I have read the Book of Enoch and it is very clear why it was not put into the cannon....Just read the first paragraph.....
I grew up in a strict Assembly of God church, You know the kind where you don't question anything about God?
Well, now as an adult I have had my eyes opened by God, and he is OK with all the questions you want to ask, as long as you ask him! Folks he will answer your questions.
When I discovered that the Bible mentioned that the sons of God had paired themselves with the daughters of man in Genesis and that they had begot children I was going to question EVERYTHING about it, and I wondered why in all my life in church I had never heard of this!
Genesis 6
King James Version (KJV)
6 And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,
2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.3 And the Lord said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.
4 There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.
5 And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
6 And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
7 And the Lord said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.
Through my internet search about this I came across the words fallen angels (sons of God that fell from heaven for earthly desires), nephilim (giant offspring of angels and the daughter of men), and Enoch (7 from Adam) Noah's great grandfather. As it would happen I found the Book of Enoch and wondered if reading it would send my soul to blaze in fire forever as the church's preach, but when I started reading it all the blanks were filled in! Not only the blanks in the Bible but the earthly questions like how were the pyramids made and how our technology is what it is today!
I come across many articles or blogs that call this book blasphemy, or the work of the devil, but I believe that they are brainwashed by the man lead church today. I prayed for God to let me know if the Book of Enoch was not of him to give me that feeling when reading it, and folks that book was so insightful and for the first time everything I had been taught from the Bible made sense.
In the Olivet Discourse when the disciples asked Jesus how would they know when the last days are, the FIRST thing in all 3 accounts Jesus said was "DO NOT LET ANY MAN DECEIVE YOU" because he knew we were to be lead of the path of righteousness, and that the church would become followers of man instead of followers of God!
Olivet Discourse
3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?
4And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.
5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
Mark 13
3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives over against the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately,
4 Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign when all these things shall be fulfilled?
5And Jesus answering them began to say, Take heed lest any man deceive you:
6 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
LUKE 21
6 As for these things which ye behold, the days will come, in the which there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
7 And they asked him, saying, Master, but when shall these things be? and what sign will there be when these things shall come to pass?
8And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and the time draweth near: go ye not therefore after them.
In the end days the church and the world is no longer dependent upon the spirit of God but wisdom of man.
1 Corinthians 2
12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.
13 Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
1 Corinthians 3
18 Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.
CRAFT: shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
20 And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.
VAIN: having or showing an excessively high opinion of ones appearance, abilities, or worth
21 Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are your's;
Do not be led away from the truth and simplicity of the gospel by science, persuasive speaking, or persuasive writings by (anyone) IE. rabbis, orators, or philosophers.
We are in danger of deceiving ourselves when we have too high an opinion of human wisdom. High opinions of our own wisdom are nothing but self-flattery, which is the next step to self-deceit.
The way to true wisdom is the willingness to be taught by God. The person who resigns his own understanding, and be willing to receive the instruction of God will have true and everlasting wisdom.
If you lower the opinion of your own knowledge, it will enable you to submit to better information so that you may be informed and improved by the revelation: but proud men conceited of their own wisdom and understanding, will not accept correction or the divine wisdom by God himself, and prefer their own shallow reasoning’s of the revelations.
We must humble ourselves before God to be truly wise or good. God has a perfect knowledge of the thoughts of men, the deepest thoughts of the wisest men, their most secret counsels and purposes: nothing is hidden from him, and he knows them to be vanity.
The thoughts of the wisest men in the world have a great mixture of vanity, weakness and folly in them. Before God their wisest and best thoughts are to the highest degree vanity.
Shouldn’t all this teach us modesty?
We should submit to the wisdom of God, and be thankful for his revelations, be willing to be taught by God, and not be led away by what “human wisdom” teaches the simplicity of Christ, or a regard to his heavenly doctrine.
He who would be wise must learn from God, and not set his own wisdom up in competition with God’s. Too much faith in anything other than God will always lead you astray.
1 Timothy 4:1-2
4 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;
Now back to Enoch, he was an important man, God took him to heaven in human form like Elijah, then Jesus. He was important enough to mention in the Bible (scriptures are below). In the Book of Jude he does not just mention Enoch he mentions what Enoch PROPHESIED. So you have to ask why you shouldn't read it if its been referred to in the Bible
Genesis 5:18-24 [18] Jared lived one hundred and sixty-two years, and begot Enoch. [19] After he begot Enoch, Jared lived eight hundred years, and had sons and daughters. [20] So all the days of Jared were nine hundred and sixty-two years; and he died. [21] Enoch lived sixty-five years, and begot Methuselah. [22] After he begot Methuselah, Enoch walked with God three hundred years, and had sons and daughters. [23] So all the days of Enoch were three hundred and sixty-five years. [24] And Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him.
Hebrews 11:5 By faith Enoch was taken away so that he did not see death, "and was not found, because God had taken him"; for before he was taken he had this testimony, that he pleased God.
Jude 1:14-15 [14] Now Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about these men also, saying, "Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of His saints, [15] to execute judgment on all, to convict all who are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have committed in an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him."
READ THE BOOK OF ENOCH
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