SIMILITUDES
One part of the Book of Enoch is a set of three sections called The Similitudes or The Parables. Fragments of the Book of Enoch found among the Dead Sea Scrolls dating from before and during and after the earthly time of the Messiah do not as yet include any fragments from this section of the Book of Enoch leading some to doubt this section’s true antiquity and authenticity. Yet within this sections is chapter 49 which seems to have been referred to by the Messiah when teaching about the Holy Spirit being like a spring of water (John 7:38 and see also John 4). No scriptures contain such a metaphor except this chapter of the Book of Enoch Parables (Similitudes) section. So this is good evidence of the existence and high regard of this section during the Messiah’s times.
