AC.519, 창5:22, '므두셀라를 낳은 후' (AC.518-519)

22절, 므두셀라를 낳은 후 삼백 년을 하나님과 동행하며 자녀들을 낳았으며 And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.

 

519

There were some at that time who framed doctrines from the things that had been matters of perception in the most ancient and succeeding churches, in order that such doctrine might serve as a rule whereby to know what was good and true: such persons were called “Enoch.” This is what is signified by the words, “and Enoch walked with God”; and so did they call that doctrine; which is likewise signified by the name “Enoch,” which means to “instruct.” The same is evident also from the signification of the expression to “walk,” and from the fact that he is said to have “walked with God,” not “with Jehovah”; to “walk with God” is to teach and live according to the doctrine of faith, but to “walk with Jehovah” is to live the life of love. To “walk” is a customary form of speaking that signifies to live, as to “walk in the law,” to “walk in the statutes,” to “walk in the truth.” To “walk” has reference properly to a way, which has relation to truth, consequently to faith, or the doctrine of faith. What is signified in the Word by “walking,” may in some measure appear from the following passages.

 

[2] In Micah:

 

사람아 주께서 선한 것이 무엇임을 네게 보이셨나니 여호와께서 네게 구하시는 것은 오직 정의를 행하며 인자를 사랑하며 겸손하게 네 하나님과 함께 행하는 것이 아니냐 (미6:8) He hath showed thee, O man, what is good, and what doth Jehovah require of thee, but to do judgment and the love of mercy, and to humble thyself by walking with thy God? (Micah 6:8)

 

where to “walk with God” signifies to live according to the things here indicated; here, however, it is said “with God,” while of Enoch another word is used which signifies also “from with God,” so that the expression is ambiguous. In David:

 

주께서 나로 하나님 앞, 생명의 빛에 다니게 하시려고 실족하지 아니하게 하지 아니하셨나이까 (시56:13) Thou hast delivered my feet from impulsion, that I may walk before God in the light of the living, (Ps. 56:13)

 

where to “walk before God” is to walk in the truth of faith, which is the “light of the living.” In like manner in Isaiah:

 

흑암에 행하던 백성이 큰 빛을 보고 (사9:2) The people that walk in darkness see a great light. (Isa. 9:1)

 

So the Lord says by Moses:

 

나는 너희 중에 행하여 너희의 하나님이 되고 너희는 내 백성이 될 것이니라 (레26:12) I will walk in the midst, and will be your God, and ye shall be my people, (Lev. 26:12)

 

signifying that they should live according to the doctrine of the law.

 

[3] In Jeremiah:

 

그들이 사랑하며 섬기며 뒤따르며 구하며 경배하던 해와 달과 하늘의 뭇별 아래에서 펼쳐지게 하리니 (렘8:2) They shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and to the armies of the heavens, whom they have loved, and whom they have served, and after whom they have walked, and whom they have sought, (Jer. 8:2)

 

where a manifest distinction is made between the things of love, and those of faith; the things of love being expressed by “loving” and “serving”; and those of faith by “walking” and “seeking.” In all the prophetical writings every expression is used with accuracy, nor is one term ever used in the place of another. But to “walk with Jehovah,” or “before Jehovah,” signifies, in the Word, to live the life of love.