I've heard proponents of the heretical book of Enoch try to justify adding the false book by saying that Jude mentions a prophecy not found in scripture.
1 Enoch 1:9 - 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.
Aside from not being a direct word for word quote which they also claim, isnt this really speaking of the prophecy of Psalms 149 which IS actual scripture and not counterfeit
6The high praises of God shall be in their mouths,
And a two-edged sword in their hands,
7To execute vengeance on the nations,
And punishment on the peoples,
8To bind their kings with chains,
And their dignitaries with shackles of iron,
9To execute against them the judgment written.
This is an honor for all His godly ones.
Praise the LORD!
People want to say that "Jude quotes enoch". The reality is that the fake book that is enoch, quotes Jude in an attempt to legitimize itself. Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary puts Enochs authorship between the 2nd and the 10 century A.D.!!!
It goes so far to say that its nothing more that a home - grown-product of slavic religious culture. It wasn't written by Enoch in the Bible any more than I could change the name of Wilber to Moses and say that Exodus quotes Charlotts web. Setting that aside and just for a second, lets entertain the notion that Enoch FRAGMENTS, did I forget to mention that the dead sea scrolls only found fragments, not an actual book of enoch.... but lest say that the scraps of text we have WERE in Enoch... so what. That doesn't make Enoch scripture.
Lets look at this verse in Isaiah
Isaiah 49:7
“Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the LORD that is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee.”
Now, we have to decide on if we're going to make the book of mormon scripture because this verse:
1 Nephi 21:7
7 Thus saith the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel, his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nations abhorreth, to servant of rulers: Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the Lord that is faithful.
Its the same scripture. We don't say that Isaiah quoted the book of mormon. We don't use the book of Isaiah to legitimize another heretical book that is not part of the cannon that leads people astray in how they rationalize and filter the ACTUAL Word of God.
What about this in Matt 4
5 Then the devil *took Him along into the holy city and had Him stand on the pinnacle of the temple, 6 and he *said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down; for it is written:‘He will give His angels orders concerning You’; and ‘On their hands they will lift You up, So that You do not strike Your foot against a stone.’”
Do we then say HMMM this Devil guy is quoting scripture therefore EVERYTHING He says should be the authoritative word of God?
NO.
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Some try to argue that Yeshua "quoted Enoch"
They say that Enoch 48:1
In that place I beheld a fountain of righteousness, which never failed, encircled by many springs of wisdom. Of these all the thirsty drank, and were filled with wisdom, having their habitation with the righteous, the elect, and the holy.
is quoted in
John 4:14
14 but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him shall never be thirsty; but the water that I will give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up to eternal life.”
but John 4:14 is citing any number of passages already in the scripture
- Is 12:3 Therefore you will joyously draw water From the springs of salvation.
- Is 55:1 “You there! Everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; And you who have no money come, buy and eat. Come, buy wine and milk Without money and without cost.
- Is 58:11 And the Lord will continually guide you, And satisfy your desire in scorched places, And give strength to your bones; And you will be like a watered garden, And like a spring of water whose waters do not fail.
- Jer 2:13 “For My people have committed two evils: They have abandoned Me, The fountain of living waters, To carve out for themselves cisterns, Broken cisterns That do not hold water.
- Psalms 36:8-9 They drink their fill of the abundance of Your house; And You allow them to drink from the river of Your delights. 9 For the fountain of life is with You; In Your light we see light.
Yeshua didn't consider Enoch scripture. The Tanak of the old testament cannon was in place at Yeshua's time.
Paul quotes from two Greek poets–Epimenides and Aratus in Acts 17:27-28
that they would seek God, if perhaps they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us; 28 for in Him we live and move and exist, as even some of your own poets have said, ‘For we also are His children.’
Does this mean that Greek poems about zeus are now scripture? We SHOULD be able to immediately see what horrible logic that is. One justification and now we have a pantheon of false gods.
The book of Enoch contains clear use of biblical passages from Isaiah, Zecheriah, and Ezekiel which were clearly written long after Enoch died.
Mt Sinai was mentioned in Enoch, which he wouldn't have known by name. .
What about the argument " But the Ethiopian church had it in their Bibles"
The Ethiopian church was judged as heretical in 451 A.D. and considered the secular historian Josephus as scripture.
Daniel Kipton Musson from Back2Center Ministries shared this regarding the Canon.
First, the Jews themselves never accepted the Deuterocanonical books that Orthodox and Catholic Christians accept.
-We actually see the concept of a closed canon of the OT within the Intertestamental period between Malachi and Matthew.
-The introduction to Sirach/Ecclesiasticus by the author introduces the Law, Prophets, Minor prophets as the Canon.
-And we see in 2 Macc. 2:13-14 where the Scriptures themselves are inside of the temple.
-And Josephus in his work to Apion lists the 22 Books (Jews counted differently their books, they never separated it into 1 & 2, 3, 4 etc.).
-Philo of Alexandria does the same as well. The council of Jamnia in 90 AD which was on the canon never did as well.
-Now going on to the Christians. Both the earliest list of canons by Melito of Sardis and Origen are recorded in Eusebius "Ecclesiastical History" and mentions the same canon as the Jews.
-Eusebius himself gives list of the books which are canonical, spurious, not listed, etc. And mentions the same amount of both OT and NT books.
-Cyril of Jerusalem in his catechetical lectures in 350 AD list the same as well.
-Hilary of Poitiers list OT books. Never mentions them. Circa 360 AD.
-The Synod of Laodicea in 363 AD had to do with the Canon of Scripture, never mentions them.
-Athanasius in his 39th Festal epistle mentions the entire canon, not a single one of them.
-In the 380's, you had Gregory of Nazianzus, Basil the Great, Amphilocius of Iconium, and Epiphanius of Salamis give their canons and not one of those books are mentioned.
-Jerome, the editor and creator of the Latin Vulgate, was very learnt into Hebrew and never accepted those books as canonical.
-Augustine, at first did believe those books to be Scriptural/canonical, and as a result both the councils of Hippo (393) and Carthage (397) were influenced by him to accept them.
-But later on, came to view them as historical rather than prophetical. See "City of God: Book 18, Chapter 36"
-Rufinus never accepted them. Neither did Leontius of Byzantium, Catalogue of the Sixty Books, Stichometery of Nicephorus, John of Damascus etc.
Compiled here from several references are refutations of the heretical books of Enoch, I collaborated with Joseph Schauer This part is his comparisons.
☠️Enoch 6:1-6
1 And it came to pass when the children of men had multiplied that in those days were born unto them beautiful and comely daughters. 2 And the Angels, the children of heaven, saw and lusted after them, and said to one another, "Come, let us choose us men from among he children of men and beget us children." 3 And Semjaza, who was their leader, said unto them "I fear ye will not agree indeed to do this deed, and I alone will have to pay the penalty for this great sin." 4 And they all answered him and said "Let us all swear an oath, and all bind ourselves by mutual imprecations not to abandon this plan but to do this thing." 5 Then swear they all together and bound themselves by mutual imprecations upon it. 6 And they were in all two hundred; who descended in the days of Jared on the summit of Mount Hermon, and they called it Mount Hermon, because they had sworn and bound themselves by mutual imprecations upon it.
Enoch is referring to the same time frame in Genesis 6:1. We know this because Genesis 6:1 says pretty much the same statement that Enoch 6:1 makes. Genesis 6:1 tells us that the children of men had multiplied that in those days were born unto them daughters just like in Enoch 6:1. Now in Chapter 8, we see a contradictory statement. Let's have a look.
☠️Enoch 8:1
And Azâzêl taught men to make swords, and knives, and shields, and breastplates, and made known to them the metals of the earth and the art of working them, and bracelets, and ornaments, and the use of antimony, and the beautifying of the eyelids, and all kinds of costly stones, and all colouring tinctures.
📖Genesis 4:20-22
20 Adah bore Jabal; he was the father of those who dwell in tents and have livestock. 21 His brother's name was Jubal; he was the father of all those who play the lyre and pipe. 22 Zillah also bore Tubal-cain; he was the FORGER OF ALL INSTRUMENTS BRONZE AND IRON. The sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.
In Enoch 8:1 we are told that Azâzêl taught men how to work metals. Yet Genesis 4:20-22, before men multiplied on the earth like in Enoch 6:1 and Genesis 6:1, we are told that Tubal-Cain was a forger of all instruments bronze and iron. That is a contradiction to the Book of Enoch that leaves us in a position to choose either Torah or Enoch. I think it is safe to say that Torah doesn't contradict itself, Enoch does.
This Book is loaded with passages which contradict Scripture .
Contradiction #2
☠️Enoch 10:1
1 Then said The Most High, the Holy and Great One spake, and sent Uriel to the son of alameda, and said to him: 2 "Go to Noah and tell him in my name Hide thyself!" And reveal to him the end that is approaching: that the whole earth will be destroyed, and a deluge is about to come upon the whole earth, and will destroy all who is on it.
Ok, here in Enoch we are told that The Most High is about to destroy the earth.
☠️Enoch 10:8
8 And the whole earth has been corrupted through the works that were taught by Azâzêl: to ascribe him all sin.
Here we are told that Azâzêl is responsible for all sin. But this is not what scripture teaches. Genesis 3 tells us Adam was responsible for all sin. And the Book of Romans confirms this as well.
📖Romans 5:12
12 Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned.
The contradictions don’t stop there.
Contradiction #3
📖Genesis 6:13-16
13 And God said to Noah, “I have determined to make an end of all flesh, for the earth is filled with violence through them. Behold, I will destroy them with the earth. 14 Make yourself an ark of gopher wood. Make rooms in the ark, and cover it inside and out with pitch. 15 This is how you are to make it: the length of the ark 300 cubits, its breadth 50 cubits, and its height 30 cubits. 16 Make a roof for the ark, and finish it to a cubit above, and set the door of the ark in its side. Make it with lower, second, and third decks.
Here we are told that God commanded Noah to build the ark. But what does Enoch say?
☠️Enoch 67:1-2
1 And in those days the word of God came unto me, and he said unto me: "Noah, thy lot has come up before me, a lot without blame, a lot of love and uprightness. 2 And now the Angels are making a wooden building, and when they have completed that task
There is a false teaching going around that originates from the Book of Enoch which postulates that reading and writing are part of the dark arts.
☠️Enoch 68:9-16The name of the fourth is Penemue: he discovered to the children of men bitterness and sweetness; And pointed out to them every secret of their wisdom. He taught men to understand writing, and [the use of] ink and paper. Therefore numerous have been those who have gone astray from every period of the world, even to this day. For men were not born for this, thus with pen and with ink to confirm their faith; Since they were not created, except that, like the angels, they might remain righteous and pure. Nor would death, which destroys everything, have effected them; But by this their knowledge they perish, and by this also [its] power consumes [them].
Here we are told that the Angel Penemue taught men how to understand writing. And that because of reading and writing, many have gone astray because writing was never meant to be for men and that writing makes men unrighteous and impure. It even appears to have stated that death itself would have never affected us if we never learned how to read and write. Let me make something crystal clear. Writing and reading does not make anyone unrighteous or impure in even the slightest sense. Writing is not part of the Dark Arts that fallen Angels taught men like this absurd passage teaches. We do not die because we know how to read and write either, we die because of our fallen sin nature which still curses and consumes us. Nowhere in Gods Law was writing ever forbidden, declared sin, nor are we told it could even make somebody ceremonially unclean. That is not a teaching from the Bible, that is a teaching from men. None of the patriarchs or prophets ever warned about the dangers of reading or writing. And as a matter of fact, The Most High God Himself wrote the 10 commandments on stone before he handed them to Moses. God would never do anything unrighteous or impure. This is one of the most blasphemous teachings that I have ever heard. To say that the men who gave us the written word of God, which was written by the Prophets, Apostles, Holy men of God and even God Himself by the power and inspiration of the Holy Spirit, were unrighteous, impure and were engaging in one of the Dark Arts given to us via fallen angels is blasphemous and heretical in every sense. This is one of the many false teachings of the Book of Enoch that adds to Scripture. Let’s look and see what the Bible has to say about adding words to Scripture.
📖Deuteronomy 4:2
You shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall you diminish from it, that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.
📖Deuteronomy 12:32
What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: you shall not add thereto, nor diminish from it.
📖Revelation 22:18-19
For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and [from] the things which are written in this book.
Will a Holy and Elect race from Heaven mix their seed with the children of men after the judgment?
I guess according to the Book of Enoch, a Holy and Elect race from the upper heavens will one day mix their seed with the children of men.
☠️Enoch 39:1
In those days shall the elect and holy race descend from the upper heavens, and their seed shall then be with the children of men. Enoch received books of indignation and wrath, and books of hurry and agitation.
Interesting considering the fact that proponents of the Book of Enoch claim that the entire book was written because Angels had sex with women and that act was a great sin and act of rebellion against God. Then, in Enoch 39:1 we are told that a Holy and Elect race will descend from Heaven (even though HUMANS are in SHEOL and Matthew 22 says the ANGELS IN HEAVEN DONT MARRY WOMEN) and mix their seed (a rebellious sin) in women. The contradictions in the Book of Enoch are as endless as they are silly.
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Daniel 7:13 I kept looking in the night visions, And behold, with the clouds of heaven One like a son of man was coming, And He came up to the Ancient of Days And was presented before Him.
Enoch 48, says this figure is a light to the nations, and all who dwell on the earth will worship him and the righteous will have salvation in his name. Who does Enoch say the son of man, chosen one is in Chapter 71?
Enoch.
Not Yeshua. Enoch.
Enoch teaches that Enoch is the messiah. Its a book LITERALLY teaching falsehood.
