Examining the Book of Enoch: Part 3: The Sons of God
PART 3: SONS OF GOD
INTRO: Now it's time to deal with perhaps the most famous pseudepigrapha, called the Book of Enoch and the teaching contained in it concerning the Sons of Elohim (God)? Of all the so called lost or hidden books, I have researched this one the most; and have found serious cause to have reservations against what many Christians today believe to be the absolute authentic book of Enoch.
Without even looking at the contents of this Book I've already given enough evidence for why I don't believe this so called lost book and it's fellow categorized books are the inspired scriptures of Elohim. Here in part three, I want to primarily focus on a very popular teaching that I consider to be a non-biblical theory that promotes fallen angels having the ability to have physical relations with other species called humans, and re-producing offspring.
I will give you an alternative theory too consider which I deem more scripturally sound; and involves less assumption and conflict with existing Biblical principles.
After you read this, I think you'll begin to understand even more why I even see the doctrine on this subject has the potential to be a stumbling block concerning the salvation of many. Before getting into the non-biblical teaching found in the so called Book of Enoch, let us first remind ourselves of...
The Fact the Book of Enoch is listed as apart of a group of books categorized as the Pseudepigrapha
Technically, a pseudepigraphon is a book written in a biblical style and ascribed to an author who did not write it. In common usage, however, the term pseudepigrapha is often used by way of distinction to refer to apocryphal writings that do not appear in printed editions of the Bible, as opposed to the texts listed above.
Often included among the pseudepigrapha are 3 and 4 Maccabees because they are not traditionally found in western Bibles, although they are in the Septuagint.
Similarly, the Book of Enoch, Book of Jubilees and 4 Baruch are often listed with the pseudepigrapha although they are commonly included in Ethiopian Bibles. The Psalms of Solomon are found in some editions of the Septuagint.
The Book of Enoch:
https://bookofenochreferences.wordpress.com/category/the-book-of-enoch-with-biblical-references-chapters-10-to-20/chapter-10/
I John 4:1,"Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from Elohim, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.
2By this you know the Spirit of Elohim: every spirit that confesses that Yahshua's Messiah has come in the flesh is from Elohim;
3and every spirit that does not confess Yahshua is not from Elohim; this is the spirit of the antichrist, of which you have heard that it is coming, and now it is already in the world."
Despite all the non-hidden evidence against it, I've conversed with many mostly people who haven't thoroughly studied what the book teaches against the truth of the Bible, who believe in this Book of Enoch without question. We will look at more teachings within this book that go against the Bible in part 4, but for now lets deal with this teaching about the "Sons of Elohim"...
THE BOOK OF ENOCH. CHAPTER 7.
1," And they took wives for themselves and everyone chose for himself one each. And they began to go into them and were promiscuous with them. And they taught them charms and spells, and they showed them the cutting of roots and trees.
2 And they became pregnant and bore large giants. And their height was three thousand cubits.3 These devoured all the toil of men; until men were unable to sustain them. 4 And the giants turned against them in order to devour men.
5 And they began to sin against birds, and against animals, and against reptiles, and against fish, and they devoured one another’s flesh, and drank the blood from it.6 Then the Earth complained about the lawless ones."
CHAPTER 10
1 And then the Most High, the Great and Holy One, spoke and sent Arsyalalyur to the son of Lamech, and said to him:2 “Say to him in my name; hide yourself! And reveal to him the end, which is coming, because the whole earth will be destroyed. A deluge is about to come on all the earth; and all that is in it will be destroyed.
This is the so called Book of Enoch's explanation of Genesis 6:1-7. An explanation that I find objectionable as far as the Bible is concerned.
"1Now when men began to multiply on the face of the earth and daughters were born to them, 2the sons of Elohim saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they took as wives whomever they chose.
3So Yahweh said, “My Spirit will not contend with mana forever, for he is mortal; his days shall be 120 years.”
4The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and afterward as well, when the sons of Elohim had relations with the daughters of men. And they bore them children who became the mighty men of old, men of renown."
VIEW 1: THE FALLEN ANGEL INTERPRETATION
According to the Book of Enoch, the ‘sons of Elohim’ of verses 2 and 4 are fallen angels, which have taken the form of masculine human-like creatures. These angels married women of the human race (either Cainites or Sethites) and the resulting offspring were the Nephilim. The Nephilim were part angel part human giants with physical superiority and therefore established themselves as men of renown for their physical prowess and military might. This race of half human creatures was wiped out by the flood, along with mankind in general, who were sinners in their own right (verse 6:11,12)...
The Book of Enoch's view creates a lot of conflict with existing biblical principles...
-Its claim that angels intermarried with humans to produce giant half-breeds, conflicts with Yahshua statement that angels do not marry, this implies that one of the main purposes involving marriage (sexual relations & procreation) is not a designed function that Elohim created angels to have between each other; much less between themselves and another completely different species called humans- Mark 12:25
-Spiritual beings such as Fallen angels being able to procreating with human women conflicts with the Biblical principle of Elohim's law that they would have to be powerful enough to override such divine perogatives as...Elohim alone is Creater and Father of all Spirits Zechariah 12:1;Hebrews 12:9; He alone open and closes the womb. Genesis 30:1-2;. ;Isaiah 66:9;
All creatures work together with their own kind in order to re-produce children after their own kind. Genesis 1:21,24-25. including Elohim. Genesis 1:26-27 . and man. Genesis 2:18-24; 5:3.
-What about the fact that Yahweh has not provided His plan of redemption for Satan and his fellow fallen angels? Could someone believing this teaching from the Book of Enoch consider themselves unredeemable because perhaps they are one of the people living on the Earth today who still have a portion of fallen angel blood in their system? I'm telling you this is how Satan can use these false teachings to play with gullible peoples minds.
VIEW 2:THIS IS THE FIRST RECORDED INSTANCES OF UNEQUALLY YOKED MARRIAGES BETWEEN UNGODLY PEOPLE LIKE THE DECENDANTS OF CAIN WITH THE GODLY PEOPLE LIKE THE DECENDANTS OF SETH
Here the ‘sons of Elohim’ are generally viewed to be the godly men of the Sethite line. The ‘daughters of men’ are thought to be the daughters of the ungodly Cainite. The Nephilim are just the ungodly and violent men who are the product of this unholy union.
Who are the ‘Sons of Elohim’?
The interpretation of verses 1-8 hinges upon the definition of three key terms, ‘the sons of Elohim’ (verses 2,4), ‘the daughters of men’ (verses 2,4), and the ‘Nephilim’ (verse 4). My basic presupposition in approaching our text is that we should let the Bible define its own terms; as well as look for contextual clues within the language of the immediate passages of scripture to help steer or lead us in the most accurate biblical interpretation or definition of a particular word or phrase. The Bible elsewhere does give two possible definitions for the term or phrase ‘the sons of Elohim’ for us.
Definition 1.“Sons of Elohim” can refer to spiritual beings such as angels Job 1:6," One day the sons of Elohim came to present themselves before Yahweh, and Satan also came with them."
Definition 2. ...Or to righteous people Hosea 1:10,"Yet the number of the Israelites will be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or numbered. And in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living Elohim.’ "
The major support for which definition we should use to interpret the passage in Genesis 6, is the language and context of the surrounding chapters 4,5 and 6. Chapter four describes the ungodly generation of Cain, while in chapter five we see the godly Sethite line. The language of chapter five also helps us set the proper context immediately when it starts off with...
"1This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that Elohim created man, He made him in His own likeness. 2Male and female He created them, and He blessed them. And in the day they were created, He called them “man.”a
It tells us "this is the book of the generations of Adam" Adam is the Hebrew word for Man.There is no mention of Fallen angels marrying human women and producing their own generation of giant inbred cannibalistic angel-human children...
In Genesis 6:4, “Nephilim” does mean “giants”...Strong's Exhaustive Concordance Or nphil {nef-eel'}; from naphal; properly, a feller, i.e. A bully or tyrant -- giant.see HEBREW naphal but it can mean giants in stature or giants in fame or reputation, as in “he was a giant among men.”
Again if we let the language in Genesis 6:4 guide us, it tells us which interpretation best fits the context at the end of the verse...
" And they bore them children who became the mighty men of old, men of renown."
Also notice that the Nephilim came first, then the “sons of Elohim” married the “daughters of men.” Most purposely ignore the time order.
Thus following the time order along with the Hebrew word definitions and contextual language surrounding the passage, the conclusion is that first is mentioned that there were men of famous or giant reputation who married and had children who also grew up became famous.
This order is similar to what we see in Genesis 4:15," wherein Cain was mentioned first about how Yahweh gave him a mark that let everyone know that whoever kills Cain would receive seven times worse of vengeance. In verse 17, Cain had relations with his wife and produced descendants; one of whom wanted to build a reputation that was even bigger then his great, great Grand Father's...
23Then Lamech said to his wives:“Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; wives of Lamech, listen to my speech. For I have slain a man for wounding me,a young man for striking me.24If Cain is avenged sevenfold,then Lamech seventy-sevenfold.”
After the fall and the death of Abel which was the first murder ever, for good or bad, fame or infamy, for the first time in man's history, there were men now trying to be known as someone dangerous or not to mess with. No doubt many were wicked men like Lamech who chose unjust means to build a giant reputation for himself by killing other men and enforcing their will upon others through the spread of fear.
Genesis 6: 5Then Yahweh saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was altogether evil all the time. "
Notice just the wickedness of men is mentioned. There's no mention of the wickedness of fallen fallen angels marrying the daughters of men who according to the Book of Enoch caused the creation of giant cannibal children. After this mention of how righteous men intermarried and had children with worldly ungodly women, there is given the predictable result of less and less godly people in the world, as already stated in Genesis 6:5. This leads to...
6And Yahweh regretted that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart. 7So Yahweh said, “I will blot out man, whom I have created, from the face of the earth—every man and beast and crawling creature and bird of the air—for I am grieved that I have made them.”
Still no mention of regret about the fallen angels and their bi-species children. Wouldn't the fallen angels have to share some responsibility in making the unnatural children? If according to the book of Enoch Yahweh used the flood to wipe out their handy work in creating Giant children from off the face of the Earth, why was it only man that He mentioned as blotting out; and regretting to make?
Because it wasn't the inbred children of fallen angels that was described here, but believers marrying unbelievers that is being addressed. Years later in Israel, Yahweh's written law remains consistent commanding the separation of His people from not marrying strange women who did not have Yahweh as their Elohim. This was a vital part of the religious responsibility of purity and holiness for those who truly worshipped Yahweh.
What took place in chapter six was the breakdown in the separation of godly people with ungodly people; which threatened the godly seed through whom Messiah was to be born. This breakdown was the cause of the flood which would follow. It destroyed the ungodly world and preserved righteous Noah and his family, through whom the promise of Genesis 3:15 would be fulfilled.
Unlike the opposing view, one of the great points of this interpretation is it has the commendable feature of explaining the passage without creating any doctrinal or theological problems.
PART 4: What about the Book of Enoch?
At first I thought why isn’t the book of enoch in the scripture? Enoch was referenced in the Bible, why was it judged as unqualified in the canon of scripture. Is it another grevious error concocted by the Catholic church. “Why did the church suppress the Book of Enoch?
After all, there are various references to Enoch throughout the Old and New Testament .I want to specifically look at and address this question regarding the Book of Enoch. Why was this book rejected as Scripture?
Then when I began reading and researching the Book for myself and came across certain writings made me begin to see why. Again, when you look at the History of the Book of Enoch, you can't escape the fact that it is a fictional book that was not written by the Enoch who lived before the flood.
It is not a hidden fact that the book is listed as a pseudoepigraphal work. i.e. a work with a false author (or written under a pen name).
Also there is the fact that there are a number of these pseudoepigraphal works written around the same time frame dated from the time between the Old and New Testament through the first few centuries. This shows two prevailing truths about that that time, these type of fictitious works were created ...
1. It appears to have been a writing fad for a while.
2. People used the names of famous people, such as characters from the Bible, to lend credibility to the work – to make it appear more authentic.
As a result, throughout history, very few well educated people actually believe the book to have been written by Enoch. Let's entertain this already established by the experts as false scenario why don't we.
If it was an actual book hand written by the Enoch whose relationship with Yahweh Elohim was righteous enough to be miraculously taken away by Yahweh(Genesis 5:24), it would have to have existed all those years, before the oldest recorded Biblical book of Job, before Yahweh even commanded Moses to preserve the holy commandments of His law in written form; it would have had to survive the flood.
It is not admitted into the Jewish canon, for a reason. Given who Enoch was, I'm sure that if there was even a hint of authenticity about the book of Enoch the Jewish scholars would have put it right up there with the inspired writings such as the book of Job and Moses.
Obviously they did not think that this book of Enoch was inspired scripture that was possibly written before the deluge, or that it could have safely survived that worldwide calamity, the destroyer of all things. People who want to defend this book argue this point by saying remember that Noah, who survived the deluge, was the great-grandson of Enoch himself.
They assert that this scripture could be genuine because Noah could have " rewritten it, under the Spirit's inspiration, if it had been destroyed by the violence of the deluge." [Tertullian, about 198 A.D.] Even Tertullian, one of the few church fathers to support the Book of Enoch, admits that the Jews never accepted it as authentic and that Christians of his time also rejected it.
Even though the Book of Enoch was well know by early Christian writers, most rejected the book as being from Elohim. Athanasius, Origen, and Jerome all argued against the book being considered Scripture.
In fact it appears that only Tertullian and Augustine thought the work was inspired and Augustine waffled on the point. Even the Roman Catholic Church who added twelve books to their Old Testament, didn’t consider this book – likely because of the early rejection.
Actually, there are several books that go by the name “The Book of Enoch” Most refer to copies of a book found in 1773 in Ethiopia.These copies are a translation of a Greek text that was in turn a translation of an Aramaic text.
Small fragments of this large book were found among the Dead Sea scrolls. These fragments contained Parts of chapter 2, verses 12-14 and chapter 3 verse 13-16; but the book has 108 chapters. Most scholars date the book to between 300 B.C. and 100 B.C.
Larger portions of the book survived in Greek, but again, not nearly the whole. They also date from a later period (after the church was founded). The only whole version are the Ethiopian translations. A comparison of the Ethiopian translations to the Aramaic and Greek fragments show the Ethiopian translation is fairly, but not entirely, accurate.
Most scholars note that the Book of Enoch, as it currently exists, is a disjointed work. This means it doesn’t have a unifying flow, such as would be found in the writings of one author. It is generally agreed to be a composition of several works by multiple authors, but exactly who wrote which portions is heavily debated.
True Christians who are interested in the Book of Enoch, should be willing to ...
1 Thessalonians 5:21,"but test all things. Hold fast to the good."
When you read Jude 14-15...
"14Enoch, the seventh from Adam, also prophesied about them: “Behold, the Lord is coming with myriads of His holy ones 15to execute judgment on everyone, and to convict all the ungodly of every ungodly act of wickedness and every harsh word spoken against Him by ungodly sinners.”
1. Notice that Jude doesn’t state he is quoting from a writing of Enoch
2. Since multiple Enochs are mentioned in the Bible, he clarifies which one he is quoting.
How could Jude know what Enoch said 4,000 years later? Just like Moses, Jude is inspired of the Holy Spirit, so therefore the obvious answer is that Elohim told him (I Corinthians 2:12-13).
Same reason how Moses, ascribed to be the recorder of Genesis, was able to write words of people such as Adam and Abraham who lived hundreds of years before him. When people read...
Enoch 1:9: “And behold! He cometh with ten thousands of His holy ones to execute judgment 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.”
1. They get all excited by this line. Jude must be quoting from the Book of Enoch!
2. Note that the quote is not a literal reproduction, even allowing for multiple translations.
3. Jude says Elohim will judge all and convict the ungodly among them.
4. The Book of Enoch says Elohim is judging all and will convict all of their ungodliness. Not quite the same.
What we need to ask is, if the Ethiopian copies a bad translation? Then can we trust the rest? Do we say Jude is bad a quoting? Then it wouldn’t be an inspired book and then what happens to the support for the Book of Enoch?
Another interestingly fact is none of the fragments, Aramaic or Greek, contain Enoch 1:9.The only version to have it are the Ethiopian copies. There is insufficient evidence whether the phrase is in the original Book of Enoch or whether a person knowledgeable of Christianity “enhanced” an older version.
Because the quote in Jude is unstable evidence, people have tried to prop up their cause by stating that the New Testament is filled with allusions to the Book of Enoch. By this, they mean that they compiled a set of catch phrases and conclude that books using similar catch phrases must come from the Book of Enoch.
For example, several cited the use of the phrase “son of man.” But this phrase is used heavily in Ezekiel. It is used in the Psalms a few times in reference to the Messiah.
A person trying to forge the biblical style will of course use wording similar to the Bible. However, it doesn’t serve as proof. You can’t conclude who borrowed from whom.
Could the Book of Enoch be Scripture?
Again, if the date of 300 B.C. to 100 B.C. is correct, then it comes during the years of silence.
1. Amos 8:11-12 - Yahweh said He would stop talking to the Israelites.
2. Micah 3:5-7 - It was because of all the false prophets. It would prove who was true and who was false.
Malachi was the last Old Testament prophet. Until the coming of John and Yahshua, prophecy disappeared. The Jews knew this...
I Maccabees 9:27: “So there was great distress in Israel, such as had not been since the time that prophets ceased to appear among them.”
I Maccabees 14:41: “The Jews and their priests have resolved that Simon should be their leader and high priest forever, until a trustworthy prophet should arise.”
If the Book of Enoch was written in the years of silence, then it follows that it could not have been an inspired book because no prophets existed. If it was written during the years of silence, then it’s claim to be written by Enoch is a falsehood.
1. John 17:17 - Elohim’s word is truth
2. II Timothy 3:16 - Scripture comes from the breath of Elohim
3. I Corinthians 2:12-13 - Elohim gives the very words
4. Titus 1:2 - Elohim cannot lie
Thus Yahweh would not record a message under a false name, nor would there ever have been a need to do so. Yahweh Elohim doesn’t need the reputation of Enoch to enhance His message!
Does it match the Bible?
1. Deuteronomy 13:1-3 - Elohim’s messages are always consistent.
2. Time line wrong
Using Genesis 5, we know that Enoch was born about 622 years after the creation. He lived 365 years before Elohim took him - Genesis 5:23-24
Enoch 107:2-3 (Enoch speaking to Methuselah): “'And now, my son, go and announce to thy son Lamech, that this son who is born is really his, and that this is not a falsehood.' And when Methuselah had heard the words of his father Enoch -- for he had shown him everything that was secret -- he returned, after his having seen him, and called the name of that son Noah, for he will make glad the earth for all destruction.”
Noah was born about 1056 years after the creation, 69 years after Enoch left the earth! According to the Bible, this event could not have happened!
We already showed that the books knowledge about angels wrong...
The Book of Enoch has angels marrying earthly women (chapter 6) and Mark 12:25 - Angels don’t marry
The books knowledge about the origin of sin is wrong. The Book of Enoch states that the intermixing of angel and human seed created sin and the angels spread sin by teaching forbidden topics to men. Lamech is told to hide so that his pure seed could be preserved. God would then wipe the world with a flood, thus removing sin (chapter 8-10).
I John 3:4 - Sin comes from breaking the law
Romans 5:12 - Sin began when one man broke Elohim’s law and continued because all sin
I've heard people argue that the mixed seed was not completely wiped out by the flood and that's why the Nephilim return after the flood. This thinking contradicts both the Bible and the Book of Enoch. Only eight people were saved and the Book of Enoch says that none of the mixed race survived. In fact according to the Book of Enoch, they were supposed to have wiped themselves out before the flood in some epic battle.)
The books knowledge of the realm of the dead is wrong. The Book of Enoch states that the grave is divided into four realms:
(1) Righteous martyrs, such as Abel
(2) The righteous who were not martyrs
(3) Sinners who died without suffering the consequences of their sins
(4) Sinners who died after suffering from the consequences of their sins.
Of the last group, it says, “but their spirits shall not be slain in the day of judgment nor shall they be raised from thence” (Enoch 22:13)
c. Luke 16:19-31 shows hades divided into two states.
d. John 5:28-29 - All the dead, good and bad will be judged
e. Acts 24:15 - This was Paul’s hope, a resurrection of the just and unjust
It has internal contradictions...
1. Enoch 6:7-8 gives a list of 19 angels who lead the fall of man.
2. Enoch 69:2-3 gives a list of 21 angels who were supposed to be the same group. Not only are there more names, the names are almost completely different!
We read in chapter 40 of the Book of Enoch...
"1 And after that I saw thousands of thousands and ten thousand times ten thousand, I saw a multitude 2 beyond number and reckoning, who stood before the Lord of Spirits. And on the four sides of the Lord of Spirits I saw four presences, different from those that sleep not, and I learnt their names: for the angel that went with me made known to me their names, and showed me all the hidden things. 3 And I heard the voices of those four presences as they uttered praises before the Lord of glory.
4 The first voice blesses the Lord of Spirits for ever and ever. 5 And the second voice I heard blessing 6 the Elect One and the elect ones who hang upon the Lord of Spirits. And the third voice I heard pray and intercede for those who dwell on the earth and supplicate in the name of the Lord of Spirits.
7 And I heard the fourth voice fending off the Satans and forbidding them to come before the Lord 8 of Spirits to accuse them who dwell on the earth. After that I asked the angel of peace who went with me, who showed me everything that is hidden: ‘Who are these four presences which I have
9 seen and whose words I have heard and written down?’ And he said to me: ‘This first is Michael, the merciful and long-suffering: and the second, who is set over all the diseases and all the wounds of the children of men, is Raphael: and the third, who is set over all the powers, is Gabriel: and the fourth, who is set over the repentance unto hope of those who inherit eternal life, is named Phanuel.’
10 And these are the four angels of the Lord of Spirits and the four voices I heard in those days."
When I first read this I thought the Bible never mentions an angel named Phanuel, let alone an angel who is set over the repentance of those who inherit eternal life.
Now there are millions of angels so I suppose there must be more angel names than mentioned in the Bible; but the next statement was harder for me to swallow. This statement in itself contradicts some very important teachings in the Word of Yahweh.
We read in 1st Timothy 2:5 that Yahshua Christ is the ONLY Mediator between Elohim and men, not some angel named Phanuel...
"For there is one Elohim, and one mediator between Elohim and men, the man Messiah Yahshua."
Repentance is strictly between a man and Yahshua Messiah alone. Only Yahshua died for our sins, and shed His blood to pay for them (1st Peter 1:18-19); therefore, we must be diligent to guard and defend against LIARS and imposters who would lead people to believe otherwise.
1st John 2:22 clearly indicts all Messiah-deniers as LIARS, guilty before Elohim. The Author of this book cannot be trusted.
We read in the Book of Enoch, chapter 69:8-12...
"8 ...And the fourth was named Penemue: he taught the 9 children of men the bitter and the sweet, and he taught them all the secrets of their wisdom. And he instructed mankind in writing with ink and paper, and thereby many sinned from eternity to 10 eternity and until this day.
For men were not created for such a purpose, to give confirmation 11 to their good faith with pen and ink. For men were created exactly like the angels, to the intent that they should continue pure and righteous, and death, which destroys everything, could not have taken hold of them, but through this their knowledge they are perishing, and through this power 12 it is consuming me."
Now with this I thought, what ... man's wisdom came from a demon named Penemue? That's crazy! Did using ink and paper cause the fall of the human race? Whoa ... I'd better throw all my fine-point pens away immediately! It was Adam's sin that brought sin into the world (Romans 5:12); not evil literature. Father Yahweh even commands John the Revelator to use pen and paper:
Rev 1:11," Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea."
Mankind is inherently evil of himself, prone to the works of the flesh (Galatians 5:19-21). Many people give far too much credit to demons for the sinful actions of men. They believe that every sin a person commits is evidence of demon-possession.
That is absurd! Men and women sin because they are sinners! (Romans 3:10,23). Although demons definitely can and do help influence mankind to do evil, the ultimate decision is OURS. The Devil cannot force anyone to sin.
People need to stop blaming demons and the Devil for their sins, and start looking into the mirror. Elohim has promised to help His children live right...
"There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but Elohim is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it" (1st Corinthians 10:13).
No excuses!
The other thing about this book that smacked of Greek Mythology such as the race of beings known as the Titans are the so called book of Enoch’s description of People 450-Feet Tall?
I thought this is ridiculous, are we really gullible enough to assume and believe that fallen angels had physical intimacy with earthly women that produced offspring 450-feet tall? These babies must have started out born larger than baby elephants or giraffes who compared to humans grow at a alarming rate and still don’t even reach that size full grown.
Poor normal human Mothers giving birth to such huge babies that would grow to sizes larger than many dinosaurs, I don't think so! By comparison Goliath and the Giant people who lived in the land of Canaan when the 12 spies searched the land were normal people.
We read in chapter 7:12-15 of the Book of Enoch...
7:12," Whose stature was each three hundred cubits. These devoured all which the labor of men produced; until it became impossible to feed them;13 When they turned themselves against men, in order to devour them;14 And began to injure birds, beasts, reptiles, and fishes, to eat their flesh one after another, and to drink their blood.15 Then the earth reproved the unrighteous."
First of all this last line doesn’t make sense, or line up with known proven scripture. The earth didn’t reprove the unrighteous, only Elohim the Creator of the Earth should get credit for doing that. This smacks more along the line of the Mother earth cults that teach the earth is angry at men who violate nature and therefore nature fights back.
But this wasn’t the worst of it. After reading the description in verses 12-14 I began to think perhaps this is where they think dinosaurs came from. Maybe some of the bones we have stored and labeled as Dinosaurs in Museums are really the human angel inbreds buried long ago?
These supposed inbreds were the extremely inhumanly disfigured half angel half human children whose bones we perhaps mistaken for T- Rex and the heavy eating Brontosaurus. A "cubit" is 1.5 feet. The ark which Noah built was 300 cubits long (Genesis 6:15).
Do you mean to tell me that some women had children who were as tall as the ark was long? We've got to be joking! Such foolish conjecture is a violation of the simplest teachings of the Bible. In Genesis 6: we read,...
"There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of Elohim 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."
Again, I think Pastor J. Vernon McGee’s interpretation of this Scripture is more correct...
He says, “There were giants in the earth in those days,” but it does not say they are the offspring of the sons of God and the daughters of men. It does say this about the offspring: “the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.”
These were not monstrosities; they were men. The record here makes it very clear that the giants were in the earth before this took place, and it simply means that these offspring were outstanding individuals.
Humanity has a tremendous capacity. Man is fearfully and wonderfully made—that is a great truth we have lost sight of. This idea that man has come up from some protoplasm out of a garbage can or seaweed is utterly preposterous. It is the belief of some scientists that evolution will be repudiated, and some folk are going to look ridiculous at that time.
Evolution is nothing in the world but a theory as far as science is concerned. Nothing has been conclusive about it. It is a philosophy like any other philosophy, and it can be accepted or rejected. When it is accepted, it certainly leads to some very crazy solutions to the problems of the world, and it has gotten my country into trouble throughout the world.
Anyone would think that we are the white knight riding through the world straightening out wrongs. We are wrong on the inside ourselves! I do not know why in this country today we have an intelligentsia in our colleges, our government, our news media, and our military who think they are super, that somehow or another they have arrived.
It is the delusion of the hour that men think that they are greater than they really are. Man is suffering from a fall, an awful fall. He is totally depraved today, and until that is taken into consideration, we are in trouble all the way along.
Then what do we have here in verse 4? As I see it, Genesis is a book of genealogies—it is a book of the families. The sons of God are the godly line who have come down from Adam through Seth, and the daughters of men belong to the line of Cain. What you have here now is an intermingling and intermarriage of these two lines, until finally the entire line is totally corrupted (well, not totally; there is one exception). That is the picture that is presented to us here."
SOURCE: McGee, J. Vernon, Thru the Bible with J. Vernon McGee, (Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers) 2000, c1981.
Back to Pastor Micah’s objections:
We also read in 1st Corinthians 15:39-40,…
"All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds. There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another."
There you have it ... celestial (heavenly) and terrestrial (earthly) are NOT compatible. Just as a fish cannot breed with a horse, or a cow with a whale, so cannot a fallen angel breed with a woman.
Also, Yahshua clearly taught that the angels are NOT given in marriage (Matthew 22:30). We know that there were giants in the Old Testament; but as seen with Goliath the Philistine (1st Samuel 17:4), he was only 9' 6" tall (not 450 feet).
Giants in the Old Testament were NOT the result of fallen angels marrying human women. And think about this, if fallen angels did have physical relations with earthly women, then why doesn't it occur today? There is no such thing as a succubus or an incubus (i.e. sexual relations between demons and humans).
Furthermore, how could a human woman give birth to a normal size baby that would then grow to be as tall as half the length of a football field? 'Com on, the birth would be extremely harsh for the Mother considering that such a baby would probably be born larger than that of a baby elephant or giraffe whose growth rate is a lot faster than that of a normal human. Although the Bible does contain many miraculous and startling events (e.g., the flood), they are all explainable and have rationale.
It is clear that many unsaved scholars today are trying to discredit the Bible as a book of fables, which is what the Book of Enoch certainly is. The Word of Yahweh is untouchable, unchangeable, and incorruptible!
We read in the Book of Enoch, chapter 69:4-6...
4 The name of the first Jeqon: that is, the one who led astray [all] the sons of God, and brought them 5 down to the earth, and led them astray through the daughters of men. And the second was named Asbeel: he imparted to the holy sons of God evil counsel, and led them astray so that they defiled 6 their bodies with the daughters of men. And the third was named Gadreel: he it is who showed the children of men all the blows of death, and he led astray Eve, and showed [the weapons of death to the sons of men] the shield and the coat of mail, and the sword for battle, and all the weapons.
Without a doubt, the primary claim of the Book of Enoch is that fallen angels had sex with human women and produced 450-feet tall giants upon the earth. This teaching is ridiculous, unscriptural, and has no solid evidence to support it (Biblically or scientifically).
This is another good reason why the Book of Enoch should continue to be rejected. It is nonsense. Also, notice in 69:6 above that the Book of Enoch claims that a demon named Gadreel led Eve astray and introduced weaponry to mankind. How absurd. The Bible identifies the serpent which deceived Eve in the Garden of Eden as Satan (Ezekiel 28:13).
Conclusion
Father Yahweh could not be behind such a book! The Book of Enoch is the product of man; that was rightly rejected as uninspired writing. The reason why the early church fathers and the King James Bible translators rejected the Book of Enoch as inspired of Elohim, WASN'T to hide the truth; BUT, because it isn't the truth.
It didn’t take long for me to begin to judge the Book of Enoch as a fraud, an imposter, possibly inspired by pagan influences creeping into the doctrine of the church. When I read in chapter 1:9 of the Book of Enoch that an angel named Phanuel is "set over the repentance unto hope of those who inherit eternal life" ... It re-enforced my suspicions that the Book of Enoch was fraudulent.
Salvation is found ONLY in Christ Yahshua, "Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Yahshua Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom Elohim raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole.
This is the stone which was set at naught of you builders, which is become the head of the corner. Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved."
King David said in Psalm 62:6, "He (Yahshua) only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defense; I shall not be moved."
Perhaps this is why we have so many manmade traditions involving praying to the angel of this and that; when we should only be praying to the heavenly Father. Phanuel... like the book you're mentioned in, you're a fraud! Yahshua is the ONLY Way, Truth, and Life (John 14:6).
The truth is that Satan is a murderous thief, who's sole purpose of existence now is to kill, steal, and destroy (John 10:10). Satan hates the Word of Yahweh, because It is his greatest enemy in this world. Therefore, Satan seeks to destroy the Bible.
If he cannot destroy the Bible, then he tries to corrupt the Bible by changing it (Romans 1:25; 2nd Peter 3:16).
If Satan cannot destroy or corrupt the Bible, then he tries to introduce "new" so-called "lost books" of the Bible to confuse people. I can't tell you how many times I've seen people who hardly know a lick of the Bible and seem put off by study get all fired up for the false Book of Enoch.
It is NO coincidence nowadays, in this time of great apostasy--when homosexuals are being given in marriage, when babies are being murdered by the hundreds-of-millions worldwide through abortion, when witchcraft is all around us, when booze and gambling are commonplace, when sexual sins and lasciviousness have saturated society, when churches are silent concerning sin and false religion--that we should see all these "new" so-called revelations concerning the Bible.
Lost or hidden books like Enoch can stay lost, Father Yahweh promised in Psalm 12:6,7 to preserve His Word unto all generations, and He wonderfully has. Praise Yahweh!!!
As a person progresses deeper into the Book of Enoch, they will eventually find the Books of Adam and Eve fascinating as well, and then they will be into even deeper New Age occultism without even realizing it. Don't be fooled friend, the Book of Enoch is occult material that will lead you into the senseless mysticism of pagan religions.
Just look at some of the non-scriptural outlines written here, particularly those I marked with an* in front of them…
Hidden Mysteries Books
The First Book of Adam and Eve
Part 1
Table of Contents
Prologue
Part 1
*Chapter I - The crystal sea, God commands Adam, expelled from Eden, to live in the Cave of Treasures.
Chapter II - Adam and Eve faint when they leave the Garden. God sends His Word to encourage them.
Chapter III - Concerning the promise of the great five and a half days.
Chapter IV - Adam mourns over the changed conditions. Adam and Eve enter the Cave of Treasures.
Chapter V - Eve makes a noble and emotional intercession, taking the blame on herself.
Chapter VI - God's reprimand to Adam and Eve in which he points out how and why they sinned.
*Chapter VII - The beasts are appeased.
Chapter VIII - The "Bright Nature" of man is taken away.
*Chapter IX - Water from the Tree of Life. Adam and Eve near drowning.
Part 2
*Chapter X - Their bodies need water after they leave the garden.
Chapter XI - A recollection of the glorious days in the Garden.
Chapter XII - How darkness came between Adam and Eve.
Chapter XIII - The fall of Adam. Why night and day were created.
Chapter XIV - The earliest prophesy of the coming of Christ.
Chapter XV - Adam and Eve grieve over the suffering of God to save them from their sins.
*Chapter XVI - The first sunrise. Adam and Eve think it is a fire coming to burn them.
Chapter XVII - The Chapter of the Serpent.
*Chapter XVIII - The mortal combat with the serpent.
Part 3
Chapter XIX - Beasts made subject to Adam.
Chapter XX - Adam wishes to protect Eve.
*Chapter XXI - Adam and Eve attempt suicide.
Chapter XXII - Adam in a gracious mood.
Chapter XXIII - Adam and Eve strengthen themselves and make the first altar ever built.
Chapter XXIV - A vivid prophecy of the life and death of Christ.
Chapter XXV - God represented as merciful and loving. The establishing of worship.
Chapter XXVI - A beautiful prophecy of eternal life and joy (v. 15). The fall of night.
*Chapter XXVII - The second tempting of Adam and Eve. The devil takes on the form of a beguiling light
INTRO: Now it's time to deal with perhaps the most famous pseudepigrapha, called the Book of Enoch and the teaching contained in it concerning the Sons of Elohim (God)? Of all the so called lost or hidden books, I have researched this one the most; and have found serious cause to have reservations against what many Christians today believe to be the absolute authentic book of Enoch.
Without even looking at the contents of this Book I've already given enough evidence for why I don't believe this so called lost book and it's fellow categorized books are the inspired scriptures of Elohim. Here in part three, I want to primarily focus on a very popular teaching that I consider to be a non-biblical theory that promotes fallen angels having the ability to have physical relations with other species called humans, and re-producing offspring.
I will give you an alternative theory too consider which I deem more scripturally sound; and involves less assumption and conflict with existing Biblical principles.
After you read this, I think you'll begin to understand even more why I even see the doctrine on this subject has the potential to be a stumbling block concerning the salvation of many. Before getting into the non-biblical teaching found in the so called Book of Enoch, let us first remind ourselves of...
The Fact the Book of Enoch is listed as apart of a group of books categorized as the Pseudepigrapha
Technically, a pseudepigraphon is a book written in a biblical style and ascribed to an author who did not write it. In common usage, however, the term pseudepigrapha is often used by way of distinction to refer to apocryphal writings that do not appear in printed editions of the Bible, as opposed to the texts listed above.
Often included among the pseudepigrapha are 3 and 4 Maccabees because they are not traditionally found in western Bibles, although they are in the Septuagint.
Similarly, the Book of Enoch, Book of Jubilees and 4 Baruch are often listed with the pseudepigrapha although they are commonly included in Ethiopian Bibles. The Psalms of Solomon are found in some editions of the Septuagint.
The Book of Enoch:
https://bookofenochreferences.wordpress.com/category/the-book-of-enoch-with-biblical-references-chapters-10-to-20/chapter-10/
I John 4:1,"Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from Elohim, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.
2By this you know the Spirit of Elohim: every spirit that confesses that Yahshua's Messiah has come in the flesh is from Elohim;
3and every spirit that does not confess Yahshua is not from Elohim; this is the spirit of the antichrist, of which you have heard that it is coming, and now it is already in the world."
Despite all the non-hidden evidence against it, I've conversed with many mostly people who haven't thoroughly studied what the book teaches against the truth of the Bible, who believe in this Book of Enoch without question. We will look at more teachings within this book that go against the Bible in part 4, but for now lets deal with this teaching about the "Sons of Elohim"...
THE BOOK OF ENOCH. CHAPTER 7.
1," And they took wives for themselves and everyone chose for himself one each. And they began to go into them and were promiscuous with them. And they taught them charms and spells, and they showed them the cutting of roots and trees.
2 And they became pregnant and bore large giants. And their height was three thousand cubits.3 These devoured all the toil of men; until men were unable to sustain them. 4 And the giants turned against them in order to devour men.
5 And they began to sin against birds, and against animals, and against reptiles, and against fish, and they devoured one another’s flesh, and drank the blood from it.6 Then the Earth complained about the lawless ones."
CHAPTER 10
1 And then the Most High, the Great and Holy One, spoke and sent Arsyalalyur to the son of Lamech, and said to him:2 “Say to him in my name; hide yourself! And reveal to him the end, which is coming, because the whole earth will be destroyed. A deluge is about to come on all the earth; and all that is in it will be destroyed.
This is the so called Book of Enoch's explanation of Genesis 6:1-7. An explanation that I find objectionable as far as the Bible is concerned.
"1Now when men began to multiply on the face of the earth and daughters were born to them, 2the sons of Elohim saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they took as wives whomever they chose.
3So Yahweh said, “My Spirit will not contend with mana forever, for he is mortal; his days shall be 120 years.”
4The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and afterward as well, when the sons of Elohim had relations with the daughters of men. And they bore them children who became the mighty men of old, men of renown."
VIEW 1: THE FALLEN ANGEL INTERPRETATION
According to the Book of Enoch, the ‘sons of Elohim’ of verses 2 and 4 are fallen angels, which have taken the form of masculine human-like creatures. These angels married women of the human race (either Cainites or Sethites) and the resulting offspring were the Nephilim. The Nephilim were part angel part human giants with physical superiority and therefore established themselves as men of renown for their physical prowess and military might. This race of half human creatures was wiped out by the flood, along with mankind in general, who were sinners in their own right (verse 6:11,12)...
The Book of Enoch's view creates a lot of conflict with existing biblical principles...
-Its claim that angels intermarried with humans to produce giant half-breeds, conflicts with Yahshua statement that angels do not marry, this implies that one of the main purposes involving marriage (sexual relations & procreation) is not a designed function that Elohim created angels to have between each other; much less between themselves and another completely different species called humans- Mark 12:25
-Spiritual beings such as Fallen angels being able to procreating with human women conflicts with the Biblical principle of Elohim's law that they would have to be powerful enough to override such divine perogatives as...Elohim alone is Creater and Father of all Spirits Zechariah 12:1;Hebrews 12:9; He alone open and closes the womb. Genesis 30:1-2;. ;Isaiah 66:9;
All creatures work together with their own kind in order to re-produce children after their own kind. Genesis 1:21,24-25. including Elohim. Genesis 1:26-27 . and man. Genesis 2:18-24; 5:3.
-What about the fact that Yahweh has not provided His plan of redemption for Satan and his fellow fallen angels? Could someone believing this teaching from the Book of Enoch consider themselves unredeemable because perhaps they are one of the people living on the Earth today who still have a portion of fallen angel blood in their system? I'm telling you this is how Satan can use these false teachings to play with gullible peoples minds.
VIEW 2:THIS IS THE FIRST RECORDED INSTANCES OF UNEQUALLY YOKED MARRIAGES BETWEEN UNGODLY PEOPLE LIKE THE DECENDANTS OF CAIN WITH THE GODLY PEOPLE LIKE THE DECENDANTS OF SETH
Here the ‘sons of Elohim’ are generally viewed to be the godly men of the Sethite line. The ‘daughters of men’ are thought to be the daughters of the ungodly Cainite. The Nephilim are just the ungodly and violent men who are the product of this unholy union.
Who are the ‘Sons of Elohim’?
The interpretation of verses 1-8 hinges upon the definition of three key terms, ‘the sons of Elohim’ (verses 2,4), ‘the daughters of men’ (verses 2,4), and the ‘Nephilim’ (verse 4). My basic presupposition in approaching our text is that we should let the Bible define its own terms; as well as look for contextual clues within the language of the immediate passages of scripture to help steer or lead us in the most accurate biblical interpretation or definition of a particular word or phrase. The Bible elsewhere does give two possible definitions for the term or phrase ‘the sons of Elohim’ for us.
Definition 1.“Sons of Elohim” can refer to spiritual beings such as angels Job 1:6," One day the sons of Elohim came to present themselves before Yahweh, and Satan also came with them."
Definition 2. ...Or to righteous people Hosea 1:10,"Yet the number of the Israelites will be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or numbered. And in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living Elohim.’ "
The major support for which definition we should use to interpret the passage in Genesis 6, is the language and context of the surrounding chapters 4,5 and 6. Chapter four describes the ungodly generation of Cain, while in chapter five we see the godly Sethite line. The language of chapter five also helps us set the proper context immediately when it starts off with...
"1This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that Elohim created man, He made him in His own likeness. 2Male and female He created them, and He blessed them. And in the day they were created, He called them “man.”a
It tells us "this is the book of the generations of Adam" Adam is the Hebrew word for Man.There is no mention of Fallen angels marrying human women and producing their own generation of giant inbred cannibalistic angel-human children...
In Genesis 6:4, “Nephilim” does mean “giants”...Strong's Exhaustive Concordance Or nphil {nef-eel'}; from naphal; properly, a feller, i.e. A bully or tyrant -- giant.see HEBREW naphal but it can mean giants in stature or giants in fame or reputation, as in “he was a giant among men.”
Again if we let the language in Genesis 6:4 guide us, it tells us which interpretation best fits the context at the end of the verse...
" And they bore them children who became the mighty men of old, men of renown."
Also notice that the Nephilim came first, then the “sons of Elohim” married the “daughters of men.” Most purposely ignore the time order.
Thus following the time order along with the Hebrew word definitions and contextual language surrounding the passage, the conclusion is that first is mentioned that there were men of famous or giant reputation who married and had children who also grew up became famous.
This order is similar to what we see in Genesis 4:15," wherein Cain was mentioned first about how Yahweh gave him a mark that let everyone know that whoever kills Cain would receive seven times worse of vengeance. In verse 17, Cain had relations with his wife and produced descendants; one of whom wanted to build a reputation that was even bigger then his great, great Grand Father's...
23Then Lamech said to his wives:“Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; wives of Lamech, listen to my speech. For I have slain a man for wounding me,a young man for striking me.24If Cain is avenged sevenfold,then Lamech seventy-sevenfold.”
After the fall and the death of Abel which was the first murder ever, for good or bad, fame or infamy, for the first time in man's history, there were men now trying to be known as someone dangerous or not to mess with. No doubt many were wicked men like Lamech who chose unjust means to build a giant reputation for himself by killing other men and enforcing their will upon others through the spread of fear.
Genesis 6: 5Then Yahweh saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was altogether evil all the time. "
Notice just the wickedness of men is mentioned. There's no mention of the wickedness of fallen fallen angels marrying the daughters of men who according to the Book of Enoch caused the creation of giant cannibal children. After this mention of how righteous men intermarried and had children with worldly ungodly women, there is given the predictable result of less and less godly people in the world, as already stated in Genesis 6:5. This leads to...
6And Yahweh regretted that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart. 7So Yahweh said, “I will blot out man, whom I have created, from the face of the earth—every man and beast and crawling creature and bird of the air—for I am grieved that I have made them.”
Still no mention of regret about the fallen angels and their bi-species children. Wouldn't the fallen angels have to share some responsibility in making the unnatural children? If according to the book of Enoch Yahweh used the flood to wipe out their handy work in creating Giant children from off the face of the Earth, why was it only man that He mentioned as blotting out; and regretting to make?
Because it wasn't the inbred children of fallen angels that was described here, but believers marrying unbelievers that is being addressed. Years later in Israel, Yahweh's written law remains consistent commanding the separation of His people from not marrying strange women who did not have Yahweh as their Elohim. This was a vital part of the religious responsibility of purity and holiness for those who truly worshipped Yahweh.
What took place in chapter six was the breakdown in the separation of godly people with ungodly people; which threatened the godly seed through whom Messiah was to be born. This breakdown was the cause of the flood which would follow. It destroyed the ungodly world and preserved righteous Noah and his family, through whom the promise of Genesis 3:15 would be fulfilled.
Unlike the opposing view, one of the great points of this interpretation is it has the commendable feature of explaining the passage without creating any doctrinal or theological problems.
PART 4: What about the Book of Enoch?
At first I thought why isn’t the book of enoch in the scripture? Enoch was referenced in the Bible, why was it judged as unqualified in the canon of scripture. Is it another grevious error concocted by the Catholic church. “Why did the church suppress the Book of Enoch?
After all, there are various references to Enoch throughout the Old and New Testament .I want to specifically look at and address this question regarding the Book of Enoch. Why was this book rejected as Scripture?
Then when I began reading and researching the Book for myself and came across certain writings made me begin to see why. Again, when you look at the History of the Book of Enoch, you can't escape the fact that it is a fictional book that was not written by the Enoch who lived before the flood.
It is not a hidden fact that the book is listed as a pseudoepigraphal work. i.e. a work with a false author (or written under a pen name).
Also there is the fact that there are a number of these pseudoepigraphal works written around the same time frame dated from the time between the Old and New Testament through the first few centuries. This shows two prevailing truths about that that time, these type of fictitious works were created ...
1. It appears to have been a writing fad for a while.
2. People used the names of famous people, such as characters from the Bible, to lend credibility to the work – to make it appear more authentic.
As a result, throughout history, very few well educated people actually believe the book to have been written by Enoch. Let's entertain this already established by the experts as false scenario why don't we.
If it was an actual book hand written by the Enoch whose relationship with Yahweh Elohim was righteous enough to be miraculously taken away by Yahweh(Genesis 5:24), it would have to have existed all those years, before the oldest recorded Biblical book of Job, before Yahweh even commanded Moses to preserve the holy commandments of His law in written form; it would have had to survive the flood.
It is not admitted into the Jewish canon, for a reason. Given who Enoch was, I'm sure that if there was even a hint of authenticity about the book of Enoch the Jewish scholars would have put it right up there with the inspired writings such as the book of Job and Moses.
Obviously they did not think that this book of Enoch was inspired scripture that was possibly written before the deluge, or that it could have safely survived that worldwide calamity, the destroyer of all things. People who want to defend this book argue this point by saying remember that Noah, who survived the deluge, was the great-grandson of Enoch himself.
They assert that this scripture could be genuine because Noah could have " rewritten it, under the Spirit's inspiration, if it had been destroyed by the violence of the deluge." [Tertullian, about 198 A.D.] Even Tertullian, one of the few church fathers to support the Book of Enoch, admits that the Jews never accepted it as authentic and that Christians of his time also rejected it.
Even though the Book of Enoch was well know by early Christian writers, most rejected the book as being from Elohim. Athanasius, Origen, and Jerome all argued against the book being considered Scripture.
In fact it appears that only Tertullian and Augustine thought the work was inspired and Augustine waffled on the point. Even the Roman Catholic Church who added twelve books to their Old Testament, didn’t consider this book – likely because of the early rejection.
Actually, there are several books that go by the name “The Book of Enoch” Most refer to copies of a book found in 1773 in Ethiopia.These copies are a translation of a Greek text that was in turn a translation of an Aramaic text.
Small fragments of this large book were found among the Dead Sea scrolls. These fragments contained Parts of chapter 2, verses 12-14 and chapter 3 verse 13-16; but the book has 108 chapters. Most scholars date the book to between 300 B.C. and 100 B.C.
Larger portions of the book survived in Greek, but again, not nearly the whole. They also date from a later period (after the church was founded). The only whole version are the Ethiopian translations. A comparison of the Ethiopian translations to the Aramaic and Greek fragments show the Ethiopian translation is fairly, but not entirely, accurate.
Most scholars note that the Book of Enoch, as it currently exists, is a disjointed work. This means it doesn’t have a unifying flow, such as would be found in the writings of one author. It is generally agreed to be a composition of several works by multiple authors, but exactly who wrote which portions is heavily debated.
True Christians who are interested in the Book of Enoch, should be willing to ...
1 Thessalonians 5:21,"but test all things. Hold fast to the good."
When you read Jude 14-15...
"14Enoch, the seventh from Adam, also prophesied about them: “Behold, the Lord is coming with myriads of His holy ones 15to execute judgment on everyone, and to convict all the ungodly of every ungodly act of wickedness and every harsh word spoken against Him by ungodly sinners.”
1. Notice that Jude doesn’t state he is quoting from a writing of Enoch
2. Since multiple Enochs are mentioned in the Bible, he clarifies which one he is quoting.
How could Jude know what Enoch said 4,000 years later? Just like Moses, Jude is inspired of the Holy Spirit, so therefore the obvious answer is that Elohim told him (I Corinthians 2:12-13).
Same reason how Moses, ascribed to be the recorder of Genesis, was able to write words of people such as Adam and Abraham who lived hundreds of years before him. When people read...
Enoch 1:9: “And behold! He cometh with ten thousands of His holy ones to execute judgment 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.”
1. They get all excited by this line. Jude must be quoting from the Book of Enoch!
2. Note that the quote is not a literal reproduction, even allowing for multiple translations.
3. Jude says Elohim will judge all and convict the ungodly among them.
4. The Book of Enoch says Elohim is judging all and will convict all of their ungodliness. Not quite the same.
What we need to ask is, if the Ethiopian copies a bad translation? Then can we trust the rest? Do we say Jude is bad a quoting? Then it wouldn’t be an inspired book and then what happens to the support for the Book of Enoch?
Another interestingly fact is none of the fragments, Aramaic or Greek, contain Enoch 1:9.The only version to have it are the Ethiopian copies. There is insufficient evidence whether the phrase is in the original Book of Enoch or whether a person knowledgeable of Christianity “enhanced” an older version.
Because the quote in Jude is unstable evidence, people have tried to prop up their cause by stating that the New Testament is filled with allusions to the Book of Enoch. By this, they mean that they compiled a set of catch phrases and conclude that books using similar catch phrases must come from the Book of Enoch.
For example, several cited the use of the phrase “son of man.” But this phrase is used heavily in Ezekiel. It is used in the Psalms a few times in reference to the Messiah.
A person trying to forge the biblical style will of course use wording similar to the Bible. However, it doesn’t serve as proof. You can’t conclude who borrowed from whom.
Could the Book of Enoch be Scripture?
Again, if the date of 300 B.C. to 100 B.C. is correct, then it comes during the years of silence.
1. Amos 8:11-12 - Yahweh said He would stop talking to the Israelites.
2. Micah 3:5-7 - It was because of all the false prophets. It would prove who was true and who was false.
Malachi was the last Old Testament prophet. Until the coming of John and Yahshua, prophecy disappeared. The Jews knew this...
I Maccabees 9:27: “So there was great distress in Israel, such as had not been since the time that prophets ceased to appear among them.”
I Maccabees 14:41: “The Jews and their priests have resolved that Simon should be their leader and high priest forever, until a trustworthy prophet should arise.”
If the Book of Enoch was written in the years of silence, then it follows that it could not have been an inspired book because no prophets existed. If it was written during the years of silence, then it’s claim to be written by Enoch is a falsehood.
1. John 17:17 - Elohim’s word is truth
2. II Timothy 3:16 - Scripture comes from the breath of Elohim
3. I Corinthians 2:12-13 - Elohim gives the very words
4. Titus 1:2 - Elohim cannot lie
Thus Yahweh would not record a message under a false name, nor would there ever have been a need to do so. Yahweh Elohim doesn’t need the reputation of Enoch to enhance His message!
Does it match the Bible?
1. Deuteronomy 13:1-3 - Elohim’s messages are always consistent.
2. Time line wrong
Using Genesis 5, we know that Enoch was born about 622 years after the creation. He lived 365 years before Elohim took him - Genesis 5:23-24
Enoch 107:2-3 (Enoch speaking to Methuselah): “'And now, my son, go and announce to thy son Lamech, that this son who is born is really his, and that this is not a falsehood.' And when Methuselah had heard the words of his father Enoch -- for he had shown him everything that was secret -- he returned, after his having seen him, and called the name of that son Noah, for he will make glad the earth for all destruction.”
Noah was born about 1056 years after the creation, 69 years after Enoch left the earth! According to the Bible, this event could not have happened!
We already showed that the books knowledge about angels wrong...
The Book of Enoch has angels marrying earthly women (chapter 6) and Mark 12:25 - Angels don’t marry
The books knowledge about the origin of sin is wrong. The Book of Enoch states that the intermixing of angel and human seed created sin and the angels spread sin by teaching forbidden topics to men. Lamech is told to hide so that his pure seed could be preserved. God would then wipe the world with a flood, thus removing sin (chapter 8-10).
I John 3:4 - Sin comes from breaking the law
Romans 5:12 - Sin began when one man broke Elohim’s law and continued because all sin
I've heard people argue that the mixed seed was not completely wiped out by the flood and that's why the Nephilim return after the flood. This thinking contradicts both the Bible and the Book of Enoch. Only eight people were saved and the Book of Enoch says that none of the mixed race survived. In fact according to the Book of Enoch, they were supposed to have wiped themselves out before the flood in some epic battle.)
The books knowledge of the realm of the dead is wrong. The Book of Enoch states that the grave is divided into four realms:
(1) Righteous martyrs, such as Abel
(2) The righteous who were not martyrs
(3) Sinners who died without suffering the consequences of their sins
(4) Sinners who died after suffering from the consequences of their sins.
Of the last group, it says, “but their spirits shall not be slain in the day of judgment nor shall they be raised from thence” (Enoch 22:13)
c. Luke 16:19-31 shows hades divided into two states.
d. John 5:28-29 - All the dead, good and bad will be judged
e. Acts 24:15 - This was Paul’s hope, a resurrection of the just and unjust
It has internal contradictions...
1. Enoch 6:7-8 gives a list of 19 angels who lead the fall of man.
2. Enoch 69:2-3 gives a list of 21 angels who were supposed to be the same group. Not only are there more names, the names are almost completely different!
We read in chapter 40 of the Book of Enoch...
"1 And after that I saw thousands of thousands and ten thousand times ten thousand, I saw a multitude 2 beyond number and reckoning, who stood before the Lord of Spirits. And on the four sides of the Lord of Spirits I saw four presences, different from those that sleep not, and I learnt their names: for the angel that went with me made known to me their names, and showed me all the hidden things. 3 And I heard the voices of those four presences as they uttered praises before the Lord of glory.
4 The first voice blesses the Lord of Spirits for ever and ever. 5 And the second voice I heard blessing 6 the Elect One and the elect ones who hang upon the Lord of Spirits. And the third voice I heard pray and intercede for those who dwell on the earth and supplicate in the name of the Lord of Spirits.
7 And I heard the fourth voice fending off the Satans and forbidding them to come before the Lord 8 of Spirits to accuse them who dwell on the earth. After that I asked the angel of peace who went with me, who showed me everything that is hidden: ‘Who are these four presences which I have
9 seen and whose words I have heard and written down?’ And he said to me: ‘This first is Michael, the merciful and long-suffering: and the second, who is set over all the diseases and all the wounds of the children of men, is Raphael: and the third, who is set over all the powers, is Gabriel: and the fourth, who is set over the repentance unto hope of those who inherit eternal life, is named Phanuel.’
10 And these are the four angels of the Lord of Spirits and the four voices I heard in those days."
When I first read this I thought the Bible never mentions an angel named Phanuel, let alone an angel who is set over the repentance of those who inherit eternal life.
Now there are millions of angels so I suppose there must be more angel names than mentioned in the Bible; but the next statement was harder for me to swallow. This statement in itself contradicts some very important teachings in the Word of Yahweh.
We read in 1st Timothy 2:5 that Yahshua Christ is the ONLY Mediator between Elohim and men, not some angel named Phanuel...
"For there is one Elohim, and one mediator between Elohim and men, the man Messiah Yahshua."
Repentance is strictly between a man and Yahshua Messiah alone. Only Yahshua died for our sins, and shed His blood to pay for them (1st Peter 1:18-19); therefore, we must be diligent to guard and defend against LIARS and imposters who would lead people to believe otherwise.
1st John 2:22 clearly indicts all Messiah-deniers as LIARS, guilty before Elohim. The Author of this book cannot be trusted.
We read in the Book of Enoch, chapter 69:8-12...
"8 ...And the fourth was named Penemue: he taught the 9 children of men the bitter and the sweet, and he taught them all the secrets of their wisdom. And he instructed mankind in writing with ink and paper, and thereby many sinned from eternity to 10 eternity and until this day.
For men were not created for such a purpose, to give confirmation 11 to their good faith with pen and ink. For men were created exactly like the angels, to the intent that they should continue pure and righteous, and death, which destroys everything, could not have taken hold of them, but through this their knowledge they are perishing, and through this power 12 it is consuming me."
Now with this I thought, what ... man's wisdom came from a demon named Penemue? That's crazy! Did using ink and paper cause the fall of the human race? Whoa ... I'd better throw all my fine-point pens away immediately! It was Adam's sin that brought sin into the world (Romans 5:12); not evil literature. Father Yahweh even commands John the Revelator to use pen and paper:
Rev 1:11," Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea."
Mankind is inherently evil of himself, prone to the works of the flesh (Galatians 5:19-21). Many people give far too much credit to demons for the sinful actions of men. They believe that every sin a person commits is evidence of demon-possession.
That is absurd! Men and women sin because they are sinners! (Romans 3:10,23). Although demons definitely can and do help influence mankind to do evil, the ultimate decision is OURS. The Devil cannot force anyone to sin.
People need to stop blaming demons and the Devil for their sins, and start looking into the mirror. Elohim has promised to help His children live right...
"There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but Elohim is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it" (1st Corinthians 10:13).
No excuses!
The other thing about this book that smacked of Greek Mythology such as the race of beings known as the Titans are the so called book of Enoch’s description of People 450-Feet Tall?
I thought this is ridiculous, are we really gullible enough to assume and believe that fallen angels had physical intimacy with earthly women that produced offspring 450-feet tall? These babies must have started out born larger than baby elephants or giraffes who compared to humans grow at a alarming rate and still don’t even reach that size full grown.
Poor normal human Mothers giving birth to such huge babies that would grow to sizes larger than many dinosaurs, I don't think so! By comparison Goliath and the Giant people who lived in the land of Canaan when the 12 spies searched the land were normal people.
We read in chapter 7:12-15 of the Book of Enoch...
7:12," Whose stature was each three hundred cubits. These devoured all which the labor of men produced; until it became impossible to feed them;13 When they turned themselves against men, in order to devour them;14 And began to injure birds, beasts, reptiles, and fishes, to eat their flesh one after another, and to drink their blood.15 Then the earth reproved the unrighteous."
First of all this last line doesn’t make sense, or line up with known proven scripture. The earth didn’t reprove the unrighteous, only Elohim the Creator of the Earth should get credit for doing that. This smacks more along the line of the Mother earth cults that teach the earth is angry at men who violate nature and therefore nature fights back.
But this wasn’t the worst of it. After reading the description in verses 12-14 I began to think perhaps this is where they think dinosaurs came from. Maybe some of the bones we have stored and labeled as Dinosaurs in Museums are really the human angel inbreds buried long ago?
These supposed inbreds were the extremely inhumanly disfigured half angel half human children whose bones we perhaps mistaken for T- Rex and the heavy eating Brontosaurus. A "cubit" is 1.5 feet. The ark which Noah built was 300 cubits long (Genesis 6:15).
Do you mean to tell me that some women had children who were as tall as the ark was long? We've got to be joking! Such foolish conjecture is a violation of the simplest teachings of the Bible. In Genesis 6: we read,...
"There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of Elohim 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."
Again, I think Pastor J. Vernon McGee’s interpretation of this Scripture is more correct...
He says, “There were giants in the earth in those days,” but it does not say they are the offspring of the sons of God and the daughters of men. It does say this about the offspring: “the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.”
These were not monstrosities; they were men. The record here makes it very clear that the giants were in the earth before this took place, and it simply means that these offspring were outstanding individuals.
Humanity has a tremendous capacity. Man is fearfully and wonderfully made—that is a great truth we have lost sight of. This idea that man has come up from some protoplasm out of a garbage can or seaweed is utterly preposterous. It is the belief of some scientists that evolution will be repudiated, and some folk are going to look ridiculous at that time.
Evolution is nothing in the world but a theory as far as science is concerned. Nothing has been conclusive about it. It is a philosophy like any other philosophy, and it can be accepted or rejected. When it is accepted, it certainly leads to some very crazy solutions to the problems of the world, and it has gotten my country into trouble throughout the world.
Anyone would think that we are the white knight riding through the world straightening out wrongs. We are wrong on the inside ourselves! I do not know why in this country today we have an intelligentsia in our colleges, our government, our news media, and our military who think they are super, that somehow or another they have arrived.
It is the delusion of the hour that men think that they are greater than they really are. Man is suffering from a fall, an awful fall. He is totally depraved today, and until that is taken into consideration, we are in trouble all the way along.
Then what do we have here in verse 4? As I see it, Genesis is a book of genealogies—it is a book of the families. The sons of God are the godly line who have come down from Adam through Seth, and the daughters of men belong to the line of Cain. What you have here now is an intermingling and intermarriage of these two lines, until finally the entire line is totally corrupted (well, not totally; there is one exception). That is the picture that is presented to us here."
SOURCE: McGee, J. Vernon, Thru the Bible with J. Vernon McGee, (Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers) 2000, c1981.
Back to Pastor Micah’s objections:
We also read in 1st Corinthians 15:39-40,…
"All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds. There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another."
There you have it ... celestial (heavenly) and terrestrial (earthly) are NOT compatible. Just as a fish cannot breed with a horse, or a cow with a whale, so cannot a fallen angel breed with a woman.
Also, Yahshua clearly taught that the angels are NOT given in marriage (Matthew 22:30). We know that there were giants in the Old Testament; but as seen with Goliath the Philistine (1st Samuel 17:4), he was only 9' 6" tall (not 450 feet).
Giants in the Old Testament were NOT the result of fallen angels marrying human women. And think about this, if fallen angels did have physical relations with earthly women, then why doesn't it occur today? There is no such thing as a succubus or an incubus (i.e. sexual relations between demons and humans).
Furthermore, how could a human woman give birth to a normal size baby that would then grow to be as tall as half the length of a football field? 'Com on, the birth would be extremely harsh for the Mother considering that such a baby would probably be born larger than that of a baby elephant or giraffe whose growth rate is a lot faster than that of a normal human. Although the Bible does contain many miraculous and startling events (e.g., the flood), they are all explainable and have rationale.
It is clear that many unsaved scholars today are trying to discredit the Bible as a book of fables, which is what the Book of Enoch certainly is. The Word of Yahweh is untouchable, unchangeable, and incorruptible!
We read in the Book of Enoch, chapter 69:4-6...
4 The name of the first Jeqon: that is, the one who led astray [all] the sons of God, and brought them 5 down to the earth, and led them astray through the daughters of men. And the second was named Asbeel: he imparted to the holy sons of God evil counsel, and led them astray so that they defiled 6 their bodies with the daughters of men. And the third was named Gadreel: he it is who showed the children of men all the blows of death, and he led astray Eve, and showed [the weapons of death to the sons of men] the shield and the coat of mail, and the sword for battle, and all the weapons.
Without a doubt, the primary claim of the Book of Enoch is that fallen angels had sex with human women and produced 450-feet tall giants upon the earth. This teaching is ridiculous, unscriptural, and has no solid evidence to support it (Biblically or scientifically).
This is another good reason why the Book of Enoch should continue to be rejected. It is nonsense. Also, notice in 69:6 above that the Book of Enoch claims that a demon named Gadreel led Eve astray and introduced weaponry to mankind. How absurd. The Bible identifies the serpent which deceived Eve in the Garden of Eden as Satan (Ezekiel 28:13).
Conclusion
Father Yahweh could not be behind such a book! The Book of Enoch is the product of man; that was rightly rejected as uninspired writing. The reason why the early church fathers and the King James Bible translators rejected the Book of Enoch as inspired of Elohim, WASN'T to hide the truth; BUT, because it isn't the truth.
It didn’t take long for me to begin to judge the Book of Enoch as a fraud, an imposter, possibly inspired by pagan influences creeping into the doctrine of the church. When I read in chapter 1:9 of the Book of Enoch that an angel named Phanuel is "set over the repentance unto hope of those who inherit eternal life" ... It re-enforced my suspicions that the Book of Enoch was fraudulent.
Salvation is found ONLY in Christ Yahshua, "Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Yahshua Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom Elohim raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole.
This is the stone which was set at naught of you builders, which is become the head of the corner. Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved."
King David said in Psalm 62:6, "He (Yahshua) only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defense; I shall not be moved."
Perhaps this is why we have so many manmade traditions involving praying to the angel of this and that; when we should only be praying to the heavenly Father. Phanuel... like the book you're mentioned in, you're a fraud! Yahshua is the ONLY Way, Truth, and Life (John 14:6).
The truth is that Satan is a murderous thief, who's sole purpose of existence now is to kill, steal, and destroy (John 10:10). Satan hates the Word of Yahweh, because It is his greatest enemy in this world. Therefore, Satan seeks to destroy the Bible.
If he cannot destroy the Bible, then he tries to corrupt the Bible by changing it (Romans 1:25; 2nd Peter 3:16).
If Satan cannot destroy or corrupt the Bible, then he tries to introduce "new" so-called "lost books" of the Bible to confuse people. I can't tell you how many times I've seen people who hardly know a lick of the Bible and seem put off by study get all fired up for the false Book of Enoch.
It is NO coincidence nowadays, in this time of great apostasy--when homosexuals are being given in marriage, when babies are being murdered by the hundreds-of-millions worldwide through abortion, when witchcraft is all around us, when booze and gambling are commonplace, when sexual sins and lasciviousness have saturated society, when churches are silent concerning sin and false religion--that we should see all these "new" so-called revelations concerning the Bible.
Lost or hidden books like Enoch can stay lost, Father Yahweh promised in Psalm 12:6,7 to preserve His Word unto all generations, and He wonderfully has. Praise Yahweh!!!
As a person progresses deeper into the Book of Enoch, they will eventually find the Books of Adam and Eve fascinating as well, and then they will be into even deeper New Age occultism without even realizing it. Don't be fooled friend, the Book of Enoch is occult material that will lead you into the senseless mysticism of pagan religions.
Just look at some of the non-scriptural outlines written here, particularly those I marked with an* in front of them…
Hidden Mysteries Books
The First Book of Adam and Eve
Part 1
Table of Contents
Prologue
Part 1
*Chapter I - The crystal sea, God commands Adam, expelled from Eden, to live in the Cave of Treasures.
Chapter II - Adam and Eve faint when they leave the Garden. God sends His Word to encourage them.
Chapter III - Concerning the promise of the great five and a half days.
Chapter IV - Adam mourns over the changed conditions. Adam and Eve enter the Cave of Treasures.
Chapter V - Eve makes a noble and emotional intercession, taking the blame on herself.
Chapter VI - God's reprimand to Adam and Eve in which he points out how and why they sinned.
*Chapter VII - The beasts are appeased.
Chapter VIII - The "Bright Nature" of man is taken away.
*Chapter IX - Water from the Tree of Life. Adam and Eve near drowning.
Part 2
*Chapter X - Their bodies need water after they leave the garden.
Chapter XI - A recollection of the glorious days in the Garden.
Chapter XII - How darkness came between Adam and Eve.
Chapter XIII - The fall of Adam. Why night and day were created.
Chapter XIV - The earliest prophesy of the coming of Christ.
Chapter XV - Adam and Eve grieve over the suffering of God to save them from their sins.
*Chapter XVI - The first sunrise. Adam and Eve think it is a fire coming to burn them.
Chapter XVII - The Chapter of the Serpent.
*Chapter XVIII - The mortal combat with the serpent.
Part 3
Chapter XIX - Beasts made subject to Adam.
Chapter XX - Adam wishes to protect Eve.
*Chapter XXI - Adam and Eve attempt suicide.
Chapter XXII - Adam in a gracious mood.
Chapter XXIII - Adam and Eve strengthen themselves and make the first altar ever built.
Chapter XXIV - A vivid prophecy of the life and death of Christ.
Chapter XXV - God represented as merciful and loving. The establishing of worship.
Chapter XXVI - A beautiful prophecy of eternal life and joy (v. 15). The fall of night.
*Chapter XXVII - The second tempting of Adam and Eve. The devil takes on the form of a beguiling light