THE LIFE AND MESSAGE OF ENOCH
I. INTRODUCTION
A. Enoch is the first prophet and forerunner in the Bible who dwelt in the love of God and warned a generation to turn
from wickedness to the pleasure of loving and being loved by God. He saw both beauty of God’s kindness and the
severity of His judgments.
B. His life of communion and his preaching/training ministry took place in the worst context imaginable.
II. HIS CONTEXT – WICKED AND PERVERSE GENERATION
A. The sin of Cain and the spread of wickedness. Violence and murder has filled the earth.
B. Complete Corruption – Every thought and intent of the heart of man is wicked.
Genesis 6:3-4 And the LORD said, "My Spirit shall not strive with man forever, for he is indeed flesh; yet his days
shall be one hundred and twenty years." NKJV
Genesis 6:5-8 Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intent of the
thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. 6 And the LORD was sorry that He had made man on the earth,
and He was grieved in His heart. 7 So the LORD said, "I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the
earth, both man and beast, creeping thing and birds of the air, for I am sorry that I have made them." NKJV
Genesis 6:11-12 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. 12 So God
looked upon the earth, and indeed it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth. NKJV
C. Sovereign Action of God to Raise up Messengers. God intervenes in human history to give warning. This
in-breaking of God in Enoch’s 65th year gave him a great understanding of the vastness of the mercy of God. God had
great kindness upon Enoch in the year of Methuselah’s birth. Enoch has an encounter with God concerning the Second
Coming of Jesus which changes everything for Enoch. He receives a revelation of the kindness and severity of God which
leads him into radical repentance and communion with God.
1. Now Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about these men also, saying, "Behold, the Lord comes
with ten thousands of His saints, 15 to execute judgment on all, to convict all who are ungodly among them of all
their ungodly deeds which they have committed in an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners
have spoken against Him." (Jude 14-15)
2. Genesis 5:21-22 Enoch lived sixty-five years, and begot Methuselah. 22 After he begot Methuselah, Enoch
walked with God three hundred years, and had sons and daughters. NKJV
3. Methuselah’s Birth - “he dies and it (flood) is sent.” Methuselah lives 969 years on the Earth, the longest
lifespan in history.
III. HIS LIFE – ONE HOLY LIFE
Genesis 5:21-24 Enoch lived sixty-five years, and begot Methuselah. 22 After he begot Methuselah, Enoch walked with
God three hundred years, and had sons and daughters. 23 So all the days of Enoch were three hundred and sixty-five
years. 24 And Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him. NKJV
A. Walked with God – It emphatically states twice that Enoch walked with God. Enoch is delivered from an unrenewed
mind and the fear of man by the revelation of God’s beauty. For 300 years God communes with Enoch, and Enoch
becomes the living witness of God’s beauty, God’s kindness, God’s glory, and the utter depravity of humanity.
1. Unusual Communion in an Eden-like way. Walking with God in the cool of the day.
2. This is the walk of friendship and of love. It is more than mere obedience. It is the exchange of love. You can
only impart what you have walked in and what you are. The elderly preacher said, “Young man, if it’s in you, you
can preach it!” God is looking for clay, weak vessels to commune with and then to minister through.
Deuteronomy 6:4-9 "Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one! 5 You shall love the LORD your God
with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.
Jesus’ Heart Cry in John 17 is that we would be with Him where He is, we would behold His glory, and fall madly in
love with Him like the Father loves Him.
The sanctity and perfection of a soul consists entirely in loving Jesus Christ, our God, our sovereign good, and our
Redeemer. Whoever loves me, says Jesus Christ, shall be loved by My Eternal Father: “The Father Himself loves
you, because you have loved Me” (John 16:27). Some, says Saint Francis de Sales, argue that perfection consists
in an austere life, others in prayer, others in frequenting the sacraments, others in almsgiving. But they deceive
themselves: perfection consists in loving God with our whole heart. The Apostle Paul wrote: “Above all, clothe
yourselves with love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony” (Colossians 3:14). . . Hence Saint
Augustine said: “Love God, and do whatever you please,” because a soul that loves God is taught by that same love
never to do anything to displease God, and to leave nothing undone that may please Him. (Saint Alphonsus
Liguori, The Practice of the Love of Jesus Christ, p. 1)
Hence that great lover of Jesus Christ, Saint Paul, once said: “The love of Christ urges us on” (2 Corinthians 5:14).
. . Listen to what Saint Francis de Sales says on this text from Corinthians: “Knowing that Jesus Christ, true God,
has loved us so that He suffered death, and death on a cross, for us, doesn’t that put our hearts in a vise, and make
them feel its force, and squeeze love from them, but with a power that, the stronger it is, the more delightful it is.” He
goes on to say, “Why then, don’t we cast ourselves on Jesus crucified, to die on the cross with Him, who has chosen
to die for love of us? I will hold Him, and I will never let Him go; I will die with Him, and will be consumed in the flames
of His love. One flame will consume this divine Creator and His wretched creature. Jesus gives Himself unreservedly
to me, and I give myself unreservedly to Him. I will live and die in His loving arms; neither life not death shall ever
separate me from Him. O eternal love, my soul longs after You, and chooses You forever. Come, Holy Spirit, and
inflame our hearts with love. O to love! O to die! To die to all other loves, and to live only for the love of Jesus
Christ! O Redeemer of our souls, grant that we may eternally sing, Long live Jesus, whom I love. I love Jesus, who
lives for ever and ever.” (Saint Alphonsus Liguori, The Practice of the Love of Jesus Christ, p. 5)
He who, with a generous and holy ambition, hath raised his eyes toward that uncreated beauty and goodness, and
fixed his affection there, is quite of another spirit, of a more excellent and heroic temper than the rest of the world,
and cannot but infinitely disdain all mean and unworthy things; will not entertain any low or base thoughts which
might disparage his high and noble pretensions. Love is the greatest and most excellent thing we are masters of;
and therefore it is folly and baseness to bestow it unworthily; it is, indeed, the only thing we can call our own, other
things may be taken from us by violence; but none can ravish our love; if any thing else be counted ours, by giving
our love, we give all. (Henry Scougal, The Life of God in the Soul of Man, p. 69-70.)
3. But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the
Father is seeking such to worship Him. 24 God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth."
(John 4:23-24)
a. This is a major reason for the House of Prayer movement. God is longing for communion again. He is
searching for Enoch’s who will walk with Him, commune with Him for more than mailing lists, cd projects,
curriculum sales, and unique teachings. He is longing and searching for friends.
b. God is searching for the heart of the church right now. We are searching for puzzle pieces, prayer
methods, curriculum approaches, and God wants to get to the heart of the matter. Who do you love? Where is
your heart at?
Then those of you who escape will remember Me among the nations where they are carried captive, because
I was crushed by their adulterous heart which has departed from Me, and by their eyes which play the
harlot after their idols; they will loathe themselves for the evils which they committed in all their abominations.
(Ezekiel 6:9)
God's Mercy on His People 'Therefore, behold, I will allure her, Will bring her into the wilderness, And speak comfort
to her (literally: “speak to her heart”). (Hosea 2:14)
He answered and said to them, "Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written: 'This people honors Me
with their lips, But their heart is far from Me. 7 And in vain they worship Me, Teaching as doctrines the
commandments of men.' (Mark 7:6-7)
You search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life; and these are they which testify of Me.
40 But you are not willing to come to Me that you may have life. (John 5:39-40)
B. Holiness
1. Amos 3:3 Can two walk together, unless they are agreed? NKJV
C. Faith – Enoch was a man of great faith. In fact, he is the picture of faith in Hebrews 11. He pleased God through
his faith.
Hebrews 11:5-6 By faith Enoch was taken away so that he did not see death, "and was not found, because God had taken
him"; for before he was taken he had this testimony, that he pleased God. 6 But without faith it is impossible to please Him,
for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him. NKJV
1. He believed God exists
2. And that God is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him
D. God took Enoch. He did not die.
1. He was taken as a testimony to the mystery of 1 Corinthians 15:51 and of the coming resurrection of the dead.
1 Corinthians 15:51-54 Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed -- 52 in a
moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised
incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on
immortality. 54 So when this corruptible has put on incorruption, and this mortal has put on immortality, then shall be
brought to pass the saying that is written: "Death is swallowed up in victory." NKJV
2. Enoch becomes the picture of the end-time church walking in the sweetest fragrance of intimacy for which
Jesus returns. The gaps between the walks are too long. The heart cry of the Bride in Revelation 22:17, “Come,
Lord Jesus! We miss You. It would be better if you were here.”
Revelation 22:17 And the Spirit and the bride say, "Come!" NKJV
Revelation 22:20 He who testifies to these things says, "Surely I am coming quickly." Amen. Even so, come, Lord
Jesus! NKJV
IV. HIS PROPHETIC MESSAGE – DAY OF THE LORD PREACHER
Jude 14-19 Now Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about these men also, saying, "Behold, the Lord comes with
ten thousands of His saints, 15 to execute judgment on all, to convict all who are ungodly among them of all their ungodly
deeds which they have committed in an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken
against Him."
16 These are grumblers, complainers, walking according to their own lusts; and they mouth great swelling words, flattering
people to gain advantage. 17 But you, beloved, remember the words which were spoken before by the apostles of our
Lord Jesus Christ: 18 how they told you that there would be mockers in the last time who would walk according to their own
ungodly lusts. 19 These are sensual persons, who cause divisions, not having the Spirit. NKJV
A. Jude tells us that Enoch prophesied concerning wicked, apostate men who were mockers. Jude also tells us in
verse 4 that these men turn the grace of God into lewdness and deny the only Lord God and our Lord Jesus Christ,
specifically in regard to His judgment of sin.
2 Peter 3:1-7 Beloved, I now write to you this second epistle (in both of which I stir up your pure minds by way of reminder),
2 that you may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us,
the apostles of the Lord and Savior, 3 knowing this first: that scoffers will come in the last days, walking according
to their own lusts, 4 and saying, "Where is the promise of His coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all
things continue as they were from the beginning of creation." 5 For this they willfully forget: that by the word of
God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of water and in the water, 6 by which the world that then existed
perished, being flooded with water. 7 But the heavens and the earth which are now preserved by the same word, are
reserved for fire until the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. NKJV
Acts 10:42-43 And He commanded to testify that it is He who was ordained by God to be Judge of the living and
the dead us to preach to the people, and. 43 To Him all the prophets witness that, through His name, whoever believes in
Him will receive remission of sins." NKJV
Acts 17:23-31 Therefore, the One whom you worship without knowing, Him I proclaim to you: 24 God, who made the world
and everything in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands. 25 Nor is He
worshiped with men's hands, as though He needed anything, since He gives to all life, breath, and all things. 26 And He
has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined their preappointed
times and the boundaries of their dwellings, 27 so that they should seek the Lord, in the hope that they might grope for
Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us; 28 for in Him we live and move and have our being, as also
some of your own poets have said, 'For we are also His offspring.' 29 Therefore, since we are the offspring of God, we
ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold or silver or stone, something shaped by art and man's devising.
30 Truly, these times of ignorance God overlooked, but now commands all men everywhere to repent,
31 because He has appointed a day on which He will judge the world in righteousness by the Man whom
He has ordained. He has given assurance of this to all by raising Him from the dead." NKJV
B. The Day of the Lord
1. The Beauty of the Second Coming – He receives the revelation of Jesus and His Second Coming with all the
saints.
2. The Coming Judgment on All the Ungodly.
C. He preached to convict his listeners of two major things.
1. Ungodly deeds committed in ungodly ways.
2. Harsh things which they spoke against God.
D. Translation to Heaven
V. HIS HERITAGE
A. From Enoch comes forth a holy lineage that will preserve the human race and continue the testimony of God’s
purpose for the ones created in His image.
B. The Lineage
1. Methuselah – “he dies and it is sent.” Methuselah lived 969 years until his death, longer than anyone in
history. This displays the kindness of God.
2. Lamech prophecies of Noah.
Genesis 5:28-30 Lamech lived one hundred and eighty-two years, and had a son. 29 And he called his name Noah,
saying, "This one will comfort us concerning our work and the toil of our hands, because of the ground which the
LORD has cursed." NKJV
3. Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.
Genesis 6:8-9 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD. 9 Noah Pleases God This is the genealogy of Noah.
Noah was a just man, perfect in his generations. Noah walked with God. NKJV
a. Noah feared the prophetic Word of the Lord through his great grandfather.
b. Heeded the prophetic sign of his grandfather.
c. Received the prophetic Word of his father to be the messenger of comfort.
d. Received the burden of the Lord and built an ark.
e. Was a preacher of righteousness, warning his generation for 120 years.
Hebrews 11:7 By faith Noah, being divinely warned of things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared an
ark for the saving of his household, by which he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness
which is according to faith. NKJV