Power Washing the Matrix
In this story, we learn about life on Earth before the flood from the ancient book of First Enoch. We also learn how scientists traced every man alive today back to Noah using y-chromosomal DNA. 🧬
Noah’s experience in this world was way different than ours.
In the previous story, Here Be Dragons, we learned how people living before the global flood lived alongside dinosaurs, fire-breathing dragons, and supernatural half-breed demigods. The Bible has more sex, murder, and magic than Hollywood for real.
Let’s pick up that story again in Genesis 6. This chapter follows the Cryptographic Bible Key pretty closely, so I have included the hidden meaning for each number at the start of each verse.
Genesis 6: 1 (begin) When human beings began to increase in number on the earth and daughters were born to them, 2 (witness) the sons of God saw that the daughters of humans were beautiful, and they married any of them they chose. 3 (strength) Then the Lord said, “My Spirit will not contend with humans forever, for they are mortal; their days will be a hundred and twenty years.” 4 (create) The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and also afterward—when the sons of God went to the daughters of humans and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown.
Remember the word Nephilim because we are going to talk about them several times in the next few stories.
Genesis 6: 5 (give) When the Lord saw that man’s wickedness was widespread on the earth and that every scheme his mind thought of was nothing but evil all the time, 6 (human) the Lord regretted that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart. 7 (God’s plan) Then the Lord said, “I will wipe off from the face of the earth mankind, whom I created, together with the animals, creatures that crawl, and birds of the sky—for I regret that I made them.” 8 (new life) Noah, however, found favor in the sight of the Lord.
9 (wisdom) This is the account of Noah and his family. Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked faithfully with God. 10 (new order) Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham and Japheth.
It’s important to note that modern genetics has traced every man alive today back to the three sons of Noah using y-chromosomal DNA tracing. This is just one of the many reasons modern science is refuting Darwinian Evolution. If you want to learn more, check out:
Also read Traced by Nathaniel Jeanson.
11 (confusion/comparison) Now the earth was corrupt in God’s sight and was full of violence. 12 (kingdom) God saw how corrupt the earth had become, for all the people on earth had corrupted their ways. 13 (rebellion/strong change) So God said to Noah, “I am going to put an end to all people, for the earth is filled with violence because of them. I am surely going to destroy both them and the earth. 14 (God moves) So make yourself an ark of cypress wood; make rooms in it and coat it with pitch inside and out.
The Bible doesn’t give us a lot of details about the life of Noah other than the names of his sons, but there is another ancient book that does. It’s called First Enoch, or 1 Enoch. First Enoch is the story of Noah’s great-great grandfather, who was an absolute legend of the Jewish faith. All of the Jews of Jesus’s day knew the stories in First Enoch. In fact, the Bible even quotes First Enoch in the book of Jude.
Let’s read the quote in context. Jude warns us about evil people in the world—past and present. He writes,
Jude 1: 5 Now I want to remind you, though you know all these things: The Lord first saved a people out of Egypt and later destroyed those who did not believe; 6 and He has kept, with eternal chains in darkness for the judgment of the great day, the angels who did not keep their own position but deserted their proper dwelling.
These “angels who deserted their proper dwelling” are the fathers of the Nephilim. I don’t know if they were extraterrestrials from this universe or some other dimension, but they are currently chained up in the underworld. Most of this story is about these fallen angels.
7 In the same way, Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them committed sexual immorality and practiced perversions, just as angels did, and serve as an example by undergoing the punishment of eternal fire.
8 Nevertheless, these dreamers likewise defile their flesh, reject authority, and blaspheme glorious ones. 9 Yet Michael the archangel, when he was disputing with the Devil in a debate about Moses’ body, did not dare bring an abusive condemnation against him but said, “The Lord rebuke you!” 10 But these people blaspheme anything they don’t understand. What they know by instinct like unreasoning animals—they destroy themselves with these things. 11 Woe to them! For they have traveled in the way of Cain, have abandoned themselves to the error of Balaam for profit, and have perished in Korah’s rebellion.
12 These are the ones who are like dangerous reefs at your love feasts. They feast with you, nurturing only themselves without fear. They are waterless clouds carried along by winds; trees in late autumn—fruitless, twice dead, pulled out by the roots; 13 wild waves of the sea, foaming up their shameful deeds; wandering stars for whom the blackness of darkness is reserved forever!
Here comes the quote from First Enoch.
14 And Enoch, in the seventh generation from Adam, prophesied about them:
Look! The Lord comes with thousands of His holy ones 15 to execute judgment on all and to convict them of all their ungodly acts that they have done in an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things ungodly sinners have said against Him.
How many other books are explicitly quoted in the New Testament?
None.
This makes First Enoch special, but there are a few reasons why First Enoch is not in the Bible. The obvious reason is First Enoch was lost to the West until the 18th century. A Scottish explorer, named James Bruce, came out of Ethiopia in 1773 with 3 different copies of First Enoch, but they were written in Ethiopian so no one knew how authentic they were. It wasn’t until the 1940’s that archaeologists found First Enoch among the Dead Sea Scrolls that matched the quote in Jude exactly. Here are some of those actual fragments:
But the real reason First Enoch isn’t in the Bible, and the reason you will never hear about it in a Western church, is because it’s totally bonkers crazy. 🤣
Like “Titans of Greek mythology” crazy. Like “gods coming down to Earth to mess with people” crazy. Like “people traveling to other dimensions” crazy. It’s a shame though because the Bible clearly supports the narrative in First Enoch. Here are a few examples that rarely get discussed in Western churches, if ever.
Check out this quote from the apostle Peter:
2 Peter 2: 4 For if God didn’t spare the angels who sinned but threw them down into Tartarus and delivered them to be kept in chains of darkness until judgment;
If you aren’t familiar with Greek mythology, Tartarus is the name of the prison in the underworld that holds the Titans. According to Peter, Tartarus is a real place. So regardless of how you feel about First Enoch, the New Testament supports Greek mythology just as much as those half breed demigods in Genesis 6.
Here’s another example:
1 Peter 3: 19 [Jesus while dead] also went and made a proclamation to the spirits in prison 20 who in the past were disobedient, when God patiently waited in the days of Noah while an ark was being prepared. In it a few—that is, eight people—were saved through water. 21 Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you (not the removal of the filth of the flesh, but the pledge of a good conscience toward God)
So Jesus visits Tartarus in the time between his death and resurrection.
Why don’t we ever hear that story in church?
There’s also a small detail in the Old Testament that corroborates the story in First Enoch. Genesis 5 lists all the y-chromosomal descendants from Adam to Noah, including Enoch. It also provides the final age of every descendant in the list, except Enoch. According to First Enoch and Genesis 5, Enoch never died.
Genesis 5: 15 Mahalalel was 65 years old when he fathered Jared. 16 Mahalalel lived 830 years after the birth of Jared, and he fathered other sons and daughters. 17 So Mahalalel’s life lasted 895 years; then he died.
18 Jared was 162 years old when he fathered Enoch. 19 Jared lived 800 years after the birth of Enoch, and he fathered other sons and daughters. 20 So Jared’s life lasted 962 years; then he died.
21 Enoch was 65 years old when he fathered Methuselah. 22 And after the birth of Methuselah, Enoch walked with God 300 years and fathered other sons and daughters. 23 So Enoch’s life lasted 365 years. 24 Enoch walked with God; then he was not there because God took him.
25 Methuselah was 187 years old when he fathered Lamech. 26 Methuselah lived 782 years after the birth of Lamech, and he fathered other sons and daughters. 27 So Methuselah’s life lasted 969 years; then he died.
28 Lamech was 182 years old when he fathered a son. 29 And he named him Noah, saying, “This one will bring us relief from the agonizing labor of our hands, caused by the ground the Lord has cursed.” 30 Lamech lived 595 years after Noah’s birth, and he fathered other sons and daughters. 31 So Lamech’s life lasted 777 years; then he died.
We will read about Jared, Lamech, and Methuselah later in this story. Did you see the pattern in the descriptions of their lives? Here’s how First Enoch describes what happened.
1 Enoch 12: 1 Before these things Enoch was hidden, and no one of the children of men knew where he was hidden, and where he abode, and what had become of him. And his activities had to do with the Watchers, and his days were with the holy ones.
christians: If this story is already too weird for you, feel free to skip ahead to our next story about Abraham and Sarah.
Remember the Titans
First Enoch was written hundreds of years, maybe thousands of years, before the books titled Second Enoch and Third Enoch. So I’m limiting this discussion of Noah’s flood to the only one of those texts known to the first century Jews writing the Bible, which is only First Enoch.
Let’s pick up the story in First Enoch, before the global flood, when the gods came down to Earth.
1 Enoch 6: 1 And it came to pass when the children of men had multiplied, that in those days were born unto 2 them beautiful and comely daughters. And the angels, the children of the heaven, saw and lusted after them, and said to one another: 'Come, let us choose us wives from among the children of men 3 and beget us children.' And Semjaza, who was their leader, said unto them: 'I fear ye will not 4 indeed agree to do this deed, and I alone shall have to pay the penalty of a great sin.' And they all answered him and said: 'Let us all swear an oath, and all bind ourselves by mutual imprecations 5 not to abandon this plan but to do this thing.' Then sware they all together and bound themselves 6 by mutual imprecations upon it. And they were in all two hundred; who descended in the days of Jared on the summit of Mount Hermon, and they called it Mount Hermon, because they had sworn 7 and bound themselves by mutual imprecations upon it.
How amazing is this story already? If you read our previous story, Putting Darwin on Trial, you may remember my jokes about the topography of Israel resembling the female anatomy. Like, “How many male geologists does it take to find Mount Hermon?” So it’s kind of mind boggling to imagine Mount Hermon getting its name this way.
1 Enoch 6: 7And these are the names of their leaders: Samlazaz, their leader, Araklba, Rameel, Kokablel, Tamlel, Ramlel, Danel, Ezeqeel, Baraqijal, 8 Asael, Armaros, Batarel, Ananel, Zaqiel, Samsapeel, Satarel, Turel, Jomjael, Sariel. These are their chiefs of tens.
Note that the angels are organized into squadrons of ten and most of the squadron leaders have “el” in their name to denote they work for Yahweh. To learn more about the naming conventions in the Bible, check out:
1 Enoch 7: 1 And all the others together with them took unto themselves wives, and each chose for himself one, and they began to go in unto them and to defile themselves with them, and they taught them charms 2 and enchantments, and the cutting of roots, and made them acquainted with plants. And they 3 became pregnant, and they bore great giants, whose height was three thousand ells: Who consumed 4 all the acquisitions of men. And when men could no longer sustain them, the giants turned against 5 them and devoured mankind. And they began to sin against birds, and beasts, and reptiles, and 6 fish, and to devour one another's flesh, and drink the blood. Then the earth laid accusation against the lawless ones.
Dinosaurs, dragons, and man-eating giants? Were you imagining all that in the “days of Noah”?
There are inexplicable giant footprints scattered all around the world. If you read Genesis 6:4 carefully, you’ll notice that there were giants after the flood as well. Tap on the image below to see more giant footprints.
1 Enoch 8: And Azazel taught men to make swords, and knives, and shields, and breastplates, and made known to them the metals of the earth and the art of working them, and bracelets, and ornaments, and the use of antimony (glass), and the beautifying of the eyelids, and all kinds of costly stones, and all colouring tinctures.
Notice how Azazel upgrades human technology all at once? Men learned about swords, armor, and metallurgy. Women learned about jewelry, pottery, and cosmetics. Also notice that Azazel wasn’t listed among the squadron leaders in 1 Enoch 6.
And there arose much godlessness, and they committed fornication, and they were led astray, and became corrupt in all their ways. Semjaza taught enchantments, and root-cuttings, 'Armaros the resolving of enchantments, Baraqijal astrology, Kokabel the constellations, Ezeqeel the knowledge of the clouds, Araqiel the signs of the earth, Shamsiel the signs of the sun, and Sariel the course of the moon. And as men perished, they cried, and their cry went up to heaven.”
So according to First Enoch, there was an advanced Iron Age before the global flood. The “days of Noah” were high tech, or higher tech than any of us are imagining.
You know all those legends about the Lost City of Atlantis? Atlantis was a technologically advanced civilization that lived in an aquatic ecosystem, right? Between First Enoch and the fossil record, the legend of Atlantis is probably true too. This book wouldn’t be a complete Bayesian Theory of Everything unless we addressed the Lost City of Atlantis alongside all the dinosaurs, dragons, aliens, giants, demi-gods, and titans. 🤣
@physicsnerds: If the Observer Effect in quantum mechanics means that we live in an open world video game, then I don’t think any of the stories in the Bible are that weird. Giants as tall as skyscrapers are not that much bigger compared to the “pixels of reality” than we are. Humans are 10^30 times bigger than the Planck length, so giants are what, 10^31 times bigger? Humans are giants already. There’s exactly 1 whole universe inside every cell of your body.
If the Bible isn’t true, the only other way to explain the universe we observe today is explosions—lots of explosions. The Big Bang explosion “self-organized” into multicellular life. Then the Cambrian explosion “self-organized” to create human beings with quantum computing neural networks. Then a few thousand years ago, Mitochondrial Eve produced the population explosion we see today.
You’re crazy for believing either option really, but at least I’m following the fossil record and y-chromosomal DNA. If you still think the fossil record was laid down over millions of years, don’t you think it’s weird that NONE of the fossils show signs of decay?
Nuclear Caesar
Whatever advanced technology existed before the flood was lost when Noah and his family stepped onto that ark, but there is still evidence of this lost technology scattered all around the world. For example, does anyone know how to turn granite into taffy?
Does anyone know how to move 125 ton blocks 20 miles without a wheel or a crane?
Here are some examples of Pre-Egyptian Technology Left By an Advanced Civilization That Disappeared. (116 mins)
If you watched all the way to the end of that video, you learned the pyramids are massive electrical power plants that harness the Earth’s seismic activity using water, a harmonic chamber, and copper coils. There were never any mummies buried inside. You can learn more about the pyramids in The Giza Power Plant by Christopher Dunn.
If you think Dunn is crazy, check out Electromagnetic properties of the Great Pyramid: First multipole resonances and energy concentration in the prestigious Journal of Applied Physics.
In the Cairo Museum, you can still see ancient granite blocks that have machined saw marks on them. Those granite blocks are so hard that we can only cut them with diamond tipped saw blades today. Nobody can explain it. The museum also displays ancient granite pottery that is so geometrically perfect, they had to be milled by machines. Also note the two 10-foot tall coffins on display, which are roughly the same height as the last remaining Nephilim on Earth: Goliath. Here’s Out of Place Ancient Artifacts in the Cairo Museum. (15 mins)
Can you imagine what our world would look like today if God didn’t reset the technology on Earth during Noah’s Flood?
What if Julius Caesar had access to atomic bombs 2,000 years before Oppenheimer? 🤔
If Nero, Caligula, or Antiochus Epiphanes had access to atomic bombs—none of us would be here. Thankfully, there are four very powerful “Watchers” who continually plead our case before God.
1 Enoch 9: And then Michael, Uriel, Raphael, and Gabriel looked down from heaven and saw much blood being shed upon the earth, and all lawlessness being wrought upon the earth. And they said one to another: 'The earth made without inhabitant cries the voice of their cryingst up to the gates of heaven. And now to you, the holy ones of heaven, the souls of men make their suit, saying, "Bring our cause before the Most High."'
Note the Watchers all have “el” in their names, like most elohim, because they are named for their purpose.
Michael means “Who is like God?”
Uriel means “Light/flame of God”
Raphael means “Healer of God”
Gabriel means “My strength is God”
I am legit scared of all four of these creatures after listening to the Bible so many times. The scariest of these four angels is Michael because nothing in the heavens, nothing in the underworlds, and nothing on the Earth stands in his way. Nothing. Michael’s name is a question, “Who is like God?” and unless you are the answer to his question, Michael doesn’t have to listen to you. Michael can add, update, and delete from “the Matrix” at will.
As powerful as these creatures are, notice how much respect they give when addressing our Creator.
1 Enoch 9: 4 And they said to the Lord of the ages: 'Lord of lords, God of gods, King of kings, and God of the ages, the throne of Thy glory (stands) unto all the generations of the ages, and Thy name holy and glorious and blessed unto all the ages! Thou hast made all things, and power over all things hast Thou: and all things are naked and open in Thy sight, and Thou seest all things, and nothing can hide itself from Thee.
Now that’s how you start a prayer. 🫡
1 Enoch 9: Thou seest what Azazel hath done, who hath taught all unrighteousness on earth and revealed the eternal secrets which were (preserved) in heaven, which men were striving to learn: And Semjaza, to whom Thou hast given authority to bear rule over his associates. And they have gone to the daughters of men upon the earth, and have slept with the women, and have defiled themselves, and revealed to them all kinds of sins. And the women have borne giants, and the whole earth has thereby been filled with blood and unrighteousness. And now, behold, the souls of those who have died are crying and making their suit to the gates of heaven, and their lamentations have ascended: and cannot cease because of the lawless deeds which are wrought on the earth. And Thou knowest all things before they come to pass, and Thou seest these things and Thou dost suffer them, and Thou dost not say to us what we are to do to them in regard to these.'
Here, the four archangels ask God to judge between the actions of Semjaza, the commander of the 200 fallen angels, and Azazel, the lower ranking angel who revealed the technology secrets to man which had been preserved in heaven.
God ultimately holds Azazel responsible. Here’s how the “Lord of The Ages” responds to all the new technology on Earth. His first instruction is to Uriel, the light of God:
1 Enoch 10: 1 Then said the Most High, the Holy and Great One spake, and sent Uriel to the son of Lamech, 2 and said to him: 'Go to Noah and tell him in my name "Hide thyself!" and reveal to him the end that is approaching: that the whole earth will be destroyed, and a deluge is about to come 3 upon the whole earth, and will destroy all that is on it. And now instruct him that he may escape 4 and his seed may be preserved for all the generations of the world.'
His second instruction is to Raphael, the healer of God:
1 Enoch 10: And again the Lord said to Raphael: 'Bind Azazel hand and foot, and cast him into the darkness: and make an opening in the desert, which is in Dudael, and cast him therein. And place upon him rough and jagged rocks, and cover him with darkness, and let him abide there for ever, and cover his face that he may not see light. And on the day of the great judgement he shall be cast into the fire. And heal the earth which the angels have corrupted, and proclaim the healing of the earth, that they may heal the plague, and that all the children of men may not perish through all the secret things that the Watchers have disclosed and have taught their sons. And the whole earth has been corrupted through the works that were taught by Azazel: to him ascribe all sin.'
See how God holds Azazel responsible even though he wasn’t the leader? God is very serious about controlling the progress of technology on Earth.
His next instruction is to Gabriel:
And to Gabriel said the Lord: 'Proceed against the bastards and the reprobates, and against the children of fornication: and destroy the children of the Watchers from amongst men: send them one against the other that they may destroy each other in battle: for length of days shall they not have. And no request that they make of thee shall be granted unto their fathers on their behalf; for they hope to live an eternal life, and that each one of them will live five hundred years.'
His last instruction is to Michael:
And the Lord said unto Michael: 'Go, bind Semjaza and his associates who have united themselves with women so as to have defiled themselves with them in all their uncleanness. And when their sons have slain one another, and they have seen the destruction of their beloved ones, bind them fast for seventy generations in the valleys of the earth, till the day of their judgement and of their consummation, till the judgement that is for ever and ever is consummated. In those days they shall be led off to the abyss of fire: and to the torment and the prison in which they shall be confined for ever. And whosoever shall be condemned and destroyed will from thenceforth be bound together with them to the end of all generations. And destroy all the spirits of the reprobate and the children of the Watchers, because they have wronged mankind. Destroy all wrong from the face of the earth and let every evil work come to an end: and let the plant of righteousness and truth appear: and it shall prove a blessing; the works of righteousness and truth' shall be planted in truth and joy for evermore.
This is not the only time in the Bible when God intervenes to slow down the progress of technology on Earth. In Genesis 11, God comes down to Earth after the flood to slow down the progress of technology again at The Tower of Babel.
Genesis 11: 5 But the Lord came down to see the city and the tower the people were building. 6 The Lord said, “If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them. 7 Come, let us go down and confuse their language so they will not understand each other.”
Remember, our scientists didn’t invent electricity, DNA, or quantum mechanics. We simply discovered, or uncovered them. Technology is power. Noah’s Flood and the Tower of Babel are two of the many reasons why I believe there is a living God who is parenting our civilization.
The Unseen Realm
At this point in First Enoch chapter 12, we finally hear about Enoch.
1 Enoch 12: 1 Before these things Enoch was hidden, and no one of the children of men knew where he was 2 hidden, and where he abode, and what had become of him. And his activities had to do with the Watchers, and his days were with the holy ones. 3 And I Enoch was blessing the Lord of majesty and the King of the ages, and lo! the Watchers 4 called me -Enoch the scribe- and said to me: 'Enoch, thou scribe of righteousness, go, declare to the Watchers of the heaven who have left the high heaven, the holy eternal place, and have defiled themselves with women, and have done as the children of earth do, and have taken unto themselves 5 wives: "Ye have wrought great destruction on the earth: And ye shall have no peace nor forgiveness 6 of sin: and inasmuch as they delight themselves in their children, The murder of their beloved ones shall they see, and over the destruction of their children shall they lament, and shall make supplication unto eternity, but mercy and peace shall ye not attain."'
So Enoch travels back in forth between Heaven, Hell, and Earth delivering messages. In fact, there are 94 more chapters in First Enoch and most of them describe Enoch’s travels all over the multiverse to witness God’s creations:
Enoch delivers messages to the “gods” imprisoned in Tartarus.
Enoch transcribes a petition for them that gets denied.
Enoch visits the four corners of the Earth.
Enoch travels to the future.
Enoch is taught the secrets of the moon, sun, stars, and weather by various archangels.
Enoch even visits the actual throne of God.
The whole story is incredible. It’s a crazy story. It’s a beautiful story. If you like Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, or Star Wars—you will love reading First Enoch. Here’s a link to read it in English. See if you can find the quote that’s in the Bible.
If you want to learn more about “the Watchers” or their children, the Nephilim, check out the research by Dr. Michael S. Heiser. He’s the scholar I find most credible about the Nephilim, spiritual warfare, and cosmic geography. He has written several books about these topics. Here’s The Unseen Realm.
Also check out Reversing Hermon.
Dr. Heiser is careful to point out that the Bible documents at least three separate rebellions in Heaven, not just the original one led by Satan. I also like his explanation of demons and how they fit into New Testament theology. Here’s a documentary by Dr. Heiser that provides some of the key insights from his books. (112 mins)
We’ll dive deeper into cosmic geography and the Nephilim in Conquering Your Promised Land.
The Backstory of Noah
At the end of First Enoch, we learn a few details about baby Noah that the Bible doesn’t provide.
1 Enoch 106: 1 And after some days my son Methuselah took a wife for his son Lamech, and she became 2 pregnant by him and bore a son. And his body was white as snow and red as the blooming of a rose, and the hair of his head and his long locks were white as wool, and his eyes beautiful. And when he opened his eyes, he lighted up the whole house like the sun, and the whole house 3 was very bright. And thereupon he arose in the hands of the midwife, opened his mouth, and conversed with the Lord of righteousness.
So Noah’s eyes that shined like laser beams and spoke directly to God as an infant. Here’s how Midjourney AI imagines this description of Noah:
What would you do if your kid was born like that?
1 Enoch 106: 4 And his father Lamech was afraid of him and 5 fled, and came to his father Methuselah. And he said unto him: 'I have begotten a strange son, diverse from and unlike man, and resembling the sons of the God of heaven; and his nature is different and he is not like us, and his eyes are as the rays of the sun, and his 6 countenance is glorious. And it seems to me that he is not sprung from me but from the angels, and I fear that in his days a wonder may be 7 wrought on the earth. And now, my father, I am here to petition thee and implore thee that thou mayest go to Enoch, our father, and learn from him the truth, for his dwelling-place is 8 amongst the angels.'
And when Methuselah heard the words of his son, he came to me to the ends of the earth; for he had heard that I was there, and he cried aloud, and I heard his voice and I came to him. And I said unto him: ' Behold, here am I, my son, wherefore hast 9 thou come to me ? ' And he answered and said: ' Because of a great cause of anxiety have I come to thee, and because of a disturbing vision 10 have I approached.
There are several ways that Enoch travels in the first 100 chapters of his adventures. Sometimes he flies, sometimes he remote-views, and sometimes he teleports. I'm not sure which verb is happening here.
Methuselah gives Enoch the same description of “Lamech’s strange son” that Lamech gave to Methuselah. Notice that none of them call this baby, “Noah”. Prehistoric people didn’t name their children until a major event in their lives. You don’t get a cool name like “sits with bulls” (Sitting Bull) until you are actually brave enough to sit with bulls.
“Sits with bulls” is such a cool name. 🧘♂️🐂
1 Enoch 106: 10 And his father Lamech became afraid and fled to me, and did not believe that he was sprung from him, but that he was in the likeness of the angels of heaven; and behold I have come to thee that thou mayest make known to me the truth.
And I, Enoch, answered and said unto him: 'The Lord will do a new thing on the earth, and this I have already seen in a vision, and make known to thee that in the generation of my father Jared some of the angels of heaven transgressed the word of the Lord. And behold they commit sin and transgress the law, and have united themselves with women and commit sin with them, and have married some of them, and have begot children by them. And they shall produce on the earth giants not according to the spirit, but according to the flesh, and there shall be a great punishment on the earth, and the earth shall be cleansed from all impurity.”
Jared was Enoch’s father. Jared was the sixth y-chromosomal descendent from Adam.
1 Enoch 106: 15 Yes, there shall come a great destruction over the whole earth, and there shall be a deluge and 16 a great destruction for one year. And this son who has been born unto you shall be left on the earth, and his three children shall be saved with him: when all mankind that are on the earth 18 shall die. And now make known to thy son Lamech that he who has been born is in truth his son, and call his name Noah; for he shall be left to you, and he and his sons shall be saved from the destruction, which shall come upon the earth on account of all the sin and all the unrighteousness, which shall be consummated on the earth in his days. And after that there shall be still more unrighteousness than that which was first consummated on the earth; for I know the mysteries of the holy ones; for He, the Lord, has showed me and informed me, and I have read (them) in the heavenly tablets.
So Noah also got his name from the event that defined his life.
The Days of Noah
Hopefully, First Enoch has given you a more vivid picture of the world during the days of Noah. The New Testament predicts the “days of Noah” will return at the end of time. Here’s Luke 17.
Luke 17: 26 “Just as it was in the days of Noah, so it will be in the days of the Son of Man: 27 People went on eating, drinking, marrying and giving in marriage until the day Noah boarded the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.
Marriage and giving in marriage means “partying”. Think about what happens at weddings. Then think about what happens at the receptions after weddings. Then think about what happens after the receptions—there’s nothing new under the sun.
In the days of Noah, their technology was very advanced, just like today. They were altering their DNA, just like today. They were “partying hard”, just like today. So who knows what will happen next. If you’re reading this story and half the people on Earth have already mysteriously disappeared, then you should have even more confidence that the Bible is true.
And pray for mercy.
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What surprised you the most?
What confused you the most?