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                         “I AM WHO I AM.”
               “Who shall I say sent me?”
               “Say, I AM Has Sent me,’”
                                    Exodus 3:8-14

“To Be or Not To Be, An Obedient, Holy Christian, That is The
Question!”
Part One A

The Ancient Scrolls of Enoch
The Book of Enoch was popular in the early church first 700 years!
A verse from its first chapter is quoted in Jude. But by the end of the
seventh century, the scrolls had slowly disappeared. The Book of
Enoch was used in place of and/or with the Scroll of the Apocalypse.
It became a forgotten book until three copies were found in Ethiopia
in 1773. It is addressed to those living in the Tribulation Period; The
End-Time Chosen!

SheepShed has 1, 2, and 3 Enoch, (the Scrolls are compiled, in some
instances, into one book),
and we have quoted out of them several times in our Lessons; but J.
R. Church: Prophecy In The News Magazine, this month has an
article featuring the writings of Enoch, which, confirms what
SheepShed has always believed… eventhough, others have not or
are either skeptical .Brother Church is beginning a series of articles
relating to the writings of this Ancient Prophet; the Scrolls have also
been found among the many Dead Sea Scroll manuscripts. We at
SheepShed have decided to copy them for you each month as long
as the series lasts, Lord willing.
Blessed be He, the Creator of the Universe!

“The Man Who Walked With God”
Enoch
  For at least the first seven hundred years, following our Savior’s
ministry, the Book of Enoch was highly respected. In those early
centuries, it was read aloud in congregations and studied by ministers
for its historic and prophetic value. Among the
   early Church Fathers who quoted Enoch were Clement,
Barnabas, Irenaeus, and
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others. For example: Clement A.D. 30-100, the bishop (elder) of
Rome and personal friend of the Apostle Paul, wrote that Enoch
never died: “Let us take for instance Enoch, who, being found
righteous in obedience, was translated, and death was never known
to happen to him” First Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians, ch. 9.

Barnabas A.D. 44, who accompanied the Apostle Paul on his first
missionary journey referred to the prophecies of Enoch, who said:
“For this end the Lord has cut short the times and the days, that His
Beloved may hasten; and He will come to the inheritance” Epistle of
Barnabas, ch. 4. (God’s people are called His Inheritance).
  Irenaeus A.D. 180 published his work “Against Heresies,” in
which he spoke of Enoch, whose translation was a prophetic view of
our future rapture (resurrection):
“For Enoch, when he pleased God, was translated in the same body
in which he did please Him, thus pointing out by anticipation the
translation of the just” Against Heresies , bk. 5. These men believed
that Enoch’s translation was a rapture… (translation of those who
remain and are alive at His Coming), the same kind of translation
Christians anticipate.

Even though the church did not include the Book of Enoch among
the collection of divinely inspired writings, early Christian scholars
believed that Enoch wrote the book, and that it had been preserved
aboard Noah’s ark. It was among the oldest writings of the human
race…”the first apocalyptic literature ever written.” In fact, some
have suggested that Enoch helped develop the alphabet and literature
as a means of communication.
  The Book of Enoch was originally written in ancient Hebrew,
fragments of which were discovered among the Dead Sea Scrolls.
We should note that rabbis claim Hebrew was the language of God,
who made the universe using those 22 letters. Seth and Enoch were
not the inventors of the alphabet, but rather, the recipients of God’s
language…
a communication tool from heaven given to mankind. Think on what
this is saying!

There were hundreds of Jewish writings preserved in Jerusalem
Temple’s library, which were not considered for inclusion among the
biblical books, but that does not diminish their value or inspiration.
Enoch was one of those books. However, many of the early writings
were lost during the Jewish wars against Roman rule. (SheepShed
has given you history of many, how they were hidden by rabbis and
preserved).

Afterward, there were very few groups concerned with copying,
publishing and preserving the Jewish library. Eventually, many of the
books, including Enoch, faded from the scene. For centuries, the
Book(s) of Enoch was lost…only to be rediscovered
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in the eighteenth-century black communities of Jews and Christians
in Abyssima, a
region in Northern Ethiopia. In 1773, the famous English traveler
James Bruce obtained three copies of the book and brought them to
Europe. As soon as these Ethiopian manuscripts arrived, translators
began to produce copies in various European languages, including
English. An ancient Greek manuscript also surfaced, corroborating
the accuracy and authenticity of the Coptic language editions.

In 1821, a Professor Laurence (who later became the Archbishop of
Cashel) published an English translation from the manuscript, with
the title: “The Book of Enoch, the Prophet: an apocryphal
production, supposed to have been lost for ages; but discovered at
the close of the last century in Abyssinia; now first translated from
the Ethiopic manuscript in the Bodleian Library. Oxford, 1821, “A
second edition was published in 1833, and a third in 1838.

The Book of Enoch has been divided into 20 sections, incorporating
108 chapters. Over the next few months, we shall publish these
chapters with our commentary for the benefit of believers who are
faithfully awaiting our Savior’s soon return. We do not advocate
divine inspiration for this ancient apocalyptic literature (but
SheepShed does), but feel that it is important for God’s people to
become familiar with it, especially since it was written and addressed
specifically to those living in the
“day of tribulation.”

Introduction to the Book of Enoch
The opening verse contains an introduction to the book (scroll).
Although it appears to be the oldest apocalyptic literature ever
written, predating the great Flood of Noah’s day, its opening verse
plainly reveals that it was written specifically to the generation living
in the end-time:
“The words of the blessing of Enoch
wherewith he blessed the chosen and
just, who will exist on the day of tribulation
when all this wicked and impious shall
be removed” Enoch 1:1.
(Please note: that the Lord’s servants are able to bless the children of
God, SHSH).
At once, we are astonished at this salutation. It appears to be
addressed to us! The “chosen” might be a reference to Jews (long
known as the Chosen People) and the “just” could be a reference to
Christians living in these most unusual days.

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Today, with wars and rumors of wars besetting the Middle East, it
seems as if the Great Tribulation Period may be just about to begin
in the Middle East.
  What did Enoch want us to know? Were his unusual themes,
which are revealed in this ancient writing, simply hidden away for
millennia, awaiting our generation? It is said that the Book of Enoch
“does not belong merely to the curiosities of literature, but is a book
of positive worth, and the source of much information to the patient
investigator.

Who Was Enoch?
Other than what is written in this book, we know very little about
Enoch. From the Book of Genesis, we learn that he was the seventh
from Adam and the father of Methuselah; that he lived 365 years;
that he walked with God and was translated alive into heaven:
“Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch;
And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah;
And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah “three
hundred
years” and begat sons and daughters. And all the days of Enoch were
three hundred sixty and five years; And Enoch walked with God;
and he was not, for God took him: Genesis 5:18,21-24.

The first verse in the Book of Enoch was addressed to those who
will live in the generation that witnesses the Tribulation Period and
the return of Yeshua Messiah, which, by the way, is the subject of
the final verse of this opening chapter:
“And behold, He comes with myriads of the holy to pass judgment
upon them, and will destroy the impious, and will call to account all
flesh for everything the sinners and the impious have done and
committed against Him: Enoch 1:9.
  The New Testament book of Jude quotes this verse, thus
increasing its value and importance to us:
“And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these,
saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of His saints
(holy ones), to execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that
are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have
ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly
sinners have spoken against Him” Jude 14-15. (All familiar words of
Jesus’ teaching.)

Jude refers to Enoch as a prophet, saying that he “prophesied” the
Second Coming of Messiah. (For this reason, SheepShed believes,
the writings of Enoch are inspired by the Holy Spirit since he is
prophesying the word of the Lord, being called
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a prophet)! Also, Jude is the last of seven small books sandwiched
between Hebrews and Revelation (the Apocalypse). These seven
brief writings seem to allude to the events in the Tribulation Period
in somewhat of an abbreviated, but accurate chronology, at the end
of which, Jesus will return in glory with His holy ones (angels are
called saints=holy ones), just as Jude teaches. Therefore, the passage
quoting Enoch, depicts Christ’s glorious appearing at the end of three
and one-half year tribulation period. Since verses one and nine of
Enoch’s opening chapter point toward the generation that will
witness these things, we would do well to acquaint ourselves with
this incredible (inspired) writing.

Furthermore, it is said that Enoch may have produced as many as
30 books, all written in an ancient form of Hebrew, thought to be the
oldest language. The following quote from a dissertation on the
Hebrew alphabet was published in London, in 1767, in A
Dissertation Concerning the Antiquity of the Hebrew Language,
Letters, Vowel Points, and Accents, by John Gill, D.D. It tells us
that early scholars were convinced that Seth, son of Adam, produced
the Hebrew alphabet, and that Enoch delivered the prophecy quoted
by Jude.

In Syria and Mesopotamia are said to be some ancient books of the
Zabians, which they pretend to be the patriarch Seth’s; and the
Arabic writers say, that Seth was the inventor of writing letters, and
showed them in the Hebrew tongue. If the account that is given of
Cainan, the grandson of Seth, could be credited, it would not only
prove the use of letters in those early times, but that the Hebrew
letters were then used; the account is what is said to be sent by
Alexander the Great, when in India, to his master Aristotle, and as
follows: ‘When I came to such a place in India, says he, that natives
told me that they had with them the sepulcher of an ancient king that
ruled all the world, whose name was Cainan, the son of Enos, who
foreseeing that God would bring a flood upon the earth, wrote his
prophecy of it on tables of stone, and they are here; the writing is
Hebrew writing.’

“Enoch, the seventh from Adam, delivered out the prophecy
referred to by the Apostle Jude, vv. 14-15…the Jews make mention
of a writing of his in their ancient book of Zohar; and in the Targum
of Jonathan on Genesis 5:24 he is called the great scribe; and several
of the Christian fathers speak of a book of his [i.e., The Book of
Enoch] as authentic, as Tertullian and others; and the Arabic writings
tell us of the pyramids and pillars erected by him, on which he
engraved the arts and the instruments of them; and some writers
ascribe the invention of letters and writing of books to him” A
Dissertation Concerning the Antiquity of the Hebrew Language,
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Letters, Vowel Points, and Accents, by John Gill D.D., ch. 2, pg. 36.
  One other biblical passage mentions Enoch, revealing his faith and
translation…
The New Testament book of Hebrews:
  “By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death;
and was not found, because God had translated him: for before
his translation he had this testimony: that he pleased God” Heb 11:5.
  Enoch experienced “rapture” … before the Flood (but Noah, we
must also state, was kept through it)! What Enoch experienced is
exactly what we are waiting for!
(We must also say, that Jesus said, “As it was in the days of Noah,”
not Enoch,
“so shall the coming of the Son of Man be,” you decide). We hold to
our Savior’s promise that He will descend from heaven with a shout,
with the voice of the archangel and the trumpet of God (the last
Shofar)” 1 Thes 4:15-17.
   Therefore, I would suggest that Enoch has excellent qualifications
to inform and prepare us for the events of the End-Time.

Enoch, Section 1, Chapters 1-5
The following is an English translation of Enoch’s first five chapters,
thus opening the first of twenty sections.
•        “The words of the blessing of Enoch wherewith he blessed the
chosen and just, who will exist on the day of tribulation when all the
wicked and impious shall be removed”
•        “And then answered and spoke Enoch, a just man, whose
eyes were opened by God so that he saw a holy vision in the
heavens, which the angels showed to me, and from them I heard
everything, and I knew what I saw; but not for this generation, but
for the far-off generations, which are to come.
•        “Concerning the chosen I spoke and conversed concerning
them with the Holy and Great One, who will come from His abode,
the God of the world.
•        “And from there He will step on to Mount Sinai, and appear
with His hosts, and appear in the strength of His power from heaven.
•        “And all will fear, and the watchers will tremble, and great
fear and terror will seize them to the ends of the earth.
•        “And the exalted mountains will be shaken, and the high hills
will be lowered, and will melt like wax before the flame.
•        “And the earth will be submerged, and everything that is on
earth will be destroyed, and there will be a judgment upon
everything, and upon all the just. “But to the just He will be peace,
and will protect the chosen, and mercy will abide over them, and

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they will all be God’s, and will be prosperous and blessed, and the
light of God will shine for them.
•        “And behold, He comes with myriads of the holy to pass
judgment upon them, and will destroy the impious, and will call to
account all flesh for everything the sinners and the impious have
done and committed against Him” Enoch 1:1-9.

In this passage, we are told that Enoch’s eyes were divinely
“opened,” so that a heavenly vision (like John’s and other Seers)
appeared before him. This opening of his eyes seems to be a
reference to a spiritual experience, not unlike what Daniel saw in his
night visions, or Ezekiel saw on the plains of Shinar, or what John
saw in the Scroll of the Apocalypse (Revelation). God ‘opened” his
eyes in a fashion similar to Stephen, who declared to the religious
council, “I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing on
the right hand of God” Acts 7:56.

Enoch saw a vision of what will occur at the end of the sixth
millennium. (Children, please study this passage of interpretation).
He said that the vision was not for his generation, but for the “far-off
generations, which are to come.” In light of current events, that
could be our generation.

Furthermore, Enoch was attended by angels, who showed him this
vision of the Second Coming of Christ, our Messiah, whom he called
“the Holy and Great One, who will come from His abode” … that is,
from heaven. He referred to Christ as “the God of the world.” And,
indeed, He is … and will be revealed as such when He appears (in
person), in power and great glory, bringing the saints with Him …
(ShSh: does not agree with this interpretation “bringing the saints” …
unless we are interpreting the saints as the holy [holy ones, armies,
hosts or angels[, “with Him,” which, in the context is the
confirmation). During this vision, Enoch discussed the “chosen,”
whom I consider to be the Jewish people, who, according to Enoch,
will be gathered in the wilderness, at the ancient mountain where the
Law was first given … Mount Sinai. Enoch tells us the Messiah will
descend to the mountain, just as He had done on that first Pentecost,
when Moses and the Chosen People heard a great trumpet (Shofar),
saw a mountain on fire, and received the Ten Commandments from
the voice of Yahweh God. Enoch may be suggesting here that the
remnant fleeing Jerusalem after the abomination of desolation, will
go to Sinai, rather than Petra, for safety. (ShSh: God’s chosen
include the born-again-wild-olive
branch of the gentile nations who have been grafted into Israel’s
Olive Tree)!
  He tells us that the “watchers” will tremble. Daniel used this term
to refer to

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angels, and Enoch tells the story of a group of 200 fallen angels who
descended to earth and corrupted the human race, whom he called
“watchers.” They will be
aware of God’s final judgment.

Enoch said that our planet will experience global earthquakes,
leveling mountains and spewing flames or molten lava that will look
like melting wax. He said that the earth would be submerged, not in
water as in the days of Noah, but in fire. He said that “the earth will
be destroyed, and there will be a judgment upon everything.” (We
find this also referenced in Peter’s second letter 3:5-13).

John describes the destruction of Mystery Babylon as being utterly
burned with fire in one hour” Rev 18:8. Brother Church believes that
the armies of heaven on white horses are the Christian saints who
have been raptured. (I would study this: as the saints are the armies
of heaven, eventhough they are clothed in fine linen, white and
clean; but are the angels who are clad in His glory. You decide (?)).
“And out of His mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it He shall
smite the nations: and He shall rule them with a rod of iron: and He
treads the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God”
Rev 19:14-15. O, how powerful is the Word that goes out of His
mouth…by which He, even now subdues all things unto Himself!
This is the wrath of God which the sons of God do not experience…
it occurs after the three and one-half years of the last Tribulation
period. It is the establishing of the Messianic Kingdom! It is the
fulfilling of: “Receiving a Kingdom that cannot be shaken.” Hebrews
12:27-29. Our calling Children, is to awake unto purity!
  The scene set forth in this first chapter clearly refers to the close
of the Tribulation Period (whether you believe it to be seven years
or three and one-half). Why should Enoch open his book with the
final chapter first? Because this is the most exciting event of all time,
and the primary theme of all prophecy. Without telling us up front
that this book is about that glorious event, many would pass it by as
an ancient fairy tale concocted around some evening campfire. It is
certain that what we are about to read in this book is quite
imaginative, and could be misconstrued as fiction, when, in fact, it is
all true.
            This lesson will continue in Part One B of Enoch.
As Enoch teaches us … our words can bless… So, in the name of
our Lord Jesus:
May He bless each and every one of you with His Word by the Holy
Spirit’s power.”
Do you have questions relating to our lessons? Do you need prayer?
Do you want to ask the Lord Jesus to come into you heart, to save
you? Please contact us at:
lorigibson@sentministries.net or mammalori2002@yahoo.com
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Enoch Part One