and he was not, for God took him.

neural Thank you for bringing up this topic. I am not an expert in this at all and can only offer a few thoughts for you to consider. They are offered with the hope that they might be helpful as you ponder these things.

First of all I have not read the book of Enoch. I've been tempted to from time to time out of curiosity but I always end up deciding to do so after I have finished studying the Bible. And, of course, this is a never-ending journey. I feel like nothing else out there can begin to compare with the body of Scriptures we have. Many people have done studies on how our Bible came to be, and my personal opinion is God directed those godly men who came before us and we have the books He wanted us to have. They are completely adequate for all we need in this age. The inclusion of quotes from Enoch in the Bible are great but in my mind are not evidence that the rest of his book is worthy of the same stature. The Holy Spirit used the verses He wanted to and did not use the others. Personal confession: sometimes I write or say profound things but most of the time I say stupid things. So, while the rest of the book may be profound it is not given the status of Scripture by God.

Second thought: If you ever feel like you have read the Bible through a number of times and it seems a bit predictable, you might try this if you haven't already. Spend a little time learning about the Greek language. Learn the letters, their sounds, something about verb tenses, sentence structure. This might take a week or more. Then look at Bible Hub on your device and open up the interlinear version. Look at each word and click on the Strongs number above each one that interests you. You will gain an immense amount of insight that the English simply does not reveal. Believe me, this will keep you busy for a very long time. If you are much smarter than me, then give Hebrew a go and do the same with the Old Testament.

Third thought: your interest in the RIGHTEOUSNESS of Enoch is intriguing. I believe he was no more righteous than you or me. Our RIGHTEOUSNESS is based on our faith in the RIGHTEOUSNESS of Christ. All our works are filthy rags apart from this. Consider Lot. In the New Testament he is called a righteous man and yet he certainly was not what I would call someone who sought God with all his heart. And yet he himself was "raptured" in type out of Sodom. I think Enoch was a dedicated man who loved God and wanted more than anything else to walk with Him. I think God's taking him was not a reward for righteousness but a symbol God would use to teach us about our own time of being taken. Abraham was called a prophet and yet I don't think he saw himself as a prophet. It wasn't his words that made him a prophet, it was his life and how God used it to instruct us.

I think that's all I had to say. Just ideas to think about.

Thanks for replying. These words carry a lot of weight, don't they! Enoch was undoubtedly a very devoted man of God. What little we know of him from Scripture makes him a hero of mine. But you are just as precious to God as Enoch is. Your turn to fly will come!     ps  In my above post my spell check "helper" decided to captalize righteousness a number of times. I did not intend to emphasize those words. Sorry if it seemed condescending.

I've read it and a chunk of Jasher. My take is it helped me consider what could've happened but not what actually happened. For example we understand and believe that there was great evil prior to the floor. Outside of what we know from biblical accounts, our own imaginations can provide what we want to think happened in those days. Reading Enoch 1 healed steer those thoughts better.
Not to get off the topic but same with Jasher. I wanted know more about Nimrod and Jasher sets some of the account of Abram as well. Do I put my faith in either book? Nope. Do the stories help me better understand the times and characters the Bible speaks about? Better than my own imaginations