"Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him."Two things of interest in this short verse. First, this is the only person in the genealogy, including Noah, who is said to have walked with God. Everyone else was born, had kids, lived a while longer, then died -- straight and simple. Enoch was special to God. Something about what he did set him apart from the rest.
Second, he is the only person whom "God took." Everyone else just dies. Some think this means that God took him directly to heaven, like he did Elijah. Also, there is disagreement on who the Two Witnesses in Revelation are; when I was growing up, I was taught they're Elijah and Moses. However, I think it makes more sense for them to be Elijah and Enoch, as the only two men who never died.
I still download the sermons from the church I went to in Indiana, though I'm a couple years behind in listening to them. I put one on while I was on my back from a get-together in Gilmer, and it turned out to be a memorial; one of the more prominent church members had died of a heart attack a few days before while jogging. I didn't get finished with the message, but the pastor said this verse was on his mind at the service. I only knew the man who died in passing, since I wasn't there long enough to connect with anybody, but I know he was a great help to the church body. He will be missed. O, that when the day comes, this could be said of us all.
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