Ge 5:1 ¶ This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;
Adam was born in the likeness of God. He sinned, however, and after that, He bore descendants in his image.
Gen 5:3 And Adam lived a hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth.
Gen 5:24 says that Enoch was “not” and Heb 11:5 says that He was “not found”.
Ge 5:24 And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.
Heb 11:5 By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.
Enoch was “not found” in the (Fallen) image of Adam after the age of 65.
Ge 5:21 ¶ And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah 22 And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters 23 And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years
Enoch was in the image or likeness of Adam until the age of 65. After that, according to Scripture, “Enoch was not found” in the [Fallen] likeness of Adam.
When Enoch was 65 He became a Father of Methuselah, and after that, He “walked with” or was “led by” God for 300 years.
Then Enoch died a natural physical death at 365, as we find in Gen 5:23 and Heb 11:13.
Ge 5:23 And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years:
Heb 11:13 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were “persuaded of them, and embraced them”, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
Enoch was “Translated” from darkness into the kingdom of the pre-incarnate Christ or “Word” (Col 1:13) by God because He had “faith”, Heb 11:5.
Col 1:13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated (Strongs #3179) us into the kingdom of his dear Son.
Heb 11:5 By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.
At the age of 65 Enoch became a “Son of God” and was led by God’s Spirit for the remaining 300 years of His life on earth. He walked with God for 300 years, Gen 5:22, Rm 8:14.
Genesis 5:22 KJV — And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:
Ro 8:14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
When the Old Testament says that the “Word of God” comes to someone it is using the scriptural description of Jesus before God prepared a body for Him, Heb 10:5.
Heb 10:5 Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:
Enoch was “not found” in the Likeness of Adam (Gen 5:3) which is “The Power of Darkness” (Col 1:13) or the “Power of Satan” (Acts 26:18).
In Jude 1:14 Enoch saw the Coming of the Lord.
A person cannot see the “kingdom of God” unless they are “born from above”, Jn 3:3.
Enoch fits the description that Jesus gave us. He was someone who saw the kingdom of God.
John 3:3 KJV — Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
Enoch was “translated” or “Born Again” at 65. He was then a follower of the “word,” so to speak (Jn 8:51). He was “translated” out of the power of death at the age of 65 and would not experience the “Second” or “spiritual death” after that time.
He “walked with God” for the remaining 300 years of His life on earth.
John 8:51 KJV — Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.
Enoch did not see the Second Death (Heb 11:5) but He experienced the “First Resurrection” as Rev 20 verse 6 shows.
He was turned to the light as Acts 26:18 shows.
Re 20:6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ and shall reign with him a thousand years.
Ac 26:18 To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.
Enoch participated in the state of Christian obedience symbolically referred to as the Millennium, (the times in our lives when the Devil is bound by God) that is seen in Rev 20:2.
Enoch became a Son of God who was led by the Holy Spirit, Rm 8:14.
Ro 8:14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
Heb 11:5 By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated (Strongs # 3346) him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.
Ac 26:18 To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.
Eph 2:8 shows that those with faith are taught by grace to deny ungodliness, Titus 2:11-12.
Eph 2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God
Tit 2:11 ¶ For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, 12 Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world
Enoch obtained grace and became a “Son of God” because grace appeared to Him and He allowed the Grace of God to teach Him to deny ungodliness. He did not frustrate or receive the Grace of God in vain, 2 Cor 6:1 and Gal 2:21.
He prophesied of the Second Coming of the Lord (when Jesus comes into a person’s life through the Holy Spirit), Acts 3:19-21.
This Spiritual Second Coming is spoken of in Acts 3:19-21 and Jude 1:14.
A person cannot see the kingdom of God unless they are born again, John 3:3.
Jesus referred to the experience of “Seeing the Kingdom of God” which is similar to the “Coming of the Lord”, as being “born again”.
When this experience is spoken about regarding Enoch it is called “being Translated”.
John 3:3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
Enoch saw this in Jude 1:14.
Enoch was translated and experienced the first resurrection or the Millennium.
Jude 1:14 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,
Several other people mentioned in Heb 11 were saved from God’s wrath and led by the Spirit to become the “Sons of God”.
In Gen 6 the “Sons of God” are led by the Spirit of God (Rm 8:14), and some of those who the Holy Spirit led like Enoch took mortal wives who the Spirit did not lead. This violated the commandment from God in Deut 7:2-3 and 2 Cor 6:14.
De 7:2 And when the LORD thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them: 3 Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son.
2 Cor 6:14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
Ro 8:14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the Sons of God.
Ge 6:4 (ASV) The Nephilim/giants (Strongs #05303 – Tyrants or bullies) were on the earth in those days, and also after that, when the sons of God came unto the daughters of men, and they bear children to them: the same were the mighty men (Strongs #1368 – powerful giants) that were of old, the men of renown.
Acts 26:18 and Col 1:13 convey the idea that the “natural women” whom the Sons of God took for wives had not been delivered from the “power of darkness”. They were not led by the Holy Spirit as the Sons of God were.
Ac 26:18 To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.
Col 1:13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:
Some of the people referred to as “Spirit-led people” or “Sons of God” gave into temptation and took wives for themselves from those who had not been “translated” into the Kingdom of God’s Son.
Since the wives were not Spirit-led women, they were susceptible to the influence of the Demonic spirits, which could express their nature through the women.
Their resulting Children are however blessed by God because one of the parents is a Spirit-led Person.
Their Children are considered “Holy” because one of the parents is a child of God 1 Cor 7:14.
1Co 7:14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.
The New Testament calls these children “Holy” or “set apart” while at the same time, Gen 6:4 calls the children of these families Nephilm or Tyrants and Bullies as the Strongs concordance defines the word Nephilim.
As an example of this consider Hagar’s child and God’s promise to Her regarding His future, Gen 16:8-12.
Ge 16:8 And he said, Hagar, Sarai’s maid, whence camest thou? and whither wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai.
9 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.
10 ¶ And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.
11 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.
12 And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man’s hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.
If the believing parent teaches the child the commandments of God and the Child adheres to them then they are circumcised in Spirit, 1 Co 7:19. If the child does not adhere to God’s laws they can become bullies or tyrants.
1 Cor 7:19 Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God.
Physical circumcision is a shadow of reality, which is keeping the commandments of God.
Jude 6 mentions the Disobedient angels (Spirits) who rebelled against God in Heaven and were sent to Hell which is the place prepared for them, Mt 25:41.
Jude 6 And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day. Jude 1:7 Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.
The fire mentioned is said to be “Eternal” not because people stay there forever. The Fire is eternal because as a punishment for angels who do not experience death that place must be eternal fire to punish eternal beings.
These spirits are chained in Hell or remain there and are separated from the presence of God.
Believers can be sent into their presence for discipline (Mt 25:41), (to influence them to abstain from ungodliness and its influences) to conform them to Godliness.
They remain there in so to speak “Outer Darkness” until they have paid the last mite or uttermost farthing, Matt 5:26 and Luke 12:59.
Mt 5:26 Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.
Lk 12:59 I tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence, till thou hast paid the very last mite.
When the errant believer has repented of the willful sin that prompted Jesus to send them there (to learn to abstain from ungodliness) Jesus again recognizes where they are coming from and they come out of Hell or outer darkness, Mt 25:12.
Mat 25:12 But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.
Of course, Jesus knew or was aware of these sinful people, but He did not accept them or their current behavior.
“I don’t recognize where you are coming from”.
This is how the Demonic Spirits in prison are used to discipline God’s people so that they are not condemned, 1 Cor 11:32. They are the fire reserved for judgment, 2 Pet 3:7.
1Co 11:32 But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.
2Pe 3:7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
The Disobedient spirits in Hell have already been judged by being sent to Hell.
Jude 6 and 7 refer to other people including willfully sinful Christians and their being exposed to the presence or nature of the demonic “fire” as it is used to judge others who have been disobedient.
When Christians are sent into Hell fire it is sometimes referred to as “Outer Darkness”.
These formally disobedient Christians are not released from Hell or outer darkness until they learn to deny the ungodliness which prompted the Lord to send them there in the first place, Matt 5:26 and Luke 12:59.
Mt 25:41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
Jude 1:6 And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.
The presence of the Demonic beings who inhabit Hell (Fire) is in this manner used by God to bring His judgment into the lives of disobedient people.
Their nature or presence is the “fire” which is reserved to be used for judgment, 2 Pet 3:6-7.
Instead of a flood God now, in the New Covenant, uses this so-called called “Fire” to melt the carnal or elemental nature out of His people, 2 Pet 3:6-7.
2 Pet 3:6 Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
2 Peter 3:10 KJV — But the day of the Lord (time of God’s judgment) will come as a thief (Devil) in the night (Dark time); in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements (Strongs 4747) shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
Col 2:8 Take heed lest there shall be anyone that maketh spoil of you through his philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments (Elements Strongs 4747) of the world, and not after Christ:
Ga 4:3 Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world:
This “fire” causes the “Elemental things” or the carnal nature to Melt, 2 Pet 3:10.
Jesus sends disobedient Christians into this “fire” on what is referred to as a Day of the Lord so that they learn not to sin in Matt 7:23, 25:41, and Lk 13:27.
Mt 7:23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
Mt 25:41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
Lu 13:27 But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity.
Jude 1:6 And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.
The Unbelieving wives taken by the Sons of God (not being led by the Holy Spirit) would have been susceptible to the influence of the spirits who left their first estate in Jude 6.
The offspring of these unions of Believers and Unbelievers were men called (#1368 gibbowr – which can be translated as “Giants”) Mighty men. These are the Nephilim or tyrants/insolent (Disrespectful) giants in Gen 6:4.
Ge 6:4 ¶ There were giants (Nephilim – #05303) in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men (Gibbowr – #01368) which were of old, men of renown.
The word or concept of insolence (showing a rude and arrogant lack of respect) is a definition of one of the root words of 1368. These children would be exposed to both behavior that is right in God’s Eyes and behavior that is not right in God’s eyes.
God decreed that these natural men would live 120 years in Gen 6:3.
Ge 6:3 ¶ And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be a hundred and twenty years.
Ge 6:4 ¶ There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when (because # 0834) the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men (#1368 insolent/prideful giants) which were of old, men of renown/name.
Ge 6:5 And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. Then the flood happened.
Ge 6:7 And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.
Ge 9:11 And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.
After the flood God said that He would deal with the world not with a flood but with “fire” which purifies on the Day of the Lord or judgment. This fire is the exposure to the nature of the fallen angels who kept not their first estate.
2Pe 3:6 Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
Instead of a Flood God now uses the “fire” to discipline people.