Since becoming a Believer at age 18, I slowly learned the Bible excerpts about great events that occurred in those days. As a Catholic, I learned about Catholic doctrine; but at that time, we were discouraged from reading the Bible, and the events in it were never taught to us as children.
I had no idea about Jonah and the whale, or crossing the Jordan River or the Red Sea on dry land, or Noah and the Ark, or Jesus feeding the multitude of thousands of men, women, and children from a little boy’s meager lunch, etc.
My friend, George Joyner, bought me a large, complete, children’s Bible to use in an after-school Bible Club, and I avidly read it from cover-to-cover in just a few days. I never before heard about Enoch walking with God, and him going home to Heaven after one of those walks; but once I did, I wanted that to happen to me.
I am still, after over 50 years of living since I first read about this event, look forward to going home with Jesus. This makes me wonder if some of the approximately 500,000 to 700,000 cases of missing persons each year in the USA alone had this same intimate relationship with God that Enoch enjoyed.
Last night in Bible study, we talked about Enoch, who was in the seventh generation from Adam and Eve. He walked with God and "was not." That means, he suddenly disappeared from the earth. Enoch was Noah's forefather, and he prophesied about the great flood that God would send to purge the earth of all unbelievers.
Noah believed his ancestor’s words and obeyed when God prompted him to build the Ark. Unfortunately, after 120 years of Noah preaching and building the Ark, the only believers were Noah and his family. I believe in Jesus as our only door to salvation and I reap the benefits of faith in Him.
If God still has work for me to do on this earth, I willingly wake up each morning to serve; but hopefully, the rapture of the Church is coming soon. God promised not to ever flood the earth again, but the prophets tell us that the last purging will come in the "last days" and it will be of fire (Matthew 3:12).
Do the constant fires around the globe tell us that God is warning us of this coming judgment? The wise will heed God’s warning and run to Jesus Christ in prayer for forgiveness and salvation, as wells as to begin a wondrous intimate relationship with Him that increases daily and also lasts more than a lifetime.
Prayer:
Father God, Your Holy Spirit sanctifies us more with the mind of Christ each and every day (Philippians 2:5). What a wonderful life we live when we submit to Your Holy Spirit, are guided by Your peace in every decision that we make, and pray without ceasing as we sing melodies in our heart to You (Ephesians 5:19). You make all things new for us even now in our aging body, soul, and spirit. We look forward to Your plans for our life, not only on this earth, but in eternity as well.
Your Word tells us that our human eyes have never seen, nor are we capable of imagining, nor has it ever entered our heart to hope for the extreme blessings You have stored up for us in eternity (1 Corinthians 2:9). We thank You so much for loving us, healing us in spirit and soul and body, sending Jesus to die in our place to pay the penalty for our sins, and for preparing the new heaven and earth for us to enjoy in eternity.
Thoughts for the Day:
Will global warming be the catalyst for this last prophesied purging by fire, or nuclear bombs, or an assault on the earth by comets and/or meteors that do not miss the earth, but actually all hit us at one time? Only God knows the means and methods, but His Word warns us of this coming event. The wise will heed these words, as well as current events that fulfill Bible prophecy, and they will turn now to Jesus Christ in repentance and whole-hearted belief.
