When you’re looking at Yahweh’s Word, there’s something called “Lost Books of the Bible.” And these have become pretty popular lately. Recent years, especially the Book of Enoch, has become very popular among believers.

And in fact, you might even say it’s kind of come in like a storm. But I get it. When I first became a believer, I was like, “Well, how do we know the books that are in the Bible today are actually the correct ones? Maybe the Church messed up. Maybe they had bias against certain things. And the things that we are looking at today are part of Yahweh’s Word, but maybe there’s more that we don’t know about.”

So as I began to examine these extra books, let me say I was not impressed. I looked at something called the “Pseudepigrapha,” a collection of supposedly lost books of the Bible, and it didn’t take long for me to lose interest. Because they were so bizarre in some cases, and in other cases, just flatly contradicted Scripture.

And so, I’ve come to understand that there are truly major problems in Enoch, in Jasher, in Jubilees, and we’re going to examine those today. And so that’s what we’re going to key in on for our study portion. And I want to take this very seriously.

I have examined the Book of Enoch especially. That’s where we’re going to spend most of our time. I think Jasher and Jubilees can very quickly be dismissed. But Enoch is the one that everyone’s just singing his praises, and it’s altering the way people live their lives.

And so, yeah, why are there 66 books in the Bible? It seems like a strange number. Knowing that Yahweh tends to use numbers like 7, and 12, and 24, and 49, 50, and 70. Why would there be 66 books that make up what’s called the Bible or the Biblical Canon?

So now, it’s extremely important that we know what the Word of Yahweh is. That’s what we’re going to be judged by. That’s what Satan attacked in Genesis chapter 3 and tried to offer alternatives all the way back in the Garden of Eden. And so it is a serious matter we cannot take lightly. We have to take it seriously. Very important.

Now at the end of the study I’m going to show you a revelation I believe that Yahweh has given me this week regarding the number of books in the Canon. And I found that there are not 66 books in the Canon; there are not. But I do believe that Genesis to Revelation is the inspired Word of Yahweh alone. But I’ll explain why there’s not 66.

And today’s study is not going to be a short one, I want to let you know that right now. We’ve got a lot of material to cover. But listen, let’s take a look. For a new book, a Johnny-come-lately book that no one’s heard of until recent times, to show up on the scene and for us to go, “O, this is the Bible, this is part of the Bible,” I mean, we’ve got to take some skepticism here. It hasn’t had 2,000 years of scrutiny.

So in order for a book to be inspired it has to be in unity with the rest of Scripture. There can’t be even one contradiction. It has to be in unity with the rest of Scripture.

But unity with Scripture is not what I found when I was examining these works. And especially the Enoch and the tenor of it; I mean, while the rest of the Bible places focus on Yahweh’s relationship with man, it seems like Enoch spends much of its time talking about angels and other scenarios that are not typically found in other books.

And so while angels are mentioned on occasion in Scripture, they seem to take center stage in the Book of Enoch; particularly the first half or so. Even devolving to the point where men are praying to angels. I think Paul talked about this, something about worship of angels, being something not right? Let’s start there, let’s start right there with that very concept.

In the Book of Enoch chapter 9 and starting at verse 1 it says – And then Michael, Uriel, Raphael, and Gabriel looked down from heaven and saw much blood being ² shed upon the earth, and all lawlessness being wrought upon the earth. And they said to one another: ‘The earth made without inhabitant cries the voice of their crying up to the gates of heaven. ³ And now to you, the holy ones of heaven, the souls of men complain, saying, “Bring our cause ⁴ before the Most High.” –

And so men are crying out to these angels, these holy ones in heaven, and are complaining, saying, “Bring our cause, be our intercessor. Step in and do something. Bring our cause to the Most High.”

Now, why are men talking to angels and say, “Hey, go bring justice for us”? That does not seem right, it’s out of order. Scripture says (Psalm 50:15) – Call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify Me. –

Scripture says (1 Timothy 2:5) – There is one Elohim and – one Intercessor – one Mediator between Elohim and men, the Man Yahushua Messiah. – Right? He’s the Mediator, He’s the one, He’s the go between, not angels, Yahushua. So there’s a problem right there. We’re at the get go.

Another issue I have. Enoch 71 verse 1 says – And it came to pass after this that his name during his lifetime was raised aloft to that of the Son of ² Man and to the Master of Spirits from among those who dwell on the earth. And he – is talking about Enoch – was raised aloft ³ on the chariots of the spirit and his name vanished among them. And from that day I was no longer numbered amongst them. –

Most people believe Enoch was raised to heaven. Yahushua said (John 3:13) – “No one has ascended to heaven but He who came down from heaven, that is, the Son of Man who is in heaven.”

So, how do we reconcile Yahushua’s words with that of Enoch, and with that of other Scriptures that maybe at first glance might cause you to think that’s what happened. Let’s take a look.

Hebrews chapter 11 verse 5 says – By faith Enoch was taken away – taken away – so that he did not see death, – taken away, so he did not see death – “and was not found – actually the Hebrew reads ‘was not’ – because Elohim had taken him”; – taken – and before he was taken he had this testimony, he pleased Elohim.

And then we have Hebrews 11:13 that says – These – talking about all those that was written before in this chapter, all what? They – all died in faith, – They’re all dead. Well how did Enoch get taken, supposedly to heaven, and didn’t die, didn’t see death? Yet it says “all died, these all died. How they all die and he not see death.”

First we have to understand. We also will not see death. Yahushua said (John 8:51) – “Most assuredly, I say to you, if anyone keeps My word he shall never see death.” – How about that? It just means you’re not going to be found in the lake of fire. You’re going to inherit eternal life. Enoch pleased Elohim. He died young, he died young, he did. But he’s not going to see death because he pleased Elohim.

Again, what’s it mean “to be taken away?” It says – By faith Enoch was taken away. – What’s that mean? What’s it mean? It means this: (Matthew 24:38-39) – For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark,
³⁹ “and did not know until the flood came and – what? – took them all away, – Were they caught away into heaven? No. They were killed. They died, that’s what it means. They died. And the Hebrew agrees. Let me share this first.

Luke 17(:34-37) He says – “I tell you, in that night two men will be in one bed: the one will be taken – Who’s the ones taken in the flood? The ones that died, right? – the other will be left.
³⁵ Two women will be grinding together: the one will be taken – that’s the ones that die – and the other left.
³⁶ Two men will be in the field: one will be taken – that’s those that died – and the other left.” – And so like, well,
³⁷ …“Where, Master?” And He said to them, “Wherever the body is, there the eagles will be gathered together.”

They’re dead! Talking about the carcasses. It’s not talking about being zipped up into heaven. It’s talking about being killed.

Alright. So, let’s take a look at the actual text in Genesis 5:24 – Enoch walked with Elohim; and he was not. Hebrew reads “ve’einennu”, “he was not.” This is what’s translated in the Septuagint “he was not found”, okay. But the actual Hebrew reads “he was not”, “ve’einennu”.

Alright. That same exact Hebrew phrase is found here (Job 24:24) – They are exalted for a little while, and then they are gone. – ve’einennu – They are brought low; They are taken out of the way – taken, once again, taken out of the way – like all the others; They dry out like the heads of grain.

Also, Job 27:19 – The rich man will lie down, But not be gathered up; He opens his eyes, and – he’s a dead man, it’s over – he is no more.

And so, Hebrews 11 was correct: these all died in faith. They all died, it’s just that Enoch died young. And he’s letting you know, he pleased Elohim, Yahweh took him. We say that these days, “For some reason Yahweh took him. He was not very old, but for some reason Yahweh took him.” We say that even in our own language. It doesn’t mean that He pulled him out and took him up into heaven immediately. It just means he was taken. So, alright.

So, another contradiction, Enoch 60 in some translations 58 verse 1 says – In the year 500, in the seventh month, on the fourteenth day of the month in the life of Enoch. – Year 500? Why would there be a year 500? Because all the days of Enoch were 365 years. Directly contradicting what Scripture says. Which one do I believe? I believe Scripture.

Now some say “it was the 500^th year since the creation of the world.” Which is sort of a problem because if you lay everyone’s birth out on a timeline, you’ll discover Enoch wasn’t even born until 626 years after Adam was created. So, that wouldn’t work.

In the very first chapter of Enoch there is a contradiction of Scripture. Enoch 1:6 – the high mountains shall be shaken, the high hills be made low, And shall melt like wax before the flame ⁷ And the earth shall be wholly rent in sunder, And all that is upon the earth shall perish – talking about the day of Yahweh here – And there shall be judgment upon all men. –

What does Zechariah say though? Zechariah says (Zechariah 14:16) – it came to pass that everyone who is left – everyone who is left, that’s the ones that were not taken, okay – of all the nations that came against Jerusalem shall go up from year to year to worship the King, Yahweh of hosts, and to keep the Feasts of Tabernacles. – This is after the day of Yahweh, and there are some who are left, and these are the ones that we as believers are going to be ruling and reigning over.

Because it says in Revelation chapter 20(:4-5) – And I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was committed to them. Then I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their witness to Yahushua and for the word of Elohim, who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received his mark on their foreheads or on their hands. And they lived and reigned with Messiah for a thousand years.
⁵ But the rest of the dead did not live again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.

And so, who are we ruling and reigning over? Ourselves? Well, according to Enoch nobody’s left. All that’s upon the earth would perish. So if Enoch’s prophecy came true, we wouldn’t have anybody to rule and reign over!

Then we have a very egregious sin, very sad, terrible sin. (Enoch 65:1-5) – In those days Noah saw the earth that it had sunk down and its destruction was nigh. ² And he arose from there and went to the ends of the earth, and cried aloud – to Yahweh? No – to his grandfather Enoch: – who is supposed to be in heaven, right? – ³ and Noah said three times with an embittered voice: ‘Hear me, hear me, hear me.’ – to Enoch, the guy that went up to heaven – And he said to him: ‘Tell me what is it that is falling out on the earth that the earth is in such evil plight ⁴ and shaken, lest by chance I shall perish with it?’ And there was a great commotion on the earth, and a voice was heard from heaven, and I fell on my face. – And guess what? – Enoch his granddad came and stood by him. – Hi, guy, how are you doing, grandson? I know I’m dead already. Wait a minute. No, I’m not. – ‘Why have you cried unto me with a bitter cry and weeping?’

That’s a really good question. Because that’s called “necromancy,” buddy. That’s called “necromancy.” You’re not supposed to contact the dead!

Scripture says (Isaiah 8:19-20) – And when they say to you, “Seek those who are mediums and wizards, who whisper and mutter,” should not a people seek their Elohim? Should they seek the dead on behalf of the living? – Tell you what, I agree with this verse 20 right here. –
²⁰ To the law and the testimony! If they speak not according to this word, there is no light in them. – There’s no light in Enoch. You can’t trust it. You can’t trust it.

This is not who we call upon. You can call upon Enoch right now, that would be okay. How about you all, if you all start praying to Enoch, would that be okay? Of course not.

Now, normally a person would seek out a medium to talk to the dead, like King Saul had done. But in the above case we see here that Noah himself is the medium, calling out to Enoch three times because he’s timid, he’s afraid.

Who do you call when you’re afraid, Enoch or Yahweh? Next thing you know, a voice from heaven, he bows to worship and Enoch himself standing there. To me, that’s pretty spooky, man.

Isn’t this what Catholic people do, pray to the dead saints? That they perceive are in heaven to help them when they need something? Thereby taking the place of Yahweh.

So already we have people praying to angels, with their cooperation, them being the mediator; and people praying to Enoch. I don’t listen to them. I don’t listen to them.

(Deuteronomy 18:10-12) – There shall not be found among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire, or one who practices witchcraft, or a soothsayer, or one who interprets omens, or a sorcerer,
¹¹ or one who conjures spells, or a medium, or a spiritist, or one who calls up the dead.
¹² For all who do these things are an abomination to Yahweh, and because of these abominations Yahweh your Elohim drives them out from before you.

Next we have Azazel, who in the Book of Enoch, introduced various technologies like weapons, and cosmetics, and jewelry, and the uses of metals. And it speaks of these things as if they’re awful, awful things, sinful things, taught by demons. And then other watchers are teaching astrology and magic. And it says here in Enoch 10:8-9 – Watchers have disclosed and have taught their sons. And the whole earth has been corrupted through the works that were taught by Azazel: to him ascribe all sin. – Really? All sin is because of Azazel?

So, the Book of Enoch is taking sin’s origin from humanity’s hands, and saying “to Azazel ascribe all sin.” But giving people technology does not even create sin, you know. Someone has to make the choice to actually do something with that technology that’s evil.

And so, if we have say, internet, is internet evil? No! It’s what you do with the internet. Whether you choose evil or whether you choose good, okay?

So all those things could have been taught, and no one did anything evil with it. Now of course astrology, yes that’s evil, and those other things, but that’s not what Azazel has done. He taught weapons, okay. Using of metals, okay. If someone wants to kill you it’s not a bad thing to have a weapon in your hand. If someone wants to use metal for something positive, there’s nothing wrong with it.

Now, here it says (Enoch 67:1-2) – In those days the word of Elohim came to me, and said to me: “Noah, thy lot has come up before Me, a lot without blame, a lot of love and uprightness.
² And now the angels are making a wooden (building), – the ark – and when they have completed, and when they have completed their task I will place My hand upon it and preserve it, and there shall come forth from it the seed of life, and a change shall set in so the earth will not remain without inhabitant. –

So here we have angels making the ark. Could they both have been builders of the ark? That’s what many people try to claim. But at this time Noah’s being informed—“Guess what? They’re building an ark for you.” Whereas in Scripture Yahweh said “Go find you some of this wood and then build yourself an ark,” and gave the dimensions and gave– If they’ve already started building why give Noah any dimensions at all? He didn’t need dimensions, it was already being built by the angels.

I guess the author of Enoch thought, you know, “How could one guy build all that?” you know, he didn’t hardly believe it was possible. What is this fascination with “angel-everything?” It’s like “angel-happy.” What is this?

In the Bible it says (Genesis 6:14-16) – “Make yourself an ark of gopherwood. – Make it for yourself. Go – make rooms in the ark, and cover it inside and outside with tar.
¹⁵ Here is how you make it: The length of the ark is three hundred cubits, its width is fifty cubits, its height thirty cubits.
¹⁶ Make a window for the ark, and complete it to a cubit from above. – He didn’t need any of those instructions, according to Enoch it’s already built for you. Or at least part of it. Go help him out. – Set the door of the ark in its side. Make it with lower, second, and third decks.”
²² Thus Noah did; – It says “Noah did it!”

Things are not looking good for the Book of Enoch. And I’m not done yet. But it just seems like the angel-happy Enoch has the angels just taking the place of man doing all kinds of things. To them ascribe all the sin. To them they made the ark, and even replacing Yahweh himself: “O please, go help us out. Go tell Yahweh how terrible it is down here.” Or at least replacing Yahushua.

So Enoch 32 says – I came to the Garden of Righteousness, and from afar off trees more numerous than I these trees and great two trees were there, very great, beautiful, and glorious, and magnificent, and the tree of knowledge, whose holy fruit they eat and know great wisdom…–

The tree of knowledge has holy fruit and gives great wisdom?! That’s probably what the devil would say about it!

Who is the author of Enoch anyway? Doesn’t sound like Yahweh.

It’s actually a repeat of the satanic lie that Eve believed, isn’t it? Seems to betray that maybe the author of Enoch isn’t Yahweh after all. Satan always leaves a tail, if you’re paying attention. He leaves a tail.

Enoch 69, talking about – the fourth he named Pênêmûe: he taught the children of men the bitter and the sweet, – talking about these fallen angels – and he taught them all the secrets of their wisdom.
⁹ He instructed mankind in writing with ink and paper, and thereby many sinned from eternity to eternity and until this day.
¹⁰ For men were not created for such a purpose, to give confirmation to their good faith with pen and ink.

Huh? Isn’t the Bible pen and ink? I think, in fact, Enoch’s pen and ink!

So, it’s like, wait a minute. The Book of Enoch even condemns itself, but for me it almost seems like Satan cannot stand that Bible. So you’ve got to throw a little dig, you know, “You’re not supposed to give confirmation to your faith with pen and ink. Let me tell you what you’re supposed to do.” While he himself is doing it, pen and ink with, I think, the Book of Enoch.

So, if Enoch look. (Exodus 34:27) – Yahweh told Mosheh, “Write these words, for according to the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel.”

And so, I don’t see Enoch matching the tenor of Yahweh’s Word. I just don’t see it. And if Enoch was not inspired by unclean spirit, at best it was an ancient form of historical fiction. There’s a whole genre of historical fiction today. People writing books, adding a bunch of stories, backstories to the Scriptures, and all kinds of things. And we all look at it and know it’s just meant to be fiction not supposed to be real.

And so, I suspect maybe it was kind of written to compete with the grandiose mythological tales of Greek culture, Roman culture, and you know, trying to compete with that. And trying to present an alternative so that the Jewish faith would be attractive to the pagans.

In fact, you’ll find some of the books found among the Dead Sea Scrolls even mention Gilgamesh in the Book of the Giants. We’ll talk about that in a minute, a little bit later.

So, now I can already hear you saying, “What about Jude?” I’m glad you asked. Alright.

(Jude 1:14-15) – Now Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about these men also, saying, “Behold, the Master comes with tens of thousands of His saints
¹⁵ ”to execute judgment on all, to convict – to convict – all who are unrighteous among them of all their unrighteous deeds which they have committed in an unrighteous way, – actually means “impious” – and of all the harsh things which unrighteous sinners have spoken against Him.”

Now first of all, Jude never mentions a Book of Enoch. So, he never mentions a Book of Enoch. He just says that Enoch had prophesied about wicked men. Now, there are other ways that Enoch could have gotten this information. Jude was actually Yahushua’s half-brother. He grew up with Yahushua. Yahushua was the Word that became flesh and dwelt among us. Yahushua knew Enoch personally and was there when Enoch walked the earth. Yahushua could easily have told Jude what actually was prophesied, okay?

Another way, a former prophet of Israel may have informed the Jewish people, in generations past about this prophecy; and it was known commonly among the Jewish people because the prophets, not everything that the prophets ever spoke was written down. So other prophets may have informed the Jewish people of this prophecy, and they just knew because it was told generation to generation. In fact a lot of things were told generation to generation. Not everything was true.

Or a Book of Enoch is different than the one we have today. And we already see that the Book of Enoch, right here says – …He comes with ten thousands of His saints to execute judgment upon all, and to destroy all the unrighteous… – Whereas Jude (1:15) has “convict all who are impious.” And so, if he destroyed all the unrighteous there wouldn’t be anybody for us to reign over. So, it contradicts Scripture. And so, Jude would actually make the correction here. And there’s a big difference between “destroy” and “convict.”

When Yahushua says (John 16:8) “when the Holy Spirit comes, He will convict the world of sin,” it’s different than “He will destroy the world of sin,” right? It’s a different word with a different meaning and a different outcome.

And so, I think Yahushua informed Jude of the actual thing Enoch said. And the Jews, in their traditions, you know, maybe had a little zeal wanting to see the world destroyed, and added some things that wasn’t really there.

Now, I’ve seen where some would say “The Book of Enoch is inspired because it talks about fourteen different kinds of evergreen trees. And here we are today, science has not found any more than fourteen kinds of evergreen trees.” Well, that could have been something handed down. Or it could be that yeah, back then that was all the kinds of evergreen trees a man could find. And still to this day no one has found any more than fourteen. It doesn’t mean the whole book is inspired! Okay?

And then there’s the issue of giants. You know, let me say this. First of all, let’s take a look here at, if Enoch was true and men were 450 feet tall, there are no creatures on the earth ever attain that height or mass. If it’s true, the man would weigh 84 million pounds, 84 million. That’s 250 times heavier than the average house. That’s heavier than the Brooklyn Bridge. And he would have to eat 62,000 pounds of food every single day to stay alive. That’s 24,810 sheep, 3.72 million ears of corn, or 630 acres of wheat a month.

Biologically, a 450 foot tall man would not have the intestines to absorb the nutrients fast enough to even sustain his life. The bones, the cartilage and joints would just collapse. Blood clots galore. The heart would not be able to pump blood 450 feet up to the brain. Lungs would not be able to keep up with the metabolic demand. He could not dissipate heat and sweat enough, and the quadriceps would be 27 times too weak to even lift the body. Impossible. I know it’s pretty cool “There was really a big giant,” you know. But the reality is, it’s simply not possible.

So, what in the world is going on here in Genesis 6:4? It says – There were giants on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of Elohim came in to the daughters of men and they bore children to them. Those were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown.

Well, first of all, it doesn’t say how big the giants were, if it was giants. And second of all, the Hebrew word does not mean “giants.” The word translated “giants” is actually “nephil,” the plural of “nephil.” Now, this lexicon says “giants,” but that’s because they’re assuming that they translated it correctly. But look, it says “5307 coming from the word meaning ‘to fall.’” To fall. Fallen ones. Fallen ones.

Now, this same, go back here, it says that “the sons of Elohim came in to the daughters of men, and they bore children to them.” – Who are the sons of Elohim? They can refer to angels, but Yahushua said
(Matthew 5:9) – Blessed are the peacemakers, For they shall be called sons of Elohim. –
Romans 8:14 says – For as many as are led by the Spirit of Elohim, these are sons of Elohim. –
(Galatians 3:26) – For you are all sons of Elohim through faith in Messiah Yahushua.

The “daughters of men,” literally “b‘not ha-adam” would be “daughters of Adam,” not “daughters of Elohim.” So, if you’re not a daughter of Elohim, and you’re married to a son of Elohim, that’s a believer being married to an unbeliever, and their offspring therefore being fallen, having fallen away. And we see the disastrous results in the Scriptures, of a believer getting married to an unbeliever. And we see disastrous results in our own world of that happening.

Now, they said (Numbers 13:32-33) – “The land through which we have gone as spies is a land that devours its inhabitants, and all the people whom we saw in it were men of great stature.
³³ There we saw nephilim – the same Hebrew word translated “giants” in Genesis 6 – (the descendants of Anak came from the giants); – came from the nephilim – and we were like grasshoppers in our own sight, so were we in their sight.”

Think about that. If your height is the size of a grasshopper, they’re probably about 450 foot tall. You wouldn’t be able to use that city at all, you know, their chairs would be unreachable, you know. They’re lying! These guys are liars! False witnesses!

And it’s not possible for the giants of Genesis 6 to survive the flood, guys. They’d get killed in the flood. So, did it happen again? Angels mated with women, all of a sudden you got these sons of Anak, and they’re all 450 foot tall? No. I don’t want to be fooled by liars coming back from spying out the land.

And so, they said the land devours its inhabitants, and there’s just no way the men of those cities were so tall that the spies were like grasshoppers. Ironically, it’s because of these liars that people later thought the word “nephilim” meant “giants.” That’s where the idea came from. These false witnesses here, these false witnesses is where it came from, the whole idea.

Now, the word “nephilim,” slightly different, “nophilim” is found here (Joshua 8:25) – So it was that all who fell – nophilim – both men and women, were 12,000– all the people of Ai.

(Judges 20:46) – So all who fell of Benjamin – nophilim.

(Ezekiel 32:22) – “Assyria is there, and all her company, With their graves all around her, All of them – nophilim – fallen by the sword.”

(Psalm 145:14) – Yahweh upholds all who fall… – So, talking about believers, you fall, well you get back up again and Yahweh will raise you up. But the ones who are the fallen ones don’t get back up, they lay there, right? They remain fallen.

So, listen. I know, the Dead Sea Scrolls, they have these things called “Parables of Enoch.” Actually, it wasn’t found in Dead Sea Scrolls. Dead Sea Scrolls do contain the Book of Enoch, about 20 percent of the Book of Enoch. 20 percent.

But the Dead Sea Scrolls had a lot of stuff in it, like the Genesis Apocryphon. It expands Genesis 12 to 15, Abraham’s travels, Sarah’s beauty dazzling kings, and Noah’s birth glowing like an angel. You see that in Enoch chapter 106 as well.

There’s one called the Book of Giants, a spinoff of Enoch 6-11, fallen angels’ giant offspring, are bickering, they dream of doom and face judgment. And names like Gilgamesh pop up in this mythological tale. Gilgamesh is from pagan mythology, by the way. And like Enoch, it’s found also in the Ethiopic Bible, this Book of Giants.

And so, listen, the Greek culture spread epic tales like, you know, Odyssey, all these things, Titans, cosmic battles. And I think they felt pressure, Jewish writers, to kind of pick up on some of this and write some of these tales. Watchers, angels abating, Enoch shuttling back and forth, you know, kind of feels theatrical, you know. And so Enoch’s sound more like myths.

Here’s another one, “Testament of the Twelve Patriarchs,” that adds moral tales to the patriarch’s life, and prophecies such as Levi’s; Levi having ordination through angels.

And so, again, I just think it’s historical fiction. May not have been believed by anyone, but kind of interesting little ideas, maybees, couldbees, like the movie The Chosen, you know, a bunch of stuff could be, maybe, really isn’t, we’re not taking it seriously. But some people may take them seriously, because they were, you know, into that kind of stuff.

But Scripture talks about Jewish fables. Titus chapter 1:12 – One of them, a prophet of their own, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”
¹³ This testimony is true. Therefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith,
¹⁴ not giving heed to Jewish fables and commandments of men who turn from the truth.

Now, Enoch has multiple sections—there’s an astronomical book, there’s a parable book, different books; I think parables was written after, I think probably written by Christians, because it’s not found in Dead Sea Scrolls at all. Not found in Dead Sea Scrolls. So, Jewish fables.

Speaking of Jewish fables, here’s the Book of Jasher. Talking about (Jasher 24:40, 44-45) – the young woman – it says – was of very comely appearance, – talking about Rebekah here – she was a virgin, and Rebekah was ten years old in those days. … And Isaac took Rebekah and she became his wife, and he brought her into the tent. And Isaac was forty years old – forty years old – when he took Rebekah, the daughter of his uncle Bethuel, for a wife. –

Rebekah was how old? Ten. I ain’t buying it. You buying it? I ain’t buying it. Was Isaac a pedophile?! When I saw that, goodbye Book of Jasher!

I’ll tell you what happened. About 20 years ago, this guy contacts me, he justifies lusting for little girls, because of this Book of Jasher. And calling those who set that particular age of a female “feminazis,” or “feminists,” or whatever.

Scripture says she must be an adult, age 20. I got a study on that on my website if you want to look it up.

But here we have a forty-year-old man, female ten years old going into his tent and them getting married.

Another problem with Jasher, another problem with Jasher, and I guess I don’t have it up there but, is that Joseph is contacting his dead mother. And his dead mother is saying things back to him. Isn’t that necromancy? Isn’t that sort of like what we saw in Enoch? You know, talk to your grandfather in Enoch, talk to your mother in Jasher?

You know, these things have consequences. I mean, if Enoch and Jasher can talk to the dead and pray to the dead saints, why can’t you? And if Isaac can marry a ten-year-old, why can’t you? You know? These have consequences. This is profane.

I spent an hour and a half on the phone with a major proponent of the Book of Enoch, probably the biggest promoter of the Book of Enoch and extrabiblical books out there. I spent an hour and a half on the phone with him going over this Book of Enoch and Jasher. And his response, you know, I couldn’t get any answers to my satisfaction as far as good explanations of these contradictions. And he said about Jasher, he says, “Yeah, yeah, those two parts, I don’t think they’re inspired, but the rest was pretty good.”

I’m like, you know, it’s like saying, “Yeah, it promotes necromancy and pedophilia. Other than that, it’s a great book.” Crazy! I mean, how do you go there? I mean, once it has that, there’s no Scripture book that had any story like that anywhere, in either case; except to condemn it, you know. And so, no. No, no, a thousand times no.

I mean, the Bible calls Rebekah very beautiful, and she was a virgin, had not yet known a man. I’m like, “Well, I hope so, she was ten years old!” You know. Come on guys, take the Book of Jasher and burn it! That’s what we need to do with it. Anyway, okay. Moving on.

Jubilees. Jubilees (2:31) says – The Creator of all things blessed it, but he did not sanctify all peoples and nations to keep the Sabbath, – Did not sanctify all peoples and nations to keep the Sabbath? Really? Didn’t Yahushua say the Sabbath was made for man? Not for Jews alone, but the Sabbath was made for man? It says – but Israel alone: them alone he permitted to eat and drink and keep the Sabbath. – I feel bad for the people who can’t eat and drink.

Come on, this is nonsense! It’s like saying, “Israel alone he permitted to honor their parents. To Israel alone he permitted to only worship one Elohim.”

Actually, the Book of Jubilees in one other place says he actually purposely misled the Gentiles to worship other gods. Basically making Yahweh the one at fault. There was a lot of, I think, anti-Semitism going on, you know. This is written around the time that, you know, Maccabees and things, they’re being ruled by Gentiles and such.

Scripture says (Isaiah 56:6-7) – “the sons of the foreigner Who join themselves to Yahweh, to serve Him, And to love the name of Yahweh, to be His servants– Everyone who keeps from defiling the Sabbath, and holds fast to My covenant—
⁷ Even them I will bring to My holy mountain, And make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices Will be accepted on My altar; For My house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations.” – Direct contradiction with the Book of Jubilees.

Jubilees also promotes a calendar I don’t think is anywhere in the Bible. It adds angels to the first day of creation, in Jubilees chapter 2.
It says that a Satan-like angel moved Yahweh to test Abraham by telling him to offer his son Isaac, in Jubilees 17.
It claims an angel told Abraham to do circumcision.
It excuses Reuben, in Jubilees 33, for committing adultery with his father’s wife by saying, “Well, there’s no ordinance against it in those days.” Yes there was, it’s called adultery.
Forbids men from taking any Gentile as a wife (in Jubilees 30:13-14). Can’t take any Gentile as a wife. Really? What about Boaz? I guess they forgot about that one.
Claims Yahweh purposely misleads Gentiles (in Jubilees 15).
And repeats the giants claim.
And forbids Gentiles from keeping the Shabbat.

Sounds like an anti-Gentile book to me.

So, Yahweh wanted to reach the Gentiles. And actually it was a problem in the first century, a major problem. The Jewish people were very strongly so anti-Gentile that they were ready to throw Yahushua off a cliff for even saying, you know, “he wasn’t sent to any of the lepers but that Gentile Naaman.” And they got so angry, they were ready to throw him off a cliff; in Luke chapter 4. And even the apostles were kind of infected with this wrong mindset still, to the point that Yahweh had to send Peter a vision about the sheet and everything in order to get him to go to the Gentiles and talk to them about the Gospel. And so, it’s definitely present in the Book of Jubilees.

And so for me, these lost books, so-called “lost books,” are nothing more than Jewish fables that turn people from the truth.

Timothy, Paul talked to Timothy about it. He said (1^st Timothy 1:3-4) – As I urged you when I went into Macedonia– remain in Ephesus that you may charge some that they teach no other doctrine,
⁷ nor give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which cause disputes rather than pious edification which is in faith.

Fables. Well, where’s the fables? If it’s not Jubilees, Jasher, you know, there was no Jasher found in the Dead Sea Scrolls, by the way; it’s not any older than 1750.

So these cause disputes rather than pious edification, and that’s exactly what bringing Enoch and Jubilees and all this stuff into our faith has done. It’s caused disputes between people who would otherwise be at peace with each other.

And we also have 2^nd Peter 1:16 – For we did not follow cunningly devised fables – we didn’t follow the fables – when we made known to you the power and coming of our Master Yahushua Messiah, but were eyewitnesses of His majesty. – There’s no fables in the New Testament. They’re eyewitness accounts confirmed by many eyewitnesses.

You know what we need? We need the true Word of Yahweh. The true unleavened bread. You know unleavened bread can be a little dry, not a lot of pizzazz, but it’s the truth. It’s the truth. No wild fantasy stories, just the real food that Yahweh wanted to sustain us with.

I agree with Proverbs 30:8 – Remove falsehood and lies far from me; Give me neither poverty nor riches– Feed me with the food allotted to me. – That’s what I want.

Job 23:12 – I have not departed from the commandment of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth More than my necessary food, – probably food.

(Psalm 119:72) – The law of Your mouth is better to me Than thousands of coins of gold and silver. – That’s what I want.

What about the Bible? Why is there 66 books? You know, I was doing a little research this week. I already knew that, you know, originally books like 1^st Kings and 2^nd Kings were originally one book. 1^st and 2^nd Chronicles was originally one book. In fact, Ezra and Nehemiah were originally just one book. So 66 would not be the correct total anyway.

So I got to, you know, researching. How many books were actually in the Old Testament called “the Tanakh?” Well, you got the five books: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, that’s the Torah. You got the Nevi’im, that’s the prophets, that’s: Joshua, Judges, Samuel, Kings, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and 12 Minor Prophets. They’re all counted as one book. There’s 11 other books called “Writings”: Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Song of Songs, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Esther, Daniel, Ezra –Ezra and Nehemiah were together– and Chronicles.

So, in light of that, how many books were in the Old Testament? 24 Books. 24.

New Testament had 27 books, but I say 26 books. Why? Because Luke also wrote the Book of Acts. And so the Book of Luke and the Book of Acts would be one book.

So, 24 plus 26: there’s actually 50 books. 50 Books in our Bible today. If you go according to the way it used to be compiled.

So, that means the 50th book is Revelation. Revelation tells us about our future. Fifty, in the Bible is known as “the Jubilee.”

And it just so happens, Revelation, I would call that the “Jubilee book of the Canon.” Because it has a trumpet blast, the seven trumpet blasts. It details a time when Yahweh will set the whole world free from sin and slavery, and that’s what the Jubilee does. There’s a trumpet blast, it sets the world free from slavery. It sets the slaves free, they can go free. And all of humanity is returned to its original owner. Just like the Jubilee year, that all the land goes back to its original owner. And all will be at rest, a year of rest.

So, we have, basically, Revelation giving us the Jubilee Revelation. And we are from the earth, right? We were made from dust. Correct? And since we’re made from dust, and this dust is dust that Yahweh owns, we’re actually from the land.

And so, in Jubilees, the Jubilee year, the land goes back to its original owner, and we see here in this Jubilee book called “Revelation,” all of the earth goes back, including us, we’re part of the earth, to its original owner. Coincidence?! I don’t think so. I don’t think so at all. I think it’s amazing, actually, that there are 50 books in the Canon.

Also, when it comes to deciding which books are in the Canon, Romans chapter 3:1-2 says – What advantage then has the Jew, or what is the profit of circumcision?
² Much in every way! Chiefly because to them were committed the oracles of Elohim.

Now, since the Jews were given the oracles of Elohim, He would inform them what the oracles actually were, right? So, therefore, it makes perfect sense we can trust the books that the Jewish people preserved as Scripture, as the oracles, would be the inspired Words of Yahweh.

So what we call “the Old Testament,” what they call “the Tanakh,” to them were given the oracles; we can trust, in spite of them, right, because yeah they had years and years of idolatry, in spite of them, Yahweh preserved His word through them.

That being the case, we can trust that these Johnny-come-lately ideal books, you know, Tobith and Judith and all these, whatever these, Ecclesiasticus and all this stuff, they never accepted those books as inspired books; and they are the ones that were given the oracles. And I can critique each of those books one day. But for now, this is one reason I believe that we can trust the Canon that we have today.

Now, what about the New Testament? By and large, the Jewish people rejected the Messiah. And so, those that were committed to the testimony of Yahushua, and the record of how the early apostles lived, and what the early apostles taught, would belong to those who would be believers in Messiah Yahushua, right? And so, Levitical priesthood preserved the Old Testament writings for us, and the Melchizedek would have handled the testimony of Yahushua and the apostles.

Both religions on a overall scale had much corruption, and still do. But Yahweh used it anyway to preserve His Word, to the point where I read these Scriptures, and I come to a very different set of doctrines than both Judaism and Christianity, because Yahweh preserved the truth of His Word for us today. Even though it contradicts many of what is being taught in the synagogues and churches in the world today.

And so, I’m not going to rely on Catholics to tell me what’s true in the Old Testament, because they are not given the oracles of Elohim. The Jews were.

And so, to me that’s a very convincing point that clears up the confusion. And what I discovered this week with actually being 50 books in the Bible, you know, the unity of Scripture amazes me. It’s like, when you dig into the Scriptures, and the more that you dig in, it’s like looking at a microscope, and the more you uncover, the more you discover. There is a lifetime of learning, just in what we know is the Word of Yahweh.

We don’t need these other things muddy the picture. And you end up hanging your whole doctrine, your whole life, and the way you live your life, on these other things that come lately, you know. The book of Jasher was lost until just a few hundred years ago, you know.

I love the Word, and we should love the Word that we know is Scripture.

(Psalm 119:111) – Your testimonies I have taken as a heritage forever, For they are the rejoicing of my heart.

Psalm 119:131 – I opened my mouth and panted, For I longed for Your commandments.

Jeremiah 15:16 – Your words were found, and I ate them, – unleavened bread – And Your word was to me the joy and rejoicing of my heart; For I am called by Your name, O YAHWEH of hosts.

Beautiful! Beautiful! I concur! I concur. We don’t need a 51^st book, we don’t need a 52^nd, 53^rd, 54^th, or any other book. There are serious problems with these other books.

Listen, Yahweh has preserved down through the ages just what we need in order to do justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with our Elohim. Just what we need! It’s that simple!

The words of Yahweh are awesome! They’re awesome. They are pure words, like silver tried in the furnace of earth. – Psalm 12, I don’t have it up there, but – purified seven times. – Psalm 12:6 says – You shall keep them, – verse 7 says – You shall keep them, O Yahweh, you shall preserve them from this generation forever. – And He has, He has kept them. He has preserved them.

What happened to Jasher? Lost, 1700 years lost! Wasn’t even found in Dead Sea Scrolls. Probably just a Jewish midrash making a bunch of stuff up. Jubilees, lost till the 1840s. Enoch, lost until 1773; found in Ethiopic Canon.

The 50 books? Never lost. Never lost. He preserved them, He kept them. And made them available to every generation from the time they were written until this very day.

If former generations didn’t need them, I don’t need them either. Blessed be the name of Yahweh.

So I say let’s avoid the so-called “lost books” that probably, from what I can tell, from what I’m seeing here, is nothing more than Jewish fables. And let’s instead feed on the 50 books containing unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

So I say (1^st Corinthians 5:7-8) – purge out the old leaven, – of Enoch, Jasher, and Jubilees and these others – that we may be a new lump, since we truly are unleavened. For indeed Messiah, our Passover, was sacrificed for us.
⁸ Therefore let us keep the feast, – let us keep the feast – not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread – the unleavened words – of sincerity and – most important – truth.

John 17:17 Yahushua said – “Your word is truth.” – He said “The Scripture cannot be broken.” These things He taught, and I believe them.

Let’s pray. Heavenly Father Yahweh, kadosh, kadosh, kadosh be Your great name. We praise You, we praise Your Word. O Yahweh guard us, protect us, keep us from things that are not from You. We want Your Word, Your truth, Your light. Let not our hearts be thirsty for things that deceive us. But let our hearts be thirsty and our hearts be hungry for the truth of Your Word and for the living waters given to us by Your Spirit.

We know Abba Yahweh it’s so important that we repent. We repent for believing anything that’s deception and lies. We repent of any and all transgression.

Take away the confusion amongst the believers, and restore, restore, restore everyone back to what is good, what is holy, what is just and what is true.

Glorify Your great name. We trust in Messiah Yahushua for forgiveness of sin. As Passover comes near, feed us with unleavened bread and the living waters.

For truly we know and we are sure, Yours is the Kingdom, Yours is the power and Yours is the glory forever and ever, in Yahushua’s great name we pray. Amein.