1 ENOCH
Here are some facts about 1Enoch the book and Enoch the man.
1. Ethiopic Enoch = 1Enoch
2. 1Enoch is the oldest. 2 and 3 Enoch are later works.
3. Enoch was the seventh
descendent of Adam and Eve in the Bible.
4. Enoch "walked with
God. Then he vanished and God took him." (Genesis 5:24)
5. Enoch was the son of Cain
and Ramona, and he led the Nodites.(UB 849)
6. Enoch was the first mortal
fused with his thought adjuster.(UB 514)
7. Enoch is one of 24 members
‘Urantia advisory council.’ (UB 513)
8. The Book of Enoch was an inspiration to Jesus.(UB 1390) The title
"Son of
Man" was taken from
the Book of Enoch. (UB 1390) Of all scripture the Book
of Enoch "was nearest
to the truth" regarding Jesus’ identity and mission as
assessed by Jesus himself.
(UB 1390).
9. Enoch is said to have been
taken away by God, saw the secrets and mysteries of
the universe, the future
of the world, and the predetermined course of human
history (Biblical
literature).
10. There are three parts to
1Enoch.
11. 1Enoch was found among the
Dead Sea Scrolls pushing its date of origin back to
at least 100-200 BC (except
for part 2, see below).
12. Part 2, the Similitudes, is
the part containing all the references to the Son of Man
and is the only part not
yet found among the Dead Sea Scrolls. Therefore, its
dating is unsure (?
pre-Christian or not).
13. The New Testament was
significantly influenced by 1Enoch.
14. Many early Church fathers
were inspired by 1Enoch.
15. Many copies of 1Enoch were
found among the Dead Sea Scrolls. 1Enoch was
probably one of the most
authoritative and popular scriptures of the Qumran Community.
16. After the fourth century A.D.
1Enoch was apparently suppressed as heretical by
the Church due to its references to the physicality of the fallen
angels who were
said to have had sexual
relations with the ‘daughters of men.’.
17. The entire Book of Enoch not
discovered again until 1773. It was brought to
Europe from Ethiopia.
18. The book survived as a whole only in Ethiopia. Why? Was it destroyed
by the
church?
19. 1Enoch is directly quoted in
Jude and 2Peter of the New Testament in reference
to danger of a perverted
form of Christian belief which claimed that it was only
necessary to have
faith. The overriding concern of these two New Testament
books is that the believer
feels that he or she is otherwise above the biblical laws
and commandments. This belief mainly took the form of
sensual and sexual
indulgence. Jude and 2Peter
reject such licentiousness and state that the fate of
such believers will be like
the angels or "Sons of God" who sinned by descending
from heaven and having
intercourse with daughters of men. (See Genesis 6:1-4).
The story of these
"fallen angels" is discussed in 1Enoch.
The Nephilim of the
Bible are the Nodites of
the Urantia Book (UB 856) and are the
descendants of
the original disloyal
‘Dalamatia staff of one hundred’(UB 758), and who
became the ‘eighth race to
appear on Urantia’(UB 857).
The Book of Enoch was an
inspiration to Jesus. The title "Son of Man" was taken from the Book
of Enoch. Of all scripture the Book of Enoch "was nearest to the
truth" regarding Jesus’ identity and mission as assessed by Jesus himself.
Enoch is said to have been taken away by God, saw the secrets and mysteries of
the universe, the future of the world, and the predetermined course of human
history (Biblical literature).
1Enoch was found among the Dead Sea Scrolls pushing its date of origin back to
at least 100-200 BC (except for part 2). Part 2, the Similitudes, is the
part containing all the references to the Son of Man and is the only part not
yet found among the Dead Sea Scrolls. Therefore, its dating is unsure (?
pre-Christian or not).
Many copies of 1Enoch were found among the Dead Sea Scrolls. 1Enoch was
probably one of the most authoritative and popular scriptures of the Qumran
Community.
After the fourth century A.D. 1Enoch was apparently suppressed as heretical by
the Church due to its references to the physicality of the fallen angels who
were said to have had sexual relations with the ‘daughters of men.’
The entire Book of Enoch not discovered again until 1773. It was brought to
Europe from Ethiopia. The book survived
as a whole only in Ethiopia. Why? Was it destroyed by the
church?
1Enoch is directly quoted in Jude and 2Peter of the New Testament in reference
to danger of a perverted form of Christian belief which claimed that it was only necessary to have faith. The overriding
concern of these two New Testament books is that the believer feels that he or
she is otherwise above the biblical laws and commandments. This belief mainly
took the form of sensual and sexual indulgence. Jude and 2Peter reject such
licentiousness and state that the fate of such believers will be like the
angels or "Sons of God" who sinned by descending from heaven and
having intercourse with daughters of men. (See Genesis 6:1-4). The story
of these "fallen angels" is discussed in 1Enoch.
The 1Enoch text quotes, unless
otherwise indicated will be taken from The
Book of Enoch, from the
Ethiopic, literally translated by Richard Laurence, LL.D., Archbishop of
Cashel, Late Professor of Hebrew in the University of Oxford, 1882. The
biblical references in parentheses are part of the translation and are not my
comments. These references are Biblical verses that are felt to be related to
1Enoch by the Archbishop.
1Enoch 1:1 The word of the blessing of Enoch,
how he blessed the elect and
the righteous, who were to exist in the time of trouble; to the
rejection of all the wicked and ungodly (Psalms 1). Enoch, a righteous
man, was with God, answered and spoke, while his eyes were
open, and while he saw a holy vision which was in the heavens
(Genesis 5:24). This the angel showed me.
1Enoch 1:2 From them I heard all
things, and understood what I saw; that
which will not take place in this generation, but in a generation
which is to succeed at a distant period, on account of the elect.(Daniel. 12:4).
Parts of 1Enoch are written
specifically for the sake of those who elect God’s will during the time of
trouble, in the "distant" messianic period, now about to begin.
1Enoch 1:3 Upon their account I
spoke and conversed with him, who will go
forth from this habitation, the Holy and Mighty One, the God of the world.
The above excerpts are from the book, "The Kingdom of Heaven is at Hand" by Ed Roache.