24. And Enoch walked with God--a common phrase in Eastern
countries denoting constant and familiar intercourse.
was not; for God took him--In
Heb 11:5,
we are informed that he was translated to heaven--a mighty miracle,
designed to effect what ordinary means of instruction had failed to
accomplish, gave a palpable proof to an age of almost universal
unbelief that the doctrines which he had taught
(Jude 14, 15)
were true and that his devotedness to the cause of God and
righteousness in the midst of opposition was highly pleasing to the
mind of God.
JFB.
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