Tuesday 22 September, 2015

5 Here is the written story of Adam’s family line. When God created human beings, he made them to be like him. 2 He created them as male and female, and he blessed them. He called them “human beings” when they were created. 3 When Adam was 130 years old, he had a son who was like him. He named him Seth. 4 Adam lived 800 years after Seth was born. He also had other sons and daughters. 5 Adam lived a total of 930 years. And then he died. 6 Seth lived 105 years. Then he became the father of Enosh. 7 Seth lived 807 years after Enosh was born. He also had other sons and daughters. 8 Seth lived a total of 912 years. And then he died. 9 Enosh lived 90 years. Then he became the father of Kenan. 10 Enosh lived 815 years after Kenan was born. He also had other sons and daughters. 11 Enosh lived a total of 905 years. And then he died. 12 Kenan lived 70 years. Then he became the father of Mahalalel. 13 Kenan lived 840 years after Mahalalel was born. He also had other sons and daughters. 14 Kenan lived a total of 910 years. And then he died. 15 Mahalalel lived 65 years. Then he became the father of Jared. 16 Mahalalel lived 830 years after Jared was born. He also had other sons and daughters. 17 Mahalalel lived a total of 895 years. And then he died. 18 Jared lived 162 years. Then he became the father of Enoch. 19 Jared lived 800 years after Enoch was born. He also had other sons and daughters. 20 Jared lived a total of 962 years. And then he died. 21 Enoch lived 65 years. Then he became the father of Methuselah. 22 Enoch walked faithfully with God 300 years after Methuselah was born. He also had other sons and daughters. 23 Enoch lived a total of 365 years. 24 Enoch walked faithfully with God. And then he couldn’t be found, because God took him from this life.

I like genealogies, we often skip over them when we read the O.T. but they can be really interesting & the Holy Spirit has them here for a purpose. Verse 24 says that “Enoch walked with God”. Gen 3:8 tells us that God used to walk in the garden in the evening, it’s presumed Adam & Eve walked with Him since they hid themselves after they sinned.

As it’s recorded here, it seems that Adam and Enoch lived for over 300years at the same time & they both “walked with God.” It leaves me wondering how much of that experience with God Adam passed onto his great, great, great, great grandson?   We’re not told how Enoch walked with God – what that looked like or entailed but death did not come to him, as it did Adam, but God took him.

Thinking about this spiritual inheritance I realise that my spiritual inheritance comes through belief in Jesus, and so I can also “walk with God”. The best thing is that Jesus, through His Word & the Holy Spirit, actually tells me how I can do this. What an amazing thing … to be able to “walk with God”!

Father I am so grateful that I can also walk with you and never see death.

Written by Suzie Hodgson