Take a little walk with Jesus...

Genesis 5:1-32


A few interesting thoughts...

Using the information given on the lineage from parent to the birth of the named male child, it appears that it was 1556 years from Adam's creation to the birth of Noah's sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Then, according to Genesis 7:6 (I know, I am jumping ahead), Noah was 600 years old when the flood came. That means that the flood was 1656 years after God created Adam. I thought that that was pretty neat.

Also, there are 2 well known Bible characters mentioned in this chapter:
1) Enoch - the Bible states that Enoch lived a total of 365 years. It says that he "walked with God and then he was no more, because God took him away."
Enoch "walked with God"... he must have walked with God in a manner unlike anyone else. You see there a very few people in the Bible that are spoken of in a manner such as this. Enoch is in the company of Abraham, who was called "a friend of God" and David, known as "a man after God's own heart". What an honor to be known in such a manner!

Wow, think about it, walking with God so close that you never die?
 
Imagine, you walk so close to God that He says to you, "Hey Enoch, it's time that we go home. You are closer to my house than yours. Why don't you just go home with me?"
Enoch never died!!! He just went home with God! Awesome!

2) Methuselah - I have always heard that he was the oldest man in the Bible. He lived a total of 969 years.
Methuselah was Enoch's son, born when Enoch was 65 years old. Let's see, Methuselah lived to a very old age and his father walked with God very closely. Could there be any correlation?
Could it be that if we live a life "walking close with God" then even our children, our descendants, will be blessed, even with "long life"?

Hmmm.....

Genesis 5:21-24 When Enoch had lived 65 years, he became the father of Methuselah. And after he became the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked with God 300 years and had other sons and daughters. Altogether, Enoch lived 365 years. Enoch walked with God; then he was no more, because God took him away."


Just a closer walk with Thee,
Grant it, Jesus, is my plea,
Daily walking close to Thee,
Let it be, dear Lord, let it be.