I do not have any knowledge of anyone holding fast to the claim of the Book of Enoch, so if I may, I will humor at least myself here:
Enoch lived somewhere near a thousand years before Noah's family was asked to build an ark. There is a Book of Enoch which is somehow believed to be written by Enoch, who was and then was not, so was his Book also ...and then not. I know God can do anything, so that doesn't create a problem for me ...but it seems inconsistent with the other Books.
If I am to believe that the Book of Enoch was, and then was not ...it must have been misplaced, at least by us humans. Imagine the great-grandfather of Noah, Enoch, entrusting his own son with his Book ...but, then he leaves before he can even attend a book signing. Then Methuselah, or his son, Lamech must have impressed it upon Noah to take it on the ark. Perhaps Noah delegated the responsibility to one of his three sons. I can just imagine the conversation, "I thought you had it last!" Quickly responding, "No, I didn't have it last, I thought you had it!"
They look for it, and after no success, suggestions follow ...followed by many questions.
Shem asks, "What's a derm?"
Noah replies, "A derm?"
Japheth tries to help, "You said, pack a derm!"
Noah is in a hurry, thinking it may rain at any moment, "No, I can't find the Book of Enoch ...check the pachyderms. You know, the elephants ...they're so big, they could hide anything."
Japheth helps Shem search ...as the elephants squeeze to get into the ark, two-by-two.
But, it is not there.
Ham is busy checking the pigs, but Shem and Japheth decide to investigate the chickens as they suspiciously hurry along in seven groups of two, perhaps concealing something. Or perhaps they feared the prophetic talk that Colonel Sanders (not Bernie) was going to get on board ...some talk of some food chain.
Something fowl did seem afoot, but the Book of Enoch didn't appear there either. And there was not time enough to look further into it. Noah just hoped someone had packed it ...perhaps in a place they hadn't looked, like the elephant's trunk.
As time went on, and the Flood raged, Noah failed to ask his sons if they had found the Book. Noah now had other things on his mind, and was becoming a bit unnerved with his sons asking, "Are we there yet?!!"
The sons thought they were to be on the ark for only forty days and forty nights ...not a full year, so when the ark finally landed, they had played every game, like 'Duck, Duck, Goose' and 'Pin the Tail on the Donkey' and 'Pig Mania', at least twice every week. The rest of the time they had to deal with poop mania.
But, now that they were no longer confined to the ark ....they ventured about, for a time, until someone decided they should have a hundred year reunion of the ark landing. They sent out invitations, but though most of the animals did not respond, most of the people seemed to like the suggestion that they play one massive game of Jenga. It was believed that they topped it off by putting the Book of Enoch at the peak of the tower.
But, of course, much confusion followed. The frightened people could only utter single syllables at a time, yet there were those who were not shaken, and were seeking a better pronunciation of places to call home. Abram was one of these courageous men who sought after better things (or at least, better pronounced things) ...and he left Ur.
It is uncertain whether Abram carried the Book of Enoch on his donkey as he traced the Tigris-Euphrates to its source. Syria was not his destination, so he turned south from there.
Generations passed, and a famine oppressed the people. Did the Book of Enoch then follow them into Egypt?? And years later, did a man by the name of Moses come to possess the Book, perhaps during his enlightenment at the bush??
Or was Moses told he'd have to come up with his own copy, as the FedEx copy from heaven was delivered too close to the burning bush?? Maybe a new copy was part of a package deal with the 10 Commandments. Or perhaps they also offered to throw in a copy of 'Killing Pharoah's Son' co-authored by Martin Dugard and written by Bill O'Reilly.
It was then Joshua's turn to lead. Not yet told of the promised victory, he sent out spies. They gave the Book of Enoch to Rahab ...in case things didn't turn out as expected, and they'd possibly need rehab.
Nobody knew what happened to the Book of Enoch after that ...through judges and kings, then through a kingdom split. Perhaps Enoch tried to send another copy from heaven, and when Elijah was taken up, the Book of Enoch fell back to earth in Elijah's cloak, with an eagerly awaiting Elisha getting hit on the head and causing him to pass out. Still dazed, he was thought to have said, "I don't know what hit me, but I got a nasty E-knock on the head!" (He was a prophet, not a lawyer, or assuredly it would have arguably been a case of someone throwing the book at him.)
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I am not making fun of any Books, nor how they came to be ...nor how they came not to be (included in the Bible, as it is in this case). I am just thankful it was not my job to discern what Books should be in the Bible, and which ones should not.
Men much more prayerful and serious than me have decided which are genuine and accurate accounts. And I respect and value that seriousness. Anything that is true has never been exempt from ridicule or being made sport of. (Forgive me, as I did not intend to do that.) Yet, there are things that are true, and things that are not. And we do not have a perfect understanding of that ...so, I guess we all are guilty of either scoffing at things that are true or believing things that are not true.
I do the best I can in looking to the accepted scrolls that were available when Jesus was 12 years old, discussing them with the scholars at the temple, and also being read from when He was an adult in the synagogue ...which we call the Old Testament, and of which Jesus quoted from (as stated earlier, 24 of the Old Testament Books).
And the New Testament, I consider legitimate testimony from those who walked with Jesus as His disciples, also inclusive of the one who was blinded and escorted to the house of Ananias (not Sapphira's husband), and commissioned as one of the disciples, and whom we affectionately call ...the Apostle Paul.
Enoch lived somewhere near a thousand years before Noah's family was asked to build an ark. There is a Book of Enoch which is somehow believed to be written by Enoch, who was and then was not, so was his Book also ...and then not. I know God can do anything, so that doesn't create a problem for me ...but it seems inconsistent with the other Books.
If I am to believe that the Book of Enoch was, and then was not ...it must have been misplaced, at least by us humans. Imagine the great-grandfather of Noah, Enoch, entrusting his own son with his Book ...but, then he leaves before he can even attend a book signing. Then Methuselah, or his son, Lamech must have impressed it upon Noah to take it on the ark. Perhaps Noah delegated the responsibility to one of his three sons. I can just imagine the conversation, "I thought you had it last!" Quickly responding, "No, I didn't have it last, I thought you had it!"
They look for it, and after no success, suggestions follow ...followed by many questions.
Shem asks, "What's a derm?"
Noah replies, "A derm?"
Japheth tries to help, "You said, pack a derm!"
Noah is in a hurry, thinking it may rain at any moment, "No, I can't find the Book of Enoch ...check the pachyderms. You know, the elephants ...they're so big, they could hide anything."
Japheth helps Shem search ...as the elephants squeeze to get into the ark, two-by-two.
But, it is not there.
Ham is busy checking the pigs, but Shem and Japheth decide to investigate the chickens as they suspiciously hurry along in seven groups of two, perhaps concealing something. Or perhaps they feared the prophetic talk that Colonel Sanders (not Bernie) was going to get on board ...some talk of some food chain.
Something fowl did seem afoot, but the Book of Enoch didn't appear there either. And there was not time enough to look further into it. Noah just hoped someone had packed it ...perhaps in a place they hadn't looked, like the elephant's trunk.
As time went on, and the Flood raged, Noah failed to ask his sons if they had found the Book. Noah now had other things on his mind, and was becoming a bit unnerved with his sons asking, "Are we there yet?!!"
The sons thought they were to be on the ark for only forty days and forty nights ...not a full year, so when the ark finally landed, they had played every game, like 'Duck, Duck, Goose' and 'Pin the Tail on the Donkey' and 'Pig Mania', at least twice every week. The rest of the time they had to deal with poop mania.
But, now that they were no longer confined to the ark ....they ventured about, for a time, until someone decided they should have a hundred year reunion of the ark landing. They sent out invitations, but though most of the animals did not respond, most of the people seemed to like the suggestion that they play one massive game of Jenga. It was believed that they topped it off by putting the Book of Enoch at the peak of the tower.
But, of course, much confusion followed. The frightened people could only utter single syllables at a time, yet there were those who were not shaken, and were seeking a better pronunciation of places to call home. Abram was one of these courageous men who sought after better things (or at least, better pronounced things) ...and he left Ur.
It is uncertain whether Abram carried the Book of Enoch on his donkey as he traced the Tigris-Euphrates to its source. Syria was not his destination, so he turned south from there.
Generations passed, and a famine oppressed the people. Did the Book of Enoch then follow them into Egypt?? And years later, did a man by the name of Moses come to possess the Book, perhaps during his enlightenment at the bush??
Or was Moses told he'd have to come up with his own copy, as the FedEx copy from heaven was delivered too close to the burning bush?? Maybe a new copy was part of a package deal with the 10 Commandments. Or perhaps they also offered to throw in a copy of 'Killing Pharoah's Son' co-authored by Martin Dugard and written by Bill O'Reilly.
It was then Joshua's turn to lead. Not yet told of the promised victory, he sent out spies. They gave the Book of Enoch to Rahab ...in case things didn't turn out as expected, and they'd possibly need rehab.
Nobody knew what happened to the Book of Enoch after that ...through judges and kings, then through a kingdom split. Perhaps Enoch tried to send another copy from heaven, and when Elijah was taken up, the Book of Enoch fell back to earth in Elijah's cloak, with an eagerly awaiting Elisha getting hit on the head and causing him to pass out. Still dazed, he was thought to have said, "I don't know what hit me, but I got a nasty E-knock on the head!" (He was a prophet, not a lawyer, or assuredly it would have arguably been a case of someone throwing the book at him.)
***********************************
I am not making fun of any Books, nor how they came to be ...nor how they came not to be (included in the Bible, as it is in this case). I am just thankful it was not my job to discern what Books should be in the Bible, and which ones should not.
Men much more prayerful and serious than me have decided which are genuine and accurate accounts. And I respect and value that seriousness. Anything that is true has never been exempt from ridicule or being made sport of. (Forgive me, as I did not intend to do that.) Yet, there are things that are true, and things that are not. And we do not have a perfect understanding of that ...so, I guess we all are guilty of either scoffing at things that are true or believing things that are not true.
I do the best I can in looking to the accepted scrolls that were available when Jesus was 12 years old, discussing them with the scholars at the temple, and also being read from when He was an adult in the synagogue ...which we call the Old Testament, and of which Jesus quoted from (as stated earlier, 24 of the Old Testament Books).
And the New Testament, I consider legitimate testimony from those who walked with Jesus as His disciples, also inclusive of the one who was blinded and escorted to the house of Ananias (not Sapphira's husband), and commissioned as one of the disciples, and whom we affectionately call ...the Apostle Paul.
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