Why did Enoch walk the God?

Answer 1

According to a traditional commentary, God saw that Enoch would fall into sins if left on this Earth.

Another Answer:

The account found in Genesis 5 does not say (in any translation) that God took Enoch off the earth or to heaven as many believe. It simply says God took him. Biblical scholars contributing to the New King James Study Bible state the reason God did this was to protect Enoch from angry people who would do physical harm or even kill him because he was righteous and followed God's commands.

The above falls in line with other Scripture in the New Testament. For instance, in John 3:13, it is clearly stated that no one but Jesus has ascended into heaven. Paul in Hebrews 11 - the Faith Chapter - lists Enoch among those who died and are buried awaiting their respective resurrection.

Lastly, many compare Enoch of the ante-deluvian age with Elijah afterwards as being taken away - off the Earth and to heaven. But the Elijah account of 2 Kings is answered by 2 Chronicles noting the letter Elijah sends to the new King of Judah some 7 years after the sky chariot event.

So we can determine with some great degree of probability that both men where simply 'transported' to another place on the Earth for their safety - to live out their physical life and die as all mortals do.

AnswerGen 5:24 KJV

(24) And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.

Albert Barnes' Notes on The Bible:-

Gen_5:21-24

...[A]fter the birth of Methushelah, "[Enoch] walked with the God." ...His walking with "the God" is a hint that others were walking without this God.

...Hence, this remarkable servant of God is accounted a prophet, and foretells the coming of the Lord to judgment Jud_1:14-15....

Secondly, the second peculiarity of [Enoch] was his teleportation. This is related in the simple language of the times. "And he was not, for God took him;" or, in the version of the Septuagint, "and he was not found, for God translated him." Hence, in the New Testament it is said, Heb_11:5, "By faith Enoch was translated, that he should not see death." ...

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.

The Greek word rendered "translated" in Hebrews 11:5 [Strong's G3346] means " carry over, change, remove, translate, turn."

Strong's

G3346

μετατίθημι

metatithēmi

met-at-ith'-ay-mee

From G3326 and G5087; to transfer, that is, (literally) transport, (by implication) exchange, (reflexively) change sides,.... - carry over, change, remove, translate, turn.

The Commentator Martin Henry says on Genesis 5:24:-

"But why did God take him so soon? Surely, because the world, which had now grown corrupt, was not worthy of him, or because he was so much above the world, and so weary of it, as to desire a speedy removal out of it, or because his work was done,...Note, God often takes those soonest whom he loves best, and the time they lose on earth is gained in heaven, to their unspeakable advantage".

Some authorities suggest Enoch was raptured, but regardless the implication is that it was done for his own safety and protection.

Answer 2

According to the Bible [and contrary to the teachings of men]... Enoch died!

"...by faith Enoch was translated [carried over, or away] that he should not see death; and was not found, because God translated him..." (Heb.11:5).

This passage in God's Word is confusing to men who believe in the "immortality of the soul," whereby they don't believe that anyone really dies. Yet, following this "list of God's faithful" in Hebrews 11... God inspired to be written:

"...THESE ALL DIED IN FAITH, not having received the promises..." (verse 13).

Today, we have Jesus' illumination of the Truth of God that provides understanding to the meaning of "not seeing death." Jesus speaks of a "SECOND DEATH" that His faithful followers who are gathered at His coming will not experience.

"He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; He that overcometh SHALL NOT BE HURT OF THE SECOND DEATH." (Rev.2:11)

The book of Hebrews reveals that the "first death" is "appointed to all men"... even Enoch.

"...as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the Judgment..." (Heb.9:27).

At the time of the Judgment [a thousand years after Jesus returns with His Kingdom]... that's when the "second death" may hurt the ones being judged:

"...they were judged according to their works. And death and hell [the grave] were cast into the Lake of Fire. THIS IS THE SECOND DEATH. And whosoever was not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire." (Rev.20:14-15)

However... Enoch and the rest of God's saints [Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, Peter, Paul...] shall have resurrected a thousand years earlier than the Judgment - a thousand years before the "hurtful second death."

"...This is the first resurrection. 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." (Rev.20:5-6)

THIS IS THE DEATH THAT ENOCH SHALL NOT SEE... the second death.

But, he died the first death that's appointed to all men. And God took his dead body away [He translated Enoch] somewhere and buried him. And his grave was never found.

God is recorded to have done this kind of thing one other time... with Moses:

"...So Moses the servant of the Lord died there in Moab [Iraq], according to the Word of the Lord. And He buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Bethpeor: but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day." (Deut.34:5-6)

And neither was Enoch found... "...because God had translated him..." (Heb.11:5).

(NIV: "...he could not be found, because God had taken him away.")

The Bible clearly refutes the teachings of men that both Enoch and Elijah "never died" and were taken to the "third heaven" of God's throne.

Not only does Hebrews 11 reveal that the faithful of God all died [including the prophets, like Elijah - verse 32]... but, centuries later... Jesus tells us:

"...NO MAN HATH ASCENDED UP TO HEAVEN, but He that came down from heaven, even the Son of Man which is in heaven." (John 3:13)

Contrary to popular belief, therefore - God took the dead body of Enoch away, to bury him.

Answer 3

It means that he lived in a friendship with God.

Another answer:In addition to its literal meaning, the Bible frequently uses "walk" as a metaphor for the way one lives, whether good or bad. Here are just a few examples:

1 Kings 3:3 - And Solomon loved the Lord, walking in the statutes of his father David, except that he sacrificed and burned incense at the high places.

1 Kings 16:19 - because of the sins which he had committed in doing evil in the sight of the Lord, in walking in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin which he had committed to make Israel sin.

Jeremiah 6:28 - They are all stubborn rebels, walking as slanderers. They are bronze and iron, They are all corrupters;

Luke 1:6 - And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.

Acts 9:31 - Then the churches throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had peace and were edified. And walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, they were multiplied.

Romans 6:4 - Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.

Romans 8:1 - There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.

Romans 13:13 - Let us walk properly, as in the day, not in revelry and drunkenness, not in lewdness and lust, not in strife and envy.

That Enoch "walked with God" (Genesis 5:22, 24) means that he conducted his life fully according to God's will.

[Quotes from NKJV]

Answer 4

Why did Enoch walk with GOD?

1Thes:4:1: Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more.

It meant that Enoch lived in a way that was pleasing to God.