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I thank you for your question.

Given that it is Saturday night, I hope you allow me a chance to resume tomorrow and try to explain what the Book of Enoch (Enoch I) has to do with things.

Here's a link to the R.H. Charles interpretation of Enoch I.

BTW, Alamo-Girl is an incredible source. She is not only knowledgeable, she is humble and devout.

She can explain why knowing and studying Enoch I and other companion pieces is necessary in understanding the Word of God.

Please reread those citations of her comments carefully.

Bottom line: Things are not as simple as you seem to suggest (if I have misunderstood your position, please accept my apologies).

Yes, the Lord is all we need (but we must be careful that Church leaders haven't hidden from us certain parts of the Word merely because they were frightening to them--they were/are only human). And, yes, we come to the Lord as children...but he sends us out among the wolves...and we must be wise, not naive.

I look forward to your response, but am still confused by a few things...the first is, are you saying that what most Christians have as the Word of God is not enough to prepare us for our time with the wolves? The other one is that I have stated that I believe that the ET’s are fallen angels/demons...a point that you had stated as well on this thread back on post 129 when you responded to another poster that you agreed with them that the UFO’s were demons. It sounds like we are in agreement even without the Book of Enoch...so I do not see at this point why it would be so important.

Thank you so very much for your encouragements, dear SonOfDarkSkies!

I find ancient manuscripts to be very illuminating. Enoch for instance offers the backdrop for Genesis 6, i.e. what led to the Noah flood. Another book in Charlesworth's Pseudepigrapha offers the backdrop for Genesis 12, i.e. events preceding Abraham's being called. Another in the collection offers the backdrop for Satan's attitude towards Job. And so on.

Of course not all ancient manuscripts are created equal. Some are absurd folk lore. Some are interesting, showing what the Rabbis thought way back when. And some are piercingly relevant such as Enoch which is quoted directly and indirectly in the New Testament.

But not everyone has the same interest in ancient manuscripts. The important part is to follow the Spirit's leading, including whether or not to explore such things and to what end.

But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his. - Romans 8:9

But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him. - I John 2:27

Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual. But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know [them], because they are spiritually discerned. - I Corinthians 2:14

God's Name is I AM.