ENOCH WALKED WITH GOD AND DID NOT DIE

PROCLAMATION

“And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah; And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters; And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years; And Enoch walked with God; and he was not; for God took him.”  Genesis 5:21-24 (KJV)

 

EXPLANATION

These are the words of God which were revealed to and written by Moses under the influence of The Holy Spirit of God.  In this fifth chapter of Genesis, Moses presents the genealogy of Adam from creation to Noah.  He said that Adam lived one hundred and thirty years before he begat his son Seth.  Adam had many other sons and daughters and lived a total of nine hundred and thirty years before he died. (Genesis 5:1-5)  Briefly mentioned in the genealogy were Seth, who begat Enosh, who begat Kenan, who begat Mahalalel, who begat Jared, who begat Enoch.  Enoch was the first man mentioned in The Bible who walked with God. (Genesis 5:22)  Enoch is also the first of the two men mentioned in The Old Testament who did not die. (Genesis 5:24)  Enoch was translated, he was removed from earth by God.  The other man who did not die was Elijah. (2 Kings 2:11)  Moses goes on to say that Enoch begat Methuselah, who lived to be nine hundred sixty-nine years old, the oldest man to ever live. (Genesis 5:27)  Then Moses said that Methuselah begat Lamech who was the father of Noah.

 

APPLICATION

No one knows exactly how long they will live.  The Bible says that the days of our lives are seventy years, threescore and ten years, but that can be lengthened, or it may be cut short. (Psalm 90:10)  However, walking faithfully with God may be an effective way to extend our years.  Honoring your father and mother will extend one’s life on earth. (Exodus 20:12)  Enoch lived a long time, he walked with God for three hundred years after the birth of his son Methuselah. (Genesis 5:22)  Additionally, Enoch and Noah are the only two men in the Biblical record who are said to have walked with God. (Genesis 5:22 and 6:9)  The best was to get in good favor with God is to keep His commands.  We need to pray and ask God to forgive us of our sins, and then help us to walk in His way.  We may have to go through death, but that will just be our transition from earthly labor to heavenly reward.