Jesus Accepted 1 Enoch as Scripture—So Why Don't We?

What if Jesus, Jude, and the earliest Christians treated the Book of 1 Enoch as inspired… but the later church removed it? This isn’t theory. This isn’t fringe. This is the part of biblical history almost no one talks about. The New Testament quotes 1 Enoch as prophecy. The Dead Sea Scrolls preserved it like Scripture. Early Christian leaders defended it as inspired revelation. And Jude — Jesus’ own relative — cites it with divine authority. So if Jesus’ world accepted this book… and the apostles used it… and the early church taught from it… why don’t we? In this video, Pastor G investigates one of the most overlooked questions in Christianity today: If 1 Enoch was treated as inspired by the earliest believers, how — and why — did it get removed from the Bible? You’ll learn: • Why Jude quotes Enoch as prophecy • Why early Christians copied and defended it • Why later church councils resisted it • Why modern categories of “inspired vs. not inspired” don’t match the first century • And why losing Enoch caused us to lose the context behind Jesus’ teachings Once you understand how ancient believers recognized inspiration, the story of the Bible — and the worldview of Jesus — becomes clearer than ever before. ⸻ 📘 Want to go deeper into inspiration? My book The Name Above All Names explores how Jesus’ world understood divine authority long before the canon was finalized. https://amzn.to/3KUxnBp 📚 Explore all my books: https://gclmedia.org/product-category/books/ 📘 Free 31-Day Devotional (Hidden Treasures): https://gclmedia.org/product-category/free-book/ ✡️ Learn Ancient Hebrew with me: https://gclmedia.org/the-ancient-hebrew-key-2-night-bible-experience/ 💬 COMMENT QUESTION: Do you believe the Church was right to remove 1 Enoch — or should we reconsider it? Type “Enoch” if you want a follow-up breakdown of its key teachings. Watch Next: “Jesus Quoted Books That Aren’t in Your Bible” https://youtu.be/BfU6y6sumIo Chapters/Timestamps: 00:00 – The Question Nobody Asks: Did Jesus Accept 1 Enoch? 00:44 – If Jesus Accepted It… Why Don’t We? 01:26 – The Evidence That Changes Everything (Dead Sea Scrolls) 02:55 – 1 Enoch Was Scripture Before Jesus Was Born 03:57 – Jude QUOTES Enoch as Prophecy — Here’s Why That Matters 04:56 – You Can’t Believe Jude Is Inspired… and Reject His Source 05:29 – Who Was Jude Really? (The Forgotten Family Connection) 06:31 – Did Jude Treat Enoch as Scripture Because Jesus Did? 06:48 – The Early Church Fathers Who DEFENDED 1 Enoch 08:02 – Tertullian Drops the Bomb: “Sacred Scripture” 08:43 – Why the Church Really Rejected Enoch (Not What You Were Told) 09:12 – The Book That Explains the Bible’s Strangest Passages 10:36 – The Missing Context That Jesus’ Audience Already Knew 11:02 – Objection #1: “It Wasn’t Written by Enoch” (Answer) 11:47 – Objection #2: “Jesus Never Quoted It” (The Real Truth) 12:23 – Objection #3: “But the Church Rejected It!” (Which Church?) 13:18 – The Question Modern Christians Can’t Escape 13:52 – Are We Defending Scripture… or an Edited Version of It? 14:52 – Want to Go Deeper? The Book That Explains All This 15:18 – Watch This Next: The Other Books Jesus Quoted