The Book of Enoch is such a consortium of superstition mixed with pseudo-astronomical babble that it amazes me that it's getting as much publicity in the Israel Kingdom circles as it is.  The entire book reads like a novel right off the New Age book store shelf.  Loaded with "angelic folk lore" it rivals  the Catholic Church in sensationalist religion doctrine.  Many people have rashly and excitedly accepted the proposition that "Enoch" built the Great Pyramid and received visions from Yahweh about calendars "since only a truly advanced prophet of the white Saxon Israel race could do that".  It doesn't seem to matter that none of this can be proven --- after all who would doubt Enoch, one of the great patriarchs of our race?  This has all become a classic example of "the Emperor's suit of clothes".  To doubt that Enoch himself did write this book is now tantamount to being a traitor of our great Saxon Israelite faith.  Unsubstantiated doctrine is gleaned from this book, held out as "gospel truth" and if a person "doesn't see it", well they just aren't loyal to Yahweh's Kingdom.  Naturally, who among a gathering of Saxon Israelite believers, wants to be known as the only one disloyal to Yahweh's Kingdom?  So it doesn't matter that the message in the Book of Enoch is a vague perplexing mess of a book that can be viewed in any way a person wants -- the fad has become "yes, I see the calendar system within it because Enoch would not lie and he got it straight from an angel."  That's what we are hearing from the 91st Dayers.  They've got the "answers" because they got it from Enoch.

  Let's examine the testimony that we really DO find in the Book of Enoch.

Excerpts from 1Enoch:

Chapter 71

1 The book of the revolutions of the luminaries of heaven, according to their respective classes, their respective powers, their respective periods, their respective names, the places where they commence their progress, and their respective months, which Uriel, the holy angel who was with me, explained to me; he who conducted them. The whole account of them, according to every year of the world for ever, until a new work shall be effected, which will be eternal.

Chapter 72

1 After this law I beheld another law of an inferior luminary, the name of which is the moon, and the orb of which is as the orb of heaven.

2 Its chariot, which it secretly ascends, the wind blows; and light is given to it by measure.

Chapter 74

7 And the days, Uriel showed me; the angel whom the Lord of glory appointed over all the luminaries.

8 Of heaven in heaven, and in the world; that they might rule in the face of the sky, and appearing over the earth, become

9 Conductors of the days and nights: the sun, the moon, the stars, and all the ministers of heaven, which make their circuit with all the chariots of heaven.

Chapter 77

1The names of the sun are these: one Aryares, the other Tomas.

2The moon has four names. The first is Asonya; the second, Ebla; the third, Benase; and the fourth, Erae.

3These are the two great luminaries, whose orbs are as the orbs of heaven; and the dimensions of both are equal.

  The above verses plus many more supposedly set out to establish a solar calendar based on  a 364 day year.  And this is supposed to be "the lost Israel calendar" the 91st Dayers are looking for.  Yes, 364 days it may well be, but its model is far from Israelitish. This book doesn't only hold the Sun as being the determining factor in Yahweh's time keeping method, the moon as well is given much ado in the Book of Enoch.  The statement we see in the above chapter 77 verse 3 that the moon is "a great luminary" is of course false.  The moon is a REFLECTOR, while a luminary is a light giving object.  There is a big difference.  The Bible, on the other hand, sets forth the truth about "the great luminaries" as we see in Genesis 1:16, and the moon is not one of them.  This is true, both Scripturally and scientifically. 

    Gen.1:16  "And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also." (KJV)

However as pointed out in my Sabbath Lessons in detail with photocopy  references, the words "he made", "also", were not in the Hebrew text.  As Moses wrote this it said,

"And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: the stars."         (note:  the greater light = sun;   the lesser light = stars)

     The Sun and the stars divide the day from night.  The Moon is sometimes out during the day and is no divider of the light and dark periods.  The Moon can not be used to divide the seasons either, as the Sun does this at the equinoxes and the solstices.  Therefore the Moon is not a light giving luminary nor is it even mentioned in Genesis 1:16, yet the Book of Enoch attributes importance to the Moon which Yahweh has never created it for.

   What do we make of the Biblical agreements that we DO find in the Book of Enoch? Nothing more than this book draws from the Bible in some of its wording.  This does not mean it is a divinely inspired book.  The Qur'an has taken a lot from the Bible as well.  Do we want to be Muslims?  Likewise, so have many works of literature quoted Jesus, all without proving to be books inspired by the Holy Spirit.

    There are those who cite Jude 14 & 15 in our New Testament, where the same quote is found in Enoch 2:1.

14  "And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, Yahweh cometh with ten thousands of his saints,

15  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."

  Does this mean that Jude quoted from the Book of Enoch in that Jude considered The Book of Enoch to be Scripture?  No, it does not.  All it means is that in the ancient world the "real Enoch" was known for having said this.  Whoever wrote the Book of Enoch quoted this knowledge about Enoch, and so did Jude.  Who copied whom? They both used a common source, either an oral source or a written one still buried in the middle east sands. There is no implication that Jude took this quote from the Book of Enoch, nor that Jude recognizes any of that book in any manner.  The Book of Enoch is not mentioned in the Bible, and no prophet or apostle draws upon it to teach any doctrine.

   On the contrary, instead of any prophet or apostle quoting from or agreeing with the passages written in the Book of Enoch, we find the opposite --  the Bible and the Book of Enoch are travelling in different directions on major doctrines of faith.

   Concerning THE NAME OF SALVATION (JESUS the CHRIST OF NAZARETH / YAHWEH COME IN THE FLESH) --  the Bible teaches that this is the ONLY name of salvation for Israel.

     12 " Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name (Jesus Christ) under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved."

   In all three languages (three witnesses - Hebrew, Greek, English) that have carried God's Word for Israel as they kept migrating West, that name is the same --- Yahshua, Iesous, Jesus - Yahweh manifested as salvation.  NO OTHER NAME!

   Yet the Book of Enoch dares to teach the blasphemy that another name is our salvation.  The name of  Phanuel, an angel.  In chapter 40 we read:

8 After that I asked the angel of peace who went with me, who showed me everything that is hidden: ‘Who are these four presences which I have

9 seen and whose words I have heard and written down?’ And he said to me: ‘This first is Michael, the merciful and long-suffering: and the second, who is set over all the diseases and all the wounds of the children of men, is Raphael: and the third, who is set over all the powers, is Gabriel: and the fourth, who is set over the repentance unto hope of those who inherit eternal life, is named Phanuel.’

10 And these are the four angels of the Lord of Spirits and the four voices I heard in those days."

  So according to the Book of Enoch the name that is set over repentance and eternal life is a supposed angel's name, whose name is PHANUEL!  Where is this "Saviour Angel" in the Bible???  Nowhere!  Angel worship was an Edomite Judaic superstition that gained popularity in the centuries before Jesus Christ --- and the Book of Enoch is full of this heresy. 

      God's divinely inspired Word tells us who rules over repentance between a man and God, and it's not some Jewish angel named Phanuel... "For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus."  (1st Timothy 2:5)

 "Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost." (Acts 2:38)

     What does 1 John 2:22 teach us about those who deny that Christ is the Messiah and Saviour whom the Bible says is the Master of our repentance?

  "Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son."

    The Bible calls the Book of Enoch a LIAR!  Whom do you believe, Christian?  Judaic superstitions or Yahweh's Word?

That's not all we find in the blasphemous Book of Enoch, chapter 69:8-12...

8" ...And the fourth was named Penemue: he taught the 

9 children of men the bitter and the sweet, and he taught them all the secrets of their wisdom. And he instructed mankind in writing with ink and paper, and thereby many sinned from eternity to

10 eternity and until this day. For men were not created for such a purpose, to give confirmation 

11 to their good faith with pen and ink. For men were created exactly like the angels, to the intent that they should continue pure and righteous, and death, which destroys everything, could not have taken hold of them, but through this their knowledge they are perishing, and through this power

12 it is consuming me." 

  Well let's see if we have this right --- a fallen angel named Penemue is the source of our wisdom, of which writing with ink and paper is the great sin that condemns us for eternity.  Excuse me, but is it just me, or is anybody else reading this book of spiritual trash starting to doubt if it should be used as a credible reference upon which to base Yahweh's sacred solar calendar for Israel?  Not enough evidence yet?  How about so called fallen angels mating with mortal women to produce 450 foot giants?

Chapter 7

2 "And when the angels, (3) the sons of heaven, beheld them, they became enamoured of them, saying to each other, Come, let us select for ourselves wives from the progeny of men, and let us beget children.

3 Then their leader Samyaza said to them; I fear that you may perhaps be indisposed to the performance of this enterprise;

9 These are the names of their chiefs: Samyaza, who was their leader, Urakabarameel, Akibeel, Tamiel, Ramuel, Danel, Azkeel, Saraknyal, Asael, Armers, Batraal, Anane, Zavebe, Samsaveel, Ertael, Turel, Yomyael, Arazyal. These were the prefects of the two hundred angels, and the remainder were all with them.

10 Then they took wives, each choosing for himself; whom they began to approach, and with whom they cohabited; teaching them sorcery, incantations, and the dividing of roots and trees.

11 And the women conceiving brought forth giants,

12  Whose stature was each three hundred cubits. These devoured all which the labor of men produced; until it became impossible to feed them;

13When they turned themselves against men, in order to devour them;

14And began to injure birds, beasts, reptiles, and fishes, to eat their flesh one after another, (8) and to drink their blood."

   If this is true, where are the skeletons/fossils of 450 giants roaming the Earth? A football field is only 300 feet long.  Yes the Bible teaches that there were giants in the Old Testament but they were mere people. As seen with Goliath the Philistine (1st Samuel 17:4), he was only 9' 6" tall (not 450 feet).  What the Bible has taught about reality, the Book of Enoch has taken and grossly exaggerated by adding silly myths of different pagan religions.

    The superstition of "fallen angel demons" mating with daughters of men is a Babylonian/Jewish/Papal fable that contradicts the Word of Yahweh once again.   The Bible teaches no such thing as literal  "demons" seducing women.  If demons sexually seduce women, why does it not happen today?  Why aren't women today giving birth to half demon/ half people infants, after a night of mating with an "invisible demon"?  This again is a wild speculation in the fables of the Book of Enoch commenting on Genesis chapter 6.  In that chapter we read that "The sons of Elohim (a word meaning 'mighty ones' in several different applications) saw the daughters of men that they were fair." (v.2)  This was simply an aggressive race of warrior people, probably Cain's mixed line of Nodites, that intermarried with Adamic white women.  What does the Bible say about their offspring? The "giants" they produced were "mighty MEN which were of old, MEN of renown." (v. 6)  These men of renown were wicked  (v.5), they were corrupt and violent (v.11); but they were not "half wicked angel / half people" 450 feet tall.  This account is typical of the multi-religious legends mixed with Bible history as written in the Book of Enoch.

  To make things worse, according to the Book of Enoch, we can't even defend ourselves against these evil mulattos that prey violently against our Saxon folk without having a "spiritual guilt trip" about it.

 In the Book of Enoch, chapter 69:4-6, we find ----

4  "The name of the first (bad angel) Jeqon: that is, the one who led astray all the sons of God, and brought them

5  down to the earth, and led them astray through the daughters of men. And the second was named Asbeel: he imparted to the holy sons of God evil counsel, and led them astray so that they defiled

6  their bodies with the daughters of men. And the third was named Gadreel: he it is who showed the children of men all the blows of death, and he led astray Eve, and showed the weapons of death to the sons of men the shield and the coat of mail, and the sword for battle, and all the weapons."

  First we have more rambling obsession about the angelic sexual seduction of women, then we see that one angel, Gadreel, was the culprit who seduced Eve.  But the Bible clearly teaches that it was "the Nawcash (Hebrew text)" translated "serpent" who tricked Eve in the Garden of Eden. (Gen. 3)  Then we have this same supposed Edenic evil angel Gadreel showing men (Adamites) how to use weapons, as if the use of weapons comes from an evil source.  That's not what King David tells us, a man after Yahweh's own heart (Acts 13:22) .  The Bible declares that there is evil in the Earth and that there is  "A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace." (Ecclesiastes 3:8)  The knowledge to defend ourselves by use of the sword comes from Yahweh, not from a  "wicked fallen angel".  As King David testifies,  "Blessed be Yahweh my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight: My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and He in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me."  Once again, the Book of Enoch has it completely wrong and backwards!

  I don't believe that  we have to continue any longer, although we could.  The Book of Enoch is a "jewish fable"  that we are commanded to NOT heed. (Titus 1:14)  It is a mixed bag of the religious confusion of it's era, it was not written by Enoch, and the calendar reckoning within it tends toward the Baal Sun worship concept and not Yahweh's solar calendar for Israel.  I hope that Saxon Israel folks come to their senses about the books of Jubilees and Enoch and see them for the literary interest that they may hold, and not books given to our people by the Holy Spirit for instruction in matters of faith.