IMITATE THEIR FAITH/ ENOCH - ENOCH "PROPHESIED ABOUT THEM" -Conclusion

 What was it like for Enoch to deliver that pronouncement perhaps by preaching it to all who would hear?  Notice how forceful the warning was-four times it used the word "ungodly" to denounce the people, their deeds, and  the way they carried out those deeds.  The prophecy thus warned all humans that the world they had built up since the expulsion from Eden was corrupt through and through. That would would face a cataclysmic end when Jehovah  would come with his "holy myriads"-legions of mighty angels in battle array-to bring destruction. Enoch fearlessly shared that divine warning, and he did it alone!  Perhaps young Lamech watched, in awe of his grandfather's courage. If so, we can well understand why.

Enoch's faith may move us to ask yourselves whether we see the world in which we lie as God sees it.  The judgment that Enoch bravely proclaimed still stands; it applies to today's world jsut as it di to the world of Enoch's day.  In harmony  with Enoch's warning, Jehovah brought the great Deluge against that  ungodly world in Noah's Day.  But that destruction se the pattern for a greater destruction yet to come.   (Matthew 24:38, 39;  2 Peter 2:4-6) Today, as then, God stands poised  wiht his holy myriads to being a righteous judgment against an ungodly world.  Each of us needs to take Enoch's warning to heart and share it with others.  Our family and friends might stand apart from us. We may feel alone at times. But Jehovah never agandoned Enoch; neighter will he abandon his faithful servants today!

Next time: IMITATE THEIR FAITH/ENOCH - "TRANSFERRED SO AS NOT TO SEE DEATH" 

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