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Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.18,0:01:18.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let us pray:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.31,0:01:20.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our Father in Heaven
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.36,0:01:24.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As we open the book of Genesis, we ask
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.74,0:01:27.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for guidance from on high
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.46,0:01:30.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Show us the wondrous things from this book
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.89,0:01:40.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We pray this in the precious name of Jesus, our Lord and Savoir. Amen.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.73,0:01:45.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The book of Genesis is the book about origins.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.73,0:01:52.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, the name Genesis means precisely that: origins
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.12,0:02:02.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now allow me to mention as we begin our study today the things which the book of Genesis mentions as originating
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.65,0:02:06.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First of all, we have the origins of the cosmos
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.42,0:02:11.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is, of the heavens and the earth in Genesis 1:1. We have the origins of plants, spoken of in Genesis chapter 1.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.87,0:02:18.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have the origins of animals
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.38,0:02:25.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have the origin of man, the origin of woman
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.02,0:02:26.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The origin of sin, the beginning of the origin of death, the beginning of the origin of redemption
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.29,0:02:50.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The beginning of nations, the beginning of languages, the beginning of Israel and even the beginning of the Arabs, or the Arabic nations.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.07,0:02:57.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are just some of the beginnings that we find mentioned in the book of Genesis.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.11,0:03:05.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the book of Genesis is very important because it goes way back into pre-history as we know it, to describe
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.98,0:03:11.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the origins of everything which exists
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.03,0:03:13.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,upon this earth
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.12,0:03:18.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now allow me to give you a little bit about the timeline of Genesis. The book of Genesis
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.68,0:03:23.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,describes the first 2500
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.11,0:03:29.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,years of human history. I believe as I've examined the contents of the book that
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.22,0:03:33.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was written by Moses and actually
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.23,0:03:37.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was written approximately 1500 years
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.14,0:03:41.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before the birth of Jesus
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.96,0:03:45.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so you can imagine that the book of Genesis was actually
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.49,0:03:49.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,describing events that took place approximately
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.39,0:03:54.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the year 4000BC - four thousand before Christ
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.40,0:03:57.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And actually, it was written 1500
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.52,0:04:02.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,years before Jesus Christ was born
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.78,0:04:05.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The book of Genesis presents a short chronology
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.90,0:04:13.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of planet Earth. In other words, it does not allow for long periods of millions of years where God is creating
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.15,0:04:18.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what is known as "progressive creationism". The book of Genesis teaches that
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.15,0:04:21.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this planet is approximately 6,000
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.54,0:04:27.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,years old, from the moment in which God began to create upon it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.07,0:04:32.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'd just like to tell you up front from the very beginning that in this seminar,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.40,0:04:36.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I take the book of Genesis as literal history
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.49,0:04:40.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I believe that it represents a short time span
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.45,0:04:43.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For the events that are described in it. In other words,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.75,0:04:48.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we don't have to go back millions of years to find out the origin
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.50,0:04:51.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of things in this world. All we have to do is go
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.80,0:04:56.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,back approximately 6,000 years to find
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.17,0:05:01.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the events for example that are described in Genesis Chapter 1, and chapter 2
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.80,0:05:07.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The book of Genesis is the seed plot of the bible
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.69,0:05:11.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Allow me to explain what I mean
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.59,0:05:17.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of my favorite national parks in all the United States
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.49,0:05:20.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the one that we have just up the mountain
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.92,0:05:24.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sequoia National Park. I just enjoy going up there
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.06,0:05:26.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and unwinding, and taking it easy for a whole day
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.76,0:05:30.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,breathing some fresh air especially when its foggy here in the valley
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.80,0:05:37.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I just enjoy, uh going for example to the grant tree and to the general Sherman tree and just
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.28,0:05:41.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,standing there underneath these trees. It's amazing!
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.14,0:05:50.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of them are almost 3,000 years old. Can you imagine a tree that's almost 3,000 years old?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.02,0:05:54.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they are hundreds of feet tall
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.31,0:05:57.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I am just am awed every time I go up there
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.81,0:06:01.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I stand under these trees and I see how thick they are
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.76,0:06:08.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how high they go, and I'm just amazed
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.28,0:06:11.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But have you ever stopped to think, that
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.03,0:06:15.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the might Sequoia, for example the general sherman tree
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.22,0:06:18.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,actually came from a
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.24,0:06:21.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,little seed?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.12,0:06:24.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Have you ever stopped to think that that whole tree
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.02,0:06:28.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you find up there, the general sherman tree in Sequoia National Park
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.26,0:06:31.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,actually was enclosed
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.12,0:06:35.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in cold form, sort of speak
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.42,0:06:38.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in that little seed, and the seed sprouted, and
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.48,0:06:42.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it produced after almost 3,000 years
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.85,0:06:48.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this gigantic tree. In other words, the
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.34,0:06:51.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sequoia tree was contained in that seed.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.70,0:06:54.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thats the relationship between Genesis and the
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.90,0:06:58.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rest of the bible. The book of Genesis has the seeds
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.02,0:07:02.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The rest of the bible is the development and growth
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.63,0:07:06.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of those seeds, and eventually, the growth
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.34,0:07:10.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reaches its climax or its fullness
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.22,0:07:14.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the book of Revelation.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.22,0:07:16.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In other words, we're not
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.94,0:07:20.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,going to stay in this seminar in the book of Genesis. We're going
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.12,0:07:22.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to begin in Genesis in each lecture, and we're going
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.95,0:07:26.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to study these seeds and then we're going to see
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.62,0:07:29.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how these seeds develop throughout the course of the
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.74,0:07:33.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whole bible. Now, the bok of Revelation
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.39,0:07:38.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a very important book to study along with Genesis
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.47,0:07:41.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You notice for example in the brochure that many of you received
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.62,0:07:45.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the mail or perhaps in the newspaper, or maybe somebody gave
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.05,0:07:48.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you one of the brochures, you notice there that this seminar
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.97,0:07:53.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is not only about Geneiss, it is also about the book of
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.35,0:07:57.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Revelation. You see, I beleive that we cannot understand
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.13,0:08:01.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the book of Revelation unless we understand the book of
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.31,0:08:04.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Genesis. We can never understand the end
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.55,0:08:08.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unless we understand first of all the beginning.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.09,0:08:12.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because the end is simply the culmination of a process
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.74,0:08:19.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which began way back in the book of Genesis.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.16,0:08:22.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Allow me to give you an example of the relationship
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.21,0:08:25.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between Gensis and Revelation. We'll study these things more
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.30,0:08:28.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fully a little bit ater on, but I want to show you a couple of the examples
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.15,0:08:31.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that you can see how important it is for us
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.81,0:08:36.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to compare and to inter-relate Genesis with
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.92,0:08:40.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Revelation. Go with me, in your bibles
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.28,0:08:44.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to Genesis Chapter 3 and verse 15.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.94,0:08:49.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And by the way, on the lists of texts that you have there is in parenthesis, a page number
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.02,0:08:52.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which will make it a lot easier
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.43,0:08:55.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for you to find the bible verses as we move along
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.48,0:08:59.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the people have heard me say that I go awful fast, but
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.32,0:09:03.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the list, you'll know exactly where we're going, so you'll be able to
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.78,0:09:08.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one up on me. You'll be able to look up the next text actually before I
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.11,0:09:11.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even mention it. Genesis chapter 3 and verse 15
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.86,0:09:16.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is immediately after sin. I want you to notice
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.90,0:09:20.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what it says. God speaking: And I will put enmity between
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.45,0:09:28.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you, that is the serpent, and the woman,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:28.40,0:09:32.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and between your seed
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.00,0:09:34.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and her seed
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.97,0:09:40.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now let's stop there for a moment. We have four elements
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.26,0:09:44.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in what we've read from this verse so far. First of all,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.24,0:09:48.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is enmity or war. Secondly,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.08,0:09:52.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is a serpent whom God is speaking to
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.14,0:09:59.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in this verse. In the 3rd palce, we have a woman because there's war between the serpent and the
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.44,0:10:05.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,woman. And in the 4th place, we have the seed. We actually two seeds
Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.93,0:10:12.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The seed of the serpent, and the seed of the woman. So we have these four
Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.42,0:10:16.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,elements: enmity, serpent, woman, and
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.34,0:10:20.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,seed. And I want you to notice that the enmity runs
Dialogue: 0,0:10:20.20,0:10:24.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between the serpent and the woman, between the seed of the
Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.26,0:10:28.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,serpent and the seed of the woman, and between the seed of the woman
Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.20,0:10:32.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the serpent. Let's notice this verse again.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.24,0:10:36.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God says, "I will put enmity between you
Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.62,0:10:40.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the serpent, and the woman. There's the first enmity--the serpent and the woman
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.12,0:10:44.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And between, your seed--that is the serpent
Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.28,0:10:51.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,seed and her seed. So you have enmity between the serpent and woman and between seed and seed
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.29,0:10:55.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that's not the real warfare. Even though there is warfare
Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.48,0:10:59.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The critical and most important warfare is between the seed of the woman
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.26,0:11:02.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the serpent, because the last part of the verse says
Dialogue: 0,0:11:02.61,0:11:06.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He, that is the seed of hte woman, will bruise
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.54,0:11:09.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your head, the serpent's head, and you
Dialogue: 0,0:11:09.88,0:11:14.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will bruise his heel. So the enmity runs three
Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.66,0:11:18.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ways. Serpent vs. woman, seed of the
Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.65,0:11:22.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,serpent vs. seed of the woman, and the seed of the woman vs.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:22.38,0:11:26.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the serpent. There's no way in the world that we can understand
Dialogue: 0,0:11:26.48,0:11:29.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a chapter like Revelation 12 without
Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.81,0:11:35.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,comprehending Genesis 3:15. Because in
Dialogue: 0,0:11:35.07,0:11:37.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Revelation chapter 12, I'll just mention it, we have
Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.74,0:11:40.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a couple of lectures on Revelation chapter 12
Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.27,0:11:43.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, in Revelation 12, we have
Dialogue: 0,0:11:43.30,0:11:47.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a child who is born to a woman
Dialogue: 0,0:11:47.54,0:11:51.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And standing next to this woman who is about to bear the child
Dialogue: 0,0:11:51.05,0:11:55.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a dragon who is identified as the ancient
Dialogue: 0,0:11:55.56,0:11:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,serpent the devil and Satan. And it says that he
Dialogue: 0,0:11:59.99,0:12:03.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wants to devour the child as soon as the child is born
Dialogue: 0,0:12:03.90,0:12:08.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The child of the woman. Do you see Genesis 3:15
Dialogue: 0,0:12:08.19,0:12:12.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in that passage in revelation chapter 12?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:12.82,0:12:17.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,versus 1-5? Very clear.The warfare was going
Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.87,0:12:21.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be between the seed of the woman and the serpent
Dialogue: 0,0:12:21.06,0:12:25.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's exactly what you have in Revelation 12:1-5
Dialogue: 0,0:12:25.55,0:12:27.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But Revelation 12 doesn't end there. Later on in the chapter,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:27.25,0:12:31.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when the child is caught up to God and the throne, which refers to
Dialogue: 0,0:12:31.62,0:12:35.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the ascension of Christ, we're told that now the woman
Dialogue: 0,0:12:35.93,0:12:39.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,flees into the wilderness and the serpent is
Dialogue: 0,0:12:39.62,0:12:43.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after the woman. And later on
Dialogue: 0,0:12:43.27,0:12:46.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even in this chapter, in verse 17, we find
Dialogue: 0,0:12:46.17,0:12:51.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the final warfare is no longer against he woman, but
Dialogue: 0,0:12:51.23,0:12:55.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,against the seed's seed. In other words,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:55.90,0:12:59.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the seed of the woman's seed, and so there's no
Dialogue: 0,0:12:59.52,0:13:03.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,way that we can really understand, uh, Genesis
Dialogue: 0,0:13:03.39,0:13:07.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,chapter 3:15 uness we find the greatest development
Dialogue: 0,0:13:07.69,0:13:11.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Revelation chapter 12, as well as other pasages
Dialogue: 0,0:13:11.31,0:13:15.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we find in the New Testament. Now, allow me to give you one
Dialogue: 0,0:13:15.70,0:13:20.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,other example. Genesis chapter 2
Dialogue: 0,0:13:20.64,0:13:24.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and verse 24. Genesis chapter 2, and verse
Dialogue: 0,0:13:24.04,0:13:27.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,actually its verse 25.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:27.61,0:13:31.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Speaking about Adam and Eve,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:31.81,0:13:35.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it says, "And they were both naked, the man
Dialogue: 0,0:13:35.56,0:13:41.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and his wife, and were not ashamed."
Dialogue: 0,0:13:41.89,0:13:45.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're going to find in our seminar that the reason they were not ashamed
Dialogue: 0,0:13:45.11,0:13:48.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is because they were not covered with human garments, but
Dialogue: 0,0:13:48.10,0:13:51.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,made out of material. They were actually covered by
Dialogue: 0,0:13:51.18,0:13:55.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the glorious light of God. They had no artificial
Dialogue: 0,0:13:55.78,0:13:59.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,garments. They were naked with respect to garments made out of
Dialogue: 0,0:13:59.51,0:14:03.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,satin, or made out of other material. They were covered
Dialogue: 0,0:14:03.14,0:14:05.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the glory of God. They wer covered with the light of
Dialogue: 0,0:14:05.99,0:14:08.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God. The same type of garments that God has according to
Dialogue: 0,0:14:08.86,0:14:13.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Psalms 104. And that's the reason why they were not ashamed.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:13.29,0:14:17.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But then in Genesis 3:7, we find that Adam
Dialogue: 0,0:14:17.14,0:14:21.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Eve sinned, and suddenly we find them hiding from
Dialogue: 0,0:14:21.02,0:14:25.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God. And now they are ashamed even though
Dialogue: 0,0:14:25.04,0:14:28.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they've covered themselves with fig leaves. They still don't
Dialogue: 0,0:14:28.21,0:14:32.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,feel like the fig leaves are covering their nakedness because the light has
Dialogue: 0,0:14:32.68,0:14:36.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,gone away from them. And so they're hiding from God even though they
Dialogue: 0,0:14:36.39,0:14:39.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have covered the nakedness of their bodies with fig leaves, they know that their nakedness
Dialogue: 0,0:14:39.56,0:14:44.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is nakedness of soul. And do you know what God
Dialogue: 0,0:14:44.59,0:14:48.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,does? In Genesis 3:21, it says that God makes
Dialogue: 0,0:14:48.10,0:14:52.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,garments of skins and clothed
Dialogue: 0,0:14:52.15,0:14:57.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Adam and Eve to cover their nakedness.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:57.01,0:15:00.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now there's a text in the book of Revelation
Dialogue: 0,0:15:00.18,0:15:01.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which we could never understand
Dialogue: 0,0:15:01.100,0:15:04.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unless we catch this background from Genesis
Dialogue: 0,0:15:04.85,0:15:10.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,chapter 3. And that is the
Dialogue: 0,0:15:10.92,0:15:14.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,central verse in the passage that deals with the battle of Armageddon.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:14.04,0:15:16.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know there's a lot of talk today about Armageddon
Dialogue: 0,0:15:16.51,0:15:20.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What it's going to be? What nations it's going to involve, what the issues
Dialogue: 0,0:15:20.45,0:15:24.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are in this great battle. And I've heard a lot of
Dialogue: 0,0:15:24.68,0:15:28.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,books written by many different scholars on the battle of Armageddon. In fact, we're
Dialogue: 0,0:15:28.53,0:15:32.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,gonna have a whole lecture later on in this series, on the battle of Armageddon.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:32.06,0:15:34.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you know what I find interesting? Most of those
Dialogue: 0,0:15:34.93,0:15:38.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,commentaries with very few exceptions, dea
Dialogue: 0,0:15:38.84,0:15:42.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with all sorts of issues connected with the battle
Dialogue: 0,0:15:42.43,0:15:44.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of Armageddon. They talk for example, about the kings of the east
Dialogue: 0,0:15:44.84,0:15:49.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they talk about the drying up of the river Euphrates, and they
Dialogue: 0,0:15:49.21,0:15:52.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,talk about the three evil spirits like frogs coming
Dialogue: 0,0:15:52.66,0:15:56.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,up out of the mouth of the dragon, the beast, and the false prophet. They have a lot to say about
Dialogue: 0,0:15:56.32,0:15:59.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all of these things. But there's one verse which very
Dialogue: 0,0:15:59.84,0:16:03.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rarely is even commented on, and it deals with
Dialogue: 0,0:16:03.79,0:16:08.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the central issue in the battle of Armageddon.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:08.84,0:16:11.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it shows that we must study Genesis in order
Dialogue: 0,0:16:11.60,0:16:16.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to understand it. Go with me to Revelation 16 and verse
Dialogue: 0,0:16:16.54,0:16:18.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,15, and you'll see this.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:18.62,0:16:22.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Revelation chapter 16 and verse 15. Right
Dialogue: 0,0:16:22.05,0:16:25.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the middle of the passage
Dialogue: 0,0:16:25.12,0:16:28.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the sixth plague of Revelation,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:28.35,0:16:31.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and while you're looking for that text, allow me to say this,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:31.34,0:16:34.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is the only place, where
Dialogue: 0,0:16:34.30,0:16:39.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus speaks in the book of Revelation between
Dialogue: 0,0:16:39.64,0:16:44.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Chapter 3 and chapter 21
Dialogue: 0,0:16:44.18,0:16:48.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The only verse--if you have a red letter edition of the bible
Dialogue: 0,0:16:48.01,0:16:52.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where it gives the words that are spoken by Jesus, you'll find that the last words
Dialogue: 0,0:16:52.10,0:16:55.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of Jesus are in Chapter 3. The next time that Jesus
Dialogue: 0,0:16:55.77,0:16:59.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,speaks is in chapter 21 with the exception
Dialogue: 0,0:16:59.59,0:17:03.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of Revelation 16 and verse 15. Do you
Dialogue: 0,0:17:03.79,0:17:07.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,figure that if Jesus-- that if this is the only place that Jesus speaks
Dialogue: 0,0:17:07.67,0:17:11.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between revelation 3 and revelation 21, that it must be a very important
Dialogue: 0,0:17:11.35,0:17:16.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,verse? Obviously! Notice what we find
Dialogue: 0,0:17:16.04,0:17:20.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there in Revelation chapter 16 and verse 15:
Dialogue: 0,0:17:20.27,0:17:24.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus is speaking. Behold, I am coming
Dialogue: 0,0:17:24.10,0:17:28.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a thief. Blessed is
Dialogue: 0,0:17:28.27,0:17:32.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he who watches and keeps
Dialogue: 0,0:17:32.34,0:17:35.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,his garments lest
Dialogue: 0,0:17:35.66,0:17:39.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he walk naked and they see
Dialogue: 0,0:17:39.90,0:17:44.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,his shame. Now you tell me. Is that verse
Dialogue: 0,0:17:44.68,0:17:47.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have anything to do with Genesis chapter 3? You have the same elements
Dialogue: 0,0:17:47.84,0:17:51.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have garments, you have nakedness, and you have shame.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:51.26,0:17:55.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Obviously, there's going to be some people at the end of time
Dialogue: 0,0:17:55.99,0:17:59.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,living during the period of the battle of Armageddon who are going
Dialogue: 0,0:17:59.98,0:18:04.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be found naked and their shame will be revealed
Dialogue: 0,0:18:04.79,0:18:08.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just like Adam and Eve. But you cannot understand what this
Dialogue: 0,0:18:08.19,0:18:11.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,means in the end time unless you first understand what
Dialogue: 0,0:18:11.35,0:18:15.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,happened with Adam and Eve in Genesis because at the end of time
Dialogue: 0,0:18:15.56,0:18:21.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's gonna be a repetition of what happened in the book of Genesis
Dialogue: 0,0:18:21.57,0:18:23.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are just two examples of how
Dialogue: 0,0:18:23.60,0:18:26.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Genesis is very intricately entwined
Dialogue: 0,0:18:26.87,0:18:31.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the book of Revelation. Now
Dialogue: 0,0:18:31.27,0:18:34.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this question frequently comes up when we study the book of Genesis, and that is
Dialogue: 0,0:18:34.93,0:18:38.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the book of Genesis really
Dialogue: 0,0:18:38.24,0:18:46.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,literal history? Or is the book of Genesis legend, myth, or as Carol Bath
Dialogue: 0,0:18:46.76,0:18:49.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the great theologian said, "saga"?
Dialogue: 0,0:18:49.06,0:18:53.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to tell you upfront that I believe that the book of Genesis
Dialogue: 0,0:18:53.89,0:18:58.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from Genesis 1:1 through the end of chapter
Dialogue: 0,0:18:58.09,0:19:02.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,50 is dealing with literal historical
Dialogue: 0,0:19:02.26,0:19:05.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,events. In fact, it might surprise
Dialogue: 0,0:19:05.29,0:19:09.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some of you to know that up till the age of the englightenment
Dialogue: 0,0:19:09.91,0:19:14.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the 18th century--if you go before the eighteenth century,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:14.20,0:19:18.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you'll find that practically every scholar
Dialogue: 0,0:19:18.27,0:19:22.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that ever wrote on the book of Genesis believed that book of Genesis
Dialogue: 0,0:19:22.43,0:19:24.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was actual, literal, history
Dialogue: 0,0:19:24.76,0:19:27.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as it took place
Dialogue: 0,0:19:27.46,0:19:29.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in the age of enlightenment appeared
Dialogue: 0,0:19:29.97,0:19:34.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,historical criticism
Dialogue: 0,0:19:34.34,0:19:38.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and appeared the scientific method and so they
Dialogue: 0,0:19:38.78,0:19:41.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,started applying the scientific method and historical criticism to God's
Dialogue: 0,0:19:41.85,0:19:45.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Holy word besides doing it to the natural world
Dialogue: 0,0:19:45.45,0:19:50.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to documents that had been written in antiquity, and for this reason,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:50.18,0:19:54.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,many of the scholars came to the conclusion that the book of Geneiss
Dialogue: 0,0:19:54.10,0:19:57.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,particularly chapters 1-11 were not describing real
Dialogue: 0,0:19:57.30,0:20:02.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,literal hisotry. I saw this problem
Dialogue: 0,0:20:02.43,0:20:05.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very clearly a few years ago when I was
Dialogue: 0,0:20:05.87,0:20:09.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at a speaking committment up in Berrien Springs, Michigan
Dialogue: 0,0:20:09.84,0:20:12.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's the university where I went to
Dialogue: 0,0:20:12.55,0:20:16.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,school. They have a fantastic theological library.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:16.00,0:20:19.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with hundreds of thousands of books. And of course, I only had
Dialogue: 0,0:20:19.76,0:20:23.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to speak in the evening. And during the daytime, I took advantage and went to the
Dialogue: 0,0:20:23.54,0:20:28.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,library for aobut 8 or 9 hours a day doing research
Dialogue: 0,0:20:28.17,0:20:32.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for this series on the book of Genesis. And as I examined
Dialogue: 0,0:20:32.01,0:20:36.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the commentaries that were written on the book of Genesis
Dialogue: 0,0:20:36.09,0:20:40.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's something which really struck me. And that's
Dialogue: 0,0:20:40.45,0:20:43.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that most of the commentators really
Dialogue: 0,0:20:43.72,0:20:48.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,did not believe in the historicity of the book of Genesis.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:48.00,0:20:50.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They did not believe that it's literal history.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:50.62,0:20:55.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And these were Christian commentators who were actually writing
Dialogue: 0,0:20:55.47,0:20:59.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the book of Genesis. In fact, I had to
Dialogue: 0,0:20:59.42,0:21:03.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,snicker when I was uh, researching the story
Dialogue: 0,0:21:03.80,0:21:08.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of Eve and the serpent which spoke to Eve
Dialogue: 0,0:21:08.08,0:21:11.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a scholar, several of them actually, said the reason
Dialogue: 0,0:21:11.09,0:21:15.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why this story was included in Genesis is to
Dialogue: 0,0:21:15.00,0:21:20.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,explain the reason why people are afraid of snakes
Dialogue: 0,0:21:20.14,0:21:23.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then I went on to story of Cain and Abel.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:23.89,0:21:28.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And severeal of the authors said the reason
Dialogue: 0,0:21:28.00,0:21:31.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why you have the story of Cain and Abel in the book of Genesis is to
Dialogue: 0,0:21:31.76,0:21:36.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,explain the origin of sibling rivalry
Dialogue: 0,0:21:36.25,0:21:39.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then I continued studying and got to Genesis chapter 11
Dialogue: 0,0:21:39.02,0:21:42.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where it speaks about the Tower of Babel, the confusion of the languages
Dialogue: 0,0:21:42.75,0:21:46.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the commentaries said this did not
Dialogue: 0,0:21:46.61,0:21:50.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,really happen in history. This idea that
Dialogue: 0,0:21:50.42,0:21:53.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they tried to build a tower and God confused their languages.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:53.90,0:21:58.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The scholar said the reason why this story was written
Dialogue: 0,0:21:58.09,0:22:02.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was in order to explain why in the world you had so many
Dialogue: 0,0:22:02.90,0:22:06.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,different languages, and so on
Dialogue: 0,0:22:06.06,0:22:08.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most of the scholars that I read would be called
Dialogue: 0,0:22:08.09,0:22:13.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,liberal scholars. They do not beleive in the
Dialogue: 0,0:22:13.46,0:22:18.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,full inspiration of scripture. And therefore, they do not belive
Dialogue: 0,0:22:18.34,0:22:22.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the stories of Genesis are really literal history
Dialogue: 0,0:22:22.92,0:22:27.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is the book of Genesis though literal history?
Dialogue: 0,0:22:27.09,0:22:29.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let me share this with you, folks! If we
Dialogue: 0,0:22:29.46,0:22:34.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,don't beleive that the book of Gensis is dealing with literal history events
Dialogue: 0,0:22:34.17,0:22:38.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are not only impuning
Dialogue: 0,0:22:38.42,0:22:41.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the veracity of Moses. We are impuining
Dialogue: 0,0:22:41.19,0:22:45.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the veracity of Peter, and
Dialogue: 0,0:22:45.80,0:22:48.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Paul and Steven and Luke
Dialogue: 0,0:22:48.98,0:22:53.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Jesus. Do you realize
Dialogue: 0,0:22:53.61,0:22:56.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that every single story
Dialogue: 0,0:22:56.32,0:23:01.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without exception in the book of Genesis
Dialogue: 0,0:23:01.55,0:23:06.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is repeated as literal history in the new testament by the new testament authors?
Dialogue: 0,0:23:06.25,0:23:09.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many of these events in Genesis are told
Dialogue: 0,0:23:09.00,0:23:13.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by Jesus in the gospels. Let's notice for example
Dialogue: 0,0:23:13.16,0:23:17.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Matthrew chapter 19 and verses 4
Dialogue: 0,0:23:17.92,0:23:20.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through 6. Matthre chapter 19 and verses 4-6.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:20.62,0:23:24.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here Jesus is speaking about the origin of
Dialogue: 0,0:23:24.50,0:23:29.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,marriage. And notice what we find there--Genesis chapter
Dialogue: 0,0:23:29.45,0:23:31.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,19 and verse 4.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:31.71,0:23:36.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he that is Jesus answered
Dialogue: 0,0:23:36.96,0:23:39.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and said to them, Have you not read
Dialogue: 0,0:23:39.67,0:23:44.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that He who made them at the beginning made them
Dialogue: 0,0:23:44.02,0:23:47.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,male and female, and said
Dialogue: 0,0:23:47.23,0:23:52.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For this reason a man shall leave his father
Dialogue: 0,0:23:52.57,0:23:55.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two
Dialogue: 0,0:23:55.70,0:23:59.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,shall become one flesh? So then, they are no longer
Dialogue: 0,0:23:59.97,0:24:03.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,two but one flesh. THerefore, what God
Dialogue: 0,0:24:03.71,0:24:07.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has joined together, let no man separate.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:07.92,0:24:11.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Question: Did Jesus believe
Dialogue: 0,0:24:11.19,0:24:16.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that there was a literal marriage originally in Genesis
Dialogue: 0,0:24:16.25,0:24:20.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between Adam and Eve? He most certainly did!
Dialogue: 0,0:24:20.01,0:24:24.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you say that that story is myth or legend
Dialogue: 0,0:24:24.96,0:24:28.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or saga, you are not only impuining the veracity of Moses,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:28.58,0:24:33.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you are questioning the veracity of our Lord and Savior,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:33.11,0:24:36.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus Christ! Notice also,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:36.34,0:24:40.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Matthew chapter 24:37-39
Dialogue: 0,0:24:40.71,0:24:43.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just a few examples here. Matthew 24:
Dialogue: 0,0:24:43.06,0:24:48.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,37-39. This is
Dialogue: 0,0:24:48.06,0:24:52.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,speaking about the flood in the days of Noah. It's called
Dialogue: 0,0:24:52.84,0:24:55.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Noah's flood, but it really was the Lord's flood. Notice
Dialogue: 0,0:24:55.08,0:25:00.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Matthew verse 24 and beginning with verse 37
Dialogue: 0,0:25:00.67,0:25:05.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But as the days of Noah were,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:05.17,0:25:08.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so also will the coming of the Son
Dialogue: 0,0:25:08.50,0:25:12.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of Man be. For as in the days before the flood,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:12.14,0:25:15.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they were eating and drinking, marrying
Dialogue: 0,0:25:15.69,0:25:19.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah
Dialogue: 0,0:25:19.34,0:25:24.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,entered the ark, and did not know until the flood came
Dialogue: 0,0:25:24.02,0:25:26.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and took them all away. So also
Dialogue: 0,0:25:26.59,0:25:32.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will the coming of the Son of Man be. Did Jesus,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:32.17,0:25:36.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,believe that the flood in the days of Noah actually
Dialogue: 0,0:25:36.42,0:25:39.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,took place hisotrically? He did.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:39.67,0:25:43.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By the way, if you don't believe that the flood took place historically,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:43.34,0:25:47.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you don't have any basis for believing that Jesus is telling the truth when he says he's gonna come
Dialogue: 0,0:25:47.71,0:25:51.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,again. Because he says, as it was back then,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:51.34,0:25:55.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so will it be. But if that back then didn't happen, what makes
Dialogue: 0,0:25:55.84,0:25:59.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you think that what he predicted in the future is going to happen?
Dialogue: 0,0:25:59.70,0:26:03.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's notice another couple of examples. First,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:03.41,0:26:06.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,John chapter 3 and verse 12
Dialogue: 0,0:26:06.50,0:26:08.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You'll notice that
Dialogue: 0,0:26:08.75,0:26:15.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're using scripture a lot tonight, and the list that you got tonight is a short list.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:15.60,0:26:20.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're going to be using a lot of scripture here in the future
Dialogue: 0,0:26:20.50,0:26:23.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lectures of the seminar. Notice 1 John 3
Dialogue: 0,0:26:23.55,0:26:26.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and verse 12
Dialogue: 0,0:26:26.41,0:26:29.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It says there,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:29.09,0:26:31.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And not as Cain who was
Dialogue: 0,0:26:31.33,0:26:35.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the wicked one and murdered his
Dialogue: 0,0:26:35.80,0:26:38.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,brother. And why did he murder him?
Dialogue: 0,0:26:38.84,0:26:43.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because his works were evil and his brother's
Dialogue: 0,0:26:43.11,0:26:47.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,righteous. Question: Did the apostle
Dialogue: 0,0:26:47.17,0:26:50.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,John who wrote 1st John beleive that the story
Dialogue: 0,0:26:50.92,0:26:56.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of Cain and Abel was literal history? He most certainly
Dialogue: 0,0:26:56.34,0:26:59.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,did. Because it tells us here that Cain
Dialogue: 0,0:26:59.09,0:27:03.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,killed his brother Abel. So
Dialogue: 0,0:27:03.26,0:27:07.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,John beleived that this was a real, historical, occurance
Dialogue: 0,0:27:07.40,0:27:11.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's notice another example. Hebrews chapter
Dialogue: 0,0:27:11.08,0:27:14.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,11 and verse 5. Hebrews 11:5
Dialogue: 0,0:27:14.58,0:27:20.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here we find a very interesting
Dialogue: 0,0:27:20.37,0:27:23.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,person mentioned. Actually, he's not mentioned
Dialogue: 0,0:27:23.46,0:27:27.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very freuently in scrpture. The bible tells us that
Dialogue: 0,0:27:27.62,0:27:31.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he was caught away to heaven. In fact, he never suffered death
Dialogue: 0,0:27:31.59,0:27:34.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,accoridng to Genesis 5 compared to Hebrews chapter 11
Dialogue: 0,0:27:34.91,0:27:39.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,his name was Enoch. Now notice Hebrews
Dialogue: 0,0:27:39.75,0:27:42.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,chapter 11 and verse 5. By faith
Dialogue: 0,0:27:42.75,0:27:47.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Enoch was taken away so that
Dialogue: 0,0:27:47.83,0:27:52.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he did not see death. And was not
Dialogue: 0,0:27:52.17,0:27:55.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,found, because God had taken him. For
Dialogue: 0,0:27:55.70,0:27:57.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before he was taken, he had this testimony, that
Dialogue: 0,0:27:57.74,0:28:04.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he pelased God. NOw let me ask
Dialogue: 0,0:28:04.67,0:28:07.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you: Did the author of the book of Hebrews believe that Enoch
Dialogue: 0,0:28:07.79,0:28:11.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was a real historical person? He most certainly did! And by the wa,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:11.67,0:28:15.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I believe that the author of the book of Hebrews was the apostle Paul
Dialogue: 0,0:28:15.30,0:28:19.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I believe that there's plenty of internal evidence to that fact. So did
Dialogue: 0,0:28:19.25,0:28:23.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Paul believe that Enoch was areal historical person?
Dialogue: 0,0:28:23.64,0:28:28.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He most certainly did! Let's notice one further example
Dialogue: 0,0:28:28.00,0:28:31.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and by the way, in the reference material that you'll receive this evening, you're going
Dialogue: 0,0:28:31.11,0:28:35.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to find half a page of references in the New Testament to every
Dialogue: 0,0:28:35.78,0:28:40.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,single event and person in the book of Genesis
Dialogue: 0,0:28:40.17,0:28:43.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have Abraham, you have Issaac, you have Jacob,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:43.63,0:28:46.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have Joseph, you have the twelve sons of Jacob,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:46.50,0:28:50.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, you have every single event in the book of
Dialogue: 0,0:28:50.62,0:28:56.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Genesis repeated somewhere in the New Testament. Notice
Dialogue: 0,0:28:56.48,0:28:59.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Luke chapter 3. This will be the last example
Dialogue: 0,0:28:59.76,0:29:02.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we'll give of the importance of believing in the historicity of the
Dialogue: 0,0:29:02.67,0:29:05.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,book of Genesis. Luke chapter 3 has
Dialogue: 0,0:29:05.78,0:29:10.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the genealogy of Jesus Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:10.06,0:29:14.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I want you to notice--we're only going to read two verses
Dialogue: 0,0:29:14.08,0:29:20.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Chapter 3 and verse 23 and then we're going to
Dialogue: 0,0:29:20.84,0:29:24.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,jump down to verse 38. It says in verse 3,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:24.16,0:29:27.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now Jesus himself began his ministry at about
Dialogue: 0,0:29:27.91,0:29:31.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thirty years of age, being as was supposed
Dialogue: 0,0:29:31.17,0:29:33.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the son of Joseph, the son of Heli, and then it continues
Dialogue: 0,0:29:33.75,0:29:39.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,giving the genealogy, "the son of, the son of, the son of.."
Dialogue: 0,0:29:39.61,0:29:42.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I want you to notice how the list ends in verse 38.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:42.26,0:29:46.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It says there, the son of Enosh
Dialogue: 0,0:29:46.92,0:29:50.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the son of Seth, the son of Adam
Dialogue: 0,0:29:50.50,0:29:56.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the son of God. Do you believe that Jesus
Dialogue: 0,0:29:56.17,0:29:59.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was a literal historical personage? Do you think that Jesus existed
Dialogue: 0,0:29:59.88,0:30:02.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in history? Well we have proof from secular
Dialogue: 0,0:30:02.59,0:30:06.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,historians that Jesus did exist. Now you notice that this
Dialogue: 0,0:30:06.50,0:30:09.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,genealogy actually begins with Jesus
Dialogue: 0,0:30:09.83,0:30:13.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and ends with whom? Ends with Adam.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:13.92,0:30:17.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,NOw was Jesus a real, literal, historical person?
Dialogue: 0,0:30:17.59,0:30:21.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He most certainly was! So must Adam also be a
Dialogue: 0,0:30:21.10,0:30:25.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,literal, historical person? Obviously, yes! You can't have it
Dialogue: 0,0:30:25.92,0:30:29.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one way iwth Adam and another way with Jesus.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:29.58,0:30:33.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus is a real historical person, so is Adam.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:33.70,0:30:37.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By the way, you'll notice in this genealogy that the roots of Jesus
Dialogue: 0,0:30:37.44,0:30:40.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are traced all the way back from His day to
Dialogue: 0,0:30:40.92,0:30:44.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Adam. And you don't have long periods of millions
Dialogue: 0,0:30:44.79,0:30:50.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of years in between according to this genealogy.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:50.50,0:30:54.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so I believe that it is of extreme importance
Dialogue: 0,0:30:54.56,0:30:57.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for us to believe in the historicy of the book of
Dialogue: 0,0:30:57.49,0:31:00.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Genesis. It is not myth, it is not legend.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:00.50,0:31:05.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is not saga. It is real,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:05.06,0:31:08.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,history. NOw, allow me to
Dialogue: 0,0:31:08.89,0:31:12.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mention a few things about the disciples that are
Dialogue: 0,0:31:12.61,0:31:17.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,addressed in the book of Genesis. Do you know that hte book of Genesis addresses
Dialogue: 0,0:31:17.74,0:31:22.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at least in seminal form, most of the
Dialogue: 0,0:31:22.57,0:31:26.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,disciplines that are studied in universities today. Allow me to give you a
Dialogue: 0,0:31:26.32,0:31:29.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,list quickly. The book of Genesis has a lot to say about
Dialogue: 0,0:31:29.98,0:31:33.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,theology. You know, if people believe the book of Genesis,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:33.75,0:31:37.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there won't be any atheist in the world, because the book of Genesis
Dialogue: 0,0:31:37.40,0:31:41.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,begins by saying, "In the beginning, God created the heavens
Dialogue: 0,0:31:41.01,0:31:45.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the earth." That is a theological statment. The book of Genesis
Dialogue: 0,0:31:45.57,0:31:50.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,does not try to prove the existance of God. The book of Genesis
Dialogue: 0,0:31:50.26,0:31:54.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,takes the existence of God for granted. It makes this
Dialogue: 0,0:31:54.40,0:31:57.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wonderful theological statement. The book of Genesis has
Dialogue: 0,0:31:57.45,0:32:00.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a lot to say about cosmology--the origins of the heavens
Dialogue: 0,0:32:00.26,0:32:04.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the earth. You can find that in chapter 1 verses 6 through
Dialogue: 0,0:32:04.65,0:32:07.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,8. The book of Genesis actually speaks about the
Dialogue: 0,0:32:07.93,0:32:12.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,origin of chronology or time. Because after
Dialogue: 0,0:32:12.73,0:32:15.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,each day of creation, it says that God,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:15.36,0:32:19.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God saw that what he had made was good, and it was the evening
Dialogue: 0,0:32:19.68,0:32:23.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the morning of the first day, and the second day, the third day, and so on
Dialogue: 0,0:32:23.44,0:32:28.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in Genesis chapter 1, it speaks about God making
Dialogue: 0,0:32:28.02,0:32:31.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the son, the moon, and the stars to establish the season
Dialogue: 0,0:32:31.66,0:32:36.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and periods of the year. You can find that in chapter 1
Dialogue: 0,0:32:36.32,0:32:39.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So in order words, God created chronology. He created months
Dialogue: 0,0:32:39.56,0:32:42.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He created years, and he created days, as the
Dialogue: 0,0:32:42.26,0:32:49.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,frame of reference of time in this earth. You also
Dialogue: 0,0:32:49.02,0:32:52.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,find in the book of Genesis, the origins of geography.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:52.04,0:32:55.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where the dry land came from. You see,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:55.30,0:32:59.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it tells us in Genesis chapter 1 verse 2 that the earth was
Dialogue: 0,0:32:59.55,0:33:03.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,compltely covered with water before creation. But God was the one who made the earth
Dialogue: 0,0:33:03.25,0:33:07.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Geography! The book of Genesis also addresses
Dialogue: 0,0:33:07.32,0:33:09.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the issue of botany. It says that every plant reproduces
Dialogue: 0,0:33:09.42,0:33:15.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,according to its kind. And that is true even till
Dialogue: 0,0:33:15.07,0:33:19.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this day. Every plant reproduces according to its
Dialogue: 0,0:33:19.11,0:33:24.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,kind! So Genesis definitely has somethign to say aobut
Dialogue: 0,0:33:24.18,0:33:28.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the origins of trees and plants and the grass.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:28.56,0:33:32.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The book of Genesis actually speaks about the origin of
Dialogue: 0,0:33:32.64,0:33:35.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,zoology--the study of animals. And by the way,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:35.57,0:33:44.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the book of Genesis indicates that all of the animals were created "adults" so to
Dialogue: 0,0:33:44.46,0:33:47.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,speak. All of the animals were created on the fifth and
Dialogue: 0,0:33:47.59,0:33:50.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the sixth day, adults! They did not take millions
Dialogue: 0,0:33:50.06,0:33:53.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of years to evolve according the book of Genesis. Go
Dialogue: 0,0:33:53.04,0:33:56.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God spoke and on the fifth day, the birds and the fish appeared
Dialogue: 0,0:33:56.45,0:33:58.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God spoke, and on the sixth day, the land animals
Dialogue: 0,0:33:58.56,0:34:03.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,appeared. So the book of Genesis indicates that man
Dialogue: 0,0:34:03.15,0:34:08.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is not the end of a long evoluitonary process
Dialogue: 0,0:34:08.42,0:34:12.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where we come from primates, and the primates came from lower forms of life
Dialogue: 0,0:34:12.39,0:34:15.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The book of Genesis simply says that clearly, and
Dialogue: 0,0:34:15.88,0:34:19.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,directly that God spoke, and things
Dialogue: 0,0:34:19.39,0:34:23.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were done. And so the book of Genesis deals with
Dialogue: 0,0:34:23.94,0:34:28.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,zoology and it says that every animal reproduces according to its kind. THat
Dialogue: 0,0:34:28.98,0:34:31.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is also a scientifically true statment
Dialogue: 0,0:34:31.73,0:34:36.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The book of Genesis has a lot to say about anthropology--
Dialogue: 0,0:34:36.82,0:34:40.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the study of man. In fact, it speaks about the origin of
Dialogue: 0,0:34:40.48,0:34:44.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,man and woman and it speaks about how
Dialogue: 0,0:34:44.15,0:34:46.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Adam was taken from the dust, and I believe that that's a literal
Dialogue: 0,0:34:46.52,0:34:50.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,story. That God took clay and he formed Adam and
Dialogue: 0,0:34:50.86,0:34:55.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he took a rib from Adam and he made Eve. And you say, that kinda
Dialogue: 0,0:34:55.81,0:35:00.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unscientific. Well the fact is, that scientists weren't there.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:00.19,0:35:02.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if we have faith in God's word,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:02.73,0:35:08.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Faith means having faith and trusting what God says
Dialogue: 0,0:35:08.94,0:35:13.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We'll have absolutely no problem with that story. The book of Genesis says
Dialogue: 0,0:35:13.01,0:35:16.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has a lot to say about sociology. Why do people
Dialogue: 0,0:35:16.32,0:35:19.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,get married today? And why do they have children? Why
Dialogue: 0,0:35:19.27,0:35:24.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do we have this uproar recently about a man marrying a man, and a woman marrying a woman?
Dialogue: 0,0:35:24.65,0:35:27.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's because that's contrary to what we find in
Dialogue: 0,0:35:27.38,0:35:30.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the book of Genesis. God established the ideal social
Dialogue: 0,0:35:30.90,0:35:36.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,circle. He established marriage. The marriage between a
Dialogue: 0,0:35:36.40,0:35:40.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,man and a woman, to have children, within a family unit
Dialogue: 0,0:35:40.19,0:35:44.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Genesis has the origins of that.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:44.47,0:35:47.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The book of Genesis has a lot to say about psychology, believe it or not!
Dialogue: 0,0:35:47.11,0:35:52.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It would be interesting for you sometime to sit down and look at all the
Dialogue: 0,0:35:52.49,0:35:56.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,psychological concepts that you find in the book of Genesis. It's amazing!
Dialogue: 0,0:35:56.45,0:36:00.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, psychologists today try to solve the problem of depression
Dialogue: 0,0:36:00.08,0:36:03.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and low self esteem and fear with all sorts of
Dialogue: 0,0:36:03.11,0:36:08.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,gimmicks, and methodologies. The fact is, that we're going to
Dialogue: 0,0:36:08.05,0:36:11.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,notice in our study tomorrow that the origin of fear
Dialogue: 0,0:36:11.41,0:36:14.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the origin of a low self concept
Dialogue: 0,0:36:14.14,0:36:18.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nad the origin of strife in marriage
Dialogue: 0,0:36:18.60,0:36:24.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the origin of strife between brother and brother
Dialogue: 0,0:36:24.22,0:36:27.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like in the case of Cain and Abel, is not due
Dialogue: 0,0:36:27.22,0:36:30.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to some psychological malfunciton. It is due to
Dialogue: 0,0:36:30.50,0:36:36.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sin. And unless a counselor
Dialogue: 0,0:36:36.77,0:36:40.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,deals with the issue of sin, the problem
Dialogue: 0,0:36:40.58,0:36:44.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will not be resolved. Genesis has a lot to say
Dialogue: 0,0:36:44.28,0:36:48.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about psychology. The book of Genesis has a lot to say about Geology.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:48.44,0:36:53.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The study of the earth. You know, you have
Dialogue: 0,0:36:53.78,0:36:56.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,scientists today who don't believe that there was a universal flood
Dialogue: 0,0:36:56.98,0:37:00.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I believe that you have to study the story of the flood in order to be
Dialogue: 0,0:37:00.21,0:37:03.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,read the earth correctly. Because at the flood
Dialogue: 0,0:37:03.59,0:37:07.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the earth went through huge changes. In fact, if you
Dialogue: 0,0:37:07.22,0:37:11.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,read in Chapter 8 of Genesis, God caused a mighty wind to
Dialogue: 0,0:37:11.74,0:37:16.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,blow and that mighty wind, you know
Dialogue: 0,0:37:16.16,0:37:19.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,buried everything that was on the surface of the earth. In other words, you had a
Dialogue: 0,0:37:19.41,0:37:22.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an upheaval of the earth. You know, we all probalby
Dialogue: 0,0:37:22.63,0:37:27.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have seen the graphic pictures on television
Dialogue: 0,0:37:27.65,0:37:31.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the Tsunami. Have you noticed that? The devastation
Dialogue: 0,0:37:31.65,0:37:34.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the destruction? And that was just a tidal wave in a
Dialogue: 0,0:37:34.79,0:37:38.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,certain region of he world. Can you imagine what
Dialogue: 0,0:37:38.72,0:37:42.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it must have been like, to have this whole world
Dialogue: 0,0:37:42.54,0:37:44.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,totally covered with water? With a huge
Dialogue: 0,0:37:44.86,0:37:51.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,storm that lasted forty days and forty nights? Where the bible
Dialogue: 0,0:37:51.69,0:37:55.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,says that out of the earth came gushing forth
Dialogue: 0,0:37:55.13,0:37:59.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,jets of water, and the windows of heaven were opened?
Dialogue: 0,0:37:59.34,0:38:03.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The earth was in turmoil. No wonder science today cannot
Dialogue: 0,0:38:03.38,0:38:08.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,read the eath in teh correct
Dialogue: 0,0:38:08.49,0:38:11.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,way. Because the earth is nothing like it was at the beginning
Dialogue: 0,0:38:11.48,0:38:15.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so in order to get a true concept of
Dialogue: 0,0:38:15.16,0:38:18.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,geology, we must make reference to the book of Genesis.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:18.28,0:38:21.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The book of Geneiss addresses the issue of philology--the
Dialogue: 0,0:38:21.71,0:38:26.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,study of languages. It tells us where languages originated.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:26.28,0:38:30.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The book of Genesis has a description of Ethnology--the
Dialogue: 0,0:38:30.25,0:38:34.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,origin of nations. In fact, in Genesis chapter 10, we have
Dialogue: 0,0:38:34.04,0:38:38.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the table of Nations, which describes the origin of all of the nations
Dialogue: 0,0:38:38.02,0:38:40.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that have ever existed on planet earth.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:40.99,0:38:43.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The book of Geneisis also addresses some very important existential
Dialogue: 0,0:38:43.83,0:38:49.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,questions. Like you noticed in your hand bill, we're going to be
Dialogue: 0,0:38:49.76,0:38:52.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dealing with all of these issues as we go along in this seminar.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:52.94,0:38:56.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How did I get here? Why am I here?
Dialogue: 0,0:38:56.38,0:39:00.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Does my life have meaning and purpose?
Dialogue: 0,0:39:00.45,0:39:05.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is there really a God who loves me?
Dialogue: 0,0:39:05.84,0:39:09.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, lots of people after the Tsunami
Dialogue: 0,0:39:09.32,0:39:12.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,says, "If there's a God like that, you know ,I don't even want to believe
Dialogue: 0,0:39:12.83,0:39:15.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a God like that. And if a God like that exists,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:15.86,0:39:19.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then I certainly don't want to serve Him." The fact is,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:19.16,0:39:23.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is God good? And why is there so much evil
Dialogue: 0,0:39:23.82,0:39:28.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if God is good? We'll have a whole lecture when we're going to decode
Dialogue: 0,0:39:28.18,0:39:32.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the paradox of good and evil. We're going to answer the question, "How can
Dialogue: 0,0:39:32.43,0:39:36.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I experience personal people in a world of strife?" Everybody's
Dialogue: 0,0:39:36.38,0:39:40.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nervous today. Everybody is anxious about perhaps another terrorist
Dialogue: 0,0:39:40.35,0:39:43.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,attack. Or homeland security. How
Dialogue: 0,0:39:43.16,0:39:47.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can we live life and experience perosnal peace
Dialogue: 0,0:39:47.46,0:39:50.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in all of the strife that surrounds us? How can I enjoy quality time
Dialogue: 0,0:39:50.16,0:39:52.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the rat race of life? What happens the moment I die?
Dialogue: 0,0:39:52.63,0:39:59.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I die, will I live again? Is there
Dialogue: 0,0:39:59.04,0:40:03.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,really a better world coming? Is there such a thing
Dialogue: 0,0:40:03.90,0:40:07.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as absolute truth? If there is absolute truth, how
Dialogue: 0,0:40:07.11,0:40:09.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can I find it? How can I enjoy life
Dialogue: 0,0:40:09.00,0:40:11.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,filled with health and with prosperity? All of these issues
Dialogue: 0,0:40:11.30,0:40:19.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are addressed very carefully in the book of Genesis.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:19.47,0:40:25.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, did you know that hte book of Genesis
Dialogue: 0,0:40:25.33,0:40:29.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is actualltye story of two seeds?
Dialogue: 0,0:40:29.55,0:40:32.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we're going to further develop this concept of the
Dialogue: 0,0:40:32.70,0:40:36.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,two seeds. It begins in Genesis 3:15
Dialogue: 0,0:40:36.19,0:40:41.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I will put enmity between you an the woman. See the two
Dialogue: 0,0:40:41.05,0:40:43.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sides there? The serpent and the woman.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:43.58,0:40:48.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Between the serpents seed and the womans' seed. See, there you have the two again.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:48.18,0:40:52.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He, the seed of the woman, will
Dialogue: 0,0:40:52.29,0:40:55.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bruise your head, and you will bruise his heel.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:55.31,0:40:59.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see the controversy and the conflict there? Between
Dialogue: 0,0:40:59.98,0:41:02.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,serpent and woman?
Dialogue: 0,0:41:02.98,0:41:04.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Seed and seed? Seed and serpent?
Dialogue: 0,0:41:04.64,0:41:06.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The story of Genesis which is developed in the rest of scripture has to do
Dialogue: 0,0:41:06.68,0:41:08.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a battle between two seeds.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:08.100,0:41:16.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not only do you have this in Genesis 3:15,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:16.07,0:41:21.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you also have it in the story of Cain and Abel. Do you know the first
Dialogue: 0,0:41:21.12,0:41:24.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,example of Genesis 3:15 is in the story of Cain and Abel?
Dialogue: 0,0:41:24.43,0:41:26.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You say, "How is that?"
Dialogue: 0,0:41:26.84,0:41:30.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, lets look for the four elements. Is there a woman in the story of Cain and Abel?
Dialogue: 0,0:41:30.21,0:41:33.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sure. It's Eve! She's the mother of both of them.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:33.22,0:41:38.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you have in the story of Cain and Abel enmity?
Dialogue: 0,0:41:38.08,0:41:41.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You most certainly do!
Dialogue: 0,0:41:41.13,0:41:43.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cain gets angry and hates his brother.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:43.74,0:41:47.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you have in the story of Cain and Abel, two seeds?
Dialogue: 0,0:41:47.19,0:41:51.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That are totally unlike, one good and one evil?
Dialogue: 0,0:41:51.62,0:41:55.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Absolutely! And do you know that even the serpent
Dialogue: 0,0:41:55.90,0:41:59.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is involved in the story of Cain and Abel? Not directly in Genesis
Dialogue: 0,0:41:59.77,0:42:03.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you go to 1 John 3:12, which we've already read,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:03.07,0:42:07.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it says, "Not as Cain who was of the wicked one."
Dialogue: 0,0:42:07.21,0:42:09.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the one who wanted Abel dead
Dialogue: 0,0:42:09.94,0:42:14.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was not only Cain, it was the wicked one of whom Cain
Dialogue: 0,0:42:14.56,0:42:19.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was the seed. So you have this enmity
Dialogue: 0,0:42:19.27,0:42:22.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between Cain and Abel. A little bit later on in the book
Dialogue: 0,0:42:22.33,0:42:26.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have this illicit relationship between the sons of God
Dialogue: 0,0:42:26.69,0:42:30.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the daughters of men. We're going to deal with this later on.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:30.07,0:42:33.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who are the sons of God that unite with
Dialogue: 0,0:42:33.14,0:42:36.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the daughters of men? We have two different seeds--the righteous and the
Dialogue: 0,0:42:36.71,0:42:40.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unrighteous intermingling. Once again, we have the idea of the
Dialogue: 0,0:42:40.29,0:42:43.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,two seeds. And then of course
Dialogue: 0,0:42:43.62,0:42:46.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the story of Noah, you have the story of the righteous who are saved inside
Dialogue: 0,0:42:46.34,0:42:49.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the wicked who are destroyed outside.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:49.13,0:42:52.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then a little bit later on in Genesis chapter 10, you have
Dialogue: 0,0:42:52.63,0:42:55.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the descendents of Shem, the son of Noah, and then on the other side,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:55.30,0:43:02.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have the descendants of Ham and Japhet. By the way, we're going to notice that the descendents of Ham and Japheth
Dialogue: 0,0:43:02.49,0:43:06.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the nations that came from them, were the very enemies that tried to destory
Dialogue: 0,0:43:06.35,0:43:10.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Isreal in the Old Testament. Israel descends from Shem.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:10.71,0:43:15.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wheareas all the nations that tried to destory
Dialogue: 0,0:43:15.05,0:43:17.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Israel descend from Ham and Japheth.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:17.78,0:43:21.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Very interesting! We'll deal with this a little bit later on, but you have
Dialogue: 0,0:43:21.30,0:43:24.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this idea of the two seeds. And then you have the
Dialogue: 0,0:43:24.32,0:43:27.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,builders of the tower of Babel. And God commands
Dialogue: 0,0:43:27.40,0:43:30.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Abraham: He says to Abraham, "Get out
Dialogue: 0,0:43:30.68,0:43:34.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the place where the Babel builders built this tower." Because
Dialogue: 0,0:43:34.37,0:43:38.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the bible says that Abraham and his family were getting contaminated
Dialogue: 0,0:43:38.58,0:43:41.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the gods of Babylon. And So God says to Abraham,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:41.64,0:43:45.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can't be with that evil seed. You must separate
Dialogue: 0,0:43:45.14,0:43:49.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from them. So there you have once again the idea of the two seeds.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:49.20,0:43:53.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Time and again in the book of Genesis, you have this idea
Dialogue: 0,0:43:53.21,0:43:56.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the two seeds. Then you have the story of Isaac
Dialogue: 0,0:43:56.47,0:44:00.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Ishmael. Notice once again, the same idea of the two seeds.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:00.07,0:44:03.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Isaac is the seed of the promise. Ishmael we're told
Dialogue: 0,0:44:03.44,0:44:06.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Galatians chapter 4 that he arose
Dialogue: 0,0:44:06.36,0:44:11.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to try and kill Isaac who was the son of the promise
Dialogue: 0,0:44:11.58,0:44:15.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Once again, you have this enmity between the good seed,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:15.12,0:44:19.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and an evil seed. And then of-course you have the story of Jacob and Esau.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:19.14,0:44:23.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,See the two seeds in this book? It's amazing
Dialogue: 0,0:44:23.09,0:44:26.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And by the way, in the book of Revelation, this is going to culminate.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:26.04,0:44:29.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These people who are individuals in Genesis: Isaac,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:29.80,0:44:32.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Ishmael, Jacob and Esau, Cain and Abel,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:32.49,0:44:36.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,actually are individuals who represent
Dialogue: 0,0:44:36.21,0:44:39.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,two world wide groups at the end of time
Dialogue: 0,0:44:39.64,0:44:43.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're symbolic in miniature of the characteristics
Dialogue: 0,0:44:43.96,0:44:47.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which two groups will have at the end of time.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:47.63,0:44:51.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so we must know the characters of Jacob and Esau
Dialogue: 0,0:44:51.46,0:44:55.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Isaac and Ishmael, Cain and Abel, to understand
Dialogue: 0,0:44:55.96,0:45:00.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what the characters of the two groups at the end of time
Dialogue: 0,0:45:00.34,0:45:04.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are going to be like. And then of course we have Joseph
Dialogue: 0,0:45:04.20,0:45:07.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and his brothers. We have lot and the inhabitants of Sodom.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:07.68,0:45:12.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I could continue going through Genesis. You have this idea
Dialogue: 0,0:45:12.02,0:45:15.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the two seeds.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:15.16,0:45:17.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Battles of one seed
Dialogue: 0,0:45:17.58,0:45:19.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,against another. Now before we draw this to a
Dialogue: 0,0:45:19.31,0:45:22.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,close this evening, I need to tell you something
Dialogue: 0,0:45:22.62,0:45:26.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is very important. Probably the most important thing that I
Dialogue: 0,0:45:26.59,0:45:29.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,am going to deal with tonight. And that is the secret
Dialogue: 0,0:45:29.73,0:45:34.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to decode or to break the code of the book
Dialogue: 0,0:45:34.13,0:45:37.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of Genesis. You see, the book of Genesis on the
Dialogue: 0,0:45:37.62,0:45:40.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,surface appears to be a collection
Dialogue: 0,0:45:40.46,0:45:42.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of stories that took place
Dialogue: 0,0:45:42.71,0:45:48.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,once upon a time. But those
Dialogue: 0,0:45:48.37,0:45:52.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who read the book of Genesis only as history are
Dialogue: 0,0:45:52.34,0:45:57.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,missing the deeper dimension of the book of Genesis.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:57.82,0:46:01.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're gonna see in this seminar that every
Dialogue: 0,0:46:01.70,0:46:04.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,story of Genesis is not only a story
Dialogue: 0,0:46:04.74,0:46:07.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but a prophecy! In fact, I believe I can show
Dialogue: 0,0:46:07.56,0:46:14.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that every story in the old Testament
Dialogue: 0,0:46:14.47,0:46:17.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a prophecy. A prophecy about the coming Messiah
Dialogue: 0,0:46:17.88,0:46:21.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus in His first coming, and also,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:21.79,0:46:25.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a prophecy about events surrounding the second coming
Dialogue: 0,0:46:25.63,0:46:29.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of Christ. In other words, the book of Genesis
Dialogue: 0,0:46:29.45,0:46:32.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is literal history. But it is prophecy written as
Dialogue: 0,0:46:32.72,0:46:35.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,history. In other words, beyond the local, historical
Dialogue: 0,0:46:35.88,0:46:40.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,events, they become symbolic or representative
Dialogue: 0,0:46:40.21,0:46:43.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of future world-wide events
Dialogue: 0,0:46:43.50,0:46:49.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I already mentioned as an example Genesis 3:!5
Dialogue: 0,0:46:49.46,0:46:52.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how its fulfilled in Revelation 12.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:52.62,0:46:57.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We'll be studying this in
Dialogue: 0,0:46:57.57,0:46:59.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more detail. You'll find the same elements. You'll find
Dialogue: 0,0:46:59.24,0:47:02.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,enmity, you'll find the woman, you'll find the seed of the woman,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:02.85,0:47:05.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you'll find the serpent trying to kill the seed, and then trying to kill the woman
Dialogue: 0,0:47:05.04,0:47:07.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's no way we can understand end-time prophecy
Dialogue: 0,0:47:07.78,0:47:11.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without understanding the issues that are brought up in Genesis
Dialogue: 0,0:47:11.07,0:47:14.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,3:15. By the way, if you read Genesis chapter 1
Dialogue: 0,0:47:14.40,0:47:17.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and 2, you'll find that the Garden of Eden has
Dialogue: 0,0:47:17.41,0:47:19.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rivers of living water flowing through them
Dialogue: 0,0:47:19.96,0:47:23.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you'll find that in the Garden was the Tree of Life.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:23.88,0:47:30.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Have you ever noticed that in Revelation chapter
Dialogue: 0,0:47:30.75,0:47:33.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,21 and 22, you have the river of the water of
Dialogue: 0,0:47:33.64,0:47:36.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Life? And you have once again restored
Dialogue: 0,0:47:36.80,0:47:39.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Tree of Life? In other words, what we have in Genesis
Dialogue: 0,0:47:39.71,0:47:42.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the original Garden of Eden adn
Dialogue: 0,0:47:42.33,0:47:48.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the losing of Eden because of sin. In
Dialogue: 0,0:47:48.60,0:47:53.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the middle --the rest of the bible, you find the story of how God
Dialogue: 0,0:47:53.25,0:47:57.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,acts to redeem that which was lost.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:57.46,0:47:59.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in Revelation 21 and 22, you have the restoring
Dialogue: 0,0:47:59.84,0:48:03.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the original Garden of Eden.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:03.13,0:48:05.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So there's a close relationship between Genesis 1 and 2
Dialogue: 0,0:48:05.49,0:48:08.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Revelation chapter 21 and 22.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:08.66,0:48:12.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You find for example, the story of Cain and
Dialogue: 0,0:48:12.33,0:48:15.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Abel. This story is not only history--it's a prophecy!
Dialogue: 0,0:48:15.26,0:48:20.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're going to have a whole lecture on the battle of Armageddon. If you
Dialogue: 0,0:48:20.63,0:48:25.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are going to know what the issues are going to be in the final
Dialogue: 0,0:48:25.03,0:48:28.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,battle of Armageddon, you have to know what the issues were
Dialogue: 0,0:48:28.75,0:48:32.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the story of Cain and Abel. And we're going to find that
Dialogue: 0,0:48:32.01,0:48:34.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the issues in that origianal story revolved around
Dialogue: 0,0:48:34.87,0:48:40.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,obedience and worship. And if you go
Dialogue: 0,0:48:40.14,0:48:45.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the book of Revelation, you're going to find that the issues which are
Dialogue: 0,0:48:45.17,0:48:49.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,going to separate the world into two groups are obedience
Dialogue: 0,0:48:49.05,0:48:52.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to God's law and worship.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:52.31,0:48:56.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The only difference is that in the beginning of human history, you have
Dialogue: 0,0:48:56.44,0:49:00.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,two individuals. Whereas at the end of history, those
Dialogue: 0,0:49:00.63,0:49:03.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,two individuals have proliferated into two
Dialogue: 0,0:49:03.53,0:49:07.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,world-wide groups that have similar characters
Dialogue: 0,0:49:07.96,0:49:11.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to those two original people.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:11.72,0:49:16.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus himself said that the story of the flood is not only a story
Dialogue: 0,0:49:16.00,0:49:19.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a prophecy! He said, "As it was in the days of Noah,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:19.95,0:49:23.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so also shall it be at
Dialogue: 0,0:49:23.62,0:49:27.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the coming of the Son of Man." Jesus said, "What happened then, is going to
Dialogue: 0,0:49:27.58,0:49:31.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,happen again in relationship with my second coming."
Dialogue: 0,0:49:31.04,0:49:37.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'm going to have a whole lecture on the story of the Flood, and I'm going to show you that not only is the wickedness
Dialogue: 0,0:49:37.13,0:49:42.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the world similar to the wickedness which will exist at the end of time, not only is the
Dialogue: 0,0:49:42.14,0:49:46.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,destruction of the world in the days of Noah
Dialogue: 0,0:49:46.63,0:49:50.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,similar to the destruction which will take place at the end of time, I will show you
Dialogue: 0,0:49:50.45,0:49:53.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that there will be whole patters on sequential
Dialogue: 0,0:49:53.71,0:49:58.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,events which will be fulfilled in the exact way
Dialogue: 0,0:49:58.13,0:50:02.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in which they took place in the Old Testament. You have also the story of the
Dialogue: 0,0:50:02.15,0:50:06.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sodom and Gomorrah. Very interesting story! Do you know that Jesus
Dialogue: 0,0:50:06.08,0:50:09.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,also said that that story was a prophecy? He said in Luke
Dialogue: 0,0:50:09.37,0:50:11.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,chapter 17. Notice, let's go there and read
Dialogue: 0,0:50:11.76,0:50:16.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this passage. Luke 17 and verses
Dialogue: 0,0:50:16.08,0:50:20.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,28-32. Luke 17:28-32.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:20.32,0:50:25.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here Jesus is speaking, and He says this,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:25.80,0:50:29.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Likewise, as it was also
Dialogue: 0,0:50:29.11,0:50:32.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the days of Lot: They ate, they drank, they bought,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:32.28,0:50:36.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they sold, they planted, they built. But on the day
Dialogue: 0,0:50:36.08,0:50:40.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Lot went out of Sodom, it rained fire and brimstone
Dialogue: 0,0:50:40.11,0:50:45.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from heaven and destroyed them all." And now notice what it says:
Dialogue: 0,0:50:45.38,0:50:48.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Even so will it be in
Dialogue: 0,0:50:48.57,0:50:51.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the day when the Son of
Dialogue: 0,0:50:51.71,0:50:55.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Man is revealed." Did you catch that?
Dialogue: 0,0:50:55.21,0:50:58.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As it was back then, so will it be
Dialogue: 0,0:50:58.29,0:51:01.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And allow me to give you a little bit of an inkling of what we'll deal with
Dialogue: 0,0:51:01.80,0:51:05.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we talk about Sodom and Gomorrah. Do you know that before
Dialogue: 0,0:51:05.47,0:51:08.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the cities were destroyed, God sent three angels with
Dialogue: 0,0:51:08.78,0:51:11.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the warning for those cities?
Dialogue: 0,0:51:11.26,0:51:17.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the book of Revelation, we find that before the destruction of the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:17.02,0:51:20.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God is going to send three angels to warn the world!
Dialogue: 0,0:51:20.66,0:51:23.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And somebody might say, "Pastor, that's just an accident
Dialogue: 0,0:51:23.79,0:51:28.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's a coincidence!" We're going to notice that
Dialogue: 0,0:51:28.54,0:51:32.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is not a coincidence. You see the three angels
Dialogue: 0,0:51:32.21,0:51:36.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that came to Abraham and then two of them went to Sodom
Dialogue: 0,0:51:36.34,0:51:39.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to Gomorrah actually are symbolic of
Dialogue: 0,0:51:39.81,0:51:43.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the messages which will be presented by these angels of Revelation
Dialogue: 0,0:51:43.98,0:51:47.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,chapter 14. Actually the call of
Dialogue: 0,0:51:47.51,0:51:50.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Abraham out of the place where the tower of Babel was built
Dialogue: 0,0:51:50.63,0:51:53.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is fulfilled in Revelation 18 where there is a
Dialogue: 0,0:51:53.85,0:51:57.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,message given to God's people: Come out of Babylon
Dialogue: 0,0:51:57.15,0:52:01.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my people, and do not participate in her sins!
Dialogue: 0,0:52:01.09,0:52:04.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That you receive not her plagues! The call of Abraham
Dialogue: 0,0:52:04.13,0:52:06.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,out of Babylon foreshadows or symbolizes the final call
Dialogue: 0,0:52:06.76,0:52:13.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of God's people out of spiritual Babylon.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:13.08,0:52:16.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the end of time. The story of the conflict between
Dialogue: 0,0:52:16.70,0:52:20.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Isaac and Ishmael actually is taken by the apostle
Dialogue: 0,0:52:20.33,0:52:23.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Paul in Galatians chapter 4 and he says that this represents
Dialogue: 0,0:52:23.37,0:52:26.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,two different kinds of people: those who live according to the flesh
Dialogue: 0,0:52:26.56,0:52:31.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and those who live according to the spirit. In other words,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:31.98,0:52:35.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these two sons of Abraham, Isaac and Ishmael
Dialogue: 0,0:52:35.72,0:52:38.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,represent two different kinds of characters
Dialogue: 0,0:52:38.80,0:52:44.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of people that will live in this world at the end of time. Those
Dialogue: 0,0:52:44.22,0:52:48.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who live according to the flesh and those who live according to the Spirit.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:48.33,0:52:52.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're going to notice in this story
Dialogue: 0,0:52:52.09,0:52:55.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we have the description of the origin
Dialogue: 0,0:52:55.62,0:52:58.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the conflict that exist today between Israel and
Dialogue: 0,0:52:58.80,0:53:03.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Palestinians. We're going to deal with that issue in Bible prophecy
Dialogue: 0,0:53:03.69,0:53:07.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with Israel in Bible prophecy, with the Arabs in Bible prophecy
Dialogue: 0,0:53:07.93,0:53:11.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because that is the origin of this controversy in
Dialogue: 0,0:53:11.48,0:53:15.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bac when Abraham had Isaac
Dialogue: 0,0:53:15.67,0:53:19.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Ishmael. Since the days of Abraham
Dialogue: 0,0:53:19.33,0:53:23.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they been at each other's throats. This isn't something new
Dialogue: 0,0:53:23.12,0:53:26.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's something which has existed all throughout the course of
Dialogue: 0,0:53:26.42,0:53:30.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,human history. Who could forget the story
Dialogue: 0,0:53:30.41,0:53:33.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the almost sacrifice of Isaac?
Dialogue: 0,0:53:33.70,0:53:37.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I say almost because Isaac was not sacrificed. I mean, that story is so clearly a pointing
Dialogue: 0,0:53:37.87,0:53:43.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the Messiah, that you know, I don't even have to dwell on it very much.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:43.62,0:53:47.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, God told Abraham, "Take your son
Dialogue: 0,0:53:47.20,0:53:49.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to mount Moriah, and sacrifice him there", and when Abraham
Dialogue: 0,0:53:49.85,0:53:53.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is about sacrifice his Son,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:53.69,0:53:56.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the voice said, "Don't sacrifice your son
Dialogue: 0,0:53:56.78,0:54:00.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Abraham looks up and finds a ram, which is a male lamb
Dialogue: 0,0:54:00.54,0:54:04.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he finds a ram in a thicket, and he offers the ram in
Dialogue: 0,0:54:04.65,0:54:08.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,place of his son. Do you know that that represents
Dialogue: 0,0:54:08.70,0:54:12.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the fact that God the Father sent his son, Jesus to this world
Dialogue: 0,0:54:12.04,0:54:15.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and He sent Him to take our place.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:15.02,0:54:17.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He sent Him as a Lamb of God which takes away the sin of
Dialogue: 0,0:54:17.53,0:54:21.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the world. And there's a whole series of parallels
Dialogue: 0,0:54:21.03,0:54:24.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between the story that took place the in days of Abraham and
Dialogue: 0,0:54:24.29,0:54:27.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the story of the ministration of
Dialogue: 0,0:54:27.04,0:54:30.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Christ on this earth. Who could forget the story in what is called Jacob's ladder?
Dialogue: 0,0:54:30.87,0:54:34.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By the way, it's not Jacob's ladder, it's the Lord's ladder.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:34.11,0:54:36.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Genesis chapter 28, it speaks about a ladder that's planted on the earth, and its top reached to the
Dialogue: 0,0:54:36.77,0:54:43.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,highest heavens and angels were ascending and descending on
Dialogue: 0,0:54:43.12,0:54:47.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the ladder. What could that mean? Well, we don't have to guess.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:47.11,0:54:50.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because in John chapter 1 verse 51
Dialogue: 0,0:54:50.25,0:54:54.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus says, "You will see heaven open, and you will see the angels
Dialogue: 0,0:54:54.19,0:54:57.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ascending and descending upon the Son of Man!
Dialogue: 0,0:54:57.64,0:55:01.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In other words, the ladder represents
Dialogue: 0,0:55:01.14,0:55:05.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus Christ. The bottom of the ladder represents his humanity, his oneness
Dialogue: 0,0:55:05.03,0:55:10.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with us. The top of the ladder represents the fact that he's God;
Dialogue: 0,0:55:10.58,0:55:14.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It represents his divinity or his deity. In other words,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:14.60,0:55:19.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the only one who can represent us before God is one who is man
Dialogue: 0,0:55:19.37,0:55:23.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with man, and God with God. He's the only one
Dialogue: 0,0:55:23.35,0:55:27.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who can bridge heaven and earth. So Jesus himself said,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:27.71,0:55:31.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I am the ladder. The ladder of Genesis
Dialogue: 0,0:55:31.29,0:55:34.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,28 is really a prophecy. It is not only a
Dialogue: 0,0:55:34.60,0:55:38.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,story. Who could forget the story of Jacob and Esau?
Dialogue: 0,0:55:38.71,0:55:42.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a symbolic story. The fact that the very
Dialogue: 0,0:55:42.48,0:55:45.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,end of the story, we find Jacob returning to his home after
Dialogue: 0,0:55:45.68,0:55:52.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he's gone into exile from his home because of sin--like Adam and Eve were cast out because of their sin. Now he's
Dialogue: 0,0:55:52.08,0:55:55.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,returning home and he hears that his brother is coming after him to destroy him
Dialogue: 0,0:55:55.66,0:55:59.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Jacob goes
Dialogue: 0,0:55:59.16,0:56:03.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through what is known as the Time of Jacob's trouble.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:03.28,0:56:07.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's in anxiety because he's afraid that his brother
Dialogue: 0,0:56:07.04,0:56:13.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is going to destroy him. Do you know that the Bible says that shortly before the coming of Jesus,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:13.79,0:56:18.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God's people will go through a period that is known as the
Dialogue: 0,0:56:18.42,0:56:22.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Time of Jacob's trouble? They will have a similar experience to the experience that Jacob had?
Dialogue: 0,0:56:22.55,0:56:27.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's mentioned for example in Daniel chapter 12:1
Dialogue: 0,0:56:27.54,0:56:34.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where it says that at that time Michael shall stand up --that Great Prince that stands watch over your people
Dialogue: 0,0:56:34.16,0:56:37.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there will be a time of trouble such as never was since
Dialogue: 0,0:56:37.48,0:56:41.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there was a nation. See that's the time of Jacob's trouble. But
Dialogue: 0,0:56:41.50,0:56:45.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at that time, God's people will be delivered. Everyone who
Dialogue: 0,0:56:45.00,0:56:48.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is written in the book. The story of Joseph
Dialogue: 0,0:56:48.50,0:56:52.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a symbolic story. Jacob is sold by his brothers for
Dialogue: 0,0:56:52.50,0:56:55.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,few pieces of silver. Jesus was sold by his own brothers.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:55.30,0:57:02.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by 30 pieces of silver. If you want to understand the 144,000 of Revelation chapter 7
Dialogue: 0,0:57:02.19,0:57:07.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,once again, you have to go back to the book of Genesis.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:07.30,0:57:11.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Genesis 49. There Jacob before his death gives a
Dialogue: 0,0:57:11.41,0:57:14.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,description of the character of each one of his sons.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:14.96,0:57:20.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they form the foundation for us understanding the characers--the twelve personality profiles
Dialogue: 0,0:57:20.63,0:57:24.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that will exist at the end of time.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:24.38,0:57:28.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The book of Genesis is a prophetic book.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:28.14,0:57:31.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It has a much deeper dimension than
Dialogue: 0,0:57:31.47,0:57:34.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mere history and we're going to try and decipher all of those things
Dialogue: 0,0:57:34.84,0:57:38.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in this seminar. I believe it's going to be a
Dialogue: 0,0:57:38.27,0:57:51.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wonderful experience.