Enoch and Melchizedek: How They Made Heaven on Earth

According to Methodist Scholar Margaret Barker, and others, the accounts of Enoch and Melchizedek were scrubbed from the post-exilic Jewish scriptural compilations. Why? Were their miraculous stories and incredible successes too fantastic to believe in a modern world? 1 Enoch also speaks about an end-times Messiah--was it too much to believe? Although today's Bible barely mentions them, Enoch and Melchizedek were known to the ancients, and there is clear evidence that the book of 1 Enoch was read and quoted by the apostles and familiar to Jewish society. In this podcast, we learn that similar acts of protection may be necessary to protect the righteous, give Mother Earth a rest, and reestablish Zion once again upon the earth, a place or places where the righteous can dwell in peace and safety while the world rages against them and against one another.