The
American
Wisdom Series
#2231
Cain
and Adam, different genealogies!
We learned in the first two verses of this fourth chapter
of Genesis that Eve had twins.
The word "again" in verse two, means she "continued" in
labor
and gave birth to Cain's brother, Abel.
We also learned that these two fraternal twins had separate
fathers:
Cain was of his father, that wicked one, and Abel was
Adam's son.
Then, for religious reasons, Cain murdered his brother
Abel.
History documents that "Religion"
is, and ever has been the greatest cause of blood-shedding.
Our Father then ousted this murderer
and Cain wandered into the land
of Nod and took a wife from among the people who already inhabited the
region.
Where did they come from?
They were created on the sixth day,
2,000 years (2 days)
before 'eth ha adam,
the man Adam and his wife Eve,
who were formed on the eighth day.
The
Bible then devotes nearly two full chapters, in this Book of the Beginning,
to
the specific genealogies of both Cain and Adam.
Different
genealogies because Adam was not Cain's father!
This,
you would think, should be enough to make the point that they are two totally
different genealogies, those of the "tares",
the children of Satan, and those of the "wheat",
the children of God (Mat
13,
Parable of the Tares).
(Jesus
Christ told His disciples (which means you
if you are one)
that
unless they understood the Parable of the Sower
they
would not be able to understand any of His parables.)
"The Parable of the Sower" and "The Parable of the Tares" combined
into one pamphlet.
Click
this link to open Pamphlet #7000&7007
Either
you have eyes to see and understand or you don't, but
remember,
it
is the Word of God.
And so we continue in Genesis 4 with the posterity of
Cain.
Genesis
4:23
And Lamech said
unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken
unto my speech: for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man
to my hurt.
Lamech was another in the long line of murderers
from Cain, and he was boastful and proud of it.
[24]
If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.
There will be another Lamech mentioned in the last
few verses of chapter five in Adam's genealogy.
(coincidence?).
no, Satan planned it that way!
The examination of their fathers
will document that they are two different individuals.
This
process of examination is called "rightly dividing" the Word of God.
And now 130 years from Adam's beginning:
Genesis
4:25 And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name
Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel,
whom Cain slew.
Seth means substituted.
God has raised up another "seed" to take the place of
Abel in the genealogy
that would bring forth Jesus Christ, the Messiah.
[26]
And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos:
then began men to call upon the name of the LORD.
Enos means frail, incurable.
Look up the word "call" in Strong's concordance.
It will help in understanding that the statement "men
began to call upon the name of the LORD"
refers to the beginning of the "profanation" of the name
of the LORD,
and not to divine worship.
Idolatry now begins to "infest" the earth which will be
the reason
that Enoch is raised up, to prophesy against it.
This verse would be better read, "men began to call upon
(their gods)
by the name of the LORD", i.e. they began to call their
idols "God".
Genesis
5:1-32
This is the
BOOK OF THE GENERATIONS OF ADAM. In the day that God created man, in the
likeness of God made he him;
Do
you believe the Bible is the Word of God?
Do
you suppose our Father needed to fill some space in His Word and add some
more volume to it?
It
makes you wonder sometimes when people ask why we have the Book of Chronicles
and
why we have these "boring", as they call it, genealogies listed in the
Bible.
It
is extremely important that we pay close attention to these genealogies.
They
are here for a reason, otherwise God would not have had them included.
We have already seen in chapter four that Cain,
begotten of his father the Devil (John 8:44),
has his own genealogy, completely separate from Adam's,
for he was not of Adam.
But it would be through Adam and Eve that the Messiah
was to come.
Therefore God's Word is very careful in documenting that
it did indeed happen, exactly as it is was ordained.
Also,
when we examine closely the genealogies in Matthew (Joseph's genealogy)
and
Luke (Mary's genealogy) in context with the events of His birth (particularly
Elizabeth's cousinship to Mary),
we
find that Christ was half of Judah (the kingship line)
and
half of Levi (the priest line)
and
so He fulfilled, right down to His bloodlines,
the
position of King of Kings and Lord of Lords.
God's Word is perfect.
[2]
Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name
Adam, in the day when they were created.
[3] And Adam
lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness,
after his image; and called his name Seth:
[4] And the days
of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat
sons and daughters:
[5] And all the
days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.
God told Adam in Gen 2:17, ".. for in the day that
thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die".
As we learned in a previous study, Adam lived 930 years,
which is 70 years short of one of God's days (2 Pet 3).
[6]
And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos: [7] And Seth
lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons
and daughters: [8] And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve
years: and he died. [9] And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan:
[10] And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years,
and begat sons and daughters: [11] And all the days of Enos were nine hundred
and five years: and he died.
[12] And Cainan
lived seventy years, and begat Mahalaleel: [13] And Cainan lived after
he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters:
[14] And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: and he
died. [15] And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared:
[16] And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty
years, and begat sons and daughters: [17] And all the days of Mahalaleel
were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died. [18] And Jared lived
an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch: [19] And Jared lived
after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:
[20] And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and
he died. [21] And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah:
[22] And Enoch
walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat
sons and daughters:
Methuselah = when he is dead it (the Deluge) shall
be sent.
With all of the idolatry now taking place on the earth,
we come to this one, Enoch,
whose name means teaching, or initiation,
who
walked with God.
[23]
And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years:
Much has been written about this very special man
of God who lived 365 years,
the number which corresponds to the number of days
in a year.
Some even suppose he was the master builder of the great
pyramid of Giza.
[24]
And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.
There were two men in the Bible, Enoch and Elijah,
who did not see death, but instead were translated, i.e.
transported to heaven.
Elijah
was taken up in a "whirlwind", a highly polished, bronze looking, circular
vehicle.
The
same vehicles are described by Ezekiel in chapter one (see
#8001) of the book titled
after his name.
2 Kings
2:11
And it came
to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared
a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and
Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.
There
is no reason not to believe that Enoch was "taken" in the same manner.
(Of
course the traditions of men show Elijah being sucked up by a tornado,
kind
of ike Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz. Both are fairy tales.)
Hebrews
11:5
By faith Enoch
was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because
God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony,
that he pleased God.
Our Father was obviously very pleased with the work
of this man Enoch.
Have you ever read about the Phoenix bird?
Do you know the derivation of the word Phoenix?
Do you know who the Phoenicians were?
Their father was "Pa-hanok", father Enoch.
For those interested in learning more, the book "Tracing
Our Ancestors", by Fredrick Haberman,
will give you some fascinating insight into the history
of man.
[25]
And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech:
[26] And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and
two years, and begat sons and daughters: [27] And all the days of Methuselah
were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.
Methuselah holds the honor as the oldest man recorded
in the Bible.
Perhaps Lamech was first to use the phrase "my old man".
[28]
And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son:
Lamech means powerful.
Remember, never let anyone tell you this is the same Lamech
as in Genesis 4:18.
You can rightly divide.
[29]
And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning
our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath
cursed.
The promise of One to come, a "comforter" if you
will,
had been given back in Gen. 3:15.
Perhaps Lamech thought this one, Noah, would be Him.
In any event, Noah means rest,
comfort, or consolation,
which he would provide concerning their works ("work"
should be translated "works" in verse 29).
And so it is that they will "rest" a long time after the
flood.
[30]
And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years,
and begat sons and daughters: [31] And all the days of Lamech were seven
hundred seventy and seven years: and he died.
[32] And Noah
was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
The
chronology has now been brought up to Noah and his sons, Shem, Ham, and
Japheth.
To
this point we have seen two major attempts by Satan and his offspring
to
thwart the plan of God and destroy the "woman" and her "seed".
In the next study we will see another massive attempt
to prevent the Messiah from ever being born of woman.
It is a story not taught in the
majority of Christian churches,
and yet it can be documented with
just a "little bit" of "rightly dividing" the Word.
This attempt was so evil and so against God's plan and
His commands,
that it caused the Great Deluge, the Flood of Noah.
How exciting the Word of our Father!
To
study the 1st. 11 chapters of Genesis word for word: (live
link to) All
11 chapters in one complete study
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to understand it, the highest of all goals.
We pray that with the guidance of the Holy
Spirit, you accomplish both.
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