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Book of Enoch Henok

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INTEODUCTION.<br />

In the Authorized Version <strong>of</strong> the E^stle-^-Jttde,<br />

we read the following words :<br />

" <strong>Enoch</strong> also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied<br />

<strong>of</strong> these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten<br />

thousands <strong>of</strong> his saints, to execute judgment upon<br />

all, and to convince all that are ungodly among<br />

them <strong>of</strong> all their ungodly deeds which they have<br />

ungodly committed, and <strong>of</strong> all their hard speeches<br />

which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him." ^<br />

Modern research sees in the Epistle <strong>of</strong> Jude a<br />

work <strong>of</strong> the second century : but as orthodox<br />

theologians accept its contents as the inspired<br />

utterance <strong>of</strong> an Apostle, let us diligently search the<br />

Hebrew Scriptures for this important forecast <strong>of</strong> the<br />

second Advent <strong>of</strong> the Messiah. In vain we turn<br />

over the pages <strong>of</strong> the sacred Canon ; not even in the<br />

Apocrypha can we trace one line from the pen <strong>of</strong><br />

the marvellous being to whom uninterrupted immor-<br />

^<br />

Compare <strong>Book</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Enoch</strong> ii.

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