WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:01.000 Amen. 00:00:01.000 --> 00:00:02.000 Amen. 00:00:28.000 --> 00:00:29.940 Not every chapter in a book. 00:00:31.000 --> 00:00:33.520 Is the pivotal point of the story. 00:00:34.880 --> 00:00:37.520 Not every chapter is a turning point. 00:00:37.759 --> 00:00:40.019 A big reveal of the problem. 00:00:40.880 --> 00:00:42.399 Or the crisis. 00:00:43.179 --> 00:00:45.019 Which turns towards resolution. 00:00:47.700 --> 00:00:52.299 But a good story has many chapters that develop the themes. 00:00:53.760 --> 00:00:55.400 Enrich the storyline. 00:00:55.700 --> 00:00:57.219 Introduce new characters. 00:00:57.219 --> 00:00:59.920 Along the way. 00:01:00.060 --> 00:01:02.939 Pointing us to the end goal. 00:01:02.939 --> 00:01:09.060 This is where we are in the book of Genesis this morning. 00:01:09.060 --> 00:01:11.820 If you are visiting this morning. 00:01:11.820 --> 00:01:15.480 We have been preaching through the first chapters. 00:01:15.740 --> 00:01:18.100 One through eleven of the book of Genesis. 00:01:18.579 --> 00:01:20.960 And we have come to one of those chapters. 00:01:20.960 --> 00:01:28.240 Which may on the surface seem like a less significant chapter. 00:01:28.239 --> 00:01:29.239 Because of its. 00:01:30.979 --> 00:01:31.579 Well. 00:01:32.199 --> 00:01:33.560 Along the wayness. 00:01:33.560 --> 00:01:37.060 But in. 00:01:37.280 --> 00:01:39.140 I think as we look at it this morning. 00:01:39.740 --> 00:01:41.500 We will see that. 00:01:42.780 --> 00:01:43.500 In fact. 00:01:43.579 --> 00:01:44.260 It is a rich. 00:01:45.760 --> 00:01:46.159 Chapter. 00:01:46.579 --> 00:01:48.760 With much to help us see. 00:01:49.180 --> 00:01:50.079 The big picture. 00:01:50.280 --> 00:01:51.740 And the development of the themes. 00:01:51.840 --> 00:01:53.320 And the introduction of the characters. 00:01:53.320 --> 00:01:54.439 That we need to know. 00:01:54.439 --> 00:01:56.780 To see what God is doing. 00:01:57.879 --> 00:01:59.659 If you would like to follow along with me. 00:01:59.719 --> 00:02:01.500 We are going to be in Genesis chapter five. 00:02:01.560 --> 00:02:02.939 In the beginning of chapter six. 00:02:03.159 --> 00:02:04.340 That is on page four. 00:02:04.480 --> 00:02:05.340 In your pew bible. 00:02:06.239 --> 00:02:07.340 And just to remind you. 00:02:07.420 --> 00:02:08.460 Or if you haven't been here. 00:02:08.520 --> 00:02:10.319 To give you a bit of a heads up. 00:02:10.400 --> 00:02:12.280 Chapter one is the glorious chapter. 00:02:12.280 --> 00:02:15.639 Of God's creation of all things in the heavens and the earth. 00:02:15.740 --> 00:02:16.060 And then. 00:02:16.500 --> 00:02:17.539 In chapter two. 00:02:17.699 --> 00:02:18.340 Verse four. 00:02:18.479 --> 00:02:19.419 You remember it says. 00:02:19.780 --> 00:02:21.180 These are the generations of. 00:02:21.180 --> 00:02:24.960 And that we learn that this was the literary clue. 00:02:25.140 --> 00:02:26.240 This is a new section. 00:02:26.840 --> 00:02:28.719 And then what we saw in chapters two. 00:02:28.819 --> 00:02:29.819 And three and four. 00:02:30.219 --> 00:02:32.480 Was this special creation of humanity. 00:02:32.700 --> 00:02:33.560 And its glory. 00:02:33.700 --> 00:02:34.260 And beauty. 00:02:34.480 --> 00:02:36.439 And gendered loveliness. 00:02:37.260 --> 00:02:38.540 Of male and female. 00:02:38.540 --> 00:02:39.680 In God's image. 00:02:40.800 --> 00:02:42.480 And then we saw in chapter three. 00:02:42.620 --> 00:02:44.319 The tragic fall. 00:02:44.800 --> 00:02:45.620 Of humanity. 00:02:45.860 --> 00:02:47.360 As they rebelled against God. 00:02:47.460 --> 00:02:48.340 And rejected him. 00:02:48.560 --> 00:02:49.960 And went their own way. 00:02:49.960 --> 00:02:52.599 And the curse of sin. 00:02:52.920 --> 00:02:54.140 Fell upon them. 00:02:54.580 --> 00:02:55.980 As God judged them. 00:02:56.120 --> 00:02:57.020 For their rebellion. 00:02:57.680 --> 00:02:58.680 Chapter four then. 00:02:58.760 --> 00:03:00.200 Was the outworking of this. 00:03:00.219 --> 00:03:01.780 As we begin to see sin. 00:03:02.760 --> 00:03:03.480 Unfolding. 00:03:04.360 --> 00:03:05.260 And spreading. 00:03:05.460 --> 00:03:06.540 Throughout the world. 00:03:08.180 --> 00:03:09.860 Humanity is in a tailspin. 00:03:10.600 --> 00:03:12.120 At the end of chapter four. 00:03:12.200 --> 00:03:13.620 It seems to be getting worse. 00:03:14.159 --> 00:03:15.540 Murder and more murder. 00:03:15.760 --> 00:03:17.280 From Cain to Lamech. 00:03:17.280 --> 00:03:19.620 With just a hint. 00:03:19.620 --> 00:03:20.379 At the end. 00:03:20.379 --> 00:03:21.800 Of maybe some hope. 00:03:22.439 --> 00:03:23.879 That people were turning to God. 00:03:24.240 --> 00:03:26.400 And this brings us to our chapter this morning. 00:03:26.520 --> 00:03:27.500 Chapter five. 00:03:28.400 --> 00:03:29.259 And if you look. 00:03:29.379 --> 00:03:30.199 At your Bible. 00:03:30.319 --> 00:03:31.599 You'll see that chapter five. 00:03:31.659 --> 00:03:33.319 Begins one of these new sections. 00:03:34.120 --> 00:03:36.159 This is the book of the generations. 00:03:37.120 --> 00:03:38.099 Of Adam. 00:03:39.520 --> 00:03:40.780 This is a new section. 00:03:40.900 --> 00:03:42.120 That just goes from. 00:03:42.319 --> 00:03:42.900 Five one. 00:03:43.120 --> 00:03:44.300 To six eight. 00:03:44.980 --> 00:03:46.040 We'll see that again. 00:03:46.140 --> 00:03:46.780 In six nine. 00:03:46.880 --> 00:03:47.360 There's another. 00:03:47.540 --> 00:03:49.160 These are the generations of. 00:03:49.400 --> 00:03:51.260 This is the book of the generation of. 00:03:51.540 --> 00:03:54.219 So this is a discreet part of the story. 00:03:55.760 --> 00:03:57.400 And here what we will see. 00:03:57.780 --> 00:03:59.340 Is the story developing. 00:03:59.700 --> 00:04:02.800 Of where does humanity go from here? 00:04:03.500 --> 00:04:05.240 Will the tailspin continue? 00:04:05.660 --> 00:04:07.020 What will God do? 00:04:07.340 --> 00:04:08.600 Where is this going? 00:04:08.599 --> 00:04:09.680 And we know. 00:04:09.859 --> 00:04:11.419 Because we've all been to Sunday school. 00:04:11.560 --> 00:04:12.400 At one point or another. 00:04:12.560 --> 00:04:13.400 That what's coming. 00:04:13.560 --> 00:04:15.439 Is this huge thing. 00:04:15.719 --> 00:04:17.339 The turning point is coming. 00:04:18.120 --> 00:04:18.620 Right? 00:04:19.019 --> 00:04:20.339 Because right after this. 00:04:20.399 --> 00:04:21.259 Comes the flood. 00:04:21.659 --> 00:04:22.240 And Noah. 00:04:22.459 --> 00:04:23.139 And the ark. 00:04:23.279 --> 00:04:23.920 And the rainbow. 00:04:24.199 --> 00:04:25.319 And all those things. 00:04:25.519 --> 00:04:27.019 That we've heard of before. 00:04:27.860 --> 00:04:29.459 But what happens in the meantime. 00:04:29.680 --> 00:04:32.100 And what is it that God wants us to understand. 00:04:32.600 --> 00:04:34.519 As we try to get there. 00:04:34.519 --> 00:04:37.159 That's what we're going to look at. 00:04:37.500 --> 00:04:38.479 This morning. 00:04:40.459 --> 00:04:41.579 So if you would. 00:04:42.299 --> 00:04:43.639 Like you to pray with me. 00:04:46.699 --> 00:04:48.620 Lord we pray this morning. 00:04:48.939 --> 00:04:50.839 That you would open our. 00:04:51.500 --> 00:04:51.979 Hearts. 00:04:52.359 --> 00:04:53.219 And our minds. 00:04:53.839 --> 00:04:54.799 To your word. 00:04:55.659 --> 00:04:57.819 We pray that by your spirit. 00:04:58.000 --> 00:04:59.519 We would have understanding. 00:05:00.219 --> 00:05:01.219 About your. 00:05:01.560 --> 00:05:03.279 This part of your word. 00:05:03.279 --> 00:05:03.319 Lord. 00:05:04.000 --> 00:05:05.339 Lord that we would see. 00:05:05.479 --> 00:05:06.399 The truth of it. 00:05:07.139 --> 00:05:08.619 Lord we pray that we would have. 00:05:08.759 --> 00:05:10.259 Soft hearts to receive. 00:05:11.079 --> 00:05:12.559 From you these words. 00:05:12.719 --> 00:05:13.559 In a way that will. 00:05:14.219 --> 00:05:15.259 Transform us. 00:05:16.159 --> 00:05:17.459 That will change us. 00:05:17.819 --> 00:05:19.199 That will conform us. 00:05:20.199 --> 00:05:21.959 Lord help us to see. 00:05:23.139 --> 00:05:25.419 Lord how your unfolding story. 00:05:25.419 --> 00:05:26.359 In the world. 00:05:27.039 --> 00:05:28.339 Is one of great. 00:05:28.959 --> 00:05:29.479 Sobriety. 00:05:30.059 --> 00:05:31.319 And also of great hope. 00:05:33.279 --> 00:05:34.619 Lord we. 00:05:35.479 --> 00:05:37.000 Pray that you will help us. 00:05:37.119 --> 00:05:38.339 I pray that you would help me. 00:05:38.339 --> 00:05:38.979 This morning. 00:05:39.379 --> 00:05:40.859 That as I proclaim your word. 00:05:41.319 --> 00:05:42.899 That you would empower me. 00:05:43.000 --> 00:05:43.879 And give me strength. 00:05:44.019 --> 00:05:44.939 To speak clearly. 00:05:47.339 --> 00:05:48.359 For your glory. 00:05:48.479 --> 00:05:49.339 We pray these things. 00:05:49.839 --> 00:05:50.859 In Jesus name. 00:05:51.719 --> 00:05:52.199 Amen. 00:05:52.199 --> 00:05:52.359 Amen. 00:05:52.360 --> 00:05:52.439 Amen. 00:05:53.639 --> 00:05:54.939 So what we're going to do. 00:05:55.040 --> 00:05:55.699 Is look at this. 00:05:56.199 --> 00:05:56.600 Section. 00:05:57.020 --> 00:05:58.020 In three movements. 00:05:58.240 --> 00:05:59.520 They're unequal movements. 00:05:59.520 --> 00:06:00.780 With regard to the text. 00:06:01.120 --> 00:06:02.420 But they're equal movements. 00:06:02.420 --> 00:06:03.900 With regard to the weightiness. 00:06:03.900 --> 00:06:04.800 Of the themes. 00:06:05.080 --> 00:06:06.220 That are introduced. 00:06:06.600 --> 00:06:07.840 So the first movement. 00:06:08.199 --> 00:06:09.939 Is going to be chapter five. 00:06:10.139 --> 00:06:10.759 All of it. 00:06:10.819 --> 00:06:11.699 From one to thirty. 00:06:12.340 --> 00:06:13.699 And as we read it. 00:06:13.939 --> 00:06:15.480 It is a genealogy. 00:06:16.319 --> 00:06:18.000 But this genealogy. 00:06:18.259 --> 00:06:19.759 Has a very particular pattern. 00:06:20.300 --> 00:06:21.580 And as I read it to you. 00:06:21.700 --> 00:06:22.100 This morning. 00:06:22.200 --> 00:06:23.060 What I want you to do. 00:06:23.140 --> 00:06:24.580 Is to listen for the pattern. 00:06:25.500 --> 00:06:26.340 And secondly. 00:06:26.480 --> 00:06:27.340 I want you to listen. 00:06:27.340 --> 00:06:28.840 For when the pattern is broken. 00:06:29.420 --> 00:06:30.560 Because often. 00:06:31.520 --> 00:06:33.120 In these genealogies. 00:06:33.220 --> 00:06:34.860 It's when the pattern is broken. 00:06:35.140 --> 00:06:36.520 That the author is making. 00:06:36.520 --> 00:06:37.660 A particular point. 00:06:38.439 --> 00:06:39.800 So let's read this together. 00:06:40.379 --> 00:06:40.900 And we'll see. 00:06:40.899 --> 00:06:42.519 What the first movement is. 00:06:42.599 --> 00:06:43.319 In this section. 00:06:44.359 --> 00:06:45.879 Genesis chapter one. 00:06:47.560 --> 00:06:47.839 Nope. 00:06:48.319 --> 00:06:49.919 Genesis chapter five. 00:06:50.299 --> 00:06:51.120 Verse one. 00:06:51.219 --> 00:06:51.839 There we go. 00:06:52.039 --> 00:06:53.279 We're all oriented now. 00:06:53.339 --> 00:06:53.859 Here we go. 00:06:54.899 --> 00:06:55.759 This is the book. 00:06:55.799 --> 00:06:57.199 Of the generations of Adam. 00:06:57.779 --> 00:06:59.259 When God created man. 00:06:59.419 --> 00:07:00.699 He made him. 00:07:00.819 --> 00:07:02.079 In the likeness of God. 00:07:02.679 --> 00:07:03.579 Male and female. 00:07:03.699 --> 00:07:04.519 He created them. 00:07:04.579 --> 00:07:05.659 And he blessed them. 00:07:05.659 --> 00:07:07.000 And named them man. 00:07:07.099 --> 00:07:08.159 When they were created. 00:07:08.799 --> 00:07:10.039 When Adam had lived. 00:07:10.040 --> 00:07:11.360 For 130 years. 00:07:11.460 --> 00:07:12.800 He fathered a son. 00:07:13.160 --> 00:07:14.800 In his own likeness. 00:07:15.319 --> 00:07:16.620 After his image. 00:07:17.220 --> 00:07:18.879 And named him Seth. 00:07:19.819 --> 00:07:20.960 The days of Adam. 00:07:21.080 --> 00:07:22.300 After he fathered Seth. 00:07:22.360 --> 00:07:23.400 Were 800 years. 00:07:23.920 --> 00:07:24.360 And after. 00:07:24.560 --> 00:07:25.240 And he had. 00:07:25.360 --> 00:07:26.480 Other sons and daughters. 00:07:27.160 --> 00:07:28.160 Thus all the days. 00:07:28.220 --> 00:07:28.980 That Adam lived. 00:07:29.040 --> 00:07:30.560 Were 930 years. 00:07:31.220 --> 00:07:32.140 And he died. 00:07:33.000 --> 00:07:34.540 When Seth had lived. 00:07:34.720 --> 00:07:36.040 For 105 years. 00:07:36.200 --> 00:07:37.320 He fathered Enosh. 00:07:37.759 --> 00:07:38.580 Seth lived. 00:07:38.660 --> 00:07:39.600 After he fathered. 00:07:39.600 --> 00:07:40.020 Enosh. 00:07:40.020 --> 00:07:41.840 For 807 years. 00:07:42.060 --> 00:07:42.879 And had other sons. 00:07:42.980 --> 00:07:43.420 And daughters. 00:07:44.220 --> 00:07:45.180 Thus all the days. 00:07:45.180 --> 00:07:45.640 Of Seth. 00:07:45.740 --> 00:07:47.580 Were 912 years. 00:07:48.160 --> 00:07:49.040 And he died. 00:07:50.200 --> 00:07:51.120 When Enosh. 00:07:51.240 --> 00:07:52.040 Had lived. 00:07:52.120 --> 00:07:52.879 For 90 years. 00:07:52.980 --> 00:07:53.960 He fathered Kenan. 00:07:54.480 --> 00:07:55.160 Enosh lived. 00:07:55.220 --> 00:07:56.100 After he fathered. 00:07:56.100 --> 00:07:56.340 Kenan. 00:07:56.379 --> 00:07:57.800 For 815 years. 00:07:57.879 --> 00:07:58.960 And he had other sons. 00:07:59.020 --> 00:07:59.520 And daughters. 00:08:00.040 --> 00:08:00.840 Thus all the days. 00:08:00.840 --> 00:08:01.340 Of Enosh. 00:08:01.439 --> 00:08:02.860 Were 905 years. 00:08:03.020 --> 00:08:03.840 And he died. 00:08:04.480 --> 00:08:05.540 When Kenan. 00:08:05.640 --> 00:08:06.100 Had lived. 00:08:06.100 --> 00:08:06.920 For 70 years. 00:08:06.920 --> 00:08:07.580 He fathered. 00:08:07.579 --> 00:08:08.120 Mahalale. 00:08:08.879 --> 00:08:09.399 Kenan. 00:08:09.399 --> 00:08:10.319 lived. 00:08:10.319 --> 00:08:11.319 After he fathered. 00:08:11.319 --> 00:08:11.759 Mahalale. 00:08:11.759 --> 00:08:13.199 For 840 years. 00:08:13.199 --> 00:08:14.199 And had other sons. 00:08:14.259 --> 00:08:14.759 And daughters. 00:08:15.259 --> 00:08:16.060 Thus all the days. 00:08:16.060 --> 00:08:16.659 Of Kenan. 00:08:16.659 --> 00:08:18.439 Were 910 years. 00:08:19.000 --> 00:08:19.739 And he died. 00:08:20.379 --> 00:08:21.319 When Mahalale. 00:08:21.319 --> 00:08:21.799 Had lived. 00:08:21.859 --> 00:08:22.759 For 65 years. 00:08:22.819 --> 00:08:23.679 He fathered Jared. 00:08:24.959 --> 00:08:25.560 Mahalale. 00:08:25.819 --> 00:08:26.219 Lived. 00:08:26.359 --> 00:08:27.459 After he fathered Jared. 00:08:27.579 --> 00:08:28.759 For 830 years. 00:08:28.819 --> 00:08:29.679 And he had other sons. 00:08:29.739 --> 00:08:30.139 And daughters. 00:08:30.299 --> 00:08:31.019 Thus all the days. 00:08:31.019 --> 00:08:31.579 Of Mahalale. 00:08:31.579 --> 00:08:34.139 Were 895 years. 00:08:34.659 --> 00:08:35.299 And he died. 00:08:35.299 --> 00:08:36.879 When Jared. 00:08:36.879 --> 00:08:37.439 Had lived. 00:08:37.439 --> 00:08:39.500 For 162 years. 00:08:39.500 --> 00:08:40.799 He fathered Enoch. 00:08:41.319 --> 00:08:41.899 Jared lived. 00:08:41.899 --> 00:08:43.120 After he fathered Enoch. 00:08:43.120 --> 00:08:44.159 For 800 years. 00:08:44.159 --> 00:08:45.019 And had other sons. 00:08:45.019 --> 00:08:45.519 And daughters. 00:08:45.759 --> 00:08:47.019 Thus all the days. 00:08:47.019 --> 00:08:47.439 Of Jared. 00:08:47.439 --> 00:08:49.179 Were 962 years. 00:08:49.539 --> 00:08:50.459 And he died. 00:08:51.299 --> 00:08:52.019 When Enoch. 00:08:52.019 --> 00:08:52.539 Had lived. 00:08:52.539 --> 00:08:53.899 For 65 years. 00:08:54.000 --> 00:08:55.259 He fathered Methuselah. 00:08:56.059 --> 00:08:56.559 Enoch. 00:08:56.719 --> 00:08:57.579 Walked with God. 00:08:58.139 --> 00:08:59.139 After he fathered. 00:08:59.199 --> 00:08:59.799 Methuselah. 00:08:59.939 --> 00:09:01.279 For 300 years. 00:09:01.399 --> 00:09:02.240 And had other sons. 00:09:02.319 --> 00:09:02.699 And daughters. 00:09:03.339 --> 00:09:04.120 Thus all the days. 00:09:04.120 --> 00:09:04.579 Of Enoch. 00:09:04.580 --> 00:09:07.100 Were 365 years. 00:09:07.879 --> 00:09:08.160 Enoch. 00:09:08.300 --> 00:09:09.160 Walked with God. 00:09:09.820 --> 00:09:10.860 And he was not. 00:09:11.120 --> 00:09:12.060 For God took him. 00:09:13.980 --> 00:09:15.180 When Methuselah. 00:09:15.360 --> 00:09:15.700 Had lived. 00:09:15.820 --> 00:09:16.220 For 8. 00:09:16.500 --> 00:09:18.860 Or for 187 years. 00:09:18.980 --> 00:09:19.940 He fathered Lamech. 00:09:20.660 --> 00:09:21.180 Methuselah. 00:09:21.180 --> 00:09:21.540 Lived. 00:09:21.620 --> 00:09:22.639 After he fathered Lamech. 00:09:22.720 --> 00:09:24.240 For 782 years. 00:09:24.379 --> 00:09:24.560 And he. 00:09:25.020 --> 00:09:26.180 And had other sons. 00:09:26.280 --> 00:09:26.680 And daughters. 00:09:26.920 --> 00:09:27.639 Thus all the days. 00:09:27.639 --> 00:09:28.240 Of Methuselah. 00:09:28.360 --> 00:09:30.160 Were 969 years. 00:09:30.320 --> 00:09:30.980 And he died. 00:09:32.180 --> 00:09:33.140 When Lamech. 00:09:33.320 --> 00:09:33.660 Had lived. 00:09:33.659 --> 00:09:35.079 For 182 years. 00:09:35.079 --> 00:09:36.139 He fathered a son. 00:09:36.980 --> 00:09:38.559 And called his name. 00:09:38.860 --> 00:09:39.179 Noah. 00:09:39.939 --> 00:09:40.319 Saying. 00:09:40.679 --> 00:09:41.419 Out of the ground. 00:09:41.539 --> 00:09:42.120 That the Lord. 00:09:42.120 --> 00:09:42.879 Has cursed. 00:09:43.319 --> 00:09:44.139 This one. 00:09:44.259 --> 00:09:45.360 Shall bring us relief. 00:09:45.360 --> 00:09:46.199 From our work. 00:09:46.259 --> 00:09:47.219 And from the painful. 00:09:47.219 --> 00:09:48.539 Toil of our hands. 00:09:49.219 --> 00:09:49.879 And Lamech. 00:09:50.039 --> 00:09:50.539 Lived. 00:09:50.639 --> 00:09:51.779 After he fathered Noah. 00:09:52.039 --> 00:09:54.000 For 595 years. 00:09:54.120 --> 00:09:55.100 And had other sons. 00:09:55.179 --> 00:09:55.600 And daughters. 00:09:55.819 --> 00:09:56.779 Thus all the days. 00:09:56.779 --> 00:09:57.360 Of Lamech. 00:09:57.720 --> 00:10:00.079 Were 777 years. 00:10:00.179 --> 00:10:01.199 And he died. 00:10:01.200 --> 00:10:03.360 After Noah. 00:10:03.520 --> 00:10:05.200 Was 500 years old. 00:10:06.000 --> 00:10:07.220 Noah fathered. 00:10:07.220 --> 00:10:07.560 Shem. 00:10:07.879 --> 00:10:08.220 Ham. 00:10:08.580 --> 00:10:09.300 And Japheth. 00:10:12.800 --> 00:10:14.259 What do we see. 00:10:14.780 --> 00:10:15.740 In this. 00:10:16.940 --> 00:10:18.280 Rather mundane. 00:10:19.940 --> 00:10:20.580 Genealogy. 00:10:20.940 --> 00:10:21.740 This lineage. 00:10:21.980 --> 00:10:22.340 Of. 00:10:23.280 --> 00:10:24.400 The line of humanity. 00:10:24.399 --> 00:10:27.459 What I want to say. 00:10:27.539 --> 00:10:28.799 Is that there are three places. 00:10:29.480 --> 00:10:30.679 Where we see. 00:10:31.319 --> 00:10:32.659 Unique contributions. 00:10:32.659 --> 00:10:33.899 Within the pattern. 00:10:34.720 --> 00:10:35.720 And in each of them. 00:10:35.720 --> 00:10:36.980 It points to God's. 00:10:37.360 --> 00:10:38.439 Ongoing goodness. 00:10:39.279 --> 00:10:41.039 In his creative purposes. 00:10:41.559 --> 00:10:42.779 That have been preserved. 00:10:43.179 --> 00:10:44.720 Despite the fall. 00:10:45.360 --> 00:10:45.860 And sin. 00:10:46.179 --> 00:10:46.579 And death. 00:10:46.699 --> 00:10:47.519 Entering the world. 00:10:48.600 --> 00:10:49.439 We see this. 00:10:49.740 --> 00:10:50.960 First of all. 00:10:51.079 --> 00:10:52.439 In verses 1 through 3. 00:10:52.440 --> 00:10:54.480 Pastor Nick. 00:10:54.520 --> 00:10:55.060 If you were here. 00:10:55.140 --> 00:10:55.660 Last week. 00:10:55.800 --> 00:10:56.940 Preached extensively. 00:10:56.940 --> 00:10:57.480 On. 00:10:57.960 --> 00:10:58.400 The hope. 00:10:58.520 --> 00:10:59.620 Of the line of Seth. 00:10:59.800 --> 00:11:00.680 At the end of. 00:11:00.960 --> 00:11:01.500 How Seth. 00:11:01.620 --> 00:11:01.940 Was a. 00:11:02.420 --> 00:11:03.420 Replacement son. 00:11:03.520 --> 00:11:04.240 In many ways. 00:11:04.340 --> 00:11:05.060 For Cain. 00:11:06.180 --> 00:11:07.760 After he had killed Abel. 00:11:07.880 --> 00:11:08.680 How he stepped. 00:11:08.860 --> 00:11:09.780 Into a role. 00:11:09.840 --> 00:11:10.260 Of being. 00:11:10.380 --> 00:11:11.340 The true descendant. 00:11:11.360 --> 00:11:11.940 Of Adam. 00:11:14.340 --> 00:11:15.780 And what you see here. 00:11:15.900 --> 00:11:17.000 In verses 1 through 3. 00:11:17.080 --> 00:11:18.580 Is a very clear sign. 00:11:18.680 --> 00:11:19.200 That the author. 00:11:19.300 --> 00:11:20.460 Wants us to see that. 00:11:20.820 --> 00:11:22.420 That just as God. 00:11:22.419 --> 00:11:23.860 Created Adam. 00:11:23.860 --> 00:11:25.659 In his own image. 00:11:26.259 --> 00:11:27.199 Just as God. 00:11:27.199 --> 00:11:28.079 Had created. 00:11:28.379 --> 00:11:29.839 This new humanity. 00:11:29.839 --> 00:11:30.740 Out of nothing. 00:11:32.399 --> 00:11:33.719 As the beginning. 00:11:33.719 --> 00:11:34.919 Of his line. 00:11:35.219 --> 00:11:35.679 So. 00:11:36.019 --> 00:11:37.179 Using the language. 00:11:37.179 --> 00:11:38.299 Of Genesis 1. 00:11:38.399 --> 00:11:38.879 Again. 00:11:39.679 --> 00:11:40.620 The author says. 00:11:40.819 --> 00:11:41.339 Seth. 00:11:41.399 --> 00:11:42.039 Was. 00:11:42.240 --> 00:11:43.179 In the image. 00:11:43.579 --> 00:11:45.099 And after the likeness. 00:11:45.199 --> 00:11:45.879 Of Adam. 00:11:46.519 --> 00:11:47.939 This is the line. 00:11:48.139 --> 00:11:48.879 That the author. 00:11:49.000 --> 00:11:50.500 Wants you to pay attention to. 00:11:50.500 --> 00:11:52.220 Not the line of Cain. 00:11:52.220 --> 00:11:52.700 That you saw. 00:11:52.779 --> 00:11:53.899 At the end of chapter 4. 00:11:53.980 --> 00:11:54.840 That was descending. 00:11:55.100 --> 00:11:55.960 Further and further. 00:11:56.080 --> 00:11:57.399 Into death and destruction. 00:11:57.580 --> 00:11:58.059 And murder. 00:11:58.720 --> 00:11:59.559 And mayhem. 00:12:00.320 --> 00:12:01.899 But this was a line. 00:12:01.980 --> 00:12:02.799 Of promise. 00:12:04.419 --> 00:12:05.779 That would bring hope. 00:12:06.240 --> 00:12:07.039 To humanity. 00:12:08.779 --> 00:12:09.840 That humanity. 00:12:10.200 --> 00:12:11.759 Though marred by sin. 00:12:11.919 --> 00:12:12.879 Continues. 00:12:13.279 --> 00:12:13.639 To. 00:12:14.019 --> 00:12:15.080 Brokenly express. 00:12:15.080 --> 00:12:15.360 Express. 00:12:15.879 --> 00:12:17.200 The image of God. 00:12:18.000 --> 00:12:19.400 In a beautiful way. 00:12:20.840 --> 00:12:21.900 That's the first thing. 00:12:21.960 --> 00:12:22.940 The author wants you to see. 00:12:23.000 --> 00:12:23.740 The second thing. 00:12:24.160 --> 00:12:24.340 Is. 00:12:24.560 --> 00:12:24.879 Once. 00:12:25.180 --> 00:12:25.820 We get into. 00:12:26.120 --> 00:12:26.360 Verse. 00:12:27.200 --> 00:12:27.960 Verse 3. 00:12:28.060 --> 00:12:28.560 And following. 00:12:29.340 --> 00:12:30.460 We see this pattern. 00:12:30.600 --> 00:12:30.820 Right? 00:12:31.259 --> 00:12:31.700 When. 00:12:32.139 --> 00:12:32.780 So and so. 00:12:32.940 --> 00:12:33.379 Was. 00:12:33.800 --> 00:12:35.080 X number of years old. 00:12:35.160 --> 00:12:36.259 He fathered Y. 00:12:36.600 --> 00:12:38.200 And had other sons and daughters. 00:12:38.200 --> 00:12:39.680 And then he lived another. 00:12:40.480 --> 00:12:41.560 Y years. 00:12:41.900 --> 00:12:42.980 And then there was a total. 00:12:42.980 --> 00:12:43.899 Of a number of years. 00:12:44.300 --> 00:12:45.440 And then he died. 00:12:46.700 --> 00:12:47.980 And we do need to see. 00:12:48.180 --> 00:12:48.860 This repetition. 00:12:49.399 --> 00:12:51.080 Because it would be so striking. 00:12:51.259 --> 00:12:52.180 To the hearers. 00:12:52.379 --> 00:12:53.019 In Hebrew. 00:12:53.980 --> 00:12:54.779 And he died. 00:12:55.100 --> 00:12:55.940 And he died. 00:12:56.220 --> 00:12:56.920 And he died. 00:12:57.720 --> 00:12:58.620 So what we see. 00:12:58.720 --> 00:13:00.060 Is this thread of hope. 00:13:00.259 --> 00:13:00.360 That. 00:13:00.620 --> 00:13:01.460 That there is. 00:13:01.680 --> 00:13:02.720 This line of humanity. 00:13:03.080 --> 00:13:04.420 That reflects God's image. 00:13:04.519 --> 00:13:05.139 That continues. 00:13:05.300 --> 00:13:05.759 And yet. 00:13:06.139 --> 00:13:07.279 Death is now. 00:13:07.399 --> 00:13:07.940 The backdrop. 00:13:07.940 --> 00:13:09.759 In which that humanity lives. 00:13:10.120 --> 00:13:11.139 Over and over. 00:13:11.320 --> 00:13:12.120 And over again. 00:13:12.120 --> 00:13:13.200 Except. 00:13:14.940 --> 00:13:16.320 In the two places. 00:13:16.560 --> 00:13:17.740 Where the pattern was broken. 00:13:17.899 --> 00:13:18.740 Did you notice it? 00:13:23.399 --> 00:13:23.960 First. 00:13:24.620 --> 00:13:25.820 You see it in. 00:13:26.080 --> 00:13:26.940 Verse 21. 00:13:28.519 --> 00:13:28.980 Enoch. 00:13:30.340 --> 00:13:31.720 Seventh in the line. 00:13:31.860 --> 00:13:32.560 From Seth. 00:13:34.740 --> 00:13:35.840 So striking. 00:13:36.639 --> 00:13:37.960 How it's described. 00:13:38.960 --> 00:13:39.799 Verse 22. 00:13:39.799 --> 00:13:40.719 Enoch. 00:13:41.459 --> 00:13:41.699 Enoch. 00:13:41.779 --> 00:13:42.500 Is described. 00:13:42.559 --> 00:13:43.719 Is described. 00:13:43.719 --> 00:13:44.439 As one. 00:13:44.599 --> 00:13:45.240 Who walked. 00:13:45.579 --> 00:13:46.899 With God. 00:13:50.559 --> 00:13:51.919 We see it again. 00:13:52.359 --> 00:13:53.399 In verse 24. 00:13:54.179 --> 00:13:54.579 Enoch. 00:13:54.740 --> 00:13:55.959 Walked with God. 00:13:56.799 --> 00:13:58.079 And at the very end. 00:13:58.219 --> 00:13:59.319 So striking. 00:14:00.620 --> 00:14:02.099 He did not die. 00:14:03.559 --> 00:14:05.079 But God took him. 00:14:05.080 --> 00:14:08.259 He was not. 00:14:09.460 --> 00:14:11.000 What do we make of this? 00:14:12.520 --> 00:14:12.900 Well. 00:14:14.900 --> 00:14:16.460 There's not a lot of explication. 00:14:16.460 --> 00:14:17.120 Is there? 00:14:17.500 --> 00:14:19.160 We don't know what it meant. 00:14:19.160 --> 00:14:19.800 Exactly. 00:14:19.800 --> 00:14:21.320 For him to walk with God. 00:14:21.360 --> 00:14:22.480 Although we know that Noah. 00:14:22.740 --> 00:14:23.759 Walked with God. 00:14:23.860 --> 00:14:25.080 That Abraham walked with God. 00:14:25.139 --> 00:14:26.379 That Moses walked with God. 00:14:26.420 --> 00:14:28.500 A few people were mentioned in the Bible. 00:14:28.780 --> 00:14:30.140 As people who walked with God. 00:14:30.360 --> 00:14:32.080 There was some characteristic. 00:14:32.080 --> 00:14:34.440 Of a particular attention to. 00:14:34.800 --> 00:14:36.620 And righteousness of. 00:14:37.240 --> 00:14:38.240 Relating to. 00:14:38.379 --> 00:14:40.520 And living in relationship to God. 00:14:45.080 --> 00:14:47.580 We don't know exactly all that looked like. 00:14:47.740 --> 00:14:48.800 But what we do know. 00:14:49.020 --> 00:14:49.440 Is that. 00:14:49.900 --> 00:14:50.800 In the end. 00:14:52.379 --> 00:14:52.900 Somehow. 00:14:53.180 --> 00:14:54.180 He did not die. 00:14:54.860 --> 00:14:56.320 But he was taken up. 00:14:56.500 --> 00:14:57.520 To be with God. 00:14:58.520 --> 00:14:59.680 Only Elijah. 00:15:00.020 --> 00:15:01.379 Throughout the whole scriptures. 00:15:01.379 --> 00:15:02.500 Only Elijah. 00:15:04.320 --> 00:15:04.879 Similar. 00:15:05.600 --> 00:15:06.159 Similarly. 00:15:06.759 --> 00:15:07.779 Had such a. 00:15:07.919 --> 00:15:08.519 A fate. 00:15:10.419 --> 00:15:12.539 And it points us to this hope. 00:15:12.960 --> 00:15:14.240 To this hope that. 00:15:14.740 --> 00:15:16.360 One could walk with God. 00:15:16.700 --> 00:15:17.559 And not die. 00:15:17.879 --> 00:15:19.059 That one could be. 00:15:19.439 --> 00:15:19.960 Righteous. 00:15:20.360 --> 00:15:21.279 And live. 00:15:21.720 --> 00:15:22.460 And escape. 00:15:22.700 --> 00:15:23.299 The curse. 00:15:26.220 --> 00:15:27.159 Now obviously. 00:15:27.460 --> 00:15:28.940 This is not the general pattern. 00:15:29.299 --> 00:15:30.139 This is not a hope. 00:15:30.240 --> 00:15:31.220 That we can hold on to. 00:15:31.220 --> 00:15:32.080 For ourselves. 00:15:32.080 --> 00:15:33.680 As we look at the broader. 00:15:33.680 --> 00:15:34.580 Biblical teaching. 00:15:35.720 --> 00:15:36.680 But Enoch. 00:15:36.680 --> 00:15:37.460 Stands out. 00:15:37.460 --> 00:15:39.240 As this little bright light. 00:15:39.560 --> 00:15:40.139 In this. 00:15:40.700 --> 00:15:41.379 Litany of. 00:15:41.580 --> 00:15:42.080 And he died. 00:15:42.200 --> 00:15:42.720 And he died. 00:15:42.840 --> 00:15:43.340 And he died. 00:15:43.420 --> 00:15:44.779 And this one didn't die. 00:15:44.879 --> 00:15:46.200 But he walked with God. 00:15:46.399 --> 00:15:47.620 And he was not. 00:15:47.740 --> 00:15:48.420 For God. 00:15:48.480 --> 00:15:49.120 Took him. 00:15:50.620 --> 00:15:51.820 There is hope. 00:15:52.180 --> 00:15:53.279 That the curse of death. 00:15:53.360 --> 00:15:54.040 Could be broken. 00:15:54.039 --> 00:15:57.159 And secondly. 00:15:58.719 --> 00:15:59.919 Having looked at Enoch. 00:16:00.039 --> 00:16:01.179 Then the second break. 00:16:01.179 --> 00:16:01.939 In the promise. 00:16:01.939 --> 00:16:02.500 Is. 00:16:03.319 --> 00:16:04.279 Starting in verse. 00:16:04.719 --> 00:16:04.959 Twenty. 00:16:04.959 --> 00:16:04.980 Twenty. 00:16:04.980 --> 00:16:05.360 Eight. 00:16:06.500 --> 00:16:07.379 Begins normally. 00:16:07.500 --> 00:16:07.839 Lamech. 00:16:08.399 --> 00:16:09.339 When he was such and such. 00:16:09.379 --> 00:16:09.799 Years old. 00:16:09.879 --> 00:16:10.779 He fathered a son. 00:16:12.819 --> 00:16:14.779 But rather than just giving a name. 00:16:14.779 --> 00:16:16.039 As all the other ones did. 00:16:16.179 --> 00:16:17.099 He fathered Kenan. 00:16:17.219 --> 00:16:18.159 He fathered Mahalal. 00:16:18.379 --> 00:16:19.219 He fathered Jared. 00:16:19.220 --> 00:16:19.700 It says. 00:16:19.800 --> 00:16:20.759 He fathered a son. 00:16:21.060 --> 00:16:23.040 And he called his name. 00:16:23.360 --> 00:16:23.720 Noah. 00:16:25.019 --> 00:16:26.399 Saying out of the ground. 00:16:26.399 --> 00:16:27.720 That the Lord has cursed. 00:16:28.220 --> 00:16:29.800 This one shall bring us relief. 00:16:29.800 --> 00:16:30.639 From our work. 00:16:30.779 --> 00:16:32.080 And from the painful toil. 00:16:32.080 --> 00:16:32.920 Of our hands. 00:16:34.019 --> 00:16:35.759 So Noah is the other break. 00:16:35.840 --> 00:16:37.259 He's at the end of this line. 00:16:37.639 --> 00:16:39.560 And what you see is that. 00:16:39.560 --> 00:16:41.879 He's given a particular name. 00:16:42.360 --> 00:16:43.700 Now if you have a Bible. 00:16:43.700 --> 00:16:44.840 With footnotes. 00:16:45.019 --> 00:16:46.980 You would see that in verse twenty. 00:16:46.980 --> 00:16:47.379 Nine. 00:16:47.480 --> 00:16:47.980 The word. 00:16:48.600 --> 00:16:49.120 Relief. 00:16:49.220 --> 00:16:50.879 Has a footnote on it. 00:16:50.960 --> 00:16:51.639 That would say. 00:16:52.279 --> 00:16:54.300 That the name Noah. 00:16:54.600 --> 00:16:56.540 Sounds like the Hebrew word. 00:16:56.700 --> 00:16:57.680 For relief. 00:16:58.100 --> 00:16:59.420 Or rest. 00:17:01.019 --> 00:17:02.340 Different translations. 00:17:03.100 --> 00:17:04.140 Might have the NIV. 00:17:04.299 --> 00:17:05.200 Has comfort. 00:17:06.100 --> 00:17:06.779 The message. 00:17:06.880 --> 00:17:07.860 By Eugene Peterson. 00:17:08.100 --> 00:17:08.380 Says. 00:17:08.740 --> 00:17:09.720 That this one might. 00:17:09.900 --> 00:17:10.759 Give us a break. 00:17:11.180 --> 00:17:12.759 I thought that was kind of nice. 00:17:12.940 --> 00:17:13.740 Give us a break. 00:17:13.740 --> 00:17:14.640 From the toil. 00:17:14.640 --> 00:17:16.400 And the hard work. 00:17:16.400 --> 00:17:19.820 Might give us a break. 00:17:19.820 --> 00:17:20.880 From bearing. 00:17:20.880 --> 00:17:22.740 The fullness of the curse. 00:17:22.740 --> 00:17:24.519 That has fallen on us. 00:17:24.519 --> 00:17:25.720 Because of our sin. 00:17:28.519 --> 00:17:30.280 There may yet be comfort. 00:17:31.140 --> 00:17:32.200 And rest. 00:17:33.060 --> 00:17:34.640 And escape from the curse. 00:17:34.640 --> 00:17:35.700 For God's people. 00:17:37.360 --> 00:17:38.400 And Lamech. 00:17:38.519 --> 00:17:39.940 Names his son Noah. 00:17:39.940 --> 00:17:40.820 In hopes. 00:17:41.320 --> 00:17:43.120 That Noah might be one. 00:17:43.119 --> 00:17:44.759 That God would use. 00:17:44.759 --> 00:17:45.419 To bring. 00:17:45.779 --> 00:17:47.379 That relief and comfort. 00:17:48.000 --> 00:17:49.199 To his people. 00:17:53.399 --> 00:17:54.000 Friends. 00:17:54.079 --> 00:17:54.519 I wonder. 00:17:56.279 --> 00:17:57.779 As you think about. 00:17:57.859 --> 00:17:59.659 How you navigate life. 00:18:00.199 --> 00:18:01.419 Do you feel like. 00:18:02.419 --> 00:18:02.539 The. 00:18:03.239 --> 00:18:03.859 Unending. 00:18:04.099 --> 00:18:05.079 Relentless nature. 00:18:05.079 --> 00:18:06.059 Of the curse. 00:18:06.579 --> 00:18:07.439 Of sin. 00:18:08.019 --> 00:18:09.019 Is overwhelming. 00:18:09.019 --> 00:18:09.699 Your life. 00:18:10.699 --> 00:18:11.179 Death. 00:18:11.180 --> 00:18:11.820 Death is coming. 00:18:12.120 --> 00:18:12.980 Death is coming. 00:18:13.299 --> 00:18:14.259 Death is coming. 00:18:14.539 --> 00:18:15.720 Life is hard. 00:18:16.140 --> 00:18:16.960 It is toil. 00:18:17.259 --> 00:18:18.120 It is pain. 00:18:18.660 --> 00:18:19.460 It is hardship. 00:18:22.279 --> 00:18:23.840 In chapter five. 00:18:24.140 --> 00:18:24.880 Of Genesis. 00:18:25.180 --> 00:18:26.779 God wants to remind us. 00:18:27.380 --> 00:18:29.400 That he has not abandoned his people. 00:18:30.019 --> 00:18:32.560 But there is a line of hope in Seth. 00:18:32.560 --> 00:18:34.940 There is a promise of one who. 00:18:35.180 --> 00:18:36.360 Did not die. 00:18:36.500 --> 00:18:37.580 But walked with God. 00:18:37.680 --> 00:18:38.519 And was not. 00:18:39.019 --> 00:18:40.279 Because God took him. 00:18:40.279 --> 00:18:42.920 And one who would bring relief. 00:18:43.339 --> 00:18:44.119 And comfort. 00:18:45.759 --> 00:18:47.660 And escape from the curse. 00:18:48.099 --> 00:18:49.660 These are breadcrumbs. 00:18:50.119 --> 00:18:50.639 Little. 00:18:51.579 --> 00:18:52.740 Little moments. 00:18:52.839 --> 00:18:53.639 Along the way. 00:18:53.740 --> 00:18:55.359 Where the light breaks through the darkness. 00:18:55.779 --> 00:18:57.200 A little morsel of food. 00:18:57.279 --> 00:18:58.399 To keep us going. 00:18:58.480 --> 00:18:59.180 In hope. 00:19:01.680 --> 00:19:03.379 It's like in the Lord of the Rings. 00:19:03.920 --> 00:19:05.099 When at the. 00:19:05.379 --> 00:19:06.500 Council of Elrond. 00:19:06.859 --> 00:19:07.420 Suddenly. 00:19:07.420 --> 00:19:08.160 Aragorn. 00:19:08.160 --> 00:19:09.320 Is revealed. 00:19:09.320 --> 00:19:11.259 Not to simply be a ranger. 00:19:11.580 --> 00:19:14.300 But to be the descendant of kings. 00:19:14.740 --> 00:19:18.140 And to be the one who can rightfully take up. 00:19:18.300 --> 00:19:19.220 The sword. 00:19:20.019 --> 00:19:21.259 Of Narsil. 00:19:22.080 --> 00:19:24.539 The sword that attacked the enemy. 00:19:25.360 --> 00:19:26.120 Victoriously. 00:19:28.480 --> 00:19:29.860 Here we see. 00:19:30.360 --> 00:19:31.560 Similar signs. 00:19:31.559 --> 00:19:33.019 He's dropping us. 00:19:33.019 --> 00:19:34.019 These breadcrumbs. 00:19:34.799 --> 00:19:36.759 That maybe not all is bleak. 00:19:36.859 --> 00:19:38.799 And maybe a king could come. 00:19:43.159 --> 00:19:44.200 This is the hope. 00:19:44.519 --> 00:19:45.619 That chapter five. 00:19:45.720 --> 00:19:46.500 Could bring us. 00:19:47.619 --> 00:19:48.899 I want to spend one minute. 00:19:48.899 --> 00:19:50.519 On an excursus for you. 00:19:50.759 --> 00:19:52.099 The other thing you might have noticed. 00:19:52.099 --> 00:19:53.220 Besides the pattern. 00:19:53.339 --> 00:19:53.919 And these things. 00:19:54.099 --> 00:19:56.579 Is that these people lived a really long time. 00:19:56.839 --> 00:19:59.159 What the heck is going on with that? 00:19:59.620 --> 00:19:59.940 All right. 00:19:59.960 --> 00:20:01.240 Let's just talk about this for a minute. 00:20:01.460 --> 00:20:02.460 The answer is. 00:20:02.580 --> 00:20:04.680 There's a lot of really fun speculation. 00:20:04.680 --> 00:20:06.220 About what this might mean. 00:20:06.279 --> 00:20:07.500 And how this might work. 00:20:08.440 --> 00:20:08.940 It might. 00:20:09.300 --> 00:20:10.320 Some people speculate. 00:20:10.320 --> 00:20:11.740 That their years were shorter. 00:20:11.920 --> 00:20:12.900 Some people speculate. 00:20:12.900 --> 00:20:14.800 That generations were skipped. 00:20:15.259 --> 00:20:15.960 Through this. 00:20:15.960 --> 00:20:18.460 And so they were covering multiple generations. 00:20:18.460 --> 00:20:19.560 With these ages. 00:20:20.200 --> 00:20:21.080 Some people think. 00:20:21.220 --> 00:20:23.000 That there's a lot of really interesting. 00:20:23.160 --> 00:20:24.519 And creative Sumerian. 00:20:24.720 --> 00:20:26.420 And Babylonian astrology. 00:20:26.720 --> 00:20:28.140 And numerology going on. 00:20:28.140 --> 00:20:29.800 That all the numbers are figurative. 00:20:29.800 --> 00:20:30.820 And not real. 00:20:31.580 --> 00:20:33.200 But it's really hard to read it. 00:20:33.300 --> 00:20:34.000 In those ways. 00:20:36.520 --> 00:20:36.920 Instead. 00:20:37.100 --> 00:20:38.540 As you look at the whole big picture. 00:20:38.700 --> 00:20:40.740 There's actually a parallel genealogy. 00:20:40.740 --> 00:20:41.620 To this one. 00:20:41.900 --> 00:20:43.660 This line takes you from. 00:20:43.660 --> 00:20:44.280 Adam. 00:20:44.600 --> 00:20:45.940 And the son of Adam Seth. 00:20:46.000 --> 00:20:47.080 All the way to Noah. 00:20:47.460 --> 00:20:49.360 And there's a genealogy. 00:20:49.520 --> 00:20:50.420 In chapter 11. 00:20:50.560 --> 00:20:51.540 Starting in verse 10. 00:20:51.620 --> 00:20:53.320 That takes you from Noah's son. 00:20:53.660 --> 00:20:54.259 Shem. 00:20:54.360 --> 00:20:56.420 All the way to Abraham. 00:20:56.420 --> 00:20:59.300 With 10 generations. 00:21:00.340 --> 00:21:00.820 Each. 00:21:02.660 --> 00:21:03.779 And interestingly. 00:21:04.340 --> 00:21:05.920 What you see is the ages. 00:21:06.240 --> 00:21:07.560 Seem to decrease. 00:21:08.620 --> 00:21:10.000 They're getting smaller. 00:21:10.259 --> 00:21:10.820 And smaller. 00:21:10.980 --> 00:21:12.039 As they go along. 00:21:13.820 --> 00:21:15.180 And there are times I think. 00:21:15.360 --> 00:21:16.660 That maybe before the flood. 00:21:16.759 --> 00:21:17.320 The world. 00:21:17.580 --> 00:21:18.580 Was not. 00:21:18.960 --> 00:21:20.019 Quite as hard. 00:21:20.160 --> 00:21:21.000 As it is now. 00:21:22.440 --> 00:21:23.820 That's my own guess. 00:21:23.819 --> 00:21:25.779 The further we get from the fall. 00:21:25.980 --> 00:21:27.059 The shorter lifespan. 00:21:27.299 --> 00:21:28.079 Comes for a little. 00:21:28.460 --> 00:21:29.480 To a large extent. 00:21:29.579 --> 00:21:30.319 We're moving from. 00:21:30.759 --> 00:21:31.279 Eternity. 00:21:31.500 --> 00:21:32.480 To mortality. 00:21:33.659 --> 00:21:35.179 That's my own speculation. 00:21:35.740 --> 00:21:36.799 That's worth about. 00:21:36.799 --> 00:21:37.460 One cent. 00:21:39.859 --> 00:21:40.419 But. 00:21:40.879 --> 00:21:42.319 I do think that. 00:21:42.639 --> 00:21:42.819 It's. 00:21:42.899 --> 00:21:43.559 It's possible. 00:21:43.559 --> 00:21:44.779 That the ancient world. 00:21:44.960 --> 00:21:46.099 Was much more different. 00:21:46.099 --> 00:21:47.500 From our world today. 00:21:47.500 --> 00:21:48.599 Than we imagine it. 00:21:48.599 --> 00:21:51.159 But I also want you to see that. 00:21:51.539 --> 00:21:53.119 In cultural expectations. 00:21:53.480 --> 00:21:53.539 In. 00:21:53.939 --> 00:21:55.659 As the ancient Near East readers. 00:21:55.659 --> 00:21:56.639 Were reading this. 00:21:56.959 --> 00:21:58.159 They were actually thinking. 00:21:58.159 --> 00:21:58.959 That these numbers. 00:21:59.079 --> 00:21:59.719 Were very. 00:21:59.899 --> 00:22:00.839 Very reasonable. 00:22:01.119 --> 00:22:01.699 For instance. 00:22:02.079 --> 00:22:02.980 There is a table. 00:22:03.139 --> 00:22:04.379 Of kings of Sumeria. 00:22:05.079 --> 00:22:06.299 And they lived. 00:22:06.399 --> 00:22:07.500 Eight kings ruled. 00:22:07.679 --> 00:22:07.859 For. 00:22:09.259 --> 00:22:09.819 241. 00:22:10.059 --> 00:22:11.019 Thousand years. 00:22:11.859 --> 00:22:12.919 Those eight kings. 00:22:12.919 --> 00:22:13.359 Ruled. 00:22:13.459 --> 00:22:13.899 Ruled. 00:22:13.899 --> 00:22:14.799 For that long. 00:22:15.339 --> 00:22:15.740 Okay. 00:22:15.939 --> 00:22:17.359 According to their tables. 00:22:17.359 --> 00:22:17.819 So. 00:22:18.139 --> 00:22:19.059 When you look at this. 00:22:19.119 --> 00:22:19.599 And you think. 00:22:19.879 --> 00:22:20.099 From. 00:22:20.579 --> 00:22:21.899 The birth of Seth. 00:22:22.000 --> 00:22:22.979 To the death of Noah. 00:22:23.159 --> 00:22:23.399 Is. 00:22:24.000 --> 00:22:24.399 Under. 00:22:24.619 --> 00:22:25.819 1800 years. 00:22:25.939 --> 00:22:26.679 That actually seems. 00:22:26.740 --> 00:22:27.539 Kind of reasonable. 00:22:29.279 --> 00:22:29.799 It's. 00:22:30.359 --> 00:22:31.759 You may not think so. 00:22:31.859 --> 00:22:33.419 Coming from a modern world view. 00:22:33.479 --> 00:22:34.039 Where you think. 00:22:34.119 --> 00:22:34.699 Nobody lives. 00:22:34.759 --> 00:22:35.979 After 120 years. 00:22:36.459 --> 00:22:36.859 But. 00:22:37.579 --> 00:22:38.059 Recognize. 00:22:38.179 --> 00:22:39.559 That the cultural expectation. 00:22:40.039 --> 00:22:40.779 And the questions. 00:22:40.779 --> 00:22:41.799 That we bring to it. 00:22:41.819 --> 00:22:42.659 Are very different. 00:22:43.099 --> 00:22:44.299 Than the kinds of questions. 00:22:44.519 --> 00:22:46.119 That might have been brought to it. 00:22:46.219 --> 00:22:46.379 In. 00:22:46.380 --> 00:22:47.960 In the ancient near east. 00:22:48.400 --> 00:22:49.200 With that. 00:22:49.320 --> 00:22:49.960 I'm going to punt. 00:22:50.140 --> 00:22:51.120 You can come talk to me. 00:22:51.180 --> 00:22:51.840 About it afterwards. 00:22:51.840 --> 00:22:53.100 If you want to talk more. 00:22:53.200 --> 00:22:54.180 About what that means. 00:22:54.840 --> 00:22:55.240 But. 00:22:56.300 --> 00:22:57.200 Chapter five. 00:22:57.300 --> 00:22:58.360 Has this thread. 00:22:58.480 --> 00:22:59.180 Of hope. 00:23:00.000 --> 00:23:00.660 This thread. 00:23:00.660 --> 00:23:01.240 Of hope. 00:23:03.080 --> 00:23:04.300 Where the storyline. 00:23:04.300 --> 00:23:05.940 Might look a little hopeful. 00:23:06.640 --> 00:23:07.720 Particularly in line. 00:23:07.980 --> 00:23:09.120 In light of chapter four. 00:23:09.240 --> 00:23:09.820 When we saw. 00:23:10.340 --> 00:23:11.880 The sin of Cain. 00:23:11.960 --> 00:23:12.840 And the outworking. 00:23:12.840 --> 00:23:13.900 Of sin in the world. 00:23:13.900 --> 00:23:16.880 But then when we get to the next movement. 00:23:16.880 --> 00:23:17.860 In our section. 00:23:18.200 --> 00:23:19.320 That's chapter six. 00:23:19.380 --> 00:23:20.660 Verses one through seven. 00:23:22.259 --> 00:23:23.140 We will. 00:23:23.460 --> 00:23:24.560 Have a big but. 00:23:26.160 --> 00:23:27.300 There is hope. 00:23:27.580 --> 00:23:27.880 But. 00:23:28.480 --> 00:23:29.460 Let's look together. 00:23:29.580 --> 00:23:30.240 At chapter six. 00:23:30.300 --> 00:23:31.240 Verses one through seven. 00:23:31.340 --> 00:23:31.940 Let's read this. 00:23:32.320 --> 00:23:33.180 Again together. 00:23:34.780 --> 00:23:36.600 When man began to multiply. 00:23:36.600 --> 00:23:38.040 On the face of the land. 00:23:38.039 --> 00:23:39.339 And daughters. 00:23:39.339 --> 00:23:40.460 Were born to them. 00:23:40.839 --> 00:23:41.759 The sons of God. 00:23:41.859 --> 00:23:43.279 Saw that the daughters of man. 00:23:43.440 --> 00:23:43.980 Were attractive. 00:23:44.659 --> 00:23:45.359 And they took. 00:23:45.480 --> 00:23:46.379 As their wives. 00:23:46.480 --> 00:23:47.539 Any they chose. 00:23:48.240 --> 00:23:49.519 Then the Lord said. 00:23:49.920 --> 00:23:50.839 My spirit. 00:23:51.019 --> 00:23:52.019 Shall not abide. 00:23:52.019 --> 00:23:53.500 In man forever. 00:23:54.059 --> 00:23:55.119 For he is flesh. 00:23:55.980 --> 00:23:57.079 His days shall be. 00:23:57.259 --> 00:23:58.659 One hundred and twenty years. 00:23:59.740 --> 00:24:00.359 The Nephilim. 00:24:00.599 --> 00:24:01.720 Were on the earth. 00:24:01.879 --> 00:24:02.759 In those days. 00:24:02.759 --> 00:24:03.960 And also afterwards. 00:24:03.960 --> 00:24:05.240 When the sons of God. 00:24:05.339 --> 00:24:05.659 Came. 00:24:06.159 --> 00:24:07.859 In to the daughters of men. 00:24:08.819 --> 00:24:10.420 And they bore children to them. 00:24:11.119 --> 00:24:12.339 These were the mighty men. 00:24:12.440 --> 00:24:13.200 Who were of old. 00:24:13.319 --> 00:24:14.359 The men of renown. 00:24:15.259 --> 00:24:16.680 The Lord saw. 00:24:16.899 --> 00:24:18.440 That the wickedness of man. 00:24:18.559 --> 00:24:20.159 Was great in the earth. 00:24:20.539 --> 00:24:22.299 And that every intention. 00:24:22.299 --> 00:24:24.019 Of the thoughts of his heart. 00:24:24.319 --> 00:24:25.819 Were only evil. 00:24:26.500 --> 00:24:27.059 Continually. 00:24:27.819 --> 00:24:29.059 And the Lord regretted. 00:24:29.839 --> 00:24:31.339 That he had made man. 00:24:31.339 --> 00:24:32.099 On the earth. 00:24:32.480 --> 00:24:33.940 And it grieved him. 00:24:34.059 --> 00:24:34.779 To his heart. 00:24:35.680 --> 00:24:36.700 So the Lord said. 00:24:36.899 --> 00:24:38.019 I will blot out man. 00:24:38.019 --> 00:24:39.160 Whom I have created. 00:24:39.160 --> 00:24:40.539 From the face of the land. 00:24:40.940 --> 00:24:42.079 Man and animals. 00:24:42.200 --> 00:24:42.920 And creeping things. 00:24:43.000 --> 00:24:43.980 And birds of the heavens. 00:24:44.639 --> 00:24:45.859 For I am sorry. 00:24:46.359 --> 00:24:48.039 That I have made them. 00:24:50.619 --> 00:24:51.099 Well. 00:24:51.579 --> 00:24:53.319 If there was a thread of hope. 00:24:53.559 --> 00:24:54.940 This is a dark picture. 00:24:55.400 --> 00:24:57.160 Upon which that thread of hope. 00:24:57.299 --> 00:24:57.700 Is laid. 00:24:57.759 --> 00:24:58.400 Is it not? 00:24:59.680 --> 00:25:01.180 And let's just acknowledge. 00:25:01.180 --> 00:25:02.319 From the start. 00:25:02.539 --> 00:25:03.799 Verses one through four. 00:25:03.799 --> 00:25:05.720 Is one of those sections. 00:25:05.720 --> 00:25:06.339 Of scripture. 00:25:06.339 --> 00:25:07.220 That I believe. 00:25:07.220 --> 00:25:08.099 Is put there. 00:25:08.099 --> 00:25:09.680 To confound us. 00:25:09.759 --> 00:25:10.879 So that we do not think. 00:25:10.879 --> 00:25:11.940 That we know everything. 00:25:13.299 --> 00:25:14.819 This section. 00:25:14.819 --> 00:25:17.019 Is quite discussed. 00:25:17.720 --> 00:25:19.299 In commentaries. 00:25:19.720 --> 00:25:20.019 And. 00:25:21.399 --> 00:25:23.019 The question of the identity. 00:25:23.019 --> 00:25:23.819 And the meaning. 00:25:23.819 --> 00:25:24.839 Of some of the titles. 00:25:24.839 --> 00:25:25.720 And names. 00:25:26.039 --> 00:25:28.119 And exactly what is going on. 00:25:28.119 --> 00:25:30.279 There is a lot of speculation. 00:25:30.279 --> 00:25:31.639 And I will talk about that. 00:25:31.719 --> 00:25:32.659 In just a minute. 00:25:33.459 --> 00:25:33.679 But. 00:25:33.919 --> 00:25:35.059 To start with. 00:25:35.119 --> 00:25:36.319 In verses one through four. 00:25:36.779 --> 00:25:38.419 Regardless of how we read this. 00:25:38.519 --> 00:25:39.599 We need to see that it is. 00:25:40.099 --> 00:25:42.079 Heading towards verse five. 00:25:42.819 --> 00:25:44.099 And in the meantime. 00:25:44.439 --> 00:25:45.799 Verses one through four. 00:25:46.139 --> 00:25:47.699 What I think we see. 00:25:47.699 --> 00:25:48.619 Is the on. 00:25:48.739 --> 00:25:49.679 Is an example. 00:25:49.679 --> 00:25:51.519 Of the ongoing decay. 00:25:51.759 --> 00:25:52.619 Of humanity. 00:25:54.239 --> 00:25:55.159 Male and female. 00:25:55.399 --> 00:25:55.719 Had been. 00:25:56.399 --> 00:25:56.879 Commanded. 00:25:57.039 --> 00:25:57.979 To be fruitful. 00:25:58.119 --> 00:25:59.419 And multiply. 00:26:00.699 --> 00:26:01.259 This. 00:26:01.699 --> 00:26:02.099 Pinnacle. 00:26:02.099 --> 00:26:03.299 Of God's creation. 00:26:03.299 --> 00:26:04.000 Of humanity. 00:26:04.000 --> 00:26:05.239 That was going to rule. 00:26:05.379 --> 00:26:06.279 Over the world. 00:26:06.399 --> 00:26:07.659 Under God's rule. 00:26:08.039 --> 00:26:08.839 And be fruitful. 00:26:08.979 --> 00:26:09.879 And multiply there. 00:26:09.959 --> 00:26:11.199 So that they might have dominion. 00:26:11.339 --> 00:26:12.879 To bless the world. 00:26:13.000 --> 00:26:13.879 And so that the world. 00:26:13.879 --> 00:26:15.579 Might flourish in life. 00:26:18.439 --> 00:26:20.059 Instead has gone bad. 00:26:21.179 --> 00:26:22.379 And I believe. 00:26:22.379 --> 00:26:24.219 That what you see here. 00:26:25.000 --> 00:26:26.219 Is an abuse. 00:26:26.879 --> 00:26:27.539 Of sex. 00:26:27.539 --> 00:26:28.299 And power. 00:26:29.879 --> 00:26:30.319 Violation. 00:26:30.920 --> 00:26:31.359 Wantonness. 00:26:33.920 --> 00:26:34.859 Part of the reason. 00:26:34.859 --> 00:26:35.659 That I see that. 00:26:35.740 --> 00:26:37.379 Is when you look at verse two. 00:26:38.659 --> 00:26:39.859 The sons of God. 00:26:40.119 --> 00:26:40.559 Saw. 00:26:41.700 --> 00:26:42.899 That the daughters of men. 00:26:43.000 --> 00:26:43.500 Were attractive. 00:26:43.500 --> 00:26:44.519 And they took. 00:26:44.920 --> 00:26:46.000 As their wives. 00:26:46.259 --> 00:26:47.379 Any they chose. 00:26:48.319 --> 00:26:49.220 Turn back with me. 00:26:49.279 --> 00:26:49.700 One page. 00:26:49.759 --> 00:26:50.220 In your Bible. 00:26:51.220 --> 00:26:51.879 Maybe two. 00:26:51.880 --> 00:26:54.840 Chapter three. 00:26:56.040 --> 00:26:57.080 Verse six. 00:27:01.260 --> 00:27:03.240 So when the woman saw. 00:27:04.580 --> 00:27:06.300 That the tree was good. 00:27:06.300 --> 00:27:07.560 Or beautiful. 00:27:09.260 --> 00:27:10.260 For food. 00:27:10.500 --> 00:27:11.520 And that it was a delight. 00:27:11.780 --> 00:27:12.480 To the eyes. 00:27:13.000 --> 00:27:14.560 And the tree was to be desired. 00:27:14.680 --> 00:27:15.780 To make one wise. 00:27:16.480 --> 00:27:17.320 She took. 00:27:18.000 --> 00:27:18.680 Of the fruit. 00:27:18.680 --> 00:27:21.180 In the original language. 00:27:21.279 --> 00:27:22.240 A reader would hear. 00:27:22.360 --> 00:27:23.519 The same verbs. 00:27:24.519 --> 00:27:25.019 Saw. 00:27:26.299 --> 00:27:27.680 Something beautiful. 00:27:27.900 --> 00:27:28.480 Attractive. 00:27:28.580 --> 00:27:29.120 Desirous. 00:27:29.259 --> 00:27:29.660 Good. 00:27:30.500 --> 00:27:31.500 And took them. 00:27:32.460 --> 00:27:33.240 This taking. 00:27:33.240 --> 00:27:33.960 Is not. 00:27:34.019 --> 00:27:35.580 A good taking. 00:27:35.580 --> 00:27:37.000 In chapter six. 00:27:38.620 --> 00:27:40.180 It is a selfish. 00:27:40.600 --> 00:27:41.880 It is a covetous. 00:27:41.880 --> 00:27:44.280 It is a controlling. 00:27:44.280 --> 00:27:44.480 Take. 00:27:47.480 --> 00:27:48.440 And therefore. 00:27:49.320 --> 00:27:50.620 Whatever we think. 00:27:50.840 --> 00:27:52.920 Of who the sons of God were. 00:27:53.500 --> 00:27:54.840 And there's lots of speculation. 00:27:55.660 --> 00:27:56.940 They might be angels. 00:27:57.920 --> 00:27:58.900 This is suggested. 00:27:59.260 --> 00:27:59.820 At least. 00:28:00.620 --> 00:28:01.100 Plausibly. 00:28:01.240 --> 00:28:02.000 From the New Testament. 00:28:02.500 --> 00:28:03.260 In second Peter. 00:28:03.360 --> 00:28:03.920 Chapter two. 00:28:04.020 --> 00:28:04.540 Verse four. 00:28:04.640 --> 00:28:05.220 Or in Jude. 00:28:05.360 --> 00:28:06.520 Verses five and six. 00:28:07.320 --> 00:28:08.200 Talks about. 00:28:08.540 --> 00:28:09.780 A potential pattern. 00:28:09.780 --> 00:28:10.440 Of sin. 00:28:10.540 --> 00:28:11.300 Between angels. 00:28:11.299 --> 00:28:12.019 And humanity. 00:28:12.960 --> 00:28:13.740 Some think. 00:28:13.899 --> 00:28:15.059 It's the sons of Cain. 00:28:15.139 --> 00:28:15.899 As opposed to. 00:28:16.079 --> 00:28:17.579 People in the line of Cain. 00:28:17.639 --> 00:28:18.359 As opposed to. 00:28:18.440 --> 00:28:19.559 In the line of Seth. 00:28:20.379 --> 00:28:20.940 Though I think. 00:28:21.079 --> 00:28:22.019 This is less likely. 00:28:22.159 --> 00:28:22.940 Because it doesn't. 00:28:23.159 --> 00:28:24.000 Really work out. 00:28:24.099 --> 00:28:24.819 With the way. 00:28:24.960 --> 00:28:26.579 That humanity is described. 00:28:26.700 --> 00:28:27.919 In verses one through three. 00:28:28.879 --> 00:28:29.899 Some people think. 00:28:30.000 --> 00:28:30.639 That it's. 00:28:31.079 --> 00:28:32.079 Tyrannical rulers. 00:28:32.759 --> 00:28:33.740 That there's a sense. 00:28:33.819 --> 00:28:34.180 In which. 00:28:34.339 --> 00:28:35.539 These sons of God. 00:28:35.859 --> 00:28:37.639 Were exalting themselves. 00:28:37.639 --> 00:28:38.519 As rulers. 00:28:38.519 --> 00:28:39.500 Of the nations. 00:28:39.500 --> 00:28:40.380 Around. 00:28:42.220 --> 00:28:42.900 Around. 00:28:42.900 --> 00:28:44.599 The line of Seth. 00:28:45.140 --> 00:28:46.460 And they were ruling. 00:28:46.460 --> 00:28:47.259 In this. 00:28:48.140 --> 00:28:48.819 Incredibly. 00:28:48.980 --> 00:28:49.619 Aggressive. 00:28:50.420 --> 00:28:51.980 And destructive way. 00:28:52.099 --> 00:28:53.019 Taking women. 00:28:53.019 --> 00:28:54.440 Into their harems. 00:28:54.500 --> 00:28:55.140 Into their. 00:28:55.259 --> 00:28:56.059 Their courts. 00:28:56.180 --> 00:28:57.480 Taking them as possession. 00:28:57.960 --> 00:28:59.079 And using them. 00:29:00.660 --> 00:29:01.980 These are the three options. 00:29:01.980 --> 00:29:02.660 That are out there. 00:29:02.880 --> 00:29:04.059 They all have problems. 00:29:04.940 --> 00:29:06.359 None of them are decisive. 00:29:06.359 --> 00:29:07.439 In my mind. 00:29:10.159 --> 00:29:11.279 But regardless. 00:29:12.000 --> 00:29:13.199 Of how we read that. 00:29:13.679 --> 00:29:14.779 What we do see. 00:29:14.899 --> 00:29:15.979 In verses one through four. 00:29:16.079 --> 00:29:16.799 Is that what it meant. 00:29:16.799 --> 00:29:17.500 To be good. 00:29:17.619 --> 00:29:18.519 To be fruitful. 00:29:18.519 --> 00:29:19.419 And to multiply. 00:29:20.019 --> 00:29:21.439 Had become wrong. 00:29:21.779 --> 00:29:22.839 And they were filling. 00:29:22.839 --> 00:29:23.699 The earth. 00:29:24.000 --> 00:29:24.759 With this. 00:29:25.199 --> 00:29:26.019 And God. 00:29:26.559 --> 00:29:27.039 Mercifully. 00:29:27.299 --> 00:29:27.759 Responds. 00:29:27.879 --> 00:29:28.219 And says. 00:29:28.319 --> 00:29:29.699 I will not let you live. 00:29:29.759 --> 00:29:31.219 For thousands of years. 00:29:31.219 --> 00:29:32.759 Or almost a thousand years. 00:29:32.959 --> 00:29:34.479 And continue to perpetuate. 00:29:34.480 --> 00:29:35.039 This evil. 00:29:35.160 --> 00:29:36.180 I am going to limit. 00:29:36.620 --> 00:29:37.860 Your lifespan. 00:29:41.220 --> 00:29:42.259 And as you see. 00:29:42.420 --> 00:29:42.660 This is. 00:29:42.839 --> 00:29:43.680 This is exactly. 00:29:43.680 --> 00:29:45.180 What plays itself out. 00:29:45.259 --> 00:29:45.900 Not immediately. 00:29:46.079 --> 00:29:46.920 But over time. 00:29:47.579 --> 00:29:48.799 In the Old Testament. 00:29:50.960 --> 00:29:51.779 Verse four. 00:29:51.900 --> 00:29:53.160 Talks about the Nephilim. 00:29:54.700 --> 00:29:55.500 Who are. 00:29:56.220 --> 00:29:56.740 Giants. 00:29:56.960 --> 00:29:57.319 Or. 00:29:57.839 --> 00:29:59.539 Who are the fallen ones. 00:30:01.460 --> 00:30:02.360 This is a word. 00:30:02.480 --> 00:30:03.400 That is also used. 00:30:03.400 --> 00:30:04.460 In numbers 13. 00:30:04.460 --> 00:30:05.259 If you remember. 00:30:05.259 --> 00:30:05.920 The story. 00:30:05.920 --> 00:30:07.240 Where the 12 spies. 00:30:07.900 --> 00:30:08.759 From Moses. 00:30:08.880 --> 00:30:10.160 Go into the promised land. 00:30:10.220 --> 00:30:11.360 To scout out the land. 00:30:11.420 --> 00:30:12.519 That God was telling them. 00:30:12.580 --> 00:30:13.180 To enter into. 00:30:13.280 --> 00:30:13.640 And take. 00:30:13.720 --> 00:30:14.600 Because it was good. 00:30:15.120 --> 00:30:15.820 And they saw. 00:30:15.820 --> 00:30:16.880 The giants. 00:30:17.300 --> 00:30:18.400 Those are the Nephilim. 00:30:18.940 --> 00:30:19.620 They saw. 00:30:19.820 --> 00:30:20.519 These huge. 00:30:20.700 --> 00:30:21.500 Scary men. 00:30:24.360 --> 00:30:25.220 And again. 00:30:25.440 --> 00:30:26.480 Whoever they are. 00:30:26.540 --> 00:30:27.360 In verse four. 00:30:28.140 --> 00:30:29.140 We need to recognize. 00:30:29.140 --> 00:30:29.880 That they were. 00:30:30.080 --> 00:30:31.120 Mighty warriors. 00:30:31.119 --> 00:30:33.299 Not in a valiant sense. 00:30:33.299 --> 00:30:34.739 Of doing good. 00:30:34.799 --> 00:30:36.000 And fighting for justice. 00:30:36.639 --> 00:30:38.659 But they were fearsome men. 00:30:39.959 --> 00:30:41.459 Who were doing evil. 00:30:41.699 --> 00:30:43.179 They were using their power. 00:30:43.179 --> 00:30:44.699 For selfish gain. 00:30:46.179 --> 00:30:47.439 This is the picture. 00:30:47.639 --> 00:30:48.039 I believe. 00:30:48.179 --> 00:30:48.979 That leads us. 00:30:49.079 --> 00:30:50.079 To verse five. 00:30:51.879 --> 00:30:52.839 And it helps. 00:30:52.959 --> 00:30:53.699 To make sense. 00:30:53.799 --> 00:30:55.179 Of verses one through four. 00:30:55.180 --> 00:30:57.620 Because. 00:30:57.900 --> 00:30:58.600 In verse five. 00:30:58.740 --> 00:30:59.100 We see. 00:30:59.340 --> 00:31:00.680 With such clarity. 00:31:00.680 --> 00:31:02.060 Where the author is going. 00:31:02.140 --> 00:31:02.880 With this section. 00:31:04.180 --> 00:31:05.279 Look at it again. 00:31:06.340 --> 00:31:07.820 There cannot be. 00:31:08.400 --> 00:31:10.200 A more clear statement. 00:31:10.200 --> 00:31:11.200 Of the pervasiveness. 00:31:12.259 --> 00:31:13.160 And the depth. 00:31:13.640 --> 00:31:14.500 Of sin. 00:31:14.620 --> 00:31:15.200 As it has infected. 00:31:16.259 --> 00:31:17.620 And infused itself. 00:31:17.779 --> 00:31:18.140 Into. 00:31:18.880 --> 00:31:19.759 Human beings. 00:31:19.900 --> 00:31:20.400 Than this. 00:31:20.400 --> 00:31:23.040 The Lord saw. 00:31:23.300 --> 00:31:24.080 That the wickedness. 00:31:24.259 --> 00:31:25.160 Of man. 00:31:25.280 --> 00:31:26.140 Was great. 00:31:26.140 --> 00:31:27.140 In the earth. 00:31:27.420 --> 00:31:28.120 And that. 00:31:28.420 --> 00:31:29.360 Every intention. 00:31:29.360 --> 00:31:30.140 Of the thoughts. 00:31:30.180 --> 00:31:30.800 Of his heart. 00:31:31.280 --> 00:31:32.400 Were only. 00:31:33.019 --> 00:31:33.500 Evil. 00:31:35.019 --> 00:31:35.580 Continually. 00:31:39.580 --> 00:31:40.060 Friends. 00:31:40.160 --> 00:31:41.360 At the end of chapter one. 00:31:41.480 --> 00:31:42.780 God looked at his creation. 00:31:43.140 --> 00:31:44.140 And he rejoiced. 00:31:44.220 --> 00:31:44.700 And he said. 00:31:44.780 --> 00:31:46.460 It was very good. 00:31:46.820 --> 00:31:47.860 And he rested. 00:31:48.080 --> 00:31:48.759 From his work. 00:31:50.400 --> 00:31:52.400 Five. 00:31:52.400 --> 00:31:52.960 Five. 00:31:53.400 --> 00:31:53.880 Chapters. 00:31:53.880 --> 00:31:54.400 Later. 00:31:54.960 --> 00:31:55.980 God is looking. 00:31:55.980 --> 00:31:57.080 At his creation. 00:31:57.680 --> 00:31:58.600 And seeing. 00:31:58.920 --> 00:31:59.900 How great. 00:32:00.040 --> 00:32:00.900 The evil is. 00:32:01.000 --> 00:32:01.960 That had spread. 00:32:03.840 --> 00:32:05.440 God responds. 00:32:05.440 --> 00:32:06.560 With grief. 00:32:07.120 --> 00:32:08.920 Like a jilted spouse. 00:32:09.100 --> 00:32:09.980 Or a betrayed. 00:32:10.420 --> 00:32:11.380 Best friend. 00:32:12.180 --> 00:32:13.060 He recognizes. 00:32:13.060 --> 00:32:14.460 That every intention. 00:32:14.460 --> 00:32:15.100 Of the. 00:32:15.780 --> 00:32:16.100 People. 00:32:16.259 --> 00:32:17.259 That he had made. 00:32:17.680 --> 00:32:18.480 Men and women. 00:32:18.480 --> 00:32:19.580 That he had made. 00:32:19.579 --> 00:32:20.919 In his image. 00:32:21.119 --> 00:32:22.099 For his glory. 00:32:22.259 --> 00:32:22.779 To honor. 00:32:22.919 --> 00:32:23.819 And worship him. 00:32:24.059 --> 00:32:25.439 And to live under him. 00:32:26.179 --> 00:32:27.119 They now. 00:32:27.319 --> 00:32:28.319 Were consumed. 00:32:28.500 --> 00:32:29.179 With evil. 00:32:31.159 --> 00:32:32.000 And God. 00:32:32.079 --> 00:32:33.220 Will not stand by. 00:32:34.419 --> 00:32:36.179 I will blot them out. 00:32:36.359 --> 00:32:37.679 I will not allow them. 00:32:37.720 --> 00:32:38.379 To continue. 00:32:38.799 --> 00:32:40.059 To perpetuate. 00:32:40.220 --> 00:32:41.419 And to multiply. 00:32:42.059 --> 00:32:42.980 This evil. 00:32:43.779 --> 00:32:44.619 But mankind. 00:32:44.879 --> 00:32:45.960 And all of the creatures. 00:32:45.960 --> 00:32:46.899 That are under him. 00:32:46.960 --> 00:32:47.919 The words of the air. 00:32:47.920 --> 00:32:49.680 And the animals on the ground. 00:32:49.759 --> 00:32:51.440 The ones that God had given him. 00:32:51.539 --> 00:32:52.460 Dominion over. 00:32:52.720 --> 00:32:54.720 They would all be wiped out. 00:32:55.000 --> 00:32:56.460 Because of the evil. 00:32:57.320 --> 00:32:57.840 Of it. 00:32:58.840 --> 00:32:59.920 Because sin. 00:33:00.120 --> 00:33:01.440 Had spread everywhere. 00:33:02.740 --> 00:33:03.380 Judgment. 00:33:03.660 --> 00:33:04.460 Would go. 00:33:05.000 --> 00:33:05.519 Everywhere. 00:33:06.080 --> 00:33:06.980 And God would. 00:33:07.660 --> 00:33:08.300 Undo. 00:33:10.519 --> 00:33:11.880 In many ways. 00:33:12.039 --> 00:33:13.120 The creative work. 00:33:13.120 --> 00:33:14.279 That he had done. 00:33:14.279 --> 00:33:17.059 Where he had breathed life. 00:33:17.200 --> 00:33:18.599 Now he was going to bring. 00:33:19.240 --> 00:33:19.599 Death. 00:33:20.059 --> 00:33:20.960 Where he had. 00:33:21.359 --> 00:33:22.480 Parted the waters. 00:33:22.660 --> 00:33:23.740 And created order. 00:33:23.920 --> 00:33:25.379 So that life might flourish. 00:33:25.680 --> 00:33:27.399 Now he was going to bring. 00:33:27.879 --> 00:33:29.139 The watery chaos. 00:33:29.220 --> 00:33:29.899 Of a flood. 00:33:30.759 --> 00:33:32.480 To destroy his creation. 00:33:33.119 --> 00:33:33.519 Again. 00:33:33.519 --> 00:33:40.859 This is a quick turn. 00:33:41.559 --> 00:33:42.460 And it's a summary. 00:33:42.660 --> 00:33:43.259 And we will see. 00:33:43.379 --> 00:33:44.339 As we unfold. 00:33:45.240 --> 00:33:46.619 In the chapters to come. 00:33:46.700 --> 00:33:47.680 More of this. 00:33:48.379 --> 00:33:49.480 But it certainly. 00:33:49.940 --> 00:33:51.000 Raises a question. 00:33:52.099 --> 00:33:53.480 Was their sin. 00:33:53.740 --> 00:33:54.139 Really. 00:33:54.559 --> 00:33:55.779 That bad. 00:33:57.980 --> 00:33:58.819 Because you know. 00:33:59.079 --> 00:34:00.480 In our culture today. 00:34:00.480 --> 00:34:01.619 And in our world today. 00:34:01.619 --> 00:34:03.379 We really want to believe. 00:34:03.379 --> 00:34:04.639 That people are good. 00:34:05.439 --> 00:34:06.199 Or at least. 00:34:06.299 --> 00:34:07.199 There's some good. 00:34:08.380 --> 00:34:08.759 Right. 00:34:09.119 --> 00:34:10.880 We really want to believe. 00:34:10.980 --> 00:34:11.960 In our culture today. 00:34:11.960 --> 00:34:13.779 That by improving education. 00:34:14.179 --> 00:34:17.039 By increasing social resources. 00:34:17.039 --> 00:34:18.819 By meeting physical needs. 00:34:18.819 --> 00:34:19.779 That we can somehow. 00:34:20.319 --> 00:34:21.579 Eradicate the sinfulness. 00:34:21.579 --> 00:34:22.679 Of human hearts. 00:34:23.299 --> 00:34:24.019 And suffering. 00:34:24.259 --> 00:34:24.880 In the world. 00:34:25.920 --> 00:34:26.519 And look. 00:34:26.719 --> 00:34:27.759 None of those things. 00:34:27.759 --> 00:34:28.819 Are bad things to do. 00:34:28.940 --> 00:34:29.900 But that end. 00:34:30.159 --> 00:34:31.559 Is not possible. 00:34:31.619 --> 00:34:35.819 And it is a modern dream. 00:34:36.559 --> 00:34:37.900 That we might actually. 00:34:37.900 --> 00:34:39.039 Eradicate this. 00:34:39.920 --> 00:34:40.299 G.K. 00:34:40.380 --> 00:34:40.940 Chesterton. 00:34:41.319 --> 00:34:42.279 20th century. 00:34:42.920 --> 00:34:44.259 Thoughtful writer. 00:34:44.839 --> 00:34:46.480 Writing about original sin. 00:34:47.559 --> 00:34:48.579 Said this. 00:34:48.980 --> 00:34:50.139 It is the only part. 00:34:50.179 --> 00:34:51.179 Of Christian theology. 00:34:51.179 --> 00:34:52.319 Which can really. 00:34:52.519 --> 00:34:53.239 Be proved. 00:34:54.279 --> 00:34:55.579 The strongest saints. 00:34:55.579 --> 00:34:57.839 And the strongest skeptics. 00:34:57.839 --> 00:34:59.039 In years past. 00:34:59.039 --> 00:35:00.000 Alike. 00:35:00.000 --> 00:35:01.679 Took positive evil. 00:35:01.679 --> 00:35:03.099 As the starting point. 00:35:03.099 --> 00:35:03.980 For their argument. 00:35:04.860 --> 00:35:06.300 If it be true. 00:35:06.300 --> 00:35:07.360 As it certainly is. 00:35:07.360 --> 00:35:08.500 That a man can feel. 00:35:08.860 --> 00:35:09.960 Exquisite happiness. 00:35:09.960 --> 00:35:11.759 In skinning a cat. 00:35:12.759 --> 00:35:14.400 Then the religious philosopher. 00:35:14.400 --> 00:35:15.239 Can only draw. 00:35:15.420 --> 00:35:16.400 One of two deductions. 00:35:16.980 --> 00:35:17.679 He must either. 00:35:17.679 --> 00:35:19.259 Deny the existence of God. 00:35:19.320 --> 00:35:20.500 As all atheists do. 00:35:20.599 --> 00:35:21.800 Or he must deny. 00:35:21.800 --> 00:35:22.920 The present union. 00:35:22.920 --> 00:35:24.420 Between God and man. 00:35:24.420 --> 00:35:25.779 As all Christians do. 00:35:25.780 --> 00:35:28.780 He writes this. 00:35:28.880 --> 00:35:29.240 In his book. 00:35:29.240 --> 00:35:29.960 Orthodoxy. 00:35:29.960 --> 00:35:30.480 Where he's. 00:35:30.740 --> 00:35:31.400 Attacking. 00:35:31.600 --> 00:35:32.540 A third kind. 00:35:32.640 --> 00:35:33.019 He says. 00:35:33.160 --> 00:35:34.380 The new theologians. 00:35:34.600 --> 00:35:35.600 Seem to think it. 00:35:35.720 --> 00:35:36.800 Highly rationalistic. 00:35:36.800 --> 00:35:37.440 Solution. 00:35:38.100 --> 00:35:38.800 To deny. 00:35:39.140 --> 00:35:39.600 The cat. 00:35:42.420 --> 00:35:43.420 To deny. 00:35:43.420 --> 00:35:43.980 That. 00:35:44.420 --> 00:35:44.900 The evil. 00:35:45.080 --> 00:35:45.740 Is actually. 00:35:45.740 --> 00:35:46.460 Happening. 00:35:48.980 --> 00:35:49.960 We so. 00:35:50.060 --> 00:35:50.820 Want to deny. 00:35:51.000 --> 00:35:51.260 Sin. 00:35:51.840 --> 00:35:52.400 And yet. 00:35:52.460 --> 00:35:53.280 It's so evident. 00:35:53.280 --> 00:35:56.160 I was a history major. 00:35:56.660 --> 00:35:57.920 You cannot study. 00:35:57.920 --> 00:35:58.860 Human history. 00:35:59.920 --> 00:36:01.160 And really think. 00:36:01.320 --> 00:36:02.300 That people are good. 00:36:03.060 --> 00:36:03.960 And it is not. 00:36:04.060 --> 00:36:04.600 That humanity. 00:36:04.600 --> 00:36:05.340 Has not. 00:36:05.900 --> 00:36:06.340 Improved. 00:36:06.360 --> 00:36:07.060 And it is not. 00:36:07.140 --> 00:36:07.740 That there have been. 00:36:07.900 --> 00:36:08.680 Great things. 00:36:08.860 --> 00:36:10.100 That have made things. 00:36:10.300 --> 00:36:10.600 Better. 00:36:10.740 --> 00:36:12.320 In significant ways. 00:36:15.840 --> 00:36:17.500 But the 20th century. 00:36:17.620 --> 00:36:18.860 Or the 21st century. 00:36:18.860 --> 00:36:20.780 Is not a better place. 00:36:21.560 --> 00:36:22.660 Think with me. 00:36:23.280 --> 00:36:25.840 Is the Rwandan genocide. 00:36:25.840 --> 00:36:26.840 Any different. 00:36:27.019 --> 00:36:28.080 Than the French revolution. 00:36:33.660 --> 00:36:35.040 Have we really. 00:36:35.480 --> 00:36:36.540 Done better. 00:36:37.240 --> 00:36:38.260 In treating women. 00:36:39.700 --> 00:36:40.560 And abusing. 00:36:41.780 --> 00:36:43.200 And preventing the abuse. 00:36:43.200 --> 00:36:44.420 Of power and sex. 00:36:45.540 --> 00:36:46.660 Have we really. 00:36:46.660 --> 00:36:47.960 Overcome greed. 00:36:48.360 --> 00:36:49.340 Or anger. 00:36:49.940 --> 00:36:50.860 Or violence. 00:36:51.480 --> 00:36:52.540 Or lying. 00:36:52.539 --> 00:36:53.759 Or deception. 00:36:54.559 --> 00:36:55.480 Or pride. 00:36:55.880 --> 00:36:57.019 Or selfishness. 00:37:00.139 --> 00:37:01.179 Are we really. 00:37:01.179 --> 00:37:01.539 Better. 00:37:02.320 --> 00:37:03.360 Or have we just found. 00:37:03.500 --> 00:37:04.519 New context. 00:37:05.239 --> 00:37:06.000 New ways. 00:37:06.340 --> 00:37:07.079 To express it. 00:37:08.900 --> 00:37:10.179 And of course friends. 00:37:10.579 --> 00:37:11.820 The most sobering thing. 00:37:11.920 --> 00:37:12.659 Is that the question. 00:37:12.779 --> 00:37:13.519 That we want to ask. 00:37:13.599 --> 00:37:14.759 Is it really bad. 00:37:14.800 --> 00:37:15.579 What they did. 00:37:15.659 --> 00:37:17.099 Was that really so bad. 00:37:18.099 --> 00:37:19.300 Needs to be the question. 00:37:19.380 --> 00:37:20.420 Then we turn on ourselves. 00:37:20.420 --> 00:37:22.220 Am I really. 00:37:22.220 --> 00:37:23.119 That bad. 00:37:25.360 --> 00:37:26.500 If I'm honest. 00:37:26.500 --> 00:37:27.680 About my own heart. 00:37:29.800 --> 00:37:31.260 The apostle Paul said. 00:37:31.480 --> 00:37:32.659 I am the chief of sinners. 00:37:32.659 --> 00:37:37.879 We ought to humbly. 00:37:39.619 --> 00:37:40.699 Take the same. 00:37:41.099 --> 00:37:41.460 Title. 00:37:41.619 --> 00:37:42.179 Ourselves. 00:37:43.139 --> 00:37:44.179 How can this be. 00:37:44.259 --> 00:37:45.539 We read from Romans 1. 00:37:45.639 --> 00:37:46.039 Earlier. 00:37:47.039 --> 00:37:48.319 What are the dynamics. 00:37:48.319 --> 00:37:49.480 Of our human heart. 00:37:49.480 --> 00:37:51.199 That make every intention. 00:37:51.199 --> 00:37:52.379 Of our hearts. 00:37:52.639 --> 00:37:52.940 Evil. 00:37:53.420 --> 00:37:53.779 Always. 00:37:54.099 --> 00:37:54.639 Continually. 00:37:55.920 --> 00:37:56.639 Romans 1. 00:37:56.679 --> 00:37:57.179 Describes. 00:37:57.259 --> 00:37:58.460 How we deny the truth. 00:37:58.460 --> 00:37:59.379 Of God's existence. 00:37:59.380 --> 00:38:01.700 How we question his character. 00:38:01.700 --> 00:38:02.480 And his goodness. 00:38:02.800 --> 00:38:03.840 How we doubt. 00:38:04.000 --> 00:38:05.660 Or reject his sovereignty. 00:38:07.740 --> 00:38:09.559 How we do not honor God. 00:38:09.760 --> 00:38:11.200 How we do not thank God. 00:38:11.240 --> 00:38:13.160 For all that he has done for us. 00:38:13.579 --> 00:38:16.460 How we exchange the glory of God. 00:38:16.800 --> 00:38:18.599 For the glory of our careers. 00:38:18.840 --> 00:38:19.740 Of our families. 00:38:19.900 --> 00:38:20.700 Of our success. 00:38:21.280 --> 00:38:23.340 Of our personal self-fulfillment. 00:38:23.340 --> 00:38:24.200 Of our pleasures. 00:38:24.199 --> 00:38:27.859 How we exchange the truth about God. 00:38:27.859 --> 00:38:28.779 For a lie. 00:38:29.159 --> 00:38:31.099 About what is true about the world. 00:38:31.879 --> 00:38:32.839 And about ourselves. 00:38:34.079 --> 00:38:36.039 And about how we not only do evil. 00:38:36.259 --> 00:38:39.099 But how we also encourage others. 00:38:40.819 --> 00:38:42.559 How we fall into. 00:38:42.839 --> 00:38:43.599 At times. 00:38:43.759 --> 00:38:45.099 Leading people away. 00:38:45.519 --> 00:38:46.579 From the God. 00:38:46.879 --> 00:38:47.599 Who is there. 00:38:49.419 --> 00:38:50.500 Prophet Isaiah. 00:38:50.739 --> 00:38:51.379 In verse. 00:38:52.699 --> 00:38:53.259 64. 00:38:53.619 --> 00:38:53.859 Says. 00:38:54.199 --> 00:38:57.000 We have all become like one who is unclean. 00:38:57.159 --> 00:38:59.119 And all our righteous deeds. 00:38:59.419 --> 00:39:01.439 Are like a polluted garment. 00:39:02.139 --> 00:39:04.199 Even the best things that we do. 00:39:04.279 --> 00:39:06.859 Are tainted with our desire to justify ourselves. 00:39:08.439 --> 00:39:10.119 Even the best things we do. 00:39:10.219 --> 00:39:12.000 We hope that someone will see us. 00:39:12.239 --> 00:39:13.259 And be pleased with us. 00:39:13.319 --> 00:39:14.279 And praise us. 00:39:14.480 --> 00:39:16.480 Even the best things we do. 00:39:17.000 --> 00:39:18.339 We do for ourselves. 00:39:18.480 --> 00:39:19.439 To build our identity. 00:39:19.579 --> 00:39:19.879 To think. 00:39:20.099 --> 00:39:21.359 Now I'm a good person. 00:39:21.519 --> 00:39:23.239 Now I'm better than I used to be. 00:39:23.239 --> 00:39:25.119 Or look at me. 00:39:25.199 --> 00:39:25.959 I'm suffering. 00:39:25.959 --> 00:39:27.979 By doing good for others. 00:39:29.199 --> 00:39:30.599 And doing so. 00:39:31.799 --> 00:39:33.719 How little we truly. 00:39:34.239 --> 00:39:35.339 Long for God. 00:39:35.839 --> 00:39:37.099 To be first. 00:39:37.239 --> 00:39:37.739 And central. 00:39:37.939 --> 00:39:38.739 In our lives. 00:39:40.959 --> 00:39:41.399 Friends. 00:39:41.579 --> 00:39:42.179 Maybe you're. 00:39:42.539 --> 00:39:43.739 Better than I am. 00:39:43.739 --> 00:39:45.279 But how often. 00:39:45.279 --> 00:39:46.219 I forget God. 00:39:46.219 --> 00:39:46.719 I forget God. 00:39:47.119 --> 00:39:48.079 Every day. 00:39:48.739 --> 00:39:49.619 I wake up. 00:39:49.699 --> 00:39:50.379 Determined. 00:39:50.500 --> 00:39:51.119 To honor God. 00:39:51.199 --> 00:39:52.299 In everything that I do. 00:39:52.959 --> 00:39:54.839 And if I can get through breakfast. 00:39:55.000 --> 00:39:56.079 Without forgetting him. 00:39:56.519 --> 00:39:57.599 It's a good day. 00:40:00.839 --> 00:40:02.379 So here's my application. 00:40:02.379 --> 00:40:03.239 And my challenge. 00:40:03.339 --> 00:40:04.599 If you are questioning. 00:40:04.839 --> 00:40:05.199 Whether I. 00:40:05.699 --> 00:40:07.159 I am being too harsh. 00:40:07.159 --> 00:40:09.179 If you are questioning. 00:40:09.179 --> 00:40:10.879 Whether the Bible says this. 00:40:11.279 --> 00:40:13.059 Is true about you. 00:40:13.420 --> 00:40:15.679 That the intentions of your heart. 00:40:16.079 --> 00:40:17.199 Are this evil. 00:40:17.379 --> 00:40:18.299 And deserve judgment. 00:40:19.940 --> 00:40:20.920 Purpose in your heart. 00:40:21.000 --> 00:40:21.420 To sin. 00:40:21.539 --> 00:40:22.219 For a whole day. 00:40:23.119 --> 00:40:23.920 No evil thought. 00:40:24.319 --> 00:40:25.440 No selfish impulse. 00:40:25.619 --> 00:40:26.639 No unloving response. 00:40:27.359 --> 00:40:28.819 Seek to live without sin. 00:40:30.099 --> 00:40:31.480 And then come and tell me. 00:40:31.480 --> 00:40:34.539 If your heart is not resonant. 00:40:34.619 --> 00:40:35.699 With every intention. 00:40:35.699 --> 00:40:36.920 Of the thought of his heart. 00:40:37.139 --> 00:40:38.519 Was only evil. 00:40:38.800 --> 00:40:39.320 Continually. 00:40:40.820 --> 00:40:42.260 And if you want a sounding board. 00:40:42.340 --> 00:40:43.539 You can ask your spouse. 00:40:43.539 --> 00:40:44.260 Or your roommate. 00:40:44.360 --> 00:40:45.000 Or your children. 00:40:45.460 --> 00:40:46.760 Just in case. 00:40:46.820 --> 00:40:47.460 You might be. 00:40:47.719 --> 00:40:49.659 Reading things through a lens. 00:40:50.500 --> 00:40:51.360 It's always good. 00:40:51.420 --> 00:40:52.659 To get objective outside. 00:40:55.719 --> 00:40:56.199 Friends. 00:40:56.380 --> 00:40:57.320 This is what. 00:40:57.679 --> 00:40:58.679 Chapter six. 00:40:58.780 --> 00:40:59.619 One through seven. 00:40:59.760 --> 00:41:00.460 Points us to. 00:41:00.460 --> 00:41:02.059 That though chapter five. 00:41:02.059 --> 00:41:03.460 Says there's this threat of hope. 00:41:03.599 --> 00:41:04.900 That God has not abandoned us. 00:41:05.300 --> 00:41:06.579 The backdrop of that. 00:41:06.780 --> 00:41:08.599 Is the increasing evil. 00:41:08.599 --> 00:41:09.280 Of the world. 00:41:09.380 --> 00:41:10.539 That is bringing us to a point. 00:41:10.780 --> 00:41:12.300 Where God now regrets. 00:41:12.500 --> 00:41:13.599 Making the world. 00:41:13.960 --> 00:41:14.980 Where God looks at it. 00:41:15.019 --> 00:41:15.360 And he says. 00:41:15.559 --> 00:41:16.639 I will not allow. 00:41:16.920 --> 00:41:17.760 This creation. 00:41:17.760 --> 00:41:18.440 That I have made. 00:41:18.500 --> 00:41:20.740 To continue to destroy itself. 00:41:21.059 --> 00:41:23.019 In such a terrible way. 00:41:23.340 --> 00:41:24.800 But I will bring a judgment. 00:41:24.800 --> 00:41:25.519 On it. 00:41:30.460 --> 00:41:31.920 Just like us. 00:41:32.059 --> 00:41:33.039 Romans three. 00:41:33.139 --> 00:41:33.539 Where it says. 00:41:33.619 --> 00:41:34.639 That all have sinned. 00:41:34.720 --> 00:41:36.400 And fall short of the glory of God. 00:41:37.059 --> 00:41:38.720 And that the wages of sin. 00:41:38.800 --> 00:41:39.360 Is death. 00:41:41.360 --> 00:41:42.760 He says to the. 00:41:42.960 --> 00:41:43.880 Early world. 00:41:44.059 --> 00:41:45.260 I will bring this judgment. 00:41:45.260 --> 00:41:45.900 On it. 00:41:48.619 --> 00:41:49.800 And just like them. 00:41:49.940 --> 00:41:50.639 We need help. 00:41:50.840 --> 00:41:52.000 From beyond ourselves. 00:41:52.599 --> 00:41:53.699 To be saved. 00:41:53.780 --> 00:41:54.579 From this judgment. 00:41:54.579 --> 00:41:56.639 And where does that leave us. 00:41:57.599 --> 00:41:58.519 Well thankfully. 00:41:59.440 --> 00:42:00.679 We have verse eight. 00:42:00.940 --> 00:42:02.179 This is the final movement. 00:42:02.179 --> 00:42:02.779 In our. 00:42:03.319 --> 00:42:04.679 In our passage this morning. 00:42:04.819 --> 00:42:05.960 Look with me in verse eight. 00:42:07.679 --> 00:42:08.139 But. 00:42:08.880 --> 00:42:10.519 You almost have to look for the buts. 00:42:10.519 --> 00:42:11.099 In scripture. 00:42:11.599 --> 00:42:13.579 Because it's a really important word. 00:42:13.960 --> 00:42:14.759 But God. 00:42:15.139 --> 00:42:16.360 But so and so. 00:42:17.099 --> 00:42:18.639 These turning points. 00:42:19.239 --> 00:42:20.719 Are central. 00:42:21.400 --> 00:42:22.279 In the storyline. 00:42:23.059 --> 00:42:24.299 So though it looks as dark. 00:42:24.300 --> 00:42:25.200 As it can be. 00:42:25.580 --> 00:42:25.900 But. 00:42:26.700 --> 00:42:28.220 Noah found favor. 00:42:28.519 --> 00:42:29.500 In the eyes. 00:42:29.620 --> 00:42:30.280 Of the Lord. 00:42:35.120 --> 00:42:36.300 We've already seen him. 00:42:36.340 --> 00:42:37.320 At the end of chapter five. 00:42:37.380 --> 00:42:37.840 He's the one. 00:42:37.840 --> 00:42:38.860 Who's going to bring rest. 00:42:38.920 --> 00:42:39.320 And relief. 00:42:39.420 --> 00:42:39.960 He's the one. 00:42:40.080 --> 00:42:41.200 In the line of Seth. 00:42:41.500 --> 00:42:42.620 The line of promise. 00:42:42.780 --> 00:42:43.700 The line of hope. 00:42:44.080 --> 00:42:44.960 He's the one. 00:42:45.740 --> 00:42:46.180 Who. 00:42:46.440 --> 00:42:47.460 Who we hope. 00:42:47.600 --> 00:42:47.900 Will. 00:42:48.460 --> 00:42:49.260 Somehow break. 00:42:49.260 --> 00:42:50.420 This pattern of. 00:42:50.700 --> 00:42:51.400 He had. 00:42:51.580 --> 00:42:52.700 He had a child. 00:42:52.840 --> 00:42:53.720 And then he lived. 00:42:53.719 --> 00:42:54.639 And then he died. 00:42:55.199 --> 00:42:55.899 Isn't it interesting. 00:42:56.000 --> 00:42:57.139 The pattern of genealogy. 00:42:57.279 --> 00:42:57.579 We didn't. 00:42:57.699 --> 00:42:59.159 We don't learn about Noah's death. 00:42:59.379 --> 00:43:01.039 We actually have this suspension. 00:43:01.399 --> 00:43:03.299 Until the end of chapter nine. 00:43:03.299 --> 00:43:05.019 At the very end of chapter nine. 00:43:05.419 --> 00:43:05.899 It says. 00:43:06.119 --> 00:43:07.000 After the flood. 00:43:07.000 --> 00:43:08.679 Noah lived 350 years. 00:43:08.679 --> 00:43:10.159 And all the days of Noah. 00:43:10.159 --> 00:43:11.419 Were 950 years. 00:43:11.579 --> 00:43:12.179 And he died. 00:43:12.639 --> 00:43:14.339 And the author picks up that theme. 00:43:14.399 --> 00:43:14.739 And he says. 00:43:14.879 --> 00:43:16.199 Here's the end of the story. 00:43:16.199 --> 00:43:17.019 But in the meantime. 00:43:17.019 --> 00:43:18.939 There's this amazing act. 00:43:19.579 --> 00:43:22.219 Whereby God raises up a man. 00:43:22.859 --> 00:43:24.939 Who actually pleased him. 00:43:26.579 --> 00:43:29.859 A man upon whom God would look with favor. 00:43:30.359 --> 00:43:33.819 That there could be a righteous man. 00:43:33.819 --> 00:43:35.359 Who would stand in the gap. 00:43:35.419 --> 00:43:36.659 And who could be an instrument. 00:43:36.919 --> 00:43:38.779 Through which God would. 00:43:39.179 --> 00:43:41.019 Even in the midst of his judgment. 00:43:41.679 --> 00:43:43.259 Save his creation. 00:43:43.260 --> 00:43:44.400 And his people. 00:43:47.600 --> 00:43:49.340 Noah would obey God. 00:43:50.120 --> 00:43:51.620 When no one else would. 00:43:51.620 --> 00:43:52.760 And in doing so. 00:43:52.940 --> 00:43:54.520 Would be an instrument of his salvation. 00:43:55.440 --> 00:43:57.920 Noah would endure the flood. 00:43:58.040 --> 00:43:59.660 And go through the judgment. 00:43:59.840 --> 00:44:01.520 But be carried through it. 00:44:01.740 --> 00:44:04.060 Not destroyed by it. 00:44:07.140 --> 00:44:08.400 And yet we know. 00:44:08.580 --> 00:44:09.380 This is a preview. 00:44:09.640 --> 00:44:10.180 And a spoiler. 00:44:10.960 --> 00:44:13.200 That by the time you get to the end of Noah's. 00:44:13.199 --> 00:44:13.599 Life. 00:44:13.599 --> 00:44:14.719 He too. 00:44:14.919 --> 00:44:15.879 Needs a savior. 00:44:17.039 --> 00:44:18.199 He too. 00:44:19.159 --> 00:44:21.799 Is not the final promise. 00:44:22.659 --> 00:44:25.519 The final expression of God's saving work. 00:44:26.179 --> 00:44:26.719 But friends. 00:44:26.819 --> 00:44:27.579 This is Christ. 00:44:28.159 --> 00:44:29.419 Christ who will come. 00:44:30.219 --> 00:44:31.419 And go through the flood. 00:44:31.460 --> 00:44:33.159 Of God's judgment on sin. 00:44:33.219 --> 00:44:33.960 At the cross. 00:44:34.339 --> 00:44:35.239 Christ who will come. 00:44:35.299 --> 00:44:36.839 Bringing comfort to sinners. 00:44:37.519 --> 00:44:39.159 By being a refuge. 00:44:39.259 --> 00:44:40.739 Under whose righteousness. 00:44:41.159 --> 00:44:43.119 We as sinners may hide. 00:44:43.199 --> 00:44:44.199 And find rest. 00:44:44.199 --> 00:44:44.839 And find rest. 00:44:44.919 --> 00:44:46.439 From that judgment. 00:44:47.879 --> 00:44:48.879 We who. 00:44:49.279 --> 00:44:50.119 Under Christ. 00:44:50.259 --> 00:44:51.899 And with the new life that he brings. 00:44:52.019 --> 00:44:53.739 Will find rest from the evil. 00:44:54.079 --> 00:44:55.759 That rules in our hearts. 00:44:56.659 --> 00:44:57.980 In our salvation. 00:44:59.119 --> 00:45:01.239 He who will come to free us. 00:45:01.719 --> 00:45:03.279 From the power of the curse. 00:45:04.759 --> 00:45:06.779 And set us free to live. 00:45:06.780 --> 00:45:07.780 Friends. 00:45:09.780 --> 00:45:10.700 Friends. 00:45:10.840 --> 00:45:12.180 This is the thread of hope. 00:45:12.580 --> 00:45:14.740 This is the beacon of light in the darkness. 00:45:16.580 --> 00:45:19.540 And yet we know that it is a true. 00:45:20.380 --> 00:45:21.780 And good thing. 00:45:23.460 --> 00:45:26.280 That this passage in Genesis. 00:45:26.280 --> 00:45:29.500 With the promise. 00:45:29.500 --> 00:45:31.560 Of God's continuing goodness. 00:45:32.160 --> 00:45:33.880 The overwhelmingness. 00:45:34.820 --> 00:45:36.560 Of the sinfulness of humanity. 00:45:37.260 --> 00:45:39.519 And yet the pinprick of hope. 00:45:39.660 --> 00:45:40.340 In a savior. 00:45:40.880 --> 00:45:42.680 Who will come to deliver us. 00:45:44.760 --> 00:45:46.019 And isn't it sweet. 00:45:46.140 --> 00:45:47.340 That this little chapter. 00:45:48.680 --> 00:45:50.420 It almost seems like a throw away. 00:45:50.519 --> 00:45:52.160 In the build up of the whole thing. 00:45:52.159 --> 00:45:53.719 This little chapter. 00:45:54.399 --> 00:45:56.099 Tells us the whole story. 00:45:56.420 --> 00:45:57.259 Of creation. 00:45:57.519 --> 00:45:58.099 And fall. 00:45:58.299 --> 00:45:58.940 And redemption. 00:45:59.500 --> 00:46:02.480 And tells us about what God is doing in the world. 00:46:04.319 --> 00:46:06.679 People ask me why I believe in Christ. 00:46:07.019 --> 00:46:09.219 It's partly because I believe Jesus rose from the dead. 00:46:09.480 --> 00:46:10.559 That's a really good reason. 00:46:10.859 --> 00:46:13.519 But the other reason that I really believe in this. 00:46:14.719 --> 00:46:19.159 Is that because this story makes more sense of what I see. 00:46:19.159 --> 00:46:21.279 What I see in the world out there. 00:46:21.280 --> 00:46:23.360 And what I see in my own heart. 00:46:24.100 --> 00:46:26.780 That I am created in the image of God. 00:46:26.980 --> 00:46:29.120 But that I am a fallen sinner. 00:46:29.900 --> 00:46:31.780 And that apart from God's grace. 00:46:31.900 --> 00:46:33.960 My heart is evil always. 00:46:34.560 --> 00:46:35.080 Continually. 00:46:36.180 --> 00:46:37.760 And that I need a savior. 00:46:38.100 --> 00:46:39.980 And that God has provided one in Christ. 00:46:41.540 --> 00:46:42.060 Hallelujah. 00:46:42.900 --> 00:46:44.720 This is the good news of the gospel. 00:46:47.600 --> 00:46:48.360 Let's pray. 00:46:51.280 --> 00:46:58.760 Lord we are thankful to you this morning for this word. 00:46:58.900 --> 00:47:02.720 We pray that you will continue to apply it to our hearts. 00:47:03.440 --> 00:47:08.420 Lord we know that the depth of our sin is matched by the greatness of your love and mercy. 00:47:09.400 --> 00:47:12.200 And Lord may we know that now as we come to your table. 00:47:13.000 --> 00:47:14.460 We pray this in Jesus name. 00:47:15.080 --> 00:47:15.380 Amen. 00:47:15.380 --> 00:47:20.599 It is fitting that we would celebrate the Lord's Supper. 00:47:21.039 --> 00:47:25.960 Because this is where we come to celebrate his death on our behalf. 00:47:26.099 --> 00:47:28.180 To celebrate his resurrection from the dead. 00:47:28.380 --> 00:47:30.059 To defeat sin and death. 00:47:30.720 --> 00:47:34.140 This is where we come to see how great our sin is. 00:47:34.200 --> 00:47:39.440 That it would require the very life of the son of God to die for us. 00:47:39.440 --> 00:47:44.200 And yet we come to this table with both sobriety for that reason. 00:47:44.300 --> 00:47:45.720 But also with great joy. 00:47:46.019 --> 00:47:48.599 Because we have such a great savior. 00:47:49.880 --> 00:47:53.720 Because we have such a great rock in which we can... 00:47:53.719 --> 00:48:17.039 And we love to record it.