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Enoch, a Son of God, Walked with the Father, January
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And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.
Genesis 5:24
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Of Enoch it is written that he lived sixty-five years, and begat a son.
After that he walked with God three hundred years.... After the birth of his
first son, Enoch reached a higher experience; he was drawn into a closer
relationship with God. He realized more fully his own obligations and
responsibility as a son of God
Enoch’s righteous life was in marked contrast with the wicked people
around him. His piety, his purity, his unswerving integrity were the result
of his walking with God, while the wickedness of the world was the result
of their walking with the deceiver of mankind. There never has been and
never will be an age when the moral darkness will be so dense as when
Enoch lived a life of irreproachable righteousness
In the midst of a life of active labor, Enoch steadfastly maintained his
communion with God. The greater and more pressing his labors, the more
constant and earnest were his prayers.... After remaining for a time among
the people laboring to benefit them by instruction and example, he would
withdraw, to spend a season in solitude, hungering and thirsting for that
divine knowledge which God alone can impart. Communing thus with
God, Enoch came more and more to reflect the divine image. His face was
radiant with a holy light, even the light that shineth in the face of Jesus.
As he came forth from these divine communings, even the ungodly beheld
with awe the impress of heaven upon his countenance
We, too, are to walk with God. When we do this, our faces will be
lighted up by the brightness of His presence, and when we meet one
another, we shall speak of His power, saying, Praise God. Good is the
Lord, and good is the word of the Lord.... And those who will be translated
at the close of time, will be those who commune with God on earth
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Patriarchs and Prophets, 84
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The S.D.A. Bible Commentary 1:1088
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Patriarchs and Prophets, 86, 87
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The S.D.A. Bible Commentary 1:1087
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