I have alway felt that this little verse about Enoch has to do with something more than God simply catching him away. Enoch walked with God - his life was in step with God, he lived to please God, he was sold out to God. In the process of living such a life Enoch was transformed into the man God wants, he was a vessel filled with the Presence of God. This is borne out in the New Testament by Paul's statement that "I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live, but not I, but Christ liveth in me." (Gal. 2:20).
(This is a song I wrote - maybe it'll work as a poem.)
Enoch, you were the seventh man;
You showed forth the fullness of God's plan
For a man who walked so close with God,
Even here on common sod,
That he wasn't any longer just a man.
Enoch, the Lord had taken you
From all that you could say and you could do
Up into a higher realm
Where all you were was overwhelmed
By all that God could ever be for you.
I am crucified with Christ and yet I live,
Yet not I but just what Christ can give;
It's not by power, not by might,
Not by strength and not by sight,
For all I ever have or do are His.
Now I no longer live for self alone,
But just to be consumed by Christ the Son -
A burning bush on holy fire,
Caught up with an intense desire
To be with Him and be forever one.
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