What was the life of Enoch like?  What was his heart's cry against? Was it similar to that of Elijah's?
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enoch walked with God.  the only other human the Bible mentions doing so was adam; pre-fall.  adam was still alive when enoch was around, and as they were family i'm sure they talked.  enoch's desire was to be as close to God as possible; which made it so that God could take him home early.  \nelijah was different, in that he was such a dedicated servant of God that He got to skip death.
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First, we don't know that Jude is actually quoting the Book of Enoch.  It is just that what little of the Book of Enoch that survived is the only other reference we have to this apparently real event.  \n\nSecond, apparantly neither the church nor the Jews felt that it was an inspired writting.  \n\nThird, the Book of Enoch seemed to be an "Old Testament" book that was written during "New Testament" times.  It is even possible that the Book of Enoch was written shortly AFTER Jude.  Christians certainly recognized that there were no prophets still writting books to the Jews.  Isreal had not had a prophet in over 400 years.  If God had sent a new prophet surely he would not be writting about Enoch, but about what was going on with what they believed to be a great apostacy (Christianity).  \n\nIt is also very likely, since very little of the book remains for us to examine, that it did not claim to be anything but a story.  Many such "books" were written, and never meant to be taken as Scripture.  We have Christian devotional and fictional books being written all the time today, too.\n\nThe event to which Jude refers to seems to have actually taken place.  We know this because we have an inspired author telling us about it.  That does not mean that, even if he quoted this book, that the book is Scripture.  Paul quoted greek philosophers, too.
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First thing comes to mind is "The entire village of Sodom & Gommorah", !#2 The followers of God , as he led them out of egypt.  We complain so much to god that we are in  in such bondage, hard life ...work, work ,work ! When God sends moses to lead the israelites out of slavery, its still not enough ! We are ungrateful people, just like they were ! too bad , I often wonder why God still puts up with us ! { but im sure glad He does !}Sometimes I feel like Job, but would I have that much faith after losing everthing ? Id like to think so !
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Enoch: Genesis 5:23 & 24; Hebrews 11:5 (Unless you're a liberal always looking for an explanation not supported by the Bible)\nMelchizedek: Hebrews 7:3\nElijah:  II Kings Chapter 2\nThose believers who will be present at Christ's Return (Future-will not die)
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Ya mean exactly what he looks like? Basically it just says stuff like we were created in his image... in fact, half the Bible's just a metaphor, so we dunno if we can trust it. Yeah, but we were created in his image and stuff. Soooo... he looks like a regular human being, except not so regular.
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To get specific, both Enoch and Elijah. The acount of Enoch (Gen 5) had to be witnessed by someone in order for it to be included in. And Elijah was taken up and witnessed by Elisha his pupil.
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Actually there is the book of enoch out there.  It's just an apocryphal book.  Enoch was a very famous prophet and is referred to many times within the New testament.  Matter of fact some verses in the N.T. are direct quotations from this book.\n\nPersonally I would LOVE to get my hands on a copy.  I have always considered it very interesting.  It also contains details of the virgin birth of Jesus p.b.u.h.\n\nUnfortunately it didn't make the final cut at the council of nicea.  It says some things that apparently don't agree with christianity.  However, ask yourself why the apostles would directly quote in their teaching if it was a false book??  Makes you think doesn't it.\n\nWell that's my two cents.  Have a good one.
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King David. He did some really horrible things. He was quite frankly pretty much a scoundrel. He committed adultery, murder, coveted, lied, he was pretty rotten. But, he repented and he was genuinely sorry for his mistakes. He suffered for them too. He lost his son. He was a man after God's own heart. He had faith. I love the life example of the apostle Paul, but, he was a religious zealot. His humanity was hard to see. David, he was just a sinner trying to make it in the world. He knew his short comings, he loved the Lord, he forged ahead and he struggled with life. David is much more human to me.
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Watchman Nee & Witness Lee were two bond slaves of Lord Jesus Christ who were raised by Him in China. Nee had a very deep insight about the Holy Scripture and through him the Lord recovered many deeper truths in the Bible like the proper ground of the church, deeper revelation about the Body of Christ, cross, inner life and experience of life and many more…. \n\nIn late 1949 when communist captured china he sent his closest co-worker Witness Lee to Taiwan to insure that the things delivered to them by the Lord would not be lost. Nee was captured by the communist and he spend the rest of his years in prison under severe persecution. He died in 1972 in prison. \n\nWitness Lee continued the work and in 1962 came to United States. During his 35 years of service in the U.S., he ministered in weekly meetings and weekend conferences, delivering several thousand spoken messages. He gave his last public conference in February 1997 at the age of 91.\n\nWitness Lee's ministry emphasizes the experience of Christ as life and the practical oneness of the believers as the Body of Christ. Stressing the importance of attending to both these matters, he led the churches under his care to grow in Christian life and function. He was unbending in his conviction that God's goal is not narrow sectarianism but the Body of Christ. In time, believers began to meet simply as the church in their localities in response to this conviction. These local churches were soon established throughout the world.\n\n\nI have spend a lot of time studying the teachings put forward by Witness Lee and I can assure you that it is probably the best theology you can find today. Many denominations are against Lee accusing him of teaching heresy but wise and well recognized theologians respect Lee and his works. The main reason for denominations to turn against him was because Lee fought for the Oneness of Body of Christ and was against denominations...\n\nRecovery version is a very good version about which world famous Brethren Bible teacher F. F Bruce says as follows…..\n\n“I have read with interest the copies of translations of New Testament epistles in the Recovery Version. This is a version which I had not previously met. The version seems to me to be an accurate and fairly literal rendering of the Greek. The user of this version will get a precise impression of what the sacred text says.”\n\nThanks,
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Mat 11:12 - \n\n     And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence,  and the violent take it by force. \n\n     [The kingdom of heaven suffereth violence.]  And these words also make for the praise of John.  That he was a very eminent prophet,  and of no ordinary mission or authority,  these things evince;  that from his preaching,  the kingdom of heaven took its beginning,  and it was so crowded into by infinite multitudes,  as if they would take and seize upon the kingdom by violence.  The divine warmth of the people in betaking themselves thither by such numberless crowds,  and with so exceeding a zeal,  sufficiently argued the divine worth both of the teacher and of his doctrine.
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yes.\n\nIsaiah 6\n 1In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the LORD sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple. \n\n 2Above it stood the seraphims(angels): each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.
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The book "The Secrets of Enoch" will give you all this info. Enoch was noahs great grandfather. Do a serch for the book of Enoch and you will find it on-line. Many people refer to these as Nephylium(spelling ?) This is the reason God destroyed the Earth with the flood. The angels are now referred to as demons for they are the fallen angels and yes it is believed that this is where the giants came from.
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This story (2 Kings 2:23-25), like the one about Elijah and the captains (2 Kings 1), is preserved for us in Scripture to convey a popular understanding of the dignity of the prophet. Told in popular vein, it becomes a caricature, in which neither Elisha nor the bears behave in character.\n\nThe story in 2 Kings 1 was told among the people to enhance the dignity of the prophet and to reflect the power of God whom he served. The prophet Elijah was well aware of the mercy which God extends even to the wicked. "Then the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, 'Have you seen that Ahab has humbled himself before me? Since he has humbled himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his time. I will bring the evil upon his house during the reign of his son.'" 1 Kings 21:28-29.\n\nSee also the contrasting narrative in 2 Kings 4.
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I tried to give up Zombies for lent... Not doing so well am I? Nah... Looks like he was something close... I'm thinking hybred. His father was God and all so he had all the good in him. But there was that life after death thing... Hmmmm. \n\nWhat THE HELL? Lightning just taged the building! Wow... That was weird... Huh...
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The actual story of  the fall of the angels is told in the book of 1 Enoch chapters 6-36.  This is a non-biblical book but was very popular during the start of the Christian era.  The Ethiopian Orthodox Church does include this book in their canon of scripture.\n\nThe episle of Jude 14-15 quotes 1 Enoch.\n\n--\nSteve Puluka\nMasters Student, SS Cyril & Methodius Seminary\nCantor, Holy Ghost Church, Mckees Rocks PA\nhttp://www.puluka.com
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I think it is a wonderful portrayal of life before birth. That he was called a babe, not a fetus.  That the word declares a feeling and an action and emotion in the unborn. Wish we did today. Be blessed in the Lord!
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There is a book called Fallen Angels and the Origins of Evil by Elizabeth Clare Prophet. It offers a pretty good overview of the Book of Enoch and the church covering it up.