Genesis 5:23, 24 - Enoch; Wow What an Example!
Genesis 5:23, 24 (NLT) Enoch lived 365
years, 24 walking in close fellowship with God.
Then one day he disappeared, because God took
him
Genesis 5:23, 24 (AMP) So all the days of
Enoch were 365 years. 24 And Enoch walked [in
habitual fellowship] with God; and he was not, for
God took him [home with Him].
COMMENTARY PEARL
Enochs walk with God was not in a trance
or vision, but in all the duties of his daily
life. He did not become a hermit, shutting himself
entirely from the world; for he had a work to do for
God in the world. In the family and in his
intercourse with men, as a husband and father, a friend,
a citizen, he was the steadfast, unwavering
servant of the Lord. PP85 [Remnant SB]
COMMENTARY
When the 19th century was ending and the
20th century was beginning, there was a buoyant
optimism. It was a time that Mark Twain described as
the Gilded Age.
As a new century was about to dawn, a new
philosophy emerged that humanity would somehow bring
about Heaven on Earth, besting nature, and even
God, through technology.
Interestingly, the latest in technology
in that day was shipbuilding. And as a symbol
of this new era, the White Star Line
commissioned the building of the most magnificent,
luxurious, technologically advanced ship ever known.
They aptly named it the Titanic. Someone famously
said that even God Himself could not sink it.
You know the rest of the story. Its
almost as though the Lord Himself said, Let me
show you what your technology amounts to when you
dare to thumb your nose at Me and leave Me out of
the equation.
We find a parallel to this time in the
Bible, a time prior to the judgment of God upon
Earth through the Great Flood. There was a man who
walked with God prior to this judgment who gave us
a model for how to live a godly life in an
ungodly world.
This particular man, whose name was
Enoch, is an example of how to live as a last day
believer.
The Bible also tells us that the Lord
took Enoch before he actually died: Enoch
lived 365 years, walking in close fellowship with
God. Then one day he disappeared, because God
took him (Exodus 5:23-24 NLT). Enoch is a
prototype, if you will, of an entire generation of
people who will not see death but will be caught up
to meet the Lord in the air in the Rapture.
Its entirely possible that we could be
that generation. At the appointed hour, Jesus
will come again. But until that time, we should
walk with Him. [Greg Laurie from Harvest
Ministries; https://www.harvestdaily.com]
CLOSING PEARLS
I wish I could impress upon every worker in
Gods cause, the great need of continual, earnest
prayer. They cannot be constantly upon their knees,
but they can be uplifting their hearts to God.
This is the way that Enoch walked with God. The
Review and Herald, November 10, 1885. EV681
In learning to walk with God, there is
always the difficulty of getting into His stride,
but once we have done so...the individual person
is merged into a personal oneness with God, and
God's stride and His power alone are exhibited.
[In His Time; My Utmost For His Highest]
LINKS FOR FURTHER STUDY ON THIS TOPIC
Genesis 5:24 - Walking with God.
http://www.abible.com/devotions/2021/20210213-0857.html
Hebrews 11:5 (KJV) By faith Enoch was
translated that he should not see death; and was not
found, because God had translated him: for before
his translation he had this testimony, that he
pleased God.
2 Corinthians 5:9 - What Is Our Primary Aim?
http://www.abible.com/devotions/2006/20061026-0821.html
1 Thessalonians 5:17 - Pray Without Ceasing.
http://www.abible.com/devotions/2021/20210628-0909.html
YOUR COMMENTS
If anyone has a paraphrase, commentary or
testimony on this passage of Scripture, either
personal or otherwise, I would be interested in
hearing from you. Thanks in advance and let's keep
uplifting Jesus that all might be drawn to Him. Fred
Gibbs
LINKS WORTH CHECKING OUT
Most Important Decision in Life:
http://www.youtube.com/embed/WGnEuGwvXqU?rel=0
Steps to Peace by Billy Graham:
https://stepstopeace.org/
A Man without Equal by Bill Bright:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiVa7UoruIo
Seeking God Made Real:
http://vimeo.com/31489782
Prayer Made Real:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tc8VdMV26VE
Importance of Choice:
http://creationhealth.com/CREATION-Health/Choice [click on video]
Medical Seminar on Healthful Living by David
DeRose, MD, MPH:
https://www.smartlifestyletv.com/lifestart
LINKS FOR BIBLE STUDIES
Lifting Up Jesus Bible Studies:
http://www.liftingupjesus.net/
Amazing Facts Bible Studies:
http://www.amazingfacts.org/bible-study/bible-study-guides.aspx
Hope Awakens Bible Study Guides:
https://www.hopeawakens.study/lesson-header;id=2
Glow Tract Video Bible Studies:
http://www.bibleresearch.info/
LINKS FOR BIBLE PROPHECY SEMINARS
Panorama of Prophecy with Pastor Doug
Batchelor: https://www.panoramaofprophecy.com/
Islam and Christianity in Prophecy, The
Third and Final Conflict by Tim Roosenberg:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHSJB-fuHLU&list=PLWhQIHGTHlkaGg5Cwe3NDzWtFX8vNSpsE
Unlocking Bible Prophecies by Cami Oetman of
Adventist World Radio: https://www.awr.org/bible
Hope Awakens by John Bradshaw of IIW:
https://itiswritten.tv/programs/hope-awakens
Prophecies Decoded by Pastor Ron Clouzet:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1A435C5373550657
