1 ENOCH
(?200 B.C.)
Here are some facts about 1Enoch
the book and Enoch the man.
Ethiopic Enoch = 1Enoch
1Enoch is the oldest. 2 and 3 Enoch are later works.
Enoch was the seventh descendent of Adam and Eve in the Bible.
Enoch "walked with God. Then he vanished and God took him." (Gen
5:24)
Enoch was the son of Cain and Ramona, and he led the Nodites or Nephilim
The New Testament was significantly influenced by 1Enoch.
Many early Church fathers were inspired by 1Enoch.
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
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?
1 Enoch 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, are 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
(Ps. 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 (Gen.
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.(Dan.
2:4).
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.
Enoch conversed with God "on
account of" the elect. The Mighty One, God of the World, who goes
forth from his heavenly "habitation" with strength and power, riding
the white horse of Revelation to put an end to war, persecution, and terror.
This God of the world:
1Enoch 1:4 ...will hereafter tread
upon Mount Sinai; appear with his hosts; and be manifested in the strength of
his power from heaven.
1Enoch 1:5 All shall be afraid, and
the Watchers be terrified.
1Enoch 1:6 Great fear and trembling
shall seize them, even to the ends of the earth. The lofty mountains shall be
troubled, and the exalted hills depressed, melting like a honeycomb in the
flame. The earth shall be immerged, and all things which are in it perish;
while judgment shall come upon all, even upon all the righteous (Rev.
20:11-15).
The Watchers are probably the
descendants of those who had been "cast out of heaven,") who are from
the Nodite (Nephilim) racial line. Are these some of the "princes" of
the world, the powerful and heartless that run our world system from behind the
scenes. Many of these behind the scene leaders apparently come from
"royal" lineages. They are terrified, as they should be in the end
times. As many other times stated in scripture, the hills are made low during
cataclysmic tectonic activity. Notice that all those in (but not above
or on) the earth perish, i.e. those hiding in mountains and subterranean
locations.
All people are then subject to
individual judgment according to prophecy. Further information on those who elect
God’s will follows next.
1Enoch 1:7 But to them shall he
give peace: he shall preserve the elect, and towards them exercise clemency.
1Enoch 1:8 Then shall all belong to
God; be happy and blessed; and the splendor of the Godhead shall illuminate them
(Isaiah 40:5; 65:21-25).
The elect are physically
"preserved" probably to help build a new world from the old.
1Enoch 2 Behold he comes with ten
thousands of his saints, to execute judgment upon them, and destroy the wicked,
and reprove all of flesh for every thing which the sinful and ungodly have
done, and committed against him. (Jude
14,15).
Are these "ten thousands of
his saints" the "hosts" of 1Enoch 1:4?
The "wicked ones" behind
the scene will be exposed and dealt with. Mankind will be rid of the devil and
like-minded men and women, forever.
The above excerpts are from the book, “The Kingdom of
Heaven is at Hand” by Ed Roache.