What does the Book of Enoch say about angels?
The most comprehensible explanation of the angelic host is found in another non-canonized or unofficial book, called the Book of Enoch Ethiopia ( 1976 Wizard Bookshelf). There is quite a bit of controversy about the authenticity of this book. A Scottish archaeologist James Bruce found it in Ethiopia in 1733. Archbishop Richard Laurence D.D., translated it in 1883. The Book of Enoch was part of the scriptures until the 4th century. Many scholars believed it was written in the 2nd century BC, before the Messiah s birth. It was recognized by Ireaneus, a disciple of Polycarp who was a disciple of the Apostle John. In numerous scriptures of the New Testament, the Messiah s Apostles quote directly from the Book of Enoch. For example, Paul referred to the word archangel, that is not in the Old Testament, in 1 Thes. 4:1:16 and Jude 1:9. The word archangel comes right from the Book of Enoch and relates specifically to the archangel Michael (70th chp. verse 4). The verse Jude 14 also came direct
