The Books of Enoch.

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Would the book of Enoch enhance one's spiritual understanding, or cause confusion questions?

  • A) help

    Votes: 7 35.0%
  • B) Add Confusion

    Votes: 5 25.0%
  • C) There's a reason God kept it out of the Bible

    Votes: 13 65.0%

  • Total voters
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iamsoandso

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Homer was not a Christian. nor was his poems inspired or authoritative Homer was a pagan, teacher of Greek mythology.

Homer was not an eyewitness of the Lord Jesus Christ nor was he a prophet. So any writing of Enoch where the person who wrote it can't be known can't be used as a primary source to establish Biblical teaching or doctrine.


That would be the same as making the Gnostic gospels of Judas, Mary, and Thomas the primary witness to Christ over the synoptic Gospels of Matthew Mark and Luke who were eyewitnesses to Christ where the gnostics were written hundreds of years after the death of John the Apostle.

yet we try to make the writing of Jude with Enoch to say what we want Genesis 6 to say when it is improper hermeneutics.

Great way to sell books and make movies though LOL.

I realize these type threads get emotional and things are said quickly without thought but you do realize that Luke was not an "witness" himself to Christ but wrote down what was told to them by witnesses afterwards right?
 
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the point of "snapshot" is for example Matthew, Mark, and Luke say many of the something yet they are not exactly the same. each has different things they saw or did not see or recorded.

it is known when the word of God says Man also includes women. Genesis is History to use but the Book of Beginnings for man not God
well I can see that, but you referenced Genesis and mankind, so...

but again, if men were closer to God as you suggested, then why did God desire to wipe everyone out...save one family?
 

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Enoch I:6 And the high mountains shall be shaken, and the high hills shall be made low...
Isaiah 2:14 And upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up,
Isaiah 2:19 And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the Lord, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.
Hebrews 12:26 Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven.


Enoch I:7 And the earth shall be wholly rent asunder, And all that is upon the earth shall perish, and there shall be a judgment upon all (men).
Isaiah 24:19 The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly. 20 The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again.


Enoch I:8 But with the righteous He will make peace, And will protect the elect, And mercy shall be upon them. And they shall all belong to God, And they shall be prospered, And they shall all be blessed. And he will keep them all, And light shall appear unto them, And He will make peace with them.
Isaiah 60:2 For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the Lord shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee. 3 And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.
Malachi 3:16 Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another: and the Lord hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name. 17 And they shall be mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.
Malachi 4:1 For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch. 2 But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.


The correlations above are those I found just in the first chapter in the book of Enoch.
What if Enoch writers took from Isiah as the Koran did?
 

CS1

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I realize these type threads get emotional and things are said quickly without thought but you do realize that Luke was not an "witness" himself to Christ but wrote down what was told to them by witnesses afterwards right?
Eyewitnesses of other Eyeswitneses The information in Luke was most likely received from Peter Paul and others who did see Jesus after He rose from the dead. Read 1Cortinthains 15.

In comparison to Enoch's book, we know he did not write it. Also we know those who presented it could not establish it as the word of God. Not the case with Luke.
 

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What if Enoch writers took from Isiah as the Koran did?
If the book of Enoch were the product of man, as is the Koran, then we would find numerous errors that could be shown to be the fallacious work of man. If, however, the data in the book of Enoch does not have human errors, it would then indicate it to be the inspired Word of God.
 

CS1

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well I can see that, but you referenced Genesis and mankind, so...

but again, if men were closer to God as you suggested, then why did God desire to wipe everyone out...save one family?
let me try to explain the meaning of closer. The Garden fall to Noah was not that long of the period the time of Abraham to the time of Joseph also was not that long of a period, however,


The experience and revelation of God's Divine Nature is seen more yet man still grew distant because of Sin.

Adam knew God but differently than Noah. Noah knew God yet differently than Abraham. The meaning of closer was mans experience after the fall was still very new.

after the fall we many different things that did not happen.
Adam and Eve fall
Yet Eve experience giving birth fir the first time

Cain and Able the first Murder
Noah the first time it rained on the earth and flooded.


as we progress through the Bible man becomes more separated by sin as sin rules man. That is the only point I am making.
 

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Eyewitnesses of other Eyeswitneses The information in Luke was most likely received from Peter Paul and others who did see Jesus after He rose from the dead. Read 1Cortinthains 15.

In comparison to Enoch's book, we know he did not write it. Also we know those who presented it could not establish it as the word of God. Not the case with Luke.

I didn't mention Enoch,, I was just following along with the thread and didn't want the guest who might not be members to think we didn't know what is in the first few verses of Luke https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke 1&version=KJV I realize these threads get really wild at times and people say things without thinking.
 

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If the book of Enoch were the product of man, as is the Koran, then we would find numerous errors that could be shown to be the fallacious work of man. If, however, the data in the book of Enoch does not have human errors, it would then indicate it to be the inspired Word of God.
it does have errors and Jesus nor the Apostles or the church fathers ever called it scripture.
 

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luigi

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it does have errors and Jesus nor the Apostles or the church fathers ever called it scripture.
Could you please point out one or two of these errors?
By the way, the book of Job which precedes Judaism, is it valid if we do not know who witnessed it?
 

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Could you please point out one or two of these errors?
By the way, the book of Job which precedes Judaism, is it valid if we do not know who witnessed it?
I did it was posted earlier. JOB was not the only one who did I guess you did not hear of Abram who became Abraham He was not a Jew. And the New Testament well speaks of Abraham and call him a prophet.
 
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I am saying there were those who Jude was addressing that used some old writing to divide the church. Could it have been the writing of Enoch? many used the words of Jesus and Paul and others to divide the church. We do know there were books of Enoch that were not written by Enoch yet there is truth being said in it.

Did not Balaam prophesy and speak great truth about God?

" God is not a man that He should lie". Yet this same man did great evil with the knowledge he had of God and God's response to sexual sin.
He outlines the Warning of Enoch to coincide with Matthew 24, Luke/Mark's version of the Second coming and Armageddon. I doubt Enoch was the [the warning against]. But if we apply Jude's usage of Enoch here, we understand the [Doctrine of a Coming of God in Glory with His Elect like that of a Second coming] was prophesied and believed since the days of Genesis.
 

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He outlines the Warning of Enoch to coincide with Matthew 24, Luke/Mark's version of the Second coming and Armageddon. I doubt Enoch was the [the warning against]. But if we apply Jude's usage of Enoch here, we understand the [Doctrine of a Coming of God in Glory with His Elect like that of a Second coming] was prophesied and believed since the days of Genesis.
it assumed he did. So Now Jude who from the opening of the Letter speaks of the Lord Jesus Christ is going to use Enoch to establish the authoritative words of Christ? That is a big stretch
 
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Jude did not say the "book" of Enoch. Much of the Jew's religious tradition was oral.

I understand, my first key word was [Material = Scroll].



Enoch's prophecies were known by oral and by lost scrolls.
My point about [Materials], you were kind to call it Scrolls (y) but they were in EXISTENCE and the followers of God, including God, the Apostles, James, Jude quote from those [Traditions] like for them it's GOSPEL. Because to them, [it was GOSPEL as in TRUTH]. The Apostles and especially Yeshua [Jesus], James, Jude would not quote anything but the Truth. So clearly, what was quoted by the New Testament Scene concerning of Enoch is [Truth]!
 
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it assumed he did. So Now Jude who from the opening of the Letter speaks of the Lord Jesus Christ is going to use Enoch to establish the authoritative words of Christ? That is a big stretch
Jude hits on many points and time frames like Michael getting the body of Moses from Satan. Jude makes many points.
 

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Jude hits on many points and time frames like Michael getting the body of Moses from Satan. Jude makes many points.
Jude does not Enoch. it is assumed Jude and Enoch said the same thing. Enoch in Jude is mentioned in verse 14.
 
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Jude does not Enoch. it is assumed Jude and Enoch said the same thing. Enoch in Jude is mentioned in verse 14.
No, Jude brings forth the [Prophecy] of Enoch. He does use 95% of [same wording as Enoch]

JUDE:Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,
15 To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him
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Enoch:
9 And behold! He cometh with ten thousands of His holy ones
To execute judgement upon all,
And to destroy all the ungodly:
And to convict all flesh
Of all the works of their ungodliness which they have ungodly committed,
And of all the hard things which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.
 

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To marry means to join together. When the angels, who are spiritual entities, married the daughters of men, they inhabited and took residence within that individual. They would have influenced the thoughts of those possessed women, which in turn those women would have conveyed their thoughts, influencing their children who would become great men (giants of industry) among men.
The Sons Of God were human men, that married human women

Teaching Angels have sex with human women, and maintaining human sperm is a fairytale in mythology, and false teaching.

Look There, Elimelech's Sons Took Human Wives Toooo :giggle:

Ruth 1:3-4KJV
3 And Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was left, and her two sons.
4 And they took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelled there about ten years.

Genesis 6:1-6KJV
1 And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,
2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
3 And the Lord said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.
4 There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.
5 And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
6 And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.

"The Sons of God" took wives, Angel's don't marry humans, it's that simple.

Matthew 22:30KJV
30 For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.
 

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No, Jude brings forth the [Prophecy] of Enoch. He does use 95% of [same wording as Enoch]

JUDE:Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,
15 To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him
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Enoch:
9 And behold! He cometh with ten thousands of His holy ones
To execute judgement upon all,
And to destroy all the ungodly:
And to convict all flesh
Of all the works of their ungodliness which they have ungodly committed,
And of all the hard things which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.

nope the are not the same you read Jude then read Enoch they are worded differently. 95 % is not 100% correct therefore Enoch can't be called scripture but Jude is.
 

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The Sons Of God were human men, that married human women
Job 38:4-7 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof; When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

Refusing to deal with this passage only makes your position look foolish.