God Takes Enochs (Genesis 5)

 God Takes Enochs

Men had fallen. They were all doomed to death and under the power of Satan.

Yet already in the beginning there was a promise that the serpent who deceived would be destroyed. Already we see God clothing the naked Adam and Eve.

And then we get a mysterious case with Enoch.
In the genealogy of Genesis many people are born and many people die. They die at a high age, but they certainly die.

But there is a single exception in this whole genealogy where life does not abruptly end in death. 

It’s the case of Enoch:


[Gen 5:21-24 NKJV] 21 Enoch lived sixty-five years, and begot Methuselah. 22 After he begot Methuselah, Enoch walked with God three hundred years, and had sons and daughters. 23 So all the days of Enoch were three hundred and sixty-five years. 24 And Enoch walked with God; and he [was] not, for God took him.


God simply ‘took him’. He is described as someone who ‘walked with God’. 

It is rather telling of God’s character, even in Genesis.
We have little direct mentions in Genesis about eternal life. But here we just see someone being taken by God and we never hear of his death while others have died.

The only specific characteristic we see is that he walked with God. And this is not something highly special. He was a man of flesh and blood like us. 

We too can walk with God if we simply put our trust in Him and when we love Him.

And it seems to be in God's character to take sinners who walk with Him to Himself.

And since He doesn’t change this trait is still there. 

Now of course not all are taken right now. But it is a small hint to the resurrection and God taking His people with Him when He returns.

Those who qualify are those who walk with Him.

He wants those who will be with Him to actually ‘walk’ with Him. What would eternity be with Him when we don’t even really want Him?

This is the way God thinks and acts.


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