the Book of Enoch

The Bible is not the Word of God: Part 6
An amazing non-canonical book is the Book of Enoch. It gets in to some pretty abstract things that require you to read between the lines.

Enoch is expressing what he witnessed to the best of his ability. We learn things through future revelation or science that explains what he saw. He basically describes our solar system as he is carried through it.

Enoch also talks about the “Son of Man” or “Elect One” who sits on a throne with the Father. This man will bring righteousness to the elect. He will cause the gentiles to repent and judge the living and the dead. Possibly up to 3,100 years prior to Jesus birth.

You may not realize it but many have already read from the book of Enoch. Not only did it shape the theology surrounding the New Testament regarding angels, demons, and the days of Noah, but it found its way into the book of Jude.


“And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, 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.”Jude 1:14-15

“And behold! He cometh with ten thousands of His holy onesTo execute judgment upon all, and to destroy all the ungodly: And to convict all fleshOf all the works of their ungodliness which they have ungodly committed,And of all the hard things which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.”1Enoch 1:9

There is much to glean from Enoch. And with the context of Jasher we understand who Enoch was and how he was able to affect the ancient world to the degree that he did.

http://www.johnpratt.com/items/docs/enoch.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6eNRC-9HN8

PART 7

Apocrypha, Empire, and the Pagan Bible

The Bible is not the Word of God Part 5

Bibliolatry Limits Our Text:

Not only does bible worship diminish the worship of the person Jesus; it greatly limits the scope of text we would use for gaining revelation. There are many non-canonical texts with tremendous revelation. When we elevate and honor one medium for truth we will camp out there and exclude others. The Apocryphal books are at times viewed as evil but these texts were widely used by the early church. The book of Enoch shaped the language of many of the gospels. Anytime you read the phrase “son of man” Jesus is declaring that he is the one mentioned by Enoch.

The purpose of this writing is not to dive into the history surrounding the canonization of scripture. However that could be the most convincing argument against the text that I could present; perhaps at another time.

Consider that we didn’t have a canon until 325 CE and that it was by the persuasion of a pagan emperor (baptized on his deathbed). Even after the canon the church used the non-canonical books. The canon became a list of “safe books” for common people under the Imperial Church while the other books were reserved for the “mature.” Eventually the non-canonical books were banned and/or burned all together.

Apocrypha - (ἀπόκρυφα) those having been hidden away.

Yet in many of these books we find deep and meaningful revelation that is not found in the canon. Such as...

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