Enoch was not raptured but died

John.3:13 "No one has ever gone to heaven and returned. But the Son of Man has come down from heaven." No one has ever gone up to heaven except Jesus Christ himself. There are several problems with saying that Enoch was raptured as 1) Jesus Christ had not yet come in the O.T 2) The rapture is only for those who believe in Jesus Christ after the establishment of the new covenant (1 Thess. 4:16). Genesis 5:23-24 says " 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." Lets now examine the Hebrew phrase "he was not." Psalms 37:36, "Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found." Psalms 39:13, "O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more." Genesis 42:13, "And they said, Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not." Why is "he not?" Genesis 44:20, "And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him." Matthew 2:18, "In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not." (This prophecy is cited to say that Herod slaughtered all the first-born of the Hebrews) As we can see, the phrase is commonly used to refer to death. Enoch walked with God (past tense) implying that he is no longer walking with him anymore. The phrase "all his days" is used to describe only the days of the person's life and after that, they die: Gen. 5:5 "5 So all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years; and he died." Gen. 5:8 "8 So all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years; and he died." Gen. 5:11 "11 So all the days of Enosh were nine hundred and five years; and he died." In the N.T, Hebrews 11:5 "5 By faith Enoch was taken away [metatithēmi] 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 Greek "metatithēmi" simply means "to transfer" (1). No where does it mean make immortal. Acts 7:16 "16 And they were carried back [metatithēmito] Shechem and laid in the tomb that Abraham bought for a sum of money from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem." Gal. 1:6 6 "I marvel that you are turning away [metatithēmi] so soon from Him who called you in the grace of Christ, to a different gospel" Heb. 7:12 "12 For the priesthood being changed [metatithēmi] , of necessity there is also a change of the law." Jude 1:4 "4 For certain men have crept in unnoticed, who long ago were marked out for this condemnation, ungodly men, who turn [metatithēmi] the grace of our God into lewdness and deny the only Lord God and our Lord Jesus Christ." Hebrews 11:13 "13 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off were assured of them, embraced them and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth." It says that all died in faith, not having received the promises (eternal life v. 14-16). How do we explain his death? Genesis 6:5 "5 Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually." Enoch's name means "dedicated" (2). Names in Hebrew reflected the person's destiny and character (3). Enoch was a prophet of God: Jude 1:14-15 "14 Now Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about these men also, saying, "Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of His saints, 15 to execute judgment on all, to convict all who are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have committed in an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him." It is therefore logical to conclude that God removed Enoch from the ungodly men hating him and wanting to kill him for prophesying of the judgement of the Messiah. Enoch died, but when the Messiah comes to reward the righteous, Enoch shall be resurrected because of his faith in God. Sources: 1. https://www.blueletterbible.org... 2. https://www.blueletterbible.org... 3. http://www.studylight.org...