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The book of Enoch is a highly controversial book within Christianity. There are those that view it as history, those that view it as heresy, and those that view it as inspired canon. The main reason for the rejection of Enoch is due to its controversial teachings about angels descending to have sex with human women in the days of Noah. Part of the problem is that some of the things said in Enoch cannot be reconciled with the Bible, or can they?
Demons According To Enoch
Much of the belief surrounding the origin of demons being tied to the nephilim that were killed in the flood, comes from the following verses in the book of Enoch:
“And now, the giants, who are produced from the spirits and flesh, shall be called evil spirits upon the earth, and on the earth shall be their dwelling. Evil spirits have proceeded from their bodies; because they are born from men and from the holy Watchers is their beginning and primal origin; they shall be evil spirits on earth, and evil spirits shall they be called. [As for the spirits of heaven, in heaven shall be their dwelling, but as for the spirits of the earth which were born upon the earth, on the earth shall be their dwelling.] And the spirits of the giants afflict, oppress, destroy, attack, do battle, and work destruction on the earth, and cause trouble: they take no food, but nevertheless hunger and thirst, and cause offences. And these spirits shall rise up against the children of men and against the women, because they have proceeded from them.” – Enoch 15:8-12
The problem with accepting Enoch, for many Christians, is that it does not appear with the other 66 books referred to as canon. However, failure to appear as canon in the English Bible doesn’t mean that its not useful for historical context. After all, Montezuma, Columbus, and the great majority of world history does not appear in the Bible.
According to Enoch, the demons are the disembodied spirits of the nephilim that died in the flood. Being part human and part angel, they became something different and evil. The Bible does not say this directly, but there are two pieces of evidence contained within the Bible which may validate the verses in Enoch.
Demons According To Moses
Before we get to Jesus, let’s look at a statement made by Moses concerning the devils (demons).
“They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not.” – Deuteronomy 32:17
The word for “devils” used in the verse is the word Shed, which is what we would refer to as a demon in modern English. Why did Moses refer to the demons as “new gods”? He goes on to use the word “elohim” which is translated as “gods”. Moses uses two words used specifically for real spirit beings, which are shed and elohim. He was not simply referencing idols. If the demons are new and came newly up, what was Moses talking about?
- “New gods that came newly up.”
There are two different words used here for the word “new”.
- Occurrence #1: Chadash (Strong’s #2319) – New, fresh, new thing.
- Occurrence #2: Qarob (Strongs #7138) – Shortly, lately, near of kin.
This is where it gets interesting. These were new beings that had recently come to exist. Even more interesting is the second use which could be translated as “near of kin”. If the demons did indeed come from the dead nephilim, they would be near of kin in the sense that they were part human. This brings us to a statement made by Jesus.
Demons According To Jesus
Jesus seems to choose very specific words when speaking. One such example comes via a conversation concerning unclean spirits (demons).
“When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.” – Matthew 12:43
The words we are going to look at are “unclean spirit”.
- Unclean: akathartos (Strong’s #169) – wrong mix, impure, unclean [The antonym is kathairo (Strong’s #2508) which means “free from wrong mixture”]
- Spirit: pneuma (Strong’s #4151) – spirit, breath, wind
There are several important points that come to mind:
- Angels are never referred to as unclean.
- Jesus never refers to angels as demons.
- Jesus never refers to demons as angels.
There seems to be a very specific reason that Jesus chose to use the words He did, in reference to demons, but what was that reason?
Loading ...The Conclusion
Moses seems to support the idea that the demons were something new, just as the book of Enoch claims. According to Enoch, there were no evil spirits roaming the earth before the death of the Nephilim. Moses also seems to confirm that these spirits are part human by using the word qarob, which means “near of kin”. Finally Jesus seems to confirm the hybrid origin of demons by referring to them as a wrong mixture. Those that have studied the nephilim theory know that it was the wrongful mixing of angels with humans that was responsible for the nephilim in the first place and a large part of the reason for the flood. In my opinion, both Moses and Jesus confirm at least this section of the Book of Enoch, which points to the origin of demons from the dead nephilim.
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Minister Fortson says:
Modern nephilim cannot be saved. There is no scripture to back that up. Chris Ward has twisted many of the scriptures to fit his position. I’m aware of his arguments and have been for some time and they simply don’t hold water.
Elena says:
I wonder how comes that there are so many demons, if they originally were the ancient nephilim hybrids. I mean there are over 7 billion people and there must be at least one demon for each of them. There couldn’t have been so many ancient nephilim hybrids. Another thing that I do not understand is why those ancient nephilim hybrids could not have been saved, when the modern ones can? See Bill Schnoebelen – Nephilim Hybrids Can Be Saved and Pastor Chris Ward – Nephilim Hybrids Can Be Saved on You Tube. (I give you the links, in case this blog accepts them, I just don’t know the rules: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlkQwU0BDj0&feature=player_embedded and http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=nZf5DFz0JCk)
ck quarterman says:
Minister Fortson, I as you know I am an author and researcher myself. Having written, Fallen Angels:Giants,UFO Encounters and the New World Order I believe as you do concerning the Book of Enoch. I agree that the problem is that not all of The Book of Enoch can be substantiated as original. My personal opinion is as I believe yours is, “to take that which lines up historically and scripturally”, and I might add allow only the Biblical Canon to create doctrine. Our beliefs can be substantiated with the 66 Books of the Canon and colored with historical material such as Enoch and Jubliees. Thank you for this great article and the work you are doing! CK Quarterman
Minister Fortson says:
I’m posting an answer to your question now on the main page.
Minister Fortson says:
The problem is that not all of Enoch is the original. Many people are aware that certain portions of it have been added to and altered. My personal opinion is to take that which lines up historically and scripturally, and don’t worry about the rest of it.
ABE says:
Minister Fortson,
I for one find the Book of Enoch most fascinating from a historical point of view and I have always believed if the early Jews and Jesus Himself felt comfortable quoting from it, who are we to undermine what was already established in the past?
If we are ready to accept that our LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST freely quoted from the works of Enoch, then something surely, as depicted by that work and The Bible as we know it today, must be the truth and nothing but the truth!
I absolutely HATE wishy-washy Christians who remain on the fence so as to not lose face with societal thinking – BS I say! You either think one way or you don’t – end of discussion!
If it can be proved that JESUS thought highly enough of the works of Enoch to reference it, then ALL discussion is over because OUR LORD has set the bar!
It’s over – the book of Enoch is then indeed beyond canon and we need to heed its warnings about these so-called angels and such!
It’s OVER!!
If it can be found that Jesus never quoted from it, then we are the fools who need to shut the hell up and call an end to further speculation!
Simple no?
I think so!
What more is there to think about and discuss?
It’s so simple then no?!
Minister Fortson says:
I think you missed the intent of the post. It was to show that both Jesus and Moses said things similar to Enoch regarding the origin of demons. Genesis 6 has been pretty much done all over this site and in my books. I don’t use Enoch to teach on the nephilm because those that do not regard it as scripture, like myself, aren’t convinced by it. I use Enoch as a historical reference and the rest of the Bible to show that the entire subject can be taught without touching Enoch at all. If someone chooses to read Enoch as scripture, that’s up to them, but this post only dealt with a very narrow subject within the field of the nephilim.
jerry says:
So, called Christians don’t want to accept Enoch because it Says that he was an Ethiopian. Meaning black. And the 7th from Adam, meaning Adam was black. The grandfather of Noah meaning Noah was black. Look at the world today and the roman catholic church. Look at the racism in the world today and the edited bible was used to justify slavery Just for one.I.E…The Hamitic curse just one example.
Enoch is a victum of racism and you know it…Why try to water it down. It is what it is and that’s why so many are falling away from the church.
Especially the youth want their information straight out, No coffee no cream. When they eventually read for themselves it throws the entire church into question in their minds.
Why did you not quote after the flood. Genesis 6:4 (1611 King James Bible) There were Giants in the earth in those daies: and also after that, when the sonnes of God came in unto the daughters of men, & they bare children to them; the same became mightie men, which were of old, men of renowme. The term here translated into the Greek as giants is Nephilim.
The link below contains many verses about the nephilim. ( giants )
Cross reference them with the Original 1611 King James Bible.
If you’re gonna bring it baby…Bring it. I already know you know this.
The question is why are you holding back? Why are you trying to be so politically correct. I say this because I can see that you are an excellent scholar. You will sell more books with straight uncut words from the book
And for anyone thinking so…You don’t have to have Rev. before your name to be a legitimate Bible scholar.
Cheers
Sophie says:
Minister Fortson, Thankyou for the time and effort at informing the churched masses of these very controversial truths.
I am curious about Nimrod, do you think that he somehow was attempting thru some sort of genetic “mysticism” to become a nephilim? I recently watched an excellent you tube series on the high-tech society before the flood which seems to indicate that mankind had become very high-tech prior to the flood which would certainly back the Enochian book claims of the fallen angels trading, (I think technology), for worship and such. As I said I am curious and have no minister in my area who will even broach this subject….
kyle says:
Thank you for putting this up !!! this isone of the most interresting part of the bible !! i have believed for along time that the book of enoch is very important but there are so many people out there that say not to read it that i wonder at times .. i have read it and it gets lets strange the more i read the bible . or i should say it makes more sense the more i read the bible .. You teach me alot everytime you post something !! thank you !!!