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Seth and Enoch
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return it to the earth again more gloriously adorned than before it
was removed from the earth. God purposed to preserve a specimen
of His perfect work of creation free from the curse wherewith He
had cursed the earth.
The Lord opened more fully to Enoch the plan of salvation, and
by the Spirit of prophecy carried him down through the generations
which should live after the Flood, and showed him the great events
connected with the second coming of Christ and the end of the world.
(
Jude 1:14
.)
Enoch was troubled in regard to the dead. It seemed to him
that the righteous and the wicked would go to the dust together,
and that would be their end. He could not clearly see the life of
the just beyond the grave. In prophetic vision he was instructed
in regard to the Son of God, who was to die man’s sacrifice, and
was shown the coming of Christ in the clouds of heaven, attended
by the angelic host, to give life to the righteous dead and ransom
them from their graves. He also saw the corrupt state of the world
at the time when Christ should appear the second time—that there
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would be a boastful, presumptuous, self-willed generation arrayed in
rebellion against the law of God and denying the only Lord God and
our Lord Jesus Christ, and trampling upon His blood and despising
His atonement. He saw the righteous crowned with glory and honor
while the wicked were separated from the presence of the Lord and
consumed with fire.
Enoch faithfully rehearsed to the people all that God had revealed
to him by the Spirit of prophecy. Some believed his words and turned
from their wickedness to fear and worship God.
Enoch Translated
Enoch continued to grow more heavenly while communing with
God. His face was radiant with a holy light which would remain
upon his countenance while instructing those who would hear his
words of wisdom. His heavenly and dignified appearance struck
the people with awe. The Lord loved Enoch because he steadfastly
followed Him and abhorred iniquity and earnestly sought heavenly
knowledge, that he might do His will perfectly. He yearned to unite
himself still more closely to God, whom he feared, reverenced,