WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:01.660 Do we have any math teachers here? 00:00:02.940 --> 00:00:04.339 Put your hand up. Don't be embarrassed. 00:00:04.740 --> 00:00:06.020 ! Mel, loud and proud. 00:00:06.419 --> 00:00:07.660 ! Mike is like, ah, yes, too. 00:00:08.380 --> 00:00:09.919 There's a few more here. Caleb's here. 00:00:10.460 --> 00:00:11.200 ! Ebenezer's here. 00:00:11.900 --> 00:00:13.540 Who's that? Locke, math teacher. 00:00:13.960 --> 00:00:17.940 I found myself saying something a few days ago. 00:00:17.940 --> 00:00:23.300 That was what I said when I was in year seven, which was, what's the point of Pythagoras? 00:00:25.080 --> 00:00:26.160 What's the meaning of it? 00:00:26.160 --> 00:00:30.179 And then my kids now say it because I'm trying to teach them. 00:00:30.280 --> 00:00:34.700 And thank goodness, Ebenezer is someone who also teaches math, who has been helping our kids. 00:00:34.980 --> 00:00:38.980 And they ask the same question, which is, what's the point of it? 00:00:39.719 --> 00:00:40.759 What are we supposed to learn? 00:00:41.000 --> 00:00:43.079 Mel, can you tell us, what's the point of Pythagoras? 00:00:44.519 --> 00:00:45.600 To torture us. 00:00:46.719 --> 00:00:48.019 Excellent. To torture us. 00:00:49.019 --> 00:00:53.579 And then I try and tell my kids, okay, well, the reason why we do Pythagoras and trigonometry 00:00:53.579 --> 00:00:57.799 is it helps us deal with problems. 00:00:58.159 --> 00:01:00.820 It helps us look at the world. 00:01:00.920 --> 00:01:05.280 And actually, if you look deep enough, the world, there's maths everywhere. 00:01:06.340 --> 00:01:09.140 And the reason why I say that is, you're about to find out, 00:01:09.179 --> 00:01:13.659 because we're about to read a passage of scripture that feels a lot like maths. 00:01:14.719 --> 00:01:16.980 And doesn't really feel as though there's really much point to it. 00:01:17.019 --> 00:01:18.759 Remember, we started in Genesis a couple of weeks ago. 00:01:18.859 --> 00:01:21.079 Genesis 1 was great. 00:01:21.079 --> 00:01:22.819 Like, he creates the world. 00:01:23.039 --> 00:01:23.980 And then he says it was good. 00:01:24.039 --> 00:01:25.019 He does it in six days. 00:01:25.159 --> 00:01:26.620 And then he has a rest for seven days. 00:01:26.780 --> 00:01:29.879 And then we talk about what it means to rest on the Sabbath day. 00:01:30.079 --> 00:01:34.420 And then Genesis 2, he zooms in to creating man and woman. 00:01:35.000 --> 00:01:36.379 And then what that is all about. 00:01:36.640 --> 00:01:39.599 And then Genesis 3 is when we see the fall. 00:01:39.879 --> 00:01:41.859 When they make a decision to not trust him and say, 00:01:41.920 --> 00:01:42.359 God, you know what? 00:01:42.359 --> 00:01:43.219 I'm just going to trust myself. 00:01:43.259 --> 00:01:44.500 I'm just going to figure this one out myself. 00:01:44.819 --> 00:01:46.439 And so then they go down that route. 00:01:46.439 --> 00:01:48.599 And they end up getting banished from the Garden of Eden. 00:01:48.840 --> 00:01:49.379 Genesis 3. 00:01:49.379 --> 00:01:54.619 And Genesis 4, as Gabe preached last week, was basically an extension of Genesis 3. 00:01:54.959 --> 00:01:59.659 That decision, that original decision, that original sin, then just continues to multiply. 00:01:59.959 --> 00:02:02.879 What started with a fruit now ends with a murder. 00:02:03.859 --> 00:02:05.979 And so that's Genesis chapter 4. 00:02:07.439 --> 00:02:10.419 Genesis chapter 5, you could argue, is an extension of Genesis chapter 4. 00:02:10.419 --> 00:02:16.799 And what you see here, if you open up your Bibles, and hopefully you've been handed one, 00:02:16.879 --> 00:02:19.519 is we're going to look and we're going to see a whole list. 00:02:20.219 --> 00:02:25.579 But one thing that we've been learning here as a congregation, as a flock, as followers of Christ, 00:02:25.619 --> 00:02:28.219 is how do we submit ourselves and humble ourselves under this book? 00:02:28.219 --> 00:02:33.939 When it makes sense, when it's nice, when it's Philippians 4, when it tells you not to be anxious, 00:02:34.060 --> 00:02:37.960 but in everything, in prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. 00:02:38.219 --> 00:02:40.060 We love that because it's encouraging to us. 00:02:40.259 --> 00:02:43.379 So we put it onto a fridge magnet, and then it reminds us to not be anxious. 00:02:44.099 --> 00:02:44.939 Those are good verses. 00:02:45.340 --> 00:02:47.819 John 16 is a verse that says, oh, take heart. 00:02:48.460 --> 00:02:49.680 In this world you will have trouble. 00:02:50.680 --> 00:02:51.780 But I have overcome the world. 00:02:51.840 --> 00:02:52.560 Those are good ones. 00:02:52.560 --> 00:02:57.360 I don't know if I've ever seen a fridge magnet of Genesis chapter 5. 00:02:58.979 --> 00:02:59.759 It's a tough one. 00:03:00.860 --> 00:03:04.460 But yet, as I was looking through this, and honestly, I'll confess right now, 00:03:04.500 --> 00:03:06.219 I was like, do we need to do this chapter? 00:03:06.879 --> 00:03:08.840 Maybe we should just skip it. 00:03:09.379 --> 00:03:11.599 And actually, the Lord convicted me, and actually Gabe convicted me. 00:03:11.659 --> 00:03:12.659 He's like, no, there's something there. 00:03:13.840 --> 00:03:14.640 And here it is. 00:03:14.699 --> 00:03:17.080 And we're going to do a sermon on this list. 00:03:17.360 --> 00:03:19.020 But before that, we're going to do something even better. 00:03:19.099 --> 00:03:21.960 We're going to stand for the word of the Lord in our reverence and awe for him. 00:03:21.960 --> 00:03:23.040 And I'm going to ask Christina. 00:03:23.219 --> 00:03:24.300 And who else have you picked, Christina? 00:03:25.360 --> 00:03:30.500 Bethany, to come and, oh, there we go, to come and read the word of God to us. 00:03:32.000 --> 00:03:32.400 Excellent. 00:03:32.960 --> 00:03:33.319 Perfect. 00:03:34.879 --> 00:03:35.540 Thank you. 00:03:35.939 --> 00:03:36.439 You got it, Beth. 00:03:37.120 --> 00:03:37.340 Okay. 00:03:38.140 --> 00:03:39.659 Just read, like, five verses at a time, okay? 00:03:40.020 --> 00:03:40.520 All right. 00:03:41.600 --> 00:03:42.840 Adam's Descendants to Noah. 00:03:43.120 --> 00:03:45.340 This is the book of the generations of Adam. 00:03:45.620 --> 00:03:48.700 When God created man, he made him in the likeness of God. 00:03:49.180 --> 00:03:50.819 Male and female, he created them. 00:03:50.819 --> 00:03:54.319 And he blessed them and named them man when they were created. 00:03:54.959 --> 00:04:01.500 When Adam had lived 130 years, he fathered a son in his own likeness, after his image, and named him Seth. 00:04:01.739 --> 00:04:07.000 The days of Adam after he fathered Seth were 800 years, and he had other sons and daughters. 00:04:07.280 --> 00:04:10.740 Thus, all the days that Adam lived were 930 years, and he died. 00:04:10.740 --> 00:04:17.319 When Seth had lived 105 years, he fathered Enosh. 00:04:17.660 --> 00:04:23.819 Seth lived after he fathered Enosh 807 years, and had other sons and daughters. 00:04:23.819 --> 00:04:31.459 Thus, all the days of Seth were 90 years, and he died. 00:04:31.459 --> 00:04:44.680 And Enosh lived after he fathered Kenan 815 years, and he had other sons and daughters. 00:04:44.680 --> 00:04:50.420 Thus, all the days of Enosh were 905 years, and he died. 00:04:50.819 --> 00:04:54.280 When Kenan had lived 70 years, he fathered Mahalalel. 00:04:54.660 --> 00:04:59.720 Kenan lived after he fathered Mahalalel 840 years, and had other sons and daughters. 00:05:00.220 --> 00:05:03.480 Thus, all the days of Kenan were 910 years, and he died. 00:05:03.480 --> 00:05:07.200 And when Mahalalel had lived 65 years, he fathered Jared. 00:05:07.600 --> 00:05:12.800 Mahalalel lived after he had fathered Jared 830 years, and had other sons and daughters. 00:05:13.040 --> 00:05:17.060 Thus, all the days of Mahalalel were 895 years, and he died. 00:05:18.200 --> 00:05:22.460 When Jared had lived 162 years, he fathered Enoch. 00:05:23.040 --> 00:05:28.939 Jared lived after he fathered Enoch 800 years, and had other sons and daughters. 00:05:28.939 --> 00:05:34.259 Thus, all the days of Jared were 962 years, and he died. 00:05:34.899 --> 00:05:41.839 When Enoch had lived 65 years, he fathered Methuselah. 00:05:42.480 --> 00:05:50.659 Enoch walked with God after he fathered Methuselah 300 years, and had other sons and daughters. 00:05:51.240 --> 00:05:55.939 Thus, all the days of Enoch were 365 years. 00:05:55.939 --> 00:06:00.160 Enoch walked with God, and he was not. 00:06:00.459 --> 00:06:01.819 For God took him. 00:06:02.779 --> 00:06:06.800 When Methuselah had lived 187 years, he fathered Lamech. 00:06:07.180 --> 00:06:13.079 Methuselah lived after he fathered Lamech 782 years, and had other sons and daughters. 00:06:13.300 --> 00:06:17.159 Thus, all the days of Methuselah were 969 years, and he died. 00:06:17.579 --> 00:06:21.980 When Lamech had lived 182 years, he fathered a son and called his name Noah, 00:06:21.980 --> 00:06:25.700 saying out of the ground that the Lord has cursed. 00:06:25.819 --> 00:06:30.340 This one shall bring us relief from our work and from the painful toil of our hands. 00:06:30.860 --> 00:06:35.439 Lamech lived after he fathered Noah 595 years, and had other sons and daughters. 00:06:36.000 --> 00:06:39.640 Thus, all the days of Lamech were 777 years, and he died. 00:06:40.120 --> 00:06:44.439 After Noah was 500 years old, Noah fathered Shem, Ham, and Japheth. 00:06:45.560 --> 00:06:46.680 This is the word of the Lord. 00:06:47.100 --> 00:06:47.800 Praise be to God. 00:06:48.759 --> 00:06:49.439 Thank you, ladies. 00:06:49.500 --> 00:06:50.060 Please take a seat. 00:06:50.060 --> 00:06:51.240 Can we give them a round of applause? 00:06:51.899 --> 00:06:52.040 Woo! 00:06:55.040 --> 00:06:59.639 If you are expecting a baby, and were looking for inspiration for baby names, 00:07:00.240 --> 00:07:01.680 Genesis 5 is your friend. 00:07:04.040 --> 00:07:07.819 I've told you before, I grew up in the late 1900s. 00:07:08.360 --> 00:07:10.240 Well, actually, I was born in the late 1900s, 00:07:10.340 --> 00:07:15.319 but I actually grew up, or I was fully formed, in the early 2000s. 00:07:15.319 --> 00:07:21.040 And my mentors at the time were a guy called Marshall Mathers, otherwise known as Eminem. 00:07:21.500 --> 00:07:25.399 And then 50 Cent was someone else as well. 00:07:25.899 --> 00:07:28.879 And Nelly was someone that I listened to sometimes. 00:07:29.000 --> 00:07:29.980 I got a nod from you, Alex. 00:07:30.100 --> 00:07:31.079 Did you listen to Nelly? 00:07:31.459 --> 00:07:32.339 Back in the day. 00:07:32.339 --> 00:07:34.659 It's getting hot in here. 00:07:35.139 --> 00:07:35.459 Correct. 00:07:38.919 --> 00:07:44.859 If you just have a peek into the end of chapter 4, you'll see the first version of a gangster rap. 00:07:45.599 --> 00:07:46.859 You'll see Lamech. 00:07:47.519 --> 00:07:49.739 The end of chapter 4, we're not going through it, so don't worry. 00:07:49.740 --> 00:07:57.560 But you see, when Cain murders his brother, and then God sends him and goes, 00:07:58.460 --> 00:08:01.060 and then his descendants, there's a list of actually his descendants. 00:08:01.220 --> 00:08:03.819 And what actually happens is, verse 17 in chapter 4, 00:08:04.100 --> 00:08:06.259 Cain knew his wife, and she conceived and bore Enoch. 00:08:06.500 --> 00:08:10.160 And when he built a city, he called the name of the city after the name of his son, Enoch. 00:08:10.860 --> 00:08:11.879 So this begins. 00:08:12.300 --> 00:08:14.680 This begins of, hey, I want to name something after myself. 00:08:14.740 --> 00:08:15.980 I'm going to make a name for myself. 00:08:16.120 --> 00:08:18.819 And so you see, the descendants of Cain, that's where they're heading. 00:08:18.819 --> 00:08:19.939 And it just keeps going. 00:08:20.019 --> 00:08:23.959 It keeps going up until the point where, and then you have Lamech, verse 19. 00:08:24.579 --> 00:08:26.719 Lamech here, he has two wives. 00:08:27.079 --> 00:08:28.240 Adam and Eve only had one. 00:08:28.680 --> 00:08:32.860 And yet, for some reason, he decided, actually, I will have whatever my eyes desire, 00:08:33.080 --> 00:08:34.439 and I'm now going to have two wives. 00:08:34.620 --> 00:08:38.919 Not only does he have two wives, and then he sings a song to them, which is verse 23, 00:08:39.179 --> 00:08:42.919 and he basically raps to them, and he's saying, hey, you two, you two are my wives. 00:08:43.200 --> 00:08:43.759 Listen to me. 00:08:44.000 --> 00:08:44.679 Listen to what I've done. 00:08:44.740 --> 00:08:45.620 I have killed a man. 00:08:46.259 --> 00:08:47.720 That sounds like gangster rap to me. 00:08:48.820 --> 00:08:50.240 And he's proud of it. 00:08:51.200 --> 00:08:54.820 And so what you see then, and actually, society is changing here. 00:08:55.000 --> 00:08:57.840 Because if you have a look, look, Adam and Eve, of course, in the garden. 00:08:57.940 --> 00:08:58.720 There's nothing else around. 00:08:59.180 --> 00:09:00.120 There's no technology. 00:09:00.220 --> 00:09:00.800 There's no iPads. 00:09:01.180 --> 00:09:02.240 You'd thought of just garden. 00:09:02.500 --> 00:09:08.280 But by the time it gets to Lamech, actually, just before that, in verse 21, suddenly, you've 00:09:08.280 --> 00:09:08.840 got instruments. 00:09:09.340 --> 00:09:10.240 The lyre, the pipe. 00:09:10.500 --> 00:09:13.020 Verse 22, there are instruments of bronze and iron. 00:09:13.019 --> 00:09:15.019 Again, civilization was starting to develop. 00:09:15.639 --> 00:09:17.460 Culture was starting to develop. 00:09:18.199 --> 00:09:20.279 Gangsters were starting to appear. 00:09:21.340 --> 00:09:25.740 And then you ask, well, okay, I can see where we suddenly get to where we are now. 00:09:25.939 --> 00:09:27.699 And then you wonder, well, what hope is there? 00:09:28.100 --> 00:09:31.039 What was God's response to the evil that was starting to multiply? 00:09:31.399 --> 00:09:35.199 You see, what happens is when you choose sin, when you choose the fruit, it's not just about 00:09:35.199 --> 00:09:35.559 the fruit. 00:09:35.639 --> 00:09:37.019 It's about the thing that happens after the fruit. 00:09:37.019 --> 00:09:39.519 And then it's about the thing that happens after the fruit that happens after the fruit. 00:09:39.720 --> 00:09:41.799 And what you then see is just generational sin. 00:09:42.259 --> 00:09:44.019 And you see it just passing down the line. 00:09:44.579 --> 00:09:47.159 See, God made Adam after him, and he was perfect. 00:09:47.579 --> 00:09:50.120 But then Adam decided to choose another way. 00:09:50.379 --> 00:09:51.740 So he was not perfect anymore. 00:09:52.100 --> 00:09:56.059 And so then when actually Adam then has his children, they are no longer perfect. 00:09:56.199 --> 00:09:57.579 And it passes down to you. 00:09:58.199 --> 00:10:02.519 I would guess if you took a little time to think about your parents and your family and 00:10:02.519 --> 00:10:08.379 your grandparents, you're like, oh, I think I can see where some of my shortcomings are 00:10:08.379 --> 00:10:08.879 coming from. 00:10:08.960 --> 00:10:10.600 I think they're passed down from there. 00:10:10.699 --> 00:10:11.579 They are generational. 00:10:14.139 --> 00:10:15.340 So what hope do we have? 00:10:15.799 --> 00:10:21.139 At the end of chapter 4, verse 25, Adam knew his wife again, and she bore a son and called 00:10:21.139 --> 00:10:21.879 his name Seth. 00:10:22.399 --> 00:10:26.480 For she said, God has appointed for me another offspring instead of Abel, for Cain killed 00:10:26.480 --> 00:10:26.639 him. 00:10:26.939 --> 00:10:29.340 To Seth also was a son born, and he called his name Enosh. 00:10:29.399 --> 00:10:31.840 At that time, people began to call upon the name of the Lord. 00:10:31.840 --> 00:10:37.300 So even though gangster rappers were starting to appear everywhere, there was another line. 00:10:38.019 --> 00:10:42.399 There was another group of people that were starting to form, from Adam down to Seth. 00:10:42.879 --> 00:10:47.620 And at that time, people started to call upon the name of the Lord. 00:10:47.759 --> 00:10:51.899 There was another group of people that started to say, hey, we're not going to live that way. 00:10:51.960 --> 00:10:55.700 We're not going to succumb to that kind of way of living and thinking. 00:10:56.400 --> 00:10:58.400 We're going to call upon the name of the Lord. 00:10:58.399 --> 00:11:03.459 And that's when we move into the wonderful list that is Genesis chapter 5, that we are 00:11:03.459 --> 00:11:05.620 going to try and go through a little bit. 00:11:06.679 --> 00:11:10.000 But before we go through, and don't worry, we're not going to go verse by verse. 00:11:10.559 --> 00:11:13.539 But what we will do is just take out some of the key themes. 00:11:13.639 --> 00:11:16.459 When you look at a list like this, when you look at any list in the Bible, what you're 00:11:16.459 --> 00:11:18.059 trying to do is actually look at the patterns. 00:11:18.319 --> 00:11:20.919 And you're looking at the details and see what's happening here. 00:11:21.000 --> 00:11:22.539 And what's the author trying to show you? 00:11:22.539 --> 00:11:27.500 And the first thing that you have to address to begin with is why are people living so 00:11:27.500 --> 00:11:27.939 long? 00:11:28.839 --> 00:11:29.079 Right? 00:11:30.039 --> 00:11:32.559 Some people say, oh, is it really that word? 00:11:32.639 --> 00:11:33.019 Well, it is. 00:11:33.079 --> 00:11:34.019 I do believe it is. 00:11:34.279 --> 00:11:38.500 And here are a few reasons that I have, that as I looked and as I read about it, that actually 00:11:38.500 --> 00:11:41.319 I'm convinced that these are the real ages of the people. 00:11:41.399 --> 00:11:44.339 The first thing is, remember, Adam and Eve ate the fruit. 00:11:44.919 --> 00:11:46.500 So they introduced sin into the world. 00:11:46.620 --> 00:11:48.459 But at that point, it was still paradise. 00:11:49.439 --> 00:11:51.679 The world that God had created was still pure. 00:11:51.679 --> 00:11:53.799 It was not polluted by the actions of man. 00:11:54.199 --> 00:11:58.939 So you can imagine even the fruits that they were eating would have been glorious, would 00:11:58.939 --> 00:12:00.120 have been delicious, would have been nutritious. 00:12:00.679 --> 00:12:03.279 So actually the paradise, and actually this was all happening before the flood. 00:12:03.399 --> 00:12:07.299 So actually creation itself would have been exactly how God intended. 00:12:07.879 --> 00:12:10.939 And so I can imagine then that actually it would have been okay. 00:12:11.079 --> 00:12:14.919 It would have been reasonable to actually assume that people could live for much, much longer. 00:12:14.919 --> 00:12:21.579 The second thing, before sin was introduced into mankind, into the human genetic code, 00:12:21.679 --> 00:12:24.059 you would have had actually genes. 00:12:24.519 --> 00:12:26.319 DNA would have really not been mutated. 00:12:26.419 --> 00:12:27.479 They would have not have been compromised. 00:12:27.899 --> 00:12:31.719 So actually you would say actually the genes from the original man and woman would have 00:12:31.719 --> 00:12:32.399 been pure as well. 00:12:32.519 --> 00:12:37.259 That would have again lent itself to them living much, much longer than what we do now. 00:12:37.639 --> 00:12:43.799 A third reason is in order for people to actually fulfill the creation cultural mandate, 00:12:44.000 --> 00:12:46.099 which is to be fruitful and multiply, to fill the earth. 00:12:46.100 --> 00:12:48.639 You would have had to have people live much longer. 00:12:49.340 --> 00:12:53.399 It wouldn't have been possible if everyone still lived just to this age that we were in. 00:12:53.840 --> 00:12:56.040 In fact, God said, hey, create culture. 00:12:56.379 --> 00:12:57.440 Make it to reflect me. 00:12:57.620 --> 00:13:02.220 It would have had to have people who were able to live much longer for art and civilization 00:13:02.220 --> 00:13:03.920 to even develop. 00:13:04.940 --> 00:13:05.120 Right? 00:13:05.399 --> 00:13:07.000 Otherwise there would be no chance. 00:13:08.259 --> 00:13:09.000 Hong Kong had a boom. 00:13:09.000 --> 00:13:13.940 Actually, some of you know, my family, my dad's family, he was the youngest of 10. 00:13:14.620 --> 00:13:17.720 Actually at that point there were 16, but of course medicine was just different back then, 00:13:17.779 --> 00:13:18.860 so 10 survived. 00:13:19.139 --> 00:13:20.740 And my mum was the second youngest of 11. 00:13:21.200 --> 00:13:23.580 And of course that's when population just kind of exploded. 00:13:24.519 --> 00:13:27.340 And of course imagine if all of the, imagine the smartest people in the world. 00:13:27.399 --> 00:13:29.120 Imagine if Einstein lived for 900 years. 00:13:29.200 --> 00:13:33.159 Imagine how much there would be developed in the way of maths and the way of science. 00:13:33.879 --> 00:13:38.440 Imagine if Mozart lived for 900 years and all the music that would be developed. 00:13:38.440 --> 00:13:42.140 So I think one of the reasons, my personal take is, God allowed for mankind to live for 00:13:42.140 --> 00:13:47.700 that long, so for culture to develop, for science to develop, for arts to develop. 00:13:47.920 --> 00:13:49.120 Anyway, so it's a side note. 00:13:49.280 --> 00:13:50.520 We're not going to focus too much on it. 00:13:50.620 --> 00:13:54.000 But if you're asking about why the people lived for so long, I would say that's why. 00:13:54.480 --> 00:13:56.980 The other reason is, remember, mankind was not supposed to die. 00:13:57.560 --> 00:14:01.000 Because if we didn't eat the fruit, then we would have stayed with God and walked with 00:14:01.000 --> 00:14:02.700 God and been with God forever. 00:14:03.760 --> 00:14:05.680 And then there is a painful reminder of that. 00:14:05.679 --> 00:14:08.500 If you look at this list again, what's the thing that you notice? 00:14:08.579 --> 00:14:11.279 Remember, rhythm, patterns, details. 00:14:11.679 --> 00:14:15.939 The creation story, he makes one thing on one day, and then he says, and there was evening, 00:14:16.120 --> 00:14:17.859 and there was morning, and it was good. 00:14:18.719 --> 00:14:21.599 Day two, and there was evening, and there was morning, and it was good. 00:14:21.679 --> 00:14:22.659 Day three, the same thing. 00:14:23.120 --> 00:14:26.239 Remember, by the time it got to day six, where he was making man and woman, he says, it's 00:14:26.239 --> 00:14:26.779 not just good. 00:14:27.679 --> 00:14:28.739 It is very good. 00:14:28.740 --> 00:14:33.960 Which shows you that actually, God cares especially a lot about humans. 00:14:34.419 --> 00:14:39.080 When he reaches day seven, and it's the Sabbath, and where he rests, he doesn't even say, there 00:14:39.080 --> 00:14:40.139 is evening, there is morning. 00:14:41.440 --> 00:14:42.480 And that's where we explored. 00:14:42.580 --> 00:14:47.779 Maybe we were just created to be in a state of perpetual rest that we have strayed from. 00:14:48.100 --> 00:14:49.120 So you see those rhythms. 00:14:49.340 --> 00:14:52.480 If you look at this list in Genesis chapter five, please feel free to have a look. 00:14:52.480 --> 00:14:58.480 And what you see, something else that you see here is, after every person, it says, there's 00:14:58.480 --> 00:15:02.480 all the days that Adam lived, that Enosh lived, that Canaan lived. 00:15:03.580 --> 00:15:04.740 What's the word that comes out? 00:15:06.240 --> 00:15:08.500 And he died. 00:15:10.240 --> 00:15:15.759 The painful reminder that mankind is now going to die. 00:15:16.639 --> 00:15:18.159 Remember, it was never supposed to happen. 00:15:18.159 --> 00:15:26.259 My brother spends a lot of time ministering to people, caring for people at funerals. 00:15:26.779 --> 00:15:31.120 And actually, he's shared multiple times over the years that actually he cherishes those 00:15:31.120 --> 00:15:35.579 places, those spaces, because when you're with those people in those moments of grieving, 00:15:35.899 --> 00:15:37.240 life seems to stand still. 00:15:37.299 --> 00:15:38.039 It seems to pause. 00:15:38.379 --> 00:15:39.980 Suddenly, perspective seems to come. 00:15:40.360 --> 00:15:44.299 And suddenly, you understand what Scripture says when it's better to be in a house of mourning 00:15:44.299 --> 00:15:45.799 than to be the one that's celebrating. 00:15:45.799 --> 00:15:49.159 Because when you're celebrating, you actually lose perspective of what life is. 00:15:49.199 --> 00:15:52.500 It's when you see that life comes to an end, is finite. 00:15:53.219 --> 00:15:54.439 That's when it's sobering. 00:15:54.939 --> 00:15:58.719 But that's actually when life becomes actual life. 00:15:59.459 --> 00:16:01.979 Because you realize how precious it is. 00:16:02.419 --> 00:16:07.559 You see here, the writer seems to just remind us that this is almost the justice of God. 00:16:07.759 --> 00:16:09.740 This is the consequence of the actions of man. 00:16:09.740 --> 00:16:17.180 That each person that lives from now on, and he died, and he died, and he died. 00:16:18.440 --> 00:16:21.680 And I've shared at length with you in the past about my relationship with death. 00:16:21.960 --> 00:16:26.820 That is something that I think about regularly, since my dad passed when I was 17, and grandparents 00:16:26.820 --> 00:16:27.500 shortly after. 00:16:27.720 --> 00:16:33.100 And again, cherishing that very thing that death brings, which is that you appreciate what 00:16:33.100 --> 00:16:35.279 life truly is. 00:16:35.279 --> 00:16:38.439 So you go through this list, and you see everyone dies. 00:16:39.399 --> 00:16:40.740 But that's not the truth, is it? 00:16:41.259 --> 00:16:44.339 Did anyone notice that someone didn't die in this list? 00:16:45.100 --> 00:16:46.240 Who was the one who didn't die? 00:16:47.319 --> 00:16:49.000 Enoch did not die. 00:16:49.519 --> 00:16:49.919 What? 00:16:50.199 --> 00:16:51.000 Let's take a look. 00:16:51.399 --> 00:16:52.799 Try and find him in your list. 00:16:53.159 --> 00:16:55.480 And you see chapter 5, verse 18. 00:16:55.899 --> 00:16:57.480 Jared had lived 162 years. 00:16:57.579 --> 00:16:58.360 He fathered Enoch. 00:16:58.759 --> 00:17:02.220 Jared lived after he fathered Enoch 18 years, and had son and daughters. 00:17:02.220 --> 00:17:05.559 And so Jared was the father to Enoch, who lived 65 years. 00:17:05.660 --> 00:17:07.039 He fathered Methuselah. 00:17:07.480 --> 00:17:09.000 And then Enoch walked with God. 00:17:09.360 --> 00:17:11.900 And later, 24, Enoch walked with God, and he was not. 00:17:12.240 --> 00:17:13.019 For God took him. 00:17:13.299 --> 00:17:15.079 One of two people that don't die. 00:17:15.799 --> 00:17:16.240 He's one. 00:17:16.299 --> 00:17:16.839 Who's the other one? 00:17:18.460 --> 00:17:18.860 Elijah. 00:17:19.380 --> 00:17:19.860 Taken up. 00:17:19.960 --> 00:17:20.700 God just takes him. 00:17:21.279 --> 00:17:23.180 Can you imagine being there at that time? 00:17:24.019 --> 00:17:24.900 In civilization. 00:17:26.240 --> 00:17:29.400 As the group of people who were trying to call on the name of the Lord, and the other 00:17:29.400 --> 00:17:30.779 group of gangsters that are on the other side. 00:17:30.779 --> 00:17:32.559 And everyone's dying. 00:17:32.839 --> 00:17:35.660 And you're like, man, if only we didn't eat the fruit. 00:17:36.359 --> 00:17:37.279 We wouldn't have died. 00:17:37.339 --> 00:17:39.579 We wouldn't have to keep saying goodbye to these people that we love. 00:17:40.339 --> 00:17:44.559 And then suddenly, in this rhythm, in this pattern, someone breaks it. 00:17:45.379 --> 00:17:46.899 Someone doesn't die. 00:17:47.960 --> 00:17:48.859 Enoch, if you have a look. 00:17:49.019 --> 00:17:50.639 Actually, there's not much we know about Enoch. 00:17:50.779 --> 00:17:54.299 I mean, what a great thing to actually be described as, just that you walked with God. 00:17:54.339 --> 00:17:55.500 And I'll talk a little bit about that later. 00:17:55.500 --> 00:18:00.920 I'm just going to fly all the way to the other side of the Bible now, in the book of Jude, 00:18:00.980 --> 00:18:02.460 which is just before Revelation. 00:18:02.700 --> 00:18:05.519 We actually get a little peek about who Enoch is. 00:18:06.400 --> 00:18:08.380 Jude, verse 14 to 16. 00:18:08.440 --> 00:18:09.279 I'm going to read it to you. 00:18:09.279 --> 00:18:14.299 And it was also about these that Enoch, the seventh from Adam, interesting. 00:18:15.019 --> 00:18:18.319 It's the number seven, which is the number of completion in the Bible. 00:18:18.720 --> 00:18:22.259 It's the seventh descendant from Adam, prophesied, saying, 00:18:22.259 --> 00:18:27.180 Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of his holy ones to execute judgment on all 00:18:27.180 --> 00:18:32.400 and to convict all the ungodly of all their deeds of ungodliness that they have committed in such an ungodly way 00:18:32.400 --> 00:18:35.599 and of all the harsh things that ungodly sinners have spoken against him. 00:18:36.000 --> 00:18:39.379 These are the grumblers, malcontents, following their own sinful desires. 00:18:39.740 --> 00:18:42.960 They are loudmouth boasters, showing favoritism to gain advantage. 00:18:44.379 --> 00:18:44.839 Interesting. 00:18:45.059 --> 00:18:45.799 Enoch walked with God. 00:18:45.819 --> 00:18:46.379 And what does he do? 00:18:46.579 --> 00:18:47.180 He's a preacher. 00:18:47.180 --> 00:18:53.080 He's telling the generations, hey, don't live that way. 00:18:53.480 --> 00:18:57.980 He actually stood up to the society that he was in, preaching repentance. 00:18:58.560 --> 00:18:59.380 Isn't that interesting? 00:18:59.799 --> 00:19:00.799 Even more interesting. 00:19:00.940 --> 00:19:04.100 Sorry, I went on a bit of a just kind of like a rabbit hole with some of this research. 00:19:04.940 --> 00:19:06.000 He's a seventh from Adam. 00:19:06.120 --> 00:19:07.200 Guess who else was seventh from Adam? 00:19:08.100 --> 00:19:10.840 The original gangster rapper, Lamech, with two wives. 00:19:11.080 --> 00:19:12.039 He was also the seventh. 00:19:12.039 --> 00:19:17.039 So then it would have actually stood to pretty reasonable chance that actually Enoch and Lamech, 00:19:17.180 --> 00:19:18.400 Lamech would have been contemporaries. 00:19:19.160 --> 00:19:20.660 They would have lived around the same time. 00:19:21.220 --> 00:19:24.320 So then Enoch's actually preaching to people like Lamech, who are having two wives, 00:19:24.400 --> 00:19:26.600 who are killing people and proud of it and singing about it. 00:19:26.799 --> 00:19:27.500 He's like, repent. 00:19:27.799 --> 00:19:29.039 This is not the way to live. 00:19:30.299 --> 00:19:31.340 That is Enoch. 00:19:31.920 --> 00:19:33.620 And it's interesting because he breaks the rhythm. 00:19:34.279 --> 00:19:38.120 And he was, he walked with God, and then he was not. 00:19:38.799 --> 00:19:40.220 Because God took him. 00:19:40.220 --> 00:19:47.279 It makes me think, it makes me think what it would have been like to be in that society 00:19:47.279 --> 00:19:49.500 where everyone is dying and suddenly the one person doesn't die. 00:19:50.460 --> 00:19:53.180 Wouldn't that have been just, that would have been all over the news. 00:19:53.539 --> 00:19:54.079 Did you hear? 00:19:54.900 --> 00:19:56.319 Did you hear about Jared's son? 00:19:56.900 --> 00:19:57.720 He didn't die. 00:19:59.160 --> 00:20:00.400 He just got taken away. 00:20:01.480 --> 00:20:04.779 Guys, there's something out there that's more than what we can see. 00:20:05.620 --> 00:20:07.779 Maybe there's something beyond this realm here. 00:20:07.779 --> 00:20:09.299 Maybe there's something beyond this paradise. 00:20:09.579 --> 00:20:10.819 Maybe there's something out there. 00:20:11.139 --> 00:20:12.379 Someone didn't die. 00:20:16.460 --> 00:20:17.399 And what a legacy. 00:20:18.160 --> 00:20:23.460 If you look at the maths, and they would actually kind of be reasonable to say that Enoch was middle-aged, 00:20:23.599 --> 00:20:25.799 or just actually he was still in the prime of his life. 00:20:26.980 --> 00:20:27.180 365. 00:20:29.319 --> 00:20:35.660 Which makes me think, actually it reminds me, as I'm approaching a significant birthday myself, 00:20:35.660 --> 00:20:37.800 my dad actually passed when he was 41. 00:20:40.160 --> 00:20:46.420 When I look back, my memory of my dad, he was like complete classic uncle material. 00:20:46.720 --> 00:20:49.480 Just the way he talked, the way he dressed. 00:20:50.019 --> 00:20:54.340 But now I'm like, oh, I'm actually the same age that he was. 00:20:56.080 --> 00:20:57.700 It's a little bit disorienting for me. 00:20:57.700 --> 00:21:04.660 It's a little bit like, oh, why does God take people away at different stages in their lives? 00:21:06.140 --> 00:21:09.559 And as I think about that, I think, actually, what was the legacy that my dad left? 00:21:11.720 --> 00:21:15.059 I would say, if I was to describe it, it would be one of integrity. 00:21:15.200 --> 00:21:16.019 He was the same everywhere. 00:21:16.759 --> 00:21:20.279 Whether he was talking to his university students, whether he was talking to his church friends, 00:21:20.360 --> 00:21:23.279 whether he was talking to his family, he really felt like the same person. 00:21:23.279 --> 00:21:26.460 And as his son, who lived in his house, I would say the same. 00:21:27.720 --> 00:21:28.839 He was a man of integrity. 00:21:29.879 --> 00:21:32.440 Sounds a little bit like Enoch, who walked with God. 00:21:33.240 --> 00:21:35.839 The question I want to ask you here, just as a little pause and reflection, 00:21:35.980 --> 00:21:39.039 is if you were to be cut down, if God was to take you away, 00:21:40.119 --> 00:21:42.480 and the way we all want to die is in our sleep. 00:21:42.559 --> 00:21:43.099 We all know that. 00:21:44.480 --> 00:21:46.359 If God was to take you away in your sleep tonight, 00:21:46.359 --> 00:21:49.539 and next week we have to write about you. 00:21:50.519 --> 00:21:52.959 What's the legacy you want to have? 00:21:53.459 --> 00:21:54.819 How do you want to be described? 00:21:55.339 --> 00:21:57.879 I want you to have just 20 seconds to think about it, 00:21:58.000 --> 00:21:58.899 because I may ask you, 00:21:59.639 --> 00:22:01.219 because I think it's important to think about this. 00:22:01.879 --> 00:22:04.519 It's important to think about the end of your life 00:22:04.519 --> 00:22:06.539 and what your life was all about. 00:22:10.639 --> 00:22:13.000 I'll share first, just to help buy you some time. 00:22:13.000 --> 00:22:18.099 I think at the end, if on my grave, it just says James was real. 00:22:19.480 --> 00:22:23.059 He was just whoever you saw he was, that was it. 00:22:24.019 --> 00:22:26.359 You might not find him funny, but he's still going to keep telling jokes. 00:22:27.779 --> 00:22:29.440 You might not agree with how he does church, 00:22:29.500 --> 00:22:31.579 but he's going to keep following Jesus in the way he thinks. 00:22:33.180 --> 00:22:34.559 And he was real to every person. 00:22:35.880 --> 00:22:38.619 And actually the same James that Reuben, Alicia, and Micah see 00:22:38.619 --> 00:22:40.180 is the same James that you see. 00:22:42.319 --> 00:22:42.819 What's yours? 00:22:42.819 --> 00:22:45.179 J1, what's yours? 00:22:52.679 --> 00:22:53.119 Yeah. 00:22:57.119 --> 00:22:59.200 A man who is humble before God. 00:23:00.419 --> 00:23:00.859 Wow. 00:23:01.659 --> 00:23:03.819 Again, that's a peak. 00:23:03.879 --> 00:23:05.579 That's a portal into something bigger. 00:23:06.019 --> 00:23:07.559 In a world where we stay here, 00:23:07.639 --> 00:23:09.919 can we just be the biggest person that we can be, 00:23:10.159 --> 00:23:11.220 climb the ladder that we can climb, 00:23:11.220 --> 00:23:13.200 and everything's about us and what we can achieve 00:23:13.200 --> 00:23:14.120 and what fulfills us. 00:23:14.319 --> 00:23:15.799 Suddenly there's a portal open saying, 00:23:16.160 --> 00:23:18.940 there is a man that was humble before God. 00:23:20.819 --> 00:23:21.799 What that really means, 00:23:21.860 --> 00:23:23.700 if you keep unpacking it and give him time to, 00:23:23.759 --> 00:23:26.720 but it's, man, he doesn't really care as much 00:23:26.720 --> 00:23:27.420 what other people think. 00:23:27.500 --> 00:23:29.299 He's not humbling himself unto other people. 00:23:29.740 --> 00:23:32.460 There's only one that he's seeking the approval of. 00:23:32.460 --> 00:23:38.779 Matthew, what's yours? 00:23:38.779 --> 00:23:38.840 What's yours? 00:23:44.000 --> 00:23:44.440 Loving. 00:23:46.240 --> 00:23:46.960 Matthew, loved. 00:23:46.960 --> 00:23:49.920 I see that. 00:23:52.319 --> 00:23:54.160 I think it's important to think about that 00:23:54.160 --> 00:23:56.460 because when you think about what your legacy is, 00:23:56.759 --> 00:23:58.340 sometimes you don't feel like that person. 00:23:59.400 --> 00:24:01.360 But the challenge is, 00:24:02.360 --> 00:24:04.539 we make decisions based on who we want to become. 00:24:05.840 --> 00:24:07.900 And so actually when we know what we want to be like, 00:24:08.000 --> 00:24:08.740 who we want to be, 00:24:08.960 --> 00:24:10.680 then actually even when we don't feel like it, 00:24:10.720 --> 00:24:12.299 even when we don't feel like doing something, 00:24:12.519 --> 00:24:13.740 well, actually that's who I want to become, 00:24:13.740 --> 00:24:15.160 so I'm going to make that decision right now 00:24:15.160 --> 00:24:17.079 so I get a step closer to that person. 00:24:18.599 --> 00:24:19.740 I can absolutely guarantee 00:24:20.380 --> 00:24:22.079 that Enoch did not live in a time 00:24:22.079 --> 00:24:23.799 where it was easy to walk with God. 00:24:25.259 --> 00:24:26.640 And yet here we are seeing 00:24:26.640 --> 00:24:28.680 that's exactly what he did. 00:24:29.019 --> 00:24:30.059 What is your legacy? 00:24:31.859 --> 00:24:32.579 A Christ follower 00:24:32.579 --> 00:24:34.819 is someone who is counter-cultural, 00:24:34.960 --> 00:24:36.079 who just lives in a different way. 00:24:36.180 --> 00:24:36.960 When someone looks at you, 00:24:37.039 --> 00:24:37.339 do they go, 00:24:37.420 --> 00:24:38.740 hmm, that person is just different. 00:24:39.099 --> 00:24:40.039 Sometimes a little bit weird, 00:24:40.039 --> 00:24:41.380 but that person is just different. 00:24:42.519 --> 00:24:43.400 That's what it means. 00:24:44.640 --> 00:24:45.339 To be holy. 00:24:45.460 --> 00:24:46.059 That's what it means, 00:24:46.120 --> 00:24:46.779 to be set apart, 00:24:46.920 --> 00:24:47.539 to be different. 00:24:47.859 --> 00:24:48.759 Anyway, let's carry on. 00:24:48.880 --> 00:24:49.359 So Enoch, 00:24:49.779 --> 00:24:50.599 he keeps going, 00:24:50.799 --> 00:24:51.740 because actually this whole passage 00:24:51.740 --> 00:24:52.700 isn't even about Enoch. 00:24:53.059 --> 00:24:53.799 Okay, so we keep going. 00:24:54.420 --> 00:24:55.900 Enoch, when he's 65, 00:24:56.180 --> 00:24:57.059 has Methuselah. 00:24:58.160 --> 00:24:59.500 Methuselah is the subject 00:24:59.500 --> 00:25:01.819 of lots of interesting Bible trivia. 00:25:01.960 --> 00:25:02.160 Why? 00:25:02.299 --> 00:25:02.859 Does anyone know 00:25:02.859 --> 00:25:04.839 what the Bible trivia for Methuselah is? 00:25:06.380 --> 00:25:07.819 He's the oldest man in the Bible. 00:25:09.319 --> 00:25:09.960 969 years. 00:25:10.480 --> 00:25:10.640 Okay? 00:25:10.920 --> 00:25:12.380 So it gets a little bit more interesting here, 00:25:12.480 --> 00:25:13.079 kind of. 00:25:13.079 --> 00:25:16.319 And so he then has Methuselah. 00:25:17.299 --> 00:25:17.879 Methuselah here, 00:25:18.139 --> 00:25:19.119 actually his word, 00:25:19.199 --> 00:25:20.359 his name actually means 00:25:20.359 --> 00:25:21.159 when he dies, 00:25:21.240 --> 00:25:21.879 it shall be sent. 00:25:22.779 --> 00:25:23.659 That's what his word means. 00:25:24.000 --> 00:25:24.919 The first part means death 00:25:24.919 --> 00:25:25.659 and that's the second part. 00:25:25.799 --> 00:25:27.419 So it's when Methuselah dies, 00:25:27.559 --> 00:25:28.240 it will be sent. 00:25:28.359 --> 00:25:29.059 I want you to keep that 00:25:29.059 --> 00:25:29.740 in the back of your minds 00:25:29.740 --> 00:25:30.299 and remember it 00:25:30.299 --> 00:25:31.240 because it will come back later. 00:25:31.419 --> 00:25:31.559 Okay? 00:25:31.799 --> 00:25:33.480 So that he has a kid 00:25:33.480 --> 00:25:35.079 and his kid is called Lamech. 00:25:35.240 --> 00:25:36.220 Not the same Lamech 00:25:36.220 --> 00:25:37.119 from chapter four. 00:25:37.199 --> 00:25:38.579 Not the gangster rapper. 00:25:38.859 --> 00:25:39.000 Okay? 00:25:39.000 --> 00:25:40.160 This is another Lamech. 00:25:40.339 --> 00:25:40.480 Okay? 00:25:40.720 --> 00:25:41.500 And this Lamech 00:25:41.500 --> 00:25:42.319 is actually 00:25:42.319 --> 00:25:43.759 a bit of a prophet also 00:25:43.759 --> 00:25:45.180 because he actually 00:25:45.180 --> 00:25:45.920 gets a quote 00:25:45.920 --> 00:25:48.019 written in the scriptures here. 00:25:48.380 --> 00:25:48.980 So Lamech 00:25:48.980 --> 00:25:50.059 then actually 00:25:50.059 --> 00:25:50.859 fathers 00:25:50.859 --> 00:25:51.759 a son. 00:25:52.859 --> 00:25:54.400 But before we go there, 00:25:55.359 --> 00:25:55.839 there's something 00:25:55.839 --> 00:25:56.420 that's interesting. 00:25:57.200 --> 00:25:57.920 If you look at, 00:25:58.160 --> 00:25:59.059 we're looking, 00:25:59.160 --> 00:25:59.880 being inspectors here, 00:26:00.140 --> 00:26:01.119 if you look at the scriptures, 00:26:01.319 --> 00:26:02.339 it's always when Jared had lived, 00:26:02.400 --> 00:26:02.660 he had this 00:26:02.660 --> 00:26:03.500 and he fathered Enoch. 00:26:03.500 --> 00:26:04.420 When Enoch had lived, 00:26:04.480 --> 00:26:05.519 he fathered Methuselah. 00:26:05.859 --> 00:26:07.099 So it's always this rhythm of 00:26:07.099 --> 00:26:07.880 this person 00:26:07.880 --> 00:26:08.740 fathers this person 00:26:08.740 --> 00:26:09.759 and it just keeps going 00:26:09.759 --> 00:26:11.259 until you reach here 00:26:11.259 --> 00:26:12.119 and then suddenly 00:26:12.119 --> 00:26:13.440 you look at verse 28. 00:26:13.720 --> 00:26:14.440 When Lamech had lived 00:26:14.440 --> 00:26:15.359 182 years, 00:26:15.619 --> 00:26:16.180 he fathered, 00:26:16.440 --> 00:26:17.180 not just the name, 00:26:17.480 --> 00:26:18.259 he fathered a son. 00:26:18.980 --> 00:26:19.680 Long pause. 00:26:21.200 --> 00:26:22.980 The writer breaks the trend. 00:26:23.119 --> 00:26:23.839 He breaks the pattern 00:26:23.839 --> 00:26:25.740 because he's saying 00:26:25.740 --> 00:26:26.460 there's something important 00:26:26.460 --> 00:26:27.259 about this next son 00:26:27.259 --> 00:26:28.220 that you all need to know about. 00:26:31.039 --> 00:26:32.339 Lamech fathers a son. 00:26:32.660 --> 00:26:33.259 Long pause. 00:26:33.500 --> 00:26:35.339 And he named him Noah, 00:26:35.700 --> 00:26:37.119 which means rest, 00:26:37.420 --> 00:26:38.720 which means relief. 00:26:38.819 --> 00:26:39.339 Can you imagine 00:26:39.339 --> 00:26:40.160 how exhausting 00:26:40.160 --> 00:26:40.839 it would have been 00:26:40.839 --> 00:26:42.319 to live in that society, 00:26:42.539 --> 00:26:43.640 to walk with God 00:26:43.640 --> 00:26:45.059 despite all of your friends 00:26:45.059 --> 00:26:46.079 doing something different? 00:26:46.740 --> 00:26:47.680 And every time 00:26:47.680 --> 00:26:48.940 you try and do something right 00:26:48.940 --> 00:26:49.559 in your job 00:26:49.559 --> 00:26:50.779 as you run your company, 00:26:51.019 --> 00:26:52.140 every time you try 00:26:52.140 --> 00:26:52.900 and do something right, 00:26:53.079 --> 00:26:53.920 there's another person 00:26:53.920 --> 00:26:54.599 who's prospering 00:26:54.599 --> 00:26:55.099 and they're doing 00:26:55.099 --> 00:26:55.900 the exact opposite. 00:26:56.339 --> 00:26:56.819 Can you imagine 00:26:56.819 --> 00:26:57.599 how exhausting 00:26:57.599 --> 00:26:58.420 it would have felt 00:26:58.420 --> 00:27:00.359 to be working, 00:27:01.740 --> 00:27:02.779 to be raising a family 00:27:02.779 --> 00:27:03.700 in that kind of society? 00:27:03.700 --> 00:27:04.299 I can imagine 00:27:04.299 --> 00:27:04.839 because I feel 00:27:04.839 --> 00:27:05.420 as though there's hints 00:27:05.420 --> 00:27:05.839 of that here. 00:27:07.099 --> 00:27:08.399 And how tiring that is. 00:27:08.460 --> 00:27:09.079 If only, 00:27:09.119 --> 00:27:10.079 if only we lived 00:27:10.079 --> 00:27:10.599 in a place 00:27:10.599 --> 00:27:11.420 where we didn't have 00:27:11.420 --> 00:27:12.220 to keep fighting 00:27:12.220 --> 00:27:13.200 against society, 00:27:13.399 --> 00:27:14.339 fighting against culture, 00:27:14.500 --> 00:27:15.799 fighting against sin. 00:27:16.339 --> 00:27:17.660 Lamech fathers a son, 00:27:18.200 --> 00:27:18.720 long pause, 00:27:19.279 --> 00:27:20.279 and he's going to call him 00:27:20.279 --> 00:27:21.160 rest, 00:27:21.899 --> 00:27:22.259 relief. 00:27:23.779 --> 00:27:24.139 Noah. 00:27:24.579 --> 00:27:25.579 And then he actually says it. 00:27:25.819 --> 00:27:26.480 Out of the ground 00:27:26.480 --> 00:27:27.359 that the Lord has cursed, 00:27:27.680 --> 00:27:28.399 this one shall bring 00:27:28.400 --> 00:27:28.840 us relief 00:27:28.840 --> 00:27:29.680 from our work 00:27:29.680 --> 00:27:30.480 and from the painful 00:27:30.480 --> 00:27:32.940 toil of our hands. 00:27:34.120 --> 00:27:34.680 He's saying, 00:27:34.759 --> 00:27:35.380 guys, 00:27:35.460 --> 00:27:36.100 I'm so tired. 00:27:36.840 --> 00:27:38.019 I'm fighting society. 00:27:38.380 --> 00:27:39.060 But there's going 00:27:39.060 --> 00:27:39.940 to be one who comes, 00:27:40.340 --> 00:27:41.440 who gives us rest 00:27:41.440 --> 00:27:42.740 and who gives us relief. 00:27:44.680 --> 00:27:45.540 Out of the ground 00:27:45.540 --> 00:27:46.540 that the Lord has cursed. 00:27:46.980 --> 00:27:48.600 Where did Lamech hear that? 00:27:48.820 --> 00:27:50.320 When did we last hear 00:27:50.320 --> 00:27:52.780 about that kind of line, 00:27:52.900 --> 00:27:53.660 that kind of phrasing? 00:27:55.740 --> 00:27:56.780 You have to go back 00:27:56.779 --> 00:27:57.480 to chapter three, 00:27:58.240 --> 00:28:00.220 when God tells Adam 00:28:00.220 --> 00:28:02.660 after he eats the fruit, 00:28:03.319 --> 00:28:04.139 you shall not eat of it. 00:28:04.319 --> 00:28:05.039 Cursed is the ground 00:28:05.039 --> 00:28:05.680 because of you. 00:28:07.700 --> 00:28:08.559 Guess who Lamech 00:28:08.559 --> 00:28:09.619 heard that line from? 00:28:13.240 --> 00:28:14.720 If you track the ages 00:28:14.720 --> 00:28:16.079 of all the people 00:28:16.079 --> 00:28:16.980 in this list, 00:28:17.920 --> 00:28:19.240 something surprising 00:28:19.240 --> 00:28:19.940 will show up, 00:28:20.139 --> 00:28:21.359 which is that actually 00:28:21.359 --> 00:28:23.519 Adam lived 00:28:23.519 --> 00:28:25.339 with every single person 00:28:25.339 --> 00:28:26.180 in this list. 00:28:26.779 --> 00:28:27.579 The person 00:28:27.579 --> 00:28:28.299 who Lamech 00:28:28.299 --> 00:28:28.899 would have heard 00:28:28.899 --> 00:28:29.920 that quote from 00:28:29.920 --> 00:28:31.799 is Adam himself. 00:28:34.859 --> 00:28:35.980 Isn't that mind-blowing 00:28:35.980 --> 00:28:36.399 to you? 00:28:37.559 --> 00:28:38.759 My dad died at 41. 00:28:38.940 --> 00:28:39.819 One of my biggest regrets, 00:28:39.899 --> 00:28:40.799 one of my only regrets, 00:28:40.879 --> 00:28:41.420 because I don't like 00:28:41.420 --> 00:28:42.220 living life with regrets, 00:28:42.539 --> 00:28:44.480 is I wish I got to know him 00:28:44.480 --> 00:28:45.480 as a fellow adult. 00:28:45.980 --> 00:28:46.779 He loved tennis, 00:28:47.500 --> 00:28:48.279 he loved beer, 00:28:48.799 --> 00:28:49.899 and he loved farsan. 00:28:50.720 --> 00:28:51.940 And we would have just sat, 00:28:52.019 --> 00:28:52.920 and we would have just eaten, 00:28:53.240 --> 00:28:53.819 and drank, 00:28:54.019 --> 00:28:54.579 and talked. 00:28:54.579 --> 00:28:55.679 And I wish 00:28:55.679 --> 00:28:57.639 I could have known him. 00:29:00.199 --> 00:29:01.099 Because to him, 00:29:01.240 --> 00:29:02.519 I would have just been 00:29:02.519 --> 00:29:03.579 that annoying teenager 00:29:03.579 --> 00:29:04.379 that was trying to hide 00:29:04.379 --> 00:29:05.019 things from him 00:29:05.019 --> 00:29:05.559 at 17. 00:29:06.579 --> 00:29:07.799 But to be able to sit 00:29:07.799 --> 00:29:08.799 with him across 00:29:08.799 --> 00:29:10.240 would be my biggest dream, 00:29:10.319 --> 00:29:11.139 would be my biggest regret. 00:29:13.240 --> 00:29:14.599 So forget my grandfather. 00:29:15.639 --> 00:29:17.439 Forget my great-great-grandfather, 00:29:17.779 --> 00:29:19.419 who came down from Boon 00:29:19.419 --> 00:29:20.379 to live in Yunlong, 00:29:20.460 --> 00:29:20.839 Ping San, 00:29:21.019 --> 00:29:21.699 to settle there 00:29:21.700 --> 00:29:22.360 and have the family 00:29:22.360 --> 00:29:23.200 and have the Tang Clan 00:29:23.200 --> 00:29:24.340 kind of grow there. 00:29:24.460 --> 00:29:25.380 I would have loved to meet them. 00:29:25.880 --> 00:29:26.539 That would have been fun. 00:29:27.319 --> 00:29:28.420 Can you imagine 00:29:28.420 --> 00:29:30.360 Lamech would have been able 00:29:30.360 --> 00:29:31.360 to sit with his 00:29:31.360 --> 00:29:33.279 great-great-great-great-great-great- 00:29:33.279 --> 00:29:35.420 great-great-great-great- 00:29:35.420 --> 00:29:36.920 great-grandfather, Adam, 00:29:37.000 --> 00:29:37.340 and said, 00:29:37.840 --> 00:29:39.779 why did you eat the fruit? 00:29:41.539 --> 00:29:42.940 Why did you not tell 00:29:42.940 --> 00:29:44.319 great-great-great-great- 00:29:44.319 --> 00:29:45.200 great-great-great- 00:29:45.200 --> 00:29:46.000 great-great-great-great- 00:29:46.000 --> 00:29:46.380 grandma 00:29:46.380 --> 00:29:47.960 what God told you? 00:29:48.920 --> 00:29:50.080 Why did you stay silent? 00:29:50.700 --> 00:29:52.140 Now, because of you, 00:29:52.640 --> 00:29:53.440 my work, 00:29:53.520 --> 00:29:54.000 my homework, 00:29:54.180 --> 00:29:54.680 is hard 00:29:54.680 --> 00:29:56.820 when it shouldn't have been. 00:29:57.360 --> 00:29:58.200 Can you imagine 00:29:58.200 --> 00:29:59.040 that feeling 00:29:59.040 --> 00:30:01.580 of him sat with Adam 00:30:01.580 --> 00:30:03.340 and Adam telling him, 00:30:03.520 --> 00:30:05.060 I'm so sorry. 00:30:05.320 --> 00:30:06.140 It wasn't supposed 00:30:06.140 --> 00:30:07.120 to be like this. 00:30:07.540 --> 00:30:08.320 We were supposed 00:30:08.320 --> 00:30:09.160 to be walking 00:30:09.160 --> 00:30:10.000 in the garden 00:30:10.000 --> 00:30:11.580 in the cool of the day 00:30:11.580 --> 00:30:13.260 with God himself. 00:30:13.259 --> 00:30:15.680 but in one slip, 00:30:16.440 --> 00:30:18.279 we are where we are. 00:30:19.859 --> 00:30:21.059 I know you're tired 00:30:21.059 --> 00:30:24.119 and I'm sorry. 00:30:25.119 --> 00:30:25.960 Can you imagine 00:30:25.960 --> 00:30:27.160 sitting at Adam's feet? 00:30:30.220 --> 00:30:32.019 Interesting is this. 00:30:36.099 --> 00:30:37.900 Methuselah actually lived 00:30:37.900 --> 00:30:39.599 all the way 00:30:39.599 --> 00:30:40.720 till he got to see 00:30:40.720 --> 00:30:41.500 his own grandson, 00:30:42.000 --> 00:30:42.160 Noah. 00:30:42.160 --> 00:30:43.920 In fact, 00:30:44.200 --> 00:30:45.380 what did the meaning 00:30:45.380 --> 00:30:46.259 of his name mean? 00:30:47.460 --> 00:30:47.980 Methuselah. 00:30:48.640 --> 00:30:48.940 Does anyone? 00:30:50.480 --> 00:30:51.420 When he dies, 00:30:52.580 --> 00:30:53.300 it shall be sent. 00:30:54.800 --> 00:30:55.940 If you do the math, 00:30:56.980 --> 00:30:57.880 Methuselah lives 00:30:57.880 --> 00:30:59.160 969 years. 00:30:59.240 --> 00:30:59.800 If you trace 00:30:59.800 --> 00:31:00.480 when he comes 00:31:00.480 --> 00:31:00.980 and from the, 00:31:01.180 --> 00:31:01.840 if day zero, 00:31:02.019 --> 00:31:02.560 if year zero 00:31:02.560 --> 00:31:03.420 was when Adam was born, 00:31:04.660 --> 00:31:05.580 Methuselah dies 00:31:05.580 --> 00:31:07.460 in year 1656, 00:31:07.980 --> 00:31:08.980 1656. 00:31:09.380 --> 00:31:10.720 That is the same year 00:31:10.720 --> 00:31:11.660 that the flood comes. 00:31:12.160 --> 00:31:13.680 Which tells me 00:31:13.680 --> 00:31:14.140 another thing. 00:31:15.600 --> 00:31:16.000 Grandfather 00:31:16.000 --> 00:31:16.640 Methuselah 00:31:16.640 --> 00:31:18.920 would have actually 00:31:18.920 --> 00:31:19.580 lived 00:31:19.580 --> 00:31:20.980 whilst Noah 00:31:20.980 --> 00:31:21.779 was building the ark 00:31:21.779 --> 00:31:22.620 because Noah 00:31:22.620 --> 00:31:23.560 spent 100 years 00:31:23.560 --> 00:31:24.080 building the ark. 00:31:24.600 --> 00:31:25.000 So grandfather 00:31:25.000 --> 00:31:25.680 would have been there. 00:31:26.720 --> 00:31:27.480 Lamech would have been there. 00:31:28.560 --> 00:31:29.100 So grandfather 00:31:29.100 --> 00:31:29.960 and father was there. 00:31:30.120 --> 00:31:31.019 Something else about Lamech 00:31:31.019 --> 00:31:31.620 which is interesting, 00:31:31.980 --> 00:31:32.860 he was the first person 00:31:32.860 --> 00:31:33.779 to die before his dad. 00:31:34.440 --> 00:31:35.060 Lamech only lives 00:31:35.060 --> 00:31:36.240 777 years. 00:31:36.580 --> 00:31:37.360 Methuselah lives 00:31:37.360 --> 00:31:38.360 969. 00:31:38.359 --> 00:31:39.319 God's almost trying 00:31:39.319 --> 00:31:39.939 to show us 00:31:39.939 --> 00:31:40.799 something about 00:31:40.799 --> 00:31:41.619 Methuselah's life 00:31:41.619 --> 00:31:42.419 which means 00:31:42.419 --> 00:31:43.139 when he dies 00:31:43.139 --> 00:31:43.779 it shall be sent 00:31:43.779 --> 00:31:44.819 that actually 00:31:44.819 --> 00:31:45.740 there is 00:31:45.740 --> 00:31:47.039 there is patience 00:31:47.039 --> 00:31:47.939 to God's judgment. 00:31:49.519 --> 00:31:50.379 God doesn't send 00:31:50.379 --> 00:31:50.879 the flood 00:31:50.879 --> 00:31:52.159 until he dies 00:31:52.159 --> 00:31:53.119 and he lasts it. 00:31:53.199 --> 00:31:53.799 He dragged it out 00:31:53.799 --> 00:31:55.339 for as long as is possible. 00:31:56.059 --> 00:31:56.639 969 years. 00:31:56.699 --> 00:31:57.519 What does that remind me of? 00:31:57.659 --> 00:31:58.379 2 Peter 3 00:31:58.379 --> 00:31:59.079 that the Lord 00:31:59.079 --> 00:32:00.099 is not slow to judge. 00:32:00.459 --> 00:32:01.240 It's not the same 00:32:01.240 --> 00:32:02.179 slowness that we look. 00:32:02.219 --> 00:32:02.779 We look at the world 00:32:02.779 --> 00:32:03.219 right now 00:32:03.219 --> 00:32:03.559 and we go, 00:32:03.639 --> 00:32:03.839 Jesus, 00:32:03.939 --> 00:32:04.339 why don't you just 00:32:04.339 --> 00:32:04.799 pull the plug? 00:32:04.879 --> 00:32:05.959 This world is so messed up. 00:32:06.120 --> 00:32:06.960 Let's just finish it here 00:32:06.960 --> 00:32:07.539 and God says, 00:32:07.660 --> 00:32:07.819 no, 00:32:08.299 --> 00:32:09.160 I can still wait 00:32:09.160 --> 00:32:09.840 because there are 00:32:09.840 --> 00:32:10.660 still people 00:32:10.660 --> 00:32:11.620 who can come to me. 00:32:11.700 --> 00:32:12.460 There are still people 00:32:12.460 --> 00:32:13.420 who will be able 00:32:13.420 --> 00:32:14.299 to experience my love. 00:32:14.519 --> 00:32:15.279 I'm going to wait 00:32:15.279 --> 00:32:16.880 because a thousand years 00:32:16.880 --> 00:32:17.940 is a day to me 00:32:17.940 --> 00:32:19.220 when it comes to my children 00:32:19.220 --> 00:32:19.940 and waiting for them 00:32:19.940 --> 00:32:20.519 to come home. 00:32:21.259 --> 00:32:21.940 And so what you have 00:32:21.940 --> 00:32:22.620 is Methuselah 00:32:22.620 --> 00:32:23.600 is almost a symbol 00:32:23.600 --> 00:32:24.940 of that God waiting, 00:32:25.259 --> 00:32:25.640 waiting, 00:32:26.019 --> 00:32:26.400 waiting, 00:32:26.680 --> 00:32:27.140 waiting. 00:32:27.680 --> 00:32:28.400 969 years 00:32:28.400 --> 00:32:29.180 until it's time. 00:32:29.259 --> 00:32:29.480 Okay, 00:32:29.640 --> 00:32:30.740 this is the time 00:32:30.740 --> 00:32:32.200 where rest and relief comes. 00:32:32.579 --> 00:32:32.980 Interesting. 00:32:33.100 --> 00:32:33.660 We'll talk about this 00:32:33.660 --> 00:32:34.640 next week 00:32:34.640 --> 00:32:35.420 because actually 00:32:35.420 --> 00:32:36.780 Noah has a lot of time later 00:32:36.780 --> 00:32:37.220 so we're not going 00:32:37.220 --> 00:32:37.880 to focus on him 00:32:37.880 --> 00:32:39.000 but the flood comes 00:32:39.000 --> 00:32:39.700 and it's the flood, 00:32:39.800 --> 00:32:40.380 it's the judgment 00:32:40.380 --> 00:32:41.320 that brings rest 00:32:41.320 --> 00:32:42.360 and relief 00:32:42.360 --> 00:32:43.500 to creation. 00:32:47.140 --> 00:32:48.000 Methuselah and Lamech 00:32:48.000 --> 00:32:48.360 are actually 00:32:48.360 --> 00:32:49.080 the two people 00:32:49.080 --> 00:32:49.520 who bridge, 00:32:49.880 --> 00:32:52.259 who bridge Adam 00:32:52.259 --> 00:32:53.340 to Noah. 00:32:53.940 --> 00:32:55.000 Noah in this whole list 00:32:55.000 --> 00:32:55.840 is the only person 00:32:55.840 --> 00:32:56.560 who doesn't know Adam, 00:32:56.840 --> 00:32:58.320 who hasn't met Adam. 00:32:58.319 --> 00:33:01.159 Isn't that interesting? 00:33:03.419 --> 00:33:04.819 So what's this whole list about? 00:33:06.480 --> 00:33:07.879 It's actually not about Enoch, 00:33:08.500 --> 00:33:09.439 how he walked with God 00:33:09.439 --> 00:33:10.019 and how he died 00:33:10.019 --> 00:33:10.579 in middle age. 00:33:11.059 --> 00:33:12.579 It's actually not about Methuselah 00:33:12.579 --> 00:33:14.179 that he lived to 969. 00:33:14.899 --> 00:33:15.899 This whole list 00:33:15.899 --> 00:33:16.819 is about one thing. 00:33:16.879 --> 00:33:17.579 The author is trying 00:33:17.579 --> 00:33:18.399 to show us one thing 00:33:18.399 --> 00:33:20.700 from Adam to Noah 00:33:20.700 --> 00:33:22.599 because I'll tell you 00:33:22.599 --> 00:33:23.019 something else. 00:33:23.059 --> 00:33:24.059 This whole list of people 00:33:24.059 --> 00:33:24.839 that goes from Adam 00:33:24.839 --> 00:33:25.259 to Noah, 00:33:26.259 --> 00:33:27.119 they're not all good. 00:33:28.319 --> 00:33:29.599 Even though this line 00:33:29.599 --> 00:33:30.480 started to call upon 00:33:30.480 --> 00:33:31.099 the name of the Lord, 00:33:31.259 --> 00:33:32.359 this line is not all good. 00:33:32.460 --> 00:33:32.639 Why? 00:33:32.779 --> 00:33:33.579 Because this line, 00:33:34.159 --> 00:33:36.220 everyone ends up drowning 00:33:36.220 --> 00:33:36.679 in the flood 00:33:36.679 --> 00:33:38.359 apart from Noah's family. 00:33:40.799 --> 00:33:42.039 This whole chapter 00:33:42.039 --> 00:33:43.500 is about God showing us 00:33:43.500 --> 00:33:44.799 from Adam to Noah 00:33:44.799 --> 00:33:46.439 that there is a rescue plan, 00:33:46.639 --> 00:33:47.480 that there is someone 00:33:47.480 --> 00:33:48.819 who is going to deliver 00:33:48.819 --> 00:33:50.299 mankind 00:33:50.299 --> 00:33:52.679 from sin 00:33:52.679 --> 00:33:54.939 and give man 00:33:54.939 --> 00:33:56.519 rest and relief. 00:33:56.599 --> 00:33:57.159 Are you tired? 00:33:57.159 --> 00:33:57.879 Are you exhausted 00:33:57.880 --> 00:33:58.680 of living the life 00:33:58.680 --> 00:33:59.200 that you're living? 00:33:59.700 --> 00:34:00.460 Are you so fed up 00:34:00.460 --> 00:34:00.980 of the darkness 00:34:00.980 --> 00:34:01.620 that's around you? 00:34:01.700 --> 00:34:02.420 Every time you open 00:34:02.420 --> 00:34:02.820 the news 00:34:02.820 --> 00:34:03.980 and you see the issues 00:34:03.980 --> 00:34:04.520 that surround us, 00:34:04.540 --> 00:34:05.480 every time you go to work 00:34:05.480 --> 00:34:06.280 and you see the problems 00:34:06.280 --> 00:34:06.680 that exist, 00:34:06.920 --> 00:34:08.460 are you tired of that? 00:34:09.460 --> 00:34:10.480 Are you losing hope 00:34:10.480 --> 00:34:11.519 because you are surrounded 00:34:11.519 --> 00:34:12.440 by gangster rappers 00:34:12.440 --> 00:34:13.400 everywhere 00:34:13.400 --> 00:34:14.079 who are proud 00:34:14.079 --> 00:34:14.700 of what they do 00:34:14.700 --> 00:34:16.880 and you're trying 00:34:16.880 --> 00:34:17.440 to figure it out 00:34:17.440 --> 00:34:18.280 but actually you realize 00:34:18.280 --> 00:34:19.280 that you're not so good yourself? 00:34:20.140 --> 00:34:21.119 Are you tired of that? 00:34:21.700 --> 00:34:22.860 Of trying to deliver yourself? 00:34:24.000 --> 00:34:25.039 If we look at this, 00:34:25.039 --> 00:34:25.860 we can see 00:34:25.860 --> 00:34:26.840 and he died 00:34:26.840 --> 00:34:27.400 and he died 00:34:27.400 --> 00:34:27.779 and he died. 00:34:27.840 --> 00:34:28.559 This is a whole list 00:34:28.559 --> 00:34:29.759 but it wasn't about the people, 00:34:29.900 --> 00:34:30.739 it's about where he's 00:34:30.739 --> 00:34:31.639 trying to get to. 00:34:31.779 --> 00:34:32.759 He's trying to get from Adam 00:34:32.759 --> 00:34:33.400 to Noah 00:34:33.400 --> 00:34:34.179 because he's bringing 00:34:34.179 --> 00:34:34.920 a deliverer. 00:34:35.940 --> 00:34:36.900 He's bringing someone 00:34:36.900 --> 00:34:37.739 to deliver us 00:34:37.739 --> 00:34:38.579 from all the pain, 00:34:38.759 --> 00:34:38.960 death, 00:34:39.279 --> 00:34:39.559 sickness 00:34:39.559 --> 00:34:42.059 that we experience 00:34:42.059 --> 00:34:42.500 right now. 00:34:44.279 --> 00:34:44.940 And afterwards, 00:34:45.139 --> 00:34:45.480 from Noah, 00:34:45.579 --> 00:34:46.460 you know it doesn't go well. 00:34:46.579 --> 00:34:47.880 Noah actually also 00:34:47.880 --> 00:34:48.579 has that description 00:34:48.579 --> 00:34:49.659 that he walked with God 00:34:49.659 --> 00:34:51.579 but actually he also dies. 00:34:52.159 --> 00:34:52.360 Actually, 00:34:52.420 --> 00:34:53.239 Noah's end of life 00:34:53.239 --> 00:34:54.159 doesn't end that great either. 00:34:55.779 --> 00:34:56.259 And so then, 00:34:56.359 --> 00:34:57.159 mankind keeps going 00:34:57.159 --> 00:34:58.419 and eventually God 00:34:58.419 --> 00:34:59.539 sends another deliverer. 00:35:00.019 --> 00:35:00.679 Who does he send? 00:35:00.719 --> 00:35:01.339 He sends Moses 00:35:01.339 --> 00:35:02.219 to deliver. 00:35:03.119 --> 00:35:03.919 And each time, 00:35:04.000 --> 00:35:04.819 God sends someone 00:35:04.819 --> 00:35:05.379 to come and try 00:35:05.379 --> 00:35:06.859 and rescue the people 00:35:06.859 --> 00:35:08.239 away from darkness. 00:35:09.699 --> 00:35:10.659 But even that 00:35:10.659 --> 00:35:11.379 isn't good enough. 00:35:14.379 --> 00:35:15.259 This genealogy 00:35:15.259 --> 00:35:16.099 is something that you find 00:35:16.099 --> 00:35:16.479 at the beginning 00:35:16.479 --> 00:35:17.179 of the Old Testament. 00:35:18.599 --> 00:35:19.539 But if you fast forward 00:35:19.539 --> 00:35:20.219 to the New Testament, 00:35:20.339 --> 00:35:20.779 at the beginning 00:35:20.779 --> 00:35:21.319 of the New Testament, 00:35:21.419 --> 00:35:22.259 there's another genealogy. 00:35:23.239 --> 00:35:24.379 this list 00:35:24.379 --> 00:35:25.000 doesn't just go 00:35:25.000 --> 00:35:25.839 from Adam to Noah. 00:35:27.459 --> 00:35:28.539 This traces it 00:35:28.539 --> 00:35:29.119 to someone else 00:35:29.119 --> 00:35:30.739 and it traces it 00:35:30.739 --> 00:35:31.619 to a final deliverer. 00:35:32.500 --> 00:35:33.239 Someone that 00:35:33.239 --> 00:35:34.479 Hebrews 3 and 4 says 00:35:34.479 --> 00:35:35.039 is greater 00:35:35.039 --> 00:35:36.339 than Moses himself. 00:35:36.959 --> 00:35:37.500 That is the great 00:35:37.500 --> 00:35:38.839 every other deliverer 00:35:38.839 --> 00:35:39.319 that has happened 00:35:39.319 --> 00:35:39.939 in the past 00:35:39.939 --> 00:35:41.539 is nothing compared 00:35:41.539 --> 00:35:42.899 to this final deliverer 00:35:42.899 --> 00:35:44.019 who is to come. 00:35:44.719 --> 00:35:45.939 The one who will give 00:35:45.939 --> 00:35:47.519 final rest. 00:35:48.239 --> 00:35:49.539 The one who will give 00:35:49.539 --> 00:35:50.000 relief 00:35:50.000 --> 00:35:51.199 to our toil 00:35:51.199 --> 00:35:52.659 as we are working 00:35:52.659 --> 00:35:53.079 the ground 00:35:53.079 --> 00:35:53.759 that is cursed. 00:35:54.500 --> 00:35:55.799 He is the one 00:35:55.799 --> 00:35:56.339 who ends up 00:35:56.339 --> 00:35:57.539 taking on all the curses 00:35:57.539 --> 00:35:58.819 on himself. 00:36:01.039 --> 00:36:01.739 And even though 00:36:01.739 --> 00:36:02.619 Adam was cursed 00:36:02.619 --> 00:36:03.619 to work the ground 00:36:03.619 --> 00:36:04.179 with the thorns 00:36:04.179 --> 00:36:04.639 and the fissles 00:36:04.639 --> 00:36:05.379 and hurting his hands, 00:36:06.219 --> 00:36:07.159 this final deliverer, 00:36:07.339 --> 00:36:08.000 this final one 00:36:08.000 --> 00:36:08.879 that the genealogy 00:36:08.879 --> 00:36:09.319 in Matthew, 00:36:09.599 --> 00:36:10.480 the genealogy in Luke 00:36:10.480 --> 00:36:11.019 points to 00:36:11.019 --> 00:36:12.239 is one who was willing 00:36:12.239 --> 00:36:13.079 to have his hands 00:36:13.079 --> 00:36:13.500 pierced 00:36:13.500 --> 00:36:15.699 to do all the work 00:36:15.699 --> 00:36:16.659 that needs to be done 00:36:16.659 --> 00:36:17.639 to rescue us 00:36:17.639 --> 00:36:18.199 from, 00:36:18.679 --> 00:36:19.320 quite frankly, 00:36:19.980 --> 00:36:20.579 ourselves. 00:36:21.739 --> 00:36:22.719 Whether it's obvious 00:36:22.719 --> 00:36:23.139 or not, 00:36:23.480 --> 00:36:24.179 we are 00:36:24.179 --> 00:36:25.719 the gangster rappers. 00:36:27.340 --> 00:36:28.440 We are the ones 00:36:28.440 --> 00:36:28.780 caught 00:36:28.780 --> 00:36:30.000 in sin. 00:36:31.380 --> 00:36:32.239 That person, 00:36:32.579 --> 00:36:33.059 of course, 00:36:33.659 --> 00:36:34.239 is Jesus. 00:36:34.780 --> 00:36:35.280 Adam and Eve 00:36:35.280 --> 00:36:36.300 failed miserably 00:36:36.300 --> 00:36:37.219 in their first walk 00:36:37.219 --> 00:36:37.679 in the garden 00:36:37.679 --> 00:36:39.960 when they did 00:36:39.960 --> 00:36:40.659 exactly what God 00:36:40.659 --> 00:36:41.539 told them not to do. 00:36:41.539 --> 00:36:43.980 But you fast forward 00:36:43.980 --> 00:36:44.659 to this deliverer, 00:36:44.699 --> 00:36:45.480 he's also in a garden, 00:36:45.599 --> 00:36:46.380 he also doesn't want 00:36:46.380 --> 00:36:47.119 to follow God's will 00:36:47.119 --> 00:36:48.019 and yet he says, 00:36:48.099 --> 00:36:48.960 not my will 00:36:48.960 --> 00:36:49.500 but yours 00:36:49.500 --> 00:36:50.880 be done. 00:36:54.779 --> 00:36:55.659 And so he then 00:36:55.659 --> 00:36:57.139 drinks from the cup 00:36:57.139 --> 00:36:57.800 of suffering 00:36:57.800 --> 00:36:59.279 for us. 00:36:59.480 --> 00:37:00.279 He then takes on 00:37:00.279 --> 00:37:00.779 the consequence 00:37:00.779 --> 00:37:01.480 of sin 00:37:01.480 --> 00:37:02.599 for us. 00:37:03.440 --> 00:37:04.219 The Lion of Cain 00:37:04.219 --> 00:37:05.000 built a name 00:37:05.000 --> 00:37:05.579 for themselves, 00:37:05.779 --> 00:37:06.480 a city named 00:37:06.480 --> 00:37:07.119 after themselves, 00:37:07.279 --> 00:37:07.980 but this one 00:37:07.980 --> 00:37:09.019 had the ultimate name, 00:37:09.099 --> 00:37:10.000 the name above all names, 00:37:10.079 --> 00:37:11.259 but decided to empty himself 00:37:11.260 --> 00:37:14.460 to come down 00:37:14.460 --> 00:37:15.020 from his throne 00:37:15.020 --> 00:37:15.340 in heaven, 00:37:15.460 --> 00:37:15.940 to come down 00:37:15.940 --> 00:37:16.560 to be with us 00:37:16.560 --> 00:37:17.320 in the dirt 00:37:17.320 --> 00:37:20.100 and humbled himself 00:37:20.100 --> 00:37:20.900 even to the point 00:37:20.900 --> 00:37:21.240 of death, 00:37:22.100 --> 00:37:23.080 even death 00:37:23.080 --> 00:37:24.320 on the cross. 00:37:25.180 --> 00:37:25.840 Adam and Eve 00:37:25.840 --> 00:37:26.720 failed at the tree. 00:37:27.740 --> 00:37:28.020 Jesus, 00:37:28.200 --> 00:37:29.100 the final deliverer, 00:37:29.580 --> 00:37:30.480 succeeds at the tree 00:37:30.480 --> 00:37:33.080 on the cross. 00:37:33.079 --> 00:37:37.039 and we are sat here 00:37:37.039 --> 00:37:38.440 because of him. 00:37:39.539 --> 00:37:40.599 He came to show us 00:37:40.599 --> 00:37:41.699 there is something 00:37:41.699 --> 00:37:42.639 beyond the grave. 00:37:45.360 --> 00:37:46.659 So imagine yourself. 00:37:47.119 --> 00:37:47.779 Where you're at 00:37:47.779 --> 00:37:48.259 right now, 00:37:48.819 --> 00:37:50.960 how must you respond? 00:37:51.759 --> 00:37:52.299 You and I, 00:37:52.360 --> 00:37:53.579 we are part of a list 00:37:53.579 --> 00:37:54.599 that looks just 00:37:54.599 --> 00:37:55.360 like this. 00:37:56.000 --> 00:37:56.559 The numbers 00:37:56.559 --> 00:37:57.199 have been going 00:37:57.199 --> 00:37:58.099 further and further down. 00:37:58.099 --> 00:38:00.500 But it's really 00:38:00.500 --> 00:38:01.059 just the same. 00:38:02.099 --> 00:38:02.619 Paul lived, 00:38:03.819 --> 00:38:04.279 he sang, 00:38:04.940 --> 00:38:05.839 and he died. 00:38:09.319 --> 00:38:10.159 Sam lived, 00:38:10.839 --> 00:38:11.279 he taught, 00:38:12.179 --> 00:38:13.079 and he died. 00:38:15.299 --> 00:38:15.539 Queenie 00:38:15.539 --> 00:38:17.619 did all the stuff 00:38:17.619 --> 00:38:18.199 that she does 00:38:18.199 --> 00:38:19.039 with law, 00:38:19.500 --> 00:38:20.239 and she lived, 00:38:20.239 --> 00:38:22.579 and she died. 00:38:26.359 --> 00:38:26.859 Justina 00:38:26.859 --> 00:38:29.139 plays the violin 00:38:29.139 --> 00:38:29.619 in the most 00:38:29.619 --> 00:38:30.339 beautiful way, 00:38:31.179 --> 00:38:32.919 and she dies. 00:38:36.559 --> 00:38:37.539 And just before 00:38:37.539 --> 00:38:37.879 you think, 00:38:38.000 --> 00:38:38.919 that is so morbid 00:38:38.919 --> 00:38:39.899 and so negative, 00:38:41.019 --> 00:38:42.239 that is ruining 00:38:42.239 --> 00:38:43.159 my vibes here, 00:38:46.859 --> 00:38:47.459 remember, 00:38:47.779 --> 00:38:48.239 the pattern 00:38:48.239 --> 00:38:48.919 gets broken. 00:38:50.239 --> 00:38:51.579 the pattern 00:38:51.579 --> 00:38:52.299 gets broken. 00:38:53.599 --> 00:38:54.759 We get delivered. 00:38:56.099 --> 00:38:57.039 We can sing 00:38:57.039 --> 00:38:57.679 that song, 00:38:57.799 --> 00:38:58.739 that hymn of heaven, 00:38:58.919 --> 00:39:00.099 because the pattern 00:39:00.099 --> 00:39:00.759 was broken. 00:39:03.619 --> 00:39:04.819 So we can face 00:39:04.819 --> 00:39:05.739 whoever we have 00:39:05.739 --> 00:39:06.559 in front of us 00:39:06.559 --> 00:39:08.179 and live in a 00:39:08.179 --> 00:39:08.719 different way, 00:39:09.939 --> 00:39:11.039 knowing that God 00:39:11.039 --> 00:39:11.559 is patient, 00:39:12.879 --> 00:39:15.179 and we should be too, 00:39:16.339 --> 00:39:17.439 because he will 00:39:17.439 --> 00:39:18.299 bring rest 00:39:18.299 --> 00:39:19.659 and relief. 00:39:20.239 --> 00:39:22.699 before we jump 00:39:22.699 --> 00:39:23.579 into a final song, 00:39:23.659 --> 00:39:24.279 I want us to 00:39:24.279 --> 00:39:25.199 have a few moments 00:39:25.199 --> 00:39:25.719 just to 00:39:25.719 --> 00:39:28.259 absorb all that 00:39:28.259 --> 00:39:30.679 and ask 00:39:30.679 --> 00:39:31.779 what that means 00:39:31.779 --> 00:39:32.119 for you. 00:39:36.059 --> 00:39:36.699 This life 00:39:36.699 --> 00:39:37.019 that God 00:39:37.019 --> 00:39:37.399 has given 00:39:37.399 --> 00:39:38.000 to us, 00:39:38.139 --> 00:39:38.659 what are we 00:39:38.659 --> 00:39:39.159 supposed to do 00:39:39.159 --> 00:39:39.379 with it? 00:39:39.419 --> 00:39:40.059 What is the legacy 00:39:40.059 --> 00:39:40.619 that we're supposed 00:39:40.619 --> 00:39:41.059 to write? 00:39:41.339 --> 00:39:41.899 Not a legacy 00:39:41.899 --> 00:39:42.500 for ourselves, 00:39:42.599 --> 00:39:43.559 not to make a name 00:39:43.559 --> 00:39:44.179 for ourselves, 00:39:44.179 --> 00:39:45.299 but how can we 00:39:45.299 --> 00:39:46.399 be part of a line 00:39:46.400 --> 00:39:47.360 that ultimately 00:39:47.360 --> 00:39:48.360 points to the 00:39:48.360 --> 00:39:49.340 one deliverer, 00:39:49.940 --> 00:39:51.320 the one rescuer? 00:39:53.960 --> 00:39:54.860 Let's spend a moment 00:39:54.860 --> 00:39:55.539 now to reflect. 00:39:55.539 --> 00:40:04.360 Lord, as we look 00:40:04.360 --> 00:40:06.000 at your word, 00:40:08.639 --> 00:40:09.179 as we look 00:40:09.179 --> 00:40:09.679 at the passage 00:40:09.679 --> 00:40:10.300 from today, 00:40:12.300 --> 00:40:13.199 whether we zoom 00:40:13.199 --> 00:40:14.440 right into the details, 00:40:14.440 --> 00:40:18.599 whether we zoom 00:40:18.599 --> 00:40:20.240 right out, 00:40:21.900 --> 00:40:27.179 what we see 00:40:27.179 --> 00:40:29.720 is just that you 00:40:29.720 --> 00:40:30.559 are in control, 00:40:30.559 --> 00:40:38.119 that despite 00:40:38.119 --> 00:40:39.099 the mistakes 00:40:39.099 --> 00:40:39.519 of man, 00:40:40.599 --> 00:40:43.099 you are sovereign. 00:40:45.880 --> 00:40:46.440 Despite 00:40:46.440 --> 00:40:47.860 the pain 00:40:47.860 --> 00:40:48.539 and the sickness 00:40:48.539 --> 00:40:49.639 that we experience, 00:40:50.619 --> 00:40:52.719 you are in control. 00:40:57.679 --> 00:40:58.199 Despite 00:40:58.199 --> 00:40:59.099 the ground 00:40:59.099 --> 00:40:59.699 that we work 00:40:59.699 --> 00:41:00.400 being cursed, 00:41:00.559 --> 00:41:04.519 you are still 00:41:04.519 --> 00:41:04.759 here. 00:41:10.779 --> 00:41:11.219 Despite 00:41:11.219 --> 00:41:12.019 childbirth 00:41:12.019 --> 00:41:13.420 being painful, 00:41:14.519 --> 00:41:17.619 you are here 00:41:17.619 --> 00:41:18.299 to bring sorrow 00:41:18.299 --> 00:41:19.139 and turn it 00:41:19.139 --> 00:41:19.559 into joy. 00:41:22.539 --> 00:41:22.980 Lord, 00:41:23.019 --> 00:41:23.579 all creation 00:41:23.579 --> 00:41:24.299 is longing 00:41:24.299 --> 00:41:25.039 for the revealing 00:41:25.039 --> 00:41:27.880 of your children 00:41:27.880 --> 00:41:28.579 to be who we 00:41:28.579 --> 00:41:29.539 truly are supposed 00:41:29.539 --> 00:41:29.920 to be. 00:41:30.559 --> 00:41:36.320 and we 00:41:36.320 --> 00:41:37.960 maintain that hope 00:41:37.960 --> 00:41:38.559 in you 00:41:38.559 --> 00:41:40.079 for it is by 00:41:40.079 --> 00:41:40.500 that hope 00:41:40.500 --> 00:41:41.219 that we are saved. 00:41:46.019 --> 00:41:47.139 So we can sit 00:41:47.139 --> 00:41:48.360 in a time like this, 00:41:48.759 --> 00:41:50.380 with a work 00:41:50.380 --> 00:41:51.139 like this, 00:41:52.139 --> 00:41:52.920 with a family 00:41:52.920 --> 00:41:53.719 like this, 00:41:53.719 --> 00:42:00.059 because you have 00:42:00.059 --> 00:42:00.619 delivered us 00:42:00.619 --> 00:42:03.939 and you will 00:42:03.939 --> 00:42:04.579 come back again 00:42:04.579 --> 00:42:05.339 once and for all. 00:42:06.480 --> 00:42:07.059 Make all things 00:42:07.059 --> 00:42:07.299 new. 00:42:07.300 --> 00:42:20.240 so we come to you 00:42:20.240 --> 00:42:20.840 now with our 00:42:20.840 --> 00:42:22.180 pain, 00:42:22.280 --> 00:42:22.880 our anxiety, 00:42:23.380 --> 00:42:25.440 our confusion, 00:42:25.860 --> 00:42:26.380 our anger, 00:42:27.180 --> 00:42:27.760 our pride. 00:42:27.760 --> 00:42:37.600 we cry out 00:42:37.600 --> 00:42:37.980 just like 00:42:37.980 --> 00:42:38.460 Enoch would 00:42:38.460 --> 00:42:42.540 that you would 00:42:42.540 --> 00:42:43.160 deliver us, 00:42:43.760 --> 00:42:45.500 that we who 00:42:45.500 --> 00:42:46.060 were once dead 00:42:46.060 --> 00:42:46.740 in our trespasses 00:42:46.740 --> 00:42:47.300 and sins 00:42:47.300 --> 00:42:48.000 following the 00:42:48.000 --> 00:42:48.540 course of this 00:42:48.540 --> 00:42:48.820 world 00:42:48.820 --> 00:42:54.400 would be made 00:42:54.400 --> 00:42:55.160 alive together 00:42:55.160 --> 00:42:56.040 because of your 00:42:56.040 --> 00:42:56.520 great love 00:42:56.519 --> 00:42:57.500 and your mercy. 00:43:01.099 --> 00:43:01.780 Thank you 00:43:01.780 --> 00:43:02.820 for delivering us.