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

 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 humas that the world they built  up since the expulsion from Eden was corrupt through and through. That world 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 understand why.

Enoch's faith may move us to ask ourselves whether we see the world in which we live in as God sees it. The judgment that Enoch bravely proclaimed still stands; it applies to today's world just as it did 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 set the pattern for a greater destruction yet to come. (Matthew 24:38, 39; 2 Peter 2:4-6) Today, as then, God stands poised with his holy myriads to being a righteous judgment against an ungodly word. 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 abandoned Enoch; neither will he abandon his faithful servants today!

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

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