Cross referencing the book of Genesis with the book of Enoch.

Why? Because it gives us a more detailed explanation that can help us to have a better understanding of the biblical texts.
As you may, or may not be aware the book of Enoch never achieved canonical status (or inclusion in any of the official Apocrypha). This doesn’t mean this book is a forgery, it just means that for one reason or another it was not considered part of the Biblical text by the first millennium (C.E.) compilers.

However, the Book of Enoch is quoted in the book of Jude 14-15 and was considered as scripture in the Epistle of Barnabas (4:3) and by many of the early Church Fathers, such as Athenagoras, Clement of Alexandria, Irenaeus and Tertullian, who wrote c. 200 that the Book of Enoch had been rejected by the Jews because it contained prophecies pertaining to Christ.

As we know the bible has been translated many times, by many people throughout the centuries. Let’s not forget that old adage “it got lost in translation”. So, has the bible been changed. Yes it has. Not only has the bible been changed through incorrect translation/s but many books have been removed on the premiss that they’re not cannonical by ungodly people to suit their own agenda.

So what evidence is there to say these statements I’ve just made are true. There is lots of evidence. You will find it when you do your own research. But for an example: let’s start with Martin Luther born in 1483. Martin Luther was a German priest, theologian, author and hymn writher best known as the seminal figure in the Protestant Reformation and is the namesake of Lutheranism. Luther considered the books of Hebrews, James, Jude, and the book of Revelation to be "disputed books" because they didn’t fit in with his agenda. Yet he included these in his translation of the Bible from Latin to German and placed them separately at the end in his New Testament published in 1522 (go figure). And, he included the deuterocanonical books in his translation of the German Bible, but placed them after the Old Testament, calling them Apocrypha stating that these books are not considered equal to the Holy Scriptures, but were useful and good to read. Some academics claim that Luther's low view of these books was due more to his theological reservations than to any historical basis regarding them. As if that wasn’t obvious.

But Luther wasn’t the only one who chopped and changed the bible to suit his own agenda. There were many others. There are still teachers, preachers and religious leaders today that continue to state the Apocrypha and lost books of the Bible are not canonical. How do they know did they write them, where they there. I think not. And yet these same people continue to insist the Bible’s never been altered even though there are many historical records that confirm it has.

Nevertheless, while the teachings, meanings and purpose of the Bible has remained the same for true believers, the removal of the books of the Apocrypha and lost books of Eden has deprived the world from getting the full picture, and as a result has contributed to people turning away from God. But isn’t it interesting how these lost books of the Bible have miraculously resurfaced over the past 60+ years. Is this the work of God. I believe it is. Do you? Leave a comment down below I’d love to know what you think.