Men in the Bible: Enoch – the Man with the Longest Walk with God
Enoch walked with God three hundred years, and had sons and daughters. So all the days of Enoch were three hundred and sixty-five years. And Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him. – Genesis 5:22-24
The man in the Bible whom we shall be focusing on today is Enoch, the son of Jared. Enoch enjoyed arguably the longest unbroken relationship with God of all the people in the Bible and post-biblical days. He walked with God for 300 years!
Imagine having God for company and being His presence for 300 years. Some man Enoch must have been. Even in an era with no technology and other distractions as we have today, the era of Enoch obviously had its own fair share of distractions that did not allow anyone else before or after him to be so profiled as having that length of walk with God.
300 years!
If this were not a remarkable feat, it would not have been mentioned in the Bible when profiling Enoch in the genealogy. However, because it was a notable feat and an unusual development, even we who are around several thousand years after get to read about Enoch and his walk with God today.
While Enoch had the advantage of living in an age with lesser distractions than ours, that did not negate the commitment and steadfastness he must have invested in maintaining an ongoing relationship with God. Also, holiness is the highest form of piety, for without it no human can see God (Hebrews 12:14). Therefore, having a 300-year long relationship with God tells us the sanctified life Enoch must have led. He must have been pure in his thoughts, blameless in his speech, sincere in his attitudes, righteous in his actions, undefiled in his ways, and spotless in his company.
And God must have enjoyed his company so much that He just took him away at such an early age to keep him from being stained by the corruption of the world (Genesis 5:24). Enoch living for 365 years can be described as untimely departure, in an era when the average age was 907.5 years. But God took him away and relocated him closer to Himself so He could enjoy his presence the more.
Therefore, Enoch was not just the man with the longest relationship with God, he was also the man that God took away.
Selah!
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