Where did Enoch Get this Information?

Enoch was an amazing man. We hardly know anything about him but what we do know is incredible. He lived 365 years and pleased God so much in those few short years that God took him. Enoch is one of only two humans who didn't die.

What did Enoch know about pleasing God? He had no Google or Wikipedia. He didn't have a lick of the Bible. He had no Abraham, Moses or David as examples. Not even Job was written yet. However, one thing that he did have was Adam. Even though Enoch was seventh from Adam, Adam was still alive for Enoch's entire life. Adam lived to see Enoch's son Methusela.

One of the things that Enoch learned from his great great (5x) grandaddy is found in the book of Jude. Look what Enoch tells us about Eschatology, Jude 14 Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about them: "See, the Lord is coming with thousands upon thousands of his holy ones 15 to judge everyone, and to convict all of them of all the ungodly acts they have committed in their ungodliness, and of all the defiant words ungodly sinners have spoken against him."

That is quite a mouth full for a man with no library. Did he write it down somewhere? Jude knew about this deep saying. Enoch 3,700 years before Christ was waiting for the Lord to come back with his holy ones. Wow. Ponder that.

And they weren't just coming back for a visit. No! They were coming back to judge wicked sinners. Amazing. We wait for the same thing today. Will you be on Enoch's side to judge or will you be waiting in line for your eternal judgment? It's a good time to think about this question.

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