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Genesis 5:1 open_in_new
Adam
Adam, as the natural head of the race (Luke 3:38) is a contrasting type of Christ, the Head of the new creation. See (Romans 5:14); (1 Corinthians 15:21); (1 Corinthians 15:22); (1 Corinthians 15:45-47).
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Genesis 5:22 open_in_new
Enoch
Enoch, "translated that he should not see death" (Hebrews 11:5) before the judgment of the Flood, is a type of those saints who are to be translated before the apocalyptic judgments (1 Thessalonians 4:14-17). Noah, left on the earth, but preserved through the judgment of the Flood, is a type of the Jewish people, who will be kept through the apocalyptic judgments; (Jeremiah 30:5-9); (Revelation 12:13-16) and brought as an earthly people to the new heaven and new earth; (Isaiah 65:17-19); (Isaiah 66:20-22); (Revelation 21:1).