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From Eternity Past
law and despising the atonement. He saw the righteous crowned with
glory and honor and the wicked destroyed by fire.
Enoch became a preacher of righteousness, making known God’s
messages to all who would hear. In the land where Cain had sought to
flee from the divine presence, the prophet made known the wonderful
scenes that had passed before his vision. “Behold,” he declared, “the
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Lord cometh with ten thousands of His saints, to execute judgment
upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their
ungodly deeds.”
Jude 14, 15
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While he preached the love of God in Christ, he rebuked the pre-
vailing iniquity and warned that judgment would surely be visited upon
the transgressor. It is not smooth things only that are spoken by holy
men. God puts into the lips of His messengers truths that are keen and
cutting as a two-edged sword.
Some gave heed to the warning, but the multitudes went on more
boldly in their evil ways. So will the last generation make light of the
warnings of the Lord’s messengers.
In the midst of a life of active labor, Enoch steadfastly maintained
his communion with God. After remaining for a time among the
people, he would spend a season in solitude, hungering and thirsting
for divine knowledge. Communing with God, Enoch came more and
more to reflect the divine image. His face was radiant with the light
that shines in the face of Jesus.
As year after year passed, deeper and deeper grew the tide of
human guilt, darker and darker gathered the clouds of divine judgment.
Yet Enoch held on his way, warning, pleading, striving to turn back
the tide of guilt. Though his warnings were disregarded by a sinful,
pleasure-loving people, he had the testimony that God approved. He
continued to battle against evil until God removed him from a world
of sin to the pure joys of heaven.
Enoch Is Translated to Heaven
The men of that generation had mocked him who sought not to
build up possessions here. But Enoch’s heart was upon eternal trea-
sures. He had seen the King in His glory in the midst of Zion. His
mind, his conversation, were in heaven. The greater the existing
iniquity, the more earnest was his longing for the home of God.
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