Walking With The Beloved

The original Hebrew meaning for walked in Genesis 5:24, "Enoch walked with GOD" implies that Enoch went up and down, in and out, to and fro, arm in arm with GOD continually conversing with Him and growing ever closer to Him. He lived 365 years, a year for every year of 365 days: a year of years. The LORD Himself was his very life, so much that he did not see death. See Hebrews 11:5 God took him up, translated him to Himself without him experiencing physical death. If we are born again of the Spirit of GOD, we have been translated out of the kingdom of darkness and into the kingdom of His dear Son. See Colossians 1:13 Enoch walked pleasingly before GOD in the midst of a very wicked society that was growing ever more corrupted. Yet he was, involved in every day life. He wasn't a hermit in a remote cave. He cared for his wife and children and worked yet he was not earth bound. In an ungodly society where the people became as beasts in their hearts, full of depravity, lust and violence, Enoch became more and more like The One his heart loved. This walk of faith in Him and intimacy with Him pleased God. The phrase "he was not" in Genesis 5:24 as well as being translated, taken up and away, also means "not of this world". In his spirit, in his heart and mind, he was, not a part of the wickedness to the world. He was not bound to this world yet he undertook all his earthly responsibilities. Nothing kept him from his walk, his communion with his GOD and Companion. His testimony was that he pleased GOD. See Hebrews 11:5-6 These verses are often separated but they should be read together as one thought. His daily walk of fellowship with his Creator produced the kind of faith that GOD loves. Remember the society that Enoch lived in was before The Flood and people were becoming ever more wicked, lustful, hard of heart, sensual, corrupted and violent... ever more like the god of this world. Enoch however became ever more like His Creator and Companion The LORD GOD. He was in love with The LORD and became ever more like the One he loved. The greatest desire of his heart was, simply to be with his LORD GOD. Enoch had no bible or song book, no fellow church members or teacher. Because he lived before the death and resurrection of Messiah, the Holy Spirit did not dwell within him as He does in us who are born again of The Spirit of GOD. Yet he knew GOD See Hebrews 11:6 The faith that pleases GOD is that which is tied up in intimate fellowship with Himself. There are 3 important rewards that come to us when we believe on and walk with Him in faith. Firstly God's control of our lives and His Presence with us in every circumstance of life Secondly having the light of revelation by The Holy Spirit with direction and discernment Thirdly protection from our enemies See Isaiah 54:17 The original Hebrew of this verse, paraphrased, says "No plan, no instrument of destruction, no satanic artillery shall push you or run over you but it will be done away with" The faith that pleases GOD is rooted in intimacy with Him, in Whom we place all of our love and longings because we know Who He is. That is what Enoch did. He walked with GOD, up and down, in and out, to and fro, arm in arm with GOD in continual fellowship and ever closer intimacy. Selah... Shalom shalom