+DEV+ Jesus: Foreshadowed By Enoch

Date: July 26, 2012 12:36 AM
Topic: +DEV+  Jesus: Foreshadowed By Enoch

Jesus: Foreshadowed By Enoch

"Altogether, Enoch lived 365 years. Enoch walked with God; then he was no more, because God took him away."  (Romans 6:11)
Scripture Focus: Genesis 5:21-24

Only three men in the Bible were taken up physically into the heavens, not to be seen again on earth. Enoch was the first. We read in Hebrews 11:5, "By faith Enoch was taken from this life, so that he did not experience death; he could not be found, because God had taken him away. For before he was taken, he was commended as one who pleased God." The second was Elijah, who while walking with his protege’, Elisha, was taken up into heaven in a whirlwind (2 Kings 2:11). Both men also foreshadowed Jesus.

Our Lord Jesus, forty days after His resurrection, "...was taken up before their very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight" (Acts 1:9). Unlike Enoch or Elijah, Jesus experienced death. However, He was very much alive when He was taken up into the air. Notice also from Hebrews that Enoch "pleased God." In this he foreshadowed our Lord, too. We read in Matthew 3:17, "And a voice from heaven said, 'This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.'" Put your trust in the one who has prepared a place in heaven for you.

Insight: Enoch Reminds Us That Believers' Bodies, Too, Will Be Translated Into Heaven - Taken Up To Be With Our Lord Jesus In Glory  (1 Corinthians 15:52).