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Enoch Walked With God, November 2
By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; ... for before his
translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.
Hebrews 11:5
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The knowledge of God that works transformation of character is our great
need. If we fulfill His purpose, there must be in our lives a revelation of God that
shall correspond to the teaching of His Word.
The experience of Enoch and of John the Baptist represents what ours should
be. Far more than we do, we need to study the lives of these men—he who was
translated to heaven without seeing death, and he who, before Christ’s first advent,
was called to prepare the way of the Lord, to make His paths straight.
Of Enoch it is written that he lived sixty-five years and begat a son; after that
he walked with God three hundred years. During those earlier years, Enoch had
loved and feared God, and had kept His commandments. But after the birth of his
first son he reached a higher experience; he was drawn into closer relationship
with God. As he saw the child’s love for its father, its simple trust in his protection;
as he felt the deep, yearning tenderness of his own heart for that firstborn son, he
learned a precious lesson of the wonderful love of God to man in the gift of His
Son, and the confidence which the children of God may repose in their heavenly
Father. The infinite, unfathomable love of God through Christ became the subject
of his meditations day and night. With all the fervor of his soul he sought to reveal
that love to the people among whom he dwelt....
His faith waxed stronger, his love became more ardent, with the lapse of
centuries. To him prayer was as the breath of the soul. He lived in the atmosphere
of heaven....
The power of God that wrought with His servant was felt by those who heard.
Some gave heed to the warning and renounced their sins; but the multitudes
mocked at the solemn message....
For three hundred years Enoch had been seeking purity of heart, that he might
be in harmony with heaven. For three centuries he had walked with God. Day by
day he had longed for a closer union; nearer and nearer had grown the communion,
until God took him to Himself. He had stood at the threshold of the eternal world,
only a step between him and the land of the blest; and now the portals opened, the
walk with God, so long pursued on earth, continued, and he passed through the
gates of the Holy City, the first from among men to enter there....
To such communion God is calling us. As was Enoch’s must be their holi-
ness of character who shall be redeemed from among men at the Lord’s second
coming.—
Testimonies for the Church 8:329-331
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