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This means that, contrary to what William Branham stated in the First Seal, Noah did not watch Enoch because Enoch was gone before Noah was even born. | This means that, contrary to what William Branham stated in the First Seal, Noah did not watch Enoch because Enoch was gone before Noah was even born. | ||
==Where did William Branham get this from?== | |||
The ''Ethiopic Apocalypse of Enoch'' or ''1 Enoch'' (formerly known as the ''Book of Enoch'') is a pseudepigraphal<ref>spurious or pseudonymous writings, especially Jewish writings ascribed to various biblical patriarchs and prophets but composed c. 200 BC–AD 200. (Catherine Soanes and Angus Stevenson, Concise Oxford English Dictionary (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004)</ref> compilation of five originally independent works attributed to Enoch (Gen. 5:18–24). The individual books of 1 Enoch were written between 300 and 100 B.C.<ref>John J. Collins, “Enoch, Ethiopic Apocalypse of (1 Enoch),” ed. John J. Collins and Daniel C. Harlow, The Eerdmans Dictionary of Early Judaism (Grand Rapids, MI; Cambridge, U.K.: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2010), 585.</ref> | |||
In 1773, 1 Enoch was discovered by the Scottish explorer James Bruce, who was searching for the sources of the Nile. He brought back three manuscripts. Parts of these were published in Latin in 1800. The full text was published in English in 1821 by Richard Laurence of Oxford.<ref>John J. Collins, “Enoch, Ethiopic Apocalypse of (1 Enoch),” ed. John J. Collins and Daniel C. Harlow, The Eerdmans Dictionary of Early Judaism (Grand Rapids, MI; Cambridge, U.K.: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2010), 585.</ref> | |||
1 Enoch contains, among other things, a number of conversation between Enoch and Noah such as the following: | |||
:''And in those days Noah saw the earth that it had sunk down and its destruction was nigh. 2 And he arose from thence and went to the ends of the earth, and cried aloud to his grandfather Enoch: and Noah said three times with an embittered voice: ‘Hear me, hear me, hear me.’ 3 And I said unto him: ‘Tell me what it is that is falling out on the earth that the earth is in such evil plight and shaken, lest perchance I shall perish with it.’ 4 And thereupon there was a great commotion on the earth, and a voice was heard from heaven, and I fell on my face. 5 And Enoch my grandfather came and stood by me, and said unto me: ‘Why hast thou cried unto me with a bitter cry and weeping?<ref>R. H. Charles and W. O. E. Oesterley, The Book of Enoch (London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1917), 44.</ref> | |||
Given that this is the only ancient book which speaks of Noah talking to Enoch, it is assumed that William Branham took his inspiration in this regard from 1 Enoch. | |||
=What does the Flood type?= | |||
The Bible also states that: | The Bible also states that: | ||