The Books of Enoch.

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Would the book of Enoch enhance one's spiritual understanding, or cause confusion questions?

  • A) help

    Votes: 7 35.0%
  • B) Add Confusion

    Votes: 5 25.0%
  • C) There's a reason God kept it out of the Bible

    Votes: 13 65.0%

  • Total voters
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CS1

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ONE EXAMPLE means it overrides the 10 examples where Jesus quotes and says, [You have heard or it is written]?
One example from Jesus over one example from Jude or Enoch yes.
 

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Why do you think I believe Jude and Enoch are the same?
I said, he quoted Enoch.
If you don't even know what I am discussing, how do you feel so positive to correct me?
When you say Daniel, Isaiah, and Jeremiah are minor Prophets and suggest they quoted Enoch?

That is not true.
 

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In Judaism it is "ruach ha-kodesh" or a writing(or other) that a person was inspired in one way or another to say,do write ect. The same terminology is how they explain why the writings we call "Daniel" are not considered "Prophets" in the Cannon by them (they consider Daniel as ketuvim/writings) https://www.chabad.org/library/arti...t-the-Book-of-Daniel-Part-of-the-Prophets.htm
 

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I am not trying to validate Enoch here.
I am pointing out even from Jude's few verses, it's just quotes. It could be from either oral/written materials of that time. But nevertheless, whatever Isaiah, Jeremiah, Daniel, the minor prophets, Matthew, Mark, Luke, James, Paul's Epistles, Peter,, Jude, Revelation quote of Enoch is from a true source. Whether that source was oral or written.

Now, what we have today called the Book of Enoch, in my opinion, it's been [added] to what they had back then. Therefore, it is not inspired.
why is it not Inspired? Just because it was added? all 66 books were added, why is not Enoch the inspired word of God how does one come to that conclusion?
 
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You need to understand between "Malachi, to Matthew God was silent. This is the time these writings made the since. The man did it not God. They were used to bring a discussion of God back to the people, those who wrote them used the name Enoch to bring attention to the writing. When you say " It Could be from oral/written materials of the time", You can't IT IS from Oral or written materials of the time.

That is a big problem when one sees what is assumed direct quotes in the New Testament from Enoch who we know was not really Enoch. Does it speak some truth? Yes. Is it to be seen as Scripture by the Standard of what we know to be the word of God? No.
You say, Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Daniel quoted Enoch?

That is not true. You have no proof of that. And I will point out to you the three you mentioned are not "minor Prophets" They are Major Prophets.

This too is a problem, now we are trying to inject Enoch with those who are inspired by writings from God.

WE know from the dead sea scrolls that the Book of Enoch is not the Enoch of the Bible.

Liberal theologians try to beat over conservative ones Enoch is inspired by saying untruths as Enoch has been quoted by other Major Prophets, wrong!

Cool!
I am asking for reasons other than how I view the Book of Enoch.
I am against no side here other than to see what I can formulate in my own little view of both sides.
I believe there is a side to Enoch's Prophesy that is 100% Inspired.
I don't believe it's necessary that the Prophesy of Enoch came from the book of Enoch but from what he taught his son Methuselah that was passed down.
 

CS1

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Cool!
I am asking for reasons other than how I view the Book of Enoch.
I am against no side here other than to see what I can formulate in my own little view of both sides.
I believe there is a side to Enoch's Prophesy that is 100% Inspired.
I don't believe it's necessary that the Prophesy of Enoch came from the book of Enoch but from what he taught his son Methuselah that was passed down.
that is assumed it was taught and passed down, If you don't know where it came from how can you say it is prophecy? when all of the Major prophets have said it before the Enoch writings? Inspired by God and saying a truth is not the same thing.

All God's authors are all Truth 100%. Enoch is not 100% Truth, Jude is.
 

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Cool!
I am asking for reasons other than how I view the Book of Enoch.
I am against no side here other than to see what I can formulate in my own little view of both sides.
I believe there is a side to Enoch's Prophesy that is 100% Inspired.
I don't believe it's necessary that the Prophesy of Enoch came from the book of Enoch but from what he taught his son Methuselah that was passed down.

I disagree, I think it is of the utmost importance to know the full truth of each writer of the bible and those who are seen as inspired by God or possibly the word of God left Out. And I do not believe we can say from the standard of what we do know of the Word of God to say Prophesy are 100% inspired because Enoch can't even be said HE said it. LOL On the shelf next to Josephus
 
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why is it not Inspired? Just because it was added? all 66 books were added, why is not Enoch the inspired word of God how does one come to that conclusion?
It's not inspired because Mesopotamia was a swamp legends passage way to myths that existed around that time like [The Gilgamesh flood myth] came after the Flood of Noah.

Nothing specific when spoken about Enoch in our Bible indicates what Jude wrote came from a Book, it indicates Oral Tradition. But nonetheless, Oral Tradition, they believe like Gospel. So that is my point I've been trying to make for 7 pages here. That Prophesy From Enoch is indeed Inspired by God ,and inspired by God for Jude to add it. The Prophecy is Inspired, not the Book!
 
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All God's authors are all Truth 100%. Enoch is not 100% Truth, Jude is.
First of all, JUDE, does not tell us where this knowledge originates from, he just writes the Prophecy down. Yes, but by Jude being Inspired Word of God, what he writes was also inspired to write like this Prophecy of Enoch. And since Jude reveals this Prophecy of Enoch is a [true and accepted Prophecy], he validates the Prophecy itself as True. Keeping Enoch as a Just man who Prophesied and Jude one day wrote it down.
 

CS1

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It's not inspired because Mesopotamia was a swamp legends passage way to myths that existed around that time like [The Gilgamesh flood myth] came after the Flood of Noah.

Nothing specific when spoken about Enoch in our Bible indicates what Jude wrote came from a Book, it indicates Oral Tradition. But nonetheless, Oral Tradition, they believe like Gospel. So that is my point I've been trying to make for 7 pages here. That Prophesy From Enoch is indeed Inspired by God ,and inspired by God for Jude to add it. The Prophecy is Inspired, not the Book!

it is not inspired because God has not inspired it.
The word of God is inspired because God made it so, not man saying it is so.
It God who keeps his word and placed it above His name. When you look at the 66 Books and look at scriptures in the light of other scripture Enoch doesn't cut the mustard.
 
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I disagree, I think it is of the utmost importance to know the full truth of each writer of the bible and those who are seen as inspired by God or possibly the word of God left Out. And I do not believe we can say from the standard of what we do know of the Word of God to say Prophesy are 100% inspired because Enoch can't even be said HE said it. LOL On the shelf next to Josephus
We know Enoch is a Righteous man that in our Bible reveals God showed him things unlike no other since then, with exception to the Major Prophets, Minor Prophets, 3/4 Gospels, Revelation concerning Second Coming/Armageddon.

We know Enoch was told to pass these things he learned from what he was revealed by God to his son, who continued these oral traditions till Jude put ink to them.

We know Enoch was so pure and Righteous he never physically died and was taken up by God.

It's not like I am attaching this Prophecy to someone less than, I am attaching it to What God Himself states about Enoch.



The book itself, that's not my viewpoint at all.
 
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it is not inspired because God has not inspired it.
The word of God is inspired because God made it so, not man saying it is so.
It God who keeps his word and placed it above His name. When you look at the 66 Books and look at scriptures in the light of other scripture Enoch doesn't cut the mustard.
Enoch never pinned a single word, but his word of a Prophecy that God gave to him to share lives on forever in the Book of Jude as the Inspired Word of God!
 

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First of all, JUDE, does not tell us where this knowledge originates from, he just writes the Prophecy down. Yes, but by Jude being Inspired Word of God, what he writes was also inspired to write like this Prophecy of Enoch. And since Jude reveals this Prophecy of Enoch is a [true and accepted Prophecy], he validates the Prophecy itself as True. Keeping Enoch as a Just man who Prophesied and Jude one day wrote it down.
We know that Jude's words are known to be the word of God because they are inspired. Secondly, Jude said much in his writing that had nothing to do with Enoch's perceived writing. I would also note Jude was addressing three major errors and sins that Enoch never spoke about.

1. The Way of Cain
2. The Error of Balaam
3. Korah Rebellion

Cain spoke with God, Balaam prophesied, and Korah was in the Priestly Line of Levi.

their sin is noted: Enoch in the word of God is " he walked with God and was no more" .
The Enoch whose writing is between Malachi and Matthew proves it is not the same Enoch. That is somewhat deception even if there is some truth to what is written

Just like Cain spoke with God, Balaam prophesied and Korah was a Levite.
The man Enoch and the writer of the books of Enoch are not the same people. On the shelf.
 

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We know Enoch is a Righteous man that in our Bible reveals God showed him things unlike no other since then, with exception to the Major Prophets, Minor Prophets, 3/4 Gospels, Revelation concerning Second Coming/Armageddon.

We know Enoch was told to pass these things he learned from what he was revealed by God to his son, who continued these oral traditions till Jude put ink to them.

We know Enoch was so pure and Righteous he never physically died and was taken up by God.

It's not like I am attaching this Prophecy to someone less than, I am attaching it to What God Himself states about Enoch.



The book itself, that's not my viewpoint at all.
the very book names after the man who is found in Genesis in context to who and what he did is only in six verses.

Yet you have to look outside of the word of God to make what Enoch said to be inspired by God from a person who wrote it who was not Enoch so you would know what is thought to be the words of Enoch, who Enoch never wrote it.
 

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Enoch never pinned a single word, but his word of a Prophecy that God gave to him to share lives on forever in the Book of Jude as the Inspired Word of God!
so you say ?
 
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One example from Jesus over one example from Jude or Enoch yes.
The 2 verses of Scripture I presented to you where you replied to Luke, was from Jesus. He quoted 4 verses and said, Ye have HEARD, [or] Ye who have Read. He did not use this is Scripture. So Christ's example where He uses NO SCRIPTURE reference is just as equal to when He did in Luke.
 
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let me try to explain the meaning of closer. The Garden fall to Noah was not that long of the period the time of Abraham to the time of Joseph also was not that long of a period, however,


The experience and revelation of God's Divine Nature is seen more yet man still grew distant because of Sin.

Adam knew God but differently than Noah. Noah knew God yet differently than Abraham. The meaning of closer was mans experience after the fall was still very new.

after the fall we many different things that did not happen.
Adam and Eve fall
Yet Eve experience giving birth fir the first time

Cain and Able the first Murder
Noah the first time it rained on the earth and flooded.


as we progress through the Bible man becomes more separated by sin as sin rules man. That is the only point I am making.

Well quite honestly, I really did not need that explanation but thanks anyway I guess

But see, you still did not address why God would seek to destroy mankind if mankind was closer to Him

I really do not feel any of this helps to change my mind, but continue if you want :)
 
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We know that Jude's words are known to be the word of God because they are inspired. Secondly, Jude said much in his writing that had nothing to do with Enoch's perceived writing. I would also note Jude was addressing three major errors and sins that Enoch never spoke about.

1. The Way of Cain
2. The Error of Balaam
3. Korah Rebellion

Cain spoke with God, Balaam prophesied, and Korah was in the Priestly Line of Levi.

their sin is noted: Enoch in the word of God is " he walked with God and was no more" .
The Enoch whose writing is between Malachi and Matthew proves it is not the same Enoch. That is somewhat deception even if there is some truth to what is written

Just like Cain spoke with God, Balaam prophesied and Korah was a Levite.
The man Enoch and the writer of the books of Enoch are not the same people. On the shelf.


Jude has 25 Verses but only 2 are concerning Enoch. I am [only] referencing those 2 verses. Not sure why the rest of Jude matters towards Enoch?
 
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the very book names after the man who is found in Genesis in context to who and what he did is only in six verses.

Yet you have to look outside of the word of God to make what Enoch said to be inspired by God from a person who wrote it who was not Enoch so you would know what is thought to be the words of Enoch, who Enoch never wrote it.
Technically, Genesis mentions 2 Enoch's, one being the son of Cain.
I am only discussing the man who did not die like Elijah and was caught up like Elijah.
 

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Try doing a study on fallen Angel's (devils) in Gods words, they are spirit beings
Try learning proper English punctuation, and try keeping your comments relevant to the thread topic.