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“Pre-Flood Civilization” Gen 4-5 and Selected “In the Beginning…” series Part 5 of 10
Nehemiah 9:6 You alone are the LORD. You made the heavens, even the highest heavens, and all their starry host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You give life to everything, and the multitudes of heaven worship you.
Review… God created “bara” and energized the entire universe Days of creation were literal 24 hr days NOT long periods of time Man placed in Eden, a paradise, the perfect environment God instituted the marriage covenant ~ between man & woman Adam disobeyed God plunging the entire human race into sin God provided redemption through His Son Jesus
1. Population Explosion Genesis 4:1-2 1 Adam lay with his wife Eve, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain. She said, "With the help of the LORD I have brought forth a man." 2 Later she gave birth to his brother Abel. Now Abel kept flocks, and Cain worked the soil.
§ Genesis 5 we see the first obituary list with repeated phrase “then he died” § Satan is a liar… he told Eve, you shall not surely die… entire human race fell § Why did they live so long? What was the secret of their longevity?
§ No wonder, they lived an average lifespan of 912 years… lots of baby making!
§ Using Ussher’s dating… population experts - an average of 10 billion people § People, animals & plants, all became part of our present day “fossil fuels”…
2. Technology Explosion Genesis 4:20, 22 20 Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the father of those who live in tents and raise livestock… 22 Zillah also had a son, Tubal-Cain, who forged all kinds of tools out of bronze and iron. Tubal-Cain's sister was Naamah.
§ Study the meaning of names… K-Mart , nomads, raised domesticated livestock
§ It didn’t take millions of years to produce tools… we see it in God’s Word In the beginning § Worked with iron and bronze… eventually other metals… industrial revolution
3. Cultural Explosion Genesis 4:17 Cain lay with his wife, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Enoch. Cain was then building a city, and he named it after his son Enoch. Genesis 4:21 His brother's name was Jubal; he was the father of all who play the harp and flute.
4. Wickedness Explosion Genesis 6:5 The LORD saw how great man's wickedness on the earth had become, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil all the time.
Genesis 6:5 The LORD saw how great man's wickedness on the earth had become, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil all the time. Genesis 6:11 Now the earth was corrupt in God's sight and was full of violence. Genesis 6:13 So God said to Noah, "I am going to put an end to all people, for the earth is filled with violence because of them. I am surely going to destroy both them and the earth.
5. Hope in the midst of despair… (God always has His witness – two Godly men)
Genesis 5:24 Enoch walked with God; then he was no more, because God took him away. Hebrews 11:5 By faith Enoch was taken from this life, so that he did not experience death; he could not be found, because God had taken him away. For before he was taken, he was commended as one who pleased God.
Genesis 6:8 But Noah found favor in the eyes of the LORD. Hebrews 11:7 By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in holy fear built an ark to save his family. By his faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.
Luke 17:26-27 26 "Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man. 27 People were eating, drinking, marrying and being given in marriage up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all.
Matthew 24:44 So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.
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