About Enoch

Enoch was an interesting character. We know very little about him but what we do know is quite fascinating.

His son was named Methuselah, and he had the longest life recorded in The Bible (969 years) but he left his earthly life before his father.

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[Gen 5:21-24] Enoch lived sixty-five years, and begot Methuselah. After he begot Methuselah, Enoch walked with God three hundred years, and had sons and daughters. So all the days of Enoch were 365 years. And Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him.

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This passage is a little unclear on what exactly happened to Enoch, but God reveals more to us in Hebrews.

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[Heb 11:5]  By faith Enoch was taken away so that he did not see death, "and was not found, because God had taken him"; for before he was taken he had this testimony, that he pleased God.

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We know that Enoch was taken to Heaven without seeing death. The only other time this happened was with Elijah.

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 [2 Kings 2:11]  Then it happened, as they continued on and talked, that suddenly a chariot of fire appeared with horses of fire, and separated the two of them; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.

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What really caught my attention with Enoch is that he prophesied about the 2nd Coming of Christ! You won’t find that recorded in Genesis. It is found in the tiny little one-chapter New Testament book of Jude. 

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[Jude 1:14-15] Now Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about these men also, saying, "Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of His saints, "to execute judgment on all, to convict all who are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have committed in an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him."

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Footnote:

The Book of Enoch is not included in The Canon of Scripture, and there is no proof that the book known today named after him was written by Enoch. It is believed to be a sham book written by someone else in past history, who had nefarious motives, and claimed it was Enoch's book.