Genesis 4-Part 2
And Enoch walked with God and he was not, for God took him. Genesis 5:24
LET IT GLOW
I like walking outside along my country road, especially in the springtime-flowers and trees are in bloom, new baby calves are prancing around, birds are singing. More important is my walk with God. Am I walking by faith, living a surrendered life? How am I walking? Where do you like to walk?
Verse 17 tells us that Cain went out from the presence of the Lord. He physically and spiritually left.
You can read about him and his descendants in the rest of the chapter. I'm not going to dwell on them. Another murder happened in Cain's family, since he didn't have a change of heart. As for something good coming from Cain's family, we see a city built, Nod, musical instruments, and metal working.
Adam and Eve had other children, obviously their sons had children by their sisters, nieces, or great nieces. (Commentaries say that their genes were pure and intermarriage did not deform them at that time.)
Shall we go on?
Adam lived to be 930 years old, so he could have had many children that the Bible does not record. A son that is mentioned is Seth, which means annointed one. It is through Seth's lineage that Jesus came. Did you notice that after Seth's son Enoch is mentioned in verse 26, then men began to call upon the name of the LORD.
Liberty Bible Commentary explains it this way: It is a testimony that the religious worship of the community of faith was organized for their public worship of God together.
The MacArthur Bible Commentary states: As men realized their inherent sinfulness with no human means to appease God's righteous indignation and wrath over their multiplied iniquities, they turned to God for mercy and grace in hopes of a restored personal relationship.
Luke 3 gives the geneology of Jesus. He is related to Adam through Seth, not Cain nor others. God was working His plan. Since these men lived to be hundreds of years, I wonder if they out lived their wives. Probably so. Some say it was due to the pre-Flood environment, with a canopy of water filtering out the ultraviolet rays of the sun that resulted in longivity of life back then. (MacArthrur)
I say that God has our length of days pre-determined.
Are we teaching our descendants to call upon the name of the Lord?
LET IT GROW
Moving into chapter 5, we read of Seth's descendants. Seventh from Adam is a man named Enoch. We don't know much about Enoch, but two specific things that we remember about him are:
1. Enoch walked with God according to verse 22 and 24. Only one other man was said to have enjoyed this intimacy of relationship in walking with God-Noah. Enoch was 300 years old when his first son, Methuselah was born. He walked with God after he had Methuselah. I never caught that until now. Walking means forward movement, steady progress. This man must have had a conversion experience. Maybe he realized his responsibility of teaching his child about God and his sinful, ungodly life.
The Preacher's Outline and Sermon Bible states, To walk with God means:
- to believe God and to be diligent in seeking after God's promises;
- to develop an unbroken communion and fellowship with God; it means to walk about with God, to live with God;
- to keep His mind on God; casting down every imagination and to captivate every thought for God;
- to live a holy and godly life, a life of separation, completely different from the sinful lives of others;
- to walk just like God and live just like God;
- to bear a strong witness and testimony for God.
Hebrews 11:5-6 says, By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God. But without faith it is impossible to please Him: for he that cometh to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him.
Jude 14-15 tells what Enoch prophesied-The Lord will come with ten thousands of His saints, to execute judgment upon the ungodly.
2. He didn't die, for God took him to heaven alive, translated Enoch. This only happened to Elijah later (2 Kings 2:1-12). Now this was a first. Translated means carried over or carried across. God translated Enoch because Enoch walked so closely to God, to demonstrate His power to execute judgment, symbolize the promise of eternal life, and to encourage other believers.
How closely do I walk with God? How closely do I want to walk with God? Am I willing to pay the price?
LET IT GO
Surrender my all to God.
Walk with God all day long.
Live a separated life from the world so others see Jesus.
Teach others to call upon the name of the Lord.
*I am sorry this is so late. A skunk got under my house and sprayed it's unpleasant scent.
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