In a cave off the coast of the Dead Sea, one of the most important archeological finds of this millennium was discovered at the archeological site of Qumran in the West Bank. The preserved manuscripts, known today as the Dead Sea Scrolls, were kept on guard by an ancient group known as the Essenes. They knew this knowledge and wisdom would be the key for humanity to rediscover their true origins and story on this earth, and thus, it must be protected. In these scrolls are two of the most imperative manuscripts ever discovered, The Book of Enoch and The Book of Giants. These books piece together many of the questions that present day humanity has been asking themselves their whole lives, and that is, ‘how did we get here and where did we come from?

The Essenes were defenders of righteousness and fought to preserve the light in a world full of darkness. These texts fill in the missing gaps from the creation story and early portions of the Old Testament. Some lingering questions people may have are: Why was there a betrayal of angels? How come there are so many different ancient religions? Why is there one giant named Goliath, and where are all the other giants? These texts will dive into the betrayal and falling of legions of angels known as ‘The Watchers’ and how they corrupted humans, which in turn, led to the giants that God had to wipe off the face of the Earth with the flood that Noah, by literally the grace of God, escaped.

The question to deeply ponder is, why have the institutions with such power and knowledge, such as the Catholic church, kept these teachings hidden and out of sight from their clergy? Why is it not taught in present day Christian, Islam, or Hebrew schools? How come between 300-400 AD the convening of many councils of Bishops at Nicea, Hippo, and Carthage decided to keep some of the most pivotal teachings of the prophets out of the bible? Well, we may have a hunch...so let’s blast off and find out then, shall we?