Thousands of people claim that this book should never have been
banned from the Bible, whilst others claim it should never be
opened again. So who's actually right?
Well, before I give you my controversial answer, first
let's investigate what is the Book of Enoch all about. 365 is
how many days there are in a year, and at the end of those
days we get a new beginning. Well, so it was with Enoch.
He lived 300 and 65 years, and then after that he got his new
beginning because he was taken up to be with the Lord.
And no Christian will ever dispute this fact with you.
But the Book of Enoch goes into exceptional detail of what
happened once Enoch was taken up.
And know this as I share this information.
Remember, I'm not sharing this as total fact.
I'm just repeating the information from the Book of
Enoch. It was an ordinary night just
like any other when a bright ball of light appeared above
Enoch's village. All the villagers were afraid,
but Enoch wasn't, and suddenly he found himself being carried
up to heaven by an Angel called Uriel.
Whilst in heaven, the Book of Enoch states that God told Enoch
to scribe and to write down all of these important things that
he was about to be shown. He was shown the mountains.
He saw all. The rivers of the world.
And then the Angel Uriel took Enoch on a tour of the universe.
He saw how celestial beings could be transported.
He sees the solar system. He sees the lunar cycle.
He sees how the length of the Earth's orbital cycle is 365
days. And this is the reason why many
people believe that the Book of Enoch must.
Carry a certain. Weight about it because most of
these scientific discoveries had not yet been found when the book
was written in 300. BCE but hey now.
You mustn't forget that there are actually.
Two massive inconsistencies. In the Book of Enoch, which
would actually contradict the Bible and before I reveal.
Those two things to you. First, let's look at what this
book is really famous for in the first book of the Bible.
Genesis we read this. There were giants on the earth
in those days. And also.
Afterward, when the sons of God came into the daughters of men,
and they bore chill to them, those were the mighty men who
were of old men of renowned. I wonder now how many of you
were around three years ago when I made this video about why I
believe the Bible teaches that there were these angelic beings.
And these angelic beings looked down from heaven and they saw
that the women of earth were very beautiful.
So they went in and they had relationships with these women.
And from these relationships came these children who were
part man, part Angel, these hybrid beings that were Goliath
like in size. And when the Lord God saw all of
these evil ways, he was very angry, and he poured out.
His judgement, His water. On all of the earth, on everyone
except for Noah and his family, who sought salvation in the ark.
I can hear exactly what you're. Saying right now you're saying,
Joe, how can this be possible? Didn't Jesus Christ himself say
that in heaven we will be like the angels, we will not be given
to marriage? You're right, Christ did say
that. And one day in the not so
distant future, my plan is to do a deep dive on the subject of
giants. So if you want to see that video
in a couple of weeks time, please do make sure you
subscribe. But right now watch this,
because the Book of Enoch offers a very detailed account of where
giants came from. And I want to hear from you.
I want you to listen to this account and you tell me whether
you think it's accurate or not. According to the Book of Enoch,
God set over the earth certain angels to watch over it, to look
after it. Some of these angels were good,
but others were bad. And just like the biblical
account, some of these bad angels, these celestial beings,
they were attracted to the women of Earth.
And so these angels went down and they messed up the DNA of
mankind. In fact, the Book of Enoch
raises the bar. It says the reason that these
angels were attracted to the women is because they had long
flowing hair. And some people take this detail
and they believe that's what Paul was doing when he was
instructing women to cover their hair whilst praying.
Personally, I find that very questionable.
But here's the big difference. In the Book of Enoch, we are
told that the angels had a leader, they had a boss, and he
was called Shemi Hazar and he was a rather a sly kind of guy,
he said. I am really afraid that you guys
will back out of what we've agreed to do and I will be the
only Angel who gets in trouble with God.
So let's make a deal, Let's all bind an oath that we will do
this act. And there, with his persuasive
words, he convinced 199 angels to fall from heaven and meet him
on Mount Vernon. And that is where they begun
searching out their targets to create chaos on the earth.
What goes through your mind as I tell you this?
That here we have these angelic beings who fell from heaven.
They saw that the women were beautiful.
They went in. And from these relationships,
these women gave birth to these hybrid Goliath like creatures.
And then suddenly we now have giant clans all across the earth
who are spreading evil. I wonder what you're thinking
about right now. Well, it gets even crazier.
One of these bad angels was called as A and he's the one who
taught the people how to fashion the metals of earth.
He taught them how to create Shields, armour and swords.
And believers in the Book of Enoch claim that Azazel is the
reason why we have fighting between countries today.
Because he is the one who taught us how to hate.
He's the one who taught us to create these advanced
technologies and to do these things to one another.
So just remember that name, Azazel, because we're going to
return to it a little bit later. I did say to you that I was
going to show you the two unbiblical errors that the Book
of Enoch teaches. Well, it's not just time for
that right now, but there is a third one that I do want to draw
your attention to. Where do we as Christians
believe that sin came from? We believe that Adam and Eve,
when they ate, of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil
when our first Father, Adam sinned.
That is why you and I now sin. That is why you and I now do
wrong. But the Book of Enoch doesn't
teach that. The Book of Enoch would really
imply that sin was learned by these fallen angels as well as
Azazel. There was another Angel called
Sam Yazar and he, according to the book of Enoch, taught the
people of earth how to do magic. Then we have the angels Coca,
Biel, Ezekiel, Arakil, Shamsil, and Sariel.
And these all taught the signs of the earth, the sun, the moon,
the clouds, and according again to the Book of Enoch, not the
Bible. Apparently God said to these
angels, you must never share this knowledge.
It's forbidden. But these angelic beings ignored
the advice or the commands of God.
And again, this is only according to the Book of Enoch
the fallen angels had. Succeeded the Earth.
Was now populated with giants. And these giants.
Were doing unthinkable things. They were making a total mess of
God's creation and on top top of that, the fallen angels had also
completed their goal in teaching men and women idolatry because.
Now. The humans of Earth, they were
also doing unspeakable things. They were copying the angelic
beings, meaning that anything evil that entered into their
mind that they wanted to do, they did it.
So here's my question for you. As you take all of that into
your mind, do you think the Book of Enoch should be avoided or
honored or We're going to talk about that very soon in our
story we then. Meet A.
Handful of men and women who were broken by what these giants
had done. They were afraid of them.
They did not like the angelic beings and So what did they do?
They cried out to the only one who could help them.
They cried out to God, and the Book of Enoch says that the Lord
God answered their cry. This ancient text then goes on
to say that God called four of his archangels and called them
to act immediately. Firstly, he sent the Angel Uriel
to go and. Warn Noah.
To build an ark. Why?
Because God was about to flood all of the earth to wash away
all of this sin, and anyone who hid inside of the ark would be
safe. Secondly, God sent his Archangel
Raphael to lock who Azazel away in darkness.
Do you remember how I told you I was going to come back to the
Angel who taught men and women to do bad things with metal?
He taught them how to fight well.
The Book of Enoch says that Raphael will bind Azazel hand
and foot and cast him in a desert called Judale.
And it says that when he's cast into this desert, he will be
covered in total darkness, so his face will never see the
light again. Now here's an interesting theory
that people who believe in the Book of Enoch propose.
They say because Azazel was the Angel who taught men and women
how to fight, and because it says that Judeale is located to
the east of Jerusalem, there is a river which also is in that
area. What is that river called?
The Euphrates. And we know that when the
Euphrates River, when it dries up, there are 4 fallen angels
who are bound at the bottom. Of the Euphrates.
And when it dries up, those angels will be released.
And that's not. All when this river finally.
Dries up. 200 million people will begin marching to fight for
a big, big showdown in Megiddo. So the theory that those who
believe in the Book of Enoch put forward is this.
If Azazel is the Angel who taught men and women to fight,
would it be possible that he could be one of these 4 fallen
angels waiting? For the river Euphrates to dry
up. It's just a theory, but it is
worth mentioning at this point in the video.
Thirdly, the Book of Enoch states that God then sent out
his Archangel Gabriel to, if you like, delete all of the giants
and all of their sons off the face of the earth.
And then fourthly, it is said that God sent the Archangel
Michael out to deal with the boss, the king of the fallen
angels. Can you remember his name, Shemi
Hazar? And he too was locked away in a
place described as total gloomy darkness.
Guys, can I just be a little bit transparent with you?
I'm literally just about to tell you on whether we should avoid
the Book of Enoch or whether we should honour it and read it.
But I do want to just say this. What makes this so confusing,
and we're going to come to this in more detail, is there is
truth in the Book of Enoch. But then there's also many
things that are not in the Bible.
And right now we've seen something that is very similar
to what the scripture talks about in Revelation 9.
It talks about the Abyss and inside of the Abyss are
supernatural beings and I personally believe that as the
earth winds down in the final moments, as Revelation 9 says,
the Abyss will be opened and these bad, evil supernatural
beings will be released on earth and those.
People who are still. Alive will see unthinkable
things, things that aren't even worth thinking about right now.
OK, the first huge error is the Book of Enoch claims that you
can pray to Enoch himself. Noah, in the book of Enoch is
described as having an almost angelic appearance as he was
born, his hair was as white as wool and his skin glowed like
the sun. And unusually, the book claims
that Noah could speak perfectly even though he was just a
newborn baby. Now please, everyone, look at
me. Because I really do want to
reemphasize this vital point. The problem with the Book of
Enoch is it takes biblical truths and then it mixes it in
with what would seem to be absolute total fiction.
For instance, we know in the scripture that Noah's father was
called Methuselah. That is biblical fact.
And we know that Methuselah's dad was called Enoch.
So in other words, Noah's grandfather was Enoch, so that
is in the Scripture. But then what does the Book of
Enoch do? Well, it turns it into an error.
Listen, the Book of Enoch says that Methuselah because he
looked at Noah's appearance and he was so perplexed by how
unusual. It was he then.
Decided to pray to his dad, Enoch in heaven.
And Enoch, apparently. Said, Hey, don't worry about it.
Instead of calling your son Lamech, change his name to Noah.
And don't worry because God is going to do something new on the
earth. He's going to bring judgments,
but Noah and his family will be saved.
Well, again, there's a truth there.
Noah and his family were saved. God did bring judgment on earth.
But what's all this about praying to Enoch?
Nowhere in the Bible do we ever see any of the characters in
Scripture pray to someone else in heaven who was not the Lord
God. The Bible could not put it any
clearer than this, but there is one God and one mediator between
God and man, the man Christ Jesus.
There's only one mediator. There is only one middleman.
There is only one bridge by which we can get to heaven, and
that is through the God man, Jesus Christ, Christ.
Jesus said I am the Father of or one.
In other words, I am God in a flesh, I am God in a skin, and
He is the only one we can turn to.
Not Enoch. Not Moses, not any other St. in
heaven. We can only turn to the Lord
Jesus Christ because he. Alone.
Is the mediator for us. But I'm not going to lie to you,
things are about to get a lot worse.
In chapter 48 of the Book of Enoch Three, it says that Enoch
transformed from a man into an Angel called called Metatron.
And what is particularly wrong about this teaching is that it
LED others, including the famous Rabbi Elisha Ben, to.
Claim that Enoch. Was a lesser Yahweh and that
actually there were two great powers in heaven, God and
Metatron. Or God and Enoch.
OK, here is the second biggest error of the Book of Enoch.
I want you to imagine that a man or woman who has zero knowledge
of the Bible picks up the Book of Enoch.
Do you know what conclusion they come to?
Pretty much They would be given the impression that salvation
can only be achieved by knowledge, by being righteous,
and by keeping the words of the Book of Enoch.
However. We know that when we.
Read the Bible. We can never get to heaven by
being righteous, for the Bible says As it is written there is
non righteous, no, not one and the.
Book of Enoch. Literally says and for all of
you sinners, there shall be no salvation.
Will everyone now take a deep breath because the Bible says
something completely different? One Timothy one verse 15 says
this is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptance that
Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners.
Of whom? I am chief, in other words.
The man who wrote. This the Apostle Paul, though he
had written many scriptures, though he had done many mighty
if you like righteous acts, the Lord God.
He was saying, I am the chief of sinners.
I'm nothing more than a rotten Sinner at heart.
And do you know what? Is there anyone listening to my
voice right now that can hold up their hand and say I too.
And the chief of sinners, if that's you.
Well, the good news is this. There are only two types of
people that get into heaven. Perfect people and forgiven
people. Again I'll ask you can you raise
your hand, anyone listening to me right now and say I am
perfect? You can't because there is none
that is righteous. No, not even one.
We all. Fail God.
Even our thought life, the acts we do, even when we're not even
trying to sin, we sin. We make such a mess every single
day. And if the books are opened and
everyone can see our sin and our lives, everyone would be able to
agree with us that we are truly worse than we actually think we
are. But the wonderful news is this.
Christ Jesus loves sinners. Christ Jesus offers salvation to
sinners. He came into the world to save
sinners like you and it works like this on an old wooden cross
2000 years ago. The worst of me, all of my sin
was placed on the Lord Jesus Christ.
All of your sin was. Laid on him.
And there God the Father crushed him.
There God the Father poured out all of His judgment for our sin
on Jesus. That you and I can be forgiven
so that you and I can have our sins washed away, ripped up,
gone, buried at the bottom of the ocean so that we can now
have a fresh start, a new beginning.
Just like we've talked about with Noah how Noah was
instructed to get onto the ark to hide himself in the ark for
safety. So you and I, we have an ark
which is the Lord Jesus Christ and we can hide behind him and
have total safety because Jesus Christ died for our sins.
He rose from the dead, meaning he can conquer death and sin.
And today he's ascended on the right hand of the Father and we
go to him, no other man. We go to Christ.
When you want to pray and ask for forgiveness right now, if
you do, you go to Christ. You don't go to a priest, you
don't go to a pastor, You don't go to any religious figure.
You go to the God man, Jesus Christ, because Jesus Christ is
enough. And the only question I need to
ask you right now is will you do it?
Will you call on the name of the Lord Jesus Christ?
Maybe you came here to learn all about Enoch and all these
interesting theories and ideas. Well, I've come to tell you
something even more precious. You have to meet your God one
day. You will wake up one day on the
day you die, and you will see your Creator.
And you need to know, are you prepared for that day?
Because I want on that day you to have a big smile on your face
saying I'm so glad to see my Saviour not be filled with fear.
Because you know, you've spent your life rejecting him, so you
call on his name right now. OK, let's do it.
Should the Book of Enoch be avoided or should it be read
well? Here's my personal opinion.
We know that the Book of Enoch's manuscripts date back to 300
BCE. That's 1200 years after Moses
wrote Genesis. So we know straight off the bat
that the Book of Enoch was not written by Enoch himself.
It's impossible for that to. Happen and as far.
As we know, there are no writings from the time of when
Enoch was alive. And unlike.
The Earliest Writings by Moses. This is again evidence that it
was not written around the time of Moses.
When Moses wrote things down, he wrote them down in Hebrew,
whilst the Book of Enoch is recorded in Aramaic.
And above all, remember this. The Bible strongly warns us
never to add and never to take away from the word of God.
And I would argue that the book of Enoch, it does add a whole
bunch of things that are never mentioned, not even once in
scripture. Come on then, between you and
me, Do you? Think it's all negative when we
think about the book of? Enoch.
Well, actually the late Michael Heiser who spent.
A large portion of his life studying this book in much
greater detail than my little brain could ever do.
He would actually echo that the book of Enoch.
OK, it isn't to be considered as the word of God.
It's not to be in the Canon of Scripture.
But it is, he would say, a very valuable insight into.
How ancient? Jews used to think, and also he
would say, there are many ancient commentaries which were
written about it. So it must be important in one
sense, as well as the fact that the ancient early Church fathers
like Tertullian, Clement of Alexander, Arrhenius, all of
them held it with high regard, and they saw it as an important
part of our history. I also expect.
Some of you, as I've been speaking, you've been saying.
Joe, don't. Forget this, Did not Jude quotes
from the Book of Enoch? And also did you know that the
Dead Sea Scrolls, when they were discovered, what was next to
them? A manuscript of the Book of
Enoch. Does that.
Not give it credibility. Well, well, yes, I I actually do
believe it does give it credibility and as I've said, I
do believe there. Are elements of.
Truth in the Book of Enoch, and there is history in there that
that could be gleaned. But really, what do I want to
say in my heart of hearts if a young believer approached me and
said. Joe Should I read?
The Book of Enoch. What would I say to them?
I'd probably say I would say please just be so very careful.
The reason I say that is because of this.
I truly do believe that the Lord God is good.
I truly do believe that God cares about His children and
when the Bible. Was put together.
Do you? Think that God was just on some
distant cloud, letting men do it all?
Or do you think He guided their mind and put it together to give
us the exact information that we need?
Knowing that this book would be the best seller, this book would
spread across the earth. Do you think?
I think he would allow us to have some missing key
information. I personally don't.
That's not the God I believe in that allows man to overrule his
ultimate final decisions. But friends, listen to me.
I also want to say this. The Bible that we do have is
deep, is it not? There are mysteries in the
Bible. That my little brain.
If I had 10 million lives, I'd never understand and so I want
to spend my time searching the scriptures, understanding what I
know to be the word of God, rather than searching a book
which does seem to preach a completely different gospel,
though it may have grains of truth here and there in it.
So guys, please open your Bibles and spend time on the simple,
solid truths that we all need in our hearts, That Jesus Christ
died, He's risen from the dead, and that the word of God is
vital and it teaches us how to be men and women of God.
And one more final thing. It is important to say like I
say, I feel like I'm saying in every video these days.
I am not an. Expert and I read what you have
to say and if I've missed anything in this, which I will
have done, please just graciously write out in the
comments section because I know I'm constantly getting things
wrong. In fact the latest video I did
that just went out this last week all about the age of the
earth. I read so many of your comments
and I realised, yes, I did get a few things wrong there and I did
learn some things from all of you guys who a lot of you are
much smarter than me. If you would like to see that
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