>>22701299I understand what youre getting at.
Read Enoch when you get the chance.
A lot of people dismiss it because it's extra biblical, arguing that it isn't divinely inspired, which it may not be. That doesn't discredit the writings.
Enoch was known as "the scribe" for a reason, and the Ethiopian church has maintained a copy of Enoch writings for thousands of years.
The main points of contention are in the second half of the writing, where Enoch describes how the sun, moon, and other bodies move about the earth.
>This is relevant I'm a little fuzzy on it because I haven't read it in a while, but Enoch describes the sun as moving in a sort of figure 8 pattern. When the sun is done for the day it goes through one of 4 doorways, when it begins the day it exits through another set of doors.
Take that as you will, but his description coincides with all the smaller verses in Bible where the world is described.
It's a very hard thing for most people to inherently grasp because they're reading it with the thought that were on a globe. But if you just read it for what it is, the earth is simple.
I'd read Enoch just for the first half of the book just because of how much it puts the ENTIRE Bible into perspective, from Genesis to even little things that Christ said that Don't make much sense on their own.
>Jesus casts a legion of demons out of a woman>He says to them, "what are you doing here before your appointed time?"Enoch gives the backstory to that line
I'm glad you're also looking for answers. Too many in the church today are content with just knowing the Gospel. Knowing your faith inside and out makes it easier to answer difficult questions for people on the fence for other reasons.
