The Book of Enoch has in it words of the Holy Spirit. How do I know? Because I witnessed similar words in tongues in a Pentecostal church more than twenty years ago. I was one of at least two people given the exact same interpretation. “Consider the trees. They put forth buds and leaves. They do so by the power of the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.” The Christ did not fail in honouring the will and commands of the Father. The Book of Enoch writes in a context of fallen angels. Their disregard of the Father’s will and commands was a threat to the order of angelic governance of Nature, such that Nature was at threat. If other angels followed the precedent set by these fallen angels, the very governance of Nature by angels would be undermined and fail. The name of the Lord Jesus Christ had to be proclaimed and woven into the oath of Nature governing, to protect this governing by upholding the righteous way of honouring God. Without all this, eventually even the trees would not persist in honouring the will of the Creator. So the natural processes are intertwined with the powerful name of the Lord Jesus Christ. This is all explained in the Book of Enoch, which is why I believe it is true scripture. I believe all this is a contributing factor in the honour given to the book in Jesus’ teachings and the epistle of Jude and other parts of the New Testament scriptures. This is especially apparent in the Book of Revelation which has so many parallels with verses in the Book of Enoch. The two compliment each other. The Book of Enoch indicates strongly when the Christ will return. It does not pin it diwn as Christ’s returning time, but 2060 fits with it as the end of 2800 years of seventy angelic shepherd terms of office presiding over tribulations of Israel since the Assyrian conquest of Samaria. It puts an earliest date of his return at around 2060 AD. This book also greatly affects my view of the preexistence of the Christ. Plus, it underpins my belief that the Father and Son are distinct individuals, because that is how they are presented in the Book of Enoch.
