If you take each Hebrew word from the original scripture and translate them with the most common usage, in the spirit of the rest of the scriptures, while at the same time completely ignoring secular philosophies and contemporary Doctrine, it reads, “Enoch walked God, God took”, (Chanowk halak 'elohiym 'elohiym laqach). The Hebrew word “halak” interpreted “walk” can also have the common translation, “ to live” as in “a manner of life” or “a way to live your life”. The Hebrew word “laqach” has a translation that says “to take from, take out of, take away, be removed from ”. So this verse would actually say:
- “Enoch
lived a life according to God and God eventually took him away or
removed him from that life, Enoch died."
Putting it in context with what
the rest of the scriptures teach, this interpretation of the scripture
makes more sense and is telling us that Enoch had a relationship with
God and God recognized him as a righteous person but eventually
God had to remove Enoch.
In Genesis 5:24 God is telling us that a righteous person lives his life a certain way. If you ignore the interpretation that this scripture is proof of heaven, we can see that this ties in with what Jesus was trying to tell Nicodemus in John chapter 3. Nicodemus thought that Jesus was teaching that a person had to be literally born, as in from the womb.
Jesus was actually teaching that in the Jewish sense, being born again was when one brings another person over to his way of life, to convert someone. He said that this change was not simply being baptized by water but a person had to change his spirit. He had to change the vital principal by which he feels, thinks, and decides. A person needed to change his actions and his relationship with God.
Enoch was made righteous by living his life according God’s ways. Some time in our future Jesus Christ will return to earth and set up His kingdom, here on earth. It will be at that time that Enoch will be resurrected and will once again “walk with God”.
