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The Truth About Angels
He met with the good and bad at stated times, and labored to turn the
ungodly from their evil course.—
Spiritual Gifts 3:56
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Enoch continued to grow more heavenly while communing with
God.... The Lord loved Enoch, because he steadfastly followed Him,
and abhorred iniquity, and earnestly sought a more perfect knowledge
of His will that he might perform it. He yearned to unite himself still
more closely to God, whom he feared, reverenced, and adored. The
Lord would not permit Enoch to die like other men, but sent His angels
to take him to heaven without seeing death. In the presence of the
righteous and the wicked, Enoch was removed from them. Those who
loved him thought that God might have left him in some of his places
of retirement; but after seeking diligently, and being unable to find
him, they reported that he was not, for God took him.—
The Signs of
the Times, February 20, 1879
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The flaming chariots of God were sent for this holy man, and he
was borne to heaven.—
The Review and Herald, April 19, 1870
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The Lord has given me a view of other worlds. Wings were given
me, and an angel attended me from the city to a place that was bright
and glorious.... Then I was taken to a world which had seven moons.
There I saw good old Enoch, who had been translated. On his right
arm he bore a glorious palm, and on each leaf was written “Victory.”
Around his head was a dazzling white wreath, and leaves on the wreath,
and in the middle of each leaf was written “Purity,” and around the
wreath were stones of various colors, that shone brighter than the stars,
and cast a reflection upon the letters and magnified them. On the back
part of his head was a bow that confined the wreath, and upon the bow
was written “Holiness.” Above the wreath was a lovely crown that
shone brighter than the sun. I asked him if this was the place he was
taken to from the earth. He said, “It is not; the city is my home, and I
have come to visit this place.”—
Early Writings, 39, 40
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Enoch represents those who shall remain upon the earth and be
translated to heaven without seeing death. He represents that company
that are to live amid the perils of the last days, and withstand all the
corruption, vileness, sin, and iniquity, and yet be unsullied by it all.
We can stand as did Enoch. There has been provision made for us....
Angels of God that excel in strength, are sent to minister to those who
shall be heirs of salvation. These angels, when they see that we are
doing the very utmost on our part to be overcomers, will do their part,