Watchman on the Wall: Watchman Report April 24, 2021 "Scrolls of Enoch" & "Wars & Rumors of War"

Saturday, April 24, 2021

Watchman Report April 24, 2021 "Scrolls of Enoch" & "Wars & Rumors of War"

SCROLLS OF ENOCH

PRESENTED BY

DR. MICHAEL HEISER

THE LINK TO THE VIDEO IS BELOW

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqXIN-4KRAY

PHD IN THE HEBREW BIBLE & SEMITIC LANGUAGES

MASTERS IN ANCIENT HISTORY & HEBREW STUDIES

ENOCH ESSENTIALLY TELLS US WHY THE WORLD IS EVIL

IT DESCRIBES THE “DAY OF THE LORD” OR MESSIAH’S 2^ND COMING

HENCE IT IS AN APOCALYPTIC SET OF SCROLLS

ENOCH DATES TO THE 2^ND & 3^RD CENTURY B.C.

ENOCH GIVES 3 REASONS FOR EVIL IN THE WORLD

1. THE FALL IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN

2. THE CURSE OF THE WATCHERS

3. THE EVENTS AT BABYLON

ENOCH WAS NEVER IN THE JUDAIC CANON BECAUSE IT WAS NOT WRITTEN IN HEBREW BUT RATHER IN ARAMAIC

HOWEVER, THE ESSENES OF YESHUA’S DAY (OF DEAD SEA SCROLL FAME) ACCEPTED IT & CONSIDERED IT SACRED COMMENTARY

IT IS A MYTH THAT CONSTANTINE DECIDED TO KEEP THE SCROLLS OF ENOCH OUT OF THE BIBLE & THAT HE DECIDED WHAT WOULD BE IN THE CHRISTIAN OLD & NEW TESTAMENT

HOWEVER HE DID WANT THE CHURCH FATHERS TO DECIDE ON CANON AT THE COUNCIL OF NICEA BECAUSE THE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY HAD SPREAD AROUND THE WORLD; CONSTANTINE BELIEVED THERE HAD TO BE AN AGREEMENT ON THE SACRED WRITINGS (CANON) OF THE NEW TESTAMENT TO PREVENT CONFUSION AROUND THE WORLD

THE CHURCH FATHERS DECIDED TO ELIMINATE SCROLLS THAT NO ONE REALLY CARED ABOUT, AND ENOCH WAS SUCH A SCROLL.

MANY CHRISTIANS BELIEVE THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT INSPIRED THE CHURCH FATHERS TO CHOOSE THE CORRECT CANON & GOD IN HIS PROVIDENCE GAVE US THE BIBLE

ENOCH WAS & IS STILL REFERENCED & STUDIED, BUT IT WASN’T & STILL ISN’T CANON

THE BIG SCIENTIFIC ADVANCE WAS THE MOVE AWAY FROM SCROLLS TO BOOKS. IT WAS DIFFICULT AND INCONVENIENT TO FIND ITEMS IN THE MIDDLE OF A SCROLL AND WITH BOOKS ONE COULD WRITE ON THE REVERSE PAGE. SO SCROLLS WERE CHANGED TO SHEETS OF PAPRUS. NOW THERE WERE SEVERAL SCROLLS OF ENOCH

CHAPTERS 1-36 OF ENOCH ARE NAMED THE WATCHERS

CHAPTERS 37 TO 71 ARE THE PARABLES

THERE ARE 108 FINAL CHAPTERS, SO YOU CAN SEE THE SCROLLS OF ENOCH ARE QUITE LENGTHY

ENOCH IS ALSO A COMPOSITE WORK, IT ISN’T LIKE THE BOOK MATTHEW OR MARK

THE FIRST 108 CHAPTERS ARE CONSIDERED 1^ST ENOCH

2^ND ENOCH IS A DIFFERENT WORK & WAS WRITTEN IN SLAVONIC A COUPLE OF HUNDRED YEARS LATER

3^RD ENOCH IS WRITTEN IN HEBREW AND WAS LATER THAN THE FIRST TWO SCROLLS

2^ND AND 3^RD ENOCH ARE CONSIDERED TO BE FRAUDULENT

ENOCH MOLDED THE WORLD VIEW OF THE JEWS, ESPECIALLY THE ESSENES WHO LIVED AT THE TIME OF YESHUA

ENOCH AFFECTED WHAT YESHUA SAID AND DID AND HE USED ENOCH TO CONNECT HIS AUDIENCE

WE ARE ALL INFLUENCED BY OUR CULTURE AND SO WAS YESHUA. ALL THE BIBLICAL AUTHORS WERE ALL AFFECTED BY THEIR CULTURE AND JEWISH BELIEFS

FINALLY, BIBLICAL SCHOLARS BELIEVE THAT YESHUA WAS THE ANTITHESIS OF WHAT WAS WRITTEN IN ENOCH