The return of the long lost Book of Enoch.....

[Guest guest]

Dear All,

 

The " Book of Enoch " existed centuries before the birth of Christ and was

regarded as Scripture by many early Christians. Apparently, the earliest

literature of the " Church Fathers " is filled with references to the " Book of

Enoch " . However, the authorities discredited and banned it. Consequently......it

gradually passed out of circulation until its rediscovery by the famous

explorer, James Bruce, in 1773.

 

i am sure you will enjoy reading about this lost " Book of Enoch " that has been

found again.....and from what i have read so far.....the " Book of Enoch " seems

to contain many 'missing pieces' (of information) which help to clarify a lot of

what is also written in the Bible.

 

with love and best wishes,

 

Violet

 

 

" We first learn of Enoch in Genesis 5 but it leaves us with questions.Hebrews 11

has the answers and Jude quotes Enoch! How did Jude come to know the words of

Enoch? They are not in the Bible. The answer of course, is The Book of Enoch. A

book which is actually quoted by Jude in the New Testament. What is the Book of

Enoch and where did it come from?

 

Enoch was the great-grandfather of Noah. The Book of Enoch chapter 68:1 " And

after that my great-grandfather Enoch gave me all the secrets in the book and in

the parables which had been given to him, and he put them together for me in the

words of the book of the parables. "

 

The Book of Enoch was extant centuries before the birth of Christ and yet is

considered by many to be more Christian in its theology than Jewish. It was

considered scripture by many early Christians. The earliest literature of the

so-called " Church Fathers " is filled with references to this mysterious book.

The early second century " Epistle of Barnabus " makes much use of the Book of

Enoch. Second and Third Century " Church Fathers " like Justin Martyr, Irenaeus,

Origin and Clement of Alexandria all make use of the Book of Enoch. Tertullian

(160-230 C.E) even called the Book of Enoch " Holy Scripture " . The Ethiopic

Church even added the Book of Enoch to its official canon. It was widely known

and read the first three centuries after Christ. This and many other books

became discredited after the Council of Laodicea. And being under ban of the

authorities, afterwards it gradually passed out of circulation.

 

At about the time of the Protestant Reformation, there came to be a

renewed interest in the Book of Enoch which had long since been lost

to the modern world. By the late 1400's rumors began to spread that

somewhere a copy of the long lost Book of Enoch might still exist.

During this time many books arose claiming to be the long lost book

and were later found to be forgeries.

 

The return of the long lost Book of Enoch to the modern western world

is credited to the famous explorer James Bruce, who in 1773 returned

from six years in Abyssinia with three Ethiopic copies of the lost

book. In 1821 Richard Laurence published the first English

translation. The famous R.H. Charles edition was published in 1912. In

the following years several portions of the Greek text surfaced. Then

with the discovery of cave 4 of the Dead Sea Scrolls, seven

fragmentary copies of the Aramaic text were discovered. "

 

(http://reluctant-messenger.com/enoch.htm)

[Guest guest]

Dear All,

 

Enoch is the great grandfather of Noah of the Bible. This is what it says of

Enoch in the scriptures:

 

" And Enoch lived sixty-five years, and became the father of Methuselah. Then

Enoch walked with God three hundred years after he became the father of

Methuselah, and he had other sons and daughters. So all the days of Enoch were

three hundred and sixty-five years. And Enoch walked with God; and he was not,

for God took him. " (Genesis 5:21-24)

 

In the " Book of Enoch " in Chapter 6, we are told of a vision that Enoch had,

whereby he was carried away to the Land of 'Oubelseyael, which is situated

between Libanos and Seneser'.

 

It was in this vision that he saw a body of people united in the 'True Order of

Prayer', and the Lord Jehovah stood in the middle of them. However, the body of

people could not see the Lord Jehovah because their faces were veiled.

 

So, Enoch asked the angel that was standing next to him why it was that the

people's faces were veiled and they could not see the Lord Jehovah Who was

standing among them.

 

The angel told Enoch it was because the people belong to the physical plane and

and their eyes are blinded by the veil of darkness so that they cannot perceive

the Light which is among them.

 

The angel further stated to Enoch that it is only when these people receive the

gnosis that the veil will tear off and they will be able to see the Reality. The

angel subsequently asked Enoch to help the people to rip off the veil which

hides the radiant Light of Truth.

 

Enoch was then lifted up to the heavenly plane where he saw the abode of the

cherubim with its walls, roof and floor and surroundings, made of crystal. The

roof of this abode 'flashed with fire' and a 'flame burned around its walls'.

Its entrance was also a 'gate of fire'. Enoch says that when he entered this

dwelling, that it was as hot as fire and as cold as ice.

 

From this abode he looked further and saw another 'habitation' which was more

spacious, whose entrance was open to Enoch and this 'habitation' was enveloped

in a vibrating flame. He says that the difference between the two habitations

was so great, that it was not even possible to compare the two.

 

To Enoch's surprise, though, he was led to a third dwelling which was greater

even than the two previous ones combined! He surveyed it closely and saw within

it...a glowing seat of power. From underneath this glowing seat of

power...flowed rivers of flaming fire, and on the seat of power...sat two

radiant Beings whose robes shone brighter than the sun and whiter than anything

in creation.

 

Around these two beings, were the 'saved' out of all the creations of the

Eloheim and these 'saved' continually praised those who sat on the seat of

power. Enoch apparently, standing in their presence, trembled at their majesty.

He was asked to approach and to hear their holy word, which he did but he hardly

dared to look at them.

 

They then told Enoch to look at them and explained that they are the

Eloheim...male and female...even as they had begotten mankind in their own

likeness. However, they said that 'this is the great secret, though'...and then

they told Enoch that they are not different from each other, but different

manifestations of the same reality.

 

They explained to Enoch that the Eloheim are Eloheim and that they might appear

to Enoch to be male or female, but then they explained that if they were EITHER

'male' or 'female'...that they would ONLY be halves, and not whole, and that

'wholeness' is an attribute of Deity.

 

They then explained to Enoch that Eloheim are not male or female, but Eloheim,

and that the 'sanctified' are not male or female, but sanctified. They also

explained to Enoch that all of mankind are incomplete as long as they view

themselves as male or female, because half their reality is veiled from them.

 

They further explained to Enoch that until a person sees beyond the illusion of

'separateness' of male and female and realizes their essential oneness of Being,

that they will not be able to perceive the Truth.

 

They also explained that until this is the case that human beings also will not

be able to relate in a proper manner with the rest of creation. They then told

Enoch to look at them and perceive Truth. They then opened up to Enoch a great

mystery, and Enoch saw the meaning of what he had heard.

 

This vision reminds me of another passage of Scripture, where also, among other

things, it says that 'there is neither male nor female' for we 'are all one in

Christ Jesus':

 

" For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. For all of you who

were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is neither

Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor

female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you belong to Christ, then

you are Abraham's offspring, heirs according to promise. " (Galatians 3:26-29)

 

Violet

 

 

" I was carried away in a vision to the Land of Oubelseyael, which is situated

between Libanos and Seneser. There I saw a body of people united in the True

Order of Prayer. The Lord Jehovah stood in the middle of them, but they could

not see him, for their faces were veiled.

 

I asked the holy angel who stood near me, " Why are their faces veiled so that

they cannot see the Lord Jehovah standing among them? "

 

The angel replied, " Because they belong to the physical plane, their eyes are

blinded by the veil of darkness so that they cannot perceive the Light which is

among them. Only when they receive that gnosis which will tear off the veil,

will they be able to see that which is real. Teach them, Enoch; help them rip

off the veil and bask in the radiant Light of Truth. "

 

Then I was lifted up to the heavenly plane, where I saw the abode of the

cherubim. Its walls, roof, and floor were all of crystal, as were its

surroundings. Its roof flashed with fire, and a flame burned around its walls.

Its entrance, also, was a gate of fire. When I entered this dwelling, it was hot

as fire, and cold as ice.

 

Looking beyond this abode, I saw another habitation, more spacious than it. Its

entrance was open before me, and it was enveloped in a vibrating flame. So

greatly did it excel the first in every way, that it is impossible to even

compare the two.

 

But what was my surprise to be led to a third dwelling, greater than the former

two combined. Attentively I surveyed it, and I saw within it a glowing seat of

power. From beneath this seat of power, flowed rivers of flaming fire. On the

seat of power, sat two radiant Beings, whose robes were brighter than the sun,

and whiter than anything in creation. Surrounding them were the sanctified, who

had been saved out of all the creations of the Eloheim. These continually

praised them who sat on the seat of power, centering in their radiant Light, but

they did not give counsel to the Beings who sat on the seat of Light, for they

needed none.

 

I stood in their presence, trembling at their majesty, but one of them spoke to

me. " Approach us, Enoch, " he instructed, " and hear our holy word. " Then I was

lifted up, and approached their seat of power, but I hardly dared look at them.

One of them spoke to me again. " Look at us, Enoch, " she said, " for we are the

Eloheim, male and female, even as we have begotten mankind in our own likeness.

But this is the great secret, Enoch. We are not different from each other, but

different manifestations of the same reality. The Eloheim are Eloheim; they may

appear to you to be male or female, but if they were either, they would be

halves, not whole, and wholeness is the attribute of Deity. The Eloheim are not

male or female, but Eloheim. The sanctified are not male or female, but

sanctified. All of mankind are incomplete, as long as they view themselves as

male or female, for half of their reality is veiled from them. You must see

beyond the illusion of separateness to the essential oneness of Being, in order

to perceive Truth. Until then, you cannot relate, in a proper manner, with the

rest of creation. Look at us, Enoch, and perceive Truth. " Then they opened up to

me a great mystery, and I saw the meaning of what I had heard. "

 

(http://www.thepearl.org/Book_of_Enoch.htm)

 

 

 

, " Violet " <violet.tubb@.

...> wrote:

>

> Dear All,

>

> The " Book of Enoch " existed centuries before the birth of Christ and

was regarded as Scripture by many early Christians. Apparently, the

earliest literature of the " Church Fathers " is filled with references

to the " Book of Enoch " . However, the authorities discredited and

banned it. Consequently......it gradually passed out of circulation

until its rediscovery by the famous explorer, James Bruce, in 1773.

>

> i am sure you will enjoy reading about this lost " Book of Enoch "

that has been found again.....and from what i have read so far.....the

" Book of Enoch " seems to contain many 'missing pieces' (of

information) which help to clarify a lot of what is also written in

the Bible.

>

> with love and best wishes,

>

> Violet

>

>

> " We first learn of Enoch in Genesis 5 but it leaves us with

questions.Hebrews 11 has the answers and Jude quotes Enoch! How did

Jude come to know the words of Enoch? They are not in the Bible. The

answer of course, is The Book of Enoch. A book which is actually

quoted by Jude in the New Testament. What is the Book of Enoch and

where did it come from?

>

> Enoch was the great-grandfather of Noah. The Book of Enoch chapter

68:1 " And after that my great-grandfather Enoch gave me all the

secrets in the book and in the parables which had been given to him,

and he put them together for me in the words of the book of the

parables. "

>

> The Book of Enoch was extant centuries before the birth of Christ

and yet is considered by many to be more Christian in its theology

than Jewish. It was considered scripture by many early Christians. The

earliest literature of the so-called " Church Fathers " is filled with

references to this mysterious book. The early second century " Epistle

of Barnabus " makes much use of the Book of Enoch. Second and Third

Century " Church Fathers " like Justin Martyr, Irenaeus, Origin and

Clement of Alexandria all make use of the Book of Enoch. Tertullian

(160-230 C.E) even called the Book of Enoch " Holy Scripture " . The

Ethiopic Church even added the Book of Enoch to its official canon. It

was widely known and read the first three centuries after Christ. This

and many other books became discredited after the Council of Laodicea.

And being under ban of the authorities, afterwards it gradually passed

out of circulation.

>

> At about the time of the Protestant Reformation, there came to be a

> renewed interest in the Book of Enoch which had long since been lost

> to the modern world. By the late 1400's rumors began to spread that

> somewhere a copy of the long lost Book of Enoch might still exist.

> During this time many books arose claiming to be the long lost book

> and were later found to be forgeries.

>

> The return of the long lost Book of Enoch to the modern western

world

> is credited to the famous explorer James Bruce, who in 1773 returned

> from six years in Abyssinia with three Ethiopic copies of the lost

> book. In 1821 Richard Laurence published the first English

> translation. The famous R.H. Charles edition was published in 1912.

In

> the following years several portions of the Greek text surfaced.

Then

> with the discovery of cave 4 of the Dead Sea Scrolls, seven

> fragmentary copies of the Aramaic text were discovered. "

>

> (http://reluctant-messenger.com/enoch.htm)

>