The Book of Enoch the Prophet (Secret Doctrine Reference Series) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0913510017 ISBN 13: 9780913510018

Publisher: Wizards Bookshelf,U.S., 1980

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Book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1883. Excerpt: ... In the Authorized Version of the Epistle of Jude, we read the following words:-- "Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, 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." 1 Modern research sees in the Epistle of Jude a work of the second century: but as orthodox theologians accept its contents as the inspired utterance of an Apostle, let us diligently search the Hebrew Scriptures for this important forecast of the second Advent of the Messiah. In vain we turn over the pages of the sacred Canon; not even in the Apocrypha can we trace one line from the pen of the marvellous being to whom uninterrupted immor1 Compare Book of Enoch ii. tality is assigned by apostolic* interpretation of Genesis v. 24. Were the prophecies of Enoch, therefore, accepted as a Divine revelation on that momentous day when Jesus explained the Scriptures, after his resurrection, to Jude and his apostolic brethren; and have we moderns betrayed our trust by excluding an inspired record from the Bible? Reverting to the second century of Christianity, we find Irenseus and Clement of Alexandria citing the Book of Enoch without questioning its sacred character. Thus, Irenseus, assigning to the Book of Enoch an authenticity analogous to that of Mosaic literature, affirms that Enoch, although a man, filled the office of God's messenger to the angels.2 Tertullian, who flourished at the close of the first and at the beginning of the second century, whilst admitting that the "Scripture of Enoch" is not received by some because it is not included in the Hebrew Canon, speaks of...

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• Publisher: Wizards Bookshelf,U.S.
• Publication date: 1980
• ISBN 10: 0913510017
• ISBN 13: 9780913510018
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 192