Hi Robert,

 

In your post at http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/apr2012/robertr421.htm you quoted the following verses from the book of Nicodemus chapter 9 to show us that Enoch and Elijah will be the two witnesses of Revelation 11:3-12:

 

"But the Lord holding the hand of Adam delivered him unto Michael the archangel, and all the saints followed Michael the archangel, and he brought them all into the glory and beauty (grace) of paradise. And there met with them two men, ancients of days, and when they were asked of the saints: Who are ye that have not yet been dead in hell with us and are set in paradise in the body? then one of them answering, said: I am Enoch which was translated hither by the word of the Lord, and this that is with me is Elias the Thesbite which was taken up in a chariot of fire: and up to this day we have not tasted death, but we are received unto the coming of Antichrist to fight against him with signs and wonders of God, and to be slain of him in Jerusalem, and after three days and a half to be taken up again alive on the clouds."

 

However, the problem with the book of Nicodemus, which I found at http://ebookbrowse.com/book-of-nicodemus-pdf-d12048923 is that the Greek form of the book of Nicodemus chapter 3 (on page 3 of the PDF) says "that after the accomplishing of five thousand five hundred years from the creation of the earth thou shall come into the earth the only begotten Son of God, being made man; and he shall anoint him (Adam) with this oil, and shall raise him up; and shall wash clean, with water and with the Holy Spirit, both him and those out of him' and then shall he be healed of every disease, but now this is impossible."

 

Although we believe that there was about 4000 years after creation before Christ came, and we are presently living in 2012 which is about 6012 years from creation and although the present Jewish calendar shows the present year as 5772, I don't see how the only begotten Son of God could have came 5,500 years after creation which is what the book of Nicodemus wants us to believe.  So that inconsistency would also cast doubt on the rest of the book of Nicodemus as to whether some of it is true or not.  Also the Latin version of the book of Nicodemus chapter 3 on page 34 of the same PDF file also mentions the Son of God coming 5,500 years after creation.