WHERE DO DEMONS come from? The Book of 1 Enoch answers that question.
This week, we discuss Enoch’s mission to deliver God’s reply to the petition of the rebel Watchers for mercy—not just for them, but for their monstrous offspring, the gigantic Nephilim. In short, God’s reply was “no”—the Watchers would not be allowed back into heaven because they’d given up their divine natures and defiled themselves by acting like humans.
That’s not an insult, it’s simply that the Watchers were created for the unseen realm while we are created for the natural world. That’s why Jude describes these Watchers as having left their proper domain.
Then God decreed the punishment of the giants:
And now, the giants, who are produced from the spirits and flesh, shall be called evil spirits upon the earth, and on the earth shall be their dwelling. Evil spirits have proceeded from their bodies; because they are born from men and from the holy Watchers is their beginning and primal origin; they shall be evil spirits on earth, and evil spirits shall they be called.
1 Enoch 15:8–10, R.H. Charles translation
Interestingly, this was the understanding of the pagan Greeks. We discuss Hesiod’s description of the origin of daimones, from which we get the word “demon,” and the link between Greek demigods like Herakles and the Rephaim of the Canaanites, which were the spirits of the Nephilim.
Question of the week: Have you seen the videos of the guy claiming to be the Mahdi and the true successor to Peter—the legitimate pope? (Yes. He’s leading a small cult, an offshoot of the Twelver sect of Shia Islam.)
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If you are looking for a text of the Book of 1 Enoch to follow our monthly study, you can try these sources:
- Parallel translations by R. H. Charles (1917) and Richard Laurence (1821)
- Modern English translation by George W. E. Nickelsburg and James VanderKam (link to book at Amazon)
- Book of 1 Enoch – Standard English Version by Dr. Jay Winter (link opens free PDF)
- Book of 1 Enoch – R. H. Charles translation (link opens free PDF)
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