The Lost Books of the Bible: The Great Rejected Texts

by Joseph B. Lumpkin

  2 Then I can again receive you at My second presence.

  3 And I blessed all my creatures, both physical and spiritual. And Adam was five and half hours in paradise.

  4 And I blessed the seventh day, which is the Sabbath, on which he rested from all his works.

  (Note: The five and a half hours is tied to the 5500 years of punishment mentioned in the Books of Adam and Eve. Se “The First and Second Books of Adam and Eve” by Joseph Lumpkin.)

  Chapter 33

  1 And I appointed the eighth day also, that the eighth day should be the first-created after my work, and that the first seven revolve in the form of the seventh thousand, and that at the beginning of the eighth thousand there should be a time of not-counting, endless, with neither years nor months nor weeks nor days nor hours.

  (Note: A day is as a thousand years. This is a prophecy seems to indicate that after six thousand years there will be a thousand years of rest, then there will be timelessness.)

  2 And now, Enoch, all that I have told you, all that you have understood, all that you have seen of heavenly things, all that you have seen on earth, all that I have written in books by my great wisdom, and all these things I have devised and created from the uppermost foundation to the lower and to the end, and there is no counselor nor inheritor to my creations.

  3 I am eternal unto myself, not made with hands, and without change.

  4 My thought is my own counselor, my wisdom and my word creates, and my eyes observe how all things stand here and tremble with terror.

  5 If I turn away my face, then all things will be destroyed.

  6 Apply your mind, Enoch, and know him who is speaking to you, and take the books there, which you yourself have written.

  7 I give you Samuil and Raguil, who led you upward with the books, and go down to earth, and tell your sons all that I have told you, and all that you have seen, from the lower heaven up to my throne, and all the troops.

  8 For I created all forces, and there is none that resists me and none that does not subject himself to me. For all subject themselves to my kingdom, and labor for my complete rule.

  9 Give them the books of the handwriting, and they will read them and will know that I am the creator of all things, and will understand how there is no other God but me.

  10 And let them distribute the books of your handwriting from children to children, generation to generation, nation to nation.

  11 And Enoch, I will give you, my intercessor, the archangel Michael, for the writings of your fathers Adam, Seth, Enos, Cainan, Mahaleleel, and Jared your father.

  Chapter 34

  1 They have rejected my commandments and my yoke, therefore worthless seed has come up, not fearing God, and they would not bow down to me, but have begun to bow down to empty gods, and rejected my unity (oneness / sovereignty), and have piled the whole earth up with lies, offences, abominable lust with one another, and all manner of other unclean wickedness, which are disgusting to even mention.

  2 And therefore I will bring down a deluge upon the earth and will destroy all men, and the whole earth will crumble together into great darkness.

  Chapter 35

  1 You will see that from their seed shall arise another generation, long afterward, but of them many will be full of very strong desires that are never satisfied.

  2 He who raises that generation shall reveal the books of your writing of your fathers to them. And He must point out the guardianship of the world to the faithful men and workers of my pleasure, who do not acknowledge my name in empty words.

  3 And they shall tell another generation, and those others who, having read, shall afterward be glorified more than the first.

  Chapter 36

  1 Now, Enoch, I give you a period of thirty days to spend in your house, and tell your sons and all your household, so that all may hear from you what was spoken by my face, so that they may read and understand that there is no other God but me.

  2 And that they may always keep my commandments, and begin to read and absorb the books of your writing.

  3 And after thirty days I shall send my angel for you, and he will take you from earth and from your sons and bring you to me.

  Chapter 37

  1 And the Lord called upon one of the older angels who was terrible and menacing, and He placed him by me. He appeared white as snow, and his hands were like ice, having the appearance of great frost, and he froze my face, because I could not endure the terror of the Lord, just as it is not possible to endure a stove’s fire or the sun’s heat, or the frost of the air.

  2 And the Lord said to me: Enoch, if your face is not frozen here, no man will be able to look at your face.

  Chapter 38

  1 And the Lord said to those men who first led me up: “Let Enoch go down on to earth with you, and await him until the determined day.”

  2 And by night they placed me on my bed.

  3 But Methuselah was expecting my return and was keeping watch at my bed by day and night. And he was filled with awe when he heard my return, and I told him, “Let all my household come together, so that I may tell them everything.”

  Chapter 39

  1 Oh my children, my loved ones, hear the advice of your father, as much as is according to the Lord’s will.

  2 I have been allowed to come to you today, and preach to you, not from my lips, but from the Lord’s lips, all that is now, and was, and all that will be until judgment day.

  3 For the Lord has allowed me to come to you so that you could hear the words of my lips, of a man made great for you, but I am one who has seen the Lord’s face, and it was like iron made to glow from fire it sends forth sparks and burns.

  4 You look upon my eyes now. They are the eyes of a man enlarged with meaning for you, but I have seen the Lord’s eyes, shining like the sun’s rays and filling the eyes of man with awe.

  5 You see now, my children, the right hand of a man that helps you, but I have seen the Lord’s right hand filling heaven as he helped me.

  6 You see the scope of my work is like your own, but I have seen the Lord’s limitless and perfect scope, which has no end.

  7 You hear the words of my lips, as I heard the words of the Lord, and they are like constant and great thunder with hurling of clouds.

  8 And now, my children, hear the lecture of the father of the earth. I will tell you how fearful and awful it is to come before the face of the ruler of the earth, and how much more terrible and awful it is to come before the face of the ruler of heaven, who is the judge of the quick and the dead, and of the controller of the heavenly troops. Who (of us) can endure that endless pain?

  Chapter 40

  1 And now, my children, I know all things, for this is from the Lord’s lips, and my eyes have seen this, from beginning to end.

  2 I know all things, and have written all things in the books, the heavens and their end, and their abundance, and all the armies and their marching.

  3 I have measured and described the stars, the great innumerable multitude of them.

  4 What man has seen their revolutions and their entrances? For not even the angels see their number, but I have written all their names.

  5 And I measured the sun’s circumference, and measured its rays, and counted the hours. I also wrote down all things that go over the earth. I have written the things that are nourished, and all seed sown and unsown, which the earth produces, and all plants, and every grass and every flower, and their sweet smells, and their names, and the dwelling-places of the clouds, and their composition, and their wings, and how they carry rain and raindrops.

  6 And I investigated all things, and described the road of the thunder and of the lightning, and they showed me the keys and their guardians, their rise, and the way they precede. They are let out gradually, in measure, by a chain. If they were not let out at a measured rate by a heavy chain their violence would hurl down the angry clouds and destroy all things on earth.

  7 I described the treasure houses of the snow, and the sto
rehouses of the cold and the frosty airs, and I observed the key-holders of the seasons. He fills the clouds with them, and it does not exhaust the treasure houses.

  8 And I wrote down the resting places of the winds and observed and saw how their key-holders bear weighing-scales and measures. First, they put them in one side of the weighing-scale, then in the other side they place the weights and let them out according to measure skillfully, over the whole earth, to keep the heavy winds from making the earth rock.

  9 And I measured out the whole earth, its mountains, and all hills, fields, trees, stones, rivers, all existing things I wrote down, the height from earth to the seventh heaven, and downwards to the very lowest hell, and the judgment-place, and the very great, open and weeping (gaping) hell.

  10 And I saw how the prisoners are in pain, expecting the limitless judgment.

  11 And I wrote down all those being judged by the judge, and all their judgment and sentences and all their works.

  Chapter 41

  1 And I saw throughout all time all the forefathers from Adam and Eve, and I sighed and broke into tears and spoke of the ruin and their dishonor.

  2 And I sad, “Woe is me for my infirmity and for that of my forefathers,” and thought in my heart and said:

  3 “Blessed is the man who has not been born or who has been born and shall not sin before the Lord’s face, because he will not come into this place, nor bear the yoke of this place on himself.

  Chapter 42

  1 I saw the key-holders and guards of the gates of hell standing like great serpents. And their faces were glowing like extinguishing lamps, and I saw their eyes of fire, and their sharp teeth. And I saw all of the Lord’s works, how they are right, while some of the works of man are of limited good, and others bad, and in their works are those who are known to speak evil lies.

  Chapter 43

  1 My children, I measured and wrote out every work and every measure and every righteous judgment.

  2 As one year is more honorable than another, so is one man more honorable than another. Some men are honored for great possessions, some for wisdom of heart, some for particular intellect, some for skillfulness, one for silence of lip, another for cleanliness, one for strength, another for beauty, one for youth, another for sharp wit, one for shape of body, another for sensibility, but let it be heard everywhere: There is none better than he who fears God. He shall be more glorious in time to come.

  Chapter 44

  1 The Lord created man with his hands in the likeness of his own face. The Lord made him small and great.

  2 Whoever reviles the ruler’s face hates the Lord’s face, and has contempt for the Lord's face, and he who vents anger on any man without having been injured by him, the Lord’s great anger will cut him down, he who spits on the face of man reproachfully will be cut down at the Lord’s great judgment.

  3 Blessed is the man who does not direct his heart with malice against any man, and helps the injured and condemned, and raises up the broken down, and shall do charity to the needy, because on the day of the great judgment every weight, every measure and every makeweight will be as in the market, so they are hung on scales and stand in the market, and every one shall learn his own measure, and according to his measure shall take his reward.

  (Note: Makeweight is something put on a scale to make up the required weight for a more precise measurement.)

  Chapter 45

  1 Whoever hurries to make offerings before the Lord’s face, the Lord will hasten that offering by giving of His work.

  2 But whoever increases his lamp before the Lord’s face and makes a judgment that is not true, the Lord will not increase his treasure in the realm of the highest.

  (Note: Whoever makes himself out to be more than he is and whoever judges others without truth or cause, the Lord will not reward in heaven.)

  3 When the Lord demands bread, or candles, or the flesh of beasts, or any other sacrifice, it is nothing; but God demands pure hearts, and with all He does it is only the tests of man’s heart.

  Chapter 46

  1 Hear, my people, and take in the words of my lips.

  2 If any one brings any gifts to an earthly ruler, and has disloyal thoughts in his heart, and the ruler know this, will the ruler not be angry with him, and refuse his gifts, and give him over to judgment?

  3 Or if one man makes himself appear good to another by deceit of the tongue, but has evil in his heart, then will the other person not understand the treachery of his heart, and condemned him, since his lie was plain to all?

  4 And when the Lord shall send a great light, then there will be judgment for the just and the unjust, and no one shall escape notice.

  Chapter 47

  1 And now, my children, with your minds and your hearts, mark well the words of your father, which all have come to you from the Lord’s lips.

  2 Take these books of your father’s writing and read them.

  3 For there are many books, and in them you will learn all the Lord’s works, all that has been from the beginning of creation, and will be until the end of time.

  4 And if you will observe my writing, you will not sin against the Lord; because there is no other except the Lord in heaven, nor in earth, nor in the very lowest places, nor in the foundation.

  5 The Lord has placed the foundations in the unknown, and has spread out heavens, both physical and spiritual; he anchored the earth on the waters, and created countless creatures. Who has counted the water and the foundation of the mutable, or the dust of the earth, or the sand of the sea, or the drops of the rain, or the morning dew, or the wind’s blowing (breathing)? Who has filled earth and sea, and the indestructible winter?

  6 I (The Lord) cut the stars out of fire, and decorated heaven, and put it in their midst.

  Chapter 48

  1 The sun goes along the seven heavenly circles, which are the appointment of one hundred and eighty-two thrones. It goes down on a short day, and again one hundred and eighty-two. It goes down on a long day, and he has two thrones on which he rests, revolving here and there above the thrones of the months, from the seventeenth day of the month Tsivan it goes down to the month Thevan, from the seventeenth of Thevan it goes up.

  (Note: The words Tsivan and Thevan refer to the summer and winter solstice, dividing the lengthening and shortening of days.

  The sun goes in a sinusoidal wave, decreasing daylight time for 182 days and growing longer in daylight hours for 182 days, with an extra day, which is a long day. The total is 365 days.)

  2 When it goes close to the earth, then the earth is glad and makes its fruits grow, and when it goes away, then the earth is sad, and trees and all fruits will not flower.

  3 All this He measured, with good measurement of hours, and predetermined a measure by his wisdom, of the physical and the spiritual (realms).

  4 From the spiritual realm he made all things that are physical, himself being spiritual.

  5 So I teach you, my children, and tell you to distribute the books to your children, into all your generations, and among the nations who shall have the sense to fear God. Let them receive them, and may they come to love them more than any food or earthly sweets, and read them and apply themselves to them.

  6 And those who do not understand the Lord, who do not fear God, who do not accept, but reject, who do not receive the books, a terrible judgment awaits these.

  7 Blessed is the man who shall bear their yoke and shall drag them along, for he shall be released on the day of the great judgment.

  Chapter 49

  1 I swear to you, my children, but I do not swear by any oath, neither by heaven nor by earth, nor by any other creature created by God.

  2 The Lord said: “There is no oath in Me, nor injustice, but only truth.”

  3 But there is no truth in men, so let them swear by the words, Yea, yea, or else, Nay, nay.

  4 And I swear to you, yea, yea, that every man that has been in his mother’s womb has had a place prepared for the repose of that soul,
and a measure predetermined of how much it is intended that a man be tried (tested) in this world.

  5 Yea, children, do not deceive yourselves, for there has been a place previously prepared for the soul of every man.

  Chapter 50

  1 I have put every man’s work in writing and none born on earth can remain hidden nor his works remain concealed.

  2 I see all things.

  3 Therefore, my children, spend the number of your days in patience and meekness so that you may inherit eternal life.

  4 For the sake of the Lord, endure every wound, every injury, every evil word, and every attack.

  5 If your good deeds are not rewarded but returned for ill to you, do not repay them to neither neighbor nor enemy, because the Lord will return them for you and be your avenger on the day of great judgment, so that there should be no vengeance here among men.

  6 Whoever of you spends gold or silver for his brother’s sake, he will receive ample treasure in the world to come.

  7 Do not injure widows or orphans or strangers, for if you do God’s wrath will come upon you.

  Chapter 51

  1 Stretch out your hands to the poor according to your strength.

  2 Do not hide your silver in the earth.

  3 Help the faithful man in affliction, and affliction will not find you in the time of your trouble.

  4 And bear every grievous and cruel yoke that comes upon you, for the sake of the Lord, and thus you will find your reward in the Day of Judgment.