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Hannah Hicks's avatar

Interesting piece! Having been aware of what the book of Enoch teaches, yet involved in spiritual warfare with Christians largely unaware of these details, I take the things of the book of Enoch with a grain of salt. Some things in there could well be true. Maybe all of it. Maybe none of it.

But whether all of it is, or half, or none, makes no difference to me as a believer.

If you name the Name of Christ, and abide in him, love him, keep his commandments, the evil one cannot touch you, and if he is allowed to, it’s only for your benefit.

Those who pray and call out to God, the Living God for help, WILL receive it, regardless of their knowledge.

I have never once witnessed a lack of esoteric knowledge (regardless of factual accuracy) have an effect on a believers deliverance.

It doesn’t affect Gods ability to save at all, even if it is true, so I don’t feel any responsibility at all to “make others aware”.

Following the Holy Spirit is what we are called to do.

I don’t say that to dismiss out of

hand perhaps the occasional usefulness of extra knowledge, only to emphasize that the esoteric is a poor substitute for faith and trust in God.

Dottie's avatar

My comment is going to sound unscholarly simple and probably rated as an idiot gullible Bible Belt Christian who knows nothing But I do have a view of my God after years of His faithfulness in guiding me along the 50+ years I have known Him.

I am sure there is a measure of truth in your findings but and I say BUT because God would not have left anything out that I needed to know to keep faith in Him, to love Him, to be faithful to Him. If He had seen the need to have the Enoch book meant to be in the full cannon of scripture you can bank on it that it would be in our Bible. Though these are definitely the last of the last days our eyes need to be fixed , as never before needed, on Jesus Christ. To start instituting a gaze going elsewhere is asking for trouble. (maybe Enoch is esoteric?).

Yes God told Daniel to close the book Daniel he was writing and go his way, certainly then God would open to man’s understanding what certain things meant Daniel would never understand (helicopters maybe?) But the things the Spirit makes understandable as things wax worse and worse is not to veer from focusing dead center on Gods truth as given in our Bible.

I do not need to now spend hours and hours trying to verify my theology and understand the book of Enoch. But I do need to pray for the things at hand, to love those around me and keep the command to “ watch” for my Lord.” (Matt 24, Luke 21, 2Tim, Jude, and Ro 1and on.). Time better spent being a Berean dealing with all the crazy rabbit trails Satan is enticing modern day people to go down. (Paul said he was not ignorant of Satan’s schemes and that’s about it concerning speaking of evil/Satan).

Take the elements of truth out and ignore the rest. Time will tell and test this book of Enoch but remember time is short and we are to be about the Father’s business and that is the Great Commission.

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