01-16-08 Walking away from death -- Hebrews 11:5
By faith Enoch was taken from this life, so that he did not experience death; he could not be found, because God had taken him away. For before he was taken, he was commended as one who pleased God. -- Hebrews 11:5Enoch is a man who captured my imagination from the time I was a young boy. What would it be like to go for a walk with God and end up at His home? Maybe that's part of the reason I take a walk often and use that time for prayer.
Enoch, of course, is the father of Methuselah, the oldest man recorded in the Bible. I've been told that the name "Methuselah" means "after him it will come." If you do the math, you find that Noah's flood came the year Methuselah died.How did Enoch know?
By faith we will be taken from this life. The world will look for us, but we will not be found, because God will take us away. Enoch lived during a time when violence filled the earth. Yet he walked with God, he saw the future, and curse of death lost its hold on him.
I'm glad God works outside the box -- who would have guessed Enoch would walk away from death, and who can guess what God has in store for us!
Be encouraged!
Dwight
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