sf758 - A PICTURE OF THE RAPTURE (Genesis 5 21-24)
Genesis 5:1-32 (key 21-24)
Introduction
Why is Enoch important? (Jude 1:14-15)
Jude 1:14-15 Now Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about these men also, saying, "Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of His saints, 15 to execute judgment on all, to convict all who are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have committed in an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.”
His placement – the seventh from Adam in Seth’s line
His purpose – he was a prophet.
His prophesy – the events leading to the second coming.
Ø Not so much, in what he said but by what he did!
Ø He is a type of the church!
1A. Enoch and His Times
1B. It was a time of spiritual presumption (4:16-17)
Indifference toward God’s person (4:16)
Independence from God’s provision (4:17)
Ø Cain did not need God’s paradise he would build his own
Our day is no different
Ø Humanism
Ø Postmodernism
2B. It was a time of sexual perversion (4:19)
Lamech abandoned God’s plan!
Our day in no different
Ø Porn, TV, etc
3B. It was a time of scientific progression (4:20-22)
New methods (4:20)
New music (4:21)
New manufacturing (4:22)
We live in the fastest changing age known to man.
Ø Yet, for all our knowledge we are basically ignorant.
Ø We can clone a sheep, but we will not protect a baby.
4B. It was a time of social permissiveness (4:23-24)
Violence was a way of life.
Ø Man was law unto himself
2A. Enoch and His Testimony (5:22-24)
Enoch walked with God
1B. His walk was prompted by fear (5:22)
Methuselah = it shall be when he is dead
Ø Methuselah was a living prophecy of the coming flood.
Ø When Methuselah died the flood came!
Judgment is coming to our world
Matthew 24:37 (NASB) "For the coming of the Son of Man will be just like the days of Noah.
God is merciful but judgment is sure!
2B. His walk was produced by faith
Fear is not enough – we must also have faith
Hebrews 11:5 (NASB) By faith Enoch was taken up so that he would not see death; AND HE WAS NOT FOUND BECAUSE GOD TOOK HIM UP; for he obtained the witness that before his being taken up he was pleasing to God.
Faith is believing what God says is true.
Romans 10:17 (NASB) So faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.
Ø Somehow, someway, someday God came to Enoch and called Enoch to Himself.
3B. His walk was pleasing to God
Enoch pleased God!
Our goal should be to please God always.
Colossians 1:10 (NASB) so that you will walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, to please Him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God;
3A. Enoch and His Trip (5:24)
1 Corinthians 15:51-52 (NASB) Behold, I tell you a mystery; we will not all sleep, but we will all be changed, 52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet; for the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.
1B. He went to heaven without dying
Enoch departed but he never died!
“We will be changed…”
2B. He went to heaven without warning
Enoch did not go home to get things in order he suddenly went with God.
1 Thessalonians 5:1-2 (NASB) Now as to the times and the epochs, brethren, you have no need of anything to be written to you. 2 For you yourselves know full well that the day of the Lord will come just like a thief in the night.
3B. He went to heaven without his family
We do not know who else would go to heaven except for his great-grandson Noah.
Application
Look at our world…These are days like Noah’s.
Are you walking with God?
Are you ready for the rapture?
Genesis 5:1-32 (Key 21-24)
1A. Enoch and His _______________________________
1B. It was a time of spiritual presumption (4:16-17)
2B. It was a time of sexual perversion (4:19)
3B. It was a time of scientific progression (4:20-22)
4B. It was a time of social permissiveness (4:23-24)
2A. Enoch and His _______________________ (5:22-24)
1B. His walk was prompted by _____________ (5:22)
Methuselah = it shall be when he is dead
Matthew 24:37 (NASB) 37 "For the coming of the Son of Man will be just like the days of Noah.
God is merciful but judgment is sure!
2B. His walk was produced by ___________________
Hebrews 11:5 (NASB) By faith Enoch was taken up so that he would not see death; AND HE WAS NOT FOUND BECAUSE GOD TOOK HIM UP; for he obtained the witness that before his being taken up he was pleasing to God.
Romans 10:17 (NASB) So faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.
3B. His walk was ________________________ to God
Colossians 1:10 (NASB) so that you will walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, to please Him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God;
3A. Enoch and His _________________________ (5:24:)
1 Corinthians 15:51-52 (NASB) Behold, I tell you a mystery; we will not all sleep, but we will all be changed, 52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet; for the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.
1 Thessalonians 5:12 (NASB) But we request of you, brethren, that you appreciate those who diligently labor among you, and have charge over you in the Lord and give you instruction,