The Book of Enoch Describes a Different Jesus Than the Church Teaches — And Reveals Who He Really Is

The Book of Enoch describes a figure called the Son of Man — pre-existent, enthroned, worshiped, and a judge. The Gospels use the same phrase for Jesus more than eighty times. So what is the relationship between the two? Is one borrowing from the other, or are they drawing on a shared tradition? This video walks through what the Similitudes of Enoch (chapters 37–71) actually say about this figure, compares those passages with Daniel 7, John, Matthew 25, and Philippians 2, and then looks at where the two portraits diverge. The differences are not minor — incarnation, suffering, the cross, and the command to love enemies are not part of the Enochic portrait. The video also examines the scholarly debate about chapter 71, where the text identifies Enoch himself with the Son of Man, and explains why the dating of the Similitudes remains uncertain. The conclusion is not a hidden code or a suppressed gospel. It is something more interesting: the language the Gospels use for Jesus grew out of a Jewish world that was already asking who the Son of Man would be. What was shared — and what was not — tells us something about how religious language actually works. All imagery in this video is AI-generated illustration and reconstruction, not original photographic or archival material. What do you think — does the overlap between Enoch and the Gospels point to influence, to a shared source, or to something else? Let me know in the comments, and follow Before the Canon for more on the texts that shaped the Bible. #BookOfEnoch #SonOfMan #AncientTexts