以诺活到六十五岁，生了一个儿子，给他取名玛土撒拉。玛土撒拉这名有豫言的意义，意即“当他死时，要差它来。”那是洪水的豫言。以诺称他的儿子为玛土撒拉，藉此豫言要来之洪水的审判。无疑的，他是靠着神的灵这样作。他接受了神的启示，没有将神的旨意摆在一边。他得到神旨意的默示，知道那将要临到整个不敬虔世代的审判。
我信犹大书所记载的豫言，有双重的应验。以诺可能相信，洪水的审判就是主带着祂的千万圣者来临，对那不敬虔的世代执行审判。但他这豫言和旧约其他的豫言一样，有双重的应验。洪水来临的第一重应验，豫表犹大书所说主再来的第二重应验。以诺若没有豫言主的再来，犹大就不会说到这事。按照以诺的豫言，我们能领会，他已经知道主要对那不敬虔的世代执行审判。因此，他给他的儿子取名玛土撒拉，指明当他儿子死的时候，神的审判要临到。
以诺六十五岁生玛土撒拉，所以，以诺关于洪水的豫言是他在六十五岁时说的。以后，以诺日日夜夜期待这豫言的应验，这期待使他与神同行。虽然整个世代和其中的一切都是不敬虔的，但他自己不敢不敬虔。他是圣别的，并且与神同行，盼望蒙拯救脱离神的审判。以诺坚持这盼望达三百年之久。
洪水果然在玛土撒拉死的那年临到。玛土撒拉在一百八十七岁生了拉麦（创五25），拉麦在一百八十二岁生了挪亚（创五28）。当挪亚六百岁时，洪水来了（创七11）。我们将这三个数字加起来，总数是九百六十九年，正是玛土撒拉死的那一年。洪水在以诺豫言这事之后九百六十九年来到，正如豫言所说，是在玛土撒拉死的那一年。
在创世记五章所启示关于我们的生活，最重要的事就是我们需要与神同行。为着与神同行，我们必须信有神，并且信祂是赏赐者。我们也必须相信祂的话。然后我们需要寻找出祂，照着祂的话生活，跟随祂，并凭信与祂同行。至终，我们要被取去，我们要被提而逃避死亡，就是人类堕落最终的结局。阿利路亚！
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The Way to Escape Death – Believing God’s Word – Gen. 5:21
When Enoch was sixty-five years old, he had a son and named him Methuselah. The name Methuselah has prophetic significance, meaning “when he dies, it shall be sent.” This was a prophecy of the flood. Enoch named his son Methuselah, thereby prophesying the coming judgment of the flood. Undoubtedly, he did this by the Spirit of God. He received God’s revelation and did not set aside God’s will. He received the revelation of God’s will, knowing the judgment that would come upon the entire ungodly generation.
I believe the prophecy recorded in the book of Jude had a dual fulfillment. Enoch may have believed that the judgment of the flood was the Lord coming with His ten thousands of holy ones to execute judgment upon that ungodly generation. But his prophecy, like other prophecies in the Old Testament, had a dual fulfillment. The first fulfillment of the flood’s coming prefigured the second fulfillment of the Lord’s return as spoken of in the book of Jude. If Enoch had not prophesied the Lord’s return, Jude would not have spoken of this matter. According to Enoch’s prophecy, we can understand that he already knew the Lord would execute judgment upon that ungodly generation. Therefore, he named his son Methuselah, indicating that when his son died, God’s judgment would come.
Enoch was sixty-five years old when Methuselah was born, so Enoch’s prophecy concerning the flood was spoken when he was sixty-five. Afterward, Enoch waited day and night for the fulfillment of this prophecy, and this expectation caused him to walk with God. Although the entire generation and everything in it was ungodly, he himself dared not be ungodly. He was holy and walked with God, hoping to be saved from God’s judgment. Enoch kept this hope for three hundred years.
The flood indeed came in the year that Methuselah died. Methuselah was one hundred eighty-seven years old when he begot Lamech (Gen. 5:25), and Lamech was one hundred eighty-two years old when he begot Noah (Gen. 5:28). When Noah was six hundred years old, the flood came (Gen. 7:11). When we add these three numbers together, the total is nine hundred sixty-nine years, which is precisely the year Methuselah died. The flood came nine hundred sixty-nine years after Enoch prophesied this matter, exactly as the prophecy said, in the year that Methuselah died.
The most important thing revealed about our life in Genesis chapter 5 is that we need to walk with God. In order to walk with God, we must believe that He exists and that He is a rewarder. We must also believe His word. Then we need to seek Him out, live according to His word, follow Him, and walk with Him by faith. Eventually, we will be taken away; we will be raptured and escape death, which is the ultimate consequence of man’s fall. Hallelujah!