{"id":20501,"date":"2009-10-16T16:36:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-16T21:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=20501"},"modified":"2020-02-29T16:42:17","modified_gmt":"2020-02-29T22:42:17","slug":"belief-in-the-book-of-enoch-and-constantines-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/belief-in-the-book-of-enoch-and-constantines-church\/","title":{"rendered":"Belief in the book of Enoch and Constantine&#8217;s church"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t<h2>Question:<\/h2>\n<p>I was scanning through web sites and ran into your comments on gen 6;5 and Enoch book<\/p>\n<p>Jesus said as in the days of Noah so it will be in the end ,did we miss that Satin was thrown out of Heaven<\/p>\n<p>,that he saw God clone Adam and perverted that activity first ,<\/p>\n<p>that Satin was trying to stop the Genetic blood line of Christ prophesied in Gen his seed and her seed. have you seen man mixing the animals DNA in these end days mouse and pig plant species and all sot of other perversions\u00a0satin lost this ability on his own at the cross,sexual contact with man,\u00a0so he is using man to do his bidding don&#8217;t be surprised if we see big eyed huge headed sexless and bloodless alien&#8221;s {HA HA] appear on the Sean if the governments dare share it, I guess you need big eyes to see in the dark bowels of the earth.snake like skin,serpent?no blood?for the soul of the animal is in the blood,big brains for mind controll, against your will! what is prophesied mean?Mind controll IN your will.anyway I don&#8217;t want to spend all day on things the holy spirit hasent shared with you ask God about it and don&#8217;t rely so heavily on the teaching of man started in Constantine&#8217;s church, we are about to see a great falling away lets pay attention to what is happening and look to the scriptures and the Holy spirit .<\/p>\n<p>and most of all let us find common ground on which we stand<\/p>\n<p>Jesus Christ rose from death and is our Savior .God bless you my friends<\/p>\n\t<h2>Answer:<\/h2>\n<p>I left this note as originally sent to illustrate the type of person the book of Enoch seems to attract.<\/p>\n<p>It has always been a wonder to me that despite very solid evidence that the Bible we possess existed for 250 years prior Constantine and that the doctrines it taught were used as a standard for Christian living, we still have people spouting ignorant claims that poor Constantine somehow completely altered Christianity without leaving a trace.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, they can take a book proven to be a forgery and place all their faith in its false teachings &#8212; and more. They go far beyond what is mentioned in the book of Enoch coming up with fictional tales that are impossible to accept. &#8220;<em>For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers; and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables<\/em>&#8221; (II Timothy 4:3-4).<\/p>\n<p>There is only one ground on which to stand, and that is the truth. &#8220;<em>Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is truth<\/em>&#8221; (John 17:17). You&#8217;re welcome to join me in learning the Bible, God&#8217;s Holy Word, but I&#8217;m certainly not going to compromise truth with fiction. Where you currently stand, we have no common ground.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: I was scanning through web sites and ran into your comments on gen 6;5 and Enoch book Jesus said as in the days of Noah so it will be in the end ,did we miss that Satin was thrown out of Heaven ,that he saw God clone Adam and perverted that activity first ,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[660,661,1175,34],"class_list":["post-20501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-answer","tag-apocrypha","tag-book-of-enoch","tag-constantine","tag-false-teaching"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7249,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/the-book-of-enoch\/","url_meta":{"origin":20501,"position":0},"title":"The Book of Enoch","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"August 9, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"by Jeffrey W. Hamilton Text: I John 4:1-3 \u00a0 I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0I received a letter that objected to a lesson in one of the workbooks posted on our website. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0There was an explanation of Genesis 6:4 that this person found objectionable. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a01.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u201cSons of God\u201d can refer to angels (Job 1:6) or to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Audio&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Audio","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/audio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3673,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/why-dont-you-use-the-book-of-enoch\/","url_meta":{"origin":20501,"position":1},"title":"Why don&#8217;t you use the Book of Enoch?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"January 6, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: I really love your site. I thought your understanding of Scripture was awesome and that you guys are doing a great job. However,\u00a0your interpretation of Genesis 6 is completely off, and I pray that because of this the sheep are not lead astray. I say this because if your\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Answer&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1767,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/what-was-special-about-a-man-named-enoch\/","url_meta":{"origin":20501,"position":2},"title":"What was special about a man named Enoch?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"September 5, 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: What was special about a man named Enoch? Answer: More than one man held the name \"Enoch,\" but the one we recall as being special is mentioned in\u00a0Genesis 5:22-24, \"After he begot Methuselah, Enoch walked with God three hundred years, and had sons and daughters. So all the days\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Answer&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":27215,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/if-the-book-of-enoch-isnt-an-authoritative-book-then-why-is-jude-in-the-bible\/","url_meta":{"origin":20501,"position":3},"title":"If the Book of Enoch isn&#8217;t an authoritative book, then why is Jude in the Bible?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"April 11, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: This is really well put\u00a0together\u00a0as to why\u00a0Enoch was written by man, but I am a bit confused. When I go read a study on Jude, Enoch is mentioned as if it's an\u00a0authoritative\u00a0book. If it\u00a0contradicts\u00a0God's Word and came from man, then how can Jude be right? Forgive my questions. I\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Answer&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":31625,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/what-is-the-difference-between-1-enoch-and-2-enoch-did-jesus-quote-from-1-enoch\/","url_meta":{"origin":20501,"position":4},"title":"What is the difference between 1 Enoch and 2 Enoch? Did Jesus quote from 1 Enoch?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"February 4, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: You don't know me. I just happened to find your web site. It's so clear and concise! Many could take an example! What is the difference between 1Enoch and 2Enoch? 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