FAITH: Enoch

Enoch walked with God; then he was no more,

for God took him away.

Genesis 5:24

Enoch is such a fascinating Bible character, mostly because we know so little about him.

·         We know that his father’s name was Jared.

·         We know he became a father at age 65, and had several sons and daughters

·         We know that his firstborn son was named Methuselah.

·         We know he was Noah’s great-grandfather.

·         We know he lived 300 years after Methuselah’s birth.

·         We know “he walked with God.”

I’ve always wondered if he literally walked with God as Adam and Eve did in the Garden of Eden.  The relationship between creature and Creator must have been extraordinary, because one day God decided that they were closer too heaven than they were to Enoch’s house, and decided to take him home with Him.

It was because of his faith that Enoch was taken to the eternal world

without experiencing death.  He disappeared from this world because

God had taken him, and before that happened,

his reputation was that “he pleased God.”

Hebrews 11:5

Summer Reading - New Testament

Monday, August 16         Hebrews 11-13

Tuesday, August 17         James 1-3

Wednesday, Aug 18         James 4-5; 1 Peter 1

Thursday, August 19        1 Peter 2-5

Friday, August 20             2 Peter 1-3

Saturday, August 21        1 John 1-3

Sunday, August 22           1 John 4-5

Monday, August 23         2 John; 3 John; Jude