WHERE WE DRAW THE LINE (THE PARADOX)
This reason is not complicated.
It’s almost uncomfortable in how simple it is.
It asks one question:
Why does belief suddenly stop here?
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The Staff That Became a Snake
Bible verse
“And Moses cast down his rod before Pharaoh, and it became a serpent.”
— Exodus 7:10 (KJV)
What we believe
A wooden staff transformed into a living creature by the power of God.
What we struggle to believe
That Enoch — a righteous man who walked with God — could read, write, and record what he was shown.
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The Sea That Split
Bible verse
“And the waters were divided.”
— Exodus 14:21 (KJV)
What we believe
God split an entire sea so an entire nation could walk through on dry ground.
What we struggle to believe
That Enoch, the seventh from Adam, wrote a book that bore his name.
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The Ark That Saved the World
Bible verse
“Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.”
— Genesis 6:22 (KJV)
What we believe
Noah preserved every kind of animal on the planet through a worldwide Flood.
What we struggle to believe
That Noah could also preserve the writings of his great-grandfather on that same ark.
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The Man Who Lived in the Fish
Bible verse
“Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.”
— Jonah 1:17 (KJV)
What we believe
A human survived an environment modern science says is impossible.
What we struggle to believe
That Enoch’s writings could survive through time and reach the modern world.
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The Sun That Stood Still — Until a Book Is Mentioned
Bible verse
“So the sun stood still, and the moon stayed…
Is not this written in the book of Jasher?”
— Joshua 10:13 (KJV)
What we believe
The sun literally stopped in the sky for nearly a full day.
Where belief suddenly hesitates
Not at the cosmic miracle —
but at the fact that Scripture openly quotes another book.
The miracle is accepted.
The reference is questioned.
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And Here Is the Paradox
We believe:
• Staffs turn into snakes
• Seas split open
• Animals are preserved globally
• Men survive the impossible
• The sun stops in the sky
But hesitate at:
• Enoch writing a book
• That book being preserved
• That book being referenced by Scripture
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Summary
Believing that Enoch, the seventh from Adam, wrote 1 Enoch
is not extreme.
Compared to the miracles already accepted,
it is actually one of the least extraordinary claims.
Especially when even the Book of Jasher — quoted directly in Scripture — also speaks of Enoch and his righteousness.
Jasher 3:7-8
“And all the sons of men then assembled to him, for all who desired this thing went to Enoch, and Enoch reigned over the sons of men according to the word of the Lord, and they came and bowed to him and they heard his word.
And the spirit of God was upon Enoch, and he taught all his men the wisdom of God and his ways, and the sons of men served the Lord all the days of Enoch, and they came to hear his wisdom.”
The question isn’t whether this belief is too miraculous.
The real question is:
Why is this where we decided miracles were no longer allowed?
That is the paradox.