The apocrypha and extra-canonical books have always been a controversial set of books. Numerous people disapprove of them because of the believe that they were inserted into the 1611 King James Bible by the Catholic church to support its doctrines. When I converted to Christianity many years ago, I was strongly discouraged from reading it to avoid exposure to ‘doctrines of demons’. It is only within the last 14 months when I became aware of the Hebrew awakening and the 2 Esdras 13 teaching that I found the courage and motivation to ‘dabble’ into the Apocryphal books.

Since it is a journey I started only recently, I cannot and will not claim to know all that is written therein or that the books have not been tampered with by the heathen. I have found them very helpful and they have given me a whole new understanding of Scriptures, the Most High and the world around me. To say that these books have enriched my life is an understatement.

This post is therefore written in response to those who forcefully write off the apocrypha because of some content they found confusing. Remember that segments of the Canonical books have issues many of us question, nevertheless we did not throw the whole book away. Why then do we discard the old testament apocrypha simply because we read a bad review. Emperor Constantine or even King James himself may not have liked the books, afterall, they are but men – like us.

Below are 18 reasons why I will keep reading the extra-canonical books including the apocrypha:

18 reasons

1. The Messiah and early believers read it and quoted from it. – The story of the Woman married seven times (Luke 20:29-36) is also in Tobit. The Messiah’s lamentation about wanting to gather Israel together as a hen (Matthew 23:37) is found in 2 Esdras 1:30. Jude 1:14 makes a statement attributed to Enoch. That statement can only be seen if you read the book of Enoch.

2. There are numerous references to these books in the Bible (Joshua 10:13, 2 Samuel 1:18, Numbers 21:14, 1 Kings 11:41, 1 Kings 14:19, 1 Kings 14:29, 2 Kings 22:8, 2 Kings 23:2 and 23:24, 2 Chronicles 29:29, 2 Chronicles 12:15, 2 Chronicles 20:34, Ezra 4:15, Nahum 1:1 and Mathew 1:1). I have never even come across half of these books, many are believed to have been destroyed by the Romans.

3. They reveal a lot of truth that has been hidden from us. For example, it is not the Babylonians who burnt the Temple, it was the Edomites in their ranks (1 Esdras 4:45)

4. They tell us the direction where the tribes of the Northern kingdom went to after leaving Assyria in 2 Esdras 13:45. They went Westwards through Arsareth by land into the African continent. Most will remain beyond the rivers of Ethiopia (Zephaniah 3:10). They are not and where never really lost, the powers that be deliberately hid their identity from the rest of the world.

5. They tell us how the Greeks became Jews and their plans to annex Jerusalem as the capital of their world government (2 Maccabees 9:14-17).

6. They reveal that the Greeks have changed the messiah and the scriptures into their own image (1 Maccabees 3:48). The image of Zeus was presented as Christ the Savior.

7. The book of wisdom prophesied about the father who would turn his dead perverted son into a god that would be worshiped worldwide. Caesar Borgia aka white Jesus replaced the image of Zeus (Wisdom 14:15-16). He is now worshiped worldwide as the image of the savior.

8. They answer some of the traditional questions that atheists have about the Bible thus clearing the confusion. Examples include how Cain and Seth married their sisters (Jubilees 4), and how Cain died.

9. They explain in more details why and how the world became so messed up today. How the Heathen present the dark skinned Hebrews as Canaanites and passed off the Caucasian Canaanites/Edomites as Hebrew in their stead. It was a simple color switch; the lie was simple but big, repeated many times until we all believed it. 2 Esdras 6:9 talks about how Edom wrecks havoc in the world and notes that his end will come.

10. They present the missing history sections of scripture. These include where Esau went to and who really invaded Europe. It mentions some of the things that Joseph did in Egypt

11. They explain why we have massive Church buildings that milk out the people through tithes and offerings that the wolves gobble up. The Church buildings are gigantic collection houses that the heathen built to tax the masses according to Canaanite religions. It is therefore appropriate that the early churches were built over ancient pagan altars.

12. Tells us why the maths doesn’t add up in the 430 years in Egypt. The Israelites were not enslaved with hard labour for four hundred years in Egypt, but for 210 years (Jasher 81:3-4, and see exodus in Septuagint for true meaning of the 430 years). The four hundred years of affliction spoken of to Abraham is the transatlantic slave trade.

13. Identifies features of the eagle nation that afflicts and sheds the blood of nations worldwide and how its end shall be (2 Esdras 11-12).

14. They tell us what the real purpose of tithes and offerings are. A lifeline for the widows and fatherless children, not for jets and mansions for the preacher (3 Maccabees 3)

15. We learn a lot more about the Nephilim and what they looked like (Jubilees 5 and  Enoch 105)

16. They explain that the law is eternal and will be obeyed even after this world has passed away (Jubilees 2).

17. They explain how the earth was divided after the flood among Noah’s children. This helps us to understand that North America was originally inhabited by descendant’s of Ham, not Shem (jubilees 8).

18. It is fun reading, full of action, horrors and sagas.

I am sure other readers will have their favorite reasons for reading these ‘hidden’ books. My goal is just to draw your attention to the knowledge locked up within them.

Be blessed in the Name of the Most High.