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(Created page with "{{bl| Jude }} Many people are tempted to add the book of Enoch to the set of writings they call scripture. The reason is that it appears that Jude quotes from the book. When we read Enoch, it does not have the second layer as do the OT scriptures. It uses symbols differently than other scriptures. This does not bother those who have no rules for interpretation. But those of us who do have rules use them to discern. A symbol must be the same everywhere. See Rule...") |
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Many controversies of the first century seem to be answered by Enoch alone, suggesting that is was written just for that purpose. I am much more interested in displaying Christ in the OT than in discrediting Enoch, so I will not spend a great deal of time doing so. I am happy to coach another who may wish to pursue it. | Many controversies of the first century seem to be answered by Enoch alone, suggesting that is was written just for that purpose. I am much more interested in displaying Christ in the OT than in discrediting Enoch, so I will not spend a great deal of time doing so. I am happy to coach another who may wish to pursue it. | ||
The canon is a man-made thing. I don't find Jude useful except in the same manner of the Gospel of Thomas. They are old books, written by Christians of the time. But the authors were not eyewitnesses to the resurrected Christ. |