Enoch did not taste death, just as Elijah did not taste death!
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The first death is appointed unto all mankind
(Heb. 9:27). That death cannot be humanly evaded. It is inevitable. That death Enoch died, as Paul tells us in Hebrews 11:13.
But Paul was not writing about that death. The phrase "should not see" is in the conditional tense of the verb, having reference to a future event. It is not in the past tense, that he "did not see' death - but that he "should not see death."
So this death that Enoch escaped by being translated is one that he can escape in the future ON CERTAIN CONDITIONS.
Did Jesus ever speak of a death that might be escaped? He certainly did! In John 8:51 Jesus said, "Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my sayings, he shall never see death" -- shall never suffer the second death.
In John 11:26, "Whoso lives and believes in me shall never die" -- or "shall not die forever."
This death is one than can be escaped on condition that men keep the saying of Jesus and believe Him. This death is not the first death, because Christians who keep Jesus' sayings die this first death. Then the death which Enoch should escape must be
the second death which will NEVER TOUCH THOSE WHO ARE IN THE FIRST RESURRECTION
(Rev. 20:6).
And Enoch will be in the first resurrection because he met the conditions!
Enoch had faith. He believed God and walked with God, obeying Him. In keeping the sayings of God, Enoch kept the sayings of Jesus too; because Jesus did not speak of Himself, but spoke what the Father commanded Him (John 14:10).
Thus Enoch met the conditions so that he should not see death.
The second death shall never touch Enoch, because of his faith and obedience.