ENOCH ESCAPED DEATH
 
    By A. W. Tozer

    By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death
    ... he had this testimony, that he pleased God.  Hebrews 11:5

        The Genesis record concerning Enoch should speak to
    us of our own troubled times --- for that is the purpose of
    the Word of God.  It should be our concern that we hear
    and that we obey!

        The faith and deportment of the man Enoch compose a
    vivid picture --- a powerful object lesson --- to encourage
    every believer in his or her faith.  There is only one
    conclusion to be drawn --- Enoch was translated into the
    presence of God because of his faith, and thus he escaped
    death!

        It is my strong conviction that Enoch's experience of
    translation is a type, or preview, of the coming rapture
    of the  Church,  the  Bride  of  Christ,  described  in
    the Scriptures.

        It is evident that there was no funeral for Enoch.
    Perhaps members of his family did not fully understand
    his walk with God, but they could answer with the facts!
    "He is gone!  We thought he was extreme in his beliefs
    but now he is gone, and we are still here in a troubled
    world!"

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    Yours in Christ,

    Paul N. F.