Shall we bow our
heads for prayer?
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Our Father and our God, what a
privilege it is to come together
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to open Your Holy Word,
inspired by the Holy Spirit,
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to discover what Your will
is for us in these last days.
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We ask that as we
study the story of Enoch,
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that Your Holy Spirit will
be with us and teach us the
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lessons which will be useful,
and profitable, as we live in
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these last days
of human history.
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We thank You, Lord, for
the promise of Your presence,
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and Father, we just ask, we
plead, that You will be with us.
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In Jesus' name, Amen.
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We want to begin our study today
by turning in our Bibles to
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Revelation 12:17.
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As we've studied before in this
seminar, this verse is actually
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a pickup on Genesis 3:15.
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And it's actually speaking about
the end time remnant of God
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on planet earth; the remnant
that will go through the final
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tribulation, and will
actually be in this world
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when Jesus comes.
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It says here in
Revelation 12:17:
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That is the devil.
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The woman represents the church.
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Or the remnant of her seed.
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The remnant is the last
portion of God's people.
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And now notice that this
remnant has two characteristics.
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It says:
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Notice that the end time remnant
will keep the commandments
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of God, and will have the
testimony of Jesus Christ.
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Now the question is, what is
the testimony of Jesus Christ?
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We know that the
commandments of God
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means the ten commandments.
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But the testimony of Jesus;
we need to take a look at what
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the Bible has to say about that.
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What is the testimony of Jesus?
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Well, let's turn in our
Bibles to Revelation 19:10,
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Revelation 19:10.
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Here we have a clear explanation
as to what the testimony of
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Jesus is, which the remnant
will possess in the end of time.
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It says there, by the
way, a majestic being appears
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to John, who is the writer
of the book of Revelation,
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and we find these
words about the encounter:
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And I fell at his feet to
worship him, but he said to me,
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That is the angel said to John,
See that you do not do that.
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I am your fellow servant, and
of your brethren, who have the
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testimony of Jesus.
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What do the
brethren of John have?
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They have the
testimony of Jesus.
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And then it says, Worship
God, for the testimony of Jesus
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is the spirit of prophecy.
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So here we have a definition of
what the testimony of Jesus is.
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It is the spirit of prophecy,
which means that the end time
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remnant is going to
keep the commandments of God,
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the ten commandments, and they
are going to have the testimony
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of Jesus, which is
the gift of prophecy,
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or the spirit of prophecy.
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Now there's a third
characteristic that this
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end time remnant is going to
have, and that characteristic
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is found in Revelation
14:12, Revelation 14:12.
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And, by the way, this verse
repeats one detail which we
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already read in
Revelation 12: 17.
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It says here, speaking
about the end time remnant:
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We've already
seen that in 12:17.
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So the end time remnant
has faith; not any old kind
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of faith, but the faith of
Jesus, the faith that Jesus had.
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And so we find three
characteristics in these verses,
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about the end time remnant: they
keep the commandments of God,
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they have the
testimony of Jesus,
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which is the gift of prophecy,
or the spirit of prophecy;
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and they also have
an unbreakable faith,
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the faith of Jesus.
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Now in order to understand
fully this end time generation,
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we have to go to the
time before the flood.
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And I'd like to invite you
to go with me to Genesis 6:5.
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We're actually going to
talk about one of the most
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spectacular events
recorded in the Old Testament.
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Now allow me to give you just
a little bit of a chronology
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about this event.
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It took place 987
years after creation.
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That means that it took place
669 years before the flood.
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And, actually, it would further
mean that it happened 549 years
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before Noah began preaching,
124 years before the flood.
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Now we're going to talk about
this event in our study tonight.
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It's really spectacular.
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And let's take a look, once
again, at Genesis 6:5 and read
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about the condition of
the world before the flood.
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It says there:
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So the condition of the world
before the flood was in a dire
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situation. The world had
become almost totally corrupted,
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according to this.
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Now we find in Matthew 24:37-39
that the condition of the world
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before the flood is actually
symbolic, or representative,
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of the condition of the
world before the second coming
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of Christ. Notice
Matthew 24: 37-39. It says:
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Now did you notice here that
there's a comparison between
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the days of Noah, and
the coming of the Son of man?
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It continues saying:
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Now what I want you to notice
is that the world was in a
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condition, in the days of
Noah, similar to the condition
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it will be in shortly before
the second coming of Christ.
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Now with this in mind, we want
to study the story about a very
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special hero that we
find recorded in Genesis 5.
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His name is Enoch.
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Now before we take a look at
Enoch, we need to notice some
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very interesting details
that we find in Genesis 5.
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We're going to discover that
before the flood, there were two
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different types
of faithful people.
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Two different types
of righteous people.
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And you're saying, I thought
there was only one kind of
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righteous person. Well,
in a certain sense there is,
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but in the sense that we're
noticing tonight, we're going
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to see that there were two
categories of righteous people.
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The first category of righteous
persons are those who died
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before the coming of the flood,
which represents, by the way,
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the second coming of
Jesus, as we read in Matthew 24.
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Let's go in our Bibles
to Genesis 5, and let's read
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several verses in this chapter
about what happened with many
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of these heroes
that are mentioned here,
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actually the genealogy,
which eventually will end up
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with Jesus Christ.
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We'll begin at verse 5.
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We're going to jump to
several verses here. It says:
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Let's go to verse 8.
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Verse 11:
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Let's go to verse 14.
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Verse 17.
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Verse 20.
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Verse 27.
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Verse 31.
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And then we jump to
Genesis 9: 29. It says:
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So you'll notice that before
the flood, one category of the
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believer was the
believer that died before
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the coming of the flood.
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But I want you to notice
that there is a second kind
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of believer before the flood.
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Notice Genesis 5:24.
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I skipped over one individual
in this genealogy of Genesis 5.
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Genesis 5:24, the
second category of believer.
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It says here in Genesis 5:24:
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Now did you notice that?
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And Enoch walked with God, and
he was not, for God took him.
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And somebody might say, well,
when it says that God took him,
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it means that he died and
God took him to heaven with him,
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because, you know, we speak
today about when a person dies,
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God took him. Now is that
exactly what the Bible is trying
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to teach here? Absolutely not!
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You say, how we do know that?
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Because there's a text in
Hebrews 11:5, which explains
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Genesis 5:24. Go
with me to Hebrews 11:5.
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Here it is
explicit. It says here:
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Now is that clear?
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He didn't die
and then was taken.
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Here it says, very clearly:
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And so you have two
different types of believers
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before the flood.
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You have those who die and go
to the grave before the flood,
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and then you have
those, represented by Enoch,
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who actually is taken to
heaven without seeing death.
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Now, obviously, Enoch is in a
special category, because he is
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the lone exception in this list.
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All of the rest died, but
Enoch was transported to heaven
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without seeing death.
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What made Enoch so special?
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Well, before we answer that
question, allow me to tell you
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that the Bible has very
little to say about Enoch.
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There are actually only
four passages, or verses,
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in scripture that mention Enoch.
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Allow me to
mention those for you.
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The first is Genesis 5:21-24.
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We just read from there.
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The second place where Enoch
is mentioned, is in Luke 3:37.
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This is the genealogy of Jesus.
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Only His name
is mentioned there.
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And then you have Hebrews 11:5,
which is the verse that we just
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read, where it says
that he didn't see death,
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that God actually took him.
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And finally, a very significant
verse is found in Jude 14, 15.
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And so we have four
passages that speak about Enoch:
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Genesis 5:21-24, Luke 3:37,
Hebrews 11:5, and Jude 14, 15.
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And so you might say, how
can you preach a whole sermon
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on Enoch, if the Bible has
so little to say about him?
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Well, even though we only have
four verses that mention Enoch,
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those four verses are
filled with information,
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and with meaning.
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And so we're going to take
a look at the characteristics
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that distinguish Enoch, in
a special way, from the other
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people who are mentioned
as dying before the flood.
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There are four specific things
which are mentioned in these
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verses about Enoch, who
was transported to heaven
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from among the living.
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Those four things
that are mentioned are:
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1. He walked with God.
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2. He pleased God.
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3. He had faith in God.
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4. He had the testimony of
Jesus, or the gift of prophecy.
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Now we get these details from
the texts, from the four texts
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that are mentioned in scripture.
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And so we want to take a
look at these characteristics.
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Notice Genesis 5:24 once again.
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We read this verse before
to show that God took Enoch,
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but now let's notice the
first part of this verse.
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It says, and Enoch did what?
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And Enoch walked with God,
and he was not for God took him.
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Now I might mention a
very important detail,
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and that is that in Genesis
5 we are told that Enoch walked
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with God, after he had
Methuselah, for 300 years.
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That's significant, because
Enoch lived to be 365 before
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he was taken to heaven by God.
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It doesn't say that the first
65 years he walked with God,
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although,
undoubtedly, he walked with God.
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But there was a special sense
ion which Enoch walked with God
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from the 65th year of
his life, through the 365th
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year of his life.
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And you say, what was that?
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Well, in our
second text book, the book
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Patriarchs and Prophets, Ellen
White explains that when Enoch
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had Methuselah, he understood
better than ever before,
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how God feels for His children,
because now Enoch had a son,
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and he could understand the
father son relationship so much
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better in the
light of having a son.
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He knew what it was
like for God to feel
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for His earthly children.
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And so we're told here
that in a special sense,
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he walked with God
after he had Methuselah.
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Now notice also, Hebrews 11:5.
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Not only did he walk with
God, but we're told that he did
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something else. Actually, it's
the same thing as walking with
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God, but a
different expression is used.
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It says in Hebrews 11:5,
By faith Enoch was taken away
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so that he did not see
death, and was not found
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because God had taken him.
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And now notice this.
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For before he was
taken he had this testimony,
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that he pleased God.
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What does it
mean to walk with God?
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It means to what? to please God.
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In other words, Enoch walked
with God, Enoch pleased God,
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but do you know that
Enoch also had faith in God.
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Notice what we find in
Hebrews 11:6, Hebrews 11:6.
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After saying that Enoch
pleased God, notice what we
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find in this verse.
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So Enoch pleased God, and
without faith it is impossible
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to what? to please Him.
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So you'll notice three
characteristics so far,
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and we're going to notice that
they're very closely related.
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First of all,
he walked with God.
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Secondly, he pleased God.
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In the third place, he had
faith, because without faith
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it is impossible to please God.
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Now the fourth characteristic is
found in Jude, verses 14 and 15.
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This is that little book right
before the book of Revelation.
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Jude 14 and 15. It
says here about Enoch:
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Now let's stop
there just for a moment.
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What did Enoch do?
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He prophesied. Do you know
who he was prophesying about?
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Actually, he was
prophesying about two groups.
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The first group of wicked people
that he was prophesying about
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was the pre-flood race
that we've already read about
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in Genesis 6:5 that
every intent of the hearts,
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and their imaginations
was only evil continually.
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He was prophesying about them.
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But he was also prophesying
about a wicked generation
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shortly before the second coming
of Jesus, because as it was
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before the flood, so
also will it be at the coming
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of the Son of Man.
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So he's looking at
both of these groups.
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And so it says, Now Enoch, the
seventh from Adam, prophesied
00:21:13.19\00:21:18.17
about these men, also
saying, Behold, the Lord comes
00:21:18.20\00:21:23.72
with ten
thousand of His saints,...
00:21:23.75\00:21:26.54
To execute what?
00:21:26.57\00:21:29.03
To execute what?
00:21:31.45\00:21:34.65
Did Enoch preach the judgment?
00:21:37.16\00:21:41.83
He most certainly did.
00:21:41.86\00:21:44.03
He was a prophet that announced
the judgment, and so it says,
00:21:44.06\00:21:47.22
To execute judgment on all.
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Now let's stop there.
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Was Enoch a
prophet? Yes, he was.
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Did he then have
the testimony of Jesus?
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Did he rebuke iniquity?
00:22:02.05\00:22:05.41
Did he announce that God
was going to come in judgment?
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Absolutely! And so we
notice four characteristics
00:22:08.58\00:22:12.47
about Enoch: first of
all he walked with God.
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Secondly, he pleased God.
00:22:16.60\00:22:18.82
In the third place, he had
faith, because without faith
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it is impossible to please God.
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And in the fourth place, he
was a prophet, and so he had
00:22:25.67\00:22:29.65
the testimony of Jesus.
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But now we need to
take a look at what all of
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these things mean.
00:22:35.28\00:22:36.31
What does it
mean to walk with God?
00:22:36.34\00:22:39.24
What does it mean to please God?
00:22:39.27\00:22:41.76
What does it mean when the
Bible says that Enoch had faith?
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And let's understand a little
bit better what the testimony
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of Jesus is, what
the gift of prophecy is.
00:22:51.19\00:22:54.00
And so, first of all, we
want to notice what it means to
00:22:54.03\00:22:57.70
walk with God,
because Enoch is a symbol of
00:22:57.73\00:23:01.69
the end time generation.
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Now notice Amos 3:3,
the book of Amos 3:3.
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What does it mean to
walk with God? It says here:
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Must you be of one mind with
God in order to walk with God,
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according to this verse?
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Can you be at odds with
God, and be walking with God?
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Absolutely not! Now
there's a very, very interesting
00:23:35.00\00:23:39.57
characteristic about
the expression, walking,
00:23:39.60\00:23:42.73
in the Old Testament,
as well as in the New.
00:23:42.76\00:23:45.44
Almost every time that
the expression, walk, is used
00:23:45.47\00:23:52.47
in this sense of walking with
God, it has to do with keeping
00:23:52.50\00:23:58.47
God's commandments.
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I want to read several verses
from scripture that illustrate
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this point. Go with me
to Deuteronomy 10:12, 13,
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Deuteronomy 10:12, 13.
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Walking with God is linked
with keeping God's commandments.
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It says there in Deuteronomy 10:
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Do you notice all of
the parallel expressions
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in this verse? You have,
for example, to fear the Lord
00:24:56.70\00:25:01.22
your God. To
walk in all His ways.
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To love Him, to serve
Him with all your heart,
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and with all your soul,
and to keep the commandments
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of the Lord. So let me
ask you, what does it mean
00:25:13.80\00:25:16.89
to walk with God?
00:25:16.92\00:25:18.21
It means to fear Him.
00:25:18.24\00:25:20.23
It means to walk
in His commandments.
00:25:20.26\00:25:23.04
It means to love Him.
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That was true of Enoch.
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That was the experience
of Enoch walking with God.
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Now let's notice two
or three other texts.
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Notice Deuteronomy
13:4, Deuteronomy 13:4.
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Here God is speaking to
His people, and He says:
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And do what?
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That's the expression we
found in Revelation 12:17.
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And then what does it say?
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What does it mean
to walk with the Lord?
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It means to keep His
commandments, to obey His voice,
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to serve Him, and
to hold fast to Him.
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Would that be what Enoch
did if he walked with God?
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You see, you let
scripture explain scripture.
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When you find the expression,
walk with God, you have to see
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what it means to walk
with God, in the light
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of all of scripture.
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Notice Psalm 78:10.
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Here it's even more explicit,
what it means to walk with God.
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It says in Psalm
78:10, speaking about Israel:
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What do you walk in?
00:26:56.59\00:26:58.19
You walk in God's
law, according this.
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Let me ask you, did
Enoch walk in God's law?
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Did he keep God's commandments?
00:27:05.29\00:27:07.43
Did he obey the
voice of the Lord?
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Yes, if you compare these
scriptures with Genesis 5,
00:27:09.96\00:27:13.30
you'll notice that he did.
00:27:13.33\00:27:14.53
You see, when you only have
that expression, he walked with
00:27:14.56\00:27:17.53
God, you have to go to other
places in scripture that explain
00:27:17.56\00:27:20.76
what it means to walk with God.
00:27:20.79\00:27:22.85
Notice also, Psalm
119:1, Psalm 119:1.
00:27:22.88\00:27:29.82
It says here: by the way,
this is David, the Psalmist,
00:27:29.85\00:27:32.96
who is writing.
00:27:32.99\00:27:34.02
Blessed are those who
walk how? who walk in the law
00:27:41.24\00:27:45.05
of the Lord. Was
Enoch a law keeper?
00:27:45.08\00:27:48.44
Was he obedient to
God's commandments?
00:27:48.47\00:27:52.42
He most certainly was.
00:27:52.45\00:27:54.04
By the way, does this
remind us of Revelation 12:17?
00:27:54.07\00:27:57.67
The people who keep
the commandments of God,
00:27:57.70\00:28:00.25
in the end time generation?
00:28:00.28\00:28:02.25
Now notice 1 John 2:3-6,
because somebody might say,
00:28:02.28\00:28:06.87
well, this was just
Israel in the Old Testament.
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So let's notice a text from
the New Testament: 1 John 2:3-6.
00:28:09.07\00:28:15.29
It says here:
00:28:15.32\00:28:17.02
How do we know that
we know God? If we what?
00:28:23.33\00:28:26.08
By the way, this is the
same author of Revelation 12:17,
00:28:28.66\00:28:32.80
the same writer, not the
same author, because God is the
00:28:32.83\00:28:35.11
author, but the same writer.
00:28:35.14\00:28:36.95
Now notice this:
00:28:36.98\00:28:38.99
Is walking with God linked here
with keeping God's commandments?
00:29:08.96\00:29:14.30
It most certainly is.
00:29:14.33\00:29:15.68
So when Genesis tells us
that Enoch walked with God,
00:29:15.71\00:29:20.22
it's another way of saying that
Enoch obeyed God, and kept His
00:29:20.25\00:29:25.60
what? and kept His commandments.
00:29:25.63\00:29:28.40
Is that one of the
characteristics of the end time
00:29:28.43\00:29:31.45
generation that will
live before the second coming,
00:29:31.48\00:29:33.93
like Enoch lived
before the flood?
00:29:33.96\00:29:36.23
Absolutely! But now we need to
take a look at what it means to
00:29:36.26\00:29:40.41
please God. And, by the way,
walk with God, and please God,
00:29:40.44\00:29:43.74
are synonymous. I don't
know whether you caught that.
00:29:43.77\00:29:46.25
In Genesis we're told
that Enoch walked with God.
00:29:46.28\00:29:49.65
In Hebrews we're told that
before Enoch was translated
00:29:49.68\00:29:53.57
he pleased God.
00:29:53.60\00:29:54.80
So to walk with God is the
same as what? It's the same as
00:29:54.83\00:29:59.00
to please God. Now what does
the Bible mean when it says,
00:29:59.03\00:30:02.69
that a person pleases God?
00:30:02.72\00:30:05.80
Notice 1 John 3:22, 1 John 3:22.
00:30:05.83\00:30:12.47
It says here:
00:30:12.50\00:30:14.11
What is pleasing
in the Lord's sight?
00:30:32.59\00:30:35.47
Keeping His
what? His commandments.
00:30:35.50\00:30:39.23
Does that square with
what it means to walk with God?
00:30:39.26\00:30:41.98
Absolutely! And so it says here,
that God answers our prayers
00:30:42.01\00:30:47.08
because we keep His commandments
and we do those things
00:30:47.11\00:30:50.23
that are pleasing in His sight.
00:30:50.26\00:30:52.38
By the way, this is
the way Jesus lived.
00:30:52.41\00:30:55.10
Notice John 8:29,
John 8:29, It says here:
00:30:55.13\00:31:02.88
Jesus is speaking:
00:31:02.91\00:31:04.89
Now why hasn't the
Father left Him alone?
00:31:13.19\00:31:16.13
Is pleasing God, or rather does
pleasing God, have anything to
00:31:24.56\00:31:29.76
do with obeying God, and
doing what God expects us to do?
00:31:29.79\00:31:37.21
Absolutely!
Jesus Himself says so.
00:31:37.24\00:31:40.59
He says, the Father has not
left me alone, for I always do
00:31:40.62\00:31:45.18
those things that please Him.
00:31:45.21\00:31:47.69
By the way, the apostle Paul
tells us that those who are in
00:31:47.72\00:31:51.34
the flesh cannot please God.
00:31:51.37\00:31:53.64
The expression, to live in the
flesh, means that you haven't
00:31:53.67\00:31:58.24
been converted. It means that
you have a fleshly existence.
00:31:58.27\00:32:02.10
You have a selfish nature
that is dictating your behavior.
00:32:02.13\00:32:05.60
Let's notice Romans 8:7, 8,
Romans 8:7, 8. It says here:
00:32:05.63\00:32:17.27
Is the fleshly nature in
conflict with the law of God?
00:32:29.41\00:32:34.15
Absolutely! And then notice:
00:32:34.18\00:32:36.30
Are you catching the connection
here between the fleshly person,
00:32:43.77\00:32:47.95
and keeping the
commandments of God?
00:32:47.98\00:32:50.46
The fleshly person cannot
keep the commandments of God,
00:32:50.49\00:32:53.93
which means that
they cannot do what?
00:32:53.96\00:32:56.14
They cannot please
God, according to this.
00:32:56.17\00:32:58.99
And, by the way, if you go
to Galatians 5, you're going to
00:32:59.02\00:33:03.27
notice what the
works of the flesh are.
00:33:03.30\00:33:06.88
They are actually violations
of the ten commandments.
00:33:06.91\00:33:10.00
Notice the list that the apostle
Paul gives, and I'm reading from
00:33:10.03\00:33:13.02
the NIV because there's
some words in the New King James
00:33:13.05\00:33:16.55
that are
difficult to understand.
00:33:16.58\00:33:18.54
This is the list:
sexual immorality, impurity,
00:33:18.57\00:33:23.88
debauchery, idolatry,
witchcraft, hatred, discord,
00:33:23.91\00:33:32.00
jealousy, fits of rage, selfish
ambition, dissentions, factions,
00:33:32.03\00:33:40.34
envy, drunkenness, orgies,
and then he says, and the like.
00:33:40.37\00:33:47.24
Those are the
works of the flesh.
00:33:47.27\00:33:49.02
Let me ask you, are all
of those violations of God's
00:33:49.05\00:33:52.25
ten commandments?
00:33:52.28\00:33:53.31
Those people who practice these
things, are they really pleasing
00:33:53.34\00:33:57.78
God? No, because they're
living according to the flesh.
00:33:57.81\00:34:00.74
And living according to
the flesh brings as a result
00:34:00.77\00:34:04.09
the works of the flesh.
00:34:04.12\00:34:06.21
And so we find that
Enoch walked with God.
00:34:06.24\00:34:11.29
He pleased God, which basically
means that Enoch obeyed God's
00:34:11.32\00:34:16.79
commandments. It means that
Enoch followed the will of God.
00:34:16.82\00:34:22.33
He feared the Lord.
00:34:22.36\00:34:23.59
He loved the Lord.
00:34:23.62\00:34:24.85
He obeyed the Lord.
00:34:24.88\00:34:26.23
He kept His commandments.
00:34:26.26\00:34:27.98
He walked with
Him, in other words.
00:34:28.01\00:34:30.38
Allow me to read you a very
interesting statement from our
00:34:30.41\00:34:33.53
second text book, Patriarchs
and Prophets, page 85, on Enoch.
00:34:33.56\00:34:37.84
It says here:
00:34:37.87\00:34:40.00
And now notice this.
00:35:00.81\00:35:02.53
In other words, walking
with God meant that he walked
00:35:19.72\00:35:24.21
with God in all
the areas of life,
00:35:24.24\00:35:26.93
and in all of his relationships.
00:35:26.96\00:35:29.44
And, of course, when we remember
that the law of God is a law of
00:35:29.47\00:35:32.40
relationships, because
basically it means to love God,
00:35:32.43\00:35:35.22
and to love our neighbor,
we understand that Enoch loved
00:35:35.25\00:35:38.33
God and his neighbor, and
it was manifested in obedience
00:35:38.36\00:35:41.90
to the commandments of God.
00:35:41.93\00:35:43.35
Now we also have found that
Enoch had faith, because without
00:35:43.38\00:35:50.41
faith it is
impossible to please God.
00:35:50.44\00:35:53.14
Now what kind of
faith did Enoch have?
00:35:53.17\00:35:56.41
And where was his faith focused?
00:35:56.44\00:35:58.69
It says, by faith Enoch.
00:35:58.72\00:36:00.18
Okay, that's fine, but,
you know, where was his faith
00:36:00.21\00:36:03.34
focused? Well, in order
to understand this we need to
00:36:03.37\00:36:07.00
understand what faith is.
00:36:07.03\00:36:09.62
Go with me to
Hebrews 11:1, Hebrews 11:1.
00:36:09.65\00:36:14.80
This is the standard definition
for faith. It says here:
00:36:14.83\00:36:18.42
What is faith? The substance
of things that you what?
00:36:29.69\00:36:34.73
That you hope for.
00:36:34.76\00:36:36.62
The evidence of things
that you have not what? seen.
00:36:36.65\00:36:41.43
So must Enoch have
hoped for something
00:36:41.46\00:36:46.37
that he didn't
have yet? Of course!
00:36:46.40\00:36:48.89
Must he have desired to see
something that at that point he
00:36:48.92\00:36:53.89
did not see? Of course!
00:36:53.92\00:36:56.05
And the question is,
where was his faith focused?
00:36:56.08\00:36:59.93
Oh, there's this beautiful
statement that's found in
00:36:59.96\00:37:04.80
Patriarchs and
Prophets, page 87.
00:37:04.83\00:37:06.78
I want to read it to you.
00:37:06.81\00:37:07.84
It's beautiful! It says here:
00:37:07.87\00:37:09.65
Did you notice that?
00:37:20.18\00:37:22.08
Where was his faith focused?
00:37:37.53\00:37:39.97
Was he hoping for heaven? Yes.
00:37:40.00\00:37:43.34
Could he actually see heaven
with his physical eyes? No.
00:37:43.37\00:37:48.37
But did he see heaven
with the eye of faith?
00:37:48.40\00:37:51.34
He most certainly did.
00:37:51.37\00:37:52.96
He longed for heaven.
00:37:53.00\00:37:54.15
She continues saying:
00:37:54.18\00:37:55.90
In other words, his faith
was a hope that someday he could
00:38:12.24\00:38:17.61
live with God in heaven,
which he could not see with his
00:38:17.64\00:38:22.31
physical eyes, but
which he grasped by faith.
00:38:22.34\00:38:25.37
Have you ever heard the
expression, he's so heavenly
00:38:25.40\00:38:29.44
minded, he's no earthly good?
00:38:29.47\00:38:31.36
You know, I like to change
that around, and I like to say,
00:38:31.39\00:38:34.93
he's so earthly
minded, he's no heavenly good.
00:38:34.96\00:38:38.01
And the fact is that
Enoch, he was heavenly minded,
00:38:38.04\00:38:42.17
but that did not keep him
from fulfilling his daily duties
00:38:42.20\00:38:46.10
of love to God, and love
to his fellow human beings.
00:38:46.13\00:38:49.81
But he knew that this
world was not his home.
00:38:49.84\00:38:52.01
His faith was
focused on eternal realities,
00:38:52.04\00:38:55.92
not the phantoms of this world.
00:38:55.95\00:38:58.41
So we've noticed
three characteristics:
00:38:58.44\00:39:01.96
1. Enoch walked with God.
00:39:01.99\00:39:05.18
That means
keeping his commandments.
00:39:05.21\00:39:07.48
2. Enoch pleased God.
00:39:07.51\00:39:09.38
That means that you don't
walk according to the flesh,
00:39:09.41\00:39:12.31
but according to the Spirit.
00:39:12.34\00:39:13.89
It means that you're not
at enmity with the law of God,
00:39:13.92\00:39:17.15
but you're in love
with the law of God.
00:39:17.18\00:39:18.89
3. Enoch had faith.
00:39:18.92\00:39:20.89
His faith was focused
on heavenly realities.
00:39:20.92\00:39:24.40
Even though he was on earth,
he was walking with the king
00:39:24.43\00:39:27.34
in the New Jerusalem, by faith.
00:39:27.37\00:39:29.57
By the way, are these the very
three characteristics that we
00:39:29.60\00:39:33.18
started our study with?
00:39:33.21\00:39:34.37
What is the end time
generation going to have?
00:39:34.40\00:39:38.30
They are going to keep
what? the commandments of God.
00:39:38.33\00:39:43.07
Are they going to have the
faith of Jesus? Absolutely!
00:39:43.11\00:39:47.82
Are they going to be the
Enoch generation? Of course!
00:39:47.85\00:39:51.84
But there's one
more characteristic,
00:39:51.87\00:39:53.61
and that is in Jude 14 and 15.
00:39:53.64\00:39:57.09
Let's read this
passage again. It says here:
00:39:57.12\00:40:00.88
By the way, this is
after the millennium.
00:40:12.56\00:40:15.62
I won't get into that.
00:40:15.65\00:40:16.94
The execution of the judgment
against the wicked is when?
00:40:20.28\00:40:23.34
Not at the second coming,
but after the millennium.
00:40:23.37\00:40:27.76
If I could just
make a parenthesis there.
00:40:36.45\00:40:39.01
Is there going to be a huge
panorama above the Holy City
00:40:39.04\00:40:42.09
where the wicked are
going to be convicted
00:40:42.12\00:40:44.42
of their unrighteousness?
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Yes, you see, usually we
apply this to the second coming
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of Christ, but technically in
context, it's applying to events
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after the millennium.
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And so verse 15 says:
00:40:55.47\00:40:56.93
Did Enoch warn the
world of a coming judgment,
00:41:12.73\00:41:17.05
and the need that people
had of committing their lives
00:41:17.08\00:41:20.62
to the Lord? Absolutely!
00:41:20.65\00:41:22.61
Would you expect that in the
end time the Enoch generation
00:41:22.64\00:41:27.57
would also have in their midst
a prophet who would announce
00:41:27.60\00:41:31.56
the judgment, and the need
to prepare for that judgment,
00:41:31.59\00:41:35.66
so they were on the
right side? Of course!
00:41:35.69\00:41:38.49
Now allow me to read you some
interesting statements about
00:41:38.52\00:41:41.99
this aspect of Enoch.
00:41:42.02\00:41:44.69
Patriarchs and
Prophets, page 85.
00:41:44.72\00:41:47.27
I just love this
chapter about Enoch.
00:41:47.31\00:41:49.80
There's so much wonderful
light in it about Enoch.
00:41:49.83\00:41:53.39
It says here,
Through, now notice this:
00:41:53.42\00:41:56.84
Through, now notice this:
00:41:56.87\00:41:57.90
He did it through the Holy what?
00:42:12.36\00:42:14.06
Through the Holy angels.
00:42:14.09\00:42:16.01
And now notice this:
00:42:16.04\00:42:17.62
What did Enoch
have according to this?
00:42:33.95\00:42:37.17
By the what? By
the Spirit of Prophecy.
00:42:37.20\00:42:40.84
Is that the identical expression
that we found about the end time
00:42:40.87\00:42:45.19
remnant in Revelation 12:17, and
Revelation 19:10? Absolutely!
00:42:45.22\00:42:52.61
By the way, was Enoch a
fearless rebuker of sin?
00:42:52.64\00:42:58.34
He most certainly was.
00:42:58.37\00:42:59.92
Allow me to read
you this statement:
00:42:59.95\00:43:01.75
Patriarchs and
Prophets, page 86.
00:43:01.78\00:43:03.78
See, today we live in a
world of political correctness,
00:43:03.81\00:43:06.53
where nobody wants to
call sin by its right name,
00:43:06.56\00:43:09.54
but Enoch did not get
caught up in that game.
00:43:09.57\00:43:13.75
Enoch told things
in love like they were.
00:43:13.78\00:43:17.62
And he rebuked sin, and
he called sinners to allow
00:43:17.65\00:43:21.68
the Holy Spirit to change their
lives, so they would be found on
00:43:21.71\00:43:25.68
the right side in
the coming judgment.
00:43:25.71\00:43:28.30
We find this statement:
00:43:28.33\00:43:29.82
What was it? It
was the Spirit...
00:44:00.05\00:44:04.87
In this way Enoch was similar
to Noah, who also condemned the
00:44:33.64\00:44:38.70
world, as it says in the book of
Hebrews, and he became the heir
00:44:38.74\00:44:43.77
of the
righteousness that is by faith.
00:44:43.80\00:44:46.72
One further statement
from Patriarchs and Prophets,
00:44:46.75\00:44:49.73
page 87, talks about the
holiness of Enoch. It says:
00:44:49.76\00:44:54.10
What was he seeking?
00:45:05.17\00:45:06.52
Purity of soul that he might
be what? in harmony with heaven.
00:45:06.55\00:45:11.56
Wow! Do you know
that the same author of
00:45:50.12\00:45:55.97
Patriarchs and Prophets, Ellen
White, says this in the journal,
00:45:56.00\00:46:00.76
Signs of the Times,
April 8, 1899. Notice:
00:46:00.79\00:46:07.12
That was the
experience of Enoch.
00:46:17.21\00:46:19.39
He became totally
disconnected in his affections,
00:46:19.42\00:46:23.91
and in his
mind, with this world.
00:46:23.94\00:46:26.51
He loved God so much.
00:46:26.54\00:46:28.70
He wanted to please God so much.
00:46:28.73\00:46:31.06
He wanted to keep
God's commandments so much.
00:46:31.09\00:46:33.81
He had so much faith
in what he could not see,
00:46:33.84\00:46:37.48
and what he hoped for,
that God finally said to Enoch,
00:46:37.52\00:46:40.70
Enoch, you're not a
citizen of earth anymore,
00:46:40.73\00:46:43.67
you're only a citizen of heaven.
00:46:43.70\00:46:45.16
Come up here, and we'll continue
walking on the street of gold
00:46:45.19\00:46:48.97
throughout the
ceaseless ages of eternity.
00:46:49.00\00:46:51.44
The Enoch generation
will be just like that.
00:46:51.47\00:46:56.04
They will walk with
God, they will please God,
00:46:56.07\00:47:00.59
they will have
the faith of Jesus,
00:47:00.62\00:47:02.70
and they will have the testimony
of Jesus, which they will
00:47:02.73\00:47:06.00
proclaim to a world
that is living in rebellion.
00:47:06.03\00:47:10.07
Now do you remember that
at the beginning of our study
00:47:10.10\00:47:14.28
we noticed that there
were two different categories
00:47:14.31\00:47:18.10
of believers before the flood?
00:47:18.13\00:47:19.76
There were those who died, and
there was the individual who was
00:47:19.79\00:47:25.59
translated to heaven
from among the living.
00:47:25.62\00:47:28.71
Do you know that
Enoch represents those
00:47:28.74\00:47:33.00
who in the end time
will be translated to heaven
00:47:33.03\00:47:37.15
without seeing death?
00:47:37.18\00:47:38.85
You know, it kind of reminds
me of that scene on the mount of
00:47:38.88\00:47:43.91
transfiguration. You've read
that; where Jesus is at the top
00:47:43.94\00:47:49.19
of this high mountain,
and suddenly down from heaven
00:47:49.22\00:47:53.23
come two
individuals: Moses and Elijah.
00:47:53.26\00:47:57.93
Let's pick up the story as
it's found in the gospel of
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Matthew 17:1-3. It says:
00:48:02.03\00:48:06.84
By the way, you can
read that in Revelation 1,
00:48:22.85\00:48:24.43
the glorified Christ;
His face shines as the sun.
00:48:24.46\00:48:27.87
Jesus, here, was glorified in a
preliminary way. And so it says:
00:48:27.90\00:48:33.84
Now why Moses and Elijah?
00:48:47.49\00:48:49.76
Well, if you go to the Old
Testament you'll notice that
00:48:49.79\00:48:53.34
Moses, at the end of his
life, because of his sin, died,
00:48:53.37\00:48:59.49
and he was resurrected,
and he was taken to heaven.
00:48:59.52\00:49:04.11
You can find that by carefully
reading Deuteronomy 34:5, 6,
00:49:04.14\00:49:08.94
and also Jude 9, where it
says that there was a battle
00:49:08.97\00:49:12.21
over the body of Moses, because
Michael the archangel had come
00:49:12.24\00:49:15.50
to resurrect Moses.
00:49:15.53\00:49:17.43
And so you have Moses, who died,
resurrected, and ascended to
00:49:17.46\00:49:21.52
heaven. But then you have
that other individual, Elijah,
00:49:21.55\00:49:24.90
where we're told in 2 Kings 2
that Elijah, a chariot of fire
00:49:24.93\00:49:30.80
came down and it picked
up Elijah, and it took him
00:49:30.83\00:49:34.53
to heaven without
experiencing death.
00:49:34.56\00:49:37.10
In these two individuals you
have represented the two groups
00:49:37.13\00:49:40.99
of people that will be in this
world, of the righteous people
00:49:41.02\00:49:43.97
that will be in this
world when Jesus comes.
00:49:44.00\00:49:45.03
You have those who died in
Christ, and will resurrect,
00:49:46.29\00:49:49.95
and you have those
who are alive and remain.
00:49:49.98\00:49:53.21
In fact, let's notice what the
apostle Paul has to say about
00:49:53.24\00:49:56.54
this: 1 Thessalonians 4:16-18,
1 Thessalonians 4:16-18.
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It says here:
00:50:05.77\00:50:06.80
By the way, that Lord Himself,
is the same Lord that was
00:50:11.66\00:50:14.94
transfigured on the
mount of transfiguration.
00:50:14.97\00:50:17.03
Ah, what's the name of
that archangel? Michael.
00:50:22.33\00:50:27.23
The same one who fought over the
body of Moses. And so it says:
00:50:27.26\00:50:31.02
There you have
represented, by those who died
00:50:38.90\00:50:42.80
before the flood, and you
have those represented by Moses.
00:50:42.83\00:50:47.18
And then notice verse 17:
00:50:47.21\00:50:49.07
Those are represented by whom?
00:50:51.50\00:50:54.79
By Enoch and who
else? and Elijah.
00:50:54.82\00:50:58.03
Is there going to be an Enoch
generation at the end of time
00:51:09.09\00:51:14.01
who will bear the same
characteristics as the original
00:51:14.04\00:51:17.39
Enoch before the
flood? Absolutely!
00:51:17.42\00:51:19.96
In fact, allow me to
read you a statement from
00:51:19.99\00:51:22.40
Patriarchs and Prophets, pages
88 and 89, corroborating what
00:51:22.43\00:51:26.52
we just studied from scripture.
00:51:26.55\00:51:28.15
This is a very
significant statement.
00:51:28.18\00:51:30.80
Notice what it says:
00:51:30.83\00:51:31.97
That is Enoch.
00:51:35.65\00:51:36.76
Did you catch that?
00:51:50.61\00:51:51.74
The state of holiness which
must be attained by those who
00:51:51.77\00:51:56.50
shall be
redeemed from the earth.
00:51:56.53\00:51:57.68
By the way, do you know
that there's only one type of
00:51:57.71\00:52:00.23
person who's going to
be alive when Jesus comes?
00:52:00.26\00:52:02.27
the 144,000, and they will have
gained a total victory over sin.
00:52:02.30\00:52:09.44
Now notice what
this continues saying:
00:52:09.47\00:52:11.73
Then...(at the second
coming, shortly before
00:52:11.76\00:52:14.92
the second coming).
00:52:14.95\00:52:15.98
Is there going to be a
whole generation like Enoch
00:52:59.50\00:53:02.87
who are going to warn the world
through the gift of prophecy,
00:53:02.90\00:53:08.27
who are going to obey God,
manifest His pure character,
00:53:08.30\00:53:11.91
not live according to the flesh,
but according to the Spirit?
00:53:11.94\00:53:14.79
Absolutely! She
continues saying:
00:53:14.82\00:53:17.05
This is the generation
that Jesus is waiting for
00:53:32.50\00:53:36.41
with a longing desire.
00:53:36.51\00:53:39.16
Now you say, how in the world
do we ever reach this state?
00:53:39.19\00:53:43.48
Well, it's actually not
as complicated as many people
00:53:43.51\00:53:46.84
think. You see, the way that
we reach this state is by that
00:53:46.87\00:53:51.64
which we listen to and watch.
00:53:51.67\00:53:53.52
You know, if our eyes
are focused on earthly things
00:53:53.55\00:53:58.36
we will be earthly minded.
00:53:58.39\00:54:00.82
If our eyes are
focused on heavenly things
00:54:00.85\00:54:04.72
we will be heavenly minded.
00:54:04.75\00:54:06.72
We all know that little
song, Turn your eyes upon Jesus,
00:54:06.75\00:54:11.95
Look full in His wonderful face.
00:54:11.98\00:54:14.27
And what will
be the consequence?
00:54:14.30\00:54:16.25
And the things of earth will
grow what? will grow strangely
00:54:16.28\00:54:21.53
dim in the light of
His glory and grace.
00:54:21.56\00:54:25.07
Notice 2 Corinthians
3:18, 2 Corinthians 3:18.
00:54:25.10\00:54:31.26
Here it's
speaking about the secret.
00:54:31.29\00:54:33.33
It's such a simple secret, but
we find so difficult to follow
00:54:33.36\00:54:37.97
the council of
God. It says here:
00:54:38.00\00:54:40.51
What do we behold?
the glory of the Lord.
00:54:50.30\00:54:52.39
Do you know what the
glory of the Lord is?
00:54:52.42\00:54:54.03
The glory of the
Lord is His character.
00:54:54.06\00:54:57.83
It's His character.
00:54:57.86\00:54:59.78
You can read that in Exodus
when Moses went to the top
00:54:59.81\00:55:03.64
of the mount: Exodus 32.
00:55:03.67\00:55:05.59
By the way, is the
glory of God contagious?
00:55:05.62\00:55:10.03
You know, when Moses went
up there and spent forty days
00:55:10.06\00:55:14.67
with the Lord, he came down
from the mountain, and what was
00:55:14.70\00:55:17.30
happening with his face?
00:55:17.33\00:55:18.36
His face was shining,
or glowing, because he had
00:55:18.39\00:55:21.68
been with the Lord.
00:55:21.71\00:55:22.74
If we want our faces to shine,
and to glow, what do we have
00:55:22.77\00:55:26.80
to do? We have to spend
time with the Lord because His
00:55:26.83\00:55:32.22
glory is contagious.
00:55:32.25\00:55:34.11
Now notice: but we all with
unveiled face, beholding as in a
00:55:34.14\00:55:39.27
mirror the glory of the Lord,
are being... what? transformed.
00:55:39.30\00:55:44.19
That's the word
metamorphous in Greek.
00:55:44.22\00:55:46.44
It's a total and radical change.
00:55:46.47\00:55:48.59
We are being
transformed into the same image,
00:55:48.62\00:55:53.26
from glory to glory, just
as by the Spirit of the Lord.
00:55:53.29\00:55:58.94
We are what we
watch and what we hear.
00:55:58.97\00:56:03.46
If what we watch and hear is
spiritually in tune with God,
00:56:03.49\00:56:09.59
we will reveal
the character of God.
00:56:09.62\00:56:11.67
If what we watch and hear
is focused upon the things
00:56:11.71\00:56:15.99
of this world, we
will be worldly minded;
00:56:16.02\00:56:19.32
we will be carnally minded.
00:56:19.35\00:56:20.90
It is a
psychological principle of life.
00:56:20.93\00:56:23.63
We are composed of
what we eat physically,
00:56:23.66\00:56:26.33
and we are composed of
what we eat spiritually,
00:56:26.36\00:56:29.29
through our eyes,
and through our ears.
00:56:29.32\00:56:32.35
And Enoch had his
focus in the right place.
00:56:32.38\00:56:36.54
His focus was on heaven.
00:56:36.57\00:56:39.34
Once again I read that statement
that I read before from
00:56:39.37\00:56:43.97
Signs of the Times.
00:56:44.00\00:56:45.69
You know, do
you long for heaven?
00:56:45.72\00:56:47.45
Do you long for Jesus to come?
00:56:47.48\00:56:49.58
There's nothing in this world
that is worth hanging onto,
00:56:49.61\00:56:53.62
folks. It's all going
to burn when Jesus comes.
00:56:53.65\00:56:56.91
I want you to notice
that statement as we close.
00:56:56.94\00:56:59.91
Just one view, just a glimpse.
00:57:06.10\00:57:08.54