The Wednesday night Bible study this week is on Enoch. I started last week with
Hebrews L7:L-2, with the Biblical definition of Faith. After Paul (yes, I believe that the Apostle
Paulwrote Hebrews), defined Faith, he followed with examples of faith. The 11th Chapter of
Hebrews is often called the "Hall of Fame" of the faithful--for good reason. Each Wednesday
we will look at a different person mentioned in this chapter. Last week was Abel.
 
      Paul's second example is Enoch. Enoch is mentioned four times in the scriptures,
Genesis 5:22-24; Hebrews 11:5-6; Luke 3:37; and Jude 14-15. Altogether he appears in less
than 10 verses in the Bible
                        Here is what we know about Enoch:
 
                  -He didn't die, God took him straight to Heaven
                  -He walked with God, and-He was a prophet 
                  -He walked with God, and 
                  -He was a prophet (see Jude). 
   Have you ever wondered what they talked about while they walked. I wonder if God
told Enoch what Eden was like before the fall, indeed what the world was like before sin? Did
Enoch ask God why He created the earth, or certain things in it? Or maybe how God planned
on redeeming mankind? 
 
   Apparently, they talked about the problem of false teachers already in the world, and
apparently always with among us. The bottom line is that they probably talked about
everything and everywhere, but especially they talked about God and Enoch.
 
   You would think that after 300 years Enoch would have heard it all. But just like us, we
can spend a life time studying and learning and still have questions, and we still have to
acknowledge-we don't know it all. 
 
   The greatest part of the Enoch account is this, we can do what Enoch did. We can walk,
and talk, with God, every day. lt's up to us. God has the time and the desire to spend all the
time He can with each one of us. The question is simply 'how much time are we willing to
spend with Him?' 
 
   I also believe this about Enoch, I believe that one day he turned to God and said, 'l'm
done here, I've seen all I want to see of this world, show me Heaven. You've walked with me
here, I want to walk with you there.' "And he was not, for God took him." And I believe that
they are still walking and talking--on streets of gold. 
 
   So.."Let us have a little talk with Jesus...." 
 
 
 
 
                       Blessing, Prayers, and Love,
                                                Bro Tom & Sue