I Would Most Like To Be Like This Bible Character

​Gen. 5:21-24 - Enoch lived sixty-five years, and became the father of Methuselah. 22 Then Enoch walked with God three hundred years after he became the father of Methuselah, and he had other sons and daughters. 23 So all the days of Enoch were three hundred and sixty-five years. 24 Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him.  NASU 
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• Enoch Walked With God 

How cool would that be? Enoch walked with God.

When God was walking in the Garden of Eden Adam ran and hid himself from God (Gen.3:8). Enoch wasn't hiding from God he was walking with God. He was talking with God.

It was like two friends out for a stroll. What an amazing relationship they must have had together.
 
This just blows my mind when I think about this. Now I know that this has to be some type of a Theophany because no one can see God and live. His brilliance alone would blind us forever, but regardless Enoch is walking with God for 300 YEARS!
 
What type of questions would you ask God? I mean you are with God and He can answer any question you have without hesitation.
 
I hope you are walking with God today. I hope you talking with Him through prayer. He is able to help you live each day of your life. He can answer all of your questions, but you have to give Him time because He will answer your questions in His time not yours. 

• What Enoch Didn't Do 

This is so radically different from what all other humans do. Let me share this with you:
 
Gen. 5:5 - So all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years, and he died.
 
Gen. 5:8 - So all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years, and he died.
 
Gen. 5:11- So all the days of Enosh were nine hundred and five years, and he died.
 
Gen. 5:14 -So all the days of Kenan were nine hundred and ten years, and he died.
 
Gen. 5:23-24 - So all the days of Enoch were three hundred and sixty-five years. 24 Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him.
 
Enoch Never Died! I left out a few names on purpose. But you can go and read from Gen.5:15 - 23 and it says the same thing they had a son and lived X amount of years afterwards and then they DIED.
 
Not so with Enoch. He never DIED. In fact, it says specifically that God TOOK him. 

• What Does That Mean? 

"God took him" verse 24 states very clearly. This Hebrew word for "took" is very popular as it is used 966 times in the OT.

God took Adam and placed him in the Garden of Eden, God took a rib from Adam and made Eve, Eve took of the fruit and ate it, David took a stone from his bag and killed Goliath and David took Goliath sword and cut off his head and there are many many other times the word "took" was used.
 
But here in Genesis 5 Enoch walked with God and he was no more for God "took" him.
 
Notice what the Hebrew writer says about Enoch:
 
By faith Enoch was taken up so that he would not see death; AND HE WAS NOT FOUND BECAUSE GOD TOOK HIM UP; for he obtained the witness that before his being taken up he was pleasing to God  (Heb.11:5).
 
Enoch didn't see death because he had such a pleasing relationship with God that God allowed him to leave this world without dying. He some how or another went through the change of putting off this mortal body for an immortal one.
 
Yes, what happened to Enoch will happen to those who are still alive when Jesus returns and the apostle Paul writes about it this way:

1 Cor. 15:51-53 - Behold, I tell you a mystery; we will not all sleep, but we will all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet; for the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. For this perishable must put on the imperishable, and this mortal must put on immortality.
 
What will happen to those alive at the 2nd coming of Jesus is what happened to Enoch. He was changed because of his relationship with God. Those who are alive at Jesus' 2nd Coming will be changed also. 
 
If you have not been born again I highly recommend having that change take place so that when you die or Jesus returns you are ready. (Contact me if you need more information about being born again)

• Our Day Is Coming 

There will be a day coming when we will either die or be changed at Jesus' return. Why not spend time with God like Enoch did. As you read the Word of God it is a little bit like walking with God like Enoch, not exactly but a little bit is better than none at all.
 
Our day is coming. Don't look back at the things you have done that you regret. Look to the future of things you are going to do and the greatest thing you can do is walk with God to the best of your ability. 
 
This my friends is what we are after today a testimony from God like the one Enoch had received: for he obtained the witness that before his being taken up he was pleasing to God. 
 
Think About This:
 
Are you making it easier for other people to believe in God?

Stay Pumped,
 
Gary A. Serago
 
Minister of God's Word