The names of a number of individuals are written in the Bible. Some names are mentioned more often than others. The Bible records that some men were born, they lived for a number of years, they had children, and then they died.
While a lot can be said about what some men of the Bible did, but there is very little recorded about some others did. We may not know very much about Enoch, but the Bible records that he "walked with God." And, the fact that Enoch "walked with God" is recorded twice in Genesis.
"And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years and begat sons and daughters." Genesis 5:22 "And Enoch walked with God; and he was not; for God took him." Genesis 5:24
He "walked with God" and he went to heaven without dying" as did Elijah, 2 Kings 2:11
It is generally assumed that Adam walked with God, Genesis 3:8, but Enoch is the first man that the Bible clearly records that he "walked with God." The only other man to have enjoyed this level of such an intimate and personal relationship with God was Enoch's great- grandson, Noah.
"... Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God." Genesis 6:9
To 'walk with God' implies a very special intimate relationship with God. Most of us just "talk the talk" but we do not really "walk the walk." While our names and lives will not be recorded in the Bible, there is a record being kept in heaven, 1 John 5:7
It would be great if our record would reflect that we were born, we believed, we were humble, and for a little while we walked with God.
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