Jude verses 14 & 15 has a quandary that is not easily
explained:
14 And Enoch
also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord
cometh with ten thousands of his saints, 15 To execute
judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their
ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches
which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.
It’s not that Jude is quoting something way outside the
ordinary or something that is not explained in scripture often, especially in
Revelations, but rather the source of this quote. It is nowhere in the current
version of our Bible. It is not in the current version of the Jewish writings.
So where did it come from?
Without going too much into the history but it is included
in a group of books called the Aprocrypha of the Old Testament. It was included
in the 1560 Geneva Bible and in the 1611 KJV, but eventually was omitted. The
reasons for omitting these sections are many, but many justifications have
holes. The biggest key to look at The Book of Enoch is this passage and another
reference in 2 Peter which alludes to this book.
The negative with researching these texts is there are
almost no modern translations available today, so one has to struggle through
the old English to understand what is being said. To those who think I am being
a heretic researching this, I assume I will be able to discern through the Holy
Spirit. So in the next few days, watch for this exploration!
I am planning to look at Enoch first and then the Wisdom of
Solomon. If I can get something from these then I will expand my reading!