Welcome to BIBLE 2202 2302

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Welcome to BIBLE 2202 / 2302

• THE PENTATEUCH
• Lect. 2 , Tues. 8 / 29 / 06

• NO BRKFAST EATING IN CLASS
• DRINK, SMALL TIDBIT o.k.
• Men remove headwear.

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COURSE REQUIREMENTS, contd.

• 3. THREE EXAMS EXAM 1 SEPT. 26
• EXAM 2 Oct. 31 EXAM 3 Dec. 12th week
  tba
• FOR 2203 2303 STUDENTS
• Answers To specified questions due OCT. 03 AND
  DEC. 07 AT CLASS TIME. See the attached sheet in
  the syllabus.
• In addition to an essay question, all students at
  the final must write the 10 commandments as given
  in Exodus 6

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ADDITIONAL ASSIGNMENT FOR 2303 STUDENTS

• 2303 STUDENTS WILL WRITE A TYPED 3-5 PAGE PAPER
  ON AN INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOKS OF THE
  PENTATEUCH.
• Can e-mail it to fnorthern_at_faulkner.edu or to
  fnorthern_at_netzero.net
• Suggest the use of Gleason Archers, Edward J.
  Young, etc. Introduction to the Old Testament as
  research books. Cover such areas as author,
  date, audience, theme, style, etc. Paper due
  Dec. 07.

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Questions on last lecture

• 1. What does Pentateuch mean ?
  2. Name the books.
  
  3. Who was the author?
  4. When
  and where was the Pent. Written?
  5. How did the Pentateuch
  originally exist? 6. What
  are two other names applied to it?
  7. How were the books originally
  identified? 8.
  When how did they get their present names?
  9. What N.T. men believed Moses wrote the
  Pent?
  
  10. How may
  the approx. date be determined?
  
  11. What
  is the Documentary Hypothesis?
  
  12. What is the purpose of Genesis?
  
  

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The Purpose of Genesis

• Ch. 1 To Show that God is the source of All
  things.
• Ch. 2 To introduce God as mans redeemer
• Ch. 3-11. To introduce Man as a creature of free
  will.
• 4. Ch. 12-51
• To demonstrate the selection process in the
  Messianic lineage is by Gods will.
• The background of the Jewish nation
• Genesis is a prologue to the Pentateuch, and the
  Pentateuch is a prologue to the history of Israel.

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Moses Introduction

• .In the beginning God.
• God is the source of all things.
• Gods existence is taken for granted
• Does God really exist? What do you think? What
  is the basis for your belief?

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Five Theistic Arguments for the Existence of God.

• 1. Teleological argument Intelligent design
• Psalms 191ff
• 2. Cosmological argument Casual
• 3. Ontological ARGUMENT Existence of
  authoritative moral standards
• 4. Religious Experience The soul has a longing
  and receives an answer.
• Transcendental -- Impossible for any rational
  authority to emerge from non intelligent matter.
  If one can conceive of a God, even to deny Him,
  then God exists.
• Best is the unique material in the Bible

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WHY BELIEVE THE BIBLE AS THE WORD OF GOD

• 1. The unique unity of the Bible
• 2. Its historically fulfilled prophecies.
• 3. Its claims
• 4. Its unique influence in the world for
  enlightenment
• 5. It unique power over individual lives.
• 6. Its integrity and perfection. DSS

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Two Progressive Themes In Genesis

• 1. Gods orderly creation reaching its climax in
  Man
• Good climaxes into very good.
• 2. The Beginning of sin and its disintegrating
  work.
• A. To demonstrate the great need for Gods
  intervention to provide the solution to prevent
  the extinction of the human race due to moral
  corruption
• 1. Thus the cleansing of the earth by flood.
• 2. Babel Gods will always frustrates the
  united will of sinful man.

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Two Background Principles in Genesis Blessing
and Cursing

• BLESSING To have the right to eat of the fruit
  of the tree of life.
• CURSING To be banned or barred from eating the
  fruit of the tree of life. The curse was a
  separation from the place of blessing (Garden of
  God) and from those who are blessed. (II Cor.
  6).
• Remedy of thje curse REDEMPTION To have the
  penalty paid for sin and the curse removed.
• MT. EBAL Mt. Blessings
• Mt. Gerizim Mt. Cursing Josh. 830-35

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Geographical Area of the Pentateuch
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Genesis 11IN THE BEGINNING - GOD

• QUESTION TO PONDER
• WHO IS THE REAL GOD, Yahweh Elohim, or the gods
  of mans creation.
• Josh. 2414. Now therefore fear the Lord, and
  serve him in sincerity and in truth and put away
  the gods which your fathers served on the other
  side of the flood, and in Egypt and serve ye the
  Lord.

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Descriptive Names Used for God

• God Elohim Mighty Ones
• LORD Yahweh (Jehovah) To be Being
• Ex. 314-15 I AM THAT I AM
• Lord Adonai Ruler (Gen. 151-2)
• Almighty God El-Shaddai (Genesis 171)
• (lord sir used for men)

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What About Allah? What about any other god?
The World which is in ignorance of spiritual
truth say God is the same regardless of a
name. ALLAH and JEHOVAH are not the same God.
They are opposite in personality and doctrine.
(Eph. 43-4)
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Jehovah Versus Allah
Yahweh Elohim
ALLAH AL-Tawba 9123ff O ye
who believe! fight the unbelievers who gird you
about, and let them find harshness in you, and
know that Allah is with those who keep their
duty. let them find in you hardness and know
that Allah is with those who guard (against
evil).
Mt. 544 Love your enemies, bless them that
curse you, do good to them that hate you, and
pray for them which despitefully use you, and
persecute youThat ye may be the children of your
Father which is in heaven Gal. 610. As we have
therefore oppor-tunity, let us do good unto all
men,
These cannot be the Same God unless God is a
schizophrenic
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Do Muslims believe that Jesus was the son of
God?
"Say "God is Unique! God, the Source of
everything. He has not fathered anyone nor was
He fathered, and there is nothing comparable to
Him!" (Quran 1121-4).The Quran states "Such
was Jesus, the son of Mary it is a statement of
truth, about which they vainly dispute. It is not
befitting to the majesty of God, that He should
beget a son. Glory be to Him! When He determines
a matter, He only says to it, 'Be' and it is"
(Qur'an 9 34-35).
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GEN. 11 IN THE BEGINNING GOD Before the
Beginning
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Before the Beginning

• 1. God
• 2. Jesus
• 3. The Holy Spirit
• 4. Angels
• Good Gabriel and Michael
• Became bad Lucifer or Satan and some angels
• 5. Realm of spirit
• 6. Timelessness
• 7. Predestined plan of salvation

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Before the Beginning God
1.

• Genesis 11
• John 175 And now, O Father, glorify thou me
  with thine own self with the glory which I had
  with thee before the world was.
• John 1724 thou lovedst me before the foundation
  of the world
• Job 384. Where wast thou when I laid the
  foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast
  understanding.

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Before the Beginning Jesus
2.

• Gen. 11 In the beginning Elohim (plural)
• Micah 52 Gods incarnation. "But thou,
  Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among
  the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he
  come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel
  whose goings forth have been from of old, from
  everlasting.
• I am what I was -- God
• I was not what I am -- man
• I am now both -- God and man

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Before the Beginning Jesus

• John 11. In the beginning was the Word, and
  the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2.
  The same was in the beginning with God.
• Col. 1 16For by him were all things created,
  that are in heaven, and that are in earth,
  visible and invisible, whether they be thrones,
  or dominions, or principalities, or powers all
  things were created by him, and for him 17.
  And he is before all things, and by him all
  things consist.

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Before the Beginning The Holy Spirit
3.

• Gen. 11 In the beginning Elohim (plural)
• Gen 12 And the Spirit of God moved upon the
  face of the waters.

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Before the Beginning Angels
4.

ALL Job 384. Where wast thou when I laid the
foundations of the earth? 7. When the morning
stars sang together, and all the sons of God
shouted for joy? Gabriel Hero of God Michael
-- Like God Lucifer Day Star .
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A War in Heaven

• Some angels rebelled and were cast out of heaven.
• Jude 6. And the angels which kept not their
  first estate, but left their own habitation, he
  hath reserved in everlasting chains under
  darkness unto the judgment of the great day

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War in Heaven -- and earth

• Rev. 127 And there was war in heaven Michael
  and his angels fought against the dragon and the
  dragon fought and his angels,
• 8. And prevailed not neither was their place
  found any more in heaven.
• 9. And the great dragon was cast out, that old
  serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which
  deceiveth the whole world he was cast out into
  the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

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The King of Babylon is Satan Personified

• 12. How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer,
  son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the
  ground, which didst weaken the nations!
• 13. For thou hast said in thine heart, I will
  ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above
  the stars of God I will sit also upon the mount
  of the congregation, in the sides of the north
• 14. I will ascend above the heights of the
  clouds I will be like the most High.
• 15. Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to
  the sides of the pit.

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Before the Beginning The non- material (invis.)
Realm of the spirit
5.

• John 424 God is Spirit
• The unseen realm.
• Thought is unseen, therefore one is said to be in
  the the spirit (unseen realm) when worshipping.
• Worship is as close to God and the saved as we
  will ever be on earth.
• The eternal realm
• All life comes from here and will return Eccl.
  127

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Before the beginning timelessness
6.

• .

• No death, no age
• No past, no future, the eternal now
• All the saved will return here in the presence of
  God for whom we were created.

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Before the Beginning A Predestined Plan of Our
Salvation
7.

• Eph. 1 9. Having made known unto us the mystery
  of his will, according to his good pleasure which
  he hath purposed in himself 10. That in the
  dispensation of the fulness of times he might
  gather together in one all things in Christ, both
  which are in heaven, and which are on earth even
  in him
• 11. In whom also we have obtained an
  inheritance, being predestinated according to the
  purpose of him who worketh all things after the
  counsel of his own will 12. That we should be
  to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in
  Christ.

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GEN 11 GOD (ELOHIM) CREATED THE HEAVENS AND THE
EARTH

• PLURAL God is illustrated in action in various
  rolls
• IN CHAPTER 1, AS CREATOR, GOD IS ELOHIM (Mighty
  ones)
• Paul says Jesus is that God EPH. 114-17 In
  whom we have redemption through his blood, even
  the forgiveness of sins Who is the image of the
  invisible God, the firstborn of every creature
  For by him were all things created, that are in
  heaven, and that are in earth, visible and
  invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions,
  or principalities, or powers all things were
  created by him, and for him And he is before
  all things, and by him all things consist.

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24 The Lord God (Yahweh Elohim)
Chapter 24 begins a new roll in the work of God
with man that of Law Giver and Redeemer. The
new name Yahweh (Jehovah, usually seen as the
covenant or promise deity) appears and God is
seen in the new redemptive roll of man. In 218
Jehovah Elohim formed Eve as a helpmeet in the
fulfillment of the covenant. Paul explained to
the Corinthians that the woman was made from (out
of-- as a source) the man.
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Exodus

• 1. The "path out" exit, departure
• 2. Theme How Israel became the covenant
  nation.
• 3. Moses - Joshua chief characters
• 4. Chapter 1 approx. 400 years (Gen. 1513)
• 5. Chapters 2 1521 _at_ 80 years (Acts 723,
  30)
• 6. 1522-192 3 months (Exodus 191)
• 7. 193 4038 11 months (Num. 1011)
• PURPOSE To continues the history of the family
  of Israel and give the connecting link of their
  origin and the new covenant with God.

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Leviticus From Latin Vulgate and the LXX
Leviticus

• 1. "That which pertains to the Levites."
  Priestly duties of the law.
• 2. Theme To summon Israel to a life of
  holiness as a nation set apart for God
• Leviticus continues the development of the
  history of Israel and emphasis the proper
  approach to God through the priestly system

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Numbers from Latin vulgate Liber Numeri and LXX
Arithmoi

• Original name Heb. Bemidbar in the wilderness
  of
• 1. LXX "Arithmoi" to number
• 2. The census figures of Israel
• 3. Theme Israel under Gods training in the
  wilderness.
• God's people can move forward only in proportion
  to their trust in God.
• Numbers is a continuing history of Israel in the
  immediate post Egyptian era

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Deuteronomy Greek deutero nomos

• 1. "Second rendition of the law
• 2. A restatement of the law in Exodus, Leviticus
  and Numbers
• 3. A guide to the new theocracy to be
  established in the Holy Land.

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NOW BACK TO GENESIS

• HEBREW TITLE
• BERESHITH IN THE BEGINNING
• ABSOLUTE ORIGIN OF-
• SEPTUAGINT GREEK TITLE
• GENESEOS- ORIGINS OR ORIGINS OF

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• BEGINNING IN 24, GENESIS LISTS TEN LISTS CALLED
  
• -TOLEDOTHS-
• MEANING GENERATIONS, OFFSPRING, DESCENDANTS
  or WHAT BECAME OF.

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THE TEN LISTS OF GENERATIONS (TOLEDOTHS)

• 1. THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH 24-426
• 2. ADAM 51-68
• 3. NOAH 69-928
• 4. SONS OF NOAH 101-119
• 5. SHEM 1110-26
• 6. TERAH 1127-2511
• 7. ISHMAEL 2512-18
• 8. ISAAC 2519-35-29
• 9. ESAU 361-43
• 10. JACOB 372-5026-----JOSEPH

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CHARACTERISTICS OF TOLEDOTHS THEY BEGIN WITH
BLESSING AND THEN GRADUALLY NARROWUSUALLY THEY
END IN A CURSE

• .

B L E S S
DETERIORATION ---------------------- CURSE
EGYPTIAN BONDAGE
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• HEAVENS/EARTH (24-426) Bless. Of Life
  ---Curse of murder
• 2. ADAM (51-68) blessing of life to curse of
  death
• 3. NOAH (69-929) Blessing of the Just man to
  the curse of Canaan
• 4. NOAHS SONS 101-119. Blessing of
  fruitfulness Babel dispersion
• 5. SHEM 1110-26 Blessing through Shem is
  narrowed to one family
• 6. TERAH (1127-25) Prepares the reader for the
  process of electionAbraham
• ISHMAEL (2512-18) Record what happened to
  Ishmael
• ISAAC (2519-3529) Divine election discounts law
  of primogeniture
• 9. Esau (361-8, 371) Significance of the
  Edomites
• 10. JACOB (372-5026 Ends in Egyptian slavery.
• EACH OF THESE CARRY A GLIMMER OF HOPE

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To See the Angel of the Lord was said to have
seen God

• Gen 32 30. And Jacob called the name of the
  place Peniel for, said he, I have seen God face
  to face, and my life is preserved.
• Ju. 1310. For it came to pass, when the flame
  went up toward heaven from off the altar, that
  the angel of Jehovah ascended in the flame of the
  altar and Manoah and his wife looked on and
  they fell on their faces to the ground. Judges
  1322 And Manoah said unto his wife, We shall
  surely die, because we have seen God.

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Two Realms of Existence

• THE INVISIBLE
• THE SPIRITUAL
• THE ETERNAL
• THE SUPERIOR

• THE VISIBLE
• THE PHYSICAL
• THE TEMPORAL
• THE INFERIOR

2 CR. 418- For We look not at the things which
are not seen for the things which are seen are
temporal but the things which are not seen are
eternal.
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Genesis begins with God revealing Himself as
Elohim From EL Mighty One El-ohim makes it
plural---We shall soon see the significance of
the plural
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FROM THE BEGINNING VALUES ARE POLARIZED

• THE GOOD THE BAD
• THE TRUTH THE LIE
• THE RIGHT THE WRONG
• THE JUST THE UNJUST
• THE BLESSING THE CURSE
• LOVE HATE
• RELATIONSHIP SEPARATION
• LIFE DEATH
• ELOHIM / YAHWEH SATAN / DEMONS

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Elohim Made Man A Free Moral Agent with A Choice

• 19. I call heaven and earth to record this day
  against you, that I have set before you life and
  death, blessing and cursing therefore choose
  life, that both thou and thy seed may live
• 20. That thou mayest love the Lord thy God, and
  that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou
  mayest cleave unto him for he is thy life, and
  the length of thy days that thou mayest dwell in
  the land which the Lord sware unto thy fathers,
  to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.

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24. No man can serve two masters for either he
will hate the one, and love the other or else he
will hold to one, and despise the other.

• THE GOOD THE EVIL
• THE TRUTH THE LIE
• THE RIGHT THE WRONG
• THE JUST THE UNJUST
• THE BLESSING THE CURSE
• LOVE HATE
• RELATIONSHIP SEPARATION
• LIGHT DARKNESS
• LIFE DEATH
• ELOHIM / YAHWEH SATAN

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Elohim Made Man in His Own Image For
this------------------Not This

• THE GOOD THE BAD
• THE TRUTH THE LIE
• THE RIGHT THE WRONG
• THE JUST THE UNJUST
• THE BLESSING THE CURSE
• LOVE HATE
• RELATIONSHIP SEPARATION
• LIGHT DARKNESS
• LIFE ETERNAL ALL TEMPORARY BY DEATH
• ELOHIM / YAHWEH SATAN

Mans Choice is to glorify God or Himself
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Genesis Prologue 11 - 1132 FROM Creation
to Abraham

• 1. The sovereignty of God is stressed in (A)
  The creation
  
  (B) The genesis of various tribes
• (C) Gods election and selection of Israel
  Seed of the Woman
• 2. Two divisions unfold in the prologue
• (A) An orderly creation in subjection to God,
  climaxing in God blessing those who walk with him
  in faith.
• (B) The total disintegrating work of sin,
  bringing 2 great judgments upon the earth,
• (1) The flood
  
  
  (2)
  The dispersion of tribes into nations ..
• 3. To institute a plan to redeem man from the
  effects of sin

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GENESIS 12 A DARK VOID A WASTE WITHOUT
INTELLIGENT FORM AND LIFEANY PLACE IS LIKE
THIS WHEN IT IS WITHOUT GOD..EVEN THE SOUL OF
MAN

ELOHIM
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BUT ELOHIMS (THE MIGHTY ONES) WORD BROUGHT
LIGHT AND DISPELED THE DARKNESS

• 13. THE EMIGHTY ONES said, Let there be light
• and there was light.

The Word is Jesus Who is the Light of the World
JOHN 812
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Jesus is the word of light in the world

• 12. Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I
  am the light of the world he that followeth me
  shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the
  light of life.
• The WORD in the spirit became the word in the
  flesh. Jesus became THE EMBODIED WORD OF
  GOD---HEBREWS 11
• Acts 1326. Men and brethren, children of the
  stock of Abraham, and whosoever among you feareth
  God, to you is the word of this salvation sent.
• JESUS MEANS SALVATION

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JESUS AS THE WORD WAS IN THE BEGINNING

• John 1 1. In the beginning was the Word, and
  the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
• 2. The same was in the beginning with God.
• 3. All things were made by him and without him
  was not any thing made that was made.
• 4. In him was life and the life was the light
  of men.
• 5. And the light shineth in darkness and the
  darkness comprehended it not.

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JESUS was the SPIRITUAL Creating WORD God

• Colossians 115. Who is the image of the
  invisible God, the firstborn of every creature
• 16. For by him were all things created, that
  are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and
  invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions,
  or principalities, or powers all things were
  created by him, and for him
• 17. And he is before all things, and by him all
  things consist.
• NOW WE CAN UNDERSTAND BETTER WHY THE PLURAL
  ELOHIM APPEARS IN GENESIS ONE

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Life follows the light.

• John 14. In him was life and the life was the
  light of men.
• 5. And the light shineth in darkness and the
  darkness comprehended it not.
• (COULD NOT ARREST IT)

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Light is the product of the spoken Word and life
is the product of that Light

• I John 11. That which was from the beginning,
  which we have heard, which we have seen with our
  eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands
  have handled, of the Word of life
• 2. (For the life was manifested, and we have
  seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that
  eternal life, which was with the Father, and was
  manifested unto us)

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Fellowship with God and each Believer depends
upon Receiving the declared word of light and
letting your light shine

• I John 133. That which we have seen and heard
  declare we unto you, that ye also may have
  fellowship with us and truly our fellowship is
  with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.
• Mt. 516. Let your light so shine before men,
  that they may see your good works, and glorify
  your Father which is in heaven.

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Light, life, and cleansing blood eternal life.
These all imply faith and obedience

• 1 JOHN 15. This then is the message which we
  have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God
  is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
• 6. If we say that we have fellowship with him,
  and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the
  truth
• 7. But if we walk in the light, as he is in the
  light, we have fellowship one with another, and
  the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us
  from all sin.
• 8. If we say that we have no sin, we deceive
  ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
• 9. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and
  just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us
  from all unrighteousness.

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OUR ATTITUDE TOWARD THE WORD WILL DETERMINE OUR
JUDGMENT.

• John 831. Then said Jesus to those Jews which
  believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then
  are ye my disciples indeed
• John 12 48. He that rejecteth me, and receiveth
  not my words, hath one that judgeth him the word
  that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in
  the last day.

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GEN. 11------IN THE BEGINNING

• THE INITIAL TIME
• OF WHICH ALL THINGS IN MOSES RECORD WILL
  FOLLOW.
• GOD WAS THERE WHY IS GOD ETERNAL LIFE?
• WHEN WILL WE ENJOY ETERNAL LIFE?
• An INTERVAL IN THE DIVINE EXISTENCE WHEN ELOHIM
  BEGAN HIS ORDERLY WORK
  OF CREATING THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH.

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IN THE BEGINNING ELOHIM The Record uses various
terms.

• ELOHIM trans. God. Heb. Plural of El.
  Appears over 200 times in Genesis, 30 in Gen. 1.
• Its meaning is Mighty Ones Used as the creative
  Godsfrom whom are all things.
• Plural is used not as many Gods, but as the all
  inclusive power of one God.
• Some have suggested that the plural form is only
  an editorial plural.
• Used exclusively UNTIL Gen. 24

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SOME ASPECTS OF GOD

• GOD IS SPIRIT (dwells in the unseen realm)
• 12The spirit of God moved on the face of the
  waters. RSV
• 126 Man was made in the image of Elohim.
• Jn. 424 God is Spirit.
• SPIRIT IS UNLIMITED BY TIME OR SPACE
• Ps. 10224- Thou art the same, years have no
  end.
• Ps. 139 Gods Spirit is everywhere
• Man cannot be omnipresent phy. , but almost can
  mentally

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GOD IS TIMELESS

• Eccl. 311. He hath made every thing beautiful
  in his time also he hath set the world in their
  heart, so that no man can find out the work that
  God maketh from the beginning to the end.
• Man can think about time before he was born, and
  the time after deathbut thats all.
• Jesus identified Himself with the eternal I AM
  The bread, way, truth, life, door, shepherd,
  resurrection, vine., light., and climaxed it with
  before Abraham was, I AM. Jn. 858

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Thoughts on the Eternalness of God and Man

• Why can a manufacturers guarantee be extended to
  longer periods over the years?
• What if he could produce a perfect product?
• Why is man living longer than a century ago?
• What prevents man from living for ever?
• What if his imperfections were removed?

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GOD IS ALL PERCEPTIVE

• Ps. 1392. Thou knowest my downsitting and mine
  uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.
  3. Thou compassest my path and my lying down,
  and art acquainted with all my ways. 4. For
  there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O
  Lord, thou knowest it altogether. 5. Thou hast
  beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand
  upon me.
• 6. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me it
  is high, I cannot attain unto it. 7. Whither
  shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I
  flee from thy presence? 8. If I ascend up into
  heaven, thou art there if I make my bed in hell,
  behold, thou art there.
• 12. Even the darkness hideth not from thee, But
  the night shineth as the day The darkness and
  the light are both alike to thee.
• 13. For thou didst form my inward parts Thou
  didst cover me in my mother's womb.

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GOD IS LOVE--MERCY

• GOD IS LOVE (1 John. 416)
• TOTAL SELFLESS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF MAN
• HIS LOVE IS EXPRESSED IN GENEROUS MERCY (2 CHRON.
  513)
• GOD HAS BEEN DEMONSTRATING THIS SINCE THE
  BEGINNINGOUR STUDY IN THE PENTATEUCH IS THE
  VESTIBULE OF THAT DEMONSTRATION

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• Knew of Hagar in the wilderness. Gen 16
• Knows every prayer (Phil. 46 Jms. 15)
• Knows every deed (Matt. 1042)
• The hairs on ones head and every sparrow that
  falls (Mt. 1031-32)
• Knows the thoughts and the intents of our heart
  (Heb. 412)
• WHEN WE REALIZE ALL THIS ABOUT GOD AS OMIPRESENT
  IN SPIRIT WE WILL INCREASINGLY BECOME AWARE OF
  HIS AWESOME POWER OVER MANS LIFE.

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YAHWEH is introduced in Genesis 24

• It is translated LORD. (Large cap, small caps)
• Extremely sacred, not to be pronounced
• It is translated Jehovah in the ASV
• It is translated eternal in Moffatts Trs.
• TO BE THE SELF EXISTING ONE
• I AM THAT I AM EX. 314. Isa. 4311
• ETERNAL IS NOT MERE LONGEVITY, BUT QUALITY
• QUALITY IS THE ESSENCE OF LONGEVITY
• Used in emphasis of the covenant aspect of the
  Godhead.

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THE ESSENCE OF YAHWEH OR JEHOVAH IN THE OLD
TESTAMENT IS

• He is the God of promise. He is able to keep His
  promise regardless of any sinful Satanic
  consequences that happen to come along.

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ANOTHER NAME FOR GOD ADONAI GEN. 152

• TRANS. IN KJV RSV AS Lord (Capital L with the
  rest in lower caseto be distinguished from
  lords, all lower case, which refers to men)
• Adonai means Rulers
• Those who walked by faith would be submissive to
  God as Ruler or Master

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Genesis 15 18 is a good example of use in KJV,
NKJV RSV

• 15 1. After these things the word of the LORD
  came unto Abram 2. And Abram said, Lord God,
  what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless,
  and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of
  Damascus?
• 4. And, behold, the word of the LORD came unto
  him,
• 8. And he said, Lord God, whereby shall I know
  that I shall inherit it?
• 1812. Therefore Sarah laughed within herself,
  saying, After I am waxed old shall I have
  pleasure, my lord being old also?
• 13. And the Lord said unto Abraham, Wherefore
  did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear
  a child, which am old?
• 14. Is any thing too hard for the Lord? At the
  time appointed I will return unto thee, according
  to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.

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ANOTHER NAME El Shadday Shad dah
ee Almighty God

• Unlimited power, omnipotent
• 171. And when Abram was ninety years old and
  nine, the Lord appeared to Abram, and said unto
  him, I am the Almighty God walk before me, and
  be thou perfect.

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B. IN THE BEGINNING ELOHIM CREATED THE HEAVENS
AND THE EARTH
THE EYE IS LIMITED TO ITS MAXIMUM RANGE THEREFORE
MAN CANNOT REDUCE GOD TO ITS LIMITS
At the end of the visible is the spiritual---
God 2 COR. 122 THE THIRD HEAVEN
After 1930 PLUTO
Before 1930??
After Hubble??
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THE INTELLIGENT, ORDERLY, VISIBLE ALWAYS COMES
FROM THE INVISIBLE

• THEREFORE THE WRITER OF HEBREWS SAYS IN 113

Through faith we understand that the worlds were
framed by the word of God, so that things which
are seen were not made of things which do
appear. THE BIG BANG..GOD COMMANDED IT AND BANG
IT WAS THERE
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THE SIX DAYS CREATION

• All creation is by the WORD of Elohim
• Verse 1-3.the Word created light (The first day
  declared good, and successively for 5 days)
• Verse 20-23the Word created animated life (The
  5th day)
• Verses 26-31 the Word created human life (the
  sixth day VERY GOOD)

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TWO FAQS

• How old is the earth?
• Adam and Eve were created as adults which means
  God could have created all things in a mature
  state whereby all would be mere speculation to
  try to determine.
• How long were the days? Scripture seems to
  indicate that they were 24 hour days. But also in
  some places yom means a period of time
• (Gen. 51)

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GOD ENTERED INTO HIS REST ON THE 7TH DAY.

• 6th day closed with all things very good.
• 1. Perfect creation resulted in
• A. Perfect obedience to the word of God
• B. Perfect health and happiness of life
• THIS SABBATH IS THE PERFECT HARMONY OF MAN
  DWELLING WITH HIS CREATOR. IT WILL BE SANCTIFIED
  AND REMAIN A LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS AFTER THE
  FALL.

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HOW CAN SUCH PERFECTION OF THE CREATION CONTINUE
IN RELATION TO GOD?

• THE LIFE, HAPPINESS LAW ARE SEEN IN THE REST OF
  THE SABBATH
• God is self existing because he abides in His
  character.He abides because He chooses always to
  walk in the light of holiness. This is the secret
  of eternal lifefor God and His creation.
• Giving man life with a free will, God lovingly
  reveals to him the source (law) of happiness
  eternal life and the danger of death if this law
  is broken

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MAN

• All creation to the 6th day was an act of Divine
  grace in preparation to his supreme work man.
• Man was supreme because God created him in his
  own image and all others were to be his
  offspring.
• ACTS 1726. and he made of one every nation of
  men to dwell on all the face of the earth,
• Ps. 84 What is man, that thou art mindful of
  him?
• Such thoughts generates such questions as 1)
  Why did God create man? 2) what is his nature?
  3) Why are there two accounts of creation in
  Genesis?

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Dr. Eckstein suggest this possible reason for why
God Created man (paraphrased)

• The angels were first created designated as
  cherubim. (Gen. 324 Ps. 991)
• They had free will or ability to choose (Rev.
  228)
• The highest Angel challenged the creators
  authority. This rebellion is depicted
  symbolically in the attitudes of the Kings of
  Tyre and Babylon (Ez. 28-28 Isa. 14)
• He was overthrown and cast down to earth (Rev.
  127-9). He has, or is preparing an eternal realm
  called hell for him and his angels (Mt. 2541

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God Refutes Satans Accusation that He is
unloving by demonstrating His love in Creation
and all History

• The unfolding of history since creation is a
  revelation that God is holy and love (Jno. 48)
• The creation of man was an act of love. Giving
  them life, happiness and dominion in a heaven on
  earth. (Gen. 126-27) This was placed before
  Satan that Elohim was exactly what he claimed to
  be ---LOVE.
• Even when he would sin, God knew man would need
  his love. So, before the creation He planned to
  send his Son. (I Pet. 118-20 Rev. 138 Eph.
  14)

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Why Give Them A Choice of Sin?Because eternal
life is determined by character..no choice, no
character.

• Eternal life-a quality of loveis offered man by
  a choice based on faith motivated by love in
  Gods promise of it (Gal. 56).
• The entire history of mankind justifies God as
  being a God of love and grace in actionthat the
  fruit of the spirit is Life eternal and that the
  fruit of sin is death. At the end, all history
  will be a demonstration that God is just in his
  judgment to cast all those who chose sin and
  death in a place of destruction with the
  originators of sin, Satan and his followers.
  (Rev. 2010)

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WHY HAVE LAW? BECAUSE GOD IS LOVE

• Eternal law exists of life and death.
• CHOICE can be made for either, thus proving
  character.
• This demanded a prohibited tree.
• The Law of life is older than the universe. The
  angels broke the law of life in heaven.
• Gods revelation of the law of life and death was
  his warning of love to man to prevent him to
  avoid the pitfalls of suffering and death.
• Law is for mans ultimate happiness.
• Society would be chaos without law.

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THE CROWNING VICTORY OF LOVE

• In his hatred of Gods character, Satan uses sin
  to destroy the crowning creation of Gods love--
  The human race. He would then use sinful man to
  murder the Son of God.
• But love conquers with something Satans depraved
  mind could not comprehendGod love gave His Sons
  life for the life of all who accept Gods grace
  through faith.

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Thus Gods love joins the gift of Grace with the
Faith of Man to save a soul from sin

• Eph. 28-9 8. for by grace have ye been saved
  through faith and that not of yourselves, it is
  the gift of God
• Gods gift must be accepted by faith. Note
  Pauls demonstration of how this is done ACTS
  2216. And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be
  baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on his
  name.
• John 1934 Rev. 15 Rom. 63-4

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GOD WILL BE SEEN AS LOVE AND JUST AT THE FINAL
JUDGMENT.

• FIGURATIVELY AT THE JUDGMENT
• I Cor. 15 All the dead shall be raised before
  the presence of God, both believers and Satans
  followers
• All history will have proved that Jehovah is
  love and entirely fair
• ALL BELIEVER who have suffered will affirm this
• UNBELIEVERS WILL BE WITHOUT AN EXCUSE (Mt.
  2211-14 201-16 2514-30 LK. 1911-27
• HISTORY WILL HAVE DEMONSTRATED THAT GOD IS LOVE
• MAN WILL THEN BE PLACED IN HEAVEN WHERE ALL
  TEMPTATIONS ARE GONE FOREVER., Satan and
  followers will be punished eternally. Rev. 218

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REFLECTIONS ON ADAM AND EVE.

• BOTH had imparted to them THE Spirit of Elohim,
  in Gods image, I.e. clean/pure. Made a living
  soul, a being. Each had a mind..intellect,
  insight into their experiences in Eden.
• Each had emotionswants, wishes, desires.
• Before the fall, they only desired God and life
• Each had a conscience, though dormant while
  innocent. Activated by disobedience.
• Each had eternal life on a conditional basis.
  The conditions being the basic essential of
  lifeobedience to the word of life, Gods word.
• None ever again like them. They began as adults.
• THINGS WE DONT KNOW ABOUT THEM How long they
  were in Eden before the fall. Aging began at the
  sentence of death.

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GOD IS THE WAY OF LIFE, THEREFORE HIS CHARACTER
IS THE LAW OF LIFE

• GOD IS ETERNAL LIFE BECAUSE HE ABIDES BY THE LAW
  OF HIMSELF WHICH MUST NEVER BE BROKEN.
• GOD DESIRED MAN TO ENJOY ETERNAL LIFE THEREFORE
  BY GRACE HE REVEALS THE RUDIMENTARY LAW OF LIFE
  TO THEM TRUST HIS WORD, NEVER DISOBEY IT .
• THIS IS NOT FOR HIS DIVINE EGO, IT IS FOR MANS
  GOOD LIKE WE DO WITH CHILDREN

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ELOHIM REVEALS THE ELEMENTARY LAW OF LIFE AND
DEATH TO MAN.
DT. 3019. I call heaven and earth to record
this day against you, that I have set before you
life and death, blessing and cursing therefore
choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live
OBEDIENCE, THE FRUIT OF LIFE
DISOBEDIENCE, THE FRUIT OF DEATH
THIS IS REPRESENTED BY CHOOSING THE FRUIT OF TWO
TREES. THE ONE DESIGNATED AS BEARING THE FRUIT
OF LIFE AND T HE OTHER THE FRUIT OF DEATHWHICH
MEANS ONLY ---LOVE GOD AND KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS
TO LIVE, ---OR CHOOSE OTHERWISE AND SUFFER AND
DIE. God gave the law of life in extreme
simplicity . Man may not understand, but he can
obey. Same with children and electricity.
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JESUS DEMONSTRATED THAT THE WAY OF HOLINESS
LOVE IS THE WAY OF LIFE

• John 11 In the beginning was the Word, and the
  word was God.
• John 14. In him (the Word) was life and the
  life was the light of men.
• 15. If ye love me, keep my commandments.
• ONE IS ONLY FEIGNING LOVE FOR JESUS IF HE
  SECRETLY OPPOSES ANY PART OF HIS WORD OF LIFE

90
WHY DID MAN MAKE SUCH A FOOLISH DECISION? HE WAS
DECEIVED

• IT NEVER ENTERED MANS HEART TO SIN (DISOBEYMISS
  THE MARK) ON HIS OWN. HE HAD DIABOLICAL HELP.
• IS THIS WHY MAN RECEIVED GRACE IN HIS FALL, WHILE
  THE DEVIL AND HIS ANGELS DID NOT IN THEIR
  REBELLION AGAINST DIVINE AUTHORITY?

91
Where did Satan come from? Satan means adversary.
Devil means slanderer or accuser

• REV. 127. And there was war in heaven Michael
  and his angels fought against the dragon and the
  dragon fought and his angels,
• 8. And prevailed not neither was their place
  found any more in heaven.
• 9. And the great dragon was cast out, that old
  serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which
  deceiveth the whole world he was cast out into
  the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

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THE FALL Forearm yourself with this knowledge

• 1. Temptation comes like a serpent in
  unsuspected forms
• Subtly, stealing slowly and quietly, waiting for
  your weakest moment, and then bites with pain
  and sorrow.
• 2. It launches a bridgehead in your heart by
  exciting your curiosity
• Curiosity killed the Cat
• Our greatest security against sin lies in our
  being shocked by it. (Jer. 615)
• 3. Eve was in close proximity to the forbidden.
• She gazed and reflected when she should have fled

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THE FALL Forearm yourself with this knowledge

• 4. There are dangerous cravings in its elements.
• Instinctively draws toward the mysterious. One
  veiled figure in an assembly will draw more
  attention than the most beautiful present. An
  unaccountable appearance in the heavens will draw
  more attention than the most beautiful sunset.
• 5. Through cravings to be mature, even at the
  expense of danger, unbelief disobedience finds
  entrance
• 6. Experience teaches that one taste of evil
  ruined our first parents. One taste alters
  attitudes.
• Loyalty to to God is loosened, man loses spirit.

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WHAT HAPPENS IN THE PRESENCE OF THE FORBIDDEN.

• 1. AS SHE GAZED AT ITS BEAUTY, , SHE LONGED IN
  HER HEART, SHE WAS WEAKENED BY CRAVING
• 2, THEN SHE SAW AN INCREDIBLE THING THAT SEEMED
  TO MAKE GOD FALSE. A SERPENT DEVOURED THE
  FORBIDDEN FRUIT WITHOUT ANY HARM.
• 4. SHE COULD NOT UNDERSTAND THISHAD GOD BEEN
  COMPLETELY TRUE?
• 5. THE DEVIL USES THE MOMENT SPEAKS TO HER
  HEARTS DESIRE.

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The Serpents Seed is Sown in Eves Heart

• 1. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God
  said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the
  garden?
• Inferred God has not been fair with you

96
Eves Reply Shows her Resentment and
VulnerabilityShes a sitting duck for Satan, an
accident waiting to happen.

• Gen. 32. And the woman said unto the serpent,
  We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the
  garden
• 3. But of the fruit of the tree which is in the
  midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not
  eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.

97
THE FIRST LIE IN THE WORLD WAS NOT TOLD BY MAN

• 4. And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye
  shall not surely die
• GOD HAD SAID 217. But of the tree of the
  knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of
  it for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou
  shalt surely die.

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JESUS REFERS TO THIS IN JOHN 844

• 44. Ye are of your father the devil, and the
  lusts of your father ye will do. He was a
  murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the
  truth, because there is no truth in him. When he
  speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own for he is
  a liar, and the father of it.
• 45. And because I tell you the truth, ye
  believe me no

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SATAN STILL PERVERTS WITH THE NOT IN HIS TALE.

• JESUS MARK 1616
• HE THAT BELIEVETH AND IS BAPTIZED SHALL BE SAVED.
• SATAN HE THAT BELIEVETH AND IS NOT BAPTIZED
  SHALL BE SAVED.

100
OBSERVE ANOTHER NOT IN THE DEVILS TALE TODAY

• THE BIBLE SAYS
• I Cor. 1012. Wherefore let him that thinketh he
  standeth take heed lest he fall.
• SATANS NOT
• YOU CAN NOT SURELY FALL.

101
THE SERPENTS APPEAL TO PRIDE

• 5. For God doth know that in the day ye eat
  thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye
  shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
• EXPERIENCING THE AFTERMATH EFFECT OF EVIL WAS THE
  KNOWLEDGE GOD DID NOT WANT THEM TO EVER KNOW.
• A common feeling of parents today with their
  children.

102
Eve is overpowered by craving and succumbs to the
temptation.

• 3 6. And when the woman
• 1) saw that the tree was good for food (she
  walked by sight not by faith and became
  convinced that God had lied) (2 Cor. 57)
  
• 2) and that it was pleasant to the eyes,
  
• 3) and a tree to be desired to make one wise,
  
  
• 4) She took of the fruit thereof.

103
THE NEW KNOWLEDGE ---WAS EXPERIENCING THE
EFFECT OF SIN. WHY DIDNT THEY CLAP THEIR HANDS
IN JOY?

• 1. THE NEW KNOWLEDGE WAS NOT WHAT THE COUPLE
  EXPECTED
• 2. EXPECTED SUFFICIENCY WITHOUT GOD
• 3. EXPECTED THE DISCOVERY OF A MYSTERY
• 4. EXPECTED TO BE EQUAL WITH GOD IN WISDOM

104
THE INNOCENT, HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE NEW
EXPERIENCE OF SIN BRINGS

• THE SCARS THAT SIN WOULD BRING TO THEM!
• THEIR INNOCENCE WAS GONE, GONE, GONE
• THAT THEY HAD A CONSCIENCE THAT WOULD DOG THEM IN
  THE NIGHT FOR THE REST OF LIFE.
• FEELING DEFILED AND UNCLEAN, AFRAID OF THE
  PRESENCE OF THE HOLINESS OF GOD.
• THINGS WOULD NEVER, NEVER BE THE SAME AGAIN.
• THAT IN THEIR NEW DEFILEMENT THEY WOULD FORFEIT
  THE PRESENCE OF GOD.
• THEIR LOSS WAS AWESOME TO BEAR. SEPARATION FROM
  THE TREE OF LIFE.

105
The knowledge God did not want them (man) to ever
Have.

• PHYSICAL PAIN AND SUFFERING
• A BROKEN FAMILY LIFESEEING THEIR SON MURDER HIS
  BROTHER
• EMOTIONAL PAIN AND SUFFERING
• THE EFFECTS OF SIN IN AGING THE BODY AND DEATH
  ARE ALWAYS A THREAT
• THE FEELING OF A GULF AND DISTANCE FROM GOD.

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Consequences of the fall.

• 1. Eyes were opened. ---Gen. 37. And the eyes
  of them both were openedthe new knowledge came
  and brought
• 2. Knowledge of guilt shame. They knew they
  were naked (loss of innocence) and they sewed
  fig leaves together, and made themselves
  aprons---Even still, criminals cover their faces
  before the camera
• 3. Neither wanted to accept responsibility for
  their sin.
• MAN CANNOT COVER HIS SIN WITH FLIMSY EXCUSES
  BEFORE GOD'S ALL SEEING EYE.

107
IN THE WAKE OF SIN. GODS LOVE PROMISES GRACE IN
THE PROTOEVANGELION

• 315. THE OLDEST GOSPEL
• And I will put enmity between thee and the woman,
  and between thy seed and her seed it shall
  bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
• HERE WE HAVE
• 1. HER SEEDVIRGIN BIRTH
• 2. BRUISE THY HEAD..DEFEAT OF SATAN
• 3. BRUISE HIS HEEL..SUFFERING SAVIOR.

108
ADEQUATE COVERING FOR THEIR NEW CONSCIENCE OF
NAKEDNESS WAS THE SHEDDING OF BLOOD OF AN
INNOCENT ANIMALTHEIR FIRST EXPERIENCE OF A DEATH

• 321. Unto Adam also and to his wife did the
  Lord God make coats of skins, and clothed them.
• 1. Self covering was inadequate
• 2. Blood was shed and death occurred
• 3. Rom. 323 The wages of sin is death.
• 4. Sin is awesome in its effects on society.

109
THE EXCOMMUNICATION FROM EDEN AND THE GULF THAT
SIN CREATES BETWEEN GOD AND MAN

• 322 And now, lest he put forth his hand, and
  take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live
  for ever 23. Therefore the Lord God sent him
  forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground
  from whence he was taken.
• 324. So he drove out the man and he placed at
  the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a
  flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the
  way of the tree of life.

110
WHERE IS THE TREE OF LIFE NOW?

• Rev. 27. He that hath an ear, let him hear what
  the Spirit saith unto the churches To him that
  overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of
  life, which is in the midst of the paradise of
  God.
• Rev. 2214. Blessed are they that do his
  commandments, that they may have right to the
  tree of life, and may enter in through the gates
  into the city.

111
TO RETURN TO THE TREE OF LIFE ONE MUST BE SLAIN
BY THE SWORD OF GODS WORD.

• GEN. 324 He placed at the east of the garden of
  Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned
  every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.
• 12. For the word of God is quick, and powerful,
  and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing
  even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit,
  and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner
  of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

112
WHEN ONE BELIEVES THAT JESUS IS THE SON OF GOD
RAISED FROM THE DEAD IT IS SAID THAT HE IS CUT
TO THE HEART) . i.e. SPIRITUALLY SLAIN (REPENTS
IN SORROW)

• ACTS 237. Now when they heard this, they were
  pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and
  to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren,
  what shall we do?
• Matthew 54 Blessed are they that mourn for
  they shall be comforted.
• Rom. 67. For he that is dead is freed from
  sin.
• 8. Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe
  that we shall also live with him

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THE SWORD (GOSPEL) PIERCES THE HEART, SLAYING THE
SINNER, AND THEN HE IS BURIED WITH CHRIST IN
BAPTISM

• 4. Therefore we are buried with him by baptism
  into death that like as Christ was raised up
  from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so
  we also should walk in newness of life.
• 5. For if we have been planted together in the
  likeness of his death, we shall be also in the
  likeness of his resurrection
• 6. Knowing this, that our old man is crucified
  with him, that the body of sin might be
  destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve
  sin.
• 7. For he that is dead is freed from sin.