The Pentateuch,Tuesday, Sept. 20

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The Pentateuch,Tuesday, Sept. 20

• Can You answer these questions?
• What is the significance of the two trees in
  Eden?
  
• How did Eve Get into trouble?
• What were at least three consequences of the fall
  from Gods Grace?
  
• Where is the tree of life now?
• What is the significance of the firey sword at
  the gate protecting the Tree of Life?
  
• What is the significance of the first couple
  making clothes for themselves?
  
• Why was Abels offering accepted while Cains
  was not?
  

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ALL ARE IN EITHER OF TWO SEEDS
FROM CAIN ABEL
TO LAST SOUL
HISTORY BEGINS TO UNFOLD WITH EXAMPLES OF THE
TWO SEEDS

• ABEL (Spirit))
• Heb. 114. By faith Abel offered unto God a
  more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he
  obtained witness that he was righteous, God
  testifying of his gifts

• CAIN (Flesh)
• Gen. 45. But unto Cain and to his offering he
  had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his
  countenance fell.
  
• I John 312. Not as Cain, who was of that
  wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore
  slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and
  his brother's righteous.

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THE PENTATEUCH ILLUSTRATES THAT THE WAGES OF SIN
IS DEATH
Gen. 4 16. And Cain went out from the presence
of the Lord, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the
east of Eden. In 7 generations from Adam are
found living by the law of the jungle.
Adam-Cain-Enoch-Irad-Mehujael-Methusael-Lamech.
Polygamy begins 423-24 And Lamech took unto him
two wives I have slain a man to my wounding,
and a young man to my hurt. If Cain shall be
avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and
sevenfold. SEVEN GENERATION ENDS THE TOLDOT OF CA
IN
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NOW THE RECORD SHOWS WHAT HAPPENS TO THE FAITH
SEED IN 7 GENERATION IN THE TOLDOT OF ADAM VIA
SETH

• And Adam - Seth- Enos - Cainan Mahalaleel-
  Cainan - Jared --- Enoch
  
• In seven generations union/harmony with God.
  Gen. 522 And Enoch walked with God and he was
  not for God took him. The lesson Walking in
  the light reaps eternal life with God.
• Heb. 115. By faith Enoch was translated that
  he should not see death and was not found,
  because God had translated him for before his
  translation he had this testimony, that he
  pleased God.

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Seth the new Faith Seed

• The promise of God is not thwarted by Cains
  murder of the faith man Abel. God will simply
  use the next faith man Seth to fulfill His
  promise to mankind to send a Savior into the
  world.

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THE EVIDENCE OF HISTORY

• FOR THE SEED THAT CHOOSES TO WALK LIKE CAINS
  TOLDOT (AFTER THE FLESH AND NOT AFTER THE
  PROMISE) THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH--- Rom 623
  
• Gal. 67. Be not deceived God is not mocked
  for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also
  reap. 8. For he that soweth to his flesh shall
  of the flesh reap corruption but he that soweth
  to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life
  everlasting.
• FOR THE SEED THAT CHOOSES TO WALK LIKE SETHS
  TOLDOT (TO WALK BY FAITH IN GODS PROMISE) IS TO
  OVERCOME BY GRACE THE CURSE OF DEATH

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THUS WE HAVE THE RECORD STATING

• HABAKKUK 24. Behold, his soul which is lifted
  up is not upright in him but the just shall live
  by his faith.
  
• Eph. 2 8. For by grace are ye saved through
  faith and that not of yourselves it is the gift
  of God

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A HAZARD ENTERS THE SCENEINTERMARRIAGE
IT HAS BEEN DEMONSTRATED THAT GOD CAN KEEP HIS
PROMISE IF THE BAD SEED MURDERS THE GOOD. NOW
THE QUESTION IS, CAN GOD KEEP HIS PROMISE IF THE
GOOD SEED MIXES WITH THE BAD.
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In three Generations Methuselah, Lamech
NoahUniversal Sin (7310)

• The record will now demonstrate that God by His
  grace is able to perpetuate the seed of promise
  regardless of universal sin that demands
  universal destruction.
• Problem If the divine curse against sin is
  death, how can God save the seed of promise if
  there is universal sin?
  
• Solution Grace and faith are superior to sin and
  death. Although a small remnant, God is able to
  know who they are and save them as righteous by
  His grace and their faith. Mt. 713-14, Eph. 28-9

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Faith Seed Is Corrupted by Intermarriage with the
Serpents Seed1 Cor. 1533 Bad company ruins
good morals. RSV)

• 1. And it came to pass, when men began to
  multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters
  were born unto them, 2. That the sons of God
  saw the daughters of men that they were fair and
  they took them wives of all which they chose.
• 3. And the Lord said, My spirit shall not
  always strive with man, for that he also is
  flesh yet his days shall be an hundred and
  twenty years.
• 120 yearsGod has patience to extend grace to
  sinners for awhile but it is only for a
  space.judgment will come.
  
• 21. And I gave her space to repent of her
  fornication and she repented not.

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The Result of fleshly Distraction

• 6 4. There were giants in the earth in those
  days and also after that, when the sons of God
  came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare
  children to them, the same became mighty men
  which were of old, men of renown.
• 5. And God saw that the wickedness of man was
  great in the earth, and that every imagination of
  the thoughts of his heart was only evil
  continually.

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Gods Patience Ends in Judgment

• Only 8 righteous faithful souls found on the
  earth.
  
• 2 TIM 219 Nevertheless the foundation of God
  standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth
  them that are his
  
• Satan again loses his bid to destroy the seed of
  the woman and prevent the coming of the promised
  seedthe Messiah, Jesus Christ

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WHO RECEIVES GRACE FROM GOD?

• NOAH IS AN EXAMPLE FOR ALL
• 67. And the Lord said, I will destroy man whom
  I have created from the face of the earth both
  man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the
  fowls of the air for it repenteth me that I have
  made them.
• 8. But Noah found grace in the eyes of the
  Lord.
  
• KEY TO THE GRACE OF GOD. 622. Thus did Noah
  according to all that God commanded him, so did
  he.
  
• No other boats built by mans design would have
  saved anyone

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The Ark is a type of a sinners Salvation
20. Which sometime were disobedient, when once
the longsuffering of God waited in the days of
Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few,
that is, eight souls were saved by water.
21. The like figure whereunto even baptism doth
also now save us (not the putting away of the
filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good
conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of
Jesus Christ
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The Figure of Noahs Salvation and Ours

• Had to board the
• ship
• All in ark saved
• All outside perished
• One family of Noahs
• All had to stay on ship

• All are added to the church.. Acts 247
• All in Christs are saved
• All outside lost
• One family of Christians
• All must remain faithful in ther body, the church.

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GEN 11, POST FLOOD WORLD
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THE ORIGIN OF LANGUAGES AND NATIONS

• 4. And they said, Go to, let us build us a city
  and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven and
  let us make us a name, lest we be scattered
  abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
• 5. And the Lord came down to see the city and
  the tower, which the children of men builded.
  
• 6. And the Lord said, Behold, the people is
  one, and they have all one language and this
  they begin to do and now nothing will be
  restrained from them, which they have imagined to
  do.
• 7. Go to, let us go down, and there confound
  their language, that they may not understand one
  another's speech.
  
• 8. So the Lord scattered them abroad from
  thence upon the face of all the earth and they
  left off to build the city.
  
• 9. Therefore is the name of it called Babel
• EPH 28. For by grace are ye saved through
  faith and that not of yourselves it is the gift
  of God 9. Not of works, lest any man should
  boast.

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THE SEED PROMISE IS NARROWED BY DIVINE
SELECTIVITY- A NATION IS TO BE BORN

• 121. Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee
  out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and
  from thy father's house, unto a land that I will
  shew thee
• 2. And I will make of thee a great nation, and
  I will bless thee, and make thy name great and
  thou shalt be a blessing
  
• ABE IS 75

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WHY ABRAM?

• THE SAME REASON AS WHY NOAH
• 2218. And in thy seed shall all the nations of
  the earth be blessed because thou hast obeyed my
  voice.
  
• Heb. 11 8. By faith Abraham, when he was called
  to go out into a place which he should after
  receive for an inheritance, obeyed and he went
  out, not knowing whither he went.
• . 622. Thus did Noah according to all that God
  commanded him, so did he.
  

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The Principle of Grace and Faith

• Noah obtained grace through his faith
• Abraham obtained grace through his faith
• Paul says Eph, 28. For by grace are ye saved
  through faith and that not of yourselves it is
  the gift of God
  
• 9. Not of works, lest any man should boast.
• No faith, good works are useless.

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The Principle of Grace and Faith

• Noah obtained grace through his faith
• Abraham obtained grace through his faith
• Paul says Eph, 28. For by grace are ye saved
  through faith and that not of yourselves it is
  the gift of God
  
• 9. Not of works, lest any man should boast.
• No faith, good works are useless.

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To Perfect His Faith, Abram is Subjected To
Several Tests in Life

• ALTHOUGH HE FAILS ONCE, IN ALL OTHERS HE PASSES.
• EACH TIME HE PROVES FAITHFUL IN THE TEST, GOD
  GIVES HIM ADDITIONAL REVELATION
  
• WE WILL NOW STUDY THE DEVELOPMENT OF ABRAMS
  CHARACTER

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ABE PASSES THE INITIAL CALL TEST

• TEST 1. THE LOVE OF GOD
• 121 Get thee out of thy country, and from thy
  kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land
  that I will shew thee
  
• 124. So Abram departed, as the Lord had spoken
  unto him and Lot went with him and Abram was
  seventy and five years old when he departed out
  of Haran.

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THE ADDITIONAL REVELATION AFTER PASSING TEST 1

• 6. And Abram passed through the land unto the
  place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the
  Canaanite was then in the land.
  
• 7. And the Lord appeared unto Abram, and said,
  Unto thy seed will I give this land and there
  builded he an altar unto the Lord, who appeared
  unto him.

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RECEIVING FURTHER REVELATION ABRAM GROWS IN FAITH

• 127 and there builded he an altar unto the Lord,
  who appeared unto him.
  
• 8. And he removed from thence unto a mountain
  on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent,
  having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east
  and there he builded an altar unto the Lord, and
  called upon the name of the Lord.
• 9. And Abram journeyed, going on still toward
  the south.

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ABRAM FAILS 2ND TEST 1210-20GOD HAS PROMISED,
YET HE FEARS FOR HIS LIFE

• Caused by a famine driving him into Egypt.
• Since God had promised..why didnt Abram seek
  Gods counsel before going into a foreign
  country.
  
• Regardless of Gods promise , Abram fears that he
  will be killed by those who desire his wife.
  
• He fails the test and through fear lies and tells
  his wife to lie.a half lie

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ABRAM LIES

• 11. And it came to pass, when he was come near
  to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his
  wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair
  woman to look upon
• 12. Therefore it shall come to pass, when the
  Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say,
  This is his wife and they will kill me, but they
  will save thee alive.
• 13. Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister that
  it may be well with me for thy sake and my soul
  shall live because of thee.

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Where Is Satan in all this?

• Remember, he wants to prevent the promise to
  Abram being fulfilled through Sarai. His worst
  fear is the saving SEED coming into the world.
  Thorough 2,000 more years he will use many sinful
  circumstances to prevent this from happening.
  Here he exploits Abrams weakness. But Abe will
  learn and grow stronger
• If the marriage takes place to Pharaoh the
  promise to send a seed via Sarai will be broken.

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GOD PROTECTS HIS PROMISED SEED. HE PREVENTS
SARAI FROM CONTAMINATION

• 17. And the Lord plagued Pharaoh and his house
  with great plagues because of Sarai Abram's
  wife.
  
• 18. And Pharaoh called Abram and said, What is
  this that thou hast done unto me? why didst thou
  not tell me that she was thy wife?
  
• 19. Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I
  might have taken her to me to wife now therefore
  behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way.
  
• 20. And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning
  him and they sent him away, and his wife, and
  all that he had.
  

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IN PENITENT DEEPER FAITH ABRAM RETURNS TO HIS
ORIGINAL ALTAR

• 133 And he went on his journeys from the south
  even to Bethel, unto the place where his tent had
  been at the beginning, between Bethel and Hai
  
• 4. Unto the place of the altar, which he had
  made there at the first and there Abram called
  on the name of the Lord.
  
• One might guess what Abram said to God.