Does your testimony "please God?"
"By faith Enoch was translated (Why?) that he should not see death; and was not found, (Why?) because God had translated him: (Why?) for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God." (Heb 11.5)
- "And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints," (Jude 1:14)
- "And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:" (Gen 5.22)
The only other information given about Bro. Enoch is that he prophesied and lived 365 years. Scripture doesn't indicate when he "met the Lord" but clearly, he trusted at some time. This man, so ancient in the scriptures, saw millenia beyond his time to prophesy of the Lord's return. That tells of one who walked so close to God that the Lord was "pleased" enough to share profound prophetic events with him.
Also noted is that he was "the seventh from Adam." That alone is a blessed truth about Bro. Enoch "Seventh." Seven in the bible is the number of completion, perfection and rest. Enoch was obviously destined to be a great man of God. The Lord's will in his life would have been to preach, tell and live the truths about God. He would've done it with such honesty, integrity and character that one would have had no choice but to heed his words about things past, present and future concerning the Lord. It is a wonder what the hearers in antiquity would've thought about such words, "Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints," (Jude 1.14)
This blogger is at a loss - if my testimony is "that she pleased God..." then I will feel that my life has had value in the economy of Christendom when this life is over.
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