24. No Moral Darkness So Dense—Enoch walked with God, while of the world around him sacred history records, “And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.” Enoch’s righteous life was in marked contrast with the wicked people around him. His piety, his purity, his unswerving integrity were the result of his walking with God, while the wickedness of the world was the result of their walking with the deceiver of mankind. There never has been and never will be an age when the moral darkness will be so dense as when Enoch lived a life of irreproachable righteousness (Manuscript 43, 1900).{1BC 1088.1}

24. Intet moralsk mørke er så tæt. - Enok vandrede med Gud, medens verden omkring ham havde bibeloptegnelsen: ”Men Herren så, at menneskenes, ondskab tog til på jorden, og at deres hjerters higen og tragten kun var ond dagen lang.” Enoks retfærdige liv var en skarp modsætning til de onde mennesker, der omgav ham. Hans fromhed, hans renhed, hans aldrig vaklende redelighed var følgen af, at han vandrede med Gud, mens verdensmenneskenes ondskab var følgen af, at de vandrede med menneskeslægtens bedrager. Der har aldrig været og vil heller ikke komme en tid med et så dybe moralsk mørke, som dengang Enok levede et liv i udadlelig retfærdighed. (MS 43, 1900).