A reminder for
today
And Enoch walked with
God: and he was not; for God
took him. (Genesis 5:24)
Enoch is one of those people in the Bible that has seen many
attacks from people. The book of Enoch was not included in the Bible and this
also created many queries plus some would say that the Bible contradicts itself regarding
the end of Enoch. Sceptics will look in every nook and cranny of Scripture
trying to find a “contradiction.” And in order to do this, logic and simple
grammatical comprehension must be thrown out the window. So, what do they have
that is so called contradictions. Let’s look at the verses.
And Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him.
(Genesis 5:24)
By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death;
and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation
he had this testimony, that he pleased God. (Hebrews 11:5)
So, we see that Enoch did not die, or did he?
These all died in faith, not having received the promises,
but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them,
and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. (Hebrews
11:13)
On the surface it would appear we have two contradicting
statements only a few sentences apart. But there are a couple of ways of
looking at this supposed conundrum.
First, there is a simple theological explanation. In Hebrews
11 there appears to be a division of main ideas presented in verses 1–5 and
verses 6–13. Notice that verse 13 states, “These all died in faith, not having
received the promises.” What promises? When we look back on verses 7–11 we see
that each person who is mentioned received and believed a promise, so verse 13
only refers to Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Sarah—not Enoch or Abel.
Hebrews does not mention any promises concerning Enoch and Abel in verses 4–5.
And the author specifically mentions Abel was dead and Enoch was not.
Second, there is a simple grammatical explanation. Enoch is
the exception to the rule. The rule is that everyone listed did not escape
death. And then Enoch is the exception since it was stated, “He did not see
death.”
No one would ever claim there is a contradiction here
because grammatically there isn’t one. But since so many oppose God and His
Word, they will look for contradictions—even if they must twist logic and rules
of grammar to find them.
It boils down to how we read the Bible. We can never take a
single verse on its own. We must always read the whole chapter and bring it into
context. It is almost like hearing half of the story and coming to a conclusion. In
the end the enemy will do anything to cause people to fall away from God. A
simple thing like this can be used on an unprepared person and could cause unnecessary
confusion. That is why we should always go back to our Bible and get the whole
picture before we listen to the lies of the enemy. The Bible does not have mistakes
and do not let the cunning deceitful devil get his way. We worship an almighty
God and He does not make mistakes. That is why the Bible has no mistakes
regardless of what the enemy is trying to do.
Enoch is a great example of a man that lived a life close to
God and it so pleased God that He took Enoch before death. Is this not what the
enemy does with all the followers of God. He creates lies and deceive other by
feeding them more lies. In the end he will face judgement and he will get what
is coming to him, but until then we must stand firm on our faith, read our Bibles
and trust God. Love with all your heart all those around you and love the Lord
your God.
Lord, thank you that you will always open your Word for us
so that we can be a light when the darkness comes, because the darkness can
never defeat the light. In Jesus name.
Have an awesome day dear friend of Jesus.
Cheers
