The Book of Enoch

In D&C 107 we are told the story of a meeting in Adam-Ondi-Ahman where Adam met with his righteous posterity and prophesied "whatsoever should befall his posterity unto the latest generation" (D&C 107:56).  One of those in attendance at this meeting was Enoch, and the Lord told the Prophet Joseph that the details of the meeting "were all written in the book of Enoch, and are to be testified of in due time" (D&C 107:57). 

We of course don't have the complete Book of Enoch in our scriptures, but apparently we do have part of it.  What we now call the Book of Moses in the Pearl of Great Price contains, according to the Prophet Joseph, "Extracts from the Prophecy of Enoch” (History of the Church 1:133).  Presumably this is Moses 6:26-7:69.  The Book of Enoch is also mentioned in the Bible, for Jude apparently had it in front of him when he wrote, "And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints" (Jude 1:14).  This confirms that we certainly don't have the whole book in our Enoch account in the Pearl of Great Price for he apparently prophesied concerning the end times in addition to the small record that we have of his ministry.  The writings of Enoch are in the Apocrypha, though, and according to Hugh Nibley, "Its influence is apparent in no less than 128 places in the New Testament" (Enoch the Prophet, 95). So what did the Lord mean when He said that the book will be "testified of in due time"?  This language is different than the promise concerning John the Baptist's record: "And it shall come to pass, that if you are faithful you shall receive the fulness of the record of John" (D&C 93:18).  We can someday receive John's record, but as for the Book of Enoch we know only that it will be "testified of in due to time."  Since Joseph translated his portion of the Book of Enoch in 1830, well before D&C 107, it's unlikely that the Lord is referring to Joseph's translation.  It's possible that part of the fulfillment came with the Dead Sea Scrolls.  Apparently large fragments from the Book of Enoch were found therein, and Hugh Nibley wrote, "Recently some of the oldest and most important fragments of Enoch have turned up among the Dead Sea Scrolls" (Enoch the Prophet, 96).  These have validated the authenticity of Enoch's writings.  I have to think, though, that someday we will receive more of the record in its pure form as well.  Of course we can't know when that will be, but like the record of the brother of Jared and the testimony of John the Baptist, the Lord is likely waiting for us to truly "become clean" and "exercise faith" in Christ (Ether 4:6-7).