WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:01.480 Genesis 5. 00:00:03.960 --> 00:00:07.080 This is the book of generations of Adam. 00:00:08.279 --> 00:00:12.859 When God created man, he made him in the likeness of God. 00:00:13.740 --> 00:00:16.000 Male and female, he created them. 00:00:16.980 --> 00:00:21.920 And he blessed them and named them man when they were created. 00:00:23.800 --> 00:00:28.839 When Adam had lived 130 years, he fathered a son in his own likeness. 00:00:28.839 --> 00:00:32.840 After his image and named him Seth. 00:00:34.359 --> 00:00:42.539 The days of Adam after he fathered Seth were 800 years and he had other sons and daughters. 00:00:44.560 --> 00:00:51.420 Thus, all the days that Adam lived were 930 years and he died. 00:00:53.240 --> 00:00:58.159 When Seth had lived 105 years, he fathered Enosh. 00:00:58.840 --> 00:01:06.219 Seth lived after he fathered Enosh 807 years and had other sons and daughters. 00:01:07.560 --> 00:01:14.159 Thus, all the days of Seth were 912 years and he died. 00:01:14.159 --> 00:01:20.299 When Enosh had lived 90 years, he fathered Kenan. 00:01:21.519 --> 00:01:29.719 Enosh lived after he fathered Kenan 815 years and had other sons and daughters. 00:01:31.359 --> 00:01:38.000 Thus, all the days of Enosh were 905 years and he died. 00:01:38.000 --> 00:01:43.659 When Kenan had lived 70 years and he fathered Mahalalel. 00:01:44.719 --> 00:01:52.180 Kenan lived after he fathered Mahalalel 840 years and had other sons and daughters. 00:01:52.180 --> 00:01:54.180 Thus, all the days of Mahalalel. 00:01:54.180 --> 00:02:00.080 Thus, all the days of Kenan were 910 years and he died. 00:02:00.079 --> 00:02:14.139 When Mahalalel had lived 65 years and had other sons and daughters. 00:02:14.139 --> 00:02:22.500 Thus, all the days of Mahalalel were 895 years and he died. 00:02:22.500 --> 00:02:28.879 When Jared had lived 162 years and he fathered Enoch. 00:02:29.719 --> 00:02:35.900 Jared lived after he fathered Enoch 800 years and had other sons and daughters. 00:02:37.259 --> 00:02:44.500 Thus, all the days of Jared were 962 years and he died. 00:02:44.500 --> 00:02:51.400 When Enoch had lived 65 years, he fathered Methuselah. 00:02:52.120 --> 00:03:01.500 Enoch walked with God after he fathered Methuselah 300 years and had other sons and daughters. 00:03:03.180 --> 00:03:08.560 Thus, all the days of Enoch were 365 years. 00:03:08.560 --> 00:03:17.800 Enoch walked with God and he was not for God took him. 00:03:19.340 --> 00:03:24.580 When Methuselah had lived 187 years, he fathered Lamech. 00:03:25.800 --> 00:03:33.060 Methuselah lived after he fathered Lamech 782 years and had other sons and daughters. 00:03:33.060 --> 00:03:40.939 Thus, all the days of Methuselah were 969 years and he died. 00:03:42.280 --> 00:03:49.500 When Lamech had lived 182 years, he fathered a son and called his name Noah, saying, 00:03:50.460 --> 00:03:57.400 Out of the ground that the Lord has cursed, this one shall bring us relief from our work 00:03:57.400 --> 00:04:00.879 and from the painful toil of our hands. 00:04:00.879 --> 00:04:08.939 Lamech lived after he fathered Noah 595 years and had other sons and daughters. 00:04:10.560 --> 00:04:17.060 Thus, all the days of Lamech were 777 years and he died. 00:04:18.959 --> 00:04:25.240 After Noah was 500 years old, Noah fathered Shem, Ham and Japheth. 00:04:25.240 --> 00:04:32.639 When men began to multiply on the face of the land and daughters were born to them, 00:04:33.360 --> 00:04:36.879 the sons of God saw that the daughters of man were attractive 00:04:36.879 --> 00:04:42.220 and they took as their wives any they chose. 00:04:43.560 --> 00:04:44.780 Then the Lord said, 00:04:44.779 --> 00:04:58.619 The Nephilim were on the earth in those days and also afterward, 00:04:59.019 --> 00:05:04.099 when the sons of God came in to the daughters of man and they bore children to them. 00:05:05.259 --> 00:05:09.000 These were the mighty men who were of old, the men of renown. 00:05:09.000 --> 00:05:17.279 The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth 00:05:17.279 --> 00:05:26.740 and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. 00:05:26.740 --> 00:05:34.280 And the Lord regretted that he had made man on the earth and it grieved him to his heart. 00:05:35.280 --> 00:05:36.560 So the Lord said, 00:05:36.560 --> 00:05:42.639 I will blot out man whom I have created from the face of the land, 00:05:43.400 --> 00:05:47.319 man and animals and creeping things and birds of the heaven, 00:05:47.879 --> 00:05:52.420 for I am sorry that I have made them. 00:05:52.420 --> 00:06:01.879 But Noah found favour in the eyes of the Lord. 00:06:05.560 --> 00:06:06.360 Good morning. 00:06:07.120 --> 00:06:08.900 Just testing the sound. 00:06:09.040 --> 00:06:10.060 Yep, it sounds good. 00:06:12.720 --> 00:06:15.900 We are glad that Don was able to give the kids' talk. 00:06:16.160 --> 00:06:20.759 Actually, he was quite sick last week and he didn't know that it was on for the kids' talk. 00:06:21.319 --> 00:06:22.220 He did well, didn't he? 00:06:23.160 --> 00:06:25.879 Until the end, I thought I need to do resuscitation on him. 00:06:28.879 --> 00:06:32.400 Isn't it great that in the church we can joke about death 00:06:32.400 --> 00:06:38.080 because we can look at death and know that he has no power over us anymore. 00:06:39.020 --> 00:06:43.020 And today we are going to go through this passage in Genesis 00:06:43.020 --> 00:06:46.620 and hope that that will encourage us. 00:06:47.080 --> 00:06:48.460 Let us pray first before we go. 00:06:48.459 --> 00:06:57.079 Dear God, we are so thankful that you have delivered us from being enslaved to death 00:06:57.079 --> 00:07:03.199 and that we can look at life in a different way to live it for your own glory, 00:07:03.500 --> 00:07:04.639 not for our own glory. 00:07:04.879 --> 00:07:05.399 Thank you, Lord. 00:07:05.459 --> 00:07:07.620 May you teach us your way today. 00:07:07.620 --> 00:07:10.360 We ask this in Jesus' name. 00:07:11.139 --> 00:07:11.480 Amen. 00:07:15.480 --> 00:07:22.280 Hebrews 9.27 tells us that there's a point for men to die once 00:07:22.279 --> 00:07:24.419 and then comes judgment. 00:07:25.739 --> 00:07:28.579 And that's why everyone dies. 00:07:29.419 --> 00:07:30.719 Death is not even the end. 00:07:30.779 --> 00:07:31.839 There's judgment as well. 00:07:32.639 --> 00:07:35.539 So there's two things. 00:07:35.739 --> 00:07:38.279 There's both death and judgment that we are facing. 00:07:38.279 --> 00:07:44.059 We know that since the rebellion of Adam and Eve, 00:07:44.179 --> 00:07:47.279 then they were expelled from the Garden of Eden. 00:07:48.379 --> 00:07:54.759 Death is inevitable because we can't assess the tree of life 00:07:54.759 --> 00:07:57.559 and our body would die eventually, 00:07:58.219 --> 00:08:01.279 regardless of how long people would live on. 00:08:01.279 --> 00:08:05.599 Even then, we know that death is not natural. 00:08:06.119 --> 00:08:09.659 We have the sense that life should go on. 00:08:11.679 --> 00:08:13.719 About two weeks ago, 00:08:14.599 --> 00:08:17.299 when I looked at the Facebook posting, 00:08:17.299 --> 00:08:24.859 I was dismayed and surprised to find that a person called Mudan Takao died. 00:08:24.860 --> 00:08:30.759 I was following his wife's post. 00:08:30.960 --> 00:08:34.300 His wife, I mean, Leia and I knew about the wife, 00:08:34.519 --> 00:08:36.500 I knew a wife about 35 years ago 00:08:36.500 --> 00:08:40.800 when we were serving with Borneo Evangelical Mission 00:08:40.800 --> 00:08:45.019 with the literature part of it. 00:08:45.480 --> 00:08:47.539 And the wife of one of the board members. 00:08:48.860 --> 00:08:51.860 And so I've been friends with her 00:08:51.860 --> 00:08:57.080 and she's been posting about where they have been. 00:08:57.340 --> 00:09:00.440 They travel a lot, this Mudan Takao and the wife, 00:09:01.019 --> 00:09:03.980 because Mudan is a politician 00:09:03.980 --> 00:09:09.019 and he visited many places on behalf of the government. 00:09:09.960 --> 00:09:11.940 And he actually had a heart attack 00:09:11.940 --> 00:09:14.759 when he was overseas representing Malaysia. 00:09:15.580 --> 00:09:16.940 He didn't die straight away. 00:09:17.399 --> 00:09:18.960 He eventually came back to Malaysia 00:09:18.960 --> 00:09:21.060 and then he died a few days later. 00:09:21.059 --> 00:09:25.899 It was a shock to me 00:09:25.899 --> 00:09:30.319 because Mudan is a unique person. 00:09:30.539 --> 00:09:31.759 He is the Lung Bawang. 00:09:31.899 --> 00:09:33.679 Lung Bawang is one of the indigenous people 00:09:33.679 --> 00:09:35.339 in the state of Sarawak. 00:09:36.739 --> 00:09:38.759 And he's a very rare Christian 00:09:38.759 --> 00:09:41.679 in the parliament of Malaysia. 00:09:42.159 --> 00:09:44.779 He was recently elected as the president of the Senate. 00:09:44.779 --> 00:09:49.679 And he's done a lot for his people, 00:09:50.019 --> 00:09:51.759 both the whole Malaysian, 00:09:52.360 --> 00:09:54.379 and his people, the indigenous people, 00:09:54.879 --> 00:09:56.620 and the Christians as well. 00:09:58.079 --> 00:10:01.259 What is sad to me is that Mudan has got an older brother 00:10:01.259 --> 00:10:05.399 and the brother was also a politician. 00:10:05.720 --> 00:10:09.480 He was actually a doctor and then serving his people. 00:10:09.639 --> 00:10:12.860 And that brother also died 20 years ago 00:10:12.860 --> 00:10:17.939 in a helicopter accident when he was visiting a village 00:10:17.939 --> 00:10:19.360 on behalf of the government. 00:10:19.360 --> 00:10:21.580 So the father has got these two sons 00:10:21.580 --> 00:10:24.200 and both sons die in the service 00:10:24.200 --> 00:10:25.419 of the government. 00:10:27.200 --> 00:10:29.460 Some of you may have heard me saying 00:10:29.460 --> 00:10:30.539 about the Lung Bawang people. 00:10:31.080 --> 00:10:33.680 Lung Bawang people were considered 00:10:33.680 --> 00:10:36.620 the worst of the people in Malaysia 00:10:36.620 --> 00:10:37.779 about 100 years ago. 00:10:37.779 --> 00:10:39.699 The British rulers 00:10:39.699 --> 00:10:42.919 has given them up, 00:10:43.199 --> 00:10:44.639 leaving them to extinct 00:10:44.639 --> 00:10:47.000 because they were a people 00:10:47.000 --> 00:10:50.759 that is very superstitious, lazy, 00:10:51.699 --> 00:10:55.480 and they were drunk most of the time. 00:10:56.819 --> 00:10:58.699 Most of the children died anyway 00:10:58.699 --> 00:11:00.980 because they didn't get taken care of. 00:11:01.379 --> 00:11:02.759 And so the government was saying 00:11:02.759 --> 00:11:05.480 just let them be and let them extinct. 00:11:05.480 --> 00:11:10.019 But Borneo Evangelical Mission went in 00:11:10.019 --> 00:11:13.000 and in a few short years, 00:11:13.740 --> 00:11:16.120 the whole tribe became Christian 00:11:16.120 --> 00:11:21.100 and they became the most successful people 00:11:21.100 --> 00:11:22.960 or tribes in Malaysia. 00:11:23.920 --> 00:11:27.039 And Mudan and his brother Jackson, 00:11:28.220 --> 00:11:29.620 their testimony for that, 00:11:29.740 --> 00:11:30.899 they were highly educated 00:11:30.899 --> 00:11:38.419 and they became the leaders 00:11:38.419 --> 00:11:39.159 in the government 00:11:39.159 --> 00:11:41.659 and in the church as well. 00:11:43.059 --> 00:11:46.939 But hearing about their death, 00:11:47.179 --> 00:11:48.240 I have this sense, 00:11:48.299 --> 00:11:49.500 I think you can sense that 00:11:49.500 --> 00:11:52.220 these people shouldn't die. 00:11:52.220 --> 00:11:55.200 that there's a sense that 00:11:55.200 --> 00:11:57.680 at least good people 00:11:57.680 --> 00:11:59.160 shouldn't die 00:11:59.160 --> 00:12:00.360 and that should not be 00:12:00.360 --> 00:12:02.540 the end of these things. 00:12:02.899 --> 00:12:03.899 And as you look at 00:12:03.899 --> 00:12:05.460 chapter 5 of Genesis, 00:12:06.100 --> 00:12:07.540 that is what it's saying. 00:12:08.279 --> 00:12:09.700 These people in chapter 5, 00:12:09.759 --> 00:12:10.100 at least, 00:12:11.060 --> 00:12:12.100 they shouldn't die. 00:12:12.379 --> 00:12:12.600 I mean, 00:12:12.940 --> 00:12:14.720 they still die. 00:12:14.720 --> 00:12:19.820 in chapter 5, 00:12:20.100 --> 00:12:21.680 it's a genealogy of 00:12:21.680 --> 00:12:23.740 the descendants of Seth. 00:12:25.160 --> 00:12:29.019 And we only see the record 00:12:29.019 --> 00:12:30.420 of their birth 00:12:30.420 --> 00:12:31.180 when their father 00:12:31.180 --> 00:12:32.660 gives birth to them 00:12:32.660 --> 00:12:34.360 and then they die 00:12:34.360 --> 00:12:36.420 or who they get birth to. 00:12:36.560 --> 00:12:37.000 That's all. 00:12:38.139 --> 00:12:39.620 Compared to chapter 4, 00:12:40.000 --> 00:12:40.759 when we look at 00:12:40.759 --> 00:12:42.740 the descendants of Cain, 00:12:42.740 --> 00:12:44.620 you can see that 00:12:44.620 --> 00:12:45.940 they talk about 00:12:45.940 --> 00:12:47.120 the achievements 00:12:47.120 --> 00:12:50.120 like Jabba was 00:12:50.120 --> 00:12:52.220 the father of all those 00:12:52.220 --> 00:12:53.980 who have livestock 00:12:53.980 --> 00:12:56.620 or livestock farming. 00:12:57.639 --> 00:12:59.259 Juba was the father 00:12:59.259 --> 00:12:59.980 of musicians. 00:13:01.460 --> 00:13:02.700 Tubacan was the father 00:13:02.700 --> 00:13:04.159 of blacksmiths. 00:13:04.159 --> 00:13:06.879 And about all their achievements 00:13:06.879 --> 00:13:08.139 and their characters, 00:13:08.519 --> 00:13:09.080 a bit about 00:13:09.080 --> 00:13:12.519 Namek's anger 00:13:12.519 --> 00:13:13.779 in killing someone. 00:13:14.600 --> 00:13:16.100 But there's no mention 00:13:16.100 --> 00:13:16.899 about their death. 00:13:18.679 --> 00:13:20.659 Why is such a difference 00:13:20.659 --> 00:13:22.740 between these two lines? 00:13:24.460 --> 00:13:24.899 You see, 00:13:25.259 --> 00:13:27.000 the descendants of Cain, 00:13:28.039 --> 00:13:28.720 first of all, 00:13:29.000 --> 00:13:29.980 to mention that 00:13:29.980 --> 00:13:31.259 there are two Namek's 00:13:31.259 --> 00:13:33.319 in each side 00:13:33.319 --> 00:13:34.960 and then two Enoch's as well, 00:13:35.059 --> 00:13:36.039 so don't get mixed up 00:13:36.039 --> 00:13:36.699 on this. 00:13:37.360 --> 00:13:38.579 So descendants of Cain, 00:13:38.580 --> 00:13:42.120 the people who 00:13:42.120 --> 00:13:44.560 live for their own dreams, 00:13:45.340 --> 00:13:46.379 for their own kingdoms, 00:13:47.320 --> 00:13:50.820 that's why they are 00:13:50.820 --> 00:13:53.360 quite industrious, 00:13:53.940 --> 00:13:55.400 and they invent things, 00:13:55.840 --> 00:13:57.720 they want to improve life. 00:13:57.860 --> 00:13:59.200 And they are not bad things, 00:13:59.980 --> 00:14:02.340 but at the same time, 00:14:03.240 --> 00:14:06.180 they do not believe in God, 00:14:06.179 --> 00:14:07.039 and so they do 00:14:07.039 --> 00:14:07.919 their own things, 00:14:08.000 --> 00:14:08.859 they can kill people 00:14:08.859 --> 00:14:10.459 to achieve what they want, 00:14:10.979 --> 00:14:12.399 and so there is no 00:14:12.399 --> 00:14:15.099 morality in that sense 00:14:15.099 --> 00:14:15.739 to follow. 00:14:16.319 --> 00:14:18.079 And these are the people 00:14:18.079 --> 00:14:19.399 of the world. 00:14:20.819 --> 00:14:21.779 I suppose they will 00:14:21.779 --> 00:14:22.839 fear death themselves, 00:14:23.339 --> 00:14:24.659 and they will invent things 00:14:24.659 --> 00:14:25.859 to prolong their life, 00:14:26.639 --> 00:14:27.620 and I won't be surprised 00:14:27.620 --> 00:14:28.759 if there's no death 00:14:28.759 --> 00:14:30.199 in that tribe 00:14:30.199 --> 00:14:32.039 until the flood comes in. 00:14:32.120 --> 00:14:32.479 Maybe, 00:14:32.480 --> 00:14:33.139 I'm not sure, 00:14:33.279 --> 00:14:35.360 but in any case, 00:14:35.720 --> 00:14:36.440 their death is not 00:14:36.440 --> 00:14:37.180 relevant to us, 00:14:37.240 --> 00:14:37.759 and that's why 00:14:37.759 --> 00:14:39.120 it's not mentioned. 00:14:40.779 --> 00:14:42.240 But unlike in chapter 5, 00:14:42.300 --> 00:14:42.980 when they come to 00:14:42.980 --> 00:14:44.360 the descendants of Seth, 00:14:44.980 --> 00:14:46.340 their deaths are mentioned, 00:14:46.500 --> 00:14:46.980 and that's why 00:14:46.980 --> 00:14:48.259 it's sort of been 00:14:48.259 --> 00:14:50.080 precious in God's eye 00:14:50.080 --> 00:14:52.000 in that. 00:14:52.779 --> 00:14:53.920 Seth is born 00:14:53.920 --> 00:14:55.320 in the image of Adam, 00:14:55.960 --> 00:14:58.300 and Adam was made 00:14:58.300 --> 00:14:59.279 in the image of God. 00:15:00.480 --> 00:15:01.560 So there is a 00:15:01.559 --> 00:15:02.239 real difference. 00:15:04.839 --> 00:15:05.619 Adam has been made 00:15:05.619 --> 00:15:06.639 in the image of God, 00:15:06.859 --> 00:15:08.239 but he damaged 00:15:08.239 --> 00:15:08.859 that image 00:15:08.859 --> 00:15:09.919 in his rebellion 00:15:09.919 --> 00:15:10.719 against God, 00:15:12.079 --> 00:15:13.819 and Seth was born 00:15:13.819 --> 00:15:14.719 in the image of Adam, 00:15:14.859 --> 00:15:16.399 so he inherited 00:15:16.399 --> 00:15:18.099 whatever Adam has. 00:15:18.479 --> 00:15:20.099 So how did Adam, 00:15:20.339 --> 00:15:22.259 what's the relationship 00:15:22.259 --> 00:15:23.739 between Adam and God 00:15:23.739 --> 00:15:26.039 after he sinned against God? 00:15:26.039 --> 00:15:29.099 we, 00:15:29.419 --> 00:15:30.919 when we come to 00:15:30.919 --> 00:15:32.319 the New Testament, 00:15:32.799 --> 00:15:35.379 Luke chapter 4, 00:15:35.819 --> 00:15:36.539 chapter 3, 00:15:36.980 --> 00:15:37.980 verse 38, 00:15:38.439 --> 00:15:39.039 we talk about 00:15:39.039 --> 00:15:39.860 the genealogy, 00:15:41.000 --> 00:15:41.899 and it's mentioned 00:15:41.899 --> 00:15:43.219 Adam, 00:15:43.980 --> 00:15:45.000 the son of God. 00:15:46.399 --> 00:15:48.039 So despite the fact 00:15:48.039 --> 00:15:48.579 that Adam 00:15:48.579 --> 00:15:49.480 sinned against God, 00:15:49.799 --> 00:15:50.319 Adam was 00:15:50.319 --> 00:15:51.500 considered 00:15:51.500 --> 00:15:52.819 as the son 00:15:52.819 --> 00:15:53.819 of God. 00:15:53.820 --> 00:15:56.480 and from there, 00:15:56.640 --> 00:15:57.800 we can say 00:15:57.800 --> 00:15:58.200 that 00:15:58.200 --> 00:15:59.480 Seth 00:15:59.480 --> 00:16:00.300 is also 00:16:00.300 --> 00:16:01.120 considered 00:16:01.120 --> 00:16:02.060 as a son 00:16:02.060 --> 00:16:02.860 of God 00:16:02.860 --> 00:16:03.460 because he 00:16:03.460 --> 00:16:04.320 inherited 00:16:04.320 --> 00:16:05.980 Adam's image. 00:16:06.700 --> 00:16:07.340 And so 00:16:07.340 --> 00:16:08.560 that line, 00:16:08.800 --> 00:16:09.640 the firstborn 00:16:09.640 --> 00:16:10.280 son 00:16:10.280 --> 00:16:11.700 of 00:16:11.700 --> 00:16:13.400 Seth's descendants 00:16:13.400 --> 00:16:14.960 all inherited 00:16:14.960 --> 00:16:15.440 that 00:16:15.440 --> 00:16:17.280 image of 00:16:17.280 --> 00:16:17.820 Adam, 00:16:18.340 --> 00:16:19.600 and we can say 00:16:19.600 --> 00:16:20.180 that they are 00:16:20.180 --> 00:16:21.860 the sons of God, 00:16:21.860 --> 00:16:22.880 the children of God, 00:16:22.879 --> 00:16:24.419 and that is 00:16:24.419 --> 00:16:25.019 a relational 00:16:25.019 --> 00:16:26.740 term that is 00:16:26.740 --> 00:16:28.379 God relate to them 00:16:28.379 --> 00:16:29.620 as their father. 00:16:30.740 --> 00:16:31.639 And that's why 00:16:31.639 --> 00:16:33.279 the achievement 00:16:33.279 --> 00:16:33.960 in life 00:16:33.960 --> 00:16:35.000 is not that important. 00:16:35.500 --> 00:16:35.860 It's not 00:16:35.860 --> 00:16:36.439 recorded 00:16:36.439 --> 00:16:39.059 because 00:16:39.059 --> 00:16:40.659 what is important 00:16:40.659 --> 00:16:41.299 is how 00:16:41.299 --> 00:16:42.080 they relate 00:16:42.080 --> 00:16:42.659 to God. 00:16:44.659 --> 00:16:45.700 We can 00:16:45.700 --> 00:16:46.419 think about 00:16:46.419 --> 00:16:46.759 that 00:16:46.759 --> 00:16:47.720 when we 00:16:47.720 --> 00:16:49.679 do die, 00:16:50.539 --> 00:16:51.100 how would 00:16:51.100 --> 00:16:51.700 we want 00:16:51.700 --> 00:16:52.200 people to 00:16:52.200 --> 00:16:53.040 remember us. 00:16:54.660 --> 00:16:55.180 I suppose 00:16:55.180 --> 00:16:55.840 most people 00:16:55.840 --> 00:16:56.379 would want 00:16:56.379 --> 00:16:57.480 people to 00:16:57.480 --> 00:16:57.780 remember 00:16:57.780 --> 00:16:58.200 our 00:16:58.200 --> 00:16:58.720 achievements, 00:16:59.720 --> 00:17:00.640 what we 00:17:00.640 --> 00:17:01.180 have done. 00:17:02.480 --> 00:17:02.940 Consider 00:17:02.940 --> 00:17:04.019 the Apostle 00:17:04.019 --> 00:17:04.460 John, 00:17:05.100 --> 00:17:05.799 when the 00:17:05.799 --> 00:17:06.080 Apostle 00:17:06.080 --> 00:17:06.700 John dies, 00:17:06.779 --> 00:17:07.420 if you ask 00:17:07.420 --> 00:17:08.500 him what 00:17:08.500 --> 00:17:08.960 he would 00:17:08.960 --> 00:17:09.500 like to 00:17:09.500 --> 00:17:10.000 remember 00:17:10.000 --> 00:17:10.380 as, 00:17:11.380 --> 00:17:12.299 I don't 00:17:12.299 --> 00:17:12.580 think he 00:17:12.580 --> 00:17:13.279 would like 00:17:13.279 --> 00:17:14.019 to remember 00:17:14.019 --> 00:17:14.880 as someone 00:17:14.880 --> 00:17:15.380 who has 00:17:15.380 --> 00:17:16.880 the Apostle 00:17:16.880 --> 00:17:17.080 who had 00:17:17.080 --> 00:17:17.940 written the 00:17:17.940 --> 00:17:18.480 book of 00:17:18.480 --> 00:17:18.980 John, 00:17:18.980 --> 00:17:19.779 or the 00:17:19.779 --> 00:17:20.339 Epistles 00:17:20.339 --> 00:17:22.039 or Revelation 00:17:22.039 --> 00:17:23.680 or started 00:17:23.680 --> 00:17:24.519 whatever church, 00:17:25.019 --> 00:17:25.860 I would 00:17:25.860 --> 00:17:26.420 think from 00:17:26.420 --> 00:17:27.140 his writing 00:17:27.140 --> 00:17:27.660 he would 00:17:27.660 --> 00:17:28.039 want to 00:17:28.039 --> 00:17:28.779 remember us 00:17:28.779 --> 00:17:29.900 the disciple 00:17:29.900 --> 00:17:30.900 who was 00:17:30.900 --> 00:17:31.779 loved by 00:17:31.779 --> 00:17:32.220 Jesus 00:17:32.220 --> 00:17:33.799 because that's 00:17:33.799 --> 00:17:34.059 why he 00:17:34.059 --> 00:17:34.680 called himself. 00:17:35.620 --> 00:17:35.960 And that's 00:17:35.960 --> 00:17:36.319 enough. 00:17:36.599 --> 00:17:37.140 That's enough. 00:17:37.860 --> 00:17:38.299 That's more 00:17:38.299 --> 00:17:38.819 than enough. 00:17:39.480 --> 00:17:40.019 It doesn't 00:17:40.019 --> 00:17:40.779 matter what 00:17:40.779 --> 00:17:42.079 you and I 00:17:42.079 --> 00:17:42.680 have done 00:17:42.680 --> 00:17:44.319 in life 00:17:44.319 --> 00:17:45.179 if we 00:17:45.179 --> 00:17:45.519 are loved 00:17:45.519 --> 00:17:45.839 by the 00:17:45.839 --> 00:17:46.279 Lord Jesus 00:17:46.279 --> 00:17:46.839 Christ 00:17:46.839 --> 00:17:47.639 and we 00:17:47.639 --> 00:17:48.099 are relating 00:17:48.099 --> 00:17:48.659 to God 00:17:48.659 --> 00:17:49.220 as he 00:17:49.220 --> 00:17:49.759 is our 00:17:49.759 --> 00:17:50.299 father. 00:17:53.619 --> 00:17:54.539 But still, 00:17:55.059 --> 00:17:55.679 they die. 00:17:56.379 --> 00:17:57.359 And the 00:17:57.359 --> 00:17:58.159 fact that 00:17:58.159 --> 00:17:58.519 the death 00:17:58.519 --> 00:17:59.079 is written 00:17:59.079 --> 00:17:59.659 in there, 00:17:59.839 --> 00:18:00.480 it means 00:18:00.480 --> 00:18:01.079 that the 00:18:01.079 --> 00:18:01.960 author of 00:18:01.960 --> 00:18:03.019 Genesis 00:18:03.019 --> 00:18:03.899 is saying 00:18:03.899 --> 00:18:04.279 that no, 00:18:04.359 --> 00:18:04.759 they shouldn't 00:18:04.759 --> 00:18:05.039 die. 00:18:05.480 --> 00:18:05.779 They are 00:18:05.779 --> 00:18:06.059 God's 00:18:06.059 --> 00:18:06.379 people. 00:18:06.500 --> 00:18:06.859 Why should 00:18:06.859 --> 00:18:07.619 they die? 00:18:11.059 --> 00:18:11.919 And we 00:18:11.919 --> 00:18:13.679 also can 00:18:13.680 --> 00:18:14.320 go back 00:18:14.320 --> 00:18:15.480 to chapter 00:18:15.480 --> 00:18:15.980 3, 00:18:16.120 --> 00:18:16.720 verse 15 00:18:16.720 --> 00:18:17.880 when God 00:18:17.880 --> 00:18:18.980 sort of 00:18:18.980 --> 00:18:19.519 promised 00:18:19.519 --> 00:18:20.420 that there 00:18:20.420 --> 00:18:21.160 would be 00:18:21.160 --> 00:18:22.380 someone who 00:18:22.380 --> 00:18:22.900 would come 00:18:22.900 --> 00:18:23.380 who was born 00:18:23.380 --> 00:18:24.120 of the woman 00:18:24.120 --> 00:18:24.940 who would 00:18:24.940 --> 00:18:26.080 crush the 00:18:26.080 --> 00:18:26.580 servant's 00:18:26.580 --> 00:18:26.860 head. 00:18:27.400 --> 00:18:27.940 That means 00:18:27.940 --> 00:18:28.900 to reverse 00:18:28.900 --> 00:18:30.259 the curse 00:18:30.259 --> 00:18:30.779 that God 00:18:30.779 --> 00:18:32.299 has put 00:18:32.299 --> 00:18:33.240 on this 00:18:33.240 --> 00:18:33.560 world. 00:18:34.560 --> 00:18:35.039 And we 00:18:35.039 --> 00:18:37.299 see that 00:18:37.299 --> 00:18:38.420 in the 00:18:38.420 --> 00:18:39.539 line of 00:18:39.539 --> 00:18:39.940 Seth, 00:18:40.279 --> 00:18:40.580 people, 00:18:40.820 --> 00:18:41.220 they are 00:18:41.220 --> 00:18:41.700 waiting for 00:18:41.700 --> 00:18:42.680 this person. 00:18:43.680 --> 00:18:44.759 to come. 00:18:46.500 --> 00:18:47.500 But Adam, 00:18:47.700 --> 00:18:48.200 after living 00:18:48.200 --> 00:18:50.259 930 years, 00:18:50.420 --> 00:18:51.039 he dies. 00:18:52.560 --> 00:18:53.039 Seth, 00:18:53.180 --> 00:18:54.340 912 years, 00:18:54.420 --> 00:18:54.680 and he 00:18:54.680 --> 00:18:55.100 dies. 00:18:56.640 --> 00:18:57.100 Enosh, 00:18:57.299 --> 00:18:58.320 905 years, 00:18:58.420 --> 00:18:58.740 and he 00:18:58.740 --> 00:18:59.019 dies. 00:18:59.120 --> 00:18:59.360 And it 00:18:59.360 --> 00:19:00.259 keeps going 00:19:00.259 --> 00:19:01.460 on until 00:19:01.460 --> 00:19:02.299 the seventh 00:19:02.299 --> 00:19:03.400 generation when 00:19:03.400 --> 00:19:05.759 Enosh came 00:19:05.759 --> 00:19:06.100 along. 00:19:06.240 --> 00:19:06.840 And that is 00:19:06.840 --> 00:19:07.660 a change 00:19:07.660 --> 00:19:09.240 in that. 00:19:09.440 --> 00:19:10.080 Enosh, 00:19:10.640 --> 00:19:11.120 what we've 00:19:11.120 --> 00:19:11.320 got, 00:19:11.420 --> 00:19:12.240 300 years, 00:19:12.240 --> 00:19:14.559 then he 00:19:14.559 --> 00:19:15.120 was not. 00:19:15.319 --> 00:19:15.740 God has 00:19:15.740 --> 00:19:16.460 taken him. 00:19:17.200 --> 00:19:17.819 So was 00:19:17.819 --> 00:19:18.400 Enosh the 00:19:18.400 --> 00:19:19.059 person who 00:19:19.059 --> 00:19:19.319 was going 00:19:19.319 --> 00:19:19.900 to reverse 00:19:19.900 --> 00:19:20.880 this death? 00:19:21.740 --> 00:19:22.599 Was he 00:19:22.599 --> 00:19:24.180 good enough 00:19:24.180 --> 00:19:25.480 to do that? 00:19:26.160 --> 00:19:26.740 You know that, 00:19:26.900 --> 00:19:27.220 no, he 00:19:27.220 --> 00:19:27.660 wasn't. 00:19:27.880 --> 00:19:28.500 God took 00:19:28.500 --> 00:19:29.120 him, but 00:19:29.120 --> 00:19:30.500 the future 00:19:30.500 --> 00:19:31.140 generation, 00:19:31.539 --> 00:19:31.880 they also 00:19:31.880 --> 00:19:32.380 died. 00:19:33.480 --> 00:19:34.460 Why wasn't 00:19:34.460 --> 00:19:34.940 Enosh 00:19:34.940 --> 00:19:36.019 sufficient? 00:19:36.019 --> 00:19:38.039 I think 00:19:38.039 --> 00:19:38.619 at least 00:19:38.619 --> 00:19:38.819 there are 00:19:38.819 --> 00:19:39.420 two things. 00:19:39.980 --> 00:19:40.460 First of 00:19:40.460 --> 00:19:40.619 all, 00:19:40.700 --> 00:19:41.220 Enosh was 00:19:41.220 --> 00:19:41.779 born in 00:19:41.779 --> 00:19:42.160 the image 00:19:42.160 --> 00:19:43.339 of Adam 00:19:43.339 --> 00:19:43.920 as well. 00:19:44.779 --> 00:19:45.160 And so 00:19:45.160 --> 00:19:46.519 he already 00:19:46.519 --> 00:19:47.099 inherited 00:19:47.099 --> 00:19:47.859 Adam's 00:19:47.859 --> 00:19:48.220 sinful 00:19:48.220 --> 00:19:48.720 nature. 00:19:49.480 --> 00:19:49.900 And so 00:19:49.900 --> 00:19:50.639 he's not 00:19:50.639 --> 00:19:52.099 qualified to 00:19:52.099 --> 00:19:52.539 do that. 00:19:52.700 --> 00:19:52.859 And he 00:19:52.859 --> 00:19:54.099 walked with 00:19:54.099 --> 00:19:54.519 God only 00:19:54.519 --> 00:19:55.039 after his 00:19:55.039 --> 00:19:55.539 son was 00:19:55.539 --> 00:19:56.160 born at 00:19:56.160 --> 00:19:56.980 65 years 00:19:56.980 --> 00:19:57.220 old. 00:19:58.960 --> 00:20:00.019 The second 00:20:00.019 --> 00:20:00.559 reason is 00:20:00.559 --> 00:20:01.839 that Enosh, 00:20:02.599 --> 00:20:03.359 paradoxically, 00:20:03.900 --> 00:20:04.619 because Enosh 00:20:04.619 --> 00:20:05.319 didn't die, 00:20:06.139 --> 00:20:06.719 so he 00:20:06.719 --> 00:20:07.119 couldn't be 00:20:07.119 --> 00:20:07.559 the person 00:20:07.559 --> 00:20:08.299 who reversed 00:20:08.299 --> 00:20:08.859 the curse. 00:20:11.279 --> 00:20:12.059 The person 00:20:12.059 --> 00:20:12.579 who can 00:20:12.579 --> 00:20:13.139 reverse the 00:20:13.139 --> 00:20:13.539 curse is 00:20:13.539 --> 00:20:13.839 the one 00:20:13.839 --> 00:20:14.259 who needs 00:20:14.259 --> 00:20:14.779 to die. 00:20:16.319 --> 00:20:17.419 But from 00:20:17.419 --> 00:20:17.779 the story 00:20:17.779 --> 00:20:18.299 of Enosh, 00:20:19.119 --> 00:20:19.799 this gives 00:20:19.799 --> 00:20:20.339 us hope 00:20:20.339 --> 00:20:21.899 that death 00:20:21.899 --> 00:20:22.699 is not 00:20:22.699 --> 00:20:23.219 necessarily 00:20:23.219 --> 00:20:23.919 inevitable. 00:20:24.579 --> 00:20:25.000 There's at 00:20:25.000 --> 00:20:25.559 least this 00:20:25.559 --> 00:20:27.719 person who 00:20:27.719 --> 00:20:28.339 didn't die. 00:20:30.179 --> 00:20:30.959 In actual 00:20:30.959 --> 00:20:31.299 fact, 00:20:31.539 --> 00:20:32.079 think about 00:20:32.079 --> 00:20:32.299 it, 00:20:32.559 --> 00:20:32.959 when we 00:20:32.959 --> 00:20:33.679 said, 00:20:33.680 --> 00:20:34.940 Enosh 00:20:34.940 --> 00:20:35.620 walked with 00:20:35.620 --> 00:20:36.160 God 300 00:20:36.160 --> 00:20:36.740 years, 00:20:37.160 --> 00:20:37.759 what does 00:20:37.759 --> 00:20:38.180 that mean 00:20:38.180 --> 00:20:38.740 to walk 00:20:38.740 --> 00:20:39.560 with God? 00:20:40.080 --> 00:20:40.539 Actually, 00:20:40.720 --> 00:20:41.600 Enosh did 00:20:41.600 --> 00:20:43.220 die symbolically 00:20:43.220 --> 00:20:44.420 because he 00:20:44.420 --> 00:20:44.820 died to 00:20:44.820 --> 00:20:45.320 himself. 00:20:45.799 --> 00:20:46.299 If we 00:20:46.299 --> 00:20:46.620 want to 00:20:46.620 --> 00:20:46.960 walk with 00:20:46.960 --> 00:20:47.299 God, 00:20:48.000 --> 00:20:48.360 we need 00:20:48.360 --> 00:20:48.660 to die 00:20:48.660 --> 00:20:49.299 to ourselves. 00:20:50.160 --> 00:20:50.500 It's no 00:20:50.500 --> 00:20:51.000 longer I 00:20:51.000 --> 00:20:51.460 who live, 00:20:52.000 --> 00:20:52.539 but Christ 00:20:52.539 --> 00:20:52.980 who live 00:20:52.980 --> 00:20:53.660 in me. 00:20:54.560 --> 00:20:55.220 And Enosh 00:20:55.220 --> 00:20:55.680 in that 00:20:55.680 --> 00:20:57.440 way did 00:20:57.440 --> 00:20:59.440 die and 00:20:59.440 --> 00:21:00.320 live for 00:21:00.320 --> 00:21:00.640 God. 00:21:01.120 --> 00:21:01.600 But he 00:21:01.600 --> 00:21:02.240 died happily 00:21:02.240 --> 00:21:02.640 in that 00:21:02.640 --> 00:21:03.200 way because 00:21:03.200 --> 00:21:03.640 he was 00:21:03.640 --> 00:21:04.039 attracted 00:21:04.039 --> 00:21:04.600 by God 00:21:04.600 --> 00:21:05.220 and not 00:21:05.220 --> 00:21:06.059 been forced 00:21:06.059 --> 00:21:06.600 into it. 00:21:07.240 --> 00:21:08.019 He did 00:21:08.019 --> 00:21:08.860 that joyfully. 00:21:09.240 --> 00:21:09.600 So there's 00:21:09.600 --> 00:21:10.059 Enosh and 00:21:10.059 --> 00:21:10.500 then three 00:21:10.500 --> 00:21:11.059 generations 00:21:11.059 --> 00:21:11.620 later, 00:21:12.660 --> 00:21:13.400 we come 00:21:13.400 --> 00:21:13.840 to another 00:21:13.840 --> 00:21:14.220 break. 00:21:14.580 --> 00:21:14.960 There is 00:21:14.960 --> 00:21:15.460 Noah. 00:21:16.360 --> 00:21:16.960 Noah, 00:21:17.360 --> 00:21:17.640 when 00:21:17.640 --> 00:21:18.279 Namek 00:21:18.279 --> 00:21:19.500 fathered him, 00:21:19.840 --> 00:21:20.240 Namek 00:21:20.240 --> 00:21:21.100 said that, 00:21:22.559 --> 00:21:24.000 I'll call 00:21:24.000 --> 00:21:24.460 him Noah, 00:21:25.480 --> 00:21:25.900 hopefully, 00:21:26.360 --> 00:21:26.700 he said, 00:21:27.340 --> 00:21:28.059 out of this 00:21:28.059 --> 00:21:28.640 land that 00:21:28.640 --> 00:21:28.940 the Lord 00:21:28.940 --> 00:21:29.559 has cursed, 00:21:30.160 --> 00:21:30.819 this one 00:21:30.819 --> 00:21:31.859 shall bring 00:21:31.859 --> 00:21:33.119 us relief 00:21:33.119 --> 00:21:34.679 from our 00:21:34.679 --> 00:21:35.500 work and 00:21:35.500 --> 00:21:36.240 the painful 00:21:36.240 --> 00:21:37.220 toys of 00:21:37.220 --> 00:21:38.000 our hands. 00:21:39.200 --> 00:21:39.980 Namek's 00:21:39.980 --> 00:21:41.639 prediction 00:21:41.639 --> 00:21:42.859 tells us 00:21:42.859 --> 00:21:43.740 that these 00:21:43.740 --> 00:21:44.139 people, 00:21:44.259 --> 00:21:44.500 they've been 00:21:44.500 --> 00:21:45.159 waiting for 00:21:45.159 --> 00:21:45.559 this someone 00:21:45.559 --> 00:21:46.139 to come. 00:21:46.419 --> 00:21:46.579 He said, 00:21:47.000 --> 00:21:47.339 finally, 00:21:47.539 --> 00:21:47.919 this one 00:21:47.919 --> 00:21:48.240 should be 00:21:48.240 --> 00:21:48.579 the one. 00:21:49.960 --> 00:21:50.259 And 00:21:50.259 --> 00:21:51.659 also, 00:21:52.379 --> 00:21:53.159 what has 00:21:53.159 --> 00:21:53.720 been troubling 00:21:53.720 --> 00:21:55.179 them is 00:21:55.179 --> 00:21:55.700 the work 00:21:55.700 --> 00:21:56.000 of their 00:21:56.000 --> 00:21:56.380 hands, 00:21:56.500 --> 00:21:56.880 the painful 00:21:56.880 --> 00:21:58.539 toys. 00:21:59.819 --> 00:22:00.299 It's 00:22:00.299 --> 00:22:01.420 painful to 00:22:01.420 --> 00:22:02.440 work because 00:22:02.440 --> 00:22:03.420 it takes a 00:22:03.420 --> 00:22:03.860 lot of 00:22:03.860 --> 00:22:04.940 effort to 00:22:04.940 --> 00:22:05.440 get any 00:22:05.440 --> 00:22:07.319 return from 00:22:07.319 --> 00:22:07.799 the land. 00:22:08.319 --> 00:22:08.779 Not only 00:22:08.779 --> 00:22:09.100 that, 00:22:09.420 --> 00:22:09.779 in the 00:22:09.779 --> 00:22:10.059 world, 00:22:10.319 --> 00:22:11.120 in that 00:22:11.120 --> 00:22:11.519 time, 00:22:12.019 --> 00:22:12.340 I think 00:22:12.340 --> 00:22:12.580 there were 00:22:12.580 --> 00:22:12.980 a lot of 00:22:12.980 --> 00:22:13.519 restlessness. 00:22:14.100 --> 00:22:14.519 Even if 00:22:14.519 --> 00:22:14.799 you get 00:22:14.799 --> 00:22:15.319 some return 00:22:15.319 --> 00:22:15.680 from the 00:22:15.680 --> 00:22:15.980 land, 00:22:16.539 --> 00:22:16.779 somebody 00:22:16.779 --> 00:22:17.200 else will 00:22:17.200 --> 00:22:17.500 come and 00:22:17.500 --> 00:22:18.920 rob it 00:22:18.920 --> 00:22:19.460 from you. 00:22:20.220 --> 00:22:20.700 It's a 00:22:20.700 --> 00:22:21.180 lot of 00:22:21.180 --> 00:22:22.700 fighting, 00:22:22.980 --> 00:22:23.460 competition, 00:22:23.900 --> 00:22:24.980 quarrels in 00:22:24.980 --> 00:22:25.380 the world, 00:22:25.579 --> 00:22:26.079 and people 00:22:26.079 --> 00:22:26.559 have said 00:22:26.559 --> 00:22:28.259 enough of 00:22:28.259 --> 00:22:28.759 living like 00:22:28.759 --> 00:22:29.039 that. 00:22:29.500 --> 00:22:29.779 And they're 00:22:29.779 --> 00:22:30.259 waiting for 00:22:30.259 --> 00:22:30.839 this someone 00:22:30.839 --> 00:22:31.660 to come, 00:22:32.160 --> 00:22:32.480 and they 00:22:32.480 --> 00:22:33.460 hope that 00:22:33.460 --> 00:22:34.440 Noah was 00:22:34.440 --> 00:22:34.759 the one. 00:22:34.819 --> 00:22:35.519 Because Noah's 00:22:35.519 --> 00:22:36.980 name means 00:22:36.980 --> 00:22:37.480 rest. 00:22:38.120 --> 00:22:38.920 Would Noah 00:22:38.920 --> 00:22:39.539 bring rest 00:22:39.539 --> 00:22:39.860 to the 00:22:39.860 --> 00:22:40.099 world? 00:22:41.000 --> 00:22:41.460 Think about 00:22:41.460 --> 00:22:41.720 it. 00:22:43.360 --> 00:22:43.779 I think 00:22:43.779 --> 00:22:44.759 in some 00:22:44.759 --> 00:22:45.000 way he 00:22:45.000 --> 00:22:45.259 did. 00:22:47.079 --> 00:22:47.480 Not that 00:22:47.480 --> 00:22:47.900 he, I 00:22:47.900 --> 00:22:48.000 mean, 00:22:48.059 --> 00:22:48.500 his time, 00:22:48.579 --> 00:22:48.839 not that 00:22:48.839 --> 00:22:49.440 he didn't 00:22:49.440 --> 00:22:49.960 bring through 00:22:49.960 --> 00:22:50.500 by Noah. 00:22:51.819 --> 00:22:52.440 The rest 00:22:52.440 --> 00:22:53.420 came by 00:22:53.420 --> 00:22:53.880 the death 00:22:53.880 --> 00:22:54.460 of everyone. 00:22:54.980 --> 00:22:55.960 When there's 00:22:55.960 --> 00:22:56.380 no one, 00:22:56.660 --> 00:22:56.900 nobody 00:22:56.900 --> 00:22:57.299 fighting 00:22:57.299 --> 00:22:57.980 with anyone, 00:22:58.740 --> 00:22:59.559 so there's 00:22:59.559 --> 00:22:59.860 rest. 00:23:00.700 --> 00:23:01.140 It's not 00:23:01.140 --> 00:23:01.759 a satisfactory 00:23:01.759 --> 00:23:02.860 rest, but 00:23:02.860 --> 00:23:03.360 it's still 00:23:03.360 --> 00:23:04.140 some sort 00:23:04.140 --> 00:23:04.599 of rest 00:23:04.599 --> 00:23:05.799 to the 00:23:05.799 --> 00:23:06.240 world, at 00:23:06.240 --> 00:23:06.500 least, 00:23:06.720 --> 00:23:07.500 when everybody 00:23:07.500 --> 00:23:07.960 dies. 00:23:08.519 --> 00:23:08.960 There's no 00:23:08.960 --> 00:23:09.539 more pollution, 00:23:09.740 --> 00:23:10.039 there's no 00:23:10.039 --> 00:23:11.160 more fighting. 00:23:13.039 --> 00:23:13.460 And so, 00:23:13.660 --> 00:23:14.319 in a way, 00:23:14.779 --> 00:23:15.380 the prophecy 00:23:15.380 --> 00:23:16.380 came true, 00:23:16.579 --> 00:23:17.000 not in the 00:23:17.000 --> 00:23:18.019 way that 00:23:18.019 --> 00:23:18.620 people would 00:23:18.620 --> 00:23:20.200 hope it 00:23:20.200 --> 00:23:20.640 was, 00:23:21.220 --> 00:23:21.900 it would 00:23:21.900 --> 00:23:22.180 be. 00:23:22.180 --> 00:23:24.360 And so, 00:23:24.660 --> 00:23:25.440 the world 00:23:25.440 --> 00:23:26.900 was facing 00:23:26.900 --> 00:23:28.160 destruction 00:23:28.160 --> 00:23:29.840 in Noah's 00:23:29.840 --> 00:23:30.340 time, 00:23:30.740 --> 00:23:31.240 but there's 00:23:31.240 --> 00:23:32.259 still many 00:23:32.259 --> 00:23:33.380 years to 00:23:33.380 --> 00:23:33.960 come before 00:23:33.960 --> 00:23:34.400 this will 00:23:34.400 --> 00:23:34.900 come true 00:23:34.900 --> 00:23:35.340 because he 00:23:35.340 --> 00:23:35.600 needed to 00:23:35.600 --> 00:23:35.940 build an 00:23:35.940 --> 00:23:36.340 ark which 00:23:36.340 --> 00:23:38.779 would go 00:23:38.779 --> 00:23:39.480 there next 00:23:39.480 --> 00:23:40.180 week. 00:23:41.820 --> 00:23:43.019 But why 00:23:43.019 --> 00:23:43.700 was the 00:23:43.700 --> 00:23:44.539 flood 00:23:44.539 --> 00:23:45.360 necessary 00:23:45.360 --> 00:23:46.080 in terms 00:23:46.079 --> 00:23:46.579 of why 00:23:46.579 --> 00:23:50.079 we 00:23:50.079 --> 00:23:50.980 find it 00:23:50.980 --> 00:23:51.339 very hard 00:23:51.339 --> 00:23:51.939 to imagine. 00:23:52.519 --> 00:23:52.899 I suppose 00:23:52.899 --> 00:23:53.339 the world 00:23:53.339 --> 00:23:53.639 at that 00:23:53.639 --> 00:23:53.960 time was 00:23:53.960 --> 00:23:54.299 not as 00:23:54.299 --> 00:23:54.939 big as 00:23:54.939 --> 00:23:55.480 the world 00:23:55.480 --> 00:23:56.119 now in 00:23:56.119 --> 00:23:56.579 the case, 00:23:56.899 --> 00:23:57.339 but still 00:23:57.339 --> 00:23:57.740 a lot of 00:23:57.740 --> 00:23:58.179 people would 00:23:58.179 --> 00:23:59.519 die from 00:23:59.519 --> 00:23:59.740 it. 00:24:00.179 --> 00:24:00.460 And that 00:24:00.460 --> 00:24:01.059 will bring 00:24:01.059 --> 00:24:01.919 us to 00:24:01.919 --> 00:24:02.759 chapter 6 00:24:02.759 --> 00:24:04.240 of Genesis. 00:24:05.000 --> 00:24:05.439 In chapter 00:24:05.439 --> 00:24:06.679 6, there 00:24:06.679 --> 00:24:07.000 are three 00:24:07.000 --> 00:24:07.639 difficult 00:24:07.639 --> 00:24:10.240 verses to 00:24:10.240 --> 00:24:11.059 understand. 00:24:11.059 --> 00:24:13.879 But through 00:24:13.879 --> 00:24:14.319 these three 00:24:14.319 --> 00:24:15.399 verses, we 00:24:15.399 --> 00:24:16.299 can also 00:24:16.299 --> 00:24:16.919 understand 00:24:16.919 --> 00:24:18.179 God's heart 00:24:18.179 --> 00:24:18.539 and why 00:24:18.539 --> 00:24:19.279 this needs 00:24:19.279 --> 00:24:19.700 to be 00:24:19.700 --> 00:24:21.079 done. 00:24:21.819 --> 00:24:22.359 The first 00:24:22.359 --> 00:24:23.519 thing is 00:24:23.519 --> 00:24:24.539 to do 00:24:24.539 --> 00:24:25.159 with the 00:24:25.159 --> 00:24:25.599 sons of 00:24:25.599 --> 00:24:26.139 God and 00:24:26.139 --> 00:24:26.720 the sons 00:24:26.720 --> 00:24:27.659 of man. 00:24:27.899 --> 00:24:28.319 You talk 00:24:28.319 --> 00:24:28.720 about the 00:24:28.720 --> 00:24:29.599 sons of 00:24:29.599 --> 00:24:29.899 God, 00:24:30.759 --> 00:24:31.379 seeing the 00:24:31.379 --> 00:24:32.740 daughters of 00:24:32.740 --> 00:24:33.879 men being 00:24:33.879 --> 00:24:35.179 beautiful, 00:24:35.440 --> 00:24:35.779 attractive, 00:24:36.059 --> 00:24:36.359 and they 00:24:36.359 --> 00:24:37.240 marry them, 00:24:37.839 --> 00:24:38.599 and then 00:24:38.599 --> 00:24:39.319 they produce 00:24:39.319 --> 00:24:42.119 this giant. 00:24:43.839 --> 00:24:44.599 Who are 00:24:44.599 --> 00:24:46.179 those people? 00:24:46.619 --> 00:24:47.059 And there's 00:24:47.059 --> 00:24:48.899 a lot of 00:24:48.899 --> 00:24:50.460 interpretation 00:24:50.460 --> 00:24:51.439 in this 00:24:51.439 --> 00:24:52.259 area. 00:24:53.939 --> 00:24:54.619 Some will 00:24:54.619 --> 00:24:55.079 say that 00:24:55.079 --> 00:24:55.720 the sons 00:24:55.720 --> 00:24:56.399 of God 00:24:56.399 --> 00:24:56.899 are the 00:24:56.899 --> 00:24:57.419 angelic 00:24:57.419 --> 00:24:58.899 beings who 00:24:58.899 --> 00:24:59.460 come down 00:24:59.460 --> 00:24:59.960 to earth 00:24:59.960 --> 00:25:00.659 and marry 00:25:00.659 --> 00:25:01.939 children of 00:25:01.939 --> 00:25:03.619 man, 00:25:03.859 --> 00:25:04.299 and then 00:25:04.299 --> 00:25:05.099 produce this 00:25:05.099 --> 00:25:06.339 giant. 00:25:06.339 --> 00:25:09.679 I think 00:25:09.679 --> 00:25:10.359 to fit 00:25:10.359 --> 00:25:11.019 into the 00:25:11.019 --> 00:25:11.839 storyline, 00:25:12.299 --> 00:25:12.720 the sons 00:25:12.720 --> 00:25:13.159 of God, 00:25:13.240 --> 00:25:13.539 as I 00:25:13.539 --> 00:25:14.119 mentioned, 00:25:14.559 --> 00:25:14.959 would be 00:25:14.959 --> 00:25:15.220 the 00:25:15.220 --> 00:25:15.559 descendants 00:25:15.559 --> 00:25:16.240 of Seth, 00:25:17.740 --> 00:25:18.359 and the 00:25:18.359 --> 00:25:18.819 sons or 00:25:18.819 --> 00:25:19.439 daughters of 00:25:19.439 --> 00:25:19.720 man, 00:25:19.859 --> 00:25:20.619 the descendants 00:25:20.619 --> 00:25:21.319 of Cain, 00:25:21.919 --> 00:25:22.959 and their 00:25:22.959 --> 00:25:23.720 intermarriage 00:25:23.720 --> 00:25:25.000 just corrupted 00:25:25.000 --> 00:25:25.799 the whole 00:25:25.799 --> 00:25:26.159 world. 00:25:26.859 --> 00:25:27.480 Even the 00:25:27.480 --> 00:25:28.019 descendants of 00:25:28.019 --> 00:25:29.019 Seth would 00:25:29.019 --> 00:25:30.599 be a 00:25:30.599 --> 00:25:31.079 group that 00:25:31.079 --> 00:25:31.619 would call 00:25:31.619 --> 00:25:32.179 upon the 00:25:32.179 --> 00:25:32.539 name of 00:25:32.539 --> 00:25:32.859 God, 00:25:33.039 --> 00:25:33.679 as the 00:25:33.679 --> 00:25:33.959 end of 00:25:33.959 --> 00:25:34.419 chapter 4 00:25:34.419 --> 00:25:35.019 tells us. 00:25:35.019 --> 00:25:36.400 But with 00:25:36.400 --> 00:25:37.319 the intermarriage, 00:25:38.220 --> 00:25:39.819 even them 00:25:39.819 --> 00:25:40.359 have been 00:25:40.359 --> 00:25:41.000 corrupted, 00:25:41.200 --> 00:25:41.420 and the 00:25:41.420 --> 00:25:41.779 whole world 00:25:41.779 --> 00:25:42.379 becomes 00:25:42.379 --> 00:25:43.660 unbearable 00:25:43.660 --> 00:25:44.119 to live. 00:25:44.240 --> 00:25:44.619 It's more 00:25:44.619 --> 00:25:45.319 like hell, 00:25:45.980 --> 00:25:47.200 as the 00:25:47.200 --> 00:25:47.539 people 00:25:47.539 --> 00:25:48.339 turning into. 00:25:49.379 --> 00:25:49.920 And so 00:25:49.920 --> 00:25:51.500 the destruction 00:25:51.500 --> 00:25:52.940 is necessary 00:25:52.940 --> 00:25:53.779 to cleanse 00:25:53.779 --> 00:25:55.059 the world. 00:25:56.259 --> 00:25:57.019 The second 00:25:57.019 --> 00:25:57.639 one is 00:25:57.639 --> 00:25:58.960 God 00:25:58.960 --> 00:25:59.660 regretting, 00:26:00.000 --> 00:26:00.160 God 00:26:00.160 --> 00:26:01.740 seems to 00:26:01.740 --> 00:26:01.980 have to 00:26:01.980 --> 00:26:02.500 regret 00:26:02.500 --> 00:26:03.220 created 00:26:03.220 --> 00:26:04.000 human beings 00:26:04.000 --> 00:26:04.940 seeing it 00:26:04.940 --> 00:26:05.500 comes to 00:26:05.500 --> 00:26:05.720 this 00:26:05.720 --> 00:26:06.259 stage. 00:26:06.980 --> 00:26:07.700 And then 00:26:07.700 --> 00:26:08.019 we will 00:26:08.019 --> 00:26:08.519 have trouble 00:26:08.519 --> 00:26:09.119 understanding 00:26:09.119 --> 00:26:09.920 could God 00:26:09.920 --> 00:26:11.640 regret what 00:26:11.640 --> 00:26:12.160 he's done? 00:26:13.720 --> 00:26:14.319 We need 00:26:14.319 --> 00:26:15.480 to think 00:26:15.480 --> 00:26:18.039 about our 00:26:18.039 --> 00:26:18.980 regret compared 00:26:18.980 --> 00:26:19.579 to God's 00:26:19.579 --> 00:26:19.960 regret. 00:26:20.200 --> 00:26:20.559 When we 00:26:20.559 --> 00:26:20.839 say we 00:26:20.839 --> 00:26:21.099 regret 00:26:21.099 --> 00:26:21.519 something, 00:26:22.980 --> 00:26:23.940 we can 00:26:23.940 --> 00:26:24.500 look back 00:26:24.500 --> 00:26:25.299 in the 00:26:25.299 --> 00:26:26.059 past what 00:26:26.059 --> 00:26:26.579 we have 00:26:26.579 --> 00:26:26.980 done or 00:26:26.980 --> 00:26:27.559 not done 00:26:27.559 --> 00:26:28.579 that we 00:26:28.579 --> 00:26:29.859 regret now, 00:26:30.200 --> 00:26:30.759 but we 00:26:30.759 --> 00:26:31.099 can't do 00:26:31.099 --> 00:26:31.680 anything about 00:26:31.680 --> 00:26:32.340 it because 00:26:32.340 --> 00:26:34.500 the chance 00:26:34.500 --> 00:26:34.759 to do 00:26:34.759 --> 00:26:35.019 it is 00:26:35.019 --> 00:26:35.380 over. 00:26:35.519 --> 00:26:35.840 We can 00:26:35.840 --> 00:26:36.640 only regret 00:26:36.640 --> 00:26:38.259 about it. 00:26:40.600 --> 00:26:41.560 But would 00:26:41.560 --> 00:26:43.200 God look 00:26:43.200 --> 00:26:43.799 back and 00:26:43.799 --> 00:26:44.160 say I've 00:26:44.160 --> 00:26:44.720 done something, 00:26:46.180 --> 00:26:47.360 a mere 00:26:47.360 --> 00:26:47.860 mistake, 00:26:48.640 --> 00:26:49.580 and I 00:26:49.580 --> 00:26:50.240 can't fix 00:26:50.240 --> 00:26:50.480 it? 00:26:51.080 --> 00:26:51.620 First of 00:26:51.620 --> 00:26:51.900 all, 00:26:52.120 --> 00:26:52.500 we've got 00:26:52.500 --> 00:26:52.920 there's no 00:26:52.920 --> 00:26:53.320 time. 00:26:53.700 --> 00:26:54.120 There's no 00:26:54.120 --> 00:26:54.940 looking back 00:26:54.940 --> 00:26:55.900 for God 00:26:55.900 --> 00:26:56.480 in a sense. 00:26:57.560 --> 00:26:57.940 God 00:26:57.940 --> 00:26:59.060 always is. 00:26:59.059 --> 00:27:00.619 And so 00:27:00.619 --> 00:27:02.659 even time 00:27:02.659 --> 00:27:03.059 wise, 00:27:03.500 --> 00:27:04.039 God cannot 00:27:04.039 --> 00:27:04.679 be like 00:27:04.679 --> 00:27:04.859 us. 00:27:04.960 --> 00:27:05.240 We look 00:27:05.240 --> 00:27:05.919 back in 00:27:05.919 --> 00:27:06.399 time and 00:27:06.399 --> 00:27:06.500 say, 00:27:06.599 --> 00:27:06.899 regret, 00:27:07.039 --> 00:27:07.259 I haven't 00:27:07.259 --> 00:27:07.399 done 00:27:07.399 --> 00:27:07.659 something. 00:27:07.879 --> 00:27:08.139 Because 00:27:08.139 --> 00:27:08.720 to God 00:27:08.720 --> 00:27:09.099 there's no 00:27:09.099 --> 00:27:09.519 time, 00:27:10.039 --> 00:27:11.200 a restriction. 00:27:12.679 --> 00:27:13.079 Secondly, 00:27:14.299 --> 00:27:15.159 if you 00:27:15.159 --> 00:27:15.539 say God 00:27:15.539 --> 00:27:15.839 has made 00:27:15.839 --> 00:27:16.200 mistake, 00:27:16.500 --> 00:27:17.119 then who 00:27:17.119 --> 00:27:17.679 is the 00:27:17.679 --> 00:27:18.599 one who 00:27:18.599 --> 00:27:18.940 judged 00:27:18.940 --> 00:27:19.339 God and 00:27:19.339 --> 00:27:19.440 said, 00:27:19.500 --> 00:27:19.980 this is 00:27:19.980 --> 00:27:20.279 the way 00:27:20.279 --> 00:27:20.579 you should 00:27:20.579 --> 00:27:20.859 do? 00:27:23.599 --> 00:27:24.039 Whoever, 00:27:24.279 --> 00:27:24.599 if we 00:27:24.599 --> 00:27:25.059 judge God 00:27:25.059 --> 00:27:25.559 about what 00:27:25.559 --> 00:27:25.879 is the 00:27:25.879 --> 00:27:26.240 right thing 00:27:26.240 --> 00:27:26.599 for God 00:27:26.599 --> 00:27:27.079 to do, 00:27:27.240 --> 00:27:27.679 then we 00:27:27.679 --> 00:27:28.139 will become 00:27:28.139 --> 00:27:28.359 God 00:27:28.359 --> 00:27:28.839 ourselves. 00:27:29.059 --> 00:27:30.799 And so 00:27:30.799 --> 00:27:31.639 whatever God 00:27:31.639 --> 00:27:32.319 does, 00:27:33.399 --> 00:27:34.079 it is 00:27:34.079 --> 00:27:34.639 best, 00:27:35.220 --> 00:27:36.000 regardless 00:27:36.000 --> 00:27:36.579 of what 00:27:36.579 --> 00:27:37.419 we think 00:27:37.419 --> 00:27:38.179 it is. 00:27:39.019 --> 00:27:39.559 And so 00:27:39.559 --> 00:27:40.099 in that 00:27:40.099 --> 00:27:40.539 way, 00:27:41.319 --> 00:27:41.899 God's 00:27:41.899 --> 00:27:42.759 regret is 00:27:42.759 --> 00:27:43.480 unlike our 00:27:43.480 --> 00:27:43.960 regret. 00:27:44.619 --> 00:27:45.619 I would 00:27:45.619 --> 00:27:45.940 think it 00:27:45.940 --> 00:27:46.059 would be 00:27:46.059 --> 00:27:46.659 more consistent 00:27:46.659 --> 00:27:47.440 for grief, 00:27:47.779 --> 00:27:48.480 God's 00:27:48.480 --> 00:27:49.240 grief about 00:27:49.240 --> 00:27:50.220 this thing 00:27:50.220 --> 00:27:51.119 come to 00:27:51.119 --> 00:27:51.659 this stage 00:27:51.659 --> 00:27:52.720 and the 00:27:52.720 --> 00:27:53.339 action that 00:27:53.339 --> 00:27:53.879 he is going 00:27:53.879 --> 00:27:54.740 to take 00:27:54.740 --> 00:27:55.980 for the 00:27:55.980 --> 00:27:56.319 world. 00:27:57.460 --> 00:27:58.159 If we 00:27:58.159 --> 00:27:58.619 go to 00:27:58.619 --> 00:27:59.239 Jeremiah, 00:27:59.639 --> 00:28:00.259 we might 00:28:00.259 --> 00:28:01.479 have this 00:28:01.479 --> 00:28:02.099 sense of 00:28:02.099 --> 00:28:02.919 God's 00:28:02.919 --> 00:28:04.479 grief. 00:28:05.799 --> 00:28:06.399 Jeremiah, 00:28:06.839 --> 00:28:07.500 as a 00:28:07.500 --> 00:28:07.819 prophet, 00:28:08.019 --> 00:28:08.519 has been 00:28:08.519 --> 00:28:09.379 telling the 00:28:09.379 --> 00:28:09.739 Israelites 00:28:09.739 --> 00:28:11.759 to return 00:28:11.759 --> 00:28:12.279 to God, 00:28:12.659 --> 00:28:13.099 otherwise 00:28:13.099 --> 00:28:14.779 the Babylonians 00:28:14.779 --> 00:28:15.359 would come 00:28:15.359 --> 00:28:16.419 and conquer 00:28:16.419 --> 00:28:16.739 them. 00:28:18.819 --> 00:28:19.139 Nobody, 00:28:19.779 --> 00:28:20.839 I suppose, 00:28:21.039 --> 00:28:21.559 almost none, 00:28:21.879 --> 00:28:22.979 maybe only two 00:28:22.979 --> 00:28:24.279 people in the 00:28:24.279 --> 00:28:24.539 book of 00:28:24.539 --> 00:28:24.799 Jeremiah, 00:28:25.219 --> 00:28:25.539 that would 00:28:25.539 --> 00:28:25.979 listen to 00:28:25.980 --> 00:28:26.460 Jeremiah. 00:28:27.299 --> 00:28:28.079 The whole 00:28:28.079 --> 00:28:28.740 nation didn't 00:28:28.740 --> 00:28:29.160 listen to 00:28:29.160 --> 00:28:29.360 him. 00:28:30.360 --> 00:28:30.640 And so 00:28:30.640 --> 00:28:31.259 the Babylonian 00:28:31.259 --> 00:28:31.620 came, 00:28:32.740 --> 00:28:33.860 and then 00:28:33.860 --> 00:28:34.640 Jeremiah wanted 00:28:34.640 --> 00:28:35.279 to stay, 00:28:36.700 --> 00:28:37.980 but he was 00:28:37.980 --> 00:28:38.579 forced by 00:28:38.579 --> 00:28:39.620 people to 00:28:39.620 --> 00:28:40.000 run to 00:28:40.000 --> 00:28:40.299 Egypt. 00:28:40.839 --> 00:28:41.599 So Jeremiah 00:28:41.599 --> 00:28:42.140 had a very 00:28:42.140 --> 00:28:42.660 hard time 00:28:42.660 --> 00:28:44.039 as a prophet. 00:28:44.559 --> 00:28:45.059 He was 00:28:45.059 --> 00:28:45.700 mistreated by 00:28:45.700 --> 00:28:45.940 his own 00:28:45.940 --> 00:28:46.319 people, 00:28:46.319 --> 00:28:47.200 even to the 00:28:47.200 --> 00:28:47.420 end. 00:28:48.259 --> 00:28:49.319 And his 00:28:49.319 --> 00:28:50.640 scribe, 00:28:50.860 --> 00:28:51.660 one of those 00:28:51.660 --> 00:28:53.000 who supported 00:28:53.000 --> 00:28:53.360 him, 00:28:53.519 --> 00:28:53.680 called 00:28:53.680 --> 00:28:54.480 Baruch, 00:28:55.279 --> 00:28:57.540 he started 00:28:57.540 --> 00:28:58.180 to complain 00:28:58.180 --> 00:28:59.840 against God 00:28:59.840 --> 00:29:00.500 in the sense 00:29:00.500 --> 00:29:01.140 that it's 00:29:01.140 --> 00:29:01.640 not fair. 00:29:02.460 --> 00:29:02.759 I mean, 00:29:02.860 --> 00:29:03.300 we have been 00:29:03.300 --> 00:29:04.040 serving you 00:29:04.040 --> 00:29:05.100 faithfully 00:29:05.100 --> 00:29:06.380 all this 00:29:06.380 --> 00:29:06.640 time, 00:29:06.700 --> 00:29:06.980 and now 00:29:06.980 --> 00:29:07.920 enemy came, 00:29:09.400 --> 00:29:09.840 we are 00:29:09.840 --> 00:29:10.320 forced to 00:29:10.320 --> 00:29:10.600 go to 00:29:10.600 --> 00:29:11.100 Egypt to 00:29:11.100 --> 00:29:11.420 run, 00:29:11.519 --> 00:29:12.140 run away, 00:29:12.620 --> 00:29:13.279 even though 00:29:13.279 --> 00:29:15.200 Jeremiah knew 00:29:15.200 --> 00:29:15.680 that they 00:29:15.680 --> 00:29:16.380 should stay 00:29:16.380 --> 00:29:18.540 in Jerusalem. 00:29:19.800 --> 00:29:20.259 And so 00:29:20.259 --> 00:29:21.000 God, 00:29:21.160 --> 00:29:21.799 in reply 00:29:21.799 --> 00:29:22.579 to Baruch 00:29:22.579 --> 00:29:23.799 in Jeremiah 00:29:23.799 --> 00:29:24.900 chapter 45, 00:29:25.700 --> 00:29:26.480 verses 4 00:29:26.480 --> 00:29:27.099 and 5, 00:29:28.180 --> 00:29:29.619 God said, 00:29:30.200 --> 00:29:30.900 Behold, 00:29:31.779 --> 00:29:32.859 what I have 00:29:32.859 --> 00:29:33.160 built, 00:29:33.379 --> 00:29:33.579 I am 00:29:33.579 --> 00:29:34.420 breaking down, 00:29:35.420 --> 00:29:36.319 and what I 00:29:36.319 --> 00:29:36.720 have planted, 00:29:36.879 --> 00:29:37.059 I am 00:29:37.059 --> 00:29:37.759 plucking up. 00:29:38.480 --> 00:29:39.039 That is 00:29:39.039 --> 00:29:39.859 the whole 00:29:39.859 --> 00:29:40.200 land. 00:29:41.379 --> 00:29:41.759 Do you 00:29:41.759 --> 00:29:42.319 seek great 00:29:42.319 --> 00:29:43.240 things for 00:29:43.240 --> 00:29:43.799 yourself? 00:29:44.660 --> 00:29:45.019 Seek them 00:29:45.019 --> 00:29:45.359 not, 00:29:46.240 --> 00:29:46.980 for behold, 00:29:47.599 --> 00:29:47.940 I am 00:29:47.940 --> 00:29:48.240 bringing 00:29:48.240 --> 00:29:48.900 disaster 00:29:48.900 --> 00:29:50.160 upon all 00:29:50.160 --> 00:29:50.759 the flesh 00:29:50.759 --> 00:29:52.320 declares 00:29:52.320 --> 00:29:52.840 the Lord. 00:29:53.620 --> 00:29:54.720 Can you 00:29:54.720 --> 00:29:57.080 sense or 00:29:57.080 --> 00:29:58.100 feel what 00:29:58.100 --> 00:29:58.560 God was 00:29:58.560 --> 00:29:58.940 feeling? 00:29:59.840 --> 00:30:00.060 I mean, 00:30:00.160 --> 00:30:00.680 God didn't 00:30:00.680 --> 00:30:01.340 delight in 00:30:01.340 --> 00:30:01.900 destroying 00:30:01.900 --> 00:30:02.900 his people, 00:30:03.900 --> 00:30:06.420 but there's 00:30:06.420 --> 00:30:06.920 something that 00:30:06.920 --> 00:30:07.580 is necessary. 00:30:08.100 --> 00:30:08.700 If you ask 00:30:08.700 --> 00:30:09.200 why there's 00:30:09.200 --> 00:30:09.620 necessary, 00:30:10.700 --> 00:30:12.259 we can 00:30:12.259 --> 00:30:12.880 understand some, 00:30:12.940 --> 00:30:13.240 but we 00:30:13.240 --> 00:30:13.480 cannot 00:30:13.480 --> 00:30:14.040 understand 00:30:14.040 --> 00:30:14.519 fully. 00:30:15.580 --> 00:30:15.980 We 00:30:15.980 --> 00:30:16.500 couldn't 00:30:16.500 --> 00:30:16.900 see the 00:30:16.900 --> 00:30:17.060 whole 00:30:17.060 --> 00:30:17.519 history. 00:30:17.519 --> 00:30:19.160 we are 00:30:19.160 --> 00:30:19.319 not 00:30:19.319 --> 00:30:19.619 God. 00:30:20.799 --> 00:30:21.059 The 00:30:21.059 --> 00:30:21.379 third 00:30:21.379 --> 00:30:22.460 problem 00:30:22.460 --> 00:30:23.279 in this 00:30:23.279 --> 00:30:23.900 verses 00:30:23.900 --> 00:30:24.339 is 00:30:24.339 --> 00:30:25.359 120 00:30:25.359 --> 00:30:26.000 years. 00:30:26.799 --> 00:30:27.019 Men 00:30:27.019 --> 00:30:27.240 shall 00:30:27.240 --> 00:30:27.420 not 00:30:27.420 --> 00:30:27.599 live 00:30:27.599 --> 00:30:28.279 more 00:30:28.279 --> 00:30:28.400 than 00:30:28.400 --> 00:30:28.900 120 00:30:28.900 --> 00:30:29.440 years. 00:30:31.440 --> 00:30:31.960 So, 00:30:32.519 --> 00:30:33.039 we can 00:30:33.039 --> 00:30:33.480 understand 00:30:33.480 --> 00:30:33.900 that as 00:30:33.900 --> 00:30:34.319 God said, 00:30:34.400 --> 00:30:34.879 from that 00:30:34.879 --> 00:30:35.220 point of 00:30:35.220 --> 00:30:35.420 words, 00:30:35.900 --> 00:30:36.200 people 00:30:36.200 --> 00:30:36.759 would not 00:30:36.759 --> 00:30:37.160 live so 00:30:37.160 --> 00:30:37.460 long. 00:30:37.819 --> 00:30:38.240 The most 00:30:38.240 --> 00:30:38.879 is 120 00:30:38.879 --> 00:30:39.339 years, 00:30:39.859 --> 00:30:40.379 and they 00:30:40.379 --> 00:30:40.920 would die, 00:30:41.579 --> 00:30:42.059 which is 00:30:42.059 --> 00:30:42.759 possible. 00:30:42.759 --> 00:30:42.859 people, 00:30:43.500 --> 00:30:44.259 but then 00:30:44.259 --> 00:30:44.700 we know 00:30:44.700 --> 00:30:45.140 that even 00:30:45.140 --> 00:30:45.660 after the 00:30:45.660 --> 00:30:46.019 flood, 00:30:46.779 --> 00:30:47.059 there are 00:30:47.059 --> 00:30:47.759 people who 00:30:47.759 --> 00:30:48.759 live a 00:30:48.759 --> 00:30:49.279 long time. 00:30:50.019 --> 00:30:50.319 Many 00:30:50.319 --> 00:30:50.900 generations 00:30:50.900 --> 00:30:51.379 later, 00:30:51.460 --> 00:30:51.799 Abraham 00:30:51.799 --> 00:30:52.920 lived 175 00:30:52.920 --> 00:30:53.619 years. 00:30:54.720 --> 00:30:55.259 His 00:30:55.259 --> 00:30:55.700 grand 00:30:55.700 --> 00:30:56.539 child, 00:30:57.119 --> 00:30:57.440 Jacob, 00:30:58.759 --> 00:30:59.460 lived 00:30:59.460 --> 00:31:01.000 147 00:31:01.000 --> 00:31:03.420 years. 00:31:04.180 --> 00:31:04.500 So, 00:31:05.200 --> 00:31:06.000 it's not 00:31:06.000 --> 00:31:06.279 very 00:31:06.279 --> 00:31:06.720 consistent 00:31:06.720 --> 00:31:07.539 to say 00:31:07.539 --> 00:31:07.940 that men 00:31:07.940 --> 00:31:08.500 cannot live 00:31:08.500 --> 00:31:08.859 more than 00:31:08.859 --> 00:31:09.500 120 years 00:31:09.500 --> 00:31:09.839 from that 00:31:09.839 --> 00:31:10.319 point of 00:31:10.319 --> 00:31:10.480 course. 00:31:11.480 --> 00:31:11.839 Possible. 00:31:12.259 --> 00:31:12.519 But I 00:31:12.519 --> 00:31:12.879 would think 00:31:12.879 --> 00:31:13.939 to be 00:31:13.939 --> 00:31:14.319 consistent 00:31:14.319 --> 00:31:14.700 with the 00:31:14.700 --> 00:31:15.000 coming of 00:31:15.000 --> 00:31:15.419 the flood, 00:31:16.319 --> 00:31:17.019 men 00:31:17.019 --> 00:31:18.059 cannot have 00:31:18.059 --> 00:31:18.759 about 120 00:31:18.759 --> 00:31:19.579 years before 00:31:19.579 --> 00:31:19.960 the flood 00:31:19.960 --> 00:31:20.939 would come, 00:31:21.759 --> 00:31:22.559 and then 00:31:22.559 --> 00:31:23.200 they would 00:31:23.200 --> 00:31:23.519 die. 00:31:24.859 --> 00:31:25.220 And that 00:31:25.220 --> 00:31:25.899 also tells 00:31:25.899 --> 00:31:26.399 us that 00:31:26.399 --> 00:31:27.019 the flood 00:31:27.019 --> 00:31:28.279 didn't come 00:31:28.279 --> 00:31:28.759 suddenly. 00:31:30.419 --> 00:31:30.839 God gave 00:31:30.839 --> 00:31:32.059 people a 00:31:32.059 --> 00:31:32.919 long time 00:31:32.919 --> 00:31:34.460 to repent. 00:31:36.460 --> 00:31:36.980 And we 00:31:36.980 --> 00:31:37.419 know that 00:31:37.419 --> 00:31:37.899 from 2 00:31:37.899 --> 00:31:38.339 Peter 00:31:38.339 --> 00:31:40.720 Noah was 00:31:40.720 --> 00:31:41.299 a preacher. 00:31:41.579 --> 00:31:41.879 He was 00:31:41.879 --> 00:31:42.500 preaching as 00:31:42.500 --> 00:31:43.059 well while 00:31:43.059 --> 00:31:43.279 he was 00:31:43.279 --> 00:31:43.980 building the 00:31:43.980 --> 00:31:44.259 ark. 00:31:44.699 --> 00:31:45.019 And there 00:31:45.019 --> 00:31:45.419 is plenty 00:31:45.419 --> 00:31:45.799 of time 00:31:45.799 --> 00:31:46.240 for people 00:31:46.240 --> 00:31:46.819 to repent, 00:31:47.319 --> 00:31:48.779 but nobody 00:31:48.779 --> 00:31:49.699 listened, 00:31:50.459 --> 00:31:51.199 except for 00:31:51.199 --> 00:31:52.619 the family 00:31:52.619 --> 00:31:52.980 of, 00:31:54.419 --> 00:31:55.980 except for 00:31:55.980 --> 00:31:56.379 Noah and 00:31:56.379 --> 00:31:56.980 his family. 00:31:58.579 --> 00:31:59.500 But still, 00:32:00.119 --> 00:32:00.699 we are 00:32:00.699 --> 00:32:01.619 thankful that 00:32:01.619 --> 00:32:03.459 Noah and 00:32:03.459 --> 00:32:03.959 the family 00:32:03.959 --> 00:32:04.759 obeyed, 00:32:05.000 --> 00:32:05.399 and that 00:32:05.399 --> 00:32:05.759 gave us 00:32:05.759 --> 00:32:06.419 another hope, 00:32:06.819 --> 00:32:07.179 that is 00:32:07.179 --> 00:32:08.079 judgment, 00:32:08.339 --> 00:32:09.039 is not 00:32:09.039 --> 00:32:09.519 inevitable. 00:32:10.220 --> 00:32:10.459 So, 00:32:11.119 --> 00:32:11.779 Enoch tells 00:32:11.779 --> 00:32:12.259 us that 00:32:12.259 --> 00:32:12.779 death is 00:32:12.779 --> 00:32:12.919 not 00:32:12.919 --> 00:32:13.319 inevitable, 00:32:14.000 --> 00:32:14.720 Noah tells 00:32:14.720 --> 00:32:15.059 us that 00:32:15.059 --> 00:32:15.939 judgment is 00:32:15.939 --> 00:32:16.539 not inevitable 00:32:16.539 --> 00:32:17.819 because Noah 00:32:17.819 --> 00:32:18.059 and the 00:32:18.059 --> 00:32:19.019 family escaped 00:32:19.019 --> 00:32:19.859 the judgment, 00:32:20.299 --> 00:32:20.659 though they 00:32:20.659 --> 00:32:21.119 did die 00:32:21.119 --> 00:32:21.599 later. 00:32:23.039 --> 00:32:23.819 And we 00:32:23.819 --> 00:32:24.779 are thankful 00:32:24.779 --> 00:32:25.399 that Noah 00:32:25.399 --> 00:32:26.319 found favor 00:32:26.319 --> 00:32:27.240 in the 00:32:27.240 --> 00:32:27.980 eyes of 00:32:27.980 --> 00:32:28.299 God, 00:32:28.459 --> 00:32:28.799 and that 00:32:28.799 --> 00:32:29.480 gives us 00:32:29.480 --> 00:32:31.119 hope for 00:32:31.119 --> 00:32:31.699 humans. 00:32:32.519 --> 00:32:33.779 And this 00:32:33.779 --> 00:32:34.359 is a new 00:32:34.359 --> 00:32:35.339 world after 00:32:35.339 --> 00:32:36.539 Noah has 00:32:36.539 --> 00:32:37.139 come by. 00:32:37.140 --> 00:32:38.000 and the 00:32:38.000 --> 00:32:38.759 genealogy 00:32:38.759 --> 00:32:40.120 of God 00:32:40.120 --> 00:32:41.100 continued on, 00:32:41.680 --> 00:32:42.020 and he 00:32:42.020 --> 00:32:42.780 continued on 00:32:42.780 --> 00:32:43.320 for many 00:32:43.320 --> 00:32:43.900 generations, 00:32:44.660 --> 00:32:45.840 until after 00:32:45.840 --> 00:32:47.340 66 generations 00:32:47.340 --> 00:32:48.860 later, the 00:32:48.860 --> 00:32:49.280 Lord Jesus 00:32:49.280 --> 00:32:50.600 Christ came. 00:32:52.180 --> 00:32:52.660 And the 00:32:52.660 --> 00:32:53.240 Lord Jesus 00:32:53.240 --> 00:32:54.680 Christ was 00:32:54.680 --> 00:32:55.600 the last 00:32:55.600 --> 00:32:56.040 one in 00:32:56.040 --> 00:32:56.380 this 00:32:56.380 --> 00:32:58.220 genealogy. 00:32:58.880 --> 00:32:59.660 Why was he 00:32:59.660 --> 00:33:00.080 the last 00:33:00.080 --> 00:33:00.340 one? 00:33:00.600 --> 00:33:01.380 Because he 00:33:01.380 --> 00:33:01.860 was the 00:33:01.860 --> 00:33:02.420 one who 00:33:02.420 --> 00:33:03.100 everyone 00:33:03.100 --> 00:33:03.860 had been 00:33:03.860 --> 00:33:04.660 waiting for. 00:33:04.660 --> 00:33:07.100 Jesus was 00:33:07.100 --> 00:33:07.600 born in 00:33:07.600 --> 00:33:07.960 the image 00:33:07.960 --> 00:33:09.080 of God. 00:33:10.259 --> 00:33:11.080 And so 00:33:11.080 --> 00:33:11.720 he is 00:33:11.720 --> 00:33:13.340 qualified to 00:33:13.340 --> 00:33:14.300 reverse the 00:33:14.300 --> 00:33:14.800 curse of 00:33:14.800 --> 00:33:15.920 God. 00:33:18.259 --> 00:33:18.480 So 00:33:18.480 --> 00:33:19.800 in Jesus 00:33:19.800 --> 00:33:21.279 we see a 00:33:21.279 --> 00:33:21.680 better 00:33:21.680 --> 00:33:22.140 Enoch, 00:33:22.580 --> 00:33:23.220 because Jesus 00:33:23.220 --> 00:33:24.519 didn't only 00:33:24.519 --> 00:33:25.000 walk with 00:33:25.000 --> 00:33:25.740 God himself, 00:33:26.040 --> 00:33:26.519 he helped 00:33:26.519 --> 00:33:27.259 other people 00:33:27.259 --> 00:33:27.560 to walk 00:33:27.560 --> 00:33:28.000 with God. 00:33:28.680 --> 00:33:29.519 In Jesus 00:33:29.519 --> 00:33:31.220 we see a 00:33:31.220 --> 00:33:31.620 greater 00:33:31.620 --> 00:33:32.120 Noah, 00:33:32.119 --> 00:33:33.799 because 00:33:33.799 --> 00:33:35.019 Jesus 00:33:35.019 --> 00:33:35.879 didn't 00:33:35.879 --> 00:33:36.279 only 00:33:36.279 --> 00:33:37.179 save 00:33:37.179 --> 00:33:37.659 himself, 00:33:37.799 --> 00:33:38.219 he saved 00:33:38.219 --> 00:33:38.979 others. 00:33:39.879 --> 00:33:40.439 In Noah's 00:33:40.439 --> 00:33:40.779 time, 00:33:41.299 --> 00:33:41.839 rest came 00:33:41.839 --> 00:33:43.259 by everybody 00:33:43.259 --> 00:33:43.739 dying. 00:33:44.259 --> 00:33:44.779 In Jesus 00:33:44.779 --> 00:33:45.279 time, 00:33:45.699 --> 00:33:46.500 rest came 00:33:46.500 --> 00:33:47.759 by Jesus 00:33:47.759 --> 00:33:48.939 himself 00:33:48.939 --> 00:33:49.919 dying. 00:33:51.859 --> 00:33:52.479 And in 00:33:52.479 --> 00:33:52.919 Jesus, 00:33:54.559 --> 00:33:55.539 death 00:33:55.539 --> 00:33:56.159 can no 00:33:56.159 --> 00:33:56.519 longer 00:33:56.519 --> 00:33:57.599 enslave us. 00:33:57.599 --> 00:33:57.740 death. 00:33:59.539 --> 00:34:00.039 And in 00:34:00.039 --> 00:34:00.319 him, 00:34:00.719 --> 00:34:01.299 the worst 00:34:01.299 --> 00:34:02.579 that death 00:34:02.579 --> 00:34:03.539 can do 00:34:03.539 --> 00:34:06.699 is the 00:34:06.699 --> 00:34:07.199 best that 00:34:07.199 --> 00:34:07.459 it can 00:34:07.459 --> 00:34:07.839 do for 00:34:07.839 --> 00:34:08.119 us. 00:34:09.159 --> 00:34:09.699 Because 00:34:09.699 --> 00:34:11.420 when 00:34:11.420 --> 00:34:12.880 death 00:34:12.880 --> 00:34:13.619 take away 00:34:13.619 --> 00:34:14.579 this 00:34:14.579 --> 00:34:15.440 earthly 00:34:15.440 --> 00:34:16.339 tent, 00:34:16.839 --> 00:34:17.420 this body 00:34:17.420 --> 00:34:17.960 from us, 00:34:18.400 --> 00:34:18.699 God is 00:34:18.699 --> 00:34:19.059 going to 00:34:19.059 --> 00:34:19.539 give us 00:34:19.539 --> 00:34:19.880 a new 00:34:19.880 --> 00:34:21.440 house that 00:34:21.440 --> 00:34:21.880 will enable 00:34:21.880 --> 00:34:22.519 us to see 00:34:22.519 --> 00:34:23.000 him face 00:34:23.000 --> 00:34:23.539 to face. 00:34:24.480 --> 00:34:25.059 So we 00:34:25.059 --> 00:34:25.400 don't need 00:34:25.400 --> 00:34:26.380 to fear 00:34:26.380 --> 00:34:26.739 that. 00:34:27.599 --> 00:34:28.199 in Christ. 00:34:28.940 --> 00:34:29.279 And the 00:34:29.279 --> 00:34:29.799 genealogy 00:34:29.799 --> 00:34:30.519 actually goes 00:34:30.519 --> 00:34:31.019 on even 00:34:31.019 --> 00:34:31.599 after Christ, 00:34:31.679 --> 00:34:31.940 but it's 00:34:31.940 --> 00:34:32.319 a different 00:34:32.319 --> 00:34:33.039 genealogy. 00:34:34.719 --> 00:34:35.159 And it's 00:34:35.159 --> 00:34:35.860 generally with 00:34:35.860 --> 00:34:36.259 so many 00:34:36.259 --> 00:34:36.839 people that 00:34:36.839 --> 00:34:37.480 it can't 00:34:37.480 --> 00:34:37.860 be written 00:34:37.860 --> 00:34:39.099 because it's 00:34:39.099 --> 00:34:39.699 too many. 00:34:40.420 --> 00:34:41.079 And it 00:34:41.079 --> 00:34:43.000 wouldn't 00:34:43.000 --> 00:34:44.000 be just 00:34:44.000 --> 00:34:44.839 right to 00:34:44.839 --> 00:34:45.480 say that 00:34:45.480 --> 00:34:46.360 Wudan 00:34:46.360 --> 00:34:47.019 Takao, 00:34:48.000 --> 00:34:49.059 father, 00:34:49.839 --> 00:34:50.960 two sons 00:34:50.960 --> 00:34:51.360 and a 00:34:51.360 --> 00:34:51.679 daughter, 00:34:52.259 --> 00:34:52.500 and he 00:34:52.500 --> 00:34:53.079 dies at 00:34:53.079 --> 00:34:53.679 age 65. 00:34:54.360 --> 00:34:54.659 And at 00:34:54.659 --> 00:34:54.960 the end 00:34:54.960 --> 00:34:55.159 he would 00:34:55.159 --> 00:34:55.420 add, 00:34:55.839 --> 00:34:56.159 and in 00:34:56.159 --> 00:34:56.579 Christ, 00:34:57.179 --> 00:34:57.579 he lived 00:34:57.579 --> 00:34:58.000 again 00:34:58.000 --> 00:34:58.840 forevermore. 00:34:59.719 --> 00:35:00.299 And that 00:35:00.299 --> 00:35:00.880 would apply 00:35:00.880 --> 00:35:01.599 to all 00:35:01.599 --> 00:35:03.079 who are 00:35:03.079 --> 00:35:03.739 in Christ. 00:35:05.799 --> 00:35:06.340 With 00:35:06.340 --> 00:35:06.679 that 00:35:06.679 --> 00:35:07.619 knowledge, 00:35:08.420 --> 00:35:08.900 what does 00:35:08.900 --> 00:35:09.099 it, 00:35:09.420 --> 00:35:09.920 how does 00:35:09.920 --> 00:35:10.279 it make 00:35:10.279 --> 00:35:10.860 us live 00:35:10.860 --> 00:35:12.259 differently? 00:35:15.139 --> 00:35:15.819 In 00:35:15.819 --> 00:35:17.880 1928, 00:35:18.500 --> 00:35:19.279 three men, 00:35:20.500 --> 00:35:20.759 Hudson 00:35:20.759 --> 00:35:21.340 Southwell, 00:35:22.880 --> 00:35:23.259 Frank 00:35:23.259 --> 00:35:23.739 Davidson, 00:35:23.739 --> 00:35:29.159 and the 00:35:29.159 --> 00:35:30.219 last one 00:35:30.219 --> 00:35:30.359 is 00:35:30.359 --> 00:35:30.759 Carly, 00:35:31.839 --> 00:35:33.359 1928, 00:35:33.559 --> 00:35:33.739 they 00:35:33.739 --> 00:35:34.199 sell from 00:35:34.199 --> 00:35:34.619 Melbourne 00:35:34.619 --> 00:35:35.699 to 00:35:35.699 --> 00:35:36.079 Borneo. 00:35:38.579 --> 00:35:39.299 And they 00:35:39.299 --> 00:35:39.659 were the 00:35:39.659 --> 00:35:39.959 ones who 00:35:39.959 --> 00:35:40.279 brought the 00:35:40.279 --> 00:35:40.839 gospel to 00:35:40.839 --> 00:35:41.659 the Lung 00:35:41.659 --> 00:35:41.959 Ba Wan 00:35:41.959 --> 00:35:42.379 people. 00:35:44.079 --> 00:35:44.579 You 00:35:44.579 --> 00:35:44.859 might not 00:35:44.859 --> 00:35:45.219 be able to 00:35:45.219 --> 00:35:45.919 imagine how 00:35:45.919 --> 00:35:46.779 difficult it 00:35:46.779 --> 00:35:47.179 would be. 00:35:47.879 --> 00:35:48.119 I mean, 00:35:48.259 --> 00:35:49.119 the selling 00:35:49.119 --> 00:35:49.419 trip would 00:35:49.419 --> 00:35:49.919 be bad 00:35:49.919 --> 00:35:50.279 enough. 00:35:50.280 --> 00:35:52.340 if you 00:35:52.340 --> 00:35:52.840 go to 00:35:52.840 --> 00:35:53.180 the 00:35:53.180 --> 00:35:53.760 Lung Ba Wan 00:35:53.760 --> 00:35:54.420 villages at 00:35:54.420 --> 00:35:55.040 that time, 00:35:55.640 --> 00:35:55.960 there are 00:35:55.960 --> 00:35:56.400 diseases 00:35:56.400 --> 00:35:57.100 everywhere, 00:35:57.560 --> 00:35:58.420 very dirty. 00:36:00.040 --> 00:36:00.560 There's no, 00:36:01.040 --> 00:36:01.560 I'm not sure 00:36:01.560 --> 00:36:01.860 how they 00:36:01.860 --> 00:36:02.220 survive, 00:36:02.280 --> 00:36:02.540 actually. 00:36:02.880 --> 00:36:03.180 And there 00:36:03.180 --> 00:36:03.620 are still 00:36:03.620 --> 00:36:04.519 head hunters 00:36:04.519 --> 00:36:05.280 around the 00:36:05.280 --> 00:36:05.580 area, 00:36:06.280 --> 00:36:06.840 and they 00:36:06.840 --> 00:36:07.040 don't 00:36:07.040 --> 00:36:07.580 know the 00:36:07.580 --> 00:36:08.019 language. 00:36:08.920 --> 00:36:09.240 But they 00:36:09.240 --> 00:36:09.540 went. 00:36:10.380 --> 00:36:10.900 Why did 00:36:10.900 --> 00:36:11.140 they do 00:36:11.140 --> 00:36:11.420 that? 00:36:12.380 --> 00:36:12.780 Because 00:36:12.780 --> 00:36:15.000 death is 00:36:15.000 --> 00:36:15.740 no longer 00:36:15.740 --> 00:36:16.600 a problem 00:36:16.600 --> 00:36:17.080 for them. 00:36:17.700 --> 00:36:18.380 Judgment is 00:36:18.380 --> 00:36:18.920 no longer a 00:36:18.920 --> 00:36:19.360 problem for 00:36:19.360 --> 00:36:19.599 them. 00:36:20.760 --> 00:36:21.460 And they 00:36:21.460 --> 00:36:21.980 want other 00:36:21.980 --> 00:36:22.480 people to 00:36:22.480 --> 00:36:22.980 know that 00:36:22.980 --> 00:36:23.260 the Lord 00:36:23.260 --> 00:36:24.000 Jesus Christ 00:36:24.000 --> 00:36:24.980 is the 00:36:24.980 --> 00:36:25.620 life and 00:36:25.620 --> 00:36:25.760 the 00:36:25.760 --> 00:36:26.280 resurrection. 00:36:27.800 --> 00:36:28.340 And 00:36:28.340 --> 00:36:28.900 through them, 00:36:29.920 --> 00:36:30.660 that brings 00:36:30.660 --> 00:36:31.280 such a 00:36:31.280 --> 00:36:33.260 change to 00:36:33.260 --> 00:36:34.019 many people. 00:36:34.880 --> 00:36:35.320 And among 00:36:35.320 --> 00:36:36.120 those people, 00:36:37.360 --> 00:36:39.539 one who was 00:36:39.539 --> 00:36:39.980 born during 00:36:39.980 --> 00:36:40.780 the time was 00:36:40.780 --> 00:36:41.120 called 00:36:41.120 --> 00:36:41.860 Takao, 00:36:42.599 --> 00:36:42.980 Wudang 00:36:42.980 --> 00:36:43.680 Takao's 00:36:43.680 --> 00:36:44.160 father. 00:36:45.539 --> 00:36:46.280 Wudang, 00:36:46.579 --> 00:36:47.099 the son of 00:36:47.099 --> 00:36:47.519 Takao. 00:36:47.519 --> 00:36:50.360 Takao is 00:36:50.360 --> 00:36:51.159 91 years 00:36:51.159 --> 00:36:52.079 old, and 00:36:52.079 --> 00:36:52.460 he stood 00:36:52.460 --> 00:36:53.019 up during 00:36:53.019 --> 00:36:53.780 Wudang's 00:36:53.780 --> 00:36:54.639 funeral. 00:36:55.920 --> 00:36:56.559 He wasn't 00:36:56.559 --> 00:36:57.679 actually scheduled 00:36:57.679 --> 00:36:58.460 to talk, but 00:36:58.460 --> 00:36:58.900 he wanted to 00:36:58.900 --> 00:36:59.159 talk. 00:37:00.780 --> 00:37:01.199 Isn't it 00:37:01.199 --> 00:37:01.500 sad? 00:37:02.139 --> 00:37:02.639 A father 00:37:02.639 --> 00:37:03.860 who had 00:37:03.860 --> 00:37:05.980 two such 00:37:05.980 --> 00:37:06.559 good sons 00:37:06.559 --> 00:37:07.099 and both 00:37:07.099 --> 00:37:07.940 died before 00:37:07.940 --> 00:37:08.239 him. 00:37:09.780 --> 00:37:10.179 But when 00:37:10.179 --> 00:37:10.759 he talked, 00:37:11.099 --> 00:37:11.400 he didn't 00:37:11.400 --> 00:37:11.820 say much 00:37:11.820 --> 00:37:12.219 about their 00:37:12.219 --> 00:37:12.679 achievements. 00:37:14.179 --> 00:37:14.739 He talked 00:37:14.739 --> 00:37:15.500 a lot about 00:37:15.500 --> 00:37:15.800 the Lord 00:37:15.800 --> 00:37:16.600 Jesus Christ, 00:37:17.720 --> 00:37:18.860 about their 00:37:18.860 --> 00:37:19.500 hope in 00:37:19.500 --> 00:37:19.820 the Lord 00:37:19.820 --> 00:37:20.539 Jesus Christ. 00:37:21.960 --> 00:37:22.320 And he 00:37:22.320 --> 00:37:22.760 called out 00:37:22.760 --> 00:37:23.539 asking people 00:37:23.539 --> 00:37:24.120 to believe 00:37:24.120 --> 00:37:24.420 in the 00:37:24.420 --> 00:37:24.800 Lord Jesus 00:37:24.800 --> 00:37:25.300 Christ. 00:37:26.580 --> 00:37:26.880 You may 00:37:26.880 --> 00:37:27.380 not know 00:37:27.380 --> 00:37:28.500 how difficult 00:37:28.500 --> 00:37:28.840 it is. 00:37:30.340 --> 00:37:30.519 The 00:37:30.519 --> 00:37:31.260 service was 00:37:31.260 --> 00:37:31.840 attended 00:37:31.840 --> 00:37:33.700 by many 00:37:33.700 --> 00:37:34.240 long Christians, 00:37:35.360 --> 00:37:36.660 many high 00:37:36.660 --> 00:37:37.480 power people 00:37:37.480 --> 00:37:38.060 in their 00:37:38.060 --> 00:37:38.760 miniatures. 00:37:40.200 --> 00:37:40.720 In ordinary 00:37:40.720 --> 00:37:41.220 times, you 00:37:41.220 --> 00:37:42.100 say that I 00:37:42.100 --> 00:37:42.600 suppose you 00:37:42.600 --> 00:37:43.519 would get 00:37:43.519 --> 00:37:45.200 jailed in 00:37:45.199 --> 00:37:45.559 Malaysia. 00:37:48.500 --> 00:37:49.559 But he 00:37:49.559 --> 00:37:50.219 didn't care 00:37:50.219 --> 00:37:53.279 because he 00:37:53.279 --> 00:37:53.779 had that 00:37:53.779 --> 00:37:56.579 hope and 00:37:56.579 --> 00:37:56.799 he wanted 00:37:56.799 --> 00:37:57.299 other people 00:37:57.299 --> 00:37:57.719 to know 00:37:57.719 --> 00:37:58.239 that too. 00:38:02.119 --> 00:38:02.859 If this 00:38:02.859 --> 00:38:03.419 knowledge, I 00:38:03.419 --> 00:38:04.099 hope that if 00:38:04.099 --> 00:38:04.599 you are not 00:38:04.599 --> 00:38:05.279 in this 00:38:05.279 --> 00:38:07.099 genealogy of 00:38:07.099 --> 00:38:07.359 the Lord 00:38:07.359 --> 00:38:08.179 Jesus Christ, 00:38:09.819 --> 00:38:10.439 I hope that 00:38:10.439 --> 00:38:10.980 you would 00:38:10.980 --> 00:38:11.679 want to be 00:38:11.679 --> 00:38:14.839 in John 1, 00:38:14.840 --> 00:38:17.500 John 1, 00:38:18.160 --> 00:38:18.720 verse 12 00:38:18.720 --> 00:38:19.320 says that 00:38:19.320 --> 00:38:21.559 for those 00:38:21.559 --> 00:38:22.840 who receive 00:38:22.840 --> 00:38:23.840 him, who 00:38:23.840 --> 00:38:24.280 believe in 00:38:24.280 --> 00:38:24.860 his name, 00:38:25.700 --> 00:38:26.019 he gave 00:38:26.019 --> 00:38:26.720 the power, 00:38:28.019 --> 00:38:28.460 the right 00:38:28.460 --> 00:38:29.019 to become 00:38:29.019 --> 00:38:29.519 children of 00:38:29.519 --> 00:38:29.840 God. 00:38:32.340 --> 00:38:33.420 And if we 00:38:33.420 --> 00:38:33.780 are already 00:38:33.780 --> 00:38:34.559 in this 00:38:34.559 --> 00:38:35.500 genealogy of 00:38:35.500 --> 00:38:35.800 the Lord 00:38:35.800 --> 00:38:36.559 Jesus Christ, 00:38:37.120 --> 00:38:37.840 I hope that 00:38:37.840 --> 00:38:38.440 we will learn 00:38:38.440 --> 00:38:39.160 to walk 00:38:39.160 --> 00:38:40.140 with God 00:38:40.140 --> 00:38:41.800 like he 00:38:41.800 --> 00:38:42.220 not did. 00:38:42.219 --> 00:38:44.219 let us 00:38:44.219 --> 00:38:44.500 pray. 00:38:44.500 --> 00:38:45.219 Let us 00:38:45.219 --> 00:38:45.539 pray. 00:38:53.739 --> 00:38:54.519 Almighty God, 00:38:54.599 --> 00:38:56.279 we are 00:38:56.279 --> 00:38:56.779 thankful that 00:38:56.779 --> 00:38:57.359 we can call 00:38:57.359 --> 00:38:57.879 your Father 00:38:57.879 --> 00:38:58.559 and have 00:38:58.559 --> 00:39:00.779 this renewed 00:39:00.779 --> 00:39:01.579 relationship with 00:39:01.579 --> 00:39:02.119 you in the 00:39:02.119 --> 00:39:02.539 Lord Jesus 00:39:02.539 --> 00:39:03.079 Christ. 00:39:03.079 --> 00:39:05.279 Lord, 00:39:05.279 --> 00:39:05.699 may you 00:39:05.699 --> 00:39:06.559 attract us, 00:39:07.860 --> 00:39:08.340 help us to 00:39:08.340 --> 00:39:08.779 see your 00:39:08.779 --> 00:39:09.279 glory in 00:39:09.279 --> 00:39:09.699 the face 00:39:09.699 --> 00:39:10.000 of the 00:39:10.000 --> 00:39:10.380 Lord Jesus 00:39:10.380 --> 00:39:10.860 Christ. 00:39:12.279 --> 00:39:12.539 That we 00:39:12.539 --> 00:39:13.259 might walk 00:39:13.259 --> 00:39:13.739 with you 00:39:13.739 --> 00:39:14.799 joyfully. 00:39:15.440 --> 00:39:15.739 Thank you, 00:39:15.779 --> 00:39:15.880 Lord. 00:39:15.880 --> 00:39:16.420 We pray in 00:39:16.420 --> 00:39:17.000 Jesus' name. 00:39:17.699 --> 00:39:17.940 Amen.