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
00:21:13.07\00:21:18.07
about these men, also
saying, Behold, the Lord comes
00:21:18.11\00:21:23.61
with ten
thousand of His saints,...
00:21:23.65\00:21:26.45
To execute what?
00:21:26.48\00:21:28.98
To execute what?
00:21:31.35\00:21:34.62
Did Enoch preach the judgment?
00:21:37.06\00:21:41.70
He most certainly did.
00:21:41.73\00:21:43.90
He was a prophet that announced
the judgment, and so it says,
00:21:43.93\00:21:47.10
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?
00:22:01.95\00:22:05.32
Did he announce that God
was going to come in judgment?
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Absolutely! And so we
notice four characteristics
00:22:08.49\00:22:12.39
about Enoch: first of
all he walked with God.
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Secondly, he pleased God.
00:22:16.50\00:22:18.70
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
00:22:25.57\00:22:29.54
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.
00:22:35.18\00:22:36.22
What does it
mean to walk with God?
00:22:36.25\00:22:39.15
What does it mean to please God?
00:22:39.19\00:22:41.66
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.
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And so, first of all, we
want to notice what it means to
00:22:53.90\00:22:57.57
walk with God,
because Enoch is a symbol of
00:22:57.61\00:23:01.58
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
00:23:34.91\00:23:39.48
characteristic about
the expression, walking,
00:23:39.51\00:23:42.62
in the Old Testament,
as well as in the New.
00:23:42.65\00:23:45.35
Almost every time that
the expression, walk, is used
00:23:45.39\00:23:52.39
in this sense of walking with
God, it has to do with keeping
00:23:52.43\00:23:58.37
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
00:24:56.62\00:25:01.10
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
00:25:13.71\00:25:16.78
to walk with God?
00:25:16.81\00:25:18.11
It means to fear Him.
00:25:18.15\00:25:20.12
It means to walk
in His commandments.
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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,
00:26:13.60\00:26:18.21
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?
00:26:56.48\00:26:58.08
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?
00:27:05.19\00:27:07.32
Did he obey the
voice of the Lord?
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Yes, if you compare these
scriptures with Genesis 5,
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you'll notice that he did.
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You see, when you only have
that expression, he walked with
00:27:14.46\00:27:17.40
God, you have to go to other
places in scripture that explain
00:27:17.43\00:27:20.64
what it means to walk with God.
00:27:20.67\00:27:22.74
Notice also, Psalm
119:1, Psalm 119:1.
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It says here: by the way,
this is David, the Psalmist,
00:27:29.74\00:27:32.85
who is writing.
00:27:32.88\00:27:33.98
Blessed are those who
walk how? who walk in the law
00:27:41.16\00:27:44.96
of the Lord. Was
Enoch a law keeper?
00:27:44.99\00:27:48.33
Was he obedient to
God's commandments?
00:27:48.36\00:27:52.30
He most certainly was.
00:27:52.33\00:27:53.94
By the way, does this
remind us of Revelation 12:17?
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The people who keep
the commandments of God,
00:27:57.61\00:28:00.14
in the end time generation?
00:28:00.18\00:28:02.14
Now notice 1 John 2:3-6,
because somebody might say,
00:28:02.18\00:28:06.78
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.
00:28:08.98\00:28:15.19
It says here:
00:28:15.22\00:28:16.99
How do we know that
we know God? If we what?
00:28:23.20\00:28:26.03
By the way, this is the
same author of Revelation 12:17,
00:28:28.54\00:28:32.67
the same writer, not the
same author, because God is the
00:28:32.71\00:28:35.01
author, but the same writer.
00:28:35.04\00:28:36.85
Now notice this:
00:28:36.88\00:28:38.95
Is walking with God linked here
with keeping God's commandments?
00:29:08.84\00:29:14.18
It most certainly is.
00:29:14.22\00:29:15.58
So when Genesis tells us
that Enoch walked with God,
00:29:15.62\00:29:20.12
it's another way of saying that
Enoch obeyed God, and kept His
00:29:20.16\00:29:25.49
what? and kept His commandments.
00:29:25.53\00:29:28.26
Is that one of the
characteristics of the end time
00:29:28.30\00:29:31.33
generation that will
live before the second coming,
00:29:31.37\00:29:33.80
like Enoch lived
before the flood?
00:29:33.84\00:29:36.10
Absolutely! But now we need to
take a look at what it means to
00:29:36.14\00:29:40.31
please God. And, by the way,
walk with God, and please God,
00:29:40.34\00:29:43.65
are synonymous. I don't
know whether you caught that.
00:29:43.68\00:29:46.15
In Genesis we're told
that Enoch walked with God.
00:29:46.18\00:29:49.55
In Hebrews we're told that
before Enoch was translated
00:29:49.58\00:29:53.49
he pleased God.
00:29:53.52\00:29:54.69
So to walk with God is the
same as what? It's the same as
00:29:54.72\00:29:58.89
to please God. Now what does
the Bible mean when it says,
00:29:58.93\00:30:02.56
that a person pleases God?
00:30:02.60\00:30:05.67
Notice 1 John 3:22, 1 John 3:22.
00:30:05.70\00:30:12.37
It says here:
00:30:12.41\00:30:14.08
What is pleasing
in the Lord's sight?
00:30:32.49\00:30:35.36
Keeping His
what? His commandments.
00:30:35.40\00:30:39.10
Does that square with
what it means to walk with God?
00:30:39.13\00:30:41.87
Absolutely! And so it says here,
that God answers our prayers
00:30:41.90\00:30:46.98
because we keep His commandments
and we do those things
00:30:47.01\00:30:50.11
that are pleasing in His sight.
00:30:50.15\00:30:52.28
By the way, this is
the way Jesus lived.
00:30:52.31\00:30:54.98
Notice John 8:29,
John 8:29, It says here:
00:30:55.02\00:31:02.79
Jesus is speaking:
00:31:02.82\00:31:04.86
Now why hasn't the
Father left Him alone?
00:31:13.07\00:31:16.07
Is pleasing God, or rather does
pleasing God, have anything to
00:31:24.45\00:31:29.65
do with obeying God, and
doing what God expects us to do?
00:31:29.68\00:31:37.13
Absolutely!
Jesus Himself says so.
00:31:37.16\00:31:40.50
He says, the Father has not
left me alone, for I always do
00:31:40.53\00:31:45.07
those things that please Him.
00:31:45.10\00:31:47.57
By the way, the apostle Paul
tells us that those who are in
00:31:47.60\00:31:51.24
the flesh cannot please God.
00:31:51.27\00:31:53.54
The expression, to live in the
flesh, means that you haven't
00:31:53.58\00:31:58.15
been converted. It means that
you have a fleshly existence.
00:31:58.18\00:32:01.98
You have a selfish nature
that is dictating your behavior.
00:32:02.02\00:32:05.49
Let's notice Romans 8:7, 8,
Romans 8:7, 8. It says here:
00:32:05.52\00:32:17.23
Is the fleshly nature in
conflict with the law of God?
00:32:29.31\00:32:34.05
Absolutely! And then notice:
00:32:34.08\00:32:36.28
Are you catching the connection
here between the fleshly person,
00:32:43.69\00:32:47.86
and keeping the
commandments of God?
00:32:47.86\00:32:50.33
The fleshly person cannot
keep the commandments of God,
00:32:50.37\00:32:53.80
which means that
they cannot do what?
00:32:53.84\00:32:56.04
They cannot please
God, according to this.
00:32:56.07\00:32:58.87
And, by the way, if you go
to Galatians 5, you're going to
00:32:58.91\00:33:03.18
notice what the
works of the flesh are.
00:33:03.21\00:33:06.78
They are actually violations
of the ten commandments.
00:33:06.82\00:33:09.88
Notice the list that the apostle
Paul gives, and I'm reading from
00:33:09.92\00:33:12.92
the NIV because there's
some words in the New King James
00:33:12.95\00:33:16.46
that are
difficult to understand.
00:33:16.49\00:33:18.46
This is the list:
sexual immorality, impurity,
00:33:18.49\00:33:23.77
debauchery, idolatry,
witchcraft, hatred, discord,
00:33:23.80\00:33:31.87
jealousy, fits of rage, selfish
ambition, dissentions, factions,
00:33:31.91\00:33:40.25
envy, drunkenness, orgies,
and then he says, and the like.
00:33:40.28\00:33:47.16
Those are the
works of the flesh.
00:33:47.19\00:33:48.92
Let me ask you, are all
of those violations of God's
00:33:48.96\00:33:52.16
ten commandments?
00:33:52.19\00:33:53.46
Those people who practice these
things, are they really pleasing
00:33:53.50\00:33:57.67
God? No, because they're
living according to the flesh.
00:33:57.70\00:34:00.64
And living according to
the flesh brings as a result
00:34:00.67\00:34:03.97
the works of the flesh.
00:34:04.01\00:34:06.11
And so we find that
Enoch walked with God.
00:34:06.14\00:34:11.18
He pleased God, which basically
means that Enoch obeyed God's
00:34:11.21\00:34:16.69
commandments. It means that
Enoch followed the will of God.
00:34:16.72\00:34:22.22
He feared the Lord.
00:34:22.26\00:34:23.49
He loved the Lord.
00:34:23.53\00:34:24.76
He obeyed the Lord.
00:34:24.79\00:34:26.13
He kept His commandments.
00:34:26.16\00:34:27.86
He walked with
Him, in other words.
00:34:27.93\00:34:30.27
Allow me to read you a very
interesting statement from our
00:34:30.30\00:34:33.40
second text book, Patriarchs
and Prophets, page 85, on Enoch.
00:34:33.44\00:34:37.74
It says here:
00:34:37.77\00:34:39.97
And now notice this.
00:35:00.73\00:35:02.46
In other words, walking
with God meant that he walked
00:35:19.61\00:35:24.12
with God in all
the areas of life,
00:35:24.15\00:35:26.82
and in all of his relationships.
00:35:26.86\00:35:29.36
And, of course, when we remember
that the law of God is a law of
00:35:29.39\00:35:32.29
relationships, because
basically it means to love God,
00:35:32.33\00:35:35.10
and to love our neighbor,
we understand that Enoch loved
00:35:35.13\00:35:38.20
God and his neighbor, and
it was manifested in obedience
00:35:38.23\00:35:41.77
to the commandments of God.
00:35:41.80\00:35:43.24
Now we also have found that
Enoch had faith, because without
00:35:43.27\00:35:50.31
faith it is
impossible to please God.
00:35:50.35\00:35:53.05
Now what kind of
faith did Enoch have?
00:35:53.08\00:35:56.32
And where was his faith focused?
00:35:56.35\00:35:58.59
It says, by faith Enoch.
00:35:58.62\00:36:00.09
Okay, that's fine, but,
you know, where was his faith
00:36:00.12\00:36:03.26
focused? Well, in order
to understand this we need to
00:36:03.29\00:36:06.90
understand what faith is.
00:36:06.93\00:36:09.50
Go with me to
Hebrews 11:1, Hebrews 11:1.
00:36:09.53\00:36:14.67
This is the standard definition
for faith. It says here:
00:36:14.70\00:36:18.37
What is faith? The substance
of things that you what?
00:36:29.58\00:36:34.62
That you hope for.
00:36:34.66\00:36:36.52
The evidence of things
that you have not what? seen.
00:36:36.56\00:36:41.30
So must Enoch have
hoped for something
00:36:41.33\00:36:46.27
that he didn't
have yet? Of course!
00:36:46.30\00:36:48.77
Must he have desired to see
something that at that point he
00:36:48.80\00:36:53.78
did not see? Of course!
00:36:53.81\00:36:55.94
And the question is,
where was his faith focused?
00:36:55.98\00:36:59.81
Oh, there's this beautiful
statement that's found in
00:36:59.85\00:37:04.69
Patriarchs and
Prophets, page 87.
00:37:04.72\00:37:06.69
I want to read it to you.
00:37:06.72\00:37:07.76
It's beautiful! It says here:
00:37:07.79\00:37:09.62
Did you notice that?
00:37:20.07\00:37:22.04
Where was his faith focused?
00:37:37.42\00:37:39.89
Was he hoping for heaven? Yes.
00:37:39.92\00:37:43.26
Could he actually see heaven
with his physical eyes? No.
00:37:43.29\00:37:48.26
But did he see heaven
with the eye of faith?
00:37:48.30\00:37:51.23
He most certainly did.
00:37:51.27\00:37:52.87
He longed for heaven.
00:37:52.90\00:37:54.04
She continues saying:
00:37:54.07\00:37:55.87
In other words, his faith
was a hope that someday he could
00:38:12.15\00:38:17.53
live with God in heaven,
which he could not see with his
00:38:17.56\00:38:22.20
physical eyes, but
which he grasped by faith.
00:38:22.23\00:38:25.27
Have you ever heard the
expression, he's so heavenly
00:38:25.30\00:38:29.34
minded, he's no earthly good?
00:38:29.37\00:38:31.24
You know, I like to change
that around, and I like to say,
00:38:31.27\00:38:34.81
he's so earthly
minded, he's no heavenly good.
00:38:34.84\00:38:37.91
And the fact is that
Enoch, he was heavenly minded,
00:38:37.95\00:38:42.08
but that did not keep him
from fulfilling his daily duties
00:38:42.12\00:38:45.99
of love to God, and love
to his fellow human beings.
00:38:46.02\00:38:49.72
But he knew that this
world was not his home.
00:38:49.76\00:38:51.93
His faith was
focused on eternal realities,
00:38:51.96\00:38:55.80
not the phantoms of this world.
00:38:55.83\00:38:58.30
So we've noticed
three characteristics:
00:38:58.33\00:39:01.84
1. Enoch walked with God.
00:39:01.87\00:39:05.07
That means
keeping his commandments.
00:39:05.11\00:39:07.38
2. Enoch pleased God.
00:39:07.41\00:39:09.28
That means that you don't
walk according to the flesh,
00:39:09.31\00:39:12.21
but according to the Spirit.
00:39:12.25\00:39:13.78
It means that you're not
at enmity with the law of God,
00:39:13.82\00:39:17.05
but you're in love
with the law of God.
00:39:17.09\00:39:18.79
3. Enoch had faith.
00:39:18.82\00:39:20.79
His faith was focused
on heavenly realities.
00:39:20.82\00:39:24.29
Even though he was on earth,
he was walking with the king
00:39:24.33\00:39:27.23
in the New Jerusalem, by faith.
00:39:27.30\00:39:29.46
By the way, are these the very
three characteristics that we
00:39:29.50\00:39:33.07
started our study with?
00:39:33.10\00:39:34.27
What is the end time
generation going to have?
00:39:34.30\00:39:38.17
They are going to keep
what? the commandments of God.
00:39:38.21\00:39:42.98
Are they going to have the
faith of Jesus? Absolutely!
00:39:43.01\00:39:47.72
Are they going to be the
Enoch generation? Of course!
00:39:47.75\00:39:51.75
But there's one
more characteristic,
00:39:51.79\00:39:53.52
and that is in Jude 14 and 15.
00:39:53.56\00:39:56.99
Let's read this
passage again. It says here:
00:39:57.03\00:40:00.86
By the way, this is
after the millennium.
00:40:12.44\00:40:15.51
I won't get into that.
00:40:15.54\00:40:16.91
The execution of the judgment
against the wicked is when?
00:40:20.18\00:40:23.25
Not at the second coming,
but after the millennium.
00:40:23.28\00:40:27.72
If I could just
make a parenthesis there.
00:40:36.33\00:40:38.90
Is there going to be a huge
panorama above the Holy City
00:40:38.93\00:40:41.97
where the wicked are
going to be convicted
00:40:42.00\00:40:44.31
of their unrighteousness?
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Yes, you see, usually we
apply this to the second coming
00:40:46.07\00:40:49.48
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:
00:40:55.38\00:40:56.89
Did Enoch warn the
world of a coming judgment,
00:41:12.60\00:41:16.94
and the need that people
had of committing their lives
00:41:16.97\00:41:20.51
to the Lord? Absolutely!
00:41:20.54\00:41:22.51
Would you expect that in the
end time the Enoch generation
00:41:22.54\00:41:27.48
would also have in their midst
a prophet who would announce
00:41:27.52\00:41:31.45
the judgment, and the need
to prepare for that judgment,
00:41:31.49\00:41:35.56
so they were on the
right side? Of course!
00:41:35.59\00:41:38.39
Now allow me to read you some
interesting statements about
00:41:38.43\00:41:41.86
this aspect of Enoch.
00:41:41.90\00:41:44.57
Patriarchs and
Prophets, page 85.
00:41:44.60\00:41:47.17
I just love this
chapter about Enoch.
00:41:47.20\00:41:49.67
There's so much wonderful
light in it about Enoch.
00:41:49.70\00:41:53.27
It says here,
Through, now notice this:
00:41:53.31\00:41:56.75
Through, now notice this:
00:41:56.78\00:41:57.88
He did it through the Holy what?
00:42:12.26\00:42:13.96
Through the Holy angels.
00:42:14.00\00:42:15.90
And now notice this:
00:42:15.93\00:42:17.57
What did Enoch
have according to this?
00:42:33.85\00:42:37.09
By the what? By
the Spirit of Prophecy.
00:42:37.12\00:42:40.76
Is that the identical expression
that we found about the end time
00:42:40.79\00:42:45.09
remnant in Revelation 12:17, and
Revelation 19:10? Absolutely!
00:42:45.13\00:42:52.50
By the way, was Enoch a
fearless rebuker of sin?
00:42:52.53\00:42:58.24
He most certainly was.
00:42:58.27\00:42:59.81
Allow me to read
you this statement:
00:42:59.84\00:43:01.64
Patriarchs and
Prophets, page 86.
00:43:01.68\00:43:03.68
See, today we live in a
world of political correctness,
00:43:03.71\00:43:06.41
where nobody wants to
call sin by its right name,
00:43:06.45\00:43:09.45
but Enoch did not get
caught up in that game.
00:43:09.48\00:43:13.66
Enoch told things
in love like they were.
00:43:13.69\00:43:17.53
And he rebuked sin, and
he called sinners to allow
00:43:17.56\00:43:21.56
the Holy Spirit to change their
lives, so they would be found on
00:43:21.60\00:43:25.57
the right side in
the coming judgment.
00:43:25.60\00:43:28.17
We find this statement:
00:43:28.20\00:43:29.77
What was it? It
was the Spirit...
00:43:59.90\00:44:04.84
In this way Enoch was similar
to Noah, who also condemned the
00:44:33.54\00:44:38.61
world, as it says in the book of
Hebrews, and he became the heir
00:44:38.64\00:44:43.68
of the
righteousness that is by faith.
00:44:43.71\00:44:46.61
One further statement
from Patriarchs and Prophets,
00:44:46.65\00:44:49.62
page 87, talks about the
holiness of Enoch. It says:
00:44:49.65\00:44:54.09
What was he seeking?
00:45:05.07\00:45:06.27
Purity of soul that he might
be what? in harmony with heaven.
00:45:06.30\00:45:11.51
Wow! Do you know
that the same author of
00:45:50.01\00:45:55.88
Patriarchs and Prophets, Ellen
White, says this in the journal,
00:45:55.92\00:46:00.66
Signs of the Times,
April 8, 1899. Notice:
00:46:00.69\00:46:07.10
That was the
experience of Enoch.
00:46:17.11\00:46:19.27
He became totally
disconnected in his affections,
00:46:19.31\00:46:23.81
and in his
mind, with this world.
00:46:23.85\00:46:26.41
He loved God so much.
00:46:26.45\00:46:28.58
He wanted to please God so much.
00:46:28.62\00:46:30.95
He wanted to keep
God's commandments so much.
00:46:30.99\00:46:33.72
He had so much faith
in what he could not see,
00:46:33.76\00:46:37.39
and what he hoped for,
that God finally said to Enoch,
00:46:37.43\00:46:40.60
Enoch, you're not a
citizen of earth anymore,
00:46:40.63\00:46:43.57
you're only a citizen of heaven.
00:46:43.60\00:46:45.03
Come up here, and we'll continue
walking on the street of gold
00:46:45.07\00:46:48.87
throughout the
ceaseless ages of eternity.
00:46:48.90\00:46:51.34
The Enoch generation
will be just like that.
00:46:51.37\00:46:55.94
They will walk with
God, they will please God,
00:46:55.98\00:47:00.48
they will have
the faith of Jesus,
00:47:00.52\00:47:02.58
and they will have the testimony
of Jesus, which they will
00:47:02.62\00:47:05.89
proclaim to a world
that is living in rebellion.
00:47:05.92\00:47:09.99
Now do you remember that
at the beginning of our study
00:47:10.03\00:47:14.20
we noticed that there
were two different categories
00:47:14.20\00:47:17.97
of believers before the flood?
00:47:18.00\00:47:19.63
There were those who died, and
there was the individual who was
00:47:19.67\00:47:25.47
translated to heaven
from among the living.
00:47:25.51\00:47:28.61
Do you know that
Enoch represents those
00:47:28.64\00:47:32.88
who in the end time
will be translated to heaven
00:47:32.91\00:47:37.05
without seeing death?
00:47:37.09\00:47:38.75
You know, it kind of reminds
me of that scene on the mount of
00:47:38.79\00:47:43.83
transfiguration. You've read
that; where Jesus is at the top
00:47:43.86\00:47:49.06
of this high mountain,
and suddenly down from heaven
00:47:49.10\00:47:53.10
come two
individuals: Moses and Elijah.
00:47:53.13\00:47:57.81
Let's pick up the story as
it's found in the gospel of
00:47:57.84\00:48:01.88
Matthew 17:1-3. It says:
00:48:01.91\00:48:06.82
By the way, you can
read that in Revelation 1,
00:48:22.73\00:48:24.30
the glorified Christ;
His face shines as the sun.
00:48:24.33\00:48:27.77
Jesus, here, was glorified in a
preliminary way. And so it says:
00:48:27.80\00:48:33.81
Now why Moses and Elijah?
00:48:47.39\00:48:49.66
Well, if you go to the Old
Testament you'll notice that
00:48:49.69\00:48:53.26
Moses, at the end of his
life, because of his sin, died,
00:48:53.29\00:48:59.37
and he was resurrected,
and he was taken to heaven.
00:48:59.40\00:49:04.01
You can find that by carefully
reading Deuteronomy 34:5, 6,
00:49:04.04\00:49:08.84
and also Jude 9, where it
says that there was a battle
00:49:08.88\00:49:12.11
over the body of Moses, because
Michael the archangel had come
00:49:12.15\00:49:15.38
to resurrect Moses.
00:49:15.42\00:49:17.32
And so you have Moses, who died,
resurrected, and ascended to
00:49:17.35\00:49:21.42
heaven. But then you have
that other individual, Elijah,
00:49:21.46\00:49:24.79
where we're told in 2 Kings 2
that Elijah, a chariot of fire
00:49:24.83\00:49:30.67
came down and it picked
up Elijah, and it took him
00:49:30.70\00:49:34.40
to heaven without
experiencing death.
00:49:34.44\00:49:36.97
In these two individuals you
have represented the two groups
00:49:37.01\00:49:40.88
of people that will be in this
world, of the righteous people
00:49:40.91\00:49:43.88
that will be in this
world when Jesus comes.
00:49:43.91\00:49:44.98
You have those who died in
Christ, and will resurrect,
00:49:46.15\00:49:49.85
and you have those
who are alive and remain.
00:49:49.88\00:49:53.12
In fact, let's notice what the
apostle Paul has to say about
00:49:53.15\00:49:56.46
this: 1 Thessalonians 4:16-18,
1 Thessalonians 4:16-18.
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It says here:
00:50:05.67\00:50:06.77
By the way, that Lord Himself,
is the same Lord that was
00:50:11.54\00:50:14.84
transfigured on the
mount of transfiguration.
00:50:14.88\00:50:16.98
Ah, what's the name of
that archangel? Michael.
00:50:22.22\00:50:27.12
The same one who fought over the
body of Moses. And so it says:
00:50:27.16\00:50:30.99
There you have
represented, by those who died
00:50:38.80\00:50:42.67
before the flood, and you
have those represented by Moses.
00:50:42.70\00:50:47.08
And then notice verse 17:
00:50:47.11\00:50:49.04
Those are represented by whom?
00:50:51.41\00:50:54.68
By Enoch and who
else? and Elijah.
00:50:54.72\00:50:57.99
Is there going to be an Enoch
generation at the end of time
00:51:08.96\00:51:13.90
who will bear the same
characteristics as the original
00:51:13.94\00:51:17.27
Enoch before the
flood? Absolutely!
00:51:17.31\00:51:19.84
In fact, allow me to
read you a statement from
00:51:19.87\00:51:22.28
Patriarchs and Prophets, pages
88 and 89, corroborating what
00:51:22.31\00:51:26.41
we just studied from scripture.
00:51:26.45\00:51:28.05
This is a very
significant statement.
00:51:28.08\00:51:30.69
Notice what it says:
00:51:30.72\00:51:31.95
That is Enoch.
00:51:35.56\00:51:36.73
Did you catch that?
00:51:50.51\00:51:51.71
The state of holiness which
must be attained by those who
00:51:51.74\00:51:56.38
shall be
redeemed from the earth.
00:51:56.41\00:51:57.55
By the way, do you know
that there's only one type of
00:51:57.58\00:52:00.12
person who's going to
be alive when Jesus comes?
00:52:00.15\00:52:02.18
the 144,000, and they will have
gained a total victory over sin.
00:52:02.22\00:52:09.36
Now notice what
this continues saying:
00:52:09.39\00:52:11.63
Then...(at the second
coming, shortly before
00:52:11.66\00:52:14.83
the second coming).
00:52:14.83\00:52:15.93
Is there going to be a
whole generation like Enoch
00:52:59.41\00:53:02.78
who are going to warn the world
through the gift of prophecy,
00:53:02.81\00:53:08.18
who are going to obey God,
manifest His pure character,
00:53:08.22\00:53:11.82
not live according to the flesh,
but according to the Spirit?
00:53:11.85\00:53:14.69
Absolutely! She
continues saying:
00:53:14.72\00:53:17.03
This is the generation
that Jesus is waiting for
00:53:32.41\00:53:36.38
with a longing desire.
00:53:36.41\00:53:39.05
Now you say, how in the world
do we ever reach this state?
00:53:39.08\00:53:43.39
Well, it's actually not
as complicated as many people
00:53:43.42\00:53:46.76
think. You see, the way that
we reach this state is by that
00:53:46.79\00:53:51.56
which we listen to and watch.
00:53:51.59\00:53:53.43
You know, if our eyes
are focused on earthly things
00:53:53.46\00:53:58.23
we will be earthly minded.
00:53:58.27\00:54:00.70
If our eyes are
focused on heavenly things
00:54:00.74\00:54:04.61
we will be heavenly minded.
00:54:04.64\00:54:06.61
We all know that little
song, Turn your eyes upon Jesus,
00:54:06.64\00:54:11.85
Look full in His wonderful face.
00:54:11.88\00:54:14.18
And what will
be the consequence?
00:54:14.22\00:54:16.15
And the things of earth will
grow what? will grow strangely
00:54:16.18\00:54:21.42
dim in the light of
His glory and grace.
00:54:21.46\00:54:24.99
Notice 2 Corinthians
3:18, 2 Corinthians 3:18.
00:54:25.03\00:54:31.13
Here it's
speaking about the secret.
00:54:31.17\00:54:33.20
It's such a simple secret, but
we find so difficult to follow
00:54:33.23\00:54:37.87
the council of
God. It says here:
00:54:37.91\00:54:40.48
What do we behold?
the glory of the Lord.
00:54:50.22\00:54:52.29
Do you know what the
glory of the Lord is?
00:54:52.32\00:54:53.92
The glory of the
Lord is His character.
00:54:53.96\00:54:57.73
It's His character.
00:54:57.76\00:54:59.69
You can read that in Exodus
when Moses went to the top
00:54:59.73\00:55:03.53
of the mount: Exodus 32.
00:55:03.57\00:55:05.47
By the way, is the
glory of God contagious?
00:55:05.50\00:55:09.90
You know, when Moses went
up there and spent forty days
00:55:09.94\00:55:14.58
with the Lord, he came down
from the mountain, and what was
00:55:14.61\00:55:17.18
happening with his face?
00:55:17.21\00:55:18.25
His face was shining,
or glowing, because he had
00:55:18.28\00:55:21.58
been with the Lord.
00:55:21.62\00:55:22.82
If we want our faces to shine,
and to glow, what do we have
00:55:22.85\00:55:26.69
to do? We have to spend
time with the Lord because His
00:55:26.72\00:55:32.13
glory is contagious.
00:55:32.16\00:55:34.00
Now notice: but we all with
unveiled face, beholding as in a
00:55:34.03\00:55:39.17
mirror the glory of the Lord,
are being... what? transformed.
00:55:39.20\00:55:44.07
That's the word
metamorphous in Greek.
00:55:44.11\00:55:46.34
It's a total and radical change.
00:55:46.37\00:55:48.48
We are being
transformed into the same image,
00:55:48.51\00:55:53.15
from glory to glory, just
as by the Spirit of the Lord.
00:55:53.18\00:55:58.85
We are what we
watch and what we hear.
00:55:58.89\00:56:03.36
If what we watch and hear is
spiritually in tune with God,
00:56:03.39\00:56:09.46
we will reveal
the character of God.
00:56:09.50\00:56:11.57
If what we watch and hear
is focused upon the things
00:56:11.60\00:56:15.87
of this world, we
will be worldly minded;
00:56:15.90\00:56:19.21
we will be carnally minded.
00:56:19.24\00:56:20.78
It is a
psychological principle of life.
00:56:20.81\00:56:23.51
We are composed of
what we eat physically,
00:56:23.55\00:56:26.21
and we are composed of
what we eat spiritually,
00:56:26.25\00:56:29.18
through our eyes,
and through our ears.
00:56:29.22\00:56:32.25
And Enoch had his
focus in the right place.
00:56:32.29\00:56:36.46
His focus was on heaven.
00:56:36.49\00:56:39.26
Once again I read that statement
that I read before from
00:56:39.29\00:56:43.87
Signs of the Times.
00:56:43.90\00:56:45.57
You know, do
you long for heaven?
00:56:45.60\00:56:47.34
Do you long for Jesus to come?
00:56:47.37\00:56:49.47
There's nothing in this world
that is worth hanging onto,
00:56:49.50\00:56:53.51
folks. It's all going
to burn when Jesus comes.
00:56:53.54\00:56:56.81
I want you to notice
that statement as we close.
00:56:56.85\00:56:59.88
Just one view, just a glimpse.
00:57:06.02\00:57:08.52