Our short article in the May issue (pp. 136-137), entitled “Michael,” attempted to controvert the theory that the “Michael” of Jude 1:9 was Moses; that the children of Israel were “the body of Moses”; and that Korah, Dathan and Abiram were “the devil” of Jude 1:9. We concluded the article with these words: “For ourselves, we are content to believe that Jude 1:9 refers to some incident, historical or traditional, of which we have no other record, but with which Jude’s readers would be familiar.”
Since writing the above, we have received on loan from an interested reader a copy of The Book of Enoch, an old pre-Christian document translated into English by Dr. R. H. Charles. Readers of the New Testament will remember that Jude says (vv., 14-15):—
And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with tens of thousands of His saints, To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.
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Author: P. H. Adams
Keywords: Jude and the Book of Enoch, Michael the archangel, Michael, body of Moses, book of Enoch
Bible reference(s): Jude 1:9, Jude 1:14-15
Source: “Jude and the Book of Enoch,” The Testimony, Vol. 16, No. 188, August 1946, pp. 217-8.
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