How Many People in the Bible Did Not Die?

Ever since Adam and Eve’s sin in the garden of Eden, the natural end of all people has been death. However, there are two very special times when this was not necessarily the case. First, we have Enoch in the book of Genesis. There is very, very little information about this man. What we do know is that he was descended from Adam—he was the son of Jared, and the father of Methuselah. Then, Scripture records: “Enoch walked with God, and he was not, for God took him” (Genesis 5:24). Just like that, Enoch was gone to be with the Lord. Second, we have the prophet Elijah. After crossing into Jericho with Elisha, “chariots of fire and horses of fire separated the two of them. And Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven” (2 Kings 2:11). The fates of these two men show us something incredible about God: He has complete power over life and death. As we trust in God, we put our lives in His hands. Everything we are, everything we do—our beginning and our end—is within His power. Like Enoch, we should walk with the Lord, and like Elijah, we should be willing to proclaim God’s Word to people, even if their hearts are hardened. With faith and hope, we can trust that God will deliver us into everlasting life with Him.