The book of enoch is an ancient jewish religious work, ascribed by tradition to enoch, the greatgrandfather of noah, although. The book of enoch is an ancient hebrew apocalyptic religious text, ascribed by tradition to enoch, the greatgrandfather of noah. Then said the most high, the holy and great one spake, and sent uriel to the son of lamech, and said to him. Lumpkin describes the calendar of enoch and its pivotal place in the prophecy of daniel. In the 18th chapter, he is describing a journey with the angels, where they are flying in an angelic spaceship southwards on the earth, and coming to a place where there are pillars of heavenly fire to me, this sounds like they were flying over africa from the middle east, and coming to the south pole, and watching the. The angels, the watchers and the nephilim with extensive commentary on the three books of enoch, the fallen angels, the calendar of enoch, and daniels prophecy kindle edition by lumpkin, joseph. Knibbs scholarly translation of the ethiopian manuscripts, the ethiopic book of enoch, oxford university press, which i believe to be the best translation currently available. Antarctica and imprisoned fallen angels from the book of enoch. The angels took enoch and placed him in the east at the suns gates 1 those men bore me away to the east, and placed me at the suns gates, where the sun goes forth according to the regulation of the seasons and the circuit of the months of the whole year, and the number of the hours day and night. Led by the angels semyaza and azazel, the watchers came to earth on mount hermon, where they mated with human women.
If you do not already have this viewer configured on a local drive, you may download it at no cost here from adobes web site. These texts were not included in the bible because the church considers them apocryphal, therefore, they were summarized in a single book called enochs book, in which permanent contacts with superior beings are described, angels or aliens and you can clearly evidence abductions to the first inhabitants of the earth. The boe also mentions that there were only 200 total angels who. The book of enoch and demons fallen angels, giants, ufo. The book of enoch, written during the second century b.
It is one of the oldest known jewish works, but it was not included in the hebrew biblical. A brief summary of the contents of the book of enoch. And now the giants, who have been begotten from body and flesh, will be called evil spirits on earth, and their dwellingplaces will be upon the earth. Parts of the book of enoch tell the story of the evil angels who kidnapped and paired with human women, resulting in the creation of a hybrid race known throughout the secular and biblical history as the nephilim. The book of enoch has gone from a relatively obscure reference to an object of fascination by millions. So the book of watchers is the first part of 1 enoch. According to enoch, you can bind angels by throwing them into a hole in the desert. Chapters ixxxvi introduction chapter 1 1 the words of the blessing of enoch, wherewith he blessed the elect and righteous, who will be 2 living in the day of tribulation, when all the wicked and godless are to be removed. Fallen angels and the origins of evil takes you back to the primordial drama of good and evil, when the first hint of corruption entered a pristine worldearth. The first parts of the book detail the interaction of the fallen angles with mankind. Contains all the enoch texts, including the book of enoch, and biblical parallels. Watcher is a term used in connection with biblical angels. Led by the angels semyaza and azazel, the watchers came to earth on mount hermon, where they mated with.
The text of chapter 71, sections 89 reads as follows. In the biblical story of the nephilim, the sons of god saw the daughters of men were beautiful so they married them and had children gen 6. According to the book of enoch, the names of the seven archangels are gabriel, michael, raphael, uriel, raguel, remiel, and saraqael. The book of enoch is a noncanonical jewish work attributed to enoch, the greatgrandfather of noah. Bennun cites passages from the book of enoch which are very suggestive of antarctica as indeed the location where enoch was taken to witness celestial events 18. After presenting extensive historical backgrounds and brilliant translations of the first. Nephilim world of giants book of enoch fallen angels. New information on the first book of enoch is greatly expanded. Enoch, why art thou alarmed and amazed at this terrific place, at the sight of this place of suffering. And these are the names of the holy angels who watch.
The book of enoch claims to be written by enoch 7th from adam, but this is false. The apocryphal books of enoch refer to both good and bad watchers, with a primary focus on the rebellious ones. In fact, enoch is a collection of several books, written over. Watcher occurs in both plural and singular forms in the book of daniel, where reference is made to their holiness. Uriel, one of the holy angels who was with me, answered and said. The story of archangel haniel taking enoch to heaven. The book of enoch is a very dangerous book, because it contradicts scripture, lies about the biblical cosmology, it declares hate for gods temple and perverts gods mercy and plan of salvation. The book of enoch, which is part of the jewish and christian apocrypha, credits archangel haniel under one of her alternate names with traveling to earth on assignment from god to pick up enoch in a fiery chariot and escort him through the flames into another dimension to reach heaven. Chapter 71 of the book of enoch refers to the angel phanuel.
Raphael, one of the holy angels, who is over the spirits of men. Many more fanciful and weird stories are contained in the book, says dr. The second and 3rd book of enoch, as the author points out are not accurate and different parts that do not line up. Chapters ixxxvi introduction chapter 1 1 the words of the blessing of enoch, wherewith he blessed the elect and righteous, who will be 2 living in the day of tribulation, when all the wicked and godless are to be. Enoch contains unique material on the origins of demons and giants, why some angels fell from heaven, an explanation of why the great flood was morally necessary, and prophetic exposition of the thousandyear reign of the messiah. Archangel uriel gave the warning that led to the construction of noahs ark, the book of enoch scripture part of the jewish and christian apocrypha says. The book is thought to date to about 300 bc and includes a detailed account of the fall of the angels in its section, the book of the watchers. Enoch contains unique material on the origins of demons and giants, why some angels fell from heaven, an explanation of why the great flood was morally necessary, and prophetic exposition of the.
The older sections of the text are estimated to date from about 300200 bce, and the latest part probably to 100 bce. The book of enoch, chapters 160 reluctant messenger. Corrupted angels, the nephilim, tremendous lifespans, a great deluge, and ancient and advanced knowledge are a few of the topics discussed in the book of enoch, an ancient manuscript comprising. The book of enoch is the little prechristian book best guesses of scholars place its creation around 100 bc, give or take a century which ended up being a blockbuster worldchanger. The offspring of these unions are the nephilim, savage giants who pillage the earth and endanger humanity. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the books of enoch. The earliest known reference to the concept of seven archangels appears in the book of enoch. It has had a huge influence on many future literary and genre authors, and the bibles new testament, and hollywood blockbuster movies. The book of enoch 3 introduction i have based this book on michael a. The book of enoch, provides extrabiblical details, and an expository retelling of the etiology for evil spirits.
Book of enoch is one of the books removed from the original set of bible for it contains beyond understanding, supernatural. Chapter 8 of the book of enoch assigns certain teachings to specific fallen angels. Filled with hallucinatory visions of heaven and hell, angels and devils, enoch introduced concepts such as fallen angels, the appearance of. Yes, the angelsaliens idea is given a better toehold with the book of enoch. The fallen angels 1 enoch 68 chapter 6 begins the actual book of the watchers. The first book of enoch will help you understand the watcher angels, what happened to them and who and what the nephilim were, as well as explain where demons come from. The heaviest concentration of angelic characters comes from the early section of 1 enoch called the book of the watchers, which describes how fallen angels mated with human women, and produced the. The book of the epistle of enoch 91107 2nd century b.
Enoch tells that in ancient times, 200 heavenly watchers rebelled against god in heaven. It is argued that all the writers of the new testament were familiar with it and were influenced by it in thought and diction. The history of the world all the way through to the end into eternity. So here is the summary of the second book of enoch, and i added a few of my own comments in square brackets. Joseph lumpkin has been enlarged to include new research on the books of enoch, fallen angels, the watchers, and the nephilim. I first heard about the book of enoch a few years ago, while i was. They soon begin to lust for human women and, at the prodding of their leader samyaza, defect en masse to illicitly instruct humanity and procreate among them. The book of enoch is an ancient jewish text that dates back to between 170 b. In the book of enoch it says that the leader of the fallen angels was called azazel, and he is often identified with lucifer the lightbringer or lumiel the light of god. Enoch is told to declare everything to thy son methuselah to preserve it to deliver them to the generations of the world. The history of the fallen angels is sewn tightly together using such books as enoch, jasher, jubilees, the book of giants, the war scrolls, and many others. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Pdf portable document format files are created by adobe acrobat software and can be viewed with adobe acrobat reader.
The book of enoch was cherished by the essenes, early jews and christians, but later condemned by both rabbis and church fathers. He taught men to forge swords and make shields and breastplates body armour. Fromthe apocrypha and pseudepigrapha of the old testament r. Fallen angels the book of enoch the summit lighthouse. Enoch, a righteous man, who was 1 with god, answered and spoke, while his eyes were open, and while he saw a holy vision in the heavens. The premise of the book of enoch is that rebel angels took on human bodies to fulfill their lust for the daughters of men, and that they taught men to build weapons of war. The heaviest concentration of angelic characters comes from the early section of 1 enoch called the book of the watchers, which describes how fallen angels mated with. Mystery of the watchers and book of enoch fallen angels. I do not claim this video just for educational and knowledge purpose. The first book of enoch, chapter 71, refers to four angels.