The Book Of Enoch

Should the Book of Enoch be in of the Bible?

In the Book of Jude, a verse regarding Enoch from the Book of Enoch is quoted (Jude 1:14-15).  For this reason, many have contended that the Book of Enoch should be in the Book of Truth (The Bible) as well.

However, merely quoting from a source is not sufficient to show that the entire source should be in the Book of Truth.  Jude the Jew also quotes from a lost source that appears to be the Assumption of Mose regarding the body of Moses (Jude 1:9).

There is only one known copy of the Assumption of Moses in existence.  It is from the sixth century AD, and it is incomplete – missing the section that Jude the Jew is presumed to be quoting from.  However, writers with access to this document before 200 AD like Origen wrote that the complete manuscript contained the quote found in the Book of Jude.

So, it is certain that the Assumption of Moses that Jude the Jew quotes should not be in the Book of Truth just because he quotes from it.  No part of the Book of Truth can ever be lost because the Father of Truth (YHVH aka God aka THE LORD) watches over the Indestructible Book to preserve it as He promised.

If one were to insist that the Assumption of Moses should be in the Book of Truth because of a single quote from it, then they would be insisting that the Father of Truth was liar who was not able to preserve His word through all generations as He promised.  The same thing would be true about any other source that was quoted but the source was not preserved.

Since the Assumption of Moses is not part of the Book of Truth, then why does Jude the Jew use this quote?  There are two reasons for this.

First, he is warning against false teachers that are bringing in teachings contrary to the Book of Truth to speak evil concerning Heavenly dignitaries – Angels (Jude 1:3-8).  He is using a quote from one of their own sources to convict them of their evil.

This is the same thing that Paul the Jew (Shaul aka Saul aka the Apostle Paul) did when he quoted the writings of the Greek poet Aratus to convict the Greak philosophers of their sin of idol worship at Mars Hills (Acts 17:28-30).  He also did this when he wrote to Titus the Gentile about Cretans that had gone astray (Titus 1:12-13).

The other reason was that the quote contained truth – just like the quotes that Paul the Jew had used.  However, acknowledging that a part is truth does not mean that the whole that it is taken from is truth.

When the Father of Lies (HaShatan aka Satan Aka The Devil) tempted Eve he used truth to lead her to believe a lie (Genesis 3:4-5).  Even the Father of Truth confirmed that that part of what he had said was truth (Genesis 3:22).

In the same way, Jude the Jew included this quote to reveal a truth that had not been revealed previously in the Book of Truth.  He could see that this quote was consistent with other passages in the Book of Truth.

Mose the Prophet of Truth was indeed buried in hidden grave by the Father of Truth (Deuteronomy 34:5-6).  Jude the Jew understood that the Father of Truth could have been counted as having done it Himself if he had commissioned Michael the Angel of Truth to do it, just a David was counted as taking Zion because he commissioned someone else to do it (2 Samuel 5:7-9).

Jude the Jew also knew that the Angel of the Father of Truth had been resisted by the Father of Lies concerning Joshua the Priest of Truth and the Angel of the Father of Truth had prevailed by saying “the Lord rebuke you” without bringing any accusation against the Father of Lies (Zechariah 3:1-5).  So, the quote concerning the Father of Lies resisting Michael the Angel of Truth burying the body of Moses the Prophet of Truth and Michael the Angel of Truth prevailing by saying “the Lord rebuke you” without bringing any accusation against the Father of Lies was consistent with the rest of the Book of Truth.

So, Jude the Jew included the quote from the Assumption of Moses because it was the one part of the book that contained truth.  This truth provided an example of how believers should handle encounters with the Father of Lies and Angels of Lies.

Are the same things true about the quote from the Book of Enoch?

So, when Jude the Jew went on to quote from the Book of Enoch, he  could have been using one of their own sources against them.  This is exactly what he had done before with his quote from the Assumption of Moses.

Jude the Jew knew that when the Father of Truth came with ten thousand of the Children of Truth when He came to give the Law of Truth (Torah aka The Law) to Moses the Prophet of Truth (Deuteronomy 33:1-3).  He knew that when the Man of Truth comes to bring judgment upon the Gentiles for their wickedness that the resurrected Children of Truth are going to carry out that judgment (Psalm 149:5-9).

So, Jude the Jew could see that this quote from the Book of Enoch was consistent with what had already been revealed in the Book of Truth just like his quote from the Assumption of Moses.  This quote also made this truth a little clearer.

One thing is certain about the inclusion of these quotes in the Book of Jude – they are not a mistake for this inclusion was inspired by the Father of Truth (2 Timothy 3:16).  Jude the Jew was only a scribe for the Spirit of Truth who is the author of all scripture (2 Peter 1:20-21).

So, it can be certain that Jude the Jew used the quote from the Book of Enoch for the same purposes that he had used the quote from the Assumption of Moses.  However, whether or not it should be in the Book of Truth still depends upon the book itself.

So, it is time to examine the Book of Enoch itself.

The first thing to examine is whether the contents of the Book of Enoch have been preserved as the Father of Truth promised to do with His Word.  If not, then like the Assumption of Moses, it is not part of the Book of Truth.

We have to begin with clarification of what we mean by the Book of Enoch because there were actually three books called that written at different times in different languages at different places.  They are commonly referred to as 1 Enoch, 2 Enoch, and 3 Enoch based on the order that they were written in.

The oldest fragment of 1 Enoch is from about 300 BC.  The earliest parts were written in Hebrew in Israel, but later parts were written in Aramaic.

The oldest reference to 2 Enoch is from around 100 AD.  It was reputed to be written in Greek outside of Israel, but the oldest known fragment is from about 800 AD in Slavic.

The oldest reference to 3 Enoch is after 135 AD.  It was written in Hebrew, Greek, and Latin at Babylon.

So, we can see that 1 Enoch is the only Book of Enoch that Jude the Jew could have been quoting.  The later two versions both build upon and contradict it.

The next thing to examine is the contents of 1 Enoch to compare it to the contents of the Book of Truth for consistency.   We will begin with how it is structured.

1 Enoch actually is composed of five separate books that collectively have 108 chapters.  We will give a brief synopsis of each book.

This arrangement of five books inside 1 Enoch is not problematic.  Psalms also has five books inside it – one for each book of the Law of Truth.

The first book is the Book of Watchers, and it has thirty-six chapters.  It is mostly concerned with fallen Angels called the Watchers and their efforts to corrupt mankind.

The second book is the Book of Parables of Enoch, and it has thirty-five chapters.  It contains three parables that tell of the judgment that will come upon the Watchers and the people that they have corrupted.  It ends with the final translation of Enoch into heaven and two other short visions that he had before being translated.

The third book is the Astronomical Book, and it has eleven chapters.  It contains details of a Solar calendar that Enoch had revealed to him as the correct calendar for determining the seasons.

The fourth book is the Book of Dream Visions, and it has eight chapters.  It has a series of dream visions that tell the history of the people of Israel starting with the flood of Noah and ending with the New Jerusalem.  Some dream visions with symbolic animals are interspersed through it.

The final book is the Epistle of Enoch, and it is eighteen chapters.  It is a series of warnings that Enoch leaves to his descendants before his translation that cover everything that is going to happen until he is reunited with them in the New Jerusalem.  It also has some details about the birth of his grandson Noah.

So, it can be seen that each of the five books that make 1 Enoch build upon the previous books.  The entirety of the legitimacy of the Book of Enoch stands or falls on the legitimacy of each of these books.

Now we will compare the contents of each book with the Book of Truth.

So, we will start with the Book of Watchers.  This is the book that Jude the Jew quotes.

In this book, a lot of Angels are named that are not otherwise found anywhere in the Book of Truth.  Some of these Heavenly dignitaries are reported to have schemed to overthrow the Father of Truth and are called the Watchers.

It says that one of these Angels of Lies called Gadreel deceived Eve.  It also says that sin was introduced through the line of Cain while the line of Seth remained righteous.

The Book of Truth says that a serpent that deceived Eve (2 Corinthians  11:3).  It says that serpent was the Father of Lies – not some other Angel of Lies (Revelation 12:9-10).

The Book of Truth says that the curse of sin came upon the entire line of Adam – not one of his sons (Genesis 3:17-19).  It says that sin came through Adam – not one of his sons (Romans 5:12-14).

The Book of Watchers continues to tell about how some of these Heavenly dignitaries proceeded to marry human women and produce giants as also found in the Book of Truth (Genesis 6:1-4).  It then tells of how the Father of Truth had Noah build an Ark that was three hundred cubits long as does the Book of Truth (Genesis 6:13-15).

However, the Book of Watchers says that these giants were also three hundred cubits tall and so they would not have died from a flood that only covered the highest point on Earth by fifteen cubits according to the Book of Truth (Genesis 7:17-20).  They would have been more than thirty times taller than the tallest giant mentioned in the Book of Truth (Deuteronomy 3:11).

The Book of Watchers also says that these giants were imprisoned in bottomless pit (abyss) while the Book of Truth says that they were killed in the flood like every thing else that had the breath of life in it (Genesis 7:21-23).  The Book of Truth says that only the Angels of Lies who sinned by fathering the giants were imprisoned beneath the Earth (2 Peter 2:4).

Now we will move to the Book of Parables.  It builds upon the Book of Watchers.

It not only tells of a final judgment on the Angels of Lies (the Watchers) but also about the judgements that are to come upon mankind as well.  It introduces “the Son of Man” as the Messiah in Heaven – as Daniel had written hundreds of years earlier (Daniel 7:13-14).

However, the Book of Parables also identifies Enoch as the Son of Man in some places.  It also implies that Enoch had been enthroned in Heaven before his birth on Earth.

It is based on this that 2 Enoch and 3 Enoch state that Enoch became an Angel of Truth called Metatron after he was translated off of the Earth.  This contradicts the Book of Truth that says the people and Angels of Truth are two different things (2 Peter 2:10-11).

The resurrected Children of Truth are only like the Angels of Truth in not marrying one another (Matthew 22:30).  They are given a body like that of the Man of Truth (Yeshua HaMashiach aka Jesus Christ) – not Angels of Truth (Philippians 3:20-21)!

In fact, the Book of Parables appears to have been added much later to 1 Enoch.  Unlike the Book of Watchers, no fragment has ever been found at Qumran (the place of the Dead Sea Scrolls).

More than that, it is missing entirely from the earliest Greek translations of 1 Enoch that have been found.  There is no real evidence that it existed until about 300 AD.

This would mean that all copies of 1 Enoch are corrupted that contain it.  That would mean that the Book of Enoch was not preserved as the Father of Truth promised to do with His Word.

Now we will look at the Astronomical Book. It is tied to the words and deeds of Enoch in the previous two books.

The Astronomical Book contains a revelation that Enoch received that all months are thirty days long and there is an extra day after each set of three months to separate the seasons.  This allowed the same day of the year to always fall on the same day of the week.

This contradicts the calendar that the Father of Truth gave to Moses the Prophet of Truth.  It uses months that begin with each new moon – almost half of which are only twenty-nine days in length (Isaiah 66:23).

This calendar in the Book of Truth has years set by the month when the barley in Egypt is first ripe (Exodus 9:31-33).  This month is the first month of every year – which requires a leap month to be added every two or three years (Exodus 12:1-2).

Not only that, this 364-day calendar does not work in reality either.  The Essenes abandoned maintenance of The Astronomical Book when they found it snowing in what it said was summer after trying to use it for  almost two centuries.

So, we can be certain that the Astronomical Book is not from the Father of Truth.  He is never wrong about anything – ever!

Next, we will examine the Book of Dream Visions.  It is about Israel and the Watchers.

This book gives a history of the people of Israel all the way up to about 140 BC when the oldest fragment indicates that it was written.  It presents this history plus the final judgment as prophecy of Enoch.

It is not like the Book of Daniel – that told all of the events of the Maccabees several hundred years before any of them occurred.  It also does not mention any event after that until the final judgment - unlike Daniel who even gave the exact year that Messiah would be crucified (Daniel 9:25-27).

In fact, it makes no mention of the Messiah at all – unlike every single book in the Book of Truth.  It is not focused on Israel returning to the Father of Truth at the end of the Tribulation like the Book of Truth, but rather presents the Gentile nations like the Greeks being destroyed in a final judgment by the Father of Truth soon after the time of the Maccabees.

This obviously did not happen as it predicted.  In fact, there is not one single thing in the entire Book of Dream Visions to confirm that it is prophecy given to Enoch – or anyone else – by the Father of Truth.

It also does not mention one single reference to any of the terms of the Law of Truth in the Book of Dream Visions – or the entirety of 1 Enoch (The Book of Enoch).  These terms are referred to by every single book of the Prophets of Truth in the Original Covenant (Tanakh aka The Old Testament) as well as almost every single book of the Renewed Covenant (B'rit Chadashah aka The New Testament).

Most of the material in the last chapters about the End Times was already written in the Book of Truth.  The majority of material that is different concerns the Watchers – the Heavenly dignitaries.

So, it is obvious to anyone who is not willfully blind that this book is the work of a Prophet of Lies.  The contents of it are not consistent with the Book of Truth nor does it pass the test that all prophetic books of the Book of Truth have passed – some short-term and medium-term prophecies that all came to pass to confirm that the long-term prophecies are from the Father of Truth.

Finally, we will look at the Epistle of Enoch.  It is a summary of the previous books.

It begins with a vision of ten weeks that cover the entire history of the world.  It says that seven of these weeks have already passed by the time of the Maccabees and the last three weeks were about events would happen right after the time of the Maccabees that would end in the final judgment.

The events of the first seven weeks had all happened by the time of the oldest fragment.  Not one single event of the final three weeks has happened yet.

This means that this vision of  “the complete history of world” has over two thousand years of history that it did not see coming.  Those events of the last three weeks did not follow the events of the first seven weeks as shown in the vision.

It then gives a short warning to live righteously in view of the events of the last three weeks that are coming upon the reader soon.  It then expounds upon predestination explaining that it is impossible for the reader to heed the warning.  Finally it ends with condemnation to the reader for not heeding the warning that they could not possibly heed.

It then gives a short description of the birth of Noah and how those who were predetermined to be the Children of Light will enter the New Jerusalem.  This last section is separated from the rest of the Epistle of Enoch in the manuscripts at Qumran by a blank line indicating that they were written in later by another person.

So, we must conclude that the Book of Enoch should not be in the Book of Truth.

It has not only failed the tests of consistency with the rest of the Book of Truth and preservation by the Father of Truth, but it also has failed the tests of fulfilled prophecies and being factually accurate.  Not even the Essenes at Qumran considered the Book of Enoch to be part of the Book of Truth.

All of the books of the Book of Truth were stored in separate caves from the other writings at Qumran.  The later fragments of the books of the Book of Enoch were found in caves where books that the Essenes suspected to be the work of false teachers were kept.  These scrolls were kept there until the name of the Father of Truth could be cut out of them, so they could be destroyed with damaging His name.

However, there are some other tests given by the Book of Truth that the Book of Enoch would fail as well.  These concerned the authorship of it.

The Book of Truth says that any book that is in it must be either the work of a Prophet of Truth or an Apostle of Truth (Ephesians 2:20).  Even though Enoch was a real Prophet of Truth, it is apparent that the author of the Book of Enoch was not him.

Even if Enoch had written the Book of Enoch, then there is another test that the Book of Enoch would fail.  Nothing written by Enoch could pass this test.

The Man of Truth said that salvation was of the Jews (John 4:22).  The Words of the Father of Truth were only committed to those marked as Jews by circumcision (Romans 3:1-2).

Enoch was the Gentile ancestor of Abraham (Luke 3:34-37).  Abraham was the father of circumcision that marked his descendants as Jews (Romans 4:12).

So, the Book of Enoch would fail this test of authorship as well that the Book of Truth requires.  The Book of Truth makes it plain that it cannot belong in the Book of Truth.

Therefore, we need to heed the warnings of the Apostles of Truth about the Book of Enoch.

Jude the Jew called those who spoke evil about Angels that they only knew about from the Book of Enoch - but had not seen themselves - corrupt deceivers (Jude 1:8-10).  He warned that the same judgement that these Teachers of Lies have been teaching about these Angels that they have spoken evil against is going to happen to them (Jude 1:11-13).

James the Jude warned that these Teachers of Lies were among those that Enoch had said would be destroyed when Messiah comes to bring judgment on the ungodly (Jude 1:14-16).  He warned they were among the mockers that the Apostles of Truth had warned would come in the last days before the Tribulation - who did not have the Spirit of Truth in them (Jude 1:17-19).

Peter the Jew (Sh’mon aka Simon aka Simeon aka Cephas aka The Apostle Peter) also warned that Teachers of Lies would rise up among the Children of Truth to later be destroyed with the rest of the wicked (2 Peter 2:1).  He warned that many of them would follow these Teachers of Lies to destruction and cause the Book of Truth to be spoken against (2 Peter 2:2).

Peter the Jew warned that these Teachers of Lies would do this to sell things to the Children of Truth because they would be covetous, but they would be destroyed in the end (2 Peter 2:3).  He warned that they would be destroyed in the future as surely as the ungodly had been destroyed in the past (2 Peter 2:4-6).

Peter the Jew warned that these Teachers of Lies – who spoke evil of Angels– would be punished on Judgement Day (2 Peter 2:9-11).  He warned that they had never seen these Angels in a vision from the Spirit of Truth, but only knew what that they had learned about from another source - like the Book of Enoch - with a mind that was devoid of the Spirit of Truth (2 Peter 2:12).

Peter the Jew warned that these Teachers of Lies were in the congregations of the Children of Truth to deceive them due to their love of money but would be destroyed in the end (2 Peter 2:13-14).  He warned that like Balaam, they had once walked in the way of Truth, but had lost their minds when they turned from it to gain money (2 Peter 2:15-16).

Peter the Jew warned that since these Teachers of Lies no longer could bring the Word of Truth to the Children of Truth, then they would experience the judgment that they taught would happen to the Angels from the Book of Enoch (2 Peter 2:17).  He warned that they would face this judgment because they had spoke the Word of Lies to cause the Children of Truth to return to the sins that they had once escaped (2 Peter 2:18-19).

Paul the Jew warned that many of these Teachers of Lies were circumcised descendants of Israel, but they taught the Word of Lies from sources like the Book of Enoch because they wanted the Children of Truth to give them money (Titus 1:10-11).  He warned that the Word of Truth must be used to rebuke the Children of Truth who had been deceived by these Teachers of Lies -  who had appealed to the sinful desires of their flesh to turn them from the Word of Truth (Titus 1:12-13).

Paul the Jew warned that the Children of Truth need to treat Jewish fables - including the Book of Enoch - like the commandments of circumcised descendants of Israel that turned the Children of Truth away from the Word of Truth (Titus 1:14).  He said that these circumcised descendants of Israel taught these things because they did not know the Father of Truth – as their works proved (Titus 1:15-16).

These Apostles of Truth warned believers against the Book of Enoch - specifically quoting from it to make it plain - as well as many other sources from the Rabbis.  They warned that the Rabbis are liars and things like the Book of Enoch are no better than the Book of Mormon.

So, what should be in the Book of Truth?

The truth is that the Book of Truth has no missing books.  It contains the Incorruptible Word of Truth that the Father of Truth promised to preserve through the ages.

The Book of Truth contains two inseparable covenants.  These work together just like the four Gospels work together as a four-part harmony.

Those who teach the Book of Truth is incomplete or corrupted are teaching the Doctrine of Lies.  They are not teaching the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.

Those who preach using another book are preaching another gospel based on another Jesus -who is not the Man of Truth - that was given to the author by another spirit - that is not the Spirit of Truth.  They are often the hidden danger that in the midst of the congregations of the Children of Truth like a snake in the leaves.

Some of these deceivers have made the Messianic Mess.  Other deceivers have used the same tactics to turn many of the Children of Truth to Neo-paganism.

Other deceivers have used another tactic in the Great Deception that is causing many to turn from following the Man of Truth without even realizing it.  They have assaulted the Book of Truth through corrupted thought-for-thought translations that include one disturbing sentence that is not found in any original source document.

With so much deception, how can you protect yourself from being deceived?

Fortunately, once you learn a few simple rules it is not that hard to pick a good translation.  After that, you can learn to rightly divide the Word of Truth by following the rules for interpreting scripture that are laid out in the Book of Truth.

Once you have the Word of Truth available to study, you are ready to begin protecting yourself from deception.   The only other thing you need is the Spirit of Truth.

The Children of Truth can overcome all deception because the Spirit of Truth lives in them (Romans 8:9).  The Spirit of Truth is greater than the Spirits of Lies that are in the world that speak through the Prophets of Lies (1 John 4:1-4).

The Spirit of Truth will guide the Children of Truth into all truth and confirm the Word of Truth (John 16:13).  They just have to be willing to follow the leading of the Spirit of Truth (Galatians 5:16).

When the Children of Truth follow the Spirit of Truth, then they will not have mind ruled by their flesh that cannot keep the Law of Truth (Romans 8:4-8).  Instead, they will have the mind of the Man of Truth – who kept the Law of Truth in the way always intended by the Father of Truth (1 Peter 4:1-2).

The love of the Children of Truth for the Man of Truth will cause them to keep his commandments (John 14:15).  The more they keep his commandments, the more they will know him (John 14:21).

It is those who do not keep the commandments of the Father of Truth who do not know Him (Matthew 7:21-23).  The more the Children of Truth love the Father of Truth the more they will keep His commandments (1 John 5:3).

The Children of Truth will be able to overcome the deception of the world because of their faith in the Man of Truth (1 John 5:4-5).  They will be able to overcome the Father of Lies by the Word of Truth in their mouths and the death of the Man of Truth because they love the Man of Truth more than their own lives (Revelation 12:9-11).

The Children of Truth will be able to stand against every deception of the Father of Lies when they put on all of the armor that the Father of Truth has provided them to fight against the Spirits of Lies (Ephesians 6:11-12).  Their sexual conduct will be protected by truth, their heart will set on doing what the Father of Truth says is right, they will be ready to bring the Good News to other people, their confidence in what the Father of Truth says will lead them to action that shields them from every attack of the Father of Lies, salvation will protect their minds, and they will be able to use the Word of Truth to attack the Spirit of Lies (Ephesians 6:13-17).

The Word of Truth will allow the Children of Truth to not be deceived by the Word of Lies that is empty and useless (2 Timothy 2:14-16).   It will allow them to discern between those who speak truth out of a sincere heart and those who speak lies out of a perverse heart (Hebrews 4:12).

When the Children of Truth hide the Word of Truth in their hearts, then they cannot be deceived into breaking the commandments of the Father of Truth (Psalm 119:10-11).  They will be not even be able to be deceived into departing from walking in truth by signs and wonders like everyone else (Matthew 24:24).

You will come into the House of Truth when you will make a commitment to obey the Man of Truth in everything because you believe that the Father of Truth raised him from the dead (Romans 10:9).  Then the Spirit of Truth will live in you and witness to your spirit that you are a Child of Truth (Romans 8:14-16).  Then the Word of Truth will be able to live in your heart, so that you will not be deceived by things like the Book of Enoch (Colossians 3:16).

Come into the House of Truth!