The Book of Enoch (Part 4)
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In The Book of Enoch (Part 4), Pastor Dean Odle presents Enoch’s visions as an ancient prophetic witness to Jesus Christ—the Elect One, Righteous One, Son of Man, and Anointed One. He compares passages from 1 Enoch 39–62 with Genesis, Hebrews, Isaiah, the Gospels, Paul’s letters, and Revelation. Odle argues that Enoch anticipates Christ’s preexistence, wisdom, saving name, resurrection of the righteous, heavenly dwellings, the defeat of Satan, the judgment of rulers, and the final separation of the righteous from the wicked.
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The service opens with extended worship built around Psalm 23, God’s faithfulness in anxiety and weakness, and Jesus as the worthy Lamb of God. The congregation is urged to write Scripture on the heart, repeat it until the soul remembers, and worship Christ for bearing sin and shame.
Introducing Part 4, Odle says that the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. He reviews Enoch’s translation, Jude’s quotation, the preservation history associated with the Ethiopian tradition and Dead Sea Scrolls, and early Christian use of the book. His thesis is that Enoch contains pre-Christian prophecies that point unmistakably to Jesus as the Elect One, Righteous One, and Son of Man.
Odle recounts a 1987 open vision in which he says he saw Christ before the glory of the Father and received a prophetic calling. He compares this testimony with Enoch 39, where the Elect One appears amid heavenly glory and the righteous shine like fiery lights. He interprets the passage as a picture of Christ, the light of the world, and of the promised dwelling of the righteous.
Reading Enoch 61, Odle connects angels carrying measuring cords with a personal dream from a season of severe loss, in which cords rescued him from a flood and drew him upward. He interprets Enoch’s cords as measures of faith that strengthen the righteous and as part of a resurrection scene in which those lost on land or sea return on the day of the Elect One. He then compares Enoch’s four angels with Revelation’s war in heaven and the four angels restraining the winds.
Odle compares Enoch 62’s enthroned Son of Man, terrified rulers, birth-pang imagery, and consuming word with the destruction of the man of sin, Christ’s sword in Revelation 19, and the sixth seal in Revelation 6. He argues that Enoch and the New Testament describe the same appearing of Christ: rulers recognize the One on the throne, every defense collapses, and no deceptive answer remains.
From Enoch 41, Odle highlights prepared heavenly dwellings and argues that Jesus echoes this imagery when promising many mansions in His Father’s house. He then distinguishes the judgment seat of Christ from the later great white throne and reads Matthew 22’s wedding-garment parable as a warning that profession alone is insufficient. The man without the proper garment is bound and removed; Odle therefore rejects the idea that Christ’s judgment concerns rewards only.
In Enoch 46–48, Odle identifies the ancient Head of Days and the human-appearing Son of Man with the Father and Christ. He compares Enoch’s language about hidden treasures of wisdom, preeminence, a saving name appointed before creation, and a fountain of righteousness with Colossians, Philippians, Isaiah, Luke, and Revelation. The sermon presents these parallels as cumulative evidence that Enoch prophesied the preexistent Messiah and His judgment of corrupt rulers.
Odle emphasizes Enoch’s description of the righteous as those who despise the world’s unrighteous works and are saved in the Lord’s name. He connects this with John’s warning against loving the world. The application expands into forceful criticism of secular institutions, space agencies, and modern cosmology; these allegations and scientific claims are preserved in the transcript as the speaker’s viewpoint and are not independently verified in this package.
Returning to Enoch 48–50, Odle describes kings and powers falling before the Elect One, the wicked burning like straw, the righteous receiving rest, and wisdom dwelling in the Messiah. He compares the conspiracy against the Lord’s Anointed with Psalm 2 and the Spirit resting upon Christ with Isaiah 11. The practical contrast is absolute: the unrighteous order disappears, while the righteous inherit joy and victory.
Odle argues that Enoch deserves serious attention even outside debates about the formal canon because its prophecies consistently lead to Christ and align with later biblical revelation. Citing Amos 3:7, he says God reveals His secrets to prophets and lists Enoch’s disclosures about heaven, judgment, angels, the Nephilim, and the Messiah. He maintains that Jude, Peter, Jesus, and John reflect familiarity with the book.
Odle closes with a direct warning to live for God, love Jesus rather than the world system, and avoid being numbered with the wicked at judgment. In prayer he thanks Christ as the sinless Righteous and Elect One, asks believers to live according to Scripture rather than their own ideas, and prays for freedom from deception. The final hope is eternal fellowship with Christ, inheritance in the renewed earth, and life in New Jerusalem.
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and he put his mind upon the Lord in thanksgiving. And [music] we can thank you today, Lord, cuz you've done so much. And we just love you, [music] Lord. Yes, Lord. Thank you, [music] Jesus. [music] In times [singing and music] like these, we read in Proverbs 3 [music and singing] to write scripture on your heart for when you need it. [music] Cuz anxiety [singing] hates Psalm [music] 23. So just say it to yourself till you believe it. And I'm feeling like I'm needing it right [singing and music] now. The Lord is my shepher. I shall [singing] not want. [music] He leads me by still waters till my [singing] fears are gone. Though I [music] walk through the valley of the shadow [singing] of death. Oh, I know you are [music] with me, my father, [singing] my friend. Your goodness and mercy will follow [singing] me all my days. [singing] And I know by your still waters [music] I'm safe. Thank you, Jesus. Lord, I believe [singing and music] you can set me at ease. Turn this broken piece of me [singing and music] to peace and quiet. I know there's power in your word. [singing] So I'll say it over and over till my soul's reminded. [music] Oh, [singing] the Lord is my shepherd. I shall [singing] not walk. [music] He leads me by still waters till [singing] my fears are gone. Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death. [music] Oh, I [singing] know you are with me, my father, my friend. Your goodness [singing] and mercy [music] will follow me all my days. And [singing] I know by your still [music] waters I'm save. Thank you, Jesus. [music] Still waters [singing and music] run through any valley of [music and singing] I'm laying fear here at heaven's river.
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Your word has been true in every [singing] season of my life. I believe [singing] yes I believe. [music] Still waters run through any valley [singing] I can [music] fly. I'm laying fear down here at heaven's side. [singing] Your word has been true. In every season of my life. [singing] [music] I believe. Yes, I believe. Oh, the Lord is my shepherd. I shall not [singing and music] walk. He leads me by still waters till [singing] my [music] fears are gone. No, I walk through the valley [singing] of the shadow of death. [music] Oh, I know you are with me, my father, [music and singing] my friend. Your goodness and mercy [singing] will follow my days. And I know by [singing and music] your still waters I'm safe. And I know by [music] your still waters [singing] I'm safe. And I know by your still [music] waters [singing] I'm safe again. And I know by [singing] your still waters [music] I'm safe. Praise you Jesus. You know, worship [music] is something that we get to do. Yes. It's one [music] of the best things as Christians that we can do. Thank you, Jesus. And it's a [music] way that we show the Lord [singing] our love and [music] we genuinely say, "Lord Jesus, I love you. [singing] I worship you. I adore you." [music] Yes, there's nothing better than that. Not in my book. [music] Let's sing that again. [singing] The Lord is my shepherd. Thank you, [music] Lord. The Lord [singing] is my shepherd. [music] I shall not want. He leads me by still [singing] waters till my [music] fears end. Though I [singing] walk through the valley of the shadow of [singing] death. Oh, I know you are with me, my [singing] father, my friend. [music]
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Your goodness and mercy will follow [singing] me all my day. And I know [singing] by your still waters [music] I say thank you Jesus. [music] I know by your still waters Lord. Thank you [music] Lord. Thank you for what you've done [singing] even in me. Lord thank you Lord. We love you. [music] Thank you for your presence here today. Thank you [music] that when we fail, you never fail. We love [singing] you, Lord. We thank you, Lord. [music] Blessed be your holy name. Let's just begin to worship the Lord right here. [singing] Can we do that? [singing and music] We love you, Lord Jesus. Oh Jesus, thank [music and singing] you Lord. Thank you for the still waters you lead us by. [singing] Thank you Lord. [music] Thank you for your presence. Thank you for your presence. Thank you Lord. We love you. Thank you Lord God for [music] melting our stone cold hearts Lord. Thank you, Lord [music] God, for bringing us out of ourselves. [singing] Lord, you told me, "I'm bringing you out of yourself." [music] [singing] Lord, bring us out of ourselves today [music] that we can humble ourselves as little children before you. [music] Thank you Lord. [music] Thank you Jesus. [music] You are my strength when I am weak. You are [singing] the treasure that I seek. You are my [music] holy and all. [music] Seeking you [singing] as a precious [music] true Lord to give up I [singing] bear. [music] You are my all and all [music] Jesus [singing] lamb of God. [music] Worthy is your name [singing and music] Jesus. Lamb [singing] of God, [music] worthy is your [singing] name. [music] Yes, Lord.
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[music] Taking [singing] my sin, my cross, my shame. Rising again, I [music and singing] bless your name. You are my all and [singing] all. [music] When I fall [singing] down, you pick me [music] up. Will I enjoy? You [singing] feel my cup. You are my all in all. [singing] Jesus, [singing] lamb of God, worthy [singing] [music] is your name. Jesus, [music] [singing] lamb of God, worthy [music] is your [singing] name. [music] There's just something about it. When I sing about Jesus, the lamb of God. [music] When you sing about Jesus, the lamb of God, you're singing about the greatest most high [music] who loved [singing] you with his own blood. [music] Loved us with his own blood and just does something to me. [music] And he's my all and all of that. [music] Jesus, [singing] lamb of God, [singing and music] worthy your name. [music] Jesus, [singing] lamb of God, worthy [music] your [singing] name. I'm going to do that second verse again. Thank [music] you. Just want to think about the words there. [music] Taking my sin, [singing] my shame, rising up again. I bless your [music] name. You are my [singing] only. When [music and singing] I fall down, you pick me up. When I am dry, you [singing] feel my king. [music] You are my only. [music] Lord Jesus, [singing] lamb [music] of God, worthy [singing and music] your name. [singing] [music] Jesus,
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