GEN 5:21 When Enoch had lived 65 years, he became the father of Methuselah. 22 And after he became the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked with God 300 years and had other sons and daughters. 23 Altogether, Enoch lived 365 years. 24 Enoch walked with God; then he was no more, because God took him away.
Enoch walked with God twice? I am not clear what this means about Enoch.
2007-01-03 07:01:23 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Enoch had so pleased God with his faith that God took him. He didn't experience death. He went straight to Heaven
2007-01-03 07:18:12 · answer #1 · answered by kenny p 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
“Enoch kept walking with the true God.” (Gen. 5:18, 21-24; Heb. 11:5; 12:1) As a prophet of Jehovah, he foretold God’s coming with His holy myriads to execute judgment against the ungodly. (Jude 14, 15 - Likely persecution was brought against him because of his prophesying. However, God did not permit the opposers to kill Enoch. Instead, Jehovah “took him,” that is, cut short his life at the age of 365, an age far below that of most of his contemporaries. Enoch was “transferred so as not to see death,” which may mean that God put him in a prophetic trance and then terminated Enoch’s life while he was in the trance so that he did not experience the pangs of death. (Gen. 5:24; Heb. 11:5, 13.) However, he was not taken to heaven, in view of Jesus’ clear statement at John 3:13.
But the important thing for lovers of Jehovah is that they serve him faithfully to the end of their days. We know that Enoch did that because “before his transference he had the witness that he had pleased God well.” The Scriptures do not disclose how Jehovah communicated this to Enoch. Nevertheless, before Enoch died, he was given assurance of God’s approval, and we can be certain that Jehovah will remember him in the resurrection.
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2007-01-03 07:32:52 · answer #2 · answered by Jeremy Callahan 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
22 And after his fathering Me·thu′se·lah E′noch went on walking with the [true] God three hundred years. Meanwhile he became father to sons and daughters. 23 So all the days of E′noch amounted to three hundred and sixty-five years. 24 And E′noch kept walking with the [true] God. Then he was no more, for God took him.
your bible should say kept on walking
2007-01-03 07:28:40 · answer #3 · answered by gary d 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋