“And Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him.” (Genesis 5:24)
Genesis 5 is filled with a lot of words like “begot” and names like “Cainan” or
“Mahalalel” and “Lamech.” People are living hundreds of years. That’s distant
stuff. But, in the middle of all this is a brief account of a man named Enoch.
Not much is given about his life, but one phrase is used that stands out—
“Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him” (v. 24). On the
surface, that sounds like something we should be able to understand.…