Genesis 5:24 And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him. I. THE CHARACTER OF ENOCH, WITH HIS DECIDED RELIGIOUS WORTH. II. ENOCH'S GLORIOUS TRANSLATION FROM EARTH TO HEAVEN. 1. A sign of God's love. 2. It is remarkable that three eminent translations distinguished three dispensations of God's mercy to men — the last the most glorious. (1) Enoch's translation in the patriarchal age. (2) Elijah's translation in the prophetic age. (3) Our Lord Jesus Christ ascended, was translated to heaven, in the Christian dispensation, when, after His triumphant resurrection and sojourn on earth for forty days, He ascended on a cloud of glory before His own disciples. Now, these three most memorable instances of translation to heaven clearly prove a separate state — a glorified humanity and an immortal life. III. A FEW PRACTICAL REFLECTIONS MAY PROFITABLY CONCLUDE THIS SERMON: especially when a solemn event fills the minds of so many with deep thoughts. 1. We may all copy the living sermon of a holy life dedicated to Christ. 2. How sweet and blessed is the death of the Christian! His soul is taken away to the Saviour whom he loved; and his body rests in hopes of resurrection glory. His soul is gone; he is not on earth; God has taken him to heaven! No more shall sin or sorrow cloud the soul; no more shall trial, suffering, or death affect the body; no more shall the gloom of life intercept or darken the eye of faith, or the streaming light of heaven. (J. G. Angley, M. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.WEB: Enoch walked with God, and he was not, for God took him. |
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