Jesus, the Book of Enoch, and the Fate of the Watchers

About this episode

This episode explores the connection between Jesus' teachings and the Book of Enoch, particularly regarding the concept of hell and judgment.

One of the most famous parables Jesus shared was the one about the sheep and the goats. This refers to a future time, judgment day, the second coming of Christ, when Jesus will separate the righteous from the unrighteous. Those who had served Christ will receive salvation, the rest will have a dark fate. And you’ll probably recognize this quote that Jesus says to that second group In Matthew 25:41: Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.’ Sounds simple enough, right? Hell was created for the devil and his angels- meaning the bad angels, the fallen angels- and those people who choose the devil’s team will end up in the same place that they are. Except wait a minute- this is actually new information. There hasn’t been anywhere in Scripture where we were told that hell was first created for the devil and his angels. You can read from Genisys to Malachi and you won’t find this idea anywhere. Like 12 tons of European KitKats. Just totally missing. Gone. You will, however, find that doctrine in the Book of Enoch. Did Jesus read the book of Enoch? And more importantly- did He believe it? We’ll…

People in this episode

Host: Luke Taylor

Topics covered

• judgment day
• Book of Enoch
• Jesus' teachings
• hell
• fallen angels
• Christian doctrine

Keywords

• Jesus
• Book of Enoch
• judgment day
• hell
• fallen angels
• Christianity
• Matthew 25

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Book of Enoch, Matthew

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