The idea of God “taking” Enoch is indicative of reassignment of function for Enoch. That is why “he was not.” It means he became inaccessible to mankind. He had entered the presence of God, where he would have another role to play in the abode of the divine on earth, in Eden. This role, as it is explained by Jude, was a prophetic one. Jude 14-15 “And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have
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