For our present purposes it is enough to note that 1 Enoch does not introduce and explain the ‘son of man’ figure, but simply assumes it.118 This implies that at whatever stage the Similitudes were written, the picture we have seen in more detail in Daniel 7, 4 Ezra and 2 Baruch was well enough known to be taken for granted. The four kingdoms, the great reversal, and the vindication of the elect, could be assumed.
