1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:03,840 Thousands of people claim that this book should never have been 2 00:00:03,840 --> 00:00:08,119 banned from the Bible, whilst others claim it should never be 3 00:00:08,119 --> 00:00:11,680 opened again. So who's actually right? 4 00:00:11,720 --> 00:00:15,280 Well, before I give you my controversial answer, first 5 00:00:15,360 --> 00:00:21,640 let's investigate what is the Book of Enoch all about. 365 is 6 00:00:21,640 --> 00:00:24,800 how many days there are in a year, and at the end of those 7 00:00:24,800 --> 00:00:28,640 days we get a new beginning. Well, so it was with Enoch. 8 00:00:28,640 --> 00:00:33,800 He lived 300 and 65 years, and then after that he got his new 9 00:00:33,800 --> 00:00:36,720 beginning because he was taken up to be with the Lord. 10 00:00:36,720 --> 00:00:39,240 And no Christian will ever dispute this fact with you. 11 00:00:39,320 --> 00:00:43,240 But the Book of Enoch goes into exceptional detail of what 12 00:00:43,280 --> 00:00:45,680 happened once Enoch was taken up. 13 00:00:45,800 --> 00:00:48,760 And know this as I share this information. 14 00:00:48,760 --> 00:00:51,600 Remember, I'm not sharing this as total fact. 15 00:00:51,600 --> 00:00:54,320 I'm just repeating the information from the Book of 16 00:00:54,400 --> 00:00:56,680 Enoch. It was an ordinary night just 17 00:00:56,680 --> 00:01:00,480 like any other when a bright ball of light appeared above 18 00:01:00,560 --> 00:01:03,280 Enoch's village. All the villagers were afraid, 19 00:01:03,280 --> 00:01:07,160 but Enoch wasn't, and suddenly he found himself being carried 20 00:01:07,160 --> 00:01:09,960 up to heaven by an Angel called Uriel. 21 00:01:10,040 --> 00:01:14,200 Whilst in heaven, the Book of Enoch states that God told Enoch 22 00:01:14,200 --> 00:01:18,160 to scribe and to write down all of these important things that 23 00:01:18,160 --> 00:01:20,960 he was about to be shown. He was shown the mountains. 24 00:01:20,960 --> 00:01:22,480 He saw all. The rivers of the world. 25 00:01:22,520 --> 00:01:27,280 And then the Angel Uriel took Enoch on a tour of the universe. 26 00:01:27,360 --> 00:01:30,480 He saw how celestial beings could be transported. 27 00:01:30,480 --> 00:01:33,640 He sees the solar system. He sees the lunar cycle. 28 00:01:33,640 --> 00:01:38,320 He sees how the length of the Earth's orbital cycle is 365 29 00:01:38,320 --> 00:01:41,040 days. And this is the reason why many 30 00:01:41,040 --> 00:01:43,560 people believe that the Book of Enoch must. 31 00:01:43,560 --> 00:01:46,480 Carry a certain. Weight about it because most of 32 00:01:46,480 --> 00:01:50,240 these scientific discoveries had not yet been found when the book 33 00:01:50,240 --> 00:01:53,800 was written in 300. BCE but hey now. 34 00:01:53,920 --> 00:01:56,240 You mustn't forget that there are actually. 35 00:01:56,240 --> 00:01:59,960 Two massive inconsistencies. In the Book of Enoch, which 36 00:01:59,960 --> 00:02:02,880 would actually contradict the Bible and before I reveal. 37 00:02:02,880 --> 00:02:06,360 Those two things to you. First, let's look at what this 38 00:02:06,360 --> 00:02:10,120 book is really famous for in the first book of the Bible. 39 00:02:10,120 --> 00:02:15,160 Genesis we read this. There were giants on the earth 40 00:02:15,160 --> 00:02:16,800 in those days. And also. 41 00:02:16,800 --> 00:02:21,040 Afterward, when the sons of God came into the daughters of men, 42 00:02:21,040 --> 00:02:25,560 and they bore chill to them, those were the mighty men who 43 00:02:25,560 --> 00:02:29,640 were of old men of renowned. I wonder now how many of you 44 00:02:29,640 --> 00:02:33,520 were around three years ago when I made this video about why I 45 00:02:33,520 --> 00:02:37,560 believe the Bible teaches that there were these angelic beings. 46 00:02:37,560 --> 00:02:40,840 And these angelic beings looked down from heaven and they saw 47 00:02:40,920 --> 00:02:43,640 that the women of earth were very beautiful. 48 00:02:43,720 --> 00:02:47,600 So they went in and they had relationships with these women. 49 00:02:47,640 --> 00:02:51,080 And from these relationships came these children who were 50 00:02:51,080 --> 00:02:55,800 part man, part Angel, these hybrid beings that were Goliath 51 00:02:55,800 --> 00:02:59,200 like in size. And when the Lord God saw all of 52 00:02:59,200 --> 00:03:03,120 these evil ways, he was very angry, and he poured out. 53 00:03:03,120 --> 00:03:07,120 His judgement, His water. On all of the earth, on everyone 54 00:03:07,280 --> 00:03:11,600 except for Noah and his family, who sought salvation in the ark. 55 00:03:11,800 --> 00:03:14,720 I can hear exactly what you're. Saying right now you're saying, 56 00:03:14,720 --> 00:03:18,640 Joe, how can this be possible? Didn't Jesus Christ himself say 57 00:03:18,640 --> 00:03:22,600 that in heaven we will be like the angels, we will not be given 58 00:03:22,600 --> 00:03:25,040 to marriage? You're right, Christ did say 59 00:03:25,040 --> 00:03:26,920 that. And one day in the not so 60 00:03:26,920 --> 00:03:31,600 distant future, my plan is to do a deep dive on the subject of 61 00:03:31,600 --> 00:03:33,560 giants. So if you want to see that video 62 00:03:33,560 --> 00:03:35,720 in a couple of weeks time, please do make sure you 63 00:03:35,720 --> 00:03:38,120 subscribe. But right now watch this, 64 00:03:38,120 --> 00:03:42,360 because the Book of Enoch offers a very detailed account of where 65 00:03:42,360 --> 00:03:44,800 giants came from. And I want to hear from you. 66 00:03:44,840 --> 00:03:48,080 I want you to listen to this account and you tell me whether 67 00:03:48,080 --> 00:03:52,280 you think it's accurate or not. According to the Book of Enoch, 68 00:03:52,520 --> 00:03:57,120 God set over the earth certain angels to watch over it, to look 69 00:03:57,120 --> 00:03:59,560 after it. Some of these angels were good, 70 00:03:59,880 --> 00:04:03,080 but others were bad. And just like the biblical 71 00:04:03,080 --> 00:04:07,080 account, some of these bad angels, these celestial beings, 72 00:04:07,080 --> 00:04:09,480 they were attracted to the women of Earth. 73 00:04:09,560 --> 00:04:15,920 And so these angels went down and they messed up the DNA of 74 00:04:15,920 --> 00:04:18,200 mankind. In fact, the Book of Enoch 75 00:04:18,200 --> 00:04:20,640 raises the bar. It says the reason that these 76 00:04:20,640 --> 00:04:24,120 angels were attracted to the women is because they had long 77 00:04:24,160 --> 00:04:27,360 flowing hair. And some people take this detail 78 00:04:27,360 --> 00:04:29,920 and they believe that's what Paul was doing when he was 79 00:04:29,920 --> 00:04:33,080 instructing women to cover their hair whilst praying. 80 00:04:33,120 --> 00:04:36,000 Personally, I find that very questionable. 81 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:38,640 But here's the big difference. In the Book of Enoch, we are 82 00:04:38,640 --> 00:04:42,680 told that the angels had a leader, they had a boss, and he 83 00:04:42,680 --> 00:04:47,440 was called Shemi Hazar and he was a rather a sly kind of guy, 84 00:04:47,440 --> 00:04:50,640 he said. I am really afraid that you guys 85 00:04:50,640 --> 00:04:53,840 will back out of what we've agreed to do and I will be the 86 00:04:53,840 --> 00:04:56,240 only Angel who gets in trouble with God. 87 00:04:56,240 --> 00:05:00,160 So let's make a deal, Let's all bind an oath that we will do 88 00:05:00,160 --> 00:05:02,440 this act. And there, with his persuasive 89 00:05:02,440 --> 00:05:08,480 words, he convinced 199 angels to fall from heaven and meet him 90 00:05:08,480 --> 00:05:10,840 on Mount Vernon. And that is where they begun 91 00:05:10,840 --> 00:05:15,240 searching out their targets to create chaos on the earth. 92 00:05:15,480 --> 00:05:17,560 What goes through your mind as I tell you this? 93 00:05:17,560 --> 00:05:21,240 That here we have these angelic beings who fell from heaven. 94 00:05:21,240 --> 00:05:23,360 They saw that the women were beautiful. 95 00:05:23,360 --> 00:05:26,560 They went in. And from these relationships, 96 00:05:26,560 --> 00:05:31,560 these women gave birth to these hybrid Goliath like creatures. 97 00:05:31,560 --> 00:05:35,760 And then suddenly we now have giant clans all across the earth 98 00:05:35,840 --> 00:05:38,600 who are spreading evil. I wonder what you're thinking 99 00:05:38,600 --> 00:05:42,360 about right now. Well, it gets even crazier. 100 00:05:42,360 --> 00:05:46,240 One of these bad angels was called as A and he's the one who 101 00:05:46,240 --> 00:05:49,520 taught the people how to fashion the metals of earth. 102 00:05:49,680 --> 00:05:52,600 He taught them how to create Shields, armour and swords. 103 00:05:52,600 --> 00:05:56,240 And believers in the Book of Enoch claim that Azazel is the 104 00:05:56,240 --> 00:05:59,560 reason why we have fighting between countries today. 105 00:05:59,600 --> 00:06:02,400 Because he is the one who taught us how to hate. 106 00:06:02,560 --> 00:06:05,360 He's the one who taught us to create these advanced 107 00:06:05,360 --> 00:06:08,760 technologies and to do these things to one another. 108 00:06:08,840 --> 00:06:12,680 So just remember that name, Azazel, because we're going to 109 00:06:12,680 --> 00:06:16,160 return to it a little bit later. I did say to you that I was 110 00:06:16,160 --> 00:06:19,520 going to show you the two unbiblical errors that the Book 111 00:06:19,520 --> 00:06:21,920 of Enoch teaches. Well, it's not just time for 112 00:06:21,920 --> 00:06:25,640 that right now, but there is a third one that I do want to draw 113 00:06:25,640 --> 00:06:28,280 your attention to. Where do we as Christians 114 00:06:28,280 --> 00:06:32,040 believe that sin came from? We believe that Adam and Eve, 115 00:06:32,080 --> 00:06:35,280 when they ate, of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil 116 00:06:35,280 --> 00:06:37,760 when our first Father, Adam sinned. 117 00:06:37,760 --> 00:06:41,720 That is why you and I now sin. That is why you and I now do 118 00:06:41,720 --> 00:06:43,840 wrong. But the Book of Enoch doesn't 119 00:06:43,840 --> 00:06:46,200 teach that. The Book of Enoch would really 120 00:06:46,200 --> 00:06:51,920 imply that sin was learned by these fallen angels as well as 121 00:06:51,920 --> 00:06:53,960 Azazel. There was another Angel called 122 00:06:53,960 --> 00:06:58,640 Sam Yazar and he, according to the book of Enoch, taught the 123 00:06:58,640 --> 00:07:02,840 people of earth how to do magic. Then we have the angels Coca, 124 00:07:02,840 --> 00:07:07,040 Biel, Ezekiel, Arakil, Shamsil, and Sariel. 125 00:07:07,120 --> 00:07:11,600 And these all taught the signs of the earth, the sun, the moon, 126 00:07:11,600 --> 00:07:14,840 the clouds, and according again to the Book of Enoch, not the 127 00:07:14,840 --> 00:07:17,920 Bible. Apparently God said to these 128 00:07:17,920 --> 00:07:20,760 angels, you must never share this knowledge. 129 00:07:20,800 --> 00:07:23,800 It's forbidden. But these angelic beings ignored 130 00:07:23,800 --> 00:07:26,320 the advice or the commands of God. 131 00:07:26,320 --> 00:07:29,120 And again, this is only according to the Book of Enoch 132 00:07:29,120 --> 00:07:31,920 the fallen angels had. Succeeded the Earth. 133 00:07:31,920 --> 00:07:35,200 Was now populated with giants. And these giants. 134 00:07:35,200 --> 00:07:39,040 Were doing unthinkable things. They were making a total mess of 135 00:07:39,040 --> 00:07:42,720 God's creation and on top top of that, the fallen angels had also 136 00:07:42,720 --> 00:07:47,240 completed their goal in teaching men and women idolatry because. 137 00:07:47,240 --> 00:07:49,120 Now. The humans of Earth, they were 138 00:07:49,120 --> 00:07:52,520 also doing unspeakable things. They were copying the angelic 139 00:07:52,520 --> 00:07:55,480 beings, meaning that anything evil that entered into their 140 00:07:55,480 --> 00:07:57,920 mind that they wanted to do, they did it. 141 00:07:58,280 --> 00:08:01,920 So here's my question for you. As you take all of that into 142 00:08:01,920 --> 00:08:06,160 your mind, do you think the Book of Enoch should be avoided or 143 00:08:06,160 --> 00:08:10,160 honored or We're going to talk about that very soon in our 144 00:08:10,160 --> 00:08:11,680 story we then. Meet A. 145 00:08:11,680 --> 00:08:16,240 Handful of men and women who were broken by what these giants 146 00:08:16,240 --> 00:08:17,960 had done. They were afraid of them. 147 00:08:17,960 --> 00:08:21,200 They did not like the angelic beings and So what did they do? 148 00:08:21,280 --> 00:08:24,440 They cried out to the only one who could help them. 149 00:08:24,440 --> 00:08:28,360 They cried out to God, and the Book of Enoch says that the Lord 150 00:08:28,360 --> 00:08:31,880 God answered their cry. This ancient text then goes on 151 00:08:31,880 --> 00:08:36,120 to say that God called four of his archangels and called them 152 00:08:36,120 --> 00:08:39,799 to act immediately. Firstly, he sent the Angel Uriel 153 00:08:39,799 --> 00:08:41,799 to go and. Warn Noah. 154 00:08:41,919 --> 00:08:43,440 To build an ark. Why? 155 00:08:43,440 --> 00:08:47,120 Because God was about to flood all of the earth to wash away 156 00:08:47,200 --> 00:08:51,200 all of this sin, and anyone who hid inside of the ark would be 157 00:08:51,200 --> 00:08:54,480 safe. Secondly, God sent his Archangel 158 00:08:54,480 --> 00:08:59,080 Raphael to lock who Azazel away in darkness. 159 00:08:59,120 --> 00:09:01,960 Do you remember how I told you I was going to come back to the 160 00:09:01,960 --> 00:09:06,000 Angel who taught men and women to do bad things with metal? 161 00:09:06,040 --> 00:09:07,800 He taught them how to fight well. 162 00:09:07,800 --> 00:09:12,800 The Book of Enoch says that Raphael will bind Azazel hand 163 00:09:12,800 --> 00:09:16,080 and foot and cast him in a desert called Judale. 164 00:09:16,600 --> 00:09:19,600 And it says that when he's cast into this desert, he will be 165 00:09:19,600 --> 00:09:23,640 covered in total darkness, so his face will never see the 166 00:09:23,640 --> 00:09:26,920 light again. Now here's an interesting theory 167 00:09:26,920 --> 00:09:30,080 that people who believe in the Book of Enoch propose. 168 00:09:30,080 --> 00:09:35,280 They say because Azazel was the Angel who taught men and women 169 00:09:35,280 --> 00:09:39,440 how to fight, and because it says that Judeale is located to 170 00:09:39,440 --> 00:09:43,280 the east of Jerusalem, there is a river which also is in that 171 00:09:43,280 --> 00:09:45,520 area. What is that river called? 172 00:09:45,920 --> 00:09:48,280 The Euphrates. And we know that when the 173 00:09:48,280 --> 00:09:53,120 Euphrates River, when it dries up, there are 4 fallen angels 174 00:09:53,120 --> 00:09:55,760 who are bound at the bottom. Of the Euphrates. 175 00:09:55,760 --> 00:09:58,960 And when it dries up, those angels will be released. 176 00:09:59,000 --> 00:10:01,640 And that's not. All when this river finally. 177 00:10:01,640 --> 00:10:07,160 Dries up. 200 million people will begin marching to fight for 178 00:10:07,160 --> 00:10:10,920 a big, big showdown in Megiddo. So the theory that those who 179 00:10:10,920 --> 00:10:13,400 believe in the Book of Enoch put forward is this. 180 00:10:13,400 --> 00:10:17,360 If Azazel is the Angel who taught men and women to fight, 181 00:10:17,560 --> 00:10:21,520 would it be possible that he could be one of these 4 fallen 182 00:10:21,520 --> 00:10:25,360 angels waiting? For the river Euphrates to dry 183 00:10:25,440 --> 00:10:27,600 up. It's just a theory, but it is 184 00:10:27,600 --> 00:10:30,080 worth mentioning at this point in the video. 185 00:10:30,200 --> 00:10:33,800 Thirdly, the Book of Enoch states that God then sent out 186 00:10:33,800 --> 00:10:38,880 his Archangel Gabriel to, if you like, delete all of the giants 187 00:10:38,880 --> 00:10:42,080 and all of their sons off the face of the earth. 188 00:10:42,160 --> 00:10:45,840 And then fourthly, it is said that God sent the Archangel 189 00:10:45,920 --> 00:10:50,400 Michael out to deal with the boss, the king of the fallen 190 00:10:50,400 --> 00:10:52,880 angels. Can you remember his name, Shemi 191 00:10:52,880 --> 00:10:55,920 Hazar? And he too was locked away in a 192 00:10:55,920 --> 00:11:00,160 place described as total gloomy darkness. 193 00:11:00,640 --> 00:11:03,040 Guys, can I just be a little bit transparent with you? 194 00:11:03,200 --> 00:11:06,720 I'm literally just about to tell you on whether we should avoid 195 00:11:06,760 --> 00:11:10,080 the Book of Enoch or whether we should honour it and read it. 196 00:11:10,080 --> 00:11:13,560 But I do want to just say this. What makes this so confusing, 197 00:11:13,560 --> 00:11:16,200 and we're going to come to this in more detail, is there is 198 00:11:16,200 --> 00:11:19,320 truth in the Book of Enoch. But then there's also many 199 00:11:19,320 --> 00:11:21,600 things that are not in the Bible. 200 00:11:21,680 --> 00:11:24,200 And right now we've seen something that is very similar 201 00:11:24,200 --> 00:11:27,040 to what the scripture talks about in Revelation 9. 202 00:11:27,040 --> 00:11:30,600 It talks about the Abyss and inside of the Abyss are 203 00:11:30,680 --> 00:11:34,640 supernatural beings and I personally believe that as the 204 00:11:34,640 --> 00:11:39,000 earth winds down in the final moments, as Revelation 9 says, 205 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:44,080 the Abyss will be opened and these bad, evil supernatural 206 00:11:44,080 --> 00:11:46,720 beings will be released on earth and those. 207 00:11:46,720 --> 00:11:49,440 People who are still. Alive will see unthinkable 208 00:11:49,440 --> 00:11:53,120 things, things that aren't even worth thinking about right now. 209 00:11:53,240 --> 00:11:57,640 OK, the first huge error is the Book of Enoch claims that you 210 00:11:57,640 --> 00:12:01,840 can pray to Enoch himself. Noah, in the book of Enoch is 211 00:12:01,840 --> 00:12:05,720 described as having an almost angelic appearance as he was 212 00:12:05,720 --> 00:12:09,960 born, his hair was as white as wool and his skin glowed like 213 00:12:09,960 --> 00:12:12,560 the sun. And unusually, the book claims 214 00:12:12,560 --> 00:12:16,560 that Noah could speak perfectly even though he was just a 215 00:12:16,560 --> 00:12:19,320 newborn baby. Now please, everyone, look at 216 00:12:19,320 --> 00:12:21,680 me. Because I really do want to 217 00:12:21,680 --> 00:12:25,800 reemphasize this vital point. The problem with the Book of 218 00:12:25,800 --> 00:12:29,800 Enoch is it takes biblical truths and then it mixes it in 219 00:12:29,800 --> 00:12:33,760 with what would seem to be absolute total fiction. 220 00:12:33,760 --> 00:12:37,680 For instance, we know in the scripture that Noah's father was 221 00:12:37,680 --> 00:12:40,160 called Methuselah. That is biblical fact. 222 00:12:40,200 --> 00:12:43,360 And we know that Methuselah's dad was called Enoch. 223 00:12:43,360 --> 00:12:46,880 So in other words, Noah's grandfather was Enoch, so that 224 00:12:46,880 --> 00:12:49,280 is in the Scripture. But then what does the Book of 225 00:12:49,320 --> 00:12:52,160 Enoch do? Well, it turns it into an error. 226 00:12:52,520 --> 00:12:56,040 Listen, the Book of Enoch says that Methuselah because he 227 00:12:56,040 --> 00:12:59,800 looked at Noah's appearance and he was so perplexed by how 228 00:12:59,800 --> 00:13:01,560 unusual. It was he then. 229 00:13:01,560 --> 00:13:05,600 Decided to pray to his dad, Enoch in heaven. 230 00:13:05,600 --> 00:13:08,680 And Enoch, apparently. Said, Hey, don't worry about it. 231 00:13:08,680 --> 00:13:13,320 Instead of calling your son Lamech, change his name to Noah. 232 00:13:13,320 --> 00:13:17,320 And don't worry because God is going to do something new on the 233 00:13:17,320 --> 00:13:19,480 earth. He's going to bring judgments, 234 00:13:19,480 --> 00:13:21,960 but Noah and his family will be saved. 235 00:13:22,160 --> 00:13:23,800 Well, again, there's a truth there. 236 00:13:23,800 --> 00:13:27,440 Noah and his family were saved. God did bring judgment on earth. 237 00:13:27,560 --> 00:13:30,320 But what's all this about praying to Enoch? 238 00:13:30,320 --> 00:13:34,160 Nowhere in the Bible do we ever see any of the characters in 239 00:13:34,160 --> 00:13:37,840 Scripture pray to someone else in heaven who was not the Lord 240 00:13:37,840 --> 00:13:40,160 God. The Bible could not put it any 241 00:13:40,160 --> 00:13:45,640 clearer than this, but there is one God and one mediator between 242 00:13:45,640 --> 00:13:49,760 God and man, the man Christ Jesus. 243 00:13:49,760 --> 00:13:53,600 There's only one mediator. There is only one middleman. 244 00:13:53,600 --> 00:13:57,480 There is only one bridge by which we can get to heaven, and 245 00:13:57,480 --> 00:14:01,200 that is through the God man, Jesus Christ, Christ. 246 00:14:01,280 --> 00:14:04,200 Jesus said I am the Father of or one. 247 00:14:04,200 --> 00:14:08,920 In other words, I am God in a flesh, I am God in a skin, and 248 00:14:08,920 --> 00:14:11,520 He is the only one we can turn to. 249 00:14:11,520 --> 00:14:14,680 Not Enoch. Not Moses, not any other St. in 250 00:14:14,680 --> 00:14:17,080 heaven. We can only turn to the Lord 251 00:14:17,120 --> 00:14:19,480 Jesus Christ because he. Alone. 252 00:14:19,480 --> 00:14:22,760 Is the mediator for us. But I'm not going to lie to you, 253 00:14:22,880 --> 00:14:25,840 things are about to get a lot worse. 254 00:14:25,840 --> 00:14:30,560 In chapter 48 of the Book of Enoch Three, it says that Enoch 255 00:14:30,560 --> 00:14:34,800 transformed from a man into an Angel called called Metatron. 256 00:14:34,840 --> 00:14:38,560 And what is particularly wrong about this teaching is that it 257 00:14:38,560 --> 00:14:42,120 LED others, including the famous Rabbi Elisha Ben, to. 258 00:14:42,120 --> 00:14:46,160 Claim that Enoch. Was a lesser Yahweh and that 259 00:14:46,160 --> 00:14:50,080 actually there were two great powers in heaven, God and 260 00:14:50,080 --> 00:14:53,280 Metatron. Or God and Enoch. 261 00:14:53,840 --> 00:14:58,200 OK, here is the second biggest error of the Book of Enoch. 262 00:14:58,200 --> 00:15:01,920 I want you to imagine that a man or woman who has zero knowledge 263 00:15:01,960 --> 00:15:04,440 of the Bible picks up the Book of Enoch. 264 00:15:04,520 --> 00:15:06,400 Do you know what conclusion they come to? 265 00:15:06,400 --> 00:15:09,680 Pretty much They would be given the impression that salvation 266 00:15:09,680 --> 00:15:13,720 can only be achieved by knowledge, by being righteous, 267 00:15:13,800 --> 00:15:16,960 and by keeping the words of the Book of Enoch. 268 00:15:17,080 --> 00:15:18,480 However. We know that when we. 269 00:15:18,480 --> 00:15:21,240 Read the Bible. We can never get to heaven by 270 00:15:21,240 --> 00:15:25,120 being righteous, for the Bible says As it is written there is 271 00:15:25,120 --> 00:15:28,080 non righteous, no, not one and the. 272 00:15:28,080 --> 00:15:31,720 Book of Enoch. Literally says and for all of 273 00:15:31,720 --> 00:15:36,600 you sinners, there shall be no salvation. 274 00:15:36,640 --> 00:15:40,400 Will everyone now take a deep breath because the Bible says 275 00:15:40,400 --> 00:15:45,720 something completely different? One Timothy one verse 15 says 276 00:15:45,720 --> 00:15:50,880 this is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptance that 277 00:15:50,880 --> 00:15:54,400 Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. 278 00:15:54,520 --> 00:15:57,240 Of whom? I am chief, in other words. 279 00:15:57,240 --> 00:16:00,160 The man who wrote. This the Apostle Paul, though he 280 00:16:00,160 --> 00:16:03,960 had written many scriptures, though he had done many mighty 281 00:16:03,960 --> 00:16:06,720 if you like righteous acts, the Lord God. 282 00:16:06,800 --> 00:16:10,320 He was saying, I am the chief of sinners. 283 00:16:10,320 --> 00:16:13,360 I'm nothing more than a rotten Sinner at heart. 284 00:16:13,440 --> 00:16:15,640 And do you know what? Is there anyone listening to my 285 00:16:15,640 --> 00:16:19,200 voice right now that can hold up their hand and say I too. 286 00:16:19,200 --> 00:16:21,480 And the chief of sinners, if that's you. 287 00:16:21,720 --> 00:16:24,520 Well, the good news is this. There are only two types of 288 00:16:24,520 --> 00:16:28,080 people that get into heaven. Perfect people and forgiven 289 00:16:28,080 --> 00:16:30,440 people. Again I'll ask you can you raise 290 00:16:30,480 --> 00:16:33,760 your hand, anyone listening to me right now and say I am 291 00:16:33,760 --> 00:16:36,640 perfect? You can't because there is none 292 00:16:36,640 --> 00:16:39,200 that is righteous. No, not even one. 293 00:16:39,280 --> 00:16:40,880 We all. Fail God. 294 00:16:40,920 --> 00:16:44,600 Even our thought life, the acts we do, even when we're not even 295 00:16:44,600 --> 00:16:48,840 trying to sin, we sin. We make such a mess every single 296 00:16:48,840 --> 00:16:50,840 day. And if the books are opened and 297 00:16:50,840 --> 00:16:54,200 everyone can see our sin and our lives, everyone would be able to 298 00:16:54,200 --> 00:16:57,880 agree with us that we are truly worse than we actually think we 299 00:16:57,880 --> 00:17:00,120 are. But the wonderful news is this. 300 00:17:00,120 --> 00:17:05,440 Christ Jesus loves sinners. Christ Jesus offers salvation to 301 00:17:05,440 --> 00:17:08,160 sinners. He came into the world to save 302 00:17:08,160 --> 00:17:12,839 sinners like you and it works like this on an old wooden cross 303 00:17:12,839 --> 00:17:16,800 2000 years ago. The worst of me, all of my sin 304 00:17:16,800 --> 00:17:19,319 was placed on the Lord Jesus Christ. 305 00:17:19,319 --> 00:17:21,839 All of your sin was. Laid on him. 306 00:17:21,839 --> 00:17:24,680 And there God the Father crushed him. 307 00:17:24,760 --> 00:17:29,160 There God the Father poured out all of His judgment for our sin 308 00:17:29,160 --> 00:17:32,480 on Jesus. That you and I can be forgiven 309 00:17:32,480 --> 00:17:36,040 so that you and I can have our sins washed away, ripped up, 310 00:17:36,040 --> 00:17:39,320 gone, buried at the bottom of the ocean so that we can now 311 00:17:39,400 --> 00:17:41,600 have a fresh start, a new beginning. 312 00:17:41,720 --> 00:17:44,480 Just like we've talked about with Noah how Noah was 313 00:17:44,480 --> 00:17:48,720 instructed to get onto the ark to hide himself in the ark for 314 00:17:48,720 --> 00:17:52,120 safety. So you and I, we have an ark 315 00:17:52,120 --> 00:17:55,960 which is the Lord Jesus Christ and we can hide behind him and 316 00:17:55,960 --> 00:18:00,000 have total safety because Jesus Christ died for our sins. 317 00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:03,520 He rose from the dead, meaning he can conquer death and sin. 318 00:18:03,520 --> 00:18:07,480 And today he's ascended on the right hand of the Father and we 319 00:18:07,480 --> 00:18:10,720 go to him, no other man. We go to Christ. 320 00:18:10,720 --> 00:18:13,480 When you want to pray and ask for forgiveness right now, if 321 00:18:13,480 --> 00:18:16,400 you do, you go to Christ. You don't go to a priest, you 322 00:18:16,400 --> 00:18:19,320 don't go to a pastor, You don't go to any religious figure. 323 00:18:19,320 --> 00:18:23,600 You go to the God man, Jesus Christ, because Jesus Christ is 324 00:18:23,600 --> 00:18:25,800 enough. And the only question I need to 325 00:18:25,800 --> 00:18:28,080 ask you right now is will you do it? 326 00:18:29,360 --> 00:18:32,440 Will you call on the name of the Lord Jesus Christ? 327 00:18:32,440 --> 00:18:35,480 Maybe you came here to learn all about Enoch and all these 328 00:18:35,480 --> 00:18:38,720 interesting theories and ideas. Well, I've come to tell you 329 00:18:38,720 --> 00:18:42,600 something even more precious. You have to meet your God one 330 00:18:42,600 --> 00:18:45,000 day. You will wake up one day on the 331 00:18:45,000 --> 00:18:47,920 day you die, and you will see your Creator. 332 00:18:48,080 --> 00:18:51,000 And you need to know, are you prepared for that day? 333 00:18:51,360 --> 00:18:54,920 Because I want on that day you to have a big smile on your face 334 00:18:54,920 --> 00:18:59,800 saying I'm so glad to see my Saviour not be filled with fear. 335 00:19:00,280 --> 00:19:04,200 Because you know, you've spent your life rejecting him, so you 336 00:19:04,200 --> 00:19:07,680 call on his name right now. OK, let's do it. 337 00:19:07,680 --> 00:19:12,400 Should the Book of Enoch be avoided or should it be read 338 00:19:12,520 --> 00:19:14,560 well? Here's my personal opinion. 339 00:19:14,720 --> 00:19:19,440 We know that the Book of Enoch's manuscripts date back to 300 340 00:19:19,440 --> 00:19:24,680 BCE. That's 1200 years after Moses 341 00:19:24,680 --> 00:19:27,560 wrote Genesis. So we know straight off the bat 342 00:19:27,560 --> 00:19:31,280 that the Book of Enoch was not written by Enoch himself. 343 00:19:31,520 --> 00:19:33,720 It's impossible for that to. Happen and as far. 344 00:19:33,720 --> 00:19:36,800 As we know, there are no writings from the time of when 345 00:19:36,800 --> 00:19:39,160 Enoch was alive. And unlike. 346 00:19:39,160 --> 00:19:42,720 The Earliest Writings by Moses. This is again evidence that it 347 00:19:42,720 --> 00:19:44,920 was not written around the time of Moses. 348 00:19:44,920 --> 00:19:48,240 When Moses wrote things down, he wrote them down in Hebrew, 349 00:19:48,240 --> 00:19:51,480 whilst the Book of Enoch is recorded in Aramaic. 350 00:19:51,560 --> 00:19:56,080 And above all, remember this. The Bible strongly warns us 351 00:19:56,080 --> 00:20:00,120 never to add and never to take away from the word of God. 352 00:20:00,120 --> 00:20:03,920 And I would argue that the book of Enoch, it does add a whole 353 00:20:03,920 --> 00:20:07,960 bunch of things that are never mentioned, not even once in 354 00:20:07,960 --> 00:20:10,280 scripture. Come on then, between you and 355 00:20:10,280 --> 00:20:13,760 me, Do you? Think it's all negative when we 356 00:20:13,760 --> 00:20:15,360 think about the book of? Enoch. 357 00:20:15,480 --> 00:20:19,120 Well, actually the late Michael Heiser who spent. 358 00:20:19,200 --> 00:20:22,640 A large portion of his life studying this book in much 359 00:20:22,640 --> 00:20:25,440 greater detail than my little brain could ever do. 360 00:20:25,440 --> 00:20:28,400 He would actually echo that the book of Enoch. 361 00:20:28,400 --> 00:20:31,800 OK, it isn't to be considered as the word of God. 362 00:20:31,880 --> 00:20:34,120 It's not to be in the Canon of Scripture. 363 00:20:34,120 --> 00:20:38,320 But it is, he would say, a very valuable insight into. 364 00:20:38,880 --> 00:20:42,080 How ancient? Jews used to think, and also he 365 00:20:42,080 --> 00:20:44,720 would say, there are many ancient commentaries which were 366 00:20:44,720 --> 00:20:47,320 written about it. So it must be important in one 367 00:20:47,320 --> 00:20:51,640 sense, as well as the fact that the ancient early Church fathers 368 00:20:51,640 --> 00:20:55,760 like Tertullian, Clement of Alexander, Arrhenius, all of 369 00:20:55,760 --> 00:21:00,280 them held it with high regard, and they saw it as an important 370 00:21:00,280 --> 00:21:03,640 part of our history. I also expect. 371 00:21:03,640 --> 00:21:06,280 Some of you, as I've been speaking, you've been saying. 372 00:21:06,280 --> 00:21:09,560 Joe, don't. Forget this, Did not Jude quotes 373 00:21:09,560 --> 00:21:12,640 from the Book of Enoch? And also did you know that the 374 00:21:12,640 --> 00:21:16,280 Dead Sea Scrolls, when they were discovered, what was next to 375 00:21:16,280 --> 00:21:19,320 them? A manuscript of the Book of 376 00:21:19,320 --> 00:21:20,560 Enoch. Does that. 377 00:21:20,560 --> 00:21:23,840 Not give it credibility. Well, well, yes, I I actually do 378 00:21:23,840 --> 00:21:27,320 believe it does give it credibility and as I've said, I 379 00:21:27,320 --> 00:21:29,480 do believe there. Are elements of. 380 00:21:29,480 --> 00:21:33,040 Truth in the Book of Enoch, and there is history in there that 381 00:21:33,200 --> 00:21:36,200 that could be gleaned. But really, what do I want to 382 00:21:36,200 --> 00:21:40,040 say in my heart of hearts if a young believer approached me and 383 00:21:40,040 --> 00:21:41,960 said. Joe Should I read? 384 00:21:41,960 --> 00:21:44,360 The Book of Enoch. What would I say to them? 385 00:21:44,960 --> 00:21:51,240 I'd probably say I would say please just be so very careful. 386 00:21:51,880 --> 00:21:54,400 The reason I say that is because of this. 387 00:21:54,400 --> 00:21:58,040 I truly do believe that the Lord God is good. 388 00:21:58,160 --> 00:22:02,040 I truly do believe that God cares about His children and 389 00:22:02,040 --> 00:22:04,320 when the Bible. Was put together. 390 00:22:04,320 --> 00:22:06,280 Do you? Think that God was just on some 391 00:22:06,280 --> 00:22:08,640 distant cloud, letting men do it all? 392 00:22:08,640 --> 00:22:12,560 Or do you think He guided their mind and put it together to give 393 00:22:12,560 --> 00:22:15,280 us the exact information that we need? 394 00:22:15,280 --> 00:22:18,160 Knowing that this book would be the best seller, this book would 395 00:22:18,160 --> 00:22:19,920 spread across the earth. Do you think? 396 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:22,560 I think he would allow us to have some missing key 397 00:22:22,560 --> 00:22:24,800 information. I personally don't. 398 00:22:24,920 --> 00:22:28,800 That's not the God I believe in that allows man to overrule his 399 00:22:29,080 --> 00:22:32,840 ultimate final decisions. But friends, listen to me. 400 00:22:32,920 --> 00:22:36,600 I also want to say this. The Bible that we do have is 401 00:22:36,600 --> 00:22:38,680 deep, is it not? There are mysteries in the 402 00:22:38,680 --> 00:22:40,320 Bible. That my little brain. 403 00:22:40,320 --> 00:22:44,040 If I had 10 million lives, I'd never understand and so I want 404 00:22:44,040 --> 00:22:47,720 to spend my time searching the scriptures, understanding what I 405 00:22:47,720 --> 00:22:51,040 know to be the word of God, rather than searching a book 406 00:22:51,400 --> 00:22:54,920 which does seem to preach a completely different gospel, 407 00:22:54,920 --> 00:22:58,080 though it may have grains of truth here and there in it. 408 00:22:58,440 --> 00:23:03,360 So guys, please open your Bibles and spend time on the simple, 409 00:23:03,360 --> 00:23:07,240 solid truths that we all need in our hearts, That Jesus Christ 410 00:23:07,240 --> 00:23:10,880 died, He's risen from the dead, and that the word of God is 411 00:23:10,880 --> 00:23:15,200 vital and it teaches us how to be men and women of God. 412 00:23:15,360 --> 00:23:18,680 And one more final thing. It is important to say like I 413 00:23:18,680 --> 00:23:21,600 say, I feel like I'm saying in every video these days. 414 00:23:21,600 --> 00:23:24,640 I am not an. Expert and I read what you have 415 00:23:24,640 --> 00:23:27,640 to say and if I've missed anything in this, which I will 416 00:23:27,640 --> 00:23:30,440 have done, please just graciously write out in the 417 00:23:30,440 --> 00:23:33,480 comments section because I know I'm constantly getting things 418 00:23:33,480 --> 00:23:35,920 wrong. In fact the latest video I did 419 00:23:35,920 --> 00:23:38,840 that just went out this last week all about the age of the 420 00:23:38,880 --> 00:23:40,800 earth. I read so many of your comments 421 00:23:40,800 --> 00:23:44,800 and I realised, yes, I did get a few things wrong there and I did 422 00:23:44,800 --> 00:23:47,400 learn some things from all of you guys who a lot of you are 423 00:23:47,400 --> 00:23:49,600 much smarter than me. 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