Did Jesus Redeem Mankind? — Page 95
? 88 restrain them, or that we did not condemn them? And if one is not guilty but the other is, on account of the same acts that both have committed, justice obviously loses its foothold. ENOCH A RIGHTEOUS MAN AFTER ADAM So far I have dealt with the subject in terms of principles in a philosophical strain. Now I propose to show that in the world of actualities too, as the Bible points out, there have been appearing men of virtue from time to time in the world. It is said of Enoch, great-grandson of Adam (peace be on him) and great-grand-father of Noah: "And Enoch walked, with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters. And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years. And Enoch walked with God and he was not; for God took him. " (Genesis, 5:22-24) The above-quoted reference shows that Enoch walked with the Lord. It does not mean that Enoch and God went out to travel together as people generally do on trips to America or other countries. He would not thus be said to have been doing sight-seeing with God, the