Genesis 5:21-24
Walking with God distinguishes a life that transcends the ordinary pattern of sin and death.
21 Enoch lived sixty-five years, then became the father of Methuselah.
22 After Methuselah’s birth, Enoch walked with God for three hundred years, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
23 All the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty-five years.
24 Enoch walked with God, and he was not found, for God took him.
Walking with God distinguishes a life that transcends the ordinary pattern of sin and death.
To present a striking interruption in the pattern of death by highlighting Enoch’s unique relationship with God and his being taken by God.
The Line of Adam Continues Under Death, Yet God Preserves the Promised Seed
Though death reigns over Adam’s descendants in a fallen world, God faithfully preserves the chosen line, displays fellowship with Himself, and advances His redemptive purpose toward Noah.