Summary of passage: Jared had Enoch and then he died. Enoch had Methuselah. Enoch walked with God and was taken up to heaven.
Questions:
8 ) Jude says Enoch prophesied. Hebrews says he was commended as one who pleased God. Genesis says Enoch walked with God.
9) No. He was taken up to heaven but did not experience a physical death.
10a) Enoch was just taken up to heaven as those of us who are living in Christ (the faithful) shall be taken up to heaven when the Lord comes.
b) We will all rise and be changed and given a new body. The Lord will come down from heaven and with a loud command and trumpet call the dead in Christ will rise. Then the living in Christ will rise and be with the Lord forever.
c) Personal Question. My answer: Rising again to be with Christ forever. Gives me hope.
Conclusions: I’m REALLY not liking this lesson. I just feel like BSF is spending way too much time on Genesis 5 and an obscure guy named Enoch. Furthermore, we discussed all of this in Acts last year. We read Hebrews, 1 Corinthians, and 1 Thessalonians and discussed Enoch as well. I just don’t see his importance like BSF does.
Question 8 had no specifics. We don’t know why Enoch was commended with God or how he exactly walked with God. We just know he did something to be taken up to heaven by God. I just don’t see how this applies to my life.
For me, I didn’t get anything out of this lesson and am ready to move on to Lesson 7.