How The Book Of Enoch Is Spreading False Truths and Information
How The Book Of Enoch Is Spreading False Truths and Information
by Bill Knell
Unlike accepted Biblical texts, the book of Enoch is not one unified presentation. It is actually a series of sayings and booklets merged into a single work in sections. None of these could have been authored by Enoch because he lived thousands of years before the material was written down. There is no actual connection between the person and the book or the material in it.
The most accepted version of this work comes from Ethiopia where some churches accept it. That version originates from the fourth and sixth century A.D. texts written in Greek and Aramaic during those time periods. It also includes material from a critical edition based on thirty-three texts, the oldest being from the fifteenth century A.D. All these written accounts, whether considered together or separately, have no relationship to the real Enoch and falsely claim to be written by him.
Modern praise for the book often includes the idea that it was rejected because it was too “dangerous” and might lead readers to a clearer understanding of various ancient mysteries or things not fully explained in the Bible. In reality, the book pollutes accepted Scripture and points people away from God towards mythology and false teaching. It also replaces sound research into ancient mysteries with story telling and unproven theories.
The book of Enoch presents theological concepts inconsistent with mainstream scripture, and offers narratives different from the Biblical account of angels and giants. While the New Testament book of Jude quotes from it, this does not validate the entire book as divinely inspired, which is why Jewish and Christian authorities did not include it in their sacred texts.
The book's theological concepts, such as detailed information about angels, the great flood and the origins of the Nephilim, are inconsistent with established scripture. Some parts of the book are mythological in the form of fables, and not on the same level of truth or divine inspiration as the Bible. Jesus and the apostles did not recognize it as Scripture, and early church fathers did not treat it as sacred text.
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