... And He Died

Psalm of the day: Psalm 93

Psalm 93 ESV

The Lord reigns; he is robed in majesty; the Lord is robed; he has put on strength as his belt. Yes, the world is established; it shall never be moved. Your throne is established from of old; you are from everlasting. The floods have lifted up, O Lord, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their roaring. Mightier than the thunders of many waters, mightier than the waves of the sea, the Lord on high is mighty! Your decrees are very trustworthy; holiness befits your house, O Lord, forevermore.

Scripture Memorization: Genesis 50:19-20

Genesis 50:19–20 ESV

But Joseph said to them, “Do not fear, for am I in the place of God? As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today.

Scripture Reading: Luke 3:23-38

Luke 3:23–38 ESV

Jesus, when he began his ministry, was about thirty years of age, being the son (as was supposed) of Joseph, the son of Heli, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph, the son of Mattathias, the son of Amos, the son of Nahum, the son of Esli, the son of Naggai, the son of Maath, the son of Mattathias, the son of Semein, the son of Josech, the son of Joda, the son of Joanan, the son of Rhesa, the son of Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, the son of Neri, the son of Melchi, the son of Addi, the son of Cosam, the son of Elmadam, the son of Er, the son of Joshua, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Simeon, the son of Judah, the son of Joseph, the son of Jonam, the son of Eliakim, the son of Melea, the son of Menna, the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan, the son of David, the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Sala, the son of Nahshon, the son of Amminadab, the son of Admin, the son of Arni, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah, the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor, the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber, the son of Shelah, the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech, the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalaleel, the son of Cainan, the son of Enos, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.

Sermon:

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Well once again, and as always, good morning church. I was glad when they said to me let us go. And worship in the house of the Lord. Well, this morning, we continue our journey through the Book of Genesis, our 11th sermon in this series, and we will be looking at Genesis, chapter 5.

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For those of you that have read ahead or peeked ahead, just a little bit Genesis, chapter 5. Is the first of a few. Genealogies that we have in the Book of Genesis. We just read one. From Luke earlier this morning, the Bible’s full of genealogies. But what’s the purpose?

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What’s the point of genealogies? Well, there’s a lot. There’s a lot to get into. We will this morning, but I want to start by going to the New Testament just very quickly for you. Second, Timothy Paul is writing to a young Pastor named Timothy. In the pastor, he loved and cared for.

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And he’s encouraging Timothy to teach his people. The word of God? And so this is what Paul writes to Timothy famously, second Timothy 3, 16. All scripture. Is breathed out by God and is profitable. For teaching for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness that the man of God may be complete equipped for.

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Good work. So, if we’re going to take Paul seriously, and he says all scripture is Genesis 5, part of all scripture, it is. So is a genealogy in Genesis chapter 5. Profitable for teaching, I hope so. I hope to teach it to you today. Is it profitable for reproof for telling you in your life?

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What you need to do to change to be more holy, I believe it is? Is it useful? Is a genealogy in Genesis, chapter 5, useful for correction? Can you look at your life and say, this is where I have sinned and wrongness, and I need to improve. I think it is.

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For training in righteousness. Can we go to Genesis chapter 5 to a genealogy? And can you be trained in how to more rightly live for God, I believe so? Ken, knowing Genesis chapter 5 and the details of this genealogy. Help you to be more complete and equipped for every good work.

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I truly believe so. And so my goal today? Is for us all to look at Genesis chapter 5. So that you may see the beauty and glory of God, his plan, his working, and ultimately. His hope for salvation for all of us. Truly! My goal today is to teach you in many ways how you can approach, not just this genealogy, but but all of them, because just fair warning.

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We have a few of them in Genesis. This isn’t the last time that we will be going through a genealogy list in the Book of Genesis. And so my goal is to give you the road map of how to approach them. With some lessons in particular to this one.

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So that we can all see and hear from God because all scripture is breathed out by God and useful for teaching for a proof. And for correction and for training in righteousness. So, we’re going to approach this a little differently. We will read the whole, the whole genealogy all at once, but I want to give us some, some lead up into that.

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So before we get started this morning, let’s open with a word of prayer. Dealery. Thank you for your word given to us that we might know you. That we might hear from you that you would work in our lives. Even as we see you working throughout, many generations help us to know you are the God who saves and delivers even.

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Now you convict our hearts, draw us unto yourself, show us who you are and what you have done. It’s in Jesus name that we pray. Amen. And amen. So, my goal again today as you’re reading a genealogy? How do you read that because? Here’s how, like, let’s just be honest.

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Here’s how most of us read a genealogy. Genesis 5, 1. This is the book of the generations of Adam, and then our eyes roll over. And we’re still technically reading, but we don’t remember anything. And then we get to six one when it began to multiply on the face of the land and daughters were born to them.

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The sons of God saw that the daughters of man were attractive and then. Our brain reengages. Most of us. When we approach a genealogy, just sort of glaze over it, we don’t think about much. Maybe there’s one or two little things that pop out a little bit, but we don’t spend the time that these genealogies.

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Deserve, and so my goal is to help you engage your mind just a little bit. So that? When you come to this or other genealogies, you are more ready to hear from God’s work. That’s my goal today. Yes, a very lofty goal, but I think we can do it together.

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And so the first thing that you should look for in any genealogy is what I would call the form. What is the structure of the genealogy. As you read through it, there’s usually a pattern of form that the information is given to you in a in a standard sort of way, right?

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Some forms are extraordinarily easy. I read one for us earlier this service. Luke, chapter 3.

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John or Luke gives us Jesus’s genealogy. It starts just to read it a little bit again. Jesus, when he began his ministry, was about 30 years of age being ready. The son, as was supposed of Joseph, the son of helock, the son of that the son, we’ll pause here.

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We read it all once already. The form of the genealogy in Luke chapter 3 is the son of bl. The son of blank, the son of blank. The information is given to us. In a way that goes. It’s the son of and then someone. You go to Genesis 5.

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If you go to verse 6, we’re going to skip a little bit. We’re gonna go to verse six. This is how it reads when Seth had lived 105 years, he fathered enosh. Seth lived after he fathered enosh 100 807 years and had other Sons and Daughters. Thus, all the days of Seth were 912 years.

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And he died. Okay. In Luke 3, the form was the son of blank, the son of blank. This is a slightly more technical and by sliding me much, much more technical form, but I know we can all do it. So, if we look at chapter six verse 6? Here’s the form.

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This is the pattern that will appear throughout this whole genealogy. Someone had lived. Some amount of years. He fathered. Someone else. That’s the first part. So before we had the son of blind the son of blank, the sun are blind. Here we have when someone had lived some amount of years, he fathered someone.

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So, in verse six, when Seth had lived 105 years, he fathered. Enosh. That’s the first part, but then there’s a second part to this genealogy. Seth. Right, that’s their verse six, but in general, someone. Lived after he fathered this son. Some amount of years. And had other Sons and Daughters.

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Thus, all the days of Seth of someone were some amount of years. And he died. This is the form that we will see throughout this genealogy. So, when I get to the point, which will be soon where we read through this, I want this picture to stick in your mind.

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Okay, when someone had lived some amount a year. So, so we’re talking about a person who is alive and and then has a child. And then he’s going to after he has a child lives some more amount of years. And in this genealogy, what’s fascinating is, these are long numbers.

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He had this son that is sort of in the line and also other Sons and Daughters. And then we’re gonna add the amount of time he lived before his son. Plus the amount of time he lived after this son. And that’s all the days of the life of this person will be that number together.

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And he died. And as we read, we’ll see this form coming over and over. And over again. But why is the form important? Well, one it lets you know what you’re in store, for it gives you a road map to see and understand all of this stuff. But knowing the form then can help you find.

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The purpose? The form often will dictate the purpose. We go back to Luke chapter three, right? I probably should have told you just put your finger in that we might be flipping back and forth because Luke chapter 3 is a very simple. Form. But it helps us see these sorts of things.

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Jesus, we began. His ministry was about 30 years of age, being the son as was supposed of Joseph, the son of Eli, the son, the son of. So, what’s the purpose? Of the genealogy of Jesus in Luke chapter 3. Is to tell us who Jesus is the son of?

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This is why it’s important how that genealogy ends. Verse 38 of Luke, chapter 3, the son of Enoz, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of. God. The goal that Luke has the purpose in writing this genealogy is to show sort of twofold that Jesus is the promised son of.

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David. That’s there in the middle. But ultimately, that Jesus is the son of. It’s to tell us who Jesus is. That’s a point of Luke. Okay, well, what is the form? Of Genesis 5. Tell us well, let’s go back to the form. There’s two thoughts here that I that I believe this genealogy is trying to show us.

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And there’s there’s levels of importance. The first is this line here that appears in all of these and had other Sons and Daughters. One of the purposes in writing this genealogy is to show that this here, which is the line of Seth. Is faithful? To do what God commanded.

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When God said, be fruitful and multiply and fill the Earth. Wait, that was all the way back in Genesis 1. The line of Seth is fulfilling this call. They’re living, they’re having sons, and they’re having many sons, other Sons and Daughters, and Mankind is now growing and flourishing over the face of the Earth, part of the purpose of this genealogy.

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The form tell us is, tells us, is to show that mankind is being fruitful, and it’s multiplying. The Earth is being full through these men, having sons and these sons having sons and daughters, and all of these. Things going on the Earth is being full. That’s the first part.

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The second part. I pulled off by itself here in our listing of the form. Is to show that death will rule. The the people that we will read about will live enormously long lives. 900 years plus for the vast majority of them. The longest person to ever recordedly live 969 years of life on this Earth.

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That’s a long time.

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But they die. And they die, and they die, and they die. And they die. And so the form helps us to see the purpose, which is mankind is growing and flourishing. And yet, death still rules. When God said, if you eat of this, you will surely die. He wasn’t lying.

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Because mankind will be born in. To the image. Into a life. Of death. So, that’s the groundwork. We’re going to look for the form I’ve given it to you. The form dictates our purpose. With that in mind, now let’s read. Genesis, chapter 5. It said we’d read it all together.

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Here we go. Genesis chapter 5, starting in verse 1. This is the book of the generations of Adam. When God created man, he made him in the likeness of God, male and female. He created them, and he blessed them and named them man when they were created. When Adam had lived 130 years, right?

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Okay, here’s the form. When Adam had lived 130 years, he fathered a son in his own likeness after His Image and named him Seth. The days of Adam after he fathered Seth were 800 years, and he had other Sons and Daughters. Thus, all the days that Adam lived were 930 years, and he died.

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When Seth had lived 105 years, he fathered enosh. Seth lived after he fathered enosh 807 years and had other Sons and Daughters. Thus, all the days of Seth were 912 years. And he died. When Enosh had lived 90 years, he fathered Kennen. Enosh lived after he fathered Canon 815 years and had other Sons and Daughters.

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Thus, all the days of Enosh were 905 years. And he died. When Kennen had lived 70 years, he fathered mahal. Kennen lived after he fathered mahal for 840 years and had other Sons and Daughters. Thus, the days of Kennen were 910 years. And he died. When mahalal lived 65 years, he fathered Jared.

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Mahalal lived after he fathered Jared 830 years and had other Sons and Daughters. Thus, all the days of mahalo were 895 years. And he died. When Jared had lived 162 years, he fathered Enoch. Jared lived after he fathered Enoch 800 years and had other Sons and Daughters. Thus, all the days of Jared were 962 years.

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And he died. When Enoch had lived 65 years, he fathered Methuselah. Enoch walked with God after he fathered Methuselah 300 years and had other Sons and Daughters. Thus, all the days of Enoch were 365 years. Enoch walked with God, and he was not for God took him. When Methuselah had lived 187 years, he fathered lomic.

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Methuselah lived after he fathered lomic 782 years and had other Sons and Daughters. Thus, all the days of Methuselah were 969 years. And he died. When lomic had lived 182 years, he fathered a son. And he called his name, Noah saying, out of the ground that the Lord has cursed.

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This one shall bring us relief from our work and from the painful toil of our hands. Lomic lived after he fathered Noah a 595 years and had other sons and daughters. Thus, all the days of lamic were 777 years, and he died. After Noah was 500 years old, Noah fathered Shem.

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And jpeg. These are the words of the Lord for us this morning. A genealogy. Filled with names. Some stories. Some thoughts. I hope as we read that you saw the form. That’s why we covered the form. First, you begin to hear the the heartbeat and see the purpose these men are living.

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They’re filling the Earth and then they’re dying. And then once you have that and you see what’s going on and you’re understanding this passage, then you get to have some fun. And look to the exceptions. And here is where the the joy I truly the fun, the interest, and a lot of the life and goodness comes in seeing these exceptions.

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Luke, chapter 3. There’s really only we’ll call it one and a half exceptions in Luke chapter three. What was the form of Luke? He was the son of the son of the son of. The only exception in that pattern in Luke chapter 3 comes at the very beginning. Jesus when he began his ministry was about 30 years of age, being the.

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As was supposed. Of Joseph. The exception is sort of Jesus into Joseph. It shows his adoption. It shows his version birth. It teaches us a lot about Jesus, that exception, as was supposed of Joseph. It’s actually very important. Well, what are the exceptions? In our Genesis 5 genealogy, there’s a few.

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The first comes at the very beginning. In in in Genesis chapter 5, verse 3. If we come back here. When Adam had lived 130 years? If we just followed the form here, it would be he fathered Seth. But note verse 3 when Adam lived 130 years, he fathered a son in his own likeness after his image.

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And named him Seth. The first exception here is when Adam has a son. The son is in Adam’s image. Which is the same language that man was created in God’s image, and I believe there’s two things going on. Why is this important that Seth is in Adam’s image? Well, one Seth has inherent weight and value as a human being because he, like, his father, is in God’s image.

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If Adam is in God’s image, and Seth is in Adam’s image. Then Seth is ultimately created in God’s image. And all creatures are created. The fancy phrase in the Imago day, the the image of God. And we know this because this genealogy teaches it. If this little line right, it feels like a throwaway.

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Adam Seth was in Adam’s image. If this was a this just wasn’t there. There’s a chance we begin to think well. Well, Adam was in God’s image, but but are we in God’s image? Are we just a copy of a copy of a copy slowly, slowly getting more and more further away?

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Every person. Ever alive? At every stage of their life. Is created in the image of God. That’s the first thought here. That’s important, but there’s the second one. That Seth is in Adam’s image is a positive. That means we’re in God’s image, but it’s also a negative. Because here we get the idea of.

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The imputed sin of Adam. Because Seth is an Adam’s image just because, just like Adam was guilty of his sin. So, to his descendants will also be guilty. And so it’s not all fun and games. This explains why death will begin to rule because they are made in Adam’s image.

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And since Adam was now a creature that was condemned to death, so to his descendants will face that same problem. So, the first exception teaches us our value, but also our problem in the exception of Adam. And then we continue on, and the pattern holds very true. It’s it’s very rote.

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Until we get to verse 21. And we get to Enoch. And Enoch is the most wonderful exception to this whole genealogy. And I’m not going to talk about it here as much because we’ll talk about it on in Grace group this week. But the the message I want you to hear today as you go home and think through 21, 22, 23 and 24, the the verses.

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Speaking of Enoch. Note this language has changed the the form is when someone had lived some amount of years. He fathered someone. And then he lived after he fathered this person. Enoch doesn’t just live. Genesis 5, 22 Enoch walked with God. After he fathered Methuselah 300 years. Enoch does not just live.

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He walks with God. There is a difference. And the difference in how his life is approached, not just living, but walking with God means a difference in how he leaves this Earth. Enoch is the only person in all of Genesis, the only person all of scripture until we get to Elijah.

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That does not taste death. Enoch walked with God verse 24. So everyone else gets, and he died. And he died, and he died. Enoch gets this. Enoch walked with God, and he was not. For, God took him. Something important there. This exception teaches us how to live. And that those who live God will bless and keep.

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The next exception. Verse 28. Lavac. When llama kid lived 182 years, he fathered a son and called his name. Noah saying, out of the ground, the Lord has cursed, this one shall bring us relief from our work and from the painful toil of our hands. There’s something different about Noah.

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Noah is named. In a way different than anyone else llama here. There’s another important thought here. We looked at llamic last week. Lomic last week was a descendant of Cain in Kane’s sort of pseudo-genealogy here, and Kane spoke. And when Cain spoke, it was arrogance and hubris. I have multiple wives because I do what I want.

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I’m better than God. I kill people that waslamic and Cain’s line. Lama can in Seth’s line.

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Prophesize. Acknowledges what God has done. And speaks hope into the life of his son. Out of the ground that the Lord has cursed. This one shall bring us relief. From the work of our hands. And he named him. Noah. Noaa means it. It sounds like the word for rest.

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And so, llama speaks to his son and said, this son shall, in some way, shape or form, bring us rest. The ground has been cursed. These all of these men have lived under this curse where there’s pain and toil and Lily looks to his son and says this son.

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Will be different. And Solomic prophesies over his son, letting us know that the one who’s to come Noah? He’s going to be important. So, the exception of lawmic lets us know, like, okay, something’s going on. There’s going to be something about this guy, Noah. No one else got to, you know?

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Why was Jared named Jared? I don’t know. Why was mahalal named that I don’t know?

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Why was Noah named Noah because his father said out of the ground that the Lord has cursed? This one shall bring us relief from our work and from the painful toil of our hands. That’s why. And the final exception comes in the very last verse verse 32, Noah.

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Has three sons.

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First of all, that’s important. Everyone else had one name son, and then many other Sons and Daughters. Noaa has three sons, ham, Shem, ham, and Jacob. That’s interesting.

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And we don’t have the rest. We don’t have any of this someone lived after he fathered some amount of years and other Sons and Daughters. We don’t have it here.

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Genesis.

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Chapter 9. Verse 28.

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After the flood. Noaa lived 350 years. Thus, all the days of Noah were 950 years. And he died.

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Genesis 6, 7. Eight and nine. Are all part of this genealogy, which ends ultimately? With the concluding thoughts of Noah. In 929. And so, like Enoch gets, he lived with God, or he walked with God rather. He gets a little expansion Noah because he’s different with his three sons shown by the prophecy of his name shown by his entry here in this genealogy. Be different, Noah’s going to become very important. In the story of God. And to preview what’s to come for the next few weeks when we all think of Noah and his Ark? We think of like pictures painted in little children’s nurseries of a cute little boat with cute little animals in it.

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That’s not how this story is going to go down. Is a vital, important story filled with God’s grace and goodness. God’s Wrath and God’s judgment? All here in the life of Noah, showing how mankind filled the Earth. And you know what they’re going to do a bad job of it? And so death is going to continue to ring. When you read a genealogy, look for its form its purpose, then allow the exceptions to speak to your heart and then. The final and most important step. Then you look for the sink. And there are countless ways that we can get to our savior here. And if you truly excuse me if you truly want scripture to be useful for teaching reproof and correction and training and righteousness. You have to get to this last step and look for the Savior.

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In our Luke 3, again, that’s an easy one. It’s a genealogy of Jesus. Its entire purpose is to show you your savior. Let me help you out. The genealogy in Genesis chapter 5 is an easy one, its entire purpose. Ultimately, it’s higher level purpose is to show you your savior.

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Luke, chapter 3. Gives us. The full genealogy.

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Jesus. Luke chapter 3, verse 36.

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Son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of lomic, the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of mahalo Leo, the son of Canaan, the son of Enos, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God. In Genesis 5. We have the beginning. Of the line that will lead to our savior. That’s the first way we can look to our savior.

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When Adam fathered his son? Seth, he was in his own image, the image of death, and just like death has entered the world through one man, so life has entered the world through one man, Jesus Christ. Look for your savior. Enoch walked with God and was no more. God saved him from death because of God’s grace. Jesus empowers us to walk with God. We will be saved and delivered. First, Thessalonians teaches us this scripture. All of scripture teaches us this that those who trust in God look to Jesus as their savior. Death may come. Death will not have Victory. We will raise in glorious power because Jesus is the firstborn of the dead look to your savior.

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Lamik looked to his son, Noah, and said this one shall bring us relief from our work and toil, and he was wrong. Jesus came, and he does bring us relief from work in toil, he said. Come to me, you who are weary, and I will give you rest. Jesus fulfills this prophecy Islamic.

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Jesus is through every inch. Of this genealogy. Look to your savior. This is how we find Hope and teaching and reproof and correction, even in genealogies like this. They point us to Jesus. Our glorious Lord and Savior. Let’s pray.