The Book of the Watchers describes the fallen angels (1 Enoch 6-8). In the biblical story of the Nephilim, the sons of God saw the daughters of men were beautiful so they married them and had children (Gen 6:1-4). These children were called the Nephilim, the “mighty men who were of old, the men of renown.” In Genesis, the story shows how far the 
wickedness of humans had become: humans interacted sexually with spiritual beings. No details are given on how this might be possible, but the next verse in Genesis says “the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.” This brief story is tantalizing: who are these “sons of God” and what were the Nephilim? 1 Enoch offers an expansion of this biblical story in chapters 6-11. Are the Nephilim fallen angels?
In 1 Enoch, the sons of God are the “sons of heaven,” angelic beings led by Shemihazah. The name Shemihazah (שׁמיחזה, šemîḥăzāh) means “My name has seen” and is sometimes vocalized as Semyaz of Semyaza (Nickelsburg, 179). “Name” refers to God, so the name refers to constantly watching God. This is ironic since God will see this rebellion and render judgment on the Shemihazah. Some readers want to find some reference to Satan as the leader of fallen angels in the Book of Enoch. As the story progresses, however, Azazel emerges as the ringleader (but later Enoch will intercede on behalf of Azazel). This is an example of how foolish (and impossible) it is to project modern Christian angelology on 1 Enoch. Azazel is not the modern version of Satan at all!
The two hundred angels take an oath to descend to Mt Hermon, find women to marry and have children with them. 1 Enoch 6:7-8 lists the names of the leaders of these angels. Most have names with some reference to God (Remashel, “evening of God” or Kokabel, “star of God” ). The most interesting of these names is Dan’el, a name associated with the Ugaritic literature and often offered as an explanation of the legendary character of Daniel.
This is Fake.
In chapters 7 and 8 the angels make good on their oath and take women as wives. They teach humans “magical medicines, incantations, the cutting of roots and about plants.” The origin of folk-medicine is therefore ascribed to these angelic beings. The children of the angels are giants standing three hundred cubits (an improbable 450 feet tall!) These giants eat so much food the humans cannot feed them anymore. The giants proceed to eat humans as well as all other kinds of animals.
The text notes especially that they drank the blood of animals, “sinning against them.” In the biblical flood story, the Noahic covenant includes a command about consuming blood. 1 Enoch 7-8 is a reflection upon this command which was probably given because the antediluvian world did in fact consume blood.
In addition to teaching humans in interpret a wide range of signs, they teach humans medicinal magic. The angel Azazel teaches humans metal-working, including making of ornaments and weapon making. Azazel also teaches them to make eye-shadow and other physical ornamentation. This may be a polemic against pagan practice of using make up in their religious ceremonies. Other angels teach the humans how to track the stars (astrology and divination) and the signs of the moon. These angels are responsible for teaching humans all sorts of sinful practices. Humanity cries out as a result of this oppression, a cry which “goes up to heaven.”
This detailed expansion of the biblical stories blames wicked angelic beings for revealing mysteries to humans which will result in sin. It is not Adam’s rebellion in the garden that is responsible for human evil, but wicked angelic beings who do not remain in their appointed place. What is more, the great Flood is not the result of human sin, but the rebellion of these angelic beings.
This is a significant re-writing of the worldview of Genesis 6. What is the author’s motivation for this shift of blame?
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“What is more, the great Flood is not the result of human sin, but the rebellion of these angelic beings.” Not true. The choice for people to follow the fallen ones is still the sin of man.
This post refers to a non-canonical book, 1 Enoch. In that context, my statement is true.
I have always been curious about the section in Genesis 6 about the Nephilim. It seems like a very odd section, and many other Christians are probably confused about it just like I am. In that light, it is very interesting that 1 Enoch further addresses this passage and elaborates on it. Additionally, remembering that 1 Enoch is apocalyptic literature and that Second Temple Period apocalyptic literature is hopeful, this story, though sad and full of sin and wickedness is hopeful that God’s judgment will come and remove the wickedness. The wickedness, in the story presented by this book, comes from what the angles teach the humans to do. Chapters 7-8 talk about what types of things the angels taught them. Some of the things, such as medicine and the properties of roots and plants (1 Enoch 7:2) do not sound like they would be bad things to teach the people, but in some way, they were full of wickedness. Other aspects, such as the incantations (1 Enoch 8:3), do not sound like good things to teach the people. 1 Enoch 8:3-4 says, “ Asder’el taught the course of the moon as well as the deception of man.” I wonder if this statement means that this angel taught men how to deceive, lie, and steal from other people? That also seems like a mistake to teach people that, with some of these, it is easy to see why 1 Enoch would say the angels are responsible for teaching humans sinful practices. I am also confused by the beginning of the story, in 1 Enoch 6:3-4, one angel expresses fear that the others will not keep this suggestion, he says, “I fear that perhaps you will not consent that this deed should be done, and I alone will become (responsible) for this great sin.” Why does this angel fear that the others would not agree that the deed should be done and gets them all to swear an oath that they will do it. I do not understand the purpose of the oath, and why this angel wanted to ensure the deed should be done.
Because the one angel was Satan, and the other angels were the 200 that fell with him . satan made them all make this pact together, that they would take wives of the daughters of man when God put their place only to attend, watching over them, and not come into contact with them. Satan didn’t want to be the only angel to be punished for this so he made a pact with all the 200 that they would do it too. with all of them doing it, he would hope that he could hide his deceit of not being the one that created it.
I meant 200 altogether
The supernatural origins of life and the supernatural explanations for the rise of evil are subjects that make many Christians uneasy. Most casual Christians accept the notion that the serpent in Eden was a literal snake and that the woman had no incredulity about their conversation. That the serpent was a divine being, and perhaps a member of the divine counsel isn’t even considered. That G-d wanted to create a flesh-and-blood human family to populate the earth, and that led to a rebellion that conspired to tempt man into sin and thereby have G-d’s justice annihilate the work of His hands…. partially explains Genesis 3:15 and the war between the seed of the serpent and the seed of the woman.
I reference the ESV and read Genesis 6:1-5, Deuteronomy 32:8, 1 Kings 22:19-23, 1 Samuel 28:13-14, Psalm 82, Jude 1:6-7, 2 Peter 2:1-10. I also remember the writers were NOT writing to us but to contemporaries who clearly understood the implications. Too many modernists in the church regard these scriptures as WEIRD…. too weird to be taken literally, let alone to discuss seriously.
But, if it’s WEIRD, it’s IMPORTANT.
So, lots of people translating the scriptures–including the KJV translators–feel compelled to put their own (modernist) twist on the passages…. Deuteronomy 32:8 is a case in point. In Hebrew, the passage references G-d’s divorce from humankind at the Tower at Babel. He divides the people into nations and places them under the protectorate of the created beings of His divine council–dividing humanity according to the number of the sons of G-d (benei ha’elohim). But, later the divine beings turned evil (Psalm 82) and demanded human worship. (Ephesians 6:12)
Unfortunately, the KJV translators replaced benei ha’elohim with children of Israel, DESPITE the fact that Babel occurred before G-d chose Abraham to create a people that would belong to Him alone…. which explains why humans are regarded as unfaithful spouses always seeking after other gods.
G-d is supernatural. the Sons of G-d are supernatural–including the dead. 1 Samuel 28:13-14 refers to the deceased prophet as a god coming up out of the earth after being summoned by the witch at Endor.
AND, we who are flesh and blood are also supernatural, but upon death we too become spirit beings occupying the supernatural world as the sons of G-d.
But, people can believe whatever they wish regarding our origins and the Great Rebellion. Our salvation depends alone on our following Yeshua Ha’Maschiach, our Passover Lamb.
Is a person engaging in sin by merely being exposed to it? Can a person unsee or unknown something after seeing and knowing?
Not sure why this question is on a 1 Enoch post…but in my view temptation and sin are two different (although related) things. For example, Jesus was tempted by Satan but did not sin. So one can encounter a tempting situation, and not yield to that temptation. An Example: If I struggle with alcohol abuse, I can go into a bar or restaurant and see people drinking, but not drink myself. I might be tempted, but I can refuse and not go on a bender.
On the other hand, it might be very difficult to be around things that tempt without sinning, especially if we follow Jesus’s lead and describe thoughts as sinful.
This is very true. God told Jeremiah, I have know you from before you was form in your mother’s womb. So everything that is written here is adding up.
The fallen angels had already sinned against God, so yes, what was their concern? We read that they bore “great giants”, the “sin” they committed against birds,beasts, fish and reptiles was cannibalism. When they wiped out the animals and humans around them, they ate each other as their fathers were forced to “watch”, hence “the watchers” and the curse from that oath- what happend to one happened to all.
Hope this helps
it should have been cannon but those in charge like the Evil Pharisees Sadducee and other didn’t want those books in. They taught man stuff they didn’t want us to know. It was wickedness on their part to not to teach us or let it be Cannon. They and by they I mean the books that were part of the Dead sea scrolls, but they explain stuff that the Bible leaves out. Jubilees goes into more detail of where all the other people came from instead of just letting us guess. No I know it tells us Adam and Eve but it doesn’t say all the other people like Cain taking his sister and her name. and some detail in the Giants that Enoch doesn’t go into. Jubilees makes it clear that Animals did talk and not what science says is false but they did. Plus it makes it appear that Adam and Eve had kids outside of Eden. For it says Adam had to wait 40 days to enter Eden after a male child and Eve had to wait 80 days after a female child. meaning after they had or gave birth to male and or female. Not for just being a male or female as some might interpret. Asher goes into a lot of other detail about Enoch and also explains Abraham and how he came to be instead of just being there. Their wickedness thought they could control us better if they didn’t let those books be Cannon. Enoch says the fallen angels taught us secrets from heaven. Metallurgy, war etc… God said those were useless, and wasn’t taught all the secrets yet for they were yet young angels or watchers. We weren’t to know those things yet but Enoch does say we were striving to learn so we would have we were just not ready for that knowledge yet.
To play devil’s advocate, perhaps the author of Enoch is not rewriting the Genesis 6 story. Though the fallen angels tempt humanity with these new sinful activities, the onus is still on mankind to resist those temptations. Blame certainly falls on the tempter, but there is still blame on the tempted for giving in. In the same way, the serpent tempted Eve in the garden, and Eve subsequently tempted (in a less deceptive way) Adam. Yet, the blame still rests on Adam for giving in to the temptation, and Paul writes in Romans 5 that it was because of Adam’s compliance that sin – and thus death – came to all men. So perhaps the author was not trying to argue for the true innocence of man, but instead was portraying these fallen angels much in the same way as the serpent.
I suppose humans should “resist those temptations” – but 1 Enoch does not really consider them temptations, but hidden knowledge that the bad watchers were not supposed to reveal to the humans. The watchers are bad because they left their divinely appointed place and role and revealed secret wisdom to humans.
so God not only unleashed the flood to eradicate the evil of humanity but also to eradicate the abominations His sons brought forth
Quite interesting: It also make a lot more sense that in world history we know that the temples built where to honor the fallen angels see Deuteronomy 32:8 when God Gave these angels area’s of control .These magnificent structure’s had to have survived the flood and they are quite impossible for mankind to build! The only problem in the world’s view is time line which is of because of radio carbon dating method is based on assumption’s so the can never be accurate! So it is also highly possible that the fallen angels had built temples to them self’s preflood
Because he knew that he would solely blamed. And if your all think along the same lines as I am, then we all know who is said or thought to be the “Main Bad Guy”. Satan. Which makes me question everything all over again. ???
How is it a mistake when the fallens intentionally want to build their heaven on earth, and by this they need humans to help them access minerals such as gold, lithium, and more.
So they decided the only way to do this was to deceive men not to know himself to seek for God somewhere. Then they became they moved from deities to the god seat.
Because Ivandro, Yahawah (El Elyon) holds all things together. He didnt give commandment for the angels to just go out and do their own thing in His creation. Everything has a place and purpose. Step outside that and you will face trouble. It comes down to the sinful nature introduced first by Sataniel and then expounded further when Shemyaza + 2 made their pact to defile humanity. Yahawah told Enoch to go tell Azazel et al, that they were made in a particular way and mankind was made in a particular way. For crossing the boundaries, their offspring would be destroyed and the 200 who departed their first estate, are now bound.The two species were not to be cross pollinated. This is why hybrids will never have a place in Fathers creation. He will not be mocked, the seed that is sown will produce that which it was purposed. Apples are apples, oranges are oranges.
Sorry Rick I dont think you quite captured it. The flood is not the repercussion of mans fallen state alone. I agree with the writer in his summary. Above all else, it is the rebellion and disobedience which is the overarching factor in all this. Who brought it on and who participated is the reason for Yehoshua being given as the one and only sacrifice to recover mankind. Yehoshua has already judged the angelic rhelm, those who stayed and those who parted is complete. Now its man kinds turn to face judgement because of rebellion and disobedience that preceded us. We are born into it the word says. Who will stay loyal and who will depart is yet to be decided. So repentance comes down to acknowledging we are born into sin (original sin-Rebellion and Disobedience) and that Yeshoshua’s death and resurrection is the redemption from that original sin.
The blame was never shifted, the root cause of where the corruption of man came from was revealed. Therefore there was a reset.
Correct!
kind of like eating from the tree of knowledge of good and evil, he didnt call it a bad tree but we were not supposed to touch that tree.. there is nothing knew under the son. His real problem started with his angels/fallen ones that came down here to ruin his creation and continue to do so. they had direct and close relationship with the creator which makes it so much worse.
Absolutely. YHVH Eloheinu gave us the commands knowing that the fallen angels were and ARE the source of evil influence. “WE wrestle not against flesh and blood, but spiritual evil principalities and powers in high places…”
The judgement of the Sons of God/B’nai Elohim in Psalm82 is poignant, as well as the references in Acts and Hebrews that soon, God will SHAKE BOTH HEAVEN AND EARTH, so that only what can NOT be shaken will remain. Yes, there is sin being committed by angels in Heaven, which will be made new at some future date.
The mainstream Christian teaching that most “churches” relay is quite shallow in my opinion, and barely a true invitation to reason with God and seek His intense and sobering message…especially regarding Mt7:23 lawlessness (g0458 anomia/rejection of Torah—the only Bible Jesus and Bereans had!).
The modern Western churches teach us to study the New Testament, which is simply a midrash (commentary) on Torah, without gaining a FOUNDATION IN TORAH THAT JESUS AND EVERY AUTHOR IN THE NEW TESTAMENT HAD! That in itself is LAWLESSNESS! Truly. Especially when the most scholarly Torah expert named as the author of books and epistles (Paul) is twisted repeatedly from pulpits…in spite of Peter making a specific effort to CORRECT the false teaching of lawlessness that was being twisted in Paul’s name in 2Peter3:14-17 — “… be diligent to be found by him without spot or blemish (according to what?—Torah), and at peace. 15And count the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as our beloved brother Paul also wrote to you according to the wisdom given him, 16as he does in all his letters when he speaks in them of these matters. There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant (in Torah foundation) and unstable (casual) twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures. 17You therefore, beloved, knowing this beforehand, take care that you are not carried away with the error of LAWLESS people and lose your own stability.” Amen!
The most common error I hear relates to “Judaisers” in Colossians2 somehow teaching Torah, and that Torah itself is the great error Paul was trying to resist and correct…when Col2:8 & 20 can in NO POSSIBLE WAY APPLY TO TORAH. Indeed, these heretical Jewish “spies” who were injecting FALSE TEACHING were clearly Pharisees and Gnostics who were NOT teaching Torah correctly at all—as Jesus accused them of publicly in Mark7:9 — “Jesus said to them, you have a fine way of rejecting the commandment of God in order to establish your tradition!”
This reminds me of modern day Jewish Liberal Democrat SOCIALISTS who advocate against property rights and personal responsibility which are COMMANDED IN TORAH, but ignored in Socialism. Just like pre-war Nazi Germany, when German rabbis were advocating loudly that “Communism is Judaism,” with unsurprising results considering Hitler was elected to FIGHT COMMUNISM WHICH HAD RECENTLY MURDERED 60,000,000 innocent Russian Jews and Christians! NOT ALL JEWS OBEY GOD. Of course.
Do not misunderstand. We chose to say our vows in Israel, and I have Nazi war relics taken by family members who had to go kill Nazis…BUT…Jews blaming Nazis for the Holocaust is blasphemy unless I missed an exception to God being Sovereign over ALL. The cause of ALL such horrendous experiences that have befallen Israel and the only tribe out of the 12 that still rejects Jesus: Judah, has more to do with Dt28 promises than the Isaiah54:16 “destroyer” that enforces those promises: “Listen carefully, I have created the smith who blows on the fire of coals And who produces a weapon for its purpose; And I have created the destroyer to inflict ruin.” That said, we don’t have to sin for Satan to attack any of us. Clearly.
The take-away for our day is that under a Godless Democrat FREEMASON (FDR) we chose to defend the Godless Russian Communists, who killed over 10-TIMES more civilians than Hitler ever would BEFORE Hitler was elected to fight Communists, over our godly ally, Germany who had a lawless leader LIKE WE DO, NOW…and the same FREEMASON occult/pagan ideology is now being used to blame Israel for the suicidal death cult known as Islam killing thousands of civilians, women and children AND the death toll on Muslim civilians that are used as human shields by their deceived evil leaders who are STILL promising to kill every single Jew and Christian in the whole world.
Armageddon is on the horizon…
QUESTION: Would you consider the LGBTQBLAHBLAHBLAH issue something that is conquering the airwaves and politics of the world? Virtually unknown leaders all over the world are getting huge coverage just for opposing the public display of homosexual sin! Also—would you say the murder rate is increasing?
It is.
Rev6:2 & 3 HORSEMEN OF THE APOCALYPSE are being released as we speak:
“…behold, a white horse! And its rider has a RAINBOW (toxon), and a crown was given to him, and he came out conquering, and to conquer.” Revelation6:2
Compare the original Greek word toxon here in Rev6:2 with the correct translation in the oldest (Greek) version of Genesis9:13(LXX)…and the crown/garland he was given with the seal of the U.N. (!)
…welcome to the release of The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse who precede the Great Tribulation.
It begins. The lost are being weakened and brought low in preparation for the separation of the wheat and the tares…sheep and goats.
Hold fast to the Shepherd and keep the Commands/Torah: be a Rev14:12 Saint!
This is not our home, and our Bridegroom comes dressed for His faithful Bride (shockingly) in a robe drenched in the blood of His enemies who reject some part of His Commands (casually, like half of the Church/Mt25 foolish virgins…or by PRACTICE like the Christian ministers in Mt7:21-23 or the kings with golden crescent moon insignia that Gideon vanquished)!
Most modern day “Christians” are stunningly casual…dangerously so.
Beloved…WASH YOUR ROBES IN TORAH, WHILE THERE IS STILL TIME. Start with the 4th Commandment if you haven’t already…as it is a virtual WEDDING RING:
“Above all you shall keep my Sabbaths, for this is a SIGN between me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I, YHVH Elohim, sanctify you. 14You shall keep the Sabbath, because it is holy for you. Everyone who profanes it shall be put to death.” Exodus31:13(esv)
Notice that I didn’t say to follow every Pharisee requirement, but to simply give God a 24-hour “date” just like you did with the person you wanted to marry—from every Friday evening to Saturday evening with time in Torah, plus special Feast days like Passover, where Jesus asked us to “REMEMBER ME AS OFTEN AS YOU DO THIS!” Baruch HaBa Bshem YHVH.
Sha alu shalom Yerushalayim! 🕎❤️✝️
God never told Man not to intermingle with angels , man knew nothing of the Angels , the angels were told to only watch, and never intermingle with mankind. it look like man became their slaves, since Giants were being fed by them they were old enough to feed themselves, but yet they were making man feed them like slaves Would do. They chose one wife, each, which would be 200 out to mankind to live among the rest of mankind, so I’m sure that the bloodline of these made slaves out of the rest. Enough so much if they were suffering that got heard them crying.
This is not true. Satan was a title given to him by man Lucifer is more accurate. The fallen angels were watchers sent here by God to watch over man kind and they ALONE chose to rebel. Lucifer had nothing to do with it.
The tempters were not repentant, but the tempted were. So God told them that even though they had pledged their allegiance to the wicked one, and thus he was now their leader who they had chosen to follow, and even though God wanted to immediately forgive them and let them return, he could not, so he promised to eventually redeem them after they (and their offspring) had completed their commitment (whatever that entailed, it is unknown as far as I’ve ever seen in all the writings). Also, they had been tricked which resulted in them being stripped of their light (they were described as previously being cloaked in light), and thus became dark shadows (not naked as we know it today), and had to be clothed with skin to live in their new fallen form. They couldn’t return without that light to that realm – they couldn’t survive (that “realm” is described as if it’s at the top of mountains higher than exist today, as they have worn down). So man was more like an angel, but higher than angels, which Satan (or Samiel/sons of Sam) was jealous of and refused to accept. “Man” and mankind at first described both male and female, and after “man” was cut down/felled/hewed, we became hew-man, which was cursed (curs/mixed with the fallen), and later secret “fell”owships of the fallen began using organizations they started to plot revenge for the deaths of their imprisoned fallen angels and giant Nephilim offspring ancestors who died in the flood, and who they still worship and honor with their monuments today. The one account above was taken from various sources including the Books of Enoch and the Book of Adam and Eve, and explains why we had to wait and needed a redeemer to be bought back.
No, sir. Temptation is everywhere. It feeds desire. DESIRE is the sin. If you succumb to the desire before you rid yourself of the temptaion, (which we humans most often do), then we are in sin and MUST repent. We MUST repent. WE MUST REPENT!!
So- they sinned against men and animals( they ate them?) hey mates with the women?
So— do we sin agains animals if we eat flesh?