"All evidence must be examined. People decide β not institutions."
Carter Hill & Diane Anders
Saturday, March 21, 2026
The Bible records this directly in 1 Kings 10:1-13 and 2 Chronicles 9:1-12:
This is the Ethiopian national epic, written in Ge'ez (the ancient Ethiopian liturgical language). It fills in what the Bible only hints at:
The Abba Garima Gospels in Ethiopia are dated to the 4th-6th century AD β among the oldest complete illustrated Christian manuscripts in the world. They're still in the monastery where they were written 1,500+ years ago.
| Canon | Number of Books | What's Missing |
|---|---|---|
| Protestant Bible | 66 books | Removed 15+ books |
| Catholic Bible | 73 books | Removed several books |
| Eastern Orthodox | 76-78 books | Closer but still missing some |
| Ethiopian Orthodox | 81-88 books | THE MOST COMPLETE CANON |
| Book | Why It Matters |
|---|---|
| Book of Enoch | Detailed angelology, prophecy, cosmology. Jude quotes Enoch directly (Jude 1:14-15). If it was good enough for Jude to quote as scripture... |
| Book of Jubilees | Detailed chronology from Creation through Moses. Sacred calendar. Fills MASSIVE gaps |
| Meqabyan I-III | Unique to Ethiopia β NOT the same as Western Maccabees. Completely different texts |
| Wisdom of Solomon | Wisdom as near-divine force, pre-existence of souls, God's creative wisdom |
| Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) | Practical divine wisdom, free will definitively established, critique of the wealthy |
| Broader Deuterocanon | 1-2 Esdras, Baruch, Tobit, Judith, and more |
The Council of Laodicea (363 AD), the Councils of Hippo (393 AD) and Carthage (397 AD) narrowed the canon. Enoch was considered "too apocalyptic." Ethiopia, being geographically isolated and independently Christian, never participated in these European councils and kept the original broader canon intact.
| Ethiopian (Original) | Western (Modified) |
|---|---|
| Miaphysitism: Christ's divine and human nature are united into ONE composite nature β "Tewahedo" literally means "made one" | Dyophysitism: Christ has TWO separate natures (divine and human) that exist side by side |
| The unity is the point β God became fully integrated with humanity | The separation is the point β keeping the divine "pure" from the human |
In 451 AD, the Council of Chalcedon decided Christ had "two natures." Ethiopia said "no β the whole POINT is that they became ONE." If God's nature and human nature can be fully unified, that means we are capable of far more intimacy with the divine than if they must remain permanently separate.
| What Enoch Shows | What Western Christianity Has |
|---|---|
| The Divine Council β God governs through organized angelic hierarchies with specific roles | Vague references to angels, mostly reduced to "messengers" |
| The Watchers β 200 specific angels who chose to rebel, named individually | Genesis 6:1-4 gives you 4 verses about "sons of God" with almost no detail |
| The origin of evil β Fallen angels teaching forbidden knowledge | "Satan tempted Eve with an apple" β a children's story by comparison |
| God's justice system β Detailed cosmic courtroom | Heaven or Hell β binary, simplistic |
| Jubilees (Ethiopian) | Western Christianity |
|---|---|
| God operates on precise sacred time cycles β 49-year Jubilee periods | "Time doesn't matter, just believe" |
| Festivals and observances connected to cosmic order | Most festivals abandoned or replaced with pagan equivalents (Christmas = Saturnalia, Easter = Ishtar) |
| The calendar itself is sacred β a divine gift | Calendar is just a human tool |
The Ethiopian canon keeps the Wisdom of Solomon and Sirach β books that portray wisdom as a near-divine force through which God created everything. The Protestant Bible removed these entirely. Western Christianity replaced wisdom-seeking with obedience-demanding.
The Ge'ez Bible was translated from Greek (Septuagint) β that's ONE translation from the source. The English Bible went Hebrew β Greek β Latin β Old English β Modern English β "simplified" versions. Each step loses nuance. Ethiopian has fewer layers than any Western Bible.
What was kept is still TRUE β the core narrative of God, creation, covenant, Christ. But what was REMOVED is devastating: the cosmic architecture (Enoch), the sacred timeline (Jubilees), the divine wisdom tradition (Wisdom/Sirach), the unified nature of Christ, and direct access to understanding β all replaced with institutional gatekeeping.
Quoted in the Bible: Jude 1:14-15 directly quotes it. Banned by Council of Laodicea (363 AD).
God assigned 200 angels called "Watchers" to observe and guide humanity. Instead, they made a pact on Mount Hermon to rebel. Led by Shemihazah, they descended to earth, took human wives, and fathered the Nephilim (giants). But the sex wasn't the main sin. The main sin was what they taught humanity:
| Watcher | What They Taught | Modern Equivalent |
|---|---|---|
| Azazel | Metalworking β swords, knives, shields | Military-industrial complex |
| Azazel | Cosmetics β beautifying of eyelids, precious stones, dyes | Beauty industry / vanity culture |
| Shemihazah | Enchantments, root-cutting (pharmacology/sorcery) | Pharmaceutical industry β "pharmacy" comes from Greek pharmakeia meaning sorcery |
| Baraqijal | Astrology | Horoscope culture, New Age movement |
| Penemue | Writing with ink and paper | Contracts, debt records, financial deception |
| Kasdeja | Abortion and smiting of embryos, biting of the serpent | Abortion, poison, bioweapons |
God's Response: He sent archangels to clean up: Raphael bound Azazel in darkness. Michael bound Shemihazah and the Watchers under hills for 70 generations. Gabriel destroyed the Nephilim by turning them against each other.
Critical distinction: The Nephilim's bodies were destroyed in the Flood, but their spirits became what we call demons β disembodied spirits that roam the earth. Enoch says demons are the spirits of the dead Nephilim, NOT fallen angels. The fallen angels (Watchers) are imprisoned separately.
"Woe to those who build their houses with sin; For from all their foundations shall they be overthrown, And by the sword shall they fall."
"Woe to you who build your houses by the labour of others, every part of which is constructed with brick, and with the stone of crime; I tell you, that you shall not obtain peace."
"Woe to you, ye rich, for ye have trusted in your riches, And from your riches shall ye depart, Because ye have not remembered the Most High in the days of your riches."
The Sevenfold Instruction: "To receive sevenfold instruction concerning all His creation" and "all the powers of the heavens shall give sevenfold light." "Sevenfold" in Hebrew thought means complete, whole, perfect. The righteous will receive TOTAL understanding of everything β how all creation works, why it was made, how it connects.
God dictating to Moses on Mount Sinai the DETAILED version of Genesis. Key revelations:
| What The Watchers Taught (Enoch 8:1-3) | What It Became | Modern Industry | Annual Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swords, knives, shields (Azazel) | Weapons, military technology | Defense/Military-Industrial Complex | $2.2 TRILLION |
| Beautifying of eyelids, stones, dyes (Azazel) | Cosmetics, beauty standards | Beauty & Personal Care Industry | $580 BILLION |
| Enchantments, root-cutting (Shemihazah) | Sorcery β Pharmacy (pharmakeia) | Pharmaceutical Industry | $1.5 TRILLION |
| Astrology (Baraqijal) | Horoscopes, New Age, occult | Astrology/Spiritual Industry | $40 BILLION |
| Writing with ink and paper (Penemue) | Contracts, debt, financial instruments | Global Banking System | $26 TRILLION |
Total: Over $30 TRILLION annually in industries that Enoch says originated from forbidden angelic knowledge.
The Greek word for sorcery β pharmakeia (ΟΞ±ΟμακΡία) β is LITERALLY the root of "pharmacy" and "pharmaceutical." Enoch says this knowledge came from fallen angels. The book of Revelation (18:23) says Babylon deceived ALL nations by pharmakeia. Whether you read that as sorcery or pharmaceuticals, it's the same Greek word.
Penemue teaching writing wasn't about literacy. Enoch specifically says it was about creating instruments of DEBT and OBLIGATION. The modern global debt system β $307 trillion in global debt β is the direct descendant of what Penemue taught.
From Jubilees: God imprisoned 90% of the Nephilim spirits but allowed 10% to remain under Mastema's authority. These disembodied spirits (demons) are described as influencing human behavior, inspiring destructive ideas, and driving the same patterns the Watchers originally taught. The industries persist because the influence persists.
The word "Satan" in Hebrew (Χ©ΦΈΧΧΦΈΧ) means "the adversary" or "the accuser." It's not a proper name in the original texts β it's a ROLE.
Not every pastor. Not every congregation. Not every believer. But the SYSTEM β the institutional structure that removed 15-22 books, banned Enoch for a thousand years, replaced God's calendar with Caesar's, centralized spiritual authority, demanded obedience over understanding, and accumulated massive wealth while preaching poverty β that system is, by definition, an adversary to truth. And "adversary" is literally what "satan" means.
| Book of Enoch | Tolkien's Silmarillion / Lord of the Rings |
|---|---|
| God creates the universe | IlΓΊvatar creates through the Great Music |
| Angels (Watchers/Valar) assigned to govern creation | The Valar assigned to shape and guard the world |
| Shemihazah leads 200 angels in rebellion | Morgoth (greatest angel) rebels against IlΓΊvatar |
| Fallen angels teach forbidden knowledge | Morgoth and Sauron corrupt through the Rings of Power |
| Watchers create Nephilim (twisted offspring) | Morgoth creates Orcs, Trolls, Balrogs |
| God sends archangels to bind the fallen | The Valar send Istari (Gandalf, Saruman) to counter Sauron |
| The "Son of Man" reclaims the throne of glory | Aragorn (the returning king) reclaims the throne |
Tolkien was a devout Catholic and medieval literature scholar who would have encountered the Enochian traditions. His own words: "The Lord of the Rings is of course a fundamentally religious and Catholic work."
| Narnia | Biblical / Enochian |
|---|---|
| Aslan (the Lion) | Christ β sacrificed on the Stone Table, resurrected |
| The White Witch (Jadis) | Satan β promises forbidden knowledge, brings eternal winter |
| "Deep Magic from the Dawn of Time" | Cosmic law binding even the adversary β this is Enochian |
| "Deeper Magic from Before the Dawn of Time" | God's sovereignty β sacrificial love overrides the law of justice |
| Children who become kings and queens | The righteous who inherit the kingdom |
2 Corinthians 11:14: "Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light."
The most effective deception isn't something that LOOKS evil. It's something that is 95% truth wrapped around 5% poison. The story contains genuine biblical typology. But 3 million kids didn't become Wiccans because of the 95% truth. They became Wiccans because of the 5% that made the occult feel like Hogwarts instead of darkness.
Direct from the Book of Enoch (R.H. Charles translation):
"I saw the corner-stone of the earth... the firm foundations of the earth."
"The pillars of heaven."
"Winds which bear the earth and the firmament of the heaven."
"A place which had no firmament of the heaven above, and no firmly founded earth."
"At the ends of the earth I saw twelve portals open to all the quarters."
| Feature | What Enoch Says |
|---|---|
| Earth's foundation | Has a "corner-stone," "firm foundations," and "pillars" |
| The firmament | A real structure ABOVE the earth β "the firmament of heaven" |
| The ends | Earth has "ends" in four directions β north, south, east, west |
| The sun | Passes through PORTALS/GATES β 6 eastern gates, 6 western gates |
| Below the earth | An "abyss" β deep pit with fire, where fallen angels are imprisoned |
| The shape | An enclosed system with foundations, pillars, a firmament above, an abyss below, and ends in each direction |
"I went into the tongues of fire and drew nigh to a large house which was built of crystals: and the walls of the house were like a tesselated floor made of crystals."
"A flaming fire surrounded the walls... I looked and saw therein a lofty throne: its appearance was as crystal."
"From underneath the throne came streams of flaming fire so that I could not look thereon."
"The Great Glory sat thereon, and His raiment shone more brightly than the sun."
The earth-heaven connection:
"I saw a high mountain whose summit is like the throne of God, is His throne, where the Holy Great One, the Lord of Glory, the Eternal King, will sit, when He shall come down to visit the earth with goodness."
Enoch describes a MOUNTAIN ON EARTH whose summit IS the throne of God. Heaven and earth are connected β not separate realms floating in different dimensions. Heaven is ABOVE the firmament. The firmament is above the earth. There are portals and gates between them. Angels travel between them. They're LAYERS of one reality β like floors in a building.
The Western church turned heaven into an abstract concept β "somewhere out there." Enoch says heaven is a PHYSICAL PLACE with crystal architecture, rivers of fire, a throne, connected to earth through a structured system of gates, portals, and mountains.
Carter's Kingdom Principle: "All mechanisms are neutral and they can be used for good or evil. Everyone has a choice."
"He has set fire and water before you: stretch out your hand for whichever you choose. Before a man are life and death; whichever he chooses will be given to him."
Fire and water are NEUTRAL. Fire cooks your food or burns your house down. Water sustains your life or drowns you. God set BOTH before humanity and said CHOOSE.
"Thou seest what Azazel hath done, who hath taught all unrighteousness on earth and revealed the eternal secrets which were preserved in heaven, which men were striving to learn."
Two critical points: (1) "Which men were STRIVING to learn" β humanity already wanted this knowledge. (2) "Preserved in heaven" β the knowledge was being HELD for the right time, not forbidden from existing.
The sin wasn't the knowledge. The sin was the TIMING and the BYPASSING OF GOD'S PROCESS.
God lets one-tenth of the demons remain because the mechanism of testing and choice is neutral. Free will requires the existence of REAL choices β including bad ones. Without the option to choose evil, choosing good means nothing.
"Wisdom is radiant and unfading, and she is easily discerned by those who love her, and is found by those who seek her. She hastens to make herself known to those who desire her."
The same mechanism β the same book, movie, or knowledge β produces different fruit depending on whether the person engaging with it has wisdom or doesn't.
"God created all things neutral. Wisdom determines their use. Free will determines their direction. And the greatest sin is not the existence of powerful mechanisms β it's the withholding of wisdom from those who need it to choose correctly."
The Watchers sinned by giving mechanisms without wisdom.
The Western church sins by withholding BOTH mechanisms AND wisdom β banning books, removing scripture, demanding blind obedience instead of teaching discernment.
The Ethiopian tradition got closest to the truth by keeping ALL the texts β the dangerous ones AND the wisdom ones β and trusting that COMPLETE knowledge, not censored knowledge, is what produces wise people.
The mechanism is NEVER the issue. The heart is ALWAYS the issue.
Every crisis in human civilization is the same crisis: mechanisms without wisdom. And the church's answer β "ban it, burn it, don't look at it" β doesn't build wisdom. It builds IGNORANCE. And ignorance is what makes people vulnerable in the first place.
You cannot make wise choices if the evidence has been hidden from you.
"All evidence must be examined. People decide β not institutions."
A Bible Study with Carter Hill & Diane Anders
March 21, 2026
Texts Referenced: Book of Enoch (R.H. Charles, 1917) Β· Book of Jubilees (R.H. Charles, 1902) Β· Kebra Nagast (E.A. Wallis Budge, 1922) Β· Wisdom of Solomon Β· Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) Β· 1-2 Esdras Β· Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Canon