHER(s)

 

The term "the watchers" is found in the Bible, specifically in the Book of Daniel. 

The term appears in the following verses in Daniel:

• Daniel 4:13: Mentions a "watcher, a holy one, came down from heaven".
• Daniel 4:17: Refers to a decision made by the "decree of the watchers".
• Daniel 4:23: Describes the king seeing a "watcher, a holy one," delivering a message. 

In these verses, the watchers are typically interpreted as a class of angels or holy beings who are involved in carrying out divine judgments and observing earthly events. They are seen as concerned with God's authority. 

While "watchers" is specifically used in Daniel, other biblical and related texts explore similar concepts of heavenly beings overseeing humanity. Examples include:

• Genesis 6:1-4: Now it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born to them, 2 that the sons of God saw the daughters of men, that they were beautiful; and they took wives for themselves of all whom they chose.3 And the Lord said, “My Spirit shall not strive with man forever, for he is indeed flesh; yet his days shall be one hundred and twenty years.” 
• 4 There were giants on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men and they bore children to them. Those were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown.

• Mentions "sons of God," which some traditions link to fallen angels or Watchers.

• Psalm 34:7

The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear him, and he delivers them.

• Refers to the "angel of the Lord" protecting those who fear God, suggesting a watchful role.
• The Book of Enoch: Discusses Watchers in detail, including both obedient and fallen angels. 

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2. Daniel 4:13
   “I saw in the visions of my head as I lay in bed, and behold, a watcher, a holy one, came down from heaven.

   
   
3. Daniel 4:17
   The sentence is by the decree of the watchers, the decision by the word of the holy ones, to the end that the living may know that the Most High rules the kingdom of men and gives it to whom he will and sets over it the lowliest of men.’

   
   
4. Daniel 4:23
   And because the king saw a watcher, a holy one, coming down from heaven and saying, ‘Chop down the tree and destroy it, but leave the stump of its roots in the earth, bound with a band of iron and bronze, in the tender grass of the field, and let him be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts of the field, till seven periods of time pass over him,’