Wednesday May 25, 2022
Theme : “ He Ascended to Heaven ” Text : Genesis 5:24 24. Enoch walked with God; then he was no more, because God took him.
Let's remember:
The Eternal God is just. He demands holiness from us because he is a holy God. Our walk with the Lord must be based on obedience and submission to Him. But obedience and submission are the result of the love that fills our hearts. It is because we love God that we submit to him. Enoch was one of those who knew how to touch the sensitivity of God by submission. Enoch did not betray his name because in Hebrew, Enoch is Khanôq, the root of this name evokes the idea of initiation or consecration. Enoch was skillfully consecrated to God. He had kept his fellowship with God and the Lord rewarded his piety. Enoch had been taken by God before his death. All alive and whole, he ascended to the dwelling place of God having been judged worthy by the Eternal. He was caught up like Elijah, in full view of all. It was not a resurrection from the dead but an abduction to heaven, thus defying the law of gravity and even that of aerodynamics; it looked like a "well-identified flying object". What about its longevity? Enoch lived three hundred and sixty-five years on earth before entering eternity by ascending to heaven. If we cannot ascend to heaven, let us raise our praises and prayers there. Excellent Wednesday. Amen Alain Louz.-