Enoch and the Book of Coincidences

Veteran reporter Howard Riell's tentative investigation into the world of the supernatural brought him more than he'd bargained for as he encountered séances, Ouija board messages, clairvoyance, angels, trance channeling, tales of reincarnation and -- first and foremost -- a flood of amazing coincidences linking it all to ancient Jewish prophecies and both the Old and New Testaments.

Before long, the skeptical Riell and a newfound group of friends found themselves embroiled in a millennia-old drama pitting good against evil -- one that stretches from the Garden of Eden to the approaching apocalyptic end of history...and for the author himself, from agnosticism to faith.

What reads like occult fiction actually happened. Enoch and the Book of Coincidences is the first in a series of stunning first-person chronicles of an incredible two-decade-long, real-life adventure that may well prove the existence of God Himself and reunite two great faiths...and which continues to unfold to this very day!

Enoch and the Book of Coincidences II: Second Messiah

It began in 1986 with a desire to learn the true nature of a relationship with a lost love.

Curiosity led me to a class in the paranormal near my home in Brooklyn, where I met 'Rosalyn' and several others. Within weeks we were meeting informally to speak with what they insisted were entities from another plane of existence. I watched as things no one could have known were revealed, and events we were told would happen actually did. Supplemented by a flood of coincidences in my everyday life so pronounced and consistent with the messages that only a fool could dismiss them, my belief grew.

Soon we started receiving messages saying that Rosalyn and I had been "chosen" to bring the incredible knowledge of life and death, heaven and Earth, and man and God to the world through several books that I would write -- the first of which would become Enoch and The Book of Coincidences.

But by the first book's conclusion many unanswered questions remained. How could Rosalyn and myself have inadvertently changed the course of history? What exactly was the mysterious revelation we supposedly experienced on a lonely road nearly 20 centuries ago? Why would God, if that's Who it was, select the two of us for any kind of mission at all, when Rosalyn was only moderately religious and I was an outright agnostic? And if the real, historical Jesus was the first of two prophesied messiahs, as they were telling us, where was the second -- the true Son of David who according to ancient legend will battle the forces of evil, usher in the Apocalypse and ultimately help bring about man's final redemption?

The final entry in Enoch and The Book of Coincidences was made on August 10, 1987.

This book begins one day earlier.

Enoch and the Book of Coincidences III: Promise

No, I can't explain it. Unless, of course, it's exactly what it appears to be. But my job, at least for now, isn't to explain. Just to report.

These voices from beyond, these messages, came bearing prophecies and predictions that held the promise of divine splendor, of grandeur, majesty and redemption. The promise of ultimate justice, and of mercy, and of right finally triumphing over wrong. The promise of validation, of spectacular notoriety, of a flowering of the human heart. The promise of even more incredible revelations ahead, and of ecstatic communion with the Creator of all; of every wish fulfilled, and the imminent arrival of an era long hoped for but ever elusive throughout mankind's long, painful march down the road of history.

The key word threading through all of this, in case you weren't paying attention - and in retrospect, I myself was not -- being promise.

Enoch and the Book of Coincidences IV: Star and Cross

In this, the fourth installment in the 'Enoch' saga, author Howard Michael Riell and his friend 'Rosalyn' encounter still more impossible coincidences... rapturous messages of divine love... a startling prediction of the fall of the Soviet Union... a son and daughter suspended between heaven and Earth... more messages bearing information neither of the friends possessed... promises of punishment for the wicked, and of a powerful ally to come... discourses on the nature of God and the human soul, and the beginnings of the universe... advice for the faltering State of Israel... mounting frustration and rage on the part of the author... the ominous presence of opponents who will stop at nothing to prevent their success... and still more messages foretelling the imminent end of Christianity and its re-absorption into Judaism -- an unprecedented reuniting, only barely in time for the apocalyptic climax of human history, of Star and Cross.

Enoch and the Book of Coincidences V: Much Darkness Approaches

In what is undoubtedly the most personal chronicle since the original Enoch and the Book of Coincidences, this fifth book in the Enoch saga finds author Howard Michael Riell confronting major life changes – getting married, embracing Orthodox Judaism, leaving New York City and his friends and family, preparing for parenthood, and taking the first tentative steps to bring his amazing story to the world – even as the inconceivable revelatory experiences that changed his life continue to mount.

Though he knows something momentous lies ahead, Riell can hardly be prepared for what comes next. Instead of glory and fame, what fate has in store is the stark realization that, as he is soon told, ‘much darkness approaches.’

Enoch and the Book of Coincidences VI: Suffering Servant

“All of mankind is waiting for someone — a teacher, a leader, a link between heaven and earth… a messiah. Jews, Christians and Muslims have all been waiting centuries for a chosen individual to arrive and put things right. To bring an end to hatred, violence and greed, and to help usher in a Godly era that points the way back to paradise. The Enoch phenomenon at least appears to augur that cherished future. That said, what sacrifice could possibly be too great in order to achieve this worthiest of all aspirations? And even if, at the end of my life, I find that I was somehow mistaken about what these messages and coincidences were and meant, my attempt to achieve this most elusive of all dreams—peace on earth, good will toward men—would still have proven a holy and worthwhile undertaking.”

Howard Michael Riell

Enoch and the Inventory of Miracles

The American Heritage Dictionary defines "coincidence" as "a sequence of events that although accidental seems to have been planned or arranged."

There is, of course, no such thing as coincidence in the sense that American Heritage understands the word.

Everything is intended, planned, programmed, set in place by God. Nothing is accidental, as they would have it. Nor do things merely "seem" to have been planned or arranged. They were.

More than two decades of experience have proven this to me. That's why when I use the word coincidence I mean just the opposite of American Heritage: the alignment of names, places, times, events, etc. beyond any reasonable odds, by definition, shows a divine hand at work.

 

The Merciful Rebuke of Satan:
The Short Stories And Searing Vision of Howard Riell

The Merciful Rebuke Satan: The Short Stories And Searing Vision of Howard Riell, is a collection of 59 eclectic, off-beat, startlingly original short stories. They vary to an amazing degree - from variations on Biblical and even Shakespearean texts to parody, pathos, drama, and outright slapstick comedy. Some will make readers laugh out loud, others cry, still others freeze in terror.

Among the tales Riell spins:

• A demon rises from the murky depths of hell and vows to please his master by killing a saintly rabbi
• A pair of renowned Hasidic rebbes try a bit too hard to impress the prophet Elijah when they encounter him on the side of a lonely country road
• An old woman's lifetime of anguish ends with a single, horrifying scream
• A man comes face to face with the crushing realization that he must finally acknowledge the daughter he's never met
• A man attains wisdom -- and the power of prophecy -- in the final moments of his life amid a rush-hour crowd on the New York City subway
• The still-hidden Messiah pens some of his most intimate thoughts
• World famous "psychic detective" Harvey Noodleman fights the farces of evil in a quintet of wacky stories

Enoch, Isreal and America

Israel and America need to listen. And learn.

Listen – to the promise God made to Abraham 4,000 years ago.

Learn – from the prophet Jonah's experience in the city of Nineveh.

These two ancient tales can save 21st century Israel and America and, by extension, the entire world.

The Enoch messages prove it!

Introducing: The Enoch and the Book of Coincidences Collection!

For the first time, Howard Michael Riell is offering Enoch and the Book of Coincidences I-VI as a set. For only $79.99, you can get the entire series for whopping 17% off the retail price! Get yours now, before they are all gone!