"...lost (and conveniently forgotten) for a thousand years. But with an uncanny persistence, the Book of Enoch found its way back into circulation two centuries ago."
"O my Lord, what shall be the end of these things? And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end.Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand" (Daniel 12:8-10)
"But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief." (1 Thessalonians 5:4)
I read some of the book of Enoch many years ago and my first impression was that it looked as though someone had taken present day pre-trib escatology and tried to write it up to look like ancient scripture.
Dear FRiends,these times we live in are interesting to say the least.
Maranatha!
Indeed, commentators assumed that Enoch had been written after Christ's time on earth due to the apparent references to Herod, Christian phrasing, etc. But that was before the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered, including fragments of copies of Enoch carbon dating to centuries B.C.
Maranatha, Jesus!!!