Enoch, a prophet from the godly line of Seth, lived a life of faith, warning his ungodly world of coming judgment. He was the seventh generation from Adam and the father of Methuselah, who was born with the name meaning 'when he is dead it will come.' Enoch's life was marked by a dramatic change after the birth of Methuselah, and he began to exercise living passionate faith, trusting God and walking with Him. He prophesied about the coming judgment, which was fulfilled in the worldwide judgment of the flood, and he was the first human being to vanish from sight, being taken up by God to heaven.
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