This first Enoch would go on to have a son named Irad, and various descendants would follow before the great flood. He may have been a bit of a disappointment to his family.
Genesis 5 shows that his father Jared lived years, and his son Methuselah is the oldest man recorded in the Bible at years. Connor is a freelance writer and journalist, with a Bachelor of Science in Professional Writing from Taylor University.
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Find out more about his work here. This article is part of our People from the Bible Series featuring the most well-known historical names and figures from Scripture. We have compiled these articles to help you study those whom God chose to set before us as examples in His Word. The phrase walked with God is also used of Noah. Walking with God speaks of a way of life in which people conduct themselves. When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, I am Almighty God; walk before me and be blameless Genesis Walking with God means more than keeping the law of God.
Both Enoch and Abraham lived before the Mosaic Law was given. Walking with God, is not, therefore, legalistically keeping a set of laws. It is a heart attitude, a way of life. In the midst of the other individuals mentioned in the genealogy of Genesis 5 Enoch had a continual relationship with God. Summary Enoch along with Elijah did not die. He is said to have walked with God. This means his life was one of pleasing God. Consequently God did not allow him to die.
Enoch is also a pre-figurement of the rapture of the church-where the Lord translates all believers, living and dead, into His presence. Donate Contact. Blue Letter Bible is a c 3 nonprofit organization. APA Format. Chicago Format. SBL Format. Share This Page.
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During this event, God will take believers into heaven during the End Times. Christians differ in opinion as to where exactly the Rapture will take place during the End Times timeline before the seven-year tribulation, halfway during the seven-year trial, after the seven-year tribulation, etc.
Second, Enoch lived a few hundred years before the Flood. We see the inhabitants of the earth descend into utter moral depravity during this time period. Considering that the people back then lived for hundreds of years, some Christians have speculated due to a vapor canopy that surrounded the earth that blocked out harmful Gamma rays and produced a temperate climate that perhaps God took Enoch into heaven to avoid the Flood that would come a few hundred years later.
Third, we see a faithful man living amongst a wicked generation, like Elijah during the time of Ahab. Elijah is the only prophet of God left 1 Kings , outnumbered by prophets of the enemy. Depending on what Christian tradition you came from, you may consider the Book of Enoch to be canonical. In other words, an author who called himself Enoch wrote the Book of Enoch, but it was likely just a man going by a pseudonym.
We do see that the Bible actually quotes from the Book of Enoch. We see such references in Jude and 2 Peter. Both of these passages appear to be plucking portions of tradition from the Book of Enoch.
Considering how amazing and unusual this event is, we might have hoped for more details. And yet, every word of the Bible is focused on a particular purpose. In this case, the real purpose is to explain the genealogy from Adam to Noah, through Seth. So far as that is concerned, exactly what happened to Enoch is beside the point.
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