More about the Second Coming of Christ from the Book of Beginnings

When the bride readies herself for the bridegroom’s return, all of Scripture opens up to her.  She starts to see the promise of the second coming of Christ, with His bride to establish His millennial kingdom, so clearly in passages that she may have overlooked before.  

IM Haldeman says it so eloquently: "Thus from Genesis to Revelation this doctrine of the Second Coming is inwrought with the warp and woof of the inspired Word and lies as thick upon its pages as the autumn leaves which at this hour whirl about Manhattan; and he who keeps his ears alert as he opens its pages may hear the rustling of the footsetps of the Coming King."

We are fortunate that there have been many preparing brides who have gone before us (stewards of the Word like Haldeman, Larkin, Spurgeon, Seiss, and Pink, just to name a few) who have lovingly uncovered many of these precious pearls in Scripture.

This will be the start of an intermittent series of posts that will bring to light some of these treasured verses, starting from the book of beginnings — Genesis.

Genesis 2:15: And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed (Christ’s first coming prophesied) it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel (Christ’s second coming prophesied). 

Later in Genesis, we learn that Enoch was born to Cain and his wife (Genesis 4:17), that he lived 605 years when he begat Methuselah (Genesis 5:21), and that Enoch walked with God 300 years after he begat Methuselah (Genesis 5:22).  All the days of Enoch were 365 years (Genesis 5:23) when God took him (Genesis 5:24). 

Hebrews 11:5 states that Enoch was translated that he should not see death, which is a type of the rapture.

Another interesting aspect about Enoch is that he prophesied about the Lord’s second coming, as revealed in Jude 1:14:

And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints.