When Enoch had lived 65 years, he fathered Methuselah. Genesis 5:21
Enoch lived with a profound awareness that judgment was coming. We know that for sure from his prophecy recorded in Jude, but there may also be a hint of this in the name Enoch chose for his son.
A.W. Pink says that the name Methuselah can mean, “When he is dead, it shall be sent.” He suggests that perhaps Enoch gave his son this unusual name because God had revealed to him that when Methuselah died, the flood would come.
That is exactly what happened. The flood came in the 600th year of Noah’s life and if you compare that with the long years of Methuselah’s life, you will see that God sent the flood in the year that Methuselah died. “Enoch, the world as you know it will be washed away. And I will let you in on the secret of when it will happen: When your son dies, the judgment will come.”
Pink asks this question: “What effect would such a revelation have on you? Every time the boy became sick you would think: This is it. The judgment of the world is about to come!” Enoch knew that the judgment of God was coming soon. He knew that he had to be ready to meet with God, and in the light of that, Enoch walked with God.
“It is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment” (Heb. 9:27). “We must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ” (2 Cor. 5:10). Knowing this, we must cling to Christ as our Savior and we must walk with God by faith, so that we are ready to meet Him by sight.
Can you identify one or two effects, if any, that the coming judgment of the world ought to have on your walk with God?
