Enoch Preached For God.

This passage is controversial because it references an apocryphal book, a book that was not actually written by Enoch and is not part of the Bible. There are myriad debates about this but going into it here would not accomplish nor edify us much.
Suffice it to say that whatever else the Book of Enoch says, Jude, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, says this part is true. What we can believe is that Enoch was a preacher to the last age before the flood.

Probably like Noah, his great grandson and Lamech his grandson they lived as examples of faith and righteousness but they also spoke and preached as messengers for God.
Enoch preached, “Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of his saints, To execute judgment upon all.

His grandson Lamech preached hope through the naming of his son, Noah. Genesis 5:29 he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed.
Noah preached the loudest message of all. In Hebrews 11:7 we read,  "Noah … prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world." Noah built a monument of faith that preached a message of repentance.

Proclaiming for God

Just like the Heroes of Faith in the Old Testament we also are called to sound the warning, preach the message and proclaim the Gospel. True heroes of God will never be silent about the Word of God. There are so many places we could go in the New Testament to be reminded, exhorted and commanded to go and preach but just listen again to the words of the Lord speaking to us His church in these three…
Matthew 28:18-20 All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

Or Mark 16:15 Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.

Or Acts 1:8 ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.

All of these share the same imperatives, if not the same words. That imperative, that command, is Go and preach the Gospel. Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech and Noah stood at the end of the first age of mankind, the last era before God destroyed the world with a flood. We in our turn stand at the end this age, the last age of mankind before Jesus returns and in His power and authority destroys the power and authority of all the nations and kingdoms of this earth.

Enoch preached and taught his family of God. They in turn preached when Enoch was taken by God, proof I’m sure his family would cite of a God in heaven who still walked with man on earth. Noah built an ark that was the last testimony of God’s mercy but also of God’s judgment.

We are called by our Lord to preach the gospel and teach our families that there will always be a righteous remnant to stand as a true testimony in wicked world. As Noah built the ark showing the world God’s present mercy and His coming judgment, we are to build our church that it would stand as a monument of God’s continuing grace but also of his coming wrath.

As incredible as it may seem, we are the Enochs and Noahs of our age, strengthened by our walk with God, to be able to give testimony of our faith in God and to stand in that faith proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus Christ, the son of God.

Do you feel overwhelmed in the task? Well of course, it is overwhelming calling but we can and will do it if we, like Enoch, will walk with God. That is where it all began for Enoch and that is where is must begin for us.