# 64 Beam Me Up Lord

The Book of Genesis Day 64 Ge 5:21 Enoch lived sixty-five years, and begot Methuselah. 22 After he begot Methuselah, Enoch walked with God three hundred years, and had sons and daughters. 23 So all the days of Enoch were three hundred and sixty-five years. 24 And Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him. History literally flies through the pages of chapter five on Genesis. If there are no gaps in the genealogy of Adam as listed here, a total of 1656 years pass from the creation of Adam to the flood. A couple of names I want to spend time on today in this genealogy are Enoch and Methuselah. Of course everyone knows Methuselah. He holds the record for the world’s longest living human being at 969 years! His father, Enoch, is another name of renown in this list. While everyone else is living long lives, his is cut short after a mere 365 years! But unlike the others who “died,” Enoch is “taken” by God. What’s the difference? What does it mean to “be taken?” We get a hint in Heb 11:5, “By faith Enoch was taken away so that he did not see death, "and was not found, because God had taken him"; for before he was taken he had this testimony, that he pleased God.” The King James says that God “translated him.” The word “translate means , “to transport with the idea of exchanging or changing sides.” So Enoch, in the twinkling of an eye, changed sides. He went from the side of an earthly existence to the side of heavenly existence without tasting death. He was the original Trekker! “Beam me up Scotty!” The only other recorded instance like this in Scripture is that of Elijah who went to heaven (without tasting of death) in a chariot of fire, pulled by horses of fire via a whirlwind. (See 2 Kings 2) Both of these instances seem incomprehensible to us, but they are important for us to understand because it is no different than what God will do on the Last Day. When the Lord Jesus Christ returns for the Final Judgment, there will be people alive like Enoch and Elijah who will be “transported” to meet Jesus in the air. These believers will not taste of death, and we read about it in 1Th 4:17, “Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord. 18 Therefore comfort one another with these words.” And again in 1Co 15:51,52, “ Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed-- 52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.” So, comfort one another with this account of Enoch, and the account of Elijah. God has demonstrated that He is able to transport human bodies, and He will do just that for all those believers on the Last Day! The question for you and I is a matter of faith. Will we be found in Christ on That Day? He is our only hope! Reflect; Are you a Trekkie? What do you think made that TV show so successful? If you could be “transported” to any place on earth where would it be? Why do you think the Thessalonians needed to speak comfort to each other? How might we comfort one another with these words? Pray: Lord God, thank You for making it plain that You are able to transport those who “walk with You” through faith in Jesus. Help us to remain in the faith until that Day, and should You tarry, help us remember Your promise of raising us incorruptible from the grave, to be with You forever!