Enoch's Prophecy
14 About these also Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, “Behold, the Lord came with ten thousands of his holy ones, 15 to execute judgment on all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their works of ungodliness which they have done in an ungodly way, and of all the hard things which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.” 16 These are murmurers and complainers, walking after their lusts—and their mouth speaks proud things—showing respect of persons to gain advantage.
The oldest prophecy Scripture records was preached before the flood, and its subject was the second coming.
Enoch stands seventh from Adam on Genesis's own ladder Genesis 5:3–24. He walked with God and was not, for God took him Genesis 5:24 Hebrews 11:5. His prophecy is the oldest Scripture records, and its subject is the advent: the Lord comes with his holy myriads to execute judgment on all — spoken in a past tense so certain it treats the coming as done. The picture runs the length of Scripture. The Lord dawns with holy myriads Deuteronomy 33:2; thousands of thousands serve before the Ancient of Days Daniel 7:10; the Son of Man comes in glory with all his angels Matthew 25:31. Before the flood, the horizon was already the advent.
The target is the ungodly — the word tolls four times in verse 15. Verse 16 then sketches the mockers small: murmurers — goggystēs G1113, the wilderness word Paul holds up as a warning 1 Corinthians 10:10 — complainers ruled by desire, mouths full of proud things, flatterers working faces for advantage. The men who mock the judgment are, up close, merely this.
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