And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him. (Jude 1:14-15)
The book of Jude is “the doorway to Revelation.” Jude shows us that to go forward in the end times, you must look back to the past. We must look back to the “the days of Noah,” because Jesus told us “…as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.” (Matthew 24:37)
Jude points us to a godly end times saint named Enoch. Enoch lived at the end of the old world that God destroyed with a flood.
Enoch was a part of a righteous remnant that, “called upon the name of the Lord” (Gen. 4:16). Enoch’s faith came to him from Adam’s son Seth, passed down from six generations previous. “Seventh from Adam,” Enoch was also in the lineage of Christ (Luke 3:34-38). His name means, “disciplined and narrow.”
Three life lessons from Enoch that teach us how to go forward in the end times:
Enoch’s Memory:
And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah: And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters: And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years: And Enoch walked with God: and hewas not; for God took him. (Genesis 5:21-24)
By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God. But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. (Heb. 11:5-6)
Enoch began to “walk with God” at age sixty-five when his son Methuselah was born. Once Enoch began to walk with the Lord, he never stopped until God “took him” some three hundred years later. “Took him,” is used in Scripture often as an expression for when a man “takes” a wife. Enoch’s legacy pictures the Bride of Christ, the church, walking with Him until He catches her away at the rapture. Enoch’s memory is of a man who pleased God by pursuing Him. Enoch’s memory says, “Walk with God!”
Enoch’s Mission Field:
“…all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.” (Jude 15)
They Were “Ungodly”
The main characteristic of the people in Enoch’s day is that they were “ungodly.”
“Ungodly” simply put means “God out.” God was absent from thoughts, action, and worship in last days before the flood. Enoch’s mission field held these four distinctives: (1) They were evil and ignorant of God (Mt. 24:37-39). (2) They scoffed at the truth (2 Pe. 3: 3-9). (3) They were destroyed only after Enoch was raptured (Ge. 5:24; 1 Th. 4:13-18; 5:3-9; Re. 3:10). (4) Destruction came upon them suddenly (Mt. 24:38-39).
And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all. (Luke 17:26-27)
They were “Antichrist”
Enoch was “seventh from Adam” but six generations down from the murderer Cain was Jabal, Jubal, and Tubalcain (“the 666 brothers”). Those brothers ruled the world.
And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle. And his brother’s name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ. And Zillah, she also bare Tubalcain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubalcain was Naamah. (Gen. 4:20-22)
Jabal, Jubal, and Tubalcain controlled “all” housing, livestock, entertainment, and metallurgy. Cain’s boys were the “big tech,” “big Pharma,” and “big Brother” of their day.
Before the flood God said, “My spirit shall not always strive with man.” (Gen. 6:3). God’s Spirit was striving with mankind through his servant Enoch. Enoch ministered patiently to a secular, godless, and globalist society. Enoch contended with an antichrist movement (Gen. 4:23-24). Enoch’s example teaches us that we should faithfully strive in our current mission field.
Enoch’s Message:
Enoch was a prophet. Prophecy, simply put is “history told in advance.” Enoch named his son Methuselah meaning “when he dies it shall come.” Methuselah died 969 years later and judgement fell from heaven in the form of rain drops.
Enoch also prophetically preached of Christ’s second coming, “the Lord cometh with ten thousand of his saints to execute judgement…” Enoch preached of the Second coming of Christ and judgement five thousand years ago. If Enoch’s message was relevant for his day, then how much more is it for ours? Enoch tried to reconcile people to God and prepare them to meet God face to face.
Consider The Apostle Paul’s preaching to Felix and Drusilla:
And after certain days, when Felix came with his wife Drusilla, which was a Jewess, he sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in Christ.And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee. (Acts 24:24-25)