WEBVTT 00:01:18.175 --> 00:01:18.309 Let us pray: 00:01:18.309 --> 00:01:20.360 Our Father in Heaven 00:01:20.360 --> 00:01:24.738 As we open the book of Genesis, we ask 00:01:24.738 --> 00:01:27.464 for guidance from on high 00:01:27.464 --> 00:01:30.890 Show us the wondrous things from this book 00:01:30.890 --> 00:01:40.734 We pray this in the precious name of Jesus, our Lord and Savoir. Amen. 00:01:40.734 --> 00:01:45.729 The book of Genesis is the book about origins. 00:01:45.729 --> 00:01:52.115 In fact, the name Genesis means precisely that: origins 00:01:52.115 --> 00:02:02.649 Now allow me to mention as we begin our study today the things which the book of Genesis mentions as originating 00:02:02.649 --> 00:02:06.423 First of all, we have the origins of the cosmos 00:02:06.423 --> 00:02:11.873 That is, of the heavens and the earth in Genesis 1:1. We have the origins of plants, spoken of in Genesis chapter 1. 00:02:11.873 --> 00:02:18.375 We have the origins of animals 00:02:18.375 --> 00:02:25.019 We have the origin of man, the origin of woman 00:02:25.019 --> 00:02:26.289 The origin of sin, the beginning of the origin of death, the beginning of the origin of redemption 00:02:26.289 --> 00:02:50.066 The beginning of nations, the beginning of languages, the beginning of Israel and even the beginning of the Arabs, or the Arabic nations. 00:02:50.066 --> 00:02:57.110 These are just some of the beginnings that we find mentioned in the book of Genesis. 00:02:57.110 --> 00:03:05.977 So the book of Genesis is very important because it goes way back into pre-history as we know it, to describe 00:03:05.977 --> 00:03:11.033 the origins of everything which exists 00:03:11.033 --> 00:03:13.122 upon this earth 00:03:13.122 --> 00:03:18.675 Now allow me to give you a little bit about the timeline of Genesis. The book of Genesis 00:03:18.675 --> 00:03:23.112 describes the first 2500 00:03:23.112 --> 00:03:29.218 years of human history. I believe as I've examined the contents of the book that 00:03:29.218 --> 00:03:33.234 it was written by Moses and actually 00:03:33.234 --> 00:03:37.145 it was written approximately 1500 years 00:03:37.145 --> 00:03:41.965 before the birth of Jesus 00:03:41.965 --> 00:03:45.486 and so you can imagine that the book of Genesis was actually 00:03:45.486 --> 00:03:49.394 describing events that took place approximately 00:03:49.394 --> 00:03:54.397 the year 4000BC - four thousand before Christ 00:03:54.397 --> 00:03:57.523 And actually, it was written 1500 00:03:57.523 --> 00:04:02.785 years before Jesus Christ was born 00:04:02.785 --> 00:04:05.901 The book of Genesis presents a short chronology 00:04:05.901 --> 00:04:13.148 of planet Earth. In other words, it does not allow for long periods of millions of years where God is creating 00:04:13.148 --> 00:04:18.154 what is known as "progressive creationism". The book of Genesis teaches that 00:04:18.154 --> 00:04:21.537 this planet is approximately 6,000 00:04:21.537 --> 00:04:27.068 years old, from the moment in which God began to create upon it. 00:04:27.068 --> 00:04:32.405 And I'd just like to tell you up front from the very beginning that in this seminar, 00:04:32.405 --> 00:04:36.486 I take the book of Genesis as literal history 00:04:36.486 --> 00:04:40.446 I believe that it represents a short time span 00:04:40.446 --> 00:04:43.753 For the events that are described in it. In other words, 00:04:43.753 --> 00:04:48.499 we don't have to go back millions of years to find out the origin 00:04:48.499 --> 00:04:51.800 of things in this world. All we have to do is go 00:04:51.800 --> 00:04:56.168 back approximately 6,000 years to find 00:04:56.168 --> 00:05:01.801 the events for example that are described in Genesis Chapter 1, and chapter 2 00:05:01.801 --> 00:05:07.691 The book of Genesis is the seed plot of the bible 00:05:07.691 --> 00:05:11.591 Allow me to explain what I mean 00:05:11.591 --> 00:05:17.494 One of my favorite national parks in all the United States 00:05:17.494 --> 00:05:20.918 is the one that we have just up the mountain 00:05:20.918 --> 00:05:24.060 Sequoia National Park. I just enjoy going up there 00:05:24.060 --> 00:05:26.760 and unwinding, and taking it easy for a whole day 00:05:26.760 --> 00:05:30.805 breathing some fresh air especially when its foggy here in the valley 00:05:30.805 --> 00:05:37.278 And I just enjoy, uh going for example to the grant tree and to the general Sherman tree and just 00:05:37.278 --> 00:05:41.143 standing there underneath these trees. It's amazing! 00:05:41.143 --> 00:05:50.024 Some of them are almost 3,000 years old. Can you imagine a tree that's almost 3,000 years old? 00:05:50.024 --> 00:05:54.309 And they are hundreds of feet tall 00:05:54.309 --> 00:05:57.812 And I am just am awed every time I go up there 00:05:57.812 --> 00:06:01.759 And I stand under these trees and I see how thick they are 00:06:01.759 --> 00:06:08.278 and how high they go, and I'm just amazed 00:06:08.278 --> 00:06:11.034 But have you ever stopped to think, that 00:06:11.034 --> 00:06:15.221 the might Sequoia, for example the general sherman tree 00:06:15.221 --> 00:06:18.236 actually came from a 00:06:18.236 --> 00:06:21.122 little seed? 00:06:21.122 --> 00:06:24.018 Have you ever stopped to think that that whole tree 00:06:24.018 --> 00:06:28.265 that you find up there, the general sherman tree in Sequoia National Park 00:06:28.265 --> 00:06:31.123 actually was enclosed 00:06:31.123 --> 00:06:35.418 in cold form, sort of speak 00:06:35.418 --> 00:06:38.476 in that little seed, and the seed sprouted, and 00:06:38.476 --> 00:06:42.848 it produced after almost 3,000 years 00:06:42.848 --> 00:06:48.345 this gigantic tree. In other words, the 00:06:48.345 --> 00:06:51.702 Sequoia tree was contained in that seed. 00:06:51.702 --> 00:06:54.898 Thats the relationship between Genesis and the 00:06:54.898 --> 00:06:58.018 rest of the bible. The book of Genesis has the seeds 00:06:58.018 --> 00:07:02.634 The rest of the bible is the development and growth 00:07:02.634 --> 00:07:06.335 of those seeds, and eventually, the growth 00:07:06.335 --> 00:07:10.218 reaches its climax or its fullness 00:07:10.218 --> 00:07:14.222 in the book of Revelation. 00:07:14.222 --> 00:07:16.942 In other words, we're not 00:07:16.942 --> 00:07:20.117 going to stay in this seminar in the book of Genesis. We're going 00:07:20.117 --> 00:07:22.952 to begin in Genesis in each lecture, and we're going 00:07:22.952 --> 00:07:26.621 to study these seeds and then we're going to see 00:07:26.621 --> 00:07:29.745 how these seeds develop throughout the course of the 00:07:29.745 --> 00:07:33.387 whole bible. Now, the bok of Revelation 00:07:33.387 --> 00:07:38.467 is a very important book to study along with Genesis 00:07:38.467 --> 00:07:41.616 You notice for example in the brochure that many of you received 00:07:41.616 --> 00:07:45.054 in the mail or perhaps in the newspaper, or maybe somebody gave 00:07:45.054 --> 00:07:48.972 you one of the brochures, you notice there that this seminar 00:07:48.972 --> 00:07:53.349 is not only about Geneiss, it is also about the book of 00:07:53.349 --> 00:07:57.131 Revelation. You see, I beleive that we cannot understand 00:07:57.131 --> 00:08:01.306 the book of Revelation unless we understand the book of 00:08:01.306 --> 00:08:04.554 Genesis. We can never understand the end 00:08:04.554 --> 00:08:08.091 unless we understand first of all the beginning. 00:08:08.091 --> 00:08:12.743 Because the end is simply the culmination of a process 00:08:12.743 --> 00:08:19.161 which began way back in the book of Genesis. 00:08:19.161 --> 00:08:22.214 Allow me to give you an example of the relationship 00:08:22.214 --> 00:08:25.301 between Gensis and Revelation. We'll study these things more 00:08:25.301 --> 00:08:28.151 fully a little bit ater on, but I want to show you a couple of the examples 00:08:28.151 --> 00:08:31.809 so that you can see how important it is for us 00:08:31.809 --> 00:08:36.915 to compare and to inter-relate Genesis with 00:08:36.915 --> 00:08:40.278 Revelation. Go with me, in your bibles 00:08:40.278 --> 00:08:44.945 to Genesis Chapter 3 and verse 15. 00:08:44.945 --> 00:08:49.024 And by the way, on the lists of texts that you have there is in parenthesis, a page number 00:08:49.024 --> 00:08:52.429 which will make it a lot easier 00:08:52.429 --> 00:08:55.480 for you to find the bible verses as we move along 00:08:55.480 --> 00:08:59.315 because the people have heard me say that I go awful fast, but 00:08:59.315 --> 00:09:03.777 with the list, you'll know exactly where we're going, so you'll be able to 00:09:03.777 --> 00:09:08.113 one up on me. You'll be able to look up the next text actually before I 00:09:08.113 --> 00:09:11.864 even mention it. Genesis chapter 3 and verse 15 00:09:11.864 --> 00:09:16.895 This is immediately after sin. I want you to notice 00:09:16.895 --> 00:09:20.448 what it says. God speaking: And I will put enmity between 00:09:20.448 --> 00:09:28.397 you, that is the serpent, and the woman, 00:09:28.397 --> 00:09:32.004 and between your seed 00:09:32.004 --> 00:09:34.968 and her seed 00:09:34.968 --> 00:09:40.258 Now let's stop there for a moment. We have four elements 00:09:40.258 --> 00:09:44.241 in what we've read from this verse so far. First of all, 00:09:44.241 --> 00:09:48.075 is enmity or war. Secondly, 00:09:48.075 --> 00:09:52.144 there is a serpent whom God is speaking to 00:09:52.144 --> 00:09:59.438 in this verse. In the 3rd palce, we have a woman because there's war between the serpent and the 00:09:59.438 --> 00:10:05.931 woman. And in the 4th place, we have the seed. We actually two seeds 00:10:05.931 --> 00:10:12.421 The seed of the serpent, and the seed of the woman. So we have these four 00:10:12.421 --> 00:10:16.335 elements: enmity, serpent, woman, and 00:10:16.335 --> 00:10:20.205 seed. And I want you to notice that the enmity runs 00:10:20.205 --> 00:10:24.258 between the serpent and the woman, between the seed of the 00:10:24.258 --> 00:10:28.202 serpent and the seed of the woman, and between the seed of the woman 00:10:28.202 --> 00:10:32.238 and the serpent. Let's notice this verse again. 00:10:32.238 --> 00:10:36.616 God says, "I will put enmity between you 00:10:36.616 --> 00:10:40.116 the serpent, and the woman. There's the first enmity--the serpent and the woman 00:10:40.116 --> 00:10:44.279 And between, your seed--that is the serpent 00:10:44.279 --> 00:10:51.291 seed and her seed. So you have enmity between the serpent and woman and between seed and seed 00:10:51.291 --> 00:10:55.481 But that's not the real warfare. Even though there is warfare 00:10:55.481 --> 00:10:59.259 The critical and most important warfare is between the seed of the woman 00:10:59.259 --> 00:11:02.607 and the serpent, because the last part of the verse says 00:11:02.607 --> 00:11:06.538 He, that is the seed of hte woman, will bruise 00:11:06.538 --> 00:11:09.884 your head, the serpent's head, and you 00:11:09.884 --> 00:11:14.662 will bruise his heel. So the enmity runs three 00:11:14.662 --> 00:11:18.648 ways. Serpent vs. woman, seed of the 00:11:18.648 --> 00:11:22.378 serpent vs. seed of the woman, and the seed of the woman vs. 00:11:22.378 --> 00:11:26.480 the serpent. There's no way in the world that we can understand 00:11:26.480 --> 00:11:29.813 a chapter like Revelation 12 without 00:11:29.813 --> 00:11:35.072 comprehending Genesis 3:15. Because in 00:11:35.072 --> 00:11:37.738 Revelation chapter 12, I'll just mention it, we have 00:11:37.738 --> 00:11:40.273 a couple of lectures on Revelation chapter 12 00:11:40.273 --> 00:11:43.298 You see, in Revelation 12, we have 00:11:43.298 --> 00:11:47.543 a child who is born to a woman 00:11:47.543 --> 00:11:51.047 And standing next to this woman who is about to bear the child 00:11:51.047 --> 00:11:55.565 is a dragon who is identified as the ancient 00:11:55.565 --> 00:11:59.986 serpent the devil and Satan. And it says that he 00:11:59.986 --> 00:12:03.904 wants to devour the child as soon as the child is born 00:12:03.904 --> 00:12:08.193 The child of the woman. Do you see Genesis 3:15 00:12:08.193 --> 00:12:12.817 in that passage in revelation chapter 12? 00:12:12.817 --> 00:12:17.869 versus 1-5? Very clear.The warfare was going 00:12:17.869 --> 00:12:21.059 to be between the seed of the woman and the serpent 00:12:21.059 --> 00:12:25.548 And that's exactly what you have in Revelation 12:1-5 00:12:25.548 --> 00:12:27.253 But Revelation 12 doesn't end there. Later on in the chapter, 00:12:27.253 --> 00:12:31.615 when the child is caught up to God and the throne, which refers to 00:12:31.615 --> 00:12:35.932 the ascension of Christ, we're told that now the woman 00:12:35.932 --> 00:12:39.624 flees into the wilderness and the serpent is 00:12:39.624 --> 00:12:43.272 after the woman. And later on 00:12:43.272 --> 00:12:46.169 even in this chapter, in verse 17, we find 00:12:46.169 --> 00:12:51.227 that the final warfare is no longer against he woman, but 00:12:51.227 --> 00:12:55.895 against the seed's seed. In other words, 00:12:55.895 --> 00:12:59.516 the seed of the woman's seed, and so there's no 00:12:59.516 --> 00:13:03.393 way that we can really understand, uh, Genesis 00:13:03.393 --> 00:13:07.692 chapter 3:15 uness we find the greatest development 00:13:07.692 --> 00:13:11.308 in Revelation chapter 12, as well as other pasages 00:13:11.308 --> 00:13:15.697 that we find in the New Testament. Now, allow me to give you one 00:13:15.697 --> 00:13:20.645 other example. Genesis chapter 2 00:13:20.645 --> 00:13:24.042 and verse 24. Genesis chapter 2, and verse 00:13:24.042 --> 00:13:27.609 actually its verse 25. 00:13:27.609 --> 00:13:31.810 Speaking about Adam and Eve, 00:13:31.810 --> 00:13:35.561 it says, "And they were both naked, the man 00:13:35.561 --> 00:13:41.892 and his wife, and were not ashamed." 00:13:41.892 --> 00:13:45.112 We're going to find in our seminar that the reason they were not ashamed 00:13:45.112 --> 00:13:48.104 is because they were not covered with human garments, but 00:13:48.104 --> 00:13:51.176 made out of material. They were actually covered by 00:13:51.176 --> 00:13:55.775 the glorious light of God. They had no artificial 00:13:55.775 --> 00:13:59.514 garments. They were naked with respect to garments made out of 00:13:59.514 --> 00:14:03.137 satin, or made out of other material. They were covered 00:14:03.137 --> 00:14:05.989 with the glory of God. They wer covered with the light of 00:14:05.989 --> 00:14:08.856 God. The same type of garments that God has according to 00:14:08.856 --> 00:14:13.293 Psalms 104. And that's the reason why they were not ashamed. 00:14:13.293 --> 00:14:17.143 But then in Genesis 3:7, we find that Adam 00:14:17.143 --> 00:14:21.025 and Eve sinned, and suddenly we find them hiding from 00:14:21.025 --> 00:14:25.035 God. And now they are ashamed even though 00:14:25.035 --> 00:14:28.207 they've covered themselves with fig leaves. They still don't 00:14:28.207 --> 00:14:32.681 feel like the fig leaves are covering their nakedness because the light has 00:14:32.681 --> 00:14:36.388 gone away from them. And so they're hiding from God even though they 00:14:36.388 --> 00:14:39.557 have covered the nakedness of their bodies with fig leaves, they know that their nakedness 00:14:39.557 --> 00:14:44.590 is nakedness of soul. And do you know what God 00:14:44.590 --> 00:14:48.097 does? In Genesis 3:21, it says that God makes 00:14:48.097 --> 00:14:52.146 garments of skins and clothed 00:14:52.146 --> 00:14:57.008 Adam and Eve to cover their nakedness. 00:14:57.008 --> 00:15:00.176 Now there's a text in the book of Revelation 00:15:00.176 --> 00:15:01.997 which we could never understand 00:15:01.997 --> 00:15:04.847 unless we catch this background from Genesis 00:15:04.847 --> 00:15:10.923 chapter 3. And that is the 00:15:10.923 --> 00:15:14.043 central verse in the passage that deals with the battle of Armageddon. 00:15:14.043 --> 00:15:16.510 You know there's a lot of talk today about Armageddon 00:15:16.510 --> 00:15:20.450 What it's going to be? What nations it's going to involve, what the issues 00:15:20.450 --> 00:15:24.679 are in this great battle. And I've heard a lot of 00:15:24.679 --> 00:15:28.526 books written by many different scholars on the battle of Armageddon. In fact, we're 00:15:28.526 --> 00:15:32.061 gonna have a whole lecture later on in this series, on the battle of Armageddon. 00:15:32.061 --> 00:15:34.934 But you know what I find interesting? Most of those 00:15:34.934 --> 00:15:38.841 commentaries with very few exceptions, dea 00:15:38.841 --> 00:15:42.430 with all sorts of issues connected with the battle 00:15:42.430 --> 00:15:44.842 of Armageddon. They talk for example, about the kings of the east 00:15:44.842 --> 00:15:49.212 And they talk about the drying up of the river Euphrates, and they 00:15:49.212 --> 00:15:52.662 talk about the three evil spirits like frogs coming 00:15:52.662 --> 00:15:56.323 up out of the mouth of the dragon, the beast, and the false prophet. They have a lot to say about 00:15:56.323 --> 00:15:59.842 all of these things. But there's one verse which very 00:15:59.842 --> 00:16:03.794 rarely is even commented on, and it deals with 00:16:03.794 --> 00:16:08.841 with the central issue in the battle of Armageddon. 00:16:08.841 --> 00:16:11.596 And it shows that we must study Genesis in order 00:16:11.596 --> 00:16:16.541 to understand it. Go with me to Revelation 16 and verse 00:16:16.541 --> 00:16:18.616 15, and you'll see this. 00:16:18.616 --> 00:16:22.048 Revelation chapter 16 and verse 15. Right 00:16:22.048 --> 00:16:25.123 in the middle of the passage 00:16:25.123 --> 00:16:28.346 on the sixth plague of Revelation, 00:16:28.346 --> 00:16:31.340 and while you're looking for that text, allow me to say this, 00:16:31.340 --> 00:16:34.305 this is the only place, where 00:16:34.305 --> 00:16:39.635 Jesus speaks in the book of Revelation between 00:16:39.635 --> 00:16:44.178 Chapter 3 and chapter 21 00:16:44.178 --> 00:16:48.007 The only verse--if you have a red letter edition of the bible 00:16:48.007 --> 00:16:52.099 where it gives the words that are spoken by Jesus, you'll find that the last words 00:16:52.099 --> 00:16:55.766 of Jesus are in Chapter 3. The next time that Jesus 00:16:55.766 --> 00:16:59.591 speaks is in chapter 21 with the exception 00:16:59.591 --> 00:17:03.794 of Revelation 16 and verse 15. Do you 00:17:03.794 --> 00:17:07.673 figure that if Jesus-- that if this is the only place that Jesus speaks 00:17:07.673 --> 00:17:11.347 between revelation 3 and revelation 21, that it must be a very important 00:17:11.347 --> 00:17:16.040 verse? Obviously! Notice what we find 00:17:16.040 --> 00:17:20.270 there in Revelation chapter 16 and verse 15: 00:17:20.270 --> 00:17:24.096 Jesus is speaking. Behold, I am coming 00:17:24.096 --> 00:17:28.269 as a thief. Blessed is 00:17:28.269 --> 00:17:32.339 he who watches and keeps 00:17:32.339 --> 00:17:35.657 his garments lest 00:17:35.657 --> 00:17:39.903 he walk naked and they see 00:17:39.903 --> 00:17:44.683 his shame. Now you tell me. Is that verse 00:17:44.683 --> 00:17:47.842 have anything to do with Genesis chapter 3? You have the same elements 00:17:47.842 --> 00:17:51.260 You have garments, you have nakedness, and you have shame. 00:17:51.260 --> 00:17:55.987 Obviously, there's going to be some people at the end of time 00:17:55.987 --> 00:17:59.980 living during the period of the battle of Armageddon who are going 00:17:59.980 --> 00:18:04.792 to be found naked and their shame will be revealed 00:18:04.792 --> 00:18:08.194 just like Adam and Eve. But you cannot understand what this 00:18:08.194 --> 00:18:11.349 means in the end time unless you first understand what 00:18:11.349 --> 00:18:15.563 happened with Adam and Eve in Genesis because at the end of time 00:18:15.563 --> 00:18:21.574 there's gonna be a repetition of what happened in the book of Genesis 00:18:21.574 --> 00:18:23.596 These are just two examples of how 00:18:23.596 --> 00:18:26.870 Genesis is very intricately entwined 00:18:26.870 --> 00:18:31.266 with the book of Revelation. Now 00:18:31.266 --> 00:18:34.931 this question frequently comes up when we study the book of Genesis, and that is 00:18:34.931 --> 00:18:38.244 is the book of Genesis really 00:18:38.244 --> 00:18:46.755 literal history? Or is the book of Genesis legend, myth, or as Carol Bath 00:18:46.755 --> 00:18:49.065 the great theologian said, "saga"? 00:18:49.065 --> 00:18:53.887 I want to tell you upfront that I believe that the book of Genesis 00:18:53.887 --> 00:18:58.089 from Genesis 1:1 through the end of chapter 00:18:58.089 --> 00:19:02.264 50 is dealing with literal historical 00:19:02.264 --> 00:19:05.286 events. In fact, it might surprise 00:19:05.286 --> 00:19:09.911 some of you to know that up till the age of the englightenment 00:19:09.911 --> 00:19:14.197 in the 18th century--if you go before the eighteenth century, 00:19:14.197 --> 00:19:18.266 you'll find that practically every scholar 00:19:18.266 --> 00:19:22.427 that ever wrote on the book of Genesis believed that book of Genesis 00:19:22.427 --> 00:19:24.765 was actual, literal, history 00:19:24.765 --> 00:19:27.461 as it took place 00:19:27.461 --> 00:19:29.969 But in the age of enlightenment appeared 00:19:29.969 --> 00:19:34.345 historical criticism 00:19:34.345 --> 00:19:38.783 and appeared the scientific method and so they 00:19:38.783 --> 00:19:41.847 started applying the scientific method and historical criticism to God's 00:19:41.847 --> 00:19:45.454 Holy word besides doing it to the natural world 00:19:45.454 --> 00:19:50.177 and to documents that had been written in antiquity, and for this reason, 00:19:50.177 --> 00:19:54.097 many of the scholars came to the conclusion that the book of Geneiss 00:19:54.097 --> 00:19:57.295 particularly chapters 1-11 were not describing real 00:19:57.295 --> 00:20:02.427 literal hisotry. I saw this problem 00:20:02.427 --> 00:20:05.869 very clearly a few years ago when I was 00:20:05.869 --> 00:20:09.837 at a speaking committment up in Berrien Springs, Michigan 00:20:09.837 --> 00:20:12.553 there's the university where I went to 00:20:12.553 --> 00:20:16.001 school. They have a fantastic theological library. 00:20:16.001 --> 00:20:19.756 with hundreds of thousands of books. And of course, I only had 00:20:19.756 --> 00:20:23.535 to speak in the evening. And during the daytime, I took advantage and went to the 00:20:23.535 --> 00:20:28.167 library for aobut 8 or 9 hours a day doing research 00:20:28.167 --> 00:20:32.009 for this series on the book of Genesis. And as I examined 00:20:32.009 --> 00:20:36.088 the commentaries that were written on the book of Genesis 00:20:36.088 --> 00:20:40.448 there's something which really struck me. And that's 00:20:40.448 --> 00:20:43.718 is that most of the commentators really 00:20:43.718 --> 00:20:48.001 did not believe in the historicity of the book of Genesis. 00:20:48.001 --> 00:20:50.616 They did not believe that it's literal history. 00:20:50.616 --> 00:20:55.466 And these were Christian commentators who were actually writing 00:20:55.466 --> 00:20:59.418 on the book of Genesis. In fact, I had to 00:20:59.418 --> 00:21:03.797 snicker when I was uh, researching the story 00:21:03.797 --> 00:21:08.076 of Eve and the serpent which spoke to Eve 00:21:08.076 --> 00:21:11.086 and a scholar, several of them actually, said the reason 00:21:11.086 --> 00:21:15.003 why this story was included in Genesis is to 00:21:15.003 --> 00:21:20.141 explain the reason why people are afraid of snakes 00:21:20.141 --> 00:21:23.889 and then I went on to story of Cain and Abel. 00:21:23.889 --> 00:21:28.005 And severeal of the authors said the reason 00:21:28.005 --> 00:21:31.756 why you have the story of Cain and Abel in the book of Genesis is to 00:21:31.756 --> 00:21:36.249 explain the origin of sibling rivalry 00:21:36.249 --> 00:21:39.024 and then I continued studying and got to Genesis chapter 11 00:21:39.024 --> 00:21:42.751 where it speaks about the Tower of Babel, the confusion of the languages 00:21:42.751 --> 00:21:46.612 and the commentaries said this did not 00:21:46.612 --> 00:21:50.421 really happen in history. This idea that 00:21:50.421 --> 00:21:53.897 they tried to build a tower and God confused their languages. 00:21:53.897 --> 00:21:58.088 The scholar said the reason why this story was written 00:21:58.088 --> 00:22:02.897 was in order to explain why in the world you had so many 00:22:02.897 --> 00:22:06.061 different languages, and so on 00:22:06.061 --> 00:22:08.094 Most of the scholars that I read would be called 00:22:08.094 --> 00:22:13.464 liberal scholars. They do not beleive in the 00:22:13.464 --> 00:22:18.337 full inspiration of scripture. And therefore, they do not belive 00:22:18.337 --> 00:22:22.918 that the stories of Genesis are really literal history 00:22:22.918 --> 00:22:27.087 Is the book of Genesis though literal history? 00:22:27.087 --> 00:22:29.455 Let me share this with you, folks! If we 00:22:29.455 --> 00:22:34.169 don't beleive that the book of Gensis is dealing with literal history events 00:22:34.169 --> 00:22:38.419 we are not only impuning 00:22:38.419 --> 00:22:41.194 the veracity of Moses. We are impuining 00:22:41.194 --> 00:22:45.805 the veracity of Peter, and 00:22:45.805 --> 00:22:48.980 Paul and Steven and Luke 00:22:48.980 --> 00:22:53.607 and Jesus. Do you realize 00:22:53.607 --> 00:22:56.320 that every single story 00:22:56.320 --> 00:23:01.548 without exception in the book of Genesis 00:23:01.548 --> 00:23:06.247 is repeated as literal history in the new testament by the new testament authors? 00:23:06.247 --> 00:23:09.000 Many of these events in Genesis are told 00:23:09.000 --> 00:23:13.165 by Jesus in the gospels. Let's notice for example 00:23:13.165 --> 00:23:17.916 Matthrew chapter 19 and verses 4 00:23:17.916 --> 00:23:20.617 through 6. Matthre chapter 19 and verses 4-6. 00:23:20.617 --> 00:23:24.500 Here Jesus is speaking about the origin of 00:23:24.500 --> 00:23:29.450 marriage. And notice what we find there--Genesis chapter 00:23:29.450 --> 00:23:31.710 19 and verse 4. 00:23:31.710 --> 00:23:36.955 And he that is Jesus answered 00:23:36.955 --> 00:23:39.672 and said to them, Have you not read 00:23:39.672 --> 00:23:44.022 that He who made them at the beginning made them 00:23:44.022 --> 00:23:47.226 male and female, and said 00:23:47.226 --> 00:23:52.573 For this reason a man shall leave his father 00:23:52.573 --> 00:23:55.702 and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two 00:23:55.702 --> 00:23:59.970 shall become one flesh? So then, they are no longer 00:23:59.970 --> 00:24:03.708 two but one flesh. THerefore, what God 00:24:03.708 --> 00:24:07.918 has joined together, let no man separate. 00:24:07.918 --> 00:24:11.194 Question: Did Jesus believe 00:24:11.194 --> 00:24:16.247 that there was a literal marriage originally in Genesis 00:24:16.247 --> 00:24:20.008 between Adam and Eve? He most certainly did! 00:24:20.008 --> 00:24:24.955 And if you say that that story is myth or legend 00:24:24.955 --> 00:24:28.581 or saga, you are not only impuining the veracity of Moses, 00:24:28.581 --> 00:24:33.114 you are questioning the veracity of our Lord and Savior, 00:24:33.114 --> 00:24:36.344 Jesus Christ! Notice also, 00:24:36.344 --> 00:24:40.707 Matthew chapter 24:37-39 00:24:40.707 --> 00:24:43.055 Just a few examples here. Matthew 24: 00:24:43.055 --> 00:24:48.057 37-39. This is 00:24:48.057 --> 00:24:52.842 speaking about the flood in the days of Noah. It's called 00:24:52.842 --> 00:24:55.083 Noah's flood, but it really was the Lord's flood. Notice 00:24:55.083 --> 00:25:00.669 Matthew verse 24 and beginning with verse 37 00:25:00.669 --> 00:25:05.169 But as the days of Noah were, 00:25:05.169 --> 00:25:08.500 so also will the coming of the Son 00:25:08.500 --> 00:25:12.140 of Man be. For as in the days before the flood, 00:25:12.140 --> 00:25:15.687 they were eating and drinking, marrying 00:25:15.687 --> 00:25:19.339 and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah 00:25:19.339 --> 00:25:24.025 entered the ark, and did not know until the flood came 00:25:24.025 --> 00:25:26.588 and took them all away. So also 00:25:26.588 --> 00:25:32.169 will the coming of the Son of Man be. Did Jesus, 00:25:32.169 --> 00:25:36.423 believe that the flood in the days of Noah actually 00:25:36.423 --> 00:25:39.670 took place hisotrically? He did. 00:25:39.670 --> 00:25:43.335 By the way, if you don't believe that the flood took place historically, 00:25:43.335 --> 00:25:47.713 you don't have any basis for believing that Jesus is telling the truth when he says he's gonna come 00:25:47.713 --> 00:25:51.339 again. Because he says, as it was back then, 00:25:51.339 --> 00:25:55.838 so will it be. But if that back then didn't happen, what makes 00:25:55.838 --> 00:25:59.698 you think that what he predicted in the future is going to happen? 00:25:59.698 --> 00:26:03.412 Let's notice another couple of examples. First, 00:26:03.412 --> 00:26:06.499 John chapter 3 and verse 12 00:26:06.499 --> 00:26:08.749 You'll notice that 00:26:08.749 --> 00:26:15.597 we're using scripture a lot tonight, and the list that you got tonight is a short list. 00:26:15.597 --> 00:26:20.498 We're going to be using a lot of scripture here in the future 00:26:20.498 --> 00:26:23.551 lectures of the seminar. Notice 1 John 3 00:26:23.551 --> 00:26:26.414 and verse 12 00:26:26.414 --> 00:26:29.089 It says there, 00:26:29.089 --> 00:26:31.332 And not as Cain who was 00:26:31.332 --> 00:26:35.795 of the wicked one and murdered his 00:26:35.795 --> 00:26:38.836 brother. And why did he murder him? 00:26:38.836 --> 00:26:43.113 Because his works were evil and his brother's 00:26:43.113 --> 00:26:47.171 righteous. Question: Did the apostle 00:26:47.171 --> 00:26:50.922 John who wrote 1st John beleive that the story 00:26:50.922 --> 00:26:56.339 of Cain and Abel was literal history? He most certainly 00:26:56.339 --> 00:26:59.091 did. Because it tells us here that Cain 00:26:59.091 --> 00:27:03.256 killed his brother Abel. So 00:27:03.256 --> 00:27:07.399 John beleived that this was a real, historical, occurance 00:27:07.399 --> 00:27:11.083 Let's notice another example. Hebrews chapter 00:27:11.083 --> 00:27:14.584 11 and verse 5. Hebrews 11:5 00:27:14.584 --> 00:27:20.371 Here we find a very interesting 00:27:20.371 --> 00:27:23.457 person mentioned. Actually, he's not mentioned 00:27:23.457 --> 00:27:27.621 very freuently in scrpture. The bible tells us that 00:27:27.621 --> 00:27:31.594 he was caught away to heaven. In fact, he never suffered death 00:27:31.594 --> 00:27:34.914 accoridng to Genesis 5 compared to Hebrews chapter 11 00:27:34.914 --> 00:27:39.749 his name was Enoch. Now notice Hebrews 00:27:39.749 --> 00:27:42.752 chapter 11 and verse 5. By faith 00:27:42.752 --> 00:27:47.833 Enoch was taken away so that 00:27:47.833 --> 00:27:52.166 he did not see death. And was not 00:27:52.166 --> 00:27:55.704 found, because God had taken him. For 00:27:55.704 --> 00:27:57.741 before he was taken, he had this testimony, that 00:27:57.741 --> 00:28:04.668 he pelased God. NOw let me ask 00:28:04.668 --> 00:28:07.792 you: Did the author of the book of Hebrews believe that Enoch 00:28:07.792 --> 00:28:11.671 was a real historical person? He most certainly did! And by the wa, 00:28:11.671 --> 00:28:15.298 I believe that the author of the book of Hebrews was the apostle Paul 00:28:15.298 --> 00:28:19.252 I believe that there's plenty of internal evidence to that fact. So did 00:28:19.252 --> 00:28:23.639 Paul believe that Enoch was areal historical person? 00:28:23.639 --> 00:28:28.003 He most certainly did! Let's notice one further example 00:28:28.003 --> 00:28:31.109 and by the way, in the reference material that you'll receive this evening, you're going 00:28:31.109 --> 00:28:35.779 to find half a page of references in the New Testament to every 00:28:35.779 --> 00:28:40.171 single event and person in the book of Genesis 00:28:40.171 --> 00:28:43.632 You have Abraham, you have Issaac, you have Jacob, 00:28:43.632 --> 00:28:46.505 you have Joseph, you have the twelve sons of Jacob, 00:28:46.505 --> 00:28:50.615 I mean, you have every single event in the book of 00:28:50.615 --> 00:28:56.476 Genesis repeated somewhere in the New Testament. Notice 00:28:56.476 --> 00:28:59.757 Luke chapter 3. This will be the last example 00:28:59.757 --> 00:29:02.671 that we'll give of the importance of believing in the historicity of the 00:29:02.671 --> 00:29:05.776 book of Genesis. Luke chapter 3 has 00:29:05.776 --> 00:29:10.062 the genealogy of Jesus Christ. 00:29:10.062 --> 00:29:14.079 And I want you to notice--we're only going to read two verses 00:29:14.079 --> 00:29:20.838 Chapter 3 and verse 23 and then we're going to 00:29:20.838 --> 00:29:24.163 jump down to verse 38. It says in verse 3, 00:29:24.163 --> 00:29:27.909 Now Jesus himself began his ministry at about 00:29:27.909 --> 00:29:31.167 thirty years of age, being as was supposed 00:29:31.167 --> 00:29:33.754 the son of Joseph, the son of Heli, and then it continues 00:29:33.754 --> 00:29:39.608 giving the genealogy, "the son of, the son of, the son of.." 00:29:39.608 --> 00:29:42.256 And I want you to notice how the list ends in verse 38. 00:29:42.256 --> 00:29:46.921 It says there, the son of Enosh 00:29:46.921 --> 00:29:50.499 the son of Seth, the son of Adam 00:29:50.499 --> 00:29:56.171 the son of God. Do you believe that Jesus 00:29:56.171 --> 00:29:59.878 was a literal historical personage? Do you think that Jesus existed 00:29:59.878 --> 00:30:02.586 in history? Well we have proof from secular 00:30:02.586 --> 00:30:06.498 historians that Jesus did exist. Now you notice that this 00:30:06.498 --> 00:30:09.832 genealogy actually begins with Jesus 00:30:09.832 --> 00:30:13.924 and ends with whom? Ends with Adam. 00:30:13.924 --> 00:30:17.592 NOw was Jesus a real, literal, historical person? 00:30:17.592 --> 00:30:21.096 He most certainly was! So must Adam also be a 00:30:21.096 --> 00:30:25.918 literal, historical person? Obviously, yes! You can't have it 00:30:25.918 --> 00:30:29.576 one way iwth Adam and another way with Jesus. 00:30:29.576 --> 00:30:33.699 Jesus is a real historical person, so is Adam. 00:30:33.699 --> 00:30:37.443 By the way, you'll notice in this genealogy that the roots of Jesus 00:30:37.443 --> 00:30:40.915 are traced all the way back from His day to 00:30:40.915 --> 00:30:44.792 Adam. And you don't have long periods of millions 00:30:44.792 --> 00:30:50.500 of years in between according to this genealogy. 00:30:50.500 --> 00:30:54.556 And so I believe that it is of extreme importance 00:30:54.556 --> 00:30:57.489 for us to believe in the historicy of the book of 00:30:57.489 --> 00:31:00.503 Genesis. It is not myth, it is not legend. 00:31:00.503 --> 00:31:05.060 It is not saga. It is real, 00:31:05.060 --> 00:31:08.890 history. NOw, allow me to 00:31:08.890 --> 00:31:12.613 mention a few things about the disciples that are 00:31:12.613 --> 00:31:17.737 addressed in the book of Genesis. Do you know that hte book of Genesis addresses 00:31:17.737 --> 00:31:22.570 at least in seminal form, most of the 00:31:22.570 --> 00:31:26.321 disciplines that are studied in universities today. Allow me to give you a 00:31:26.321 --> 00:31:29.983 list quickly. The book of Genesis has a lot to say about 00:31:29.983 --> 00:31:33.748 theology. You know, if people believe the book of Genesis, 00:31:33.748 --> 00:31:37.400 there won't be any atheist in the world, because the book of Genesis 00:31:37.400 --> 00:31:41.009 begins by saying, "In the beginning, God created the heavens 00:31:41.009 --> 00:31:45.566 and the earth." That is a theological statment. The book of Genesis 00:31:45.566 --> 00:31:50.264 does not try to prove the existance of God. The book of Genesis 00:31:50.264 --> 00:31:54.396 takes the existence of God for granted. It makes this 00:31:54.396 --> 00:31:57.452 wonderful theological statement. The book of Genesis has 00:31:57.452 --> 00:32:00.260 a lot to say about cosmology--the origins of the heavens 00:32:00.260 --> 00:32:04.647 and the earth. You can find that in chapter 1 verses 6 through 00:32:04.647 --> 00:32:07.932 8. The book of Genesis actually speaks about the 00:32:07.932 --> 00:32:12.730 origin of chronology or time. Because after 00:32:12.730 --> 00:32:15.358 each day of creation, it says that God, 00:32:15.358 --> 00:32:19.681 God saw that what he had made was good, and it was the evening 00:32:19.681 --> 00:32:23.444 and the morning of the first day, and the second day, the third day, and so on 00:32:23.444 --> 00:32:28.024 And in Genesis chapter 1, it speaks about God making 00:32:28.024 --> 00:32:31.665 the son, the moon, and the stars to establish the season 00:32:31.665 --> 00:32:36.315 and periods of the year. You can find that in chapter 1 00:32:36.315 --> 00:32:39.565 So in order words, God created chronology. He created months 00:32:39.565 --> 00:32:42.262 He created years, and he created days, as the 00:32:42.262 --> 00:32:49.024 frame of reference of time in this earth. You also 00:32:49.024 --> 00:32:52.040 find in the book of Genesis, the origins of geography. 00:32:52.040 --> 00:32:55.302 Where the dry land came from. You see, 00:32:55.302 --> 00:32:59.553 it tells us in Genesis chapter 1 verse 2 that the earth was 00:32:59.553 --> 00:33:03.247 compltely covered with water before creation. But God was the one who made the earth 00:33:03.247 --> 00:33:07.315 Geography! The book of Genesis also addresses 00:33:07.315 --> 00:33:09.424 the issue of botany. It says that every plant reproduces 00:33:09.424 --> 00:33:15.072 according to its kind. And that is true even till 00:33:15.072 --> 00:33:19.106 this day. Every plant reproduces according to its 00:33:19.106 --> 00:33:24.183 kind! So Genesis definitely has somethign to say aobut 00:33:24.183 --> 00:33:28.562 the origins of trees and plants and the grass. 00:33:28.562 --> 00:33:32.644 The book of Genesis actually speaks about the origin of 00:33:32.644 --> 00:33:35.569 zoology--the study of animals. And by the way, 00:33:35.569 --> 00:33:44.459 the book of Genesis indicates that all of the animals were created "adults" so to 00:33:44.459 --> 00:33:47.586 speak. All of the animals were created on the fifth and 00:33:47.586 --> 00:33:50.062 the sixth day, adults! They did not take millions 00:33:50.062 --> 00:33:53.037 of years to evolve according the book of Genesis. Go 00:33:53.037 --> 00:33:56.446 God spoke and on the fifth day, the birds and the fish appeared 00:33:56.446 --> 00:33:58.562 God spoke, and on the sixth day, the land animals 00:33:58.562 --> 00:34:03.146 appeared. So the book of Genesis indicates that man 00:34:03.146 --> 00:34:08.424 is not the end of a long evoluitonary process 00:34:08.424 --> 00:34:12.393 where we come from primates, and the primates came from lower forms of life 00:34:12.393 --> 00:34:15.885 The book of Genesis simply says that clearly, and 00:34:15.885 --> 00:34:19.393 directly that God spoke, and things 00:34:19.393 --> 00:34:23.937 were done. And so the book of Genesis deals with 00:34:23.937 --> 00:34:28.984 zoology and it says that every animal reproduces according to its kind. THat 00:34:28.984 --> 00:34:31.734 is also a scientifically true statment 00:34:31.734 --> 00:34:36.823 The book of Genesis has a lot to say about anthropology-- 00:34:36.823 --> 00:34:40.479 the study of man. In fact, it speaks about the origin of 00:34:40.479 --> 00:34:44.151 man and woman and it speaks about how 00:34:44.151 --> 00:34:46.519 Adam was taken from the dust, and I believe that that's a literal 00:34:46.519 --> 00:34:50.856 story. That God took clay and he formed Adam and 00:34:50.856 --> 00:34:55.814 he took a rib from Adam and he made Eve. And you say, that kinda 00:34:55.814 --> 00:35:00.194 unscientific. Well the fact is, that scientists weren't there. 00:35:00.194 --> 00:35:02.731 And if we have faith in God's word, 00:35:02.731 --> 00:35:08.938 Faith means having faith and trusting what God says 00:35:08.938 --> 00:35:13.010 We'll have absolutely no problem with that story. The book of Genesis says 00:35:13.010 --> 00:35:16.325 has a lot to say about sociology. Why do people 00:35:16.325 --> 00:35:19.273 get married today? And why do they have children? Why 00:35:19.273 --> 00:35:24.652 do we have this uproar recently about a man marrying a man, and a woman marrying a woman? 00:35:24.652 --> 00:35:27.379 It's because that's contrary to what we find in 00:35:27.379 --> 00:35:30.904 the book of Genesis. God established the ideal social 00:35:30.904 --> 00:35:36.402 circle. He established marriage. The marriage between a 00:35:36.402 --> 00:35:40.192 man and a woman, to have children, within a family unit 00:35:40.192 --> 00:35:44.466 And Genesis has the origins of that. 00:35:44.466 --> 00:35:47.108 The book of Genesis has a lot to say about psychology, believe it or not! 00:35:47.108 --> 00:35:52.492 It would be interesting for you sometime to sit down and look at all the 00:35:52.492 --> 00:35:56.452 psychological concepts that you find in the book of Genesis. It's amazing! 00:35:56.452 --> 00:36:00.079 You know, psychologists today try to solve the problem of depression 00:36:00.079 --> 00:36:03.107 and low self esteem and fear with all sorts of 00:36:03.107 --> 00:36:08.054 gimmicks, and methodologies. The fact is, that we're going to 00:36:08.054 --> 00:36:11.407 notice in our study tomorrow that the origin of fear 00:36:11.407 --> 00:36:14.142 and the origin of a low self concept 00:36:14.142 --> 00:36:18.604 nad the origin of strife in marriage 00:36:18.604 --> 00:36:24.220 and the origin of strife between brother and brother 00:36:24.220 --> 00:36:27.221 like in the case of Cain and Abel, is not due 00:36:27.221 --> 00:36:30.504 to some psychological malfunciton. It is due to 00:36:30.504 --> 00:36:36.773 sin. And unless a counselor 00:36:36.773 --> 00:36:40.575 deals with the issue of sin, the problem 00:36:40.575 --> 00:36:44.279 will not be resolved. Genesis has a lot to say 00:36:44.279 --> 00:36:48.445 about psychology. The book of Genesis has a lot to say about Geology. 00:36:48.445 --> 00:36:53.779 The study of the earth. You know, you have 00:36:53.779 --> 00:36:56.983 scientists today who don't believe that there was a universal flood 00:36:56.983 --> 00:37:00.214 I believe that you have to study the story of the flood in order to be 00:37:00.214 --> 00:37:03.594 read the earth correctly. Because at the flood 00:37:03.594 --> 00:37:07.225 the earth went through huge changes. In fact, if you 00:37:07.225 --> 00:37:11.740 read in Chapter 8 of Genesis, God caused a mighty wind to 00:37:11.740 --> 00:37:16.163 blow and that mighty wind, you know 00:37:16.163 --> 00:37:19.407 buried everything that was on the surface of the earth. In other words, you had a 00:37:19.407 --> 00:37:22.634 an upheaval of the earth. You know, we all probalby 00:37:22.634 --> 00:37:27.647 have seen the graphic pictures on television 00:37:27.647 --> 00:37:31.652 of the Tsunami. Have you noticed that? The devastation 00:37:31.652 --> 00:37:34.786 the destruction? And that was just a tidal wave in a 00:37:34.786 --> 00:37:38.715 certain region of he world. Can you imagine what 00:37:38.715 --> 00:37:42.542 it must have been like, to have this whole world 00:37:42.542 --> 00:37:44.859 totally covered with water? With a huge 00:37:44.859 --> 00:37:51.689 storm that lasted forty days and forty nights? Where the bible 00:37:51.689 --> 00:37:55.130 says that out of the earth came gushing forth 00:37:55.130 --> 00:37:59.337 jets of water, and the windows of heaven were opened? 00:37:59.337 --> 00:38:03.380 The earth was in turmoil. No wonder science today cannot 00:38:03.380 --> 00:38:08.490 read the eath in teh correct 00:38:08.490 --> 00:38:11.481 way. Because the earth is nothing like it was at the beginning 00:38:11.481 --> 00:38:15.159 And so in order to get a true concept of 00:38:15.159 --> 00:38:18.277 geology, we must make reference to the book of Genesis. 00:38:18.277 --> 00:38:21.709 The book of Geneiss addresses the issue of philology--the 00:38:21.709 --> 00:38:26.282 study of languages. It tells us where languages originated. 00:38:26.282 --> 00:38:30.252 The book of Genesis has a description of Ethnology--the 00:38:30.252 --> 00:38:34.043 origin of nations. In fact, in Genesis chapter 10, we have 00:38:34.043 --> 00:38:38.018 the table of Nations, which describes the origin of all of the nations 00:38:38.018 --> 00:38:40.992 that have ever existed on planet earth. 00:38:40.992 --> 00:38:43.834 The book of Geneisis also addresses some very important existential 00:38:43.834 --> 00:38:49.757 questions. Like you noticed in your hand bill, we're going to be 00:38:49.757 --> 00:38:52.938 dealing with all of these issues as we go along in this seminar. 00:38:52.938 --> 00:38:56.383 How did I get here? Why am I here? 00:38:56.383 --> 00:39:00.453 Does my life have meaning and purpose? 00:39:00.453 --> 00:39:05.839 Is there really a God who loves me? 00:39:05.839 --> 00:39:09.321 You know, lots of people after the Tsunami 00:39:09.321 --> 00:39:12.826 says, "If there's a God like that, you know ,I don't even want to believe 00:39:12.826 --> 00:39:15.857 in a God like that. And if a God like that exists, 00:39:15.857 --> 00:39:19.157 then I certainly don't want to serve Him." The fact is, 00:39:19.157 --> 00:39:23.820 Is God good? And why is there so much evil 00:39:23.820 --> 00:39:28.177 if God is good? We'll have a whole lecture when we're going to decode 00:39:28.177 --> 00:39:32.433 the paradox of good and evil. We're going to answer the question, "How can 00:39:32.433 --> 00:39:36.381 I experience personal people in a world of strife?" Everybody's 00:39:36.381 --> 00:39:40.346 nervous today. Everybody is anxious about perhaps another terrorist 00:39:40.346 --> 00:39:43.160 attack. Or homeland security. How 00:39:43.160 --> 00:39:47.461 can we live life and experience perosnal peace 00:39:47.461 --> 00:39:50.163 in all of the strife that surrounds us? How can I enjoy quality time 00:39:50.163 --> 00:39:52.632 in the rat race of life? What happens the moment I die? 00:39:52.632 --> 00:39:59.043 If I die, will I live again? Is there 00:39:59.043 --> 00:40:03.899 really a better world coming? Is there such a thing 00:40:03.899 --> 00:40:07.113 as absolute truth? If there is absolute truth, how 00:40:07.113 --> 00:40:09.002 can I find it? How can I enjoy life 00:40:09.002 --> 00:40:11.298 filled with health and with prosperity? All of these issues 00:40:11.298 --> 00:40:19.469 are addressed very carefully in the book of Genesis. 00:40:19.469 --> 00:40:25.333 Now, did you know that hte book of Genesis 00:40:25.333 --> 00:40:29.548 is actualltye story of two seeds? 00:40:29.548 --> 00:40:32.698 And we're going to further develop this concept of the 00:40:32.698 --> 00:40:36.190 two seeds. It begins in Genesis 3:15 00:40:36.190 --> 00:40:41.048 I will put enmity between you an the woman. See the two 00:40:41.048 --> 00:40:43.584 sides there? The serpent and the woman. 00:40:43.584 --> 00:40:48.185 Between the serpents seed and the womans' seed. See, there you have the two again. 00:40:48.185 --> 00:40:52.293 He, the seed of the woman, will 00:40:52.293 --> 00:40:55.306 bruise your head, and you will bruise his heel. 00:40:55.306 --> 00:40:59.981 You see the controversy and the conflict there? Between 00:40:59.981 --> 00:41:02.982 serpent and woman? 00:41:02.982 --> 00:41:04.642 Seed and seed? Seed and serpent? 00:41:04.642 --> 00:41:06.675 The story of Genesis which is developed in the rest of scripture has to do 00:41:06.675 --> 00:41:08.998 with a battle between two seeds. 00:41:08.998 --> 00:41:16.072 Not only do you have this in Genesis 3:15, 00:41:16.072 --> 00:41:21.118 But you also have it in the story of Cain and Abel. Do you know the first 00:41:21.118 --> 00:41:24.428 example of Genesis 3:15 is in the story of Cain and Abel? 00:41:24.428 --> 00:41:26.838 You say, "How is that?" 00:41:26.838 --> 00:41:30.209 Well, lets look for the four elements. Is there a woman in the story of Cain and Abel? 00:41:30.209 --> 00:41:33.225 Sure. It's Eve! She's the mother of both of them. 00:41:33.225 --> 00:41:38.083 Do you have in the story of Cain and Abel enmity? 00:41:38.083 --> 00:41:41.128 You most certainly do! 00:41:41.128 --> 00:41:43.743 Cain gets angry and hates his brother. 00:41:43.743 --> 00:41:47.193 Do you have in the story of Cain and Abel, two seeds? 00:41:47.193 --> 00:41:51.624 That are totally unlike, one good and one evil? 00:41:51.624 --> 00:41:55.899 Absolutely! And do you know that even the serpent 00:41:55.899 --> 00:41:59.773 is involved in the story of Cain and Abel? Not directly in Genesis 00:41:59.773 --> 00:42:03.070 If you go to 1 John 3:12, which we've already read, 00:42:03.070 --> 00:42:07.208 it says, "Not as Cain who was of the wicked one." 00:42:07.208 --> 00:42:09.938 So the one who wanted Abel dead 00:42:09.938 --> 00:42:14.555 was not only Cain, it was the wicked one of whom Cain 00:42:14.555 --> 00:42:19.269 was the seed. So you have this enmity 00:42:19.269 --> 00:42:22.334 between Cain and Abel. A little bit later on in the book 00:42:22.334 --> 00:42:26.686 you have this illicit relationship between the sons of God 00:42:26.686 --> 00:42:30.069 and the daughters of men. We're going to deal with this later on. 00:42:30.069 --> 00:42:33.137 Who are the sons of God that unite with 00:42:33.137 --> 00:42:36.714 the daughters of men? We have two different seeds--the righteous and the 00:42:36.714 --> 00:42:40.286 unrighteous intermingling. Once again, we have the idea of the 00:42:40.286 --> 00:42:43.620 two seeds. And then of course 00:42:43.620 --> 00:42:46.336 in the story of Noah, you have the story of the righteous who are saved inside 00:42:46.336 --> 00:42:49.129 and the wicked who are destroyed outside. 00:42:49.129 --> 00:42:52.629 And then a little bit later on in Genesis chapter 10, you have 00:42:52.629 --> 00:42:55.304 the descendents of Shem, the son of Noah, and then on the other side, 00:42:55.304 --> 00:43:02.489 you have the descendants of Ham and Japhet. By the way, we're going to notice that the descendents of Ham and Japheth 00:43:02.489 --> 00:43:06.352 the nations that came from them, were the very enemies that tried to destory 00:43:06.352 --> 00:43:10.714 Isreal in the Old Testament. Israel descends from Shem. 00:43:10.714 --> 00:43:15.048 Wheareas all the nations that tried to destory 00:43:15.048 --> 00:43:17.775 Israel descend from Ham and Japheth. 00:43:17.775 --> 00:43:21.297 Very interesting! We'll deal with this a little bit later on, but you have 00:43:21.297 --> 00:43:24.318 this idea of the two seeds. And then you have the 00:43:24.318 --> 00:43:27.397 builders of the tower of Babel. And God commands 00:43:27.397 --> 00:43:30.682 Abraham: He says to Abraham, "Get out 00:43:30.682 --> 00:43:34.374 of the place where the Babel builders built this tower." Because 00:43:34.374 --> 00:43:38.576 the bible says that Abraham and his family were getting contaminated 00:43:38.576 --> 00:43:41.643 with the gods of Babylon. And So God says to Abraham, 00:43:41.643 --> 00:43:45.137 You can't be with that evil seed. You must separate 00:43:45.137 --> 00:43:49.200 from them. So there you have once again the idea of the two seeds. 00:43:49.200 --> 00:43:53.209 Time and again in the book of Genesis, you have this idea 00:43:53.209 --> 00:43:56.468 of the two seeds. Then you have the story of Isaac 00:43:56.468 --> 00:44:00.066 and Ishmael. Notice once again, the same idea of the two seeds. 00:44:00.066 --> 00:44:03.437 Isaac is the seed of the promise. Ishmael we're told 00:44:03.437 --> 00:44:06.359 in Galatians chapter 4 that he arose 00:44:06.359 --> 00:44:11.582 to try and kill Isaac who was the son of the promise 00:44:11.582 --> 00:44:15.124 Once again, you have this enmity between the good seed, 00:44:15.124 --> 00:44:19.145 and an evil seed. And then of-course you have the story of Jacob and Esau. 00:44:19.145 --> 00:44:23.094 See the two seeds in this book? It's amazing 00:44:23.094 --> 00:44:26.044 And by the way, in the book of Revelation, this is going to culminate. 00:44:26.044 --> 00:44:29.796 These people who are individuals in Genesis: Isaac, 00:44:29.796 --> 00:44:32.494 and Ishmael, Jacob and Esau, Cain and Abel, 00:44:32.494 --> 00:44:36.209 actually are individuals who represent 00:44:36.209 --> 00:44:39.640 two world wide groups at the end of time 00:44:39.640 --> 00:44:43.957 They're symbolic in miniature of the characteristics 00:44:43.957 --> 00:44:47.632 which two groups will have at the end of time. 00:44:47.632 --> 00:44:51.464 And so we must know the characters of Jacob and Esau 00:44:51.464 --> 00:44:55.960 Isaac and Ishmael, Cain and Abel, to understand 00:44:55.960 --> 00:45:00.338 what the characters of the two groups at the end of time 00:45:00.338 --> 00:45:04.203 are going to be like. And then of course we have Joseph 00:45:04.203 --> 00:45:07.682 and his brothers. We have lot and the inhabitants of Sodom. 00:45:07.682 --> 00:45:12.015 I could continue going through Genesis. You have this idea 00:45:12.015 --> 00:45:15.159 of the two seeds. 00:45:15.159 --> 00:45:17.581 Battles of one seed 00:45:17.581 --> 00:45:19.309 against another. Now before we draw this to a 00:45:19.309 --> 00:45:22.621 close this evening, I need to tell you something 00:45:22.621 --> 00:45:26.590 which is very important. Probably the most important thing that I 00:45:26.590 --> 00:45:29.733 am going to deal with tonight. And that is the secret 00:45:29.733 --> 00:45:34.131 to decode or to break the code of the book 00:45:34.131 --> 00:45:37.621 of Genesis. You see, the book of Genesis on the 00:45:37.621 --> 00:45:40.461 surface appears to be a collection 00:45:40.461 --> 00:45:42.706 of stories that took place 00:45:42.706 --> 00:45:48.367 once upon a time. But those 00:45:48.367 --> 00:45:52.338 who read the book of Genesis only as history are 00:45:52.338 --> 00:45:57.819 missing the deeper dimension of the book of Genesis. 00:45:57.819 --> 00:46:01.698 We're gonna see in this seminar that every 00:46:01.698 --> 00:46:04.744 story of Genesis is not only a story 00:46:04.744 --> 00:46:07.561 but a prophecy! In fact, I believe I can show 00:46:07.561 --> 00:46:14.467 that every story in the old Testament 00:46:14.467 --> 00:46:17.884 is a prophecy. A prophecy about the coming Messiah 00:46:17.884 --> 00:46:21.786 Jesus in His first coming, and also, 00:46:21.786 --> 00:46:25.632 a prophecy about events surrounding the second coming 00:46:25.632 --> 00:46:29.450 of Christ. In other words, the book of Genesis 00:46:29.450 --> 00:46:32.724 is literal history. But it is prophecy written as 00:46:32.724 --> 00:46:35.882 history. In other words, beyond the local, historical 00:46:35.882 --> 00:46:40.214 events, they become symbolic or representative 00:46:40.214 --> 00:46:43.501 of future world-wide events 00:46:43.501 --> 00:46:49.459 I already mentioned as an example Genesis 3:!5 00:46:49.459 --> 00:46:52.625 and how its fulfilled in Revelation 12. 00:46:52.625 --> 00:46:57.572 We'll be studying this in 00:46:57.572 --> 00:46:59.244 more detail. You'll find the same elements. You'll find 00:46:59.244 --> 00:47:02.854 enmity, you'll find the woman, you'll find the seed of the woman, 00:47:02.854 --> 00:47:05.044 you'll find the serpent trying to kill the seed, and then trying to kill the woman 00:47:05.044 --> 00:47:07.785 there's no way we can understand end-time prophecy 00:47:07.785 --> 00:47:11.066 without understanding the issues that are brought up in Genesis 00:47:11.066 --> 00:47:14.398 3:15. By the way, if you read Genesis chapter 1 00:47:14.398 --> 00:47:17.409 and 2, you'll find that the Garden of Eden has 00:47:17.409 --> 00:47:19.958 rivers of living water flowing through them 00:47:19.958 --> 00:47:23.879 and you'll find that in the Garden was the Tree of Life. 00:47:23.879 --> 00:47:30.753 Have you ever noticed that in Revelation chapter 00:47:30.753 --> 00:47:33.636 21 and 22, you have the river of the water of 00:47:33.636 --> 00:47:36.796 Life? And you have once again restored 00:47:36.796 --> 00:47:39.708 the Tree of Life? In other words, what we have in Genesis 00:47:39.708 --> 00:47:42.327 is the original Garden of Eden adn 00:47:42.327 --> 00:47:48.604 the losing of Eden because of sin. In 00:47:48.604 --> 00:47:53.251 the middle --the rest of the bible, you find the story of how God 00:47:53.251 --> 00:47:57.458 acts to redeem that which was lost. 00:47:57.458 --> 00:47:59.840 And in Revelation 21 and 22, you have the restoring 00:47:59.840 --> 00:48:03.133 of the original Garden of Eden. 00:48:03.133 --> 00:48:05.490 So there's a close relationship between Genesis 1 and 2 00:48:05.490 --> 00:48:08.664 and Revelation chapter 21 and 22. 00:48:08.664 --> 00:48:12.331 You find for example, the story of Cain and 00:48:12.331 --> 00:48:15.256 Abel. This story is not only history--it's a prophecy! 00:48:15.256 --> 00:48:20.628 We're going to have a whole lecture on the battle of Armageddon. If you 00:48:20.628 --> 00:48:25.030 are going to know what the issues are going to be in the final 00:48:25.030 --> 00:48:28.746 battle of Armageddon, you have to know what the issues were 00:48:28.746 --> 00:48:32.012 in the story of Cain and Abel. And we're going to find that 00:48:32.012 --> 00:48:34.868 the issues in that origianal story revolved around 00:48:34.868 --> 00:48:40.143 obedience and worship. And if you go 00:48:40.143 --> 00:48:45.174 to the book of Revelation, you're going to find that the issues which are 00:48:45.174 --> 00:48:49.047 going to separate the world into two groups are obedience 00:48:49.047 --> 00:48:52.313 to God's law and worship. 00:48:52.313 --> 00:48:56.440 The only difference is that in the beginning of human history, you have 00:48:56.440 --> 00:49:00.626 two individuals. Whereas at the end of history, those 00:49:00.626 --> 00:49:03.534 two individuals have proliferated into two 00:49:03.534 --> 00:49:07.963 world-wide groups that have similar characters 00:49:07.963 --> 00:49:11.715 to those two original people. 00:49:11.715 --> 00:49:16.005 Jesus himself said that the story of the flood is not only a story 00:49:16.005 --> 00:49:19.949 It's a prophecy! He said, "As it was in the days of Noah, 00:49:19.949 --> 00:49:23.624 so also shall it be at 00:49:23.624 --> 00:49:27.575 the coming of the Son of Man." Jesus said, "What happened then, is going to 00:49:27.575 --> 00:49:31.041 happen again in relationship with my second coming." 00:49:31.041 --> 00:49:37.127 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 00:49:37.127 --> 00:49:42.141 of the world similar to the wickedness which will exist at the end of time, not only is the 00:49:42.141 --> 00:49:46.627 destruction of the world in the days of Noah 00:49:46.627 --> 00:49:50.450 similar to the destruction which will take place at the end of time, I will show you 00:49:50.450 --> 00:49:53.710 that there will be whole patters on sequential 00:49:53.710 --> 00:49:58.130 events which will be fulfilled in the exact way 00:49:58.130 --> 00:50:02.152 in which they took place in the Old Testament. You have also the story of the 00:50:02.152 --> 00:50:06.081 Sodom and Gomorrah. Very interesting story! Do you know that Jesus 00:50:06.081 --> 00:50:09.367 also said that that story was a prophecy? He said in Luke 00:50:09.367 --> 00:50:11.762 chapter 17. Notice, let's go there and read 00:50:11.762 --> 00:50:16.080 this passage. Luke 17 and verses 00:50:16.080 --> 00:50:20.324 28-32. Luke 17:28-32. 00:50:20.324 --> 00:50:25.796 Here Jesus is speaking, and He says this, 00:50:25.796 --> 00:50:29.106 "Likewise, as it was also 00:50:29.106 --> 00:50:32.279 in the days of Lot: They ate, they drank, they bought, 00:50:32.279 --> 00:50:36.082 they sold, they planted, they built. But on the day 00:50:36.082 --> 00:50:40.113 that Lot went out of Sodom, it rained fire and brimstone 00:50:40.113 --> 00:50:45.381 from heaven and destroyed them all." And now notice what it says: 00:50:45.381 --> 00:50:48.572 "Even so will it be in 00:50:48.572 --> 00:50:51.714 the day when the Son of 00:50:51.714 --> 00:50:55.206 Man is revealed." Did you catch that? 00:50:55.206 --> 00:50:58.287 As it was back then, so will it be 00:50:58.287 --> 00:51:01.799 And allow me to give you a little bit of an inkling of what we'll deal with 00:51:01.799 --> 00:51:05.466 when we talk about Sodom and Gomorrah. Do you know that before 00:51:05.466 --> 00:51:08.783 the cities were destroyed, God sent three angels with 00:51:08.783 --> 00:51:11.265 the warning for those cities? 00:51:11.265 --> 00:51:17.015 In the book of Revelation, we find that before the destruction of the world, 00:51:17.015 --> 00:51:20.665 God is going to send three angels to warn the world! 00:51:20.665 --> 00:51:23.794 And somebody might say, "Pastor, that's just an accident 00:51:23.794 --> 00:51:28.544 That's a coincidence!" We're going to notice that 00:51:28.544 --> 00:51:32.209 it is not a coincidence. You see the three angels 00:51:32.209 --> 00:51:36.345 that came to Abraham and then two of them went to Sodom 00:51:36.345 --> 00:51:39.809 and to Gomorrah actually are symbolic of 00:51:39.809 --> 00:51:43.979 the messages which will be presented by these angels of Revelation 00:51:43.979 --> 00:51:47.508 chapter 14. Actually the call of 00:51:47.508 --> 00:51:50.631 Abraham out of the place where the tower of Babel was built 00:51:50.631 --> 00:51:53.847 is fulfilled in Revelation 18 where there is a 00:51:53.847 --> 00:51:57.147 message given to God's people: Come out of Babylon 00:51:57.147 --> 00:52:01.094 my people, and do not participate in her sins! 00:52:01.094 --> 00:52:04.131 That you receive not her plagues! The call of Abraham 00:52:04.131 --> 00:52:06.758 out of Babylon foreshadows or symbolizes the final call 00:52:06.758 --> 00:52:13.082 of God's people out of spiritual Babylon. 00:52:13.082 --> 00:52:16.698 at the end of time. The story of the conflict between 00:52:16.698 --> 00:52:20.334 Isaac and Ishmael actually is taken by the apostle 00:52:20.334 --> 00:52:23.370 Paul in Galatians chapter 4 and he says that this represents 00:52:23.370 --> 00:52:26.565 two different kinds of people: those who live according to the flesh 00:52:26.565 --> 00:52:31.979 and those who live according to the spirit. In other words, 00:52:31.979 --> 00:52:35.716 these two sons of Abraham, Isaac and Ishmael 00:52:35.716 --> 00:52:38.800 represent two different kinds of characters 00:52:38.800 --> 00:52:44.220 of people that will live in this world at the end of time. Those 00:52:44.220 --> 00:52:48.329 who live according to the flesh and those who live according to the Spirit. 00:52:48.329 --> 00:52:52.093 We're going to notice in this story 00:52:52.093 --> 00:52:55.617 that we have the description of the origin 00:52:55.617 --> 00:52:58.800 of the conflict that exist today between Israel and 00:52:58.800 --> 00:53:03.691 the Palestinians. We're going to deal with that issue in Bible prophecy 00:53:03.691 --> 00:53:07.928 with Israel in Bible prophecy, with the Arabs in Bible prophecy 00:53:07.928 --> 00:53:11.485 because that is the origin of this controversy in 00:53:11.485 --> 00:53:15.667 bac when Abraham had Isaac 00:53:15.667 --> 00:53:19.330 and Ishmael. Since the days of Abraham 00:53:19.330 --> 00:53:23.115 they been at each other's throats. This isn't something new 00:53:23.115 --> 00:53:26.422 It's something which has existed all throughout the course of 00:53:26.422 --> 00:53:30.407 human history. Who could forget the story 00:53:30.407 --> 00:53:33.697 of the almost sacrifice of Isaac? 00:53:33.697 --> 00:53:37.872 I say almost because Isaac was not sacrificed. I mean, that story is so clearly a pointing 00:53:37.872 --> 00:53:43.618 to the Messiah, that you know, I don't even have to dwell on it very much. 00:53:43.618 --> 00:53:47.201 You know, God told Abraham, "Take your son 00:53:47.201 --> 00:53:49.848 to mount Moriah, and sacrifice him there", and when Abraham 00:53:49.848 --> 00:53:53.694 is about sacrifice his Son, 00:53:53.694 --> 00:53:56.781 the voice said, "Don't sacrifice your son 00:53:56.781 --> 00:54:00.539 and Abraham looks up and finds a ram, which is a male lamb 00:54:00.539 --> 00:54:04.654 and he finds a ram in a thicket, and he offers the ram in 00:54:04.654 --> 00:54:08.698 place of his son. Do you know that that represents 00:54:08.698 --> 00:54:12.035 the fact that God the Father sent his son, Jesus to this world 00:54:12.035 --> 00:54:15.024 and He sent Him to take our place. 00:54:15.024 --> 00:54:17.532 He sent Him as a Lamb of God which takes away the sin of 00:54:17.532 --> 00:54:21.032 the world. And there's a whole series of parallels 00:54:21.032 --> 00:54:24.289 between the story that took place the in days of Abraham and 00:54:24.289 --> 00:54:27.036 the story of the ministration of 00:54:27.036 --> 00:54:30.870 Christ on this earth. Who could forget the story in what is called Jacob's ladder? 00:54:30.870 --> 00:54:34.112 By the way, it's not Jacob's ladder, it's the Lord's ladder. 00:54:34.112 --> 00:54:36.773 In Genesis chapter 28, it speaks about a ladder that's planted on the earth, and its top reached to the 00:54:36.773 --> 00:54:43.122 highest heavens and angels were ascending and descending on 00:54:43.122 --> 00:54:47.113 the ladder. What could that mean? Well, we don't have to guess. 00:54:47.113 --> 00:54:50.247 Because in John chapter 1 verse 51 00:54:50.247 --> 00:54:54.194 Jesus says, "You will see heaven open, and you will see the angels 00:54:54.194 --> 00:54:57.635 ascending and descending upon the Son of Man! 00:54:57.635 --> 00:55:01.140 In other words, the ladder represents 00:55:01.140 --> 00:55:05.033 Jesus Christ. The bottom of the ladder represents his humanity, his oneness 00:55:05.033 --> 00:55:10.577 with us. The top of the ladder represents the fact that he's God; 00:55:10.577 --> 00:55:14.597 It represents his divinity or his deity. In other words, 00:55:14.597 --> 00:55:19.374 the only one who can represent us before God is one who is man 00:55:19.374 --> 00:55:23.351 with man, and God with God. He's the only one 00:55:23.351 --> 00:55:27.706 who can bridge heaven and earth. So Jesus himself said, 00:55:27.706 --> 00:55:31.286 "I am the ladder. The ladder of Genesis 00:55:31.286 --> 00:55:34.597 28 is really a prophecy. It is not only a 00:55:34.597 --> 00:55:38.707 story. Who could forget the story of Jacob and Esau? 00:55:38.707 --> 00:55:42.478 This is a symbolic story. The fact that the very 00:55:42.478 --> 00:55:45.684 end of the story, we find Jacob returning to his home after 00:55:45.684 --> 00:55:52.083 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 00:55:52.083 --> 00:55:55.658 returning home and he hears that his brother is coming after him to destroy him 00:55:55.658 --> 00:55:59.161 And Jacob goes 00:55:59.161 --> 00:56:03.283 through what is known as the Time of Jacob's trouble. 00:56:03.283 --> 00:56:07.040 He's in anxiety because he's afraid that his brother 00:56:07.040 --> 00:56:13.793 is going to destroy him. Do you know that the Bible says that shortly before the coming of Jesus, 00:56:13.793 --> 00:56:18.417 God's people will go through a period that is known as the 00:56:18.417 --> 00:56:22.553 Time of Jacob's trouble? They will have a similar experience to the experience that Jacob had? 00:56:22.553 --> 00:56:27.538 It's mentioned for example in Daniel chapter 12:1 00:56:27.538 --> 00:56:34.157 where it says that at that time Michael shall stand up --that Great Prince that stands watch over your people 00:56:34.157 --> 00:56:37.485 and there will be a time of trouble such as never was since 00:56:37.485 --> 00:56:41.495 there was a nation. See that's the time of Jacob's trouble. But 00:56:41.495 --> 00:56:45.005 at that time, God's people will be delivered. Everyone who 00:56:45.005 --> 00:56:48.501 is written in the book. The story of Joseph 00:56:48.501 --> 00:56:52.502 is a symbolic story. Jacob is sold by his brothers for 00:56:52.502 --> 00:56:55.300 few pieces of silver. Jesus was sold by his own brothers. 00:56:55.300 --> 00:57:02.188 by 30 pieces of silver. If you want to understand the 144,000 of Revelation chapter 7 00:57:02.188 --> 00:57:07.303 once again, you have to go back to the book of Genesis. 00:57:07.303 --> 00:57:11.411 Genesis 49. There Jacob before his death gives a 00:57:11.411 --> 00:57:14.960 description of the character of each one of his sons. 00:57:14.960 --> 00:57:20.627 And they form the foundation for us understanding the characers--the twelve personality profiles 00:57:20.627 --> 00:57:24.380 that will exist at the end of time. 00:57:24.380 --> 00:57:28.140 The book of Genesis is a prophetic book. 00:57:28.140 --> 00:57:31.466 It has a much deeper dimension than 00:57:31.466 --> 00:57:34.835 mere history and we're going to try and decipher all of those things 00:57:34.835 --> 00:57:38.271 in this seminar. I believe it's going to be a 00:57:38.271 --> 00:57:51.289 wonderful experience.