“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>” (II Timothy 4:3-4).<\/p><\/blockquote>\nPlease note that assertions do not constitute proof.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Question: Dear Minister, How dare you claim my beloved\u00a0book of Enoch an uninspired work of men! People like you are just afraid to accept that angels descended upon earth and fornicated with earthly women and procreated giants. Yes, Jesus said that angels do not marry- they do not marry in heaven, but angels have powers…<\/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,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[20],"tags":[660,661,225],"class_list":["post-30078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-answer","tag-apocrypha","tag-book-of-enoch","tag-inspiration"],"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":30078,"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 "Audio"","block_context":{"text":"Audio","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/audio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":18117,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/who-are-you-to-decide-which-books-belong-in-the-bible\/","url_meta":{"origin":30078,"position":1},"title":"Who are you to decide which books belong in the Bible?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"March 11, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: I read your article on the internet and I think you need to re-read genisis concerning the giants and the fallen angels,\u00a0sir. 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Those were the mighty men who were of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"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":30078,"position":3},"title":"Why don’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. 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