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We discuss two of the more well-known books in the Apocrypha known as 1st & 2nd Maccabees (with mention of the pseudepigrapha 3rd & 4th Maccabees) and the reasons these books have never been and should never be considered inspired Scripture as part of our Bible. https://bbfohio.com

We put two apocryphal books, "Susanna" and "Bel and the Dragon" to the fourfold criteria for inclusion in the Bible as Scripture. We also address two other extra-Biblical apocryphal additions to Daniel titled, "The Song of the Three Children" and "The Prayer of Azariah". https://bbfohio.com

The man named Baruch who took Jeremiah's dictations of God's word was a real man. But he did not write this Book with his name attached to it and this Book is pseudepigrapha, not Scripture. Also Reference: Jeremiah 25:11-12, Daniel 9:2 https://bbfohio.com

We now discuss the reasons for not including the apocryphal book of Ecclesiasticus in the Bible as Scripture as it fails three of four tests with the one exceptions (third criteria of the four) being neutral. https://bbfohio.com

The apocryphal work known as "The Wisdom of Solomon" and as "The Book of Wisdom" was neither written by Solomon nor a true, divinely-inspired book of Scripture. We discuss it's failure of the 4 criteria for canonization. https://bbfohio.com

We test the Apocryphal content (not actually a separate book) called "Additions to Esther" and show why it is not a "lost book of the Bible" but a rejected, corrupt text not worthy of being included in the Bible. https://bbfohio.com

We discuss the apocryphal book of Judith and how that it fails all four criteria for inclusion in the Bible as Scripture. https://bbfohio.com

In this segment, we explain the failure of the Book of Tobit to meet the criteria (listed in four points from this point forward) for inclusion in the Bible as inspired Scripture. https://bbfohio.com

We begin looking at the Apocryphal books and examine the reasons why, in this segment specifically, 1st & 2nd Esdras fail the five-fold test for inclusion in the Canon of Scripture. https://bbfohio.com

We address the bogus claim that the Old Testament Canon was settled at (or somehow influenced by) the Council at Jamnia (Israel) between 70 AD and 100 AD with a discussion, again, as to why we KNOW that the OT Canon was settled around 400 BC and certainly a settled matter in the mind and words of Christ between 30 and 33 AD. https://bbfohio.com

This segment answers the question as to, "Why did the King James Bible of 1611 include the Apocrypha?" It's inclusion for historical purposes and not as inspired Scripture is explained in the words of King James himself, and of the Second Cambridge Company of translators in seven points as they listed them. https://bbfohio.com

We close out our segments on the Book of Enoch with several final examples of error and distortion. We have the infallible word of God in the 66 books of our King James Bible and the Book of Enoch does not belong IN that Bible. Also Reference: Genesis 4:10 https://bbfohio.com

As we test the Book of Enoch by the Scripture, we see a false narrative regarding Angels petitioning the Lord, the Lord supposedly telling fallen angels to intercede for men and then a description of the throne of God that contradicts Scripture and sounds more like HELL than Heaven. Also Reference: Revelation 4:3, Revelation 4:6, Romans 8:27 https://bbfohio.com

The Book of Enoch is basically a false report. After lifting certain words and accounts from the Bible, the author (a liar pretending to be Enoch) then embellishes, distorts and contradicts the Biblical accounts as we demonstrate, again, in this segment. Also Reference: Genesis 5:23-24. 2 Peter 2:4-5 https://bbfohio.com

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We begin by assessing that the reason for rejecting the Book of Enoch is already very clear using the three criteria already mentioned. We now continue "icing the cake" with other internal errors, inaccuracies and distortions found in the Book of Enoch. Also Reference: Exodus 31:1-6 https://bbfohio.com

According to the Bible, there is ONE Archangel and his name is Michael. And there is only one named Angel (Lucifer is the name of a Cherub) and his name is Gabriel but he is never called an Archangel. The Book of Enoch contradicts this information and adds much more unbiblical error. https://bbfohio.com

The Book of Enoch is a mish-mash of Biblical truth with Babylonian and Hellenistic mythology, but some of it's content could be chalked up to sloppy reading and misinterpretations in an effort to plagiarize Biblical information. We will see this in reference to the "monogamous fallen angels" in the Book of Enoch, as well as contradicting the Bible as far as the origin of horticulture, metallurgy, astronomy, meteorology, etc. Also Reference: Genesis 1:14, Job 9:4-10 https://bbfohio.com

We examine chapter 6 in the Book of Enoch which plagiarizes Genesis 6 and then adds Babylonian names for angels while weaving pagan mythology into the fiction found in this Pseudepigraphical work of fiction. Also Reference: 2 Peter 2:4, Jude 6-7, Genesis 6:4 https://bbfohio.com

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The Book of Enoch was not written by the Prophet Enoch of Genesis 5 and we will see that (in addition to the errors we will discuss later) it contradicts the flow of progressive revelation of Scripture. https://bbfohio.com

Enoch prophesied the words attributed to him in Jude 14-15. His full, short biography is found in Genesis 5:21-24 and the Holy Spirit commentary on his life is found in Hebrews 11:5. Everything else you find said about or purported to have been written by Enoch is: FAKE. Also Reference Hebrews: 11:5 https://bbfohio.com

Jude quotes Enoch but people falsely claim that Jude is quoting "The Book of Enoch" and then go on to make the secondary error of claiming that Jude's quotation of The Book of Enoch (a false claim to begin with) proves that The Book of Enoch should be in the Bible. We refute this claim. https://bbfohio.com

We provide a summary explanation as to how Paul's Epistles, the General Epistles and Revelation met the three-fold criteria for inclusion in the New Testament Canon. Also Reference: 2 Timothy 2:16-18 https://bbfohio.com

Once the Churches of Jesus Christ received, studies, tested, taught, copied and distributed the books and letters written by Apostles and their apostolic associates, they were then received by the consensus of the Christians of the late 1st and early 2nd century Church. https://bbfohio.com