Posted: Tue May 05, 2009 5:09 am
Thanks Daddy-O, I took Paul's post to bed and was going to call it quits and just listen. But I had to come search for Enoch in the UB, and thanks to you it is just a click away.
Before I go see, let me share why Enoch is special to me. Enoch was 65 when he had his son Methuselah, after that he started walking with God. He lived another 300 years and disappeared. God took him to paradise sans death, a rapture experience. The 365 years symbolizes to me that it is a daily thing walking with God, trusting and listening. After I had my daughter (8-15-06) was when the Spirit caught me, before then I was a good person but not in a 'relationship' with God. So I refer to myself as an Enoch, Maggie is my Methuselah. All I learned from the Bible I have done only in the past year and a half.
Also Enoch is brought up in the book of Jude, with a quote which I cannot quote off the top of my head. But I questioned how did Jude know Enoch said that, God revealed to me later that Enoch was a prophet and wrote his own book, which never made it into the Bible. The book of Enoch was very popular in Jesus' day. Enoch was the one who fortold Jesus as being call the Elect One. I haven't had a chance to read it in its entirety, but I love the depth that God takes me in understanding Him beyond the usual. I like to think of Noah setting sail with his grandfather's notes. It truly is 'ask and you shall receive" when seeking spiritual knowledge, and God makes it so much fun.
Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart. Psalm 37:4
Before I go see, let me share why Enoch is special to me. Enoch was 65 when he had his son Methuselah, after that he started walking with God. He lived another 300 years and disappeared. God took him to paradise sans death, a rapture experience. The 365 years symbolizes to me that it is a daily thing walking with God, trusting and listening. After I had my daughter (8-15-06) was when the Spirit caught me, before then I was a good person but not in a 'relationship' with God. So I refer to myself as an Enoch, Maggie is my Methuselah. All I learned from the Bible I have done only in the past year and a half.
Also Enoch is brought up in the book of Jude, with a quote which I cannot quote off the top of my head. But I questioned how did Jude know Enoch said that, God revealed to me later that Enoch was a prophet and wrote his own book, which never made it into the Bible. The book of Enoch was very popular in Jesus' day. Enoch was the one who fortold Jesus as being call the Elect One. I haven't had a chance to read it in its entirety, but I love the depth that God takes me in understanding Him beyond the usual. I like to think of Noah setting sail with his grandfather's notes. It truly is 'ask and you shall receive" when seeking spiritual knowledge, and God makes it so much fun.
Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart. Psalm 37:4