Welcome to

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Welcome to

• BIBLE 2202 / 2302
• THE PENTATEUCH
• Lecture TWO.
• NO PLATE LUNCHES IN CLASS
• DRINK, SMALL TIDBIT o.k.

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COURSE REQUIREMENTS
1. Persistent attendance, attentiveness,
participation. 2. Excess of one unexcused absence
will lower final grade by two points per absence.
A student with no unexcused absences will
elevate his final grade by 5 points. University
policy requires that an accumulation of more than
25 absences, (7) excused or unexcused, will
receive a failing grade. 3. TWO TARDIES ONE
ABSENCE
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COURSE REQUIREMENTS, contd.

• 3. TWO EXAMS EXAM 1 TUES., MAY 29TH
• EXAM 2, FINAL, JUNE 15TH
• FOR 2203 2303 STUDENTS
• Answers To SET 1 OF specified questions (IN
  SYLLABUS) due MAY 30TH AT CLASS TIME, Set 2 IS
  due June 13th.

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ADDITIONAL ASSIGNMENT FOR 2303 STUDENTS

• 2303 STUDENTS WILL WRITE A TYPED 5-6 PAGE PAPER,
  COLLEGIATE QUALITY, ON AN INTRODUCTION TO THE
  BOOKS OF THE PENTATEUCH. (THIS IS NOT A BOOK
  REPORT)
• Suggest use of Gleason Archers, or Edward J.
  Young, etc. Introduction to the Old Testament as
  research books. Cover such areas as author,
  date, audience, theme, style, etc. Paper due
  June 14th.

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ESSENTIALS

• Keep a notebook of clear, orderly, legible notes
  of the lectures to help prepare you for the
  examinations. It can be used to verify your
  attendance.
• ANSWER THE SPECIFIED QUESTIONS ON THE ASSIGNMENT
  SHEET

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A Word to the WiseUse the Library
Obtain a good Bible dictionary such as Unger's,
Peloubets or Smiths and read carefully the
topics on Pentateuch, Moses, Jewish Festivals,
Jewish Sabbaths, Jewish Festivals, Sacrifices,
The Decalogue, Abraham and other Patriarchs.
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THINGS THAT WILL PRODUCE LOW OR FAILING GRADES

• 1. ABSENTEEISM HABITUAL TARDINESS ARE STRONG
  INDICATORS THAT ONE WILL RECEIVE LOW GRADES
• .
• 2. Unless previously excused, If you leave and do
  not return to class you will receive an unexcused
  absence.
• 3. NO SLEEPING OR HEAD ON DESK IN CLASS.
• IF YOU MUST SLEEP GO SOME PLACE ELSE. Sleeping in
  class is rude childish. You will be awakened
  if persisted in, you will be dismissed form class.

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HERE ARE A FEW BASIC RULES FOR THIS CLASS.

• 1. ALL UNIVERSITY RULES APPLY. READ THE STUDENT
  HANDBOOK.
• 2. MEN PLEASE REMOVE HEADWEAR IN THIS CLASS.
• THIS IS GOOD MANNERS IN THE SOUTH AND IN MY
  CLASS.
• 3. BRING YOUR BIBLE and TEXTBOOK TO CLASS AND USE
  THEM.
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Lecture 2
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For Your Notes
Pentateuch Means . . . Penta Five Teuch tools
Thus . . .Five implements to study and work with
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These Five Are . . .
1.
THE BEGINNINGSGENERATIONS ACOUNT OF
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EXODUS
2.
The Road Out
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3. LEVITICUS
PERTAINING TO THE PRIESTS AND PROPER FUNCTIONS OF
WORSHIP
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4. NUMBERS
THE WILDERNESS WANDERINGS OF ISRAEL
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5. Deuteronomy The Law Repeated
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ORIGINALLY, THE PENTATEUCH WAS ONE LARGE
SCROLL--- IT HAS ACQUIRED THREE NAMES
THE PENTATEUCH- five tools
THE TORAH learning, instruction
THE LAW OF MOSES
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ORIGINALLY THE MSS WERE IDENTIIFED BY WORDS FOUND
IN THE FIRST LINE
Numbers BEMIDBAR IN THE WILDERNESS OF
Exodus SHEMOT THE NAMES OF
Deuteronomy DEBARIM THE WORDS
Genesis BERESHITH IN THE BEGINNING
Leviticus WAYYIQRA AND CALLED
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IN 4TH CENT. B.C. TRANSLATORS OF THE Septuagint
(LXX -Ptolemy 285-246) GAVE it THESE NAMES

• Genesis origins or beginnings of Israel from
  24 Greek the geneseos of the heavens and the
  earth.
• Heb. toledoth generations
• Exodus Deliverance from Egyptian bondage. A
  continuation of the history of Genesis.
• Leviticus From Levi the priestly tribe.
  How worship was to be
  conducted.
• Numbers From the census taken. Jewish history
  in the wilderness
• Deuteronomy A repeat of the law before entering
  Canaan --with a few additions by Moses

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Who Wrote the Pentateuch?
1. David called it the law of Moses
2 Kgs. 146
2. Luke uses the same title 222
3. Jesus book of Moses Mk. 1226
4. Paul the book of the law. Gal. 310
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Moses May Not Have Written Deuteronomy 34

• 5. So Moses the servant of the Lord died there
  in the land of Moab, according to the word of the
  Lord.
• 6. And he buried him in a valley in the land of
  Moab, over against Bethpeor but no man knoweth
  of his sepulchre unto this day.

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Determining the Time of Writing

• The time for the composition is about 1445-1400
  B.C. This may be determined by 1 Kings 61

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I Kgs. 61. Key Verse to Help You Date the Exodus

• 1. And it came to pass in the four hundred and
  eightieth year after the children of Israel were
  come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year
  of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month Zif,
  which is the second month, that he began to build
  the house of the Lord.

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Merrill Ungers Bible Dictionary on the Date of
the Temple

• The fourth year of Solomons reign . . . Would
  be about 961 B.C. Since Solomon ruled for forty
  years (1142). The fourth year of his reign would
  be various computed by modern chronologists 958
  B.C. Albright, 967 B.C. Thiel, 962 B.C.
  Begrich.
• Taking the date of 961 B.C. which cannot
  be far from wrong, the date 1441 B.C. as the date
  of the Exodus is computed.

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• Taking the date of 961 B.C
• Since the Exodus 480
• Exodus 1441

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LIBERAL CRITICS DISPUTE MOSES AUTHORSHIP

• THE DOCUMENTARY HYPOTHESIS
• Composed of multiple mss. JEPD
• J ca. 850 B.C. E ca. 750 B.C.
• D ca. 621 B.C. P ca. 500-450 B.C
• ORIGIN OF THEORY
• Jean Astruc in 1553 A.D.
• Julias Wellhausen in 1877
• Centered around names and doublets

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EXAMPLES of DOUBLETS   Many people have been
puzzled and not a few troubled by the two
accounts of the creation of man as recorded in
chapters 1 and 2 of Genesis. Some believe they
are contradictory others that it is tradition
added from time to time until it came into its
present form. Some contend the story is a myth
others that it is the product of editors and
redactors who formulated Genesis and other Old
Testament books. However, despite these
explanations, it seems that the purpose can be
explained in a reasonable way while adhering to
the text as we shall presently see. Other claimed
doublets ( 1210-20 201-18 266-11)
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Jesus and Paul quoted from the Pentateuch as
Divine Authority
Jesus referred to Genesis 127 and Genesis 224
while replying to the Pharisees regarding
marriage and divorce (Matt. 19) Obviously, Jesus
did not count this as a myth or a tradition.
Paul referred to Adam as a real person (Rom.
514). He did the same in his letters to the
Corinthians and Timothy (I Cor. 1545 I Tim.
213). The first account in Genesis one is the
simple statement of Elohim saying He created man
in the divine image (Gen. 1 26).
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IS GENESIS HISTORY?

• SOME CRITICS SAY THE CONTENT OF THE SUPERNATURAL
  DISQUALIFIES IT.
• The Bible is unique Not intended to be a mere
  chronicle of events, i.e. a history for historys
  sake, or even a complete biography of a nation.
  The Pentateuch is a theological interpretation of
  selected records of the ancestors of Israel.
  Genesis explains the causes behind events are
  divine as well as human. It reveals itself as the
  word of God, or Biblical history.

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• THE NONSPIRITUAL MIND IS THE LEAST QUALIFIED TO
  INTERPRET SPIRITUAL REVELATION.

• I Cor. 214. But the natural man receiveth not
  the things of the Spirit of God for they are
  foolishness unto him neither can he know them,
  because they are spiritually discerned.

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The Purpose of Genesis

• Ch. 1 To introduce God as Elohim, the Creator of
  All
• Ch. 2 To introduce God as Jehovah, mans redeemer
  
• Ch. 3-11 Man is a creature of free choice to
  choose life with God or choose the way of death.
  To reveal mans desperate need of salvation.
• 4. Ch. 12-51 The process of selecting and
  nurturing a people through whom Gods promise of
  a Seed to save man will be accomplished.

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Genesis is a Prologue to the Pentateuch
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GENERAL GEOGRAPHICAL AREA OF THE PENTATEUCH
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CLOSER VIEW OF ISRAELS EXODUS AND WANDERINGS
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• 1. It explains the origin of man

2. It reveals the basic nature of man
4. It explains the origin of evil
6. It promises salvation for man
5. It explains the essential relationship of man
and God.
3. It reveals the law of Eternal life.
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Two Opposite Progressive Themes In Genesis

• 1. Gods orderly creation reaching its climax in
  Man
• 2. The introduction of, and the disintegrating
  work of sin.
• A. To demonstrate the great need for Gods
  intervention to provide the solution for
  extinction of the human race via moral corruption
• 1.. Thus the cleansing of the earth by flood.
• 2. Arrogance at Babel brought dispersion.

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Two Background Principles in Genesis The Basic
Blessing and Cursing-

• BLESSING Abundant Life on earth and Eternal
  Life to come is through obedience to the word of
  Life TREE OF LIFE
• CURSING to be separated from God, and hence the
  good life here and eternal life to come. TREE OF
  KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL

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Exodus

• 1. The "path out" exit, departure
• 2. Theme How Israel became the covenant
  nation.
• 3. Moses - Joshua chief characters
• 4. Chapter 1 approx. 400 years (Gen. 1513)
• 5. Chapters 2 1521 _at_ 80 years (Acts 723,
  30)
• 6. 1522-192 3 months (Exodus 191)
• 7. 193 4038 11 months (Num. 1011)
• PURPOSE To continues the history of the family
  of Israel and give the connecting link of their
  origin and the new covenant with God.

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Leviticus From Latin Vulgate and the LXX
Leviticus

• 1. "That which pertains to the Levites."
  Priestly duties of the law.
• 2. Theme To summon Israel to a life of
  holiness as a nation set apart for God
• Leviticus continues the development of the
  history of Israel and emphasis the proper
  approach to God through the priestly system

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Numbers from Latin vulgate Liber Numeri and LXX
Arithmoi

• Original name Heb. Bemidbar in the wilderness
  of
• 1. LXX "Arithmoi" to number
• 2. The census figures of Israel
• 3. Theme Israel under Gods training in the
  wilderness.
• God's people can move forward only in proportion
  to their trust in God.
• Numbers is a continuing history of Israel in the
  immediate post Egyptian era

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Deuteronomy Greek deutero nomos

• 1. "Second rendition of the law
• 2. A restatement of the law in Exodus, Leviticus
  and Numbers
• 3. A guide to the new theocracy to be
  established in the Holy Land.

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Two Realms of Existence
Before the beginning After the Beginning

• THE INVISIBLE
• THE SPIRITUAL
• THE ETERNAL

• THE VISIBLE
• THE PHYSICAL
• THE TEMPORA

2 CR. 418- For We look not at the things which
are not seen for the things which are seen are
temporal but the things which are not seen are
eternal.
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Before the beginning
Jn 1030. I and my Father are one. I Jn. 57.
For there are three that bear record in heaven,
the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost and
these three are one

• God
• The Word-Jesus
• The Holy Spirit

ANGELS SONS OF GOD -- JOB 387
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GENESIS 1 IN THE BEGINNING

• THE HEBREW TITLE
• BERESHITH IN THE BEGINNING
• ABSOLUTE ORIGIN OF-
• SEPTUAGINT GREEK TITLE
• GENESEOS- ORIGINS OR ORIGINS OF

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• BEGINNING IN 24, GENESIS DIVIDES ITSELF INTO TEN
  GENERATION LISTS CALLED
• TOLEDOTHS
• MEANING GENERATIONS, OFFSPRING, DESCENDANTS
  or WHAT BECAME OF.

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THE TEN LISTS OF GENERATIONS (TOLEDOTHS)

• 1. THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH 24-426
• 2. ADAM 51-68
• 3. NOAH 69-928
• 4. SONS OF NOAH 101-119
• 5. SHEM 1110-26
• 6. TERAH 1127-2511
• 7. ISHMAEL 2512-18
• 8. ISAAC 2519-35-29
• 9. ESAU 361-43
• 10. JACOB 372-5026-----JOSEPH

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CHARACTERISTICS OF TOLEDOTHS THEY BEGIN WITH
BLESSING AND THEN GRADUALLY NARROWUSUALLY THEY
END IN A CURSE
B L E S S
DETERIORATION ---------------------- CURSE

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EGYPTIAN BONDAGE
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• 1. HEAVENS/EARTH (24-426) Bless. Of Life
  ---Curse of murder
• 2. ADAM (51-68) blessing of life to curse of
  death
• 3. NOAH (69-929) Blessing of the Just man to
  the curse of Canaan
• 4. NOAHS SONS 101-119. Blessing of
  fruitfulness Babel dispersion
• 5. SHEM 1110-26 Blessing through Shem is
  narrowed to one family
• 6. TERAH (1127-25) Prepares the reader for the
  process of electionAbraham
• ISHMAEL (2512-18) Record what happened to
  Ishmael
• ISAAC (2519-3529) Divine election discounts law
  of primogeniture
• 9. Esau (361-8, 371) Significance of the
  Edomites
• 10. JACOB (372-5026 Ends in Egyptian slavery.
• EACH OF THESE CARRY A GLIMMER OF HOPE

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Genesis begins with God revealing Himself as
Elohim From EL Mighty One El-ohim makes it
plural---We shall soon see the significance of
the plural
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FROM THE BEGINNING VALUES ARE POLARIZED

• THE GOOD THE BAD
• THE TRUTH THE LIE
• THE RIGHT THE WRONG
• THE JUST THE UNJUST
• THE BLESSING THE CURSE
• LOVE HATE
• RELATIONSHIP SEPARATION
• LIFE DEATH
• ELOHIM / YAHWEH SATAN / DEMONS

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Elohim Made Man A Free Moral Agent with A Choice

• 19. I call heaven and earth to record this day
  against you, that I have set before you life and
  death, blessing and cursing therefore choose
  life, that both thou and thy seed may live
• 20. That thou mayest love the Lord thy God, and
  that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou
  mayest cleave unto him for he is thy life, and
  the length of thy days that thou mayest dwell in
  the land which the Lord sware unto thy fathers,
  to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.

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24. No man can serve two masters for either he
will hate the one, and love the other or else he
will hold to one, and despise the other.

• THE GOOD THE EVIL
• THE TRUTH THE LIE
• THE RIGHT THE WRONG
• THE JUST THE UNJUST
• THE BLESSING THE CURSE
• LOVE HATE
• RELATIONSHIP SEPARATION
• LIGHT DARKNESS
• LIFE DEATH
• ELOHIM / YAHWEH SATAN

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Elohim Made Man in His Own Image For
this------------------Not This

• THE GOOD THE BAD
• THE TRUTH THE LIE
• THE RIGHT THE WRONG
• THE JUST THE UNJUST
• THE BLESSING THE CURSE
• LOVE HATE
• RELATIONSHIP SEPARATION
• LIGHT DARKNESS
• LIFE ETERNAL ALL TEMPORARY BY DEATH
• ELOHIM / YAHWEH SATAN

Mans Choice is to glorify God or Himself
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Genesis Prologue 11 - 1132 FROM Creation
to Abraham

• 1. The sovereignty of God is revealed and
  stressed in (A) The genesis of creation
  
  
  (B) The genesis of various tribes
• (C) The genesis of Israel Seed of the Woman
• 2. Two divisions unfold in the prologue
• (A) An orderly creation in subjection to God,
  climaxing in God blessing those who walk with him
  in faith.
• (B) The total disintegrating work of sin,
  bringing 2 great judgments upon the earth,
• (1) The flood
  
  
  (2)
  The dispersion of tribes into nations ..
• (C) To institute a plan to redeem man from
  the effects of sin

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IN THE BEGINNING - GOD

• God is the Origin of all things
• God is Spirit (unseen)
• All things have their beginning in the unseen
  realm (Eph. 117. And he is before all things,
  and by him all things consist.
• Things still have their beginning in the realm of
  the unseen.

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THE INTELLIGENT, ORDERLY, VISIBLE ALWAYS COMES
FROM THE INVISIBLE

• THEREFORE THE WRITER OF HEBREWS SAYS IN 113

Through faith we understand that the worlds were
framed by the word of God, so that things which
are seen were not made of things which do
appear. THE BIG BANG..GOD COMMANDED IT AND BANG
IT WAS THERE
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SOME ASPECTS OF GOD

• GOD IS SPIRIT (dwells in the unseen realm)
• 12The spirit of God moved on the face of the
  waters. RSV
• 126 Man was made in the image of Elohim.
• Jn. 424 God is Spirit.
• SPIRIT IS UNLIMITED BY TIME OR SPACE
• Ps. 10224- Thou art the same, years have no
  end.
• Ps. 139 Gods Spirit is everywhere
• Man cannot be omnipresent phy. , but almost can
  mentally

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SOME ASPECTS OF GOD

• GOD IS TIMELESS
• Eccl. 311. He hath made every thing beautiful
  in his time also he hath set the world in their
  heart, so that no man can find out the work that
  God maketh from the beginning to the end.
• Man can think about time before he was born, and
  the time after deathbut thats all.
• Jesus identified Himself with the eternal I AM
  The bread, way, truth, life, door, shepherd,
  resurrection, vine., light., and climaxed it with
  before Abraham was, I AM. Jn. 858

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SOME ASPECTS OF GOD

• GOD IS ALL PERCEPTIVE
• Ps. 1392. Thou knowest my downsitting and mine
  uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.
  3. Thou compassest my path and my lying down,
  and art acquainted with all my ways. 4. For
  there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O
  Lord, thou knowest it altogether. 5. Thou hast
  beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand
  upon me. 6. Such knowledge is too wonderful for
  me it is high, I cannot attain unto it. 7.
  Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither
  shall I flee from thy presence? 8. If I ascend
  up into heaven, thou art there if I make my bed
  in hell, behold, thou art there. 12. Even the
  darkness hideth not from thee, But the night
  shineth as the day The darkness and the light
  are both alike to thee.
• 13. For thou didst form my inward parts Thou
  didst cover me in my mother's womb.

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SOME ASPECTS OF GOD

• GOD IS LOVE (1 John. 416)
• TOTAL SELFLESSNESS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF MAN
• HIS LOVE IS EXPRESSED IN GENEROUS MERCY (2 CHRON.
  513)
• GOD HAS BEEN DEMONSTRATING THIS SINCE THE
  BEGINNINGOUR STUDY IN THE PENTATEUCH IS THE
  VESTIBULE OF THAT DEMONSTRATION

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GOD IS OMNIPRESENT IN THE SPIRIT

• Knew of Hagar in the wilderness. Gen 16
• Knows every prayer (Phil. 46 Jms. 15)
• Knows every deed (Matt. 1042)
• The hairs on ones head and every sparrow that
  falls (Mt. 1031-32)
• Knows the thoughts and the intents of our heart
  (Heb. 412)
• WHEN WE REALIZE ALL THIS ABOUT GOD AS OMIPRESENT
  IN SPIRIT WE WILL INCREASINGLY BECOME AWARE OF
  HIS AWESOME POWER OVER MANS LIFE.

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THE ESSENCE OF YAHWEH OR JEHOVAH IN THE OLD
TESTAMENT Originally YHWH, the Tetragrammaton

• He is the God of promise. He is able to keep His
  promise regardless of any sinful Satanic
  consequences that happen to come along.

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Thoughts on the Eternalness of God and Man

• Why can a manufacturers guarantee be extended to
  longer periods over the years?
• What if he could produce a perfect product?
• Why is man living longer than a century ago?
• What prevents man from living forever?
• What if his imperfections were removed?
• Where can man learn about removing all his
  imperfections?

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B. IN THE BEGINNING ELOHIM CREATED THE HEAVENS
AND THE EARTH
THE EYE IS LIMITED TO ITS MAXIMUM RANGE THEREFORE
MAN CANNOT REDUCE GOD TO ITS LIMITS
At the end of the visible is the spiritual---
God 2 COR. 122 THE THIRD HEAVEN
After 1930 PLUTO
Before 1930??
After Hubble??
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God Begins to Reveal Himself in Genesis One

• He introduces Himself as . . .
• Elohim the mighty Ones
• El God
• Used exclusively til 24 - Depicts God as the
  mighty creating One
• Why the plural? the Bible is emphatic that
  there is only one God!

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There is One God who Reveals Himself in Plural
Roles

• Gen 11-2-4 God is the Creator of All things.

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God is Also the Redeemer and Savior of Man

• Gen. 24 324 is the account of the fall of
  man. The divine scheme of redemption begins. The
  Covenant Made
• God is is in the role of the Redeeming One for
  which he uses the name . .
• YAHWEH ELOHIM THE Lord God. This is first used
  in Gen. 24

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YAHWEH

• It is translated LORD. (Large cap, small caps)
• Extremely sacred, not to be pronounced
• It is translated Jehovah in the ASV
• It is translated eternal in Moffatts Trs.
• TO BE THE SELF EXISTING ONE
• I AM THAT I AM EX. 314. Isa. 4311
• ETERNAL IS NOT MERE LONGEVITY, BUT QUALITY
• QUALITY IS THE ESSENCE OF LONGEVITY
• Used in emphasis of the covenant aspect of the
  Godhead.

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God Reveals Himself as MASTER

• When in this role he uses the name of ADON
  MASTER (One who rules)
• Ps. 1101. The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou
  at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy
  footstool.

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ADONAI GEN. 152

• TRANS. IN KJV RSV AS Lord (Capital L with the
  rest in lower caseto be distinguished from
  lords, all lower case, which refers to men)
• Adonai means Rulers
• Those who walked by faith would be submissive to
  God as Ruler or Master

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In the beginning God

• Beginning former
• Before the material (seen), hence the spiritual
  (unseen) realm.
• God is a Spirit and they that worship him must
  worship in spirit and truth. John 424.
• 118. No man hath seen God at any time the only
  begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father,
  he hath declared him.

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In the second chapter, the emphasis changes In
24 the new name Jehovah (the covenant or promise
deity) appears and God is seen in the new
redemptive roll of man. In chapter one, He
revealed Himself as ELOHIM, the Creator who
created the heavens, the earth, all creatures and
man. So man, male and female, were told to be
fruitful and multiply in order that they and
their descendants might have dominion over all
the earth (Gen. 126-28). In 24 Jehovah Elohim
formed Eve as a helpmeet in the fulfillment of
the covenant. Paul explained to the Corinthians
that the woman was made from (out of-- as a
source) the man.
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JESUS was the SPIRITUAL WORD that Created All
things

• Colossians 115. Who is the image of the
  invisible God, the firstborn of every creature
• 16. For by him were all things created, that
  are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and
  invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions,
  or principalities, or powers all things were
  created by him, and for him
• 17. And he is before all things, and by him all
  things consist.
• NOW WE CAN UNDERSTAND BETTER WHY THE PLURAL
  ELOHIM APPEARS IN GENESIS ONE

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The word of Life and the Light of Men Jesus

• John 14. In him was life and the life was the
  light of men.
• 5. And the light shineth in darkness and the
  darkness comprehended it not.
• (COULD NOT ARREST IT)

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Light is the product of the spoken Word and life
is the product of that Light

• I John 11. That which was from the beginning,
  which we have heard, which we have seen with our
  eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands
  have handled, of the Word of life
• 2. (For the life was manifested, and we have
  seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that
  eternal life, which was with the Father, and was
  manifested unto us)

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Fellowship with God and each Believer depends
upon Receiving the declared word of light and
letting your light shine

• I John 133. That which we have seen and heard
  declare we unto you, that ye also may have
  fellowship with us and truly our fellowship is
  with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.
• Mt. 516. Let your light so shine before men,
  that they may see your good works, and glorify
  your Father which is in heaven.

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Light, life, and cleansing blood eternal life.
These all imply faith and obedience

• 1 JOHN 15. This then is the message which we
  have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God
  is light, and in him is no darkness at all. 6.
  If we say that we have fellowship with him, and
  walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth
• 7. But if we walk in the light, as he is in the
  light, we have fellowship one with another, and
  the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us
  from all sin.
• 8. If we say that we have no sin, we deceive
  ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9. If
  we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to
  forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all
  unrighteousness.

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OUR ATTITUDE TOWARD THE WORD WILL DETERMINE OUR
JUDGMENT.

• John 831. Then said Jesus to those Jews which
  believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then
  are ye my disciples indeed
• John 12 48. He that rejecteth me, and receiveth
  not my words, hath one that judgeth him the word
  that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in
  the last day.

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GEN. 11------IN THE BEGINNING

• THE INITIAL TIME
• FROM WHICH ALL THINGS IN MOSES RECORD WILL
  FOLLOW.
• GOD WAS THERE WHY IS GOD ETERNAL LIFE?
• WHEN WILL WE ENJOY ETERNAL LIFE?
• An INTERVAL IN THE DIVINE EXISTENCE WHEN ELOHIM
  BEGAN HIS ORDERLY WORK OF CREATING THE HEAVENS
  AND THE EARTH.

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Genesis 15 18 is a good example of use in KJV,
NKJV RSV

• 15 1. After these things the word of the LORD
  came unto Abram 2. And Abram said, Lord God,
  what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless,
  and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of
  Damascus?
• 4. And, behold, the word of the LORD came unto
  him,
• 8. And he said, Lord God, whereby shall I know
  that I shall inherit it?
• 1812. Therefore Sarah laughed within herself,
  saying, After I am waxed old shall I have
  pleasure, my lord being old also?
• 13. And the Lord said unto Abraham, Wherefore
  did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear
  a child, which am old?
• 14. Is any thing too hard for the Lord? At the
  time appointed I will return unto thee, according
  to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.

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ANOTHER NAME APPEARS IN GEN. 171

• El Shadday Shad dah eeAlmighty God - Unlimited
  power, omnipotent
• 171. And when Abram was ninety years old and
  nine, the Lord appeared to Abram, and said unto
  him, I am the Almighty God walk before me, and
  be thou perfect.

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THE SIX DAYS CREATION

• All creation is by the WORD of Elohim
• Verse 1-3.the Word created light When God began
  to speak, darkness was expelled by the light of
  His word
• Verse 20-23the Word created life
• Verses 26-31 the Word created human life VERY
  GOOD)

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TWO FAQS

• How old is the earth?
• Adam and Eve were created as adults which means
  God could have created all things in a mature
  state whereby all would be mere speculation to
  try to determine.
• How long were the days? Scripture seems to
  indicate that they were 24 hour days. But also in
  some places yom means a period of time
• (Gen. 51)

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Jesus is the word of light which is LIFE in the
world

• Jn. 14. In him was life and the life was the
  light of men
• The WORD that existed in spirit became the word
  in the flesh. Jesus became THE EMBODIED WORD OF
  GOD---HEBREWS 11
• Acts 1326. Men and brethren, children of the
  stock of Abraham, and whosoever among you feareth
  God, to you is the word of this salvation sent.
• JESUS MEANS SALVATION

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THE FIRST DAY - LIGHT
14. And God saw the light, that it was good
and God divided the light from the darkness. 5.
And God called the light Day, and the darkness he
called Night. And the evening and the morning
were the first day.
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THE SECOND DAY SPACE BETWEEN THE WATERS
6. And God said, Let there be a firmament
raqia, space in the midst of the waters, and
let it divide the waters from the waters. 7.
And God made the firmament, and divided the
waters which were under the firmament from the
waters which were above the firmament and it was
so. 8. And God called the firmament Heaven. And
the evening and the morning were the second day.
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THE THIRD DAY DRY LAND AND PLANT LIFE
9. And God said, Let the waters under the
Heaven be gathered together unto one place, and
let the dry land appear and it was so. 10. And
God called the dry land Earth and the gathering
together of the waters called he Seas and God
saw that it was good. 11. And God said, Let the
earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed,
and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind,
whose seed is in itself, upon the earth and it
was so. 12. And the earth brought forth grass,
and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the
tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself,
after his kind and God saw that it was good.
13. And the evening and the morning were the
third day.
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THE FOURTH DAY THE SUN, MOON AND STARS
14. And God said, Let there be lights in the
firmament of the heaven to divide the day from
the night and let them be for signs, and for
seasons, and for days, and years 15. And let
them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven
to give light upon the earth and it was so. 16.
And God made two great lights the greater light
to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the
night he made the stars also. 17. And God set
them in the firmament of the heaven to give light
upon the earth, 18. And to rule over the day
and over the night, and to divide the light from
the darkness and God saw that it was good. 19.
And the evening and the morning were the fourth
day.
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THE FIFTH DAY ANIMAL LIFE

• 20. And God said, Let the waters bring forth
  abundantly the moving creature that hath life,
  and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open
  firmament of heaven.
• 21. And God created great whales, and every
  living creature that moveth, which the waters
  brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and
  every winged fowl after his kind and God saw
  that it was good.
• 22. And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful,
  and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas,
  and let fowl multiply in the earth.
• 23. And the evening and the morning were the
  fifth day.

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6TH DAY -FERTIILITY 0F ANIMAL LIFE AND MAN

• 24. And God said, Let the earth bring forth the
  living creature after his kind, cattle, and
  creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his
  kind and it was so.
• 25. And God made the beast of the earth after
  his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every
  thing that creepeth upon the earth after his
  kind and God saw that it was good.
• 26. And God said, Let us make man in our image,
  after our likeness and let them have dominion
  over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of
  the air, and over the cattle, and over all the
  earth, and over every creeping thing that
  creepeth upon the earth.
• 27. So God created man in his own image, in the
  image of God created he him male and female
  created he them. 28. And God blessed them, and
  God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply,
  and replenish the earth, and subdue it and have
  dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the
  fowl of the air, and over every living thing that
  moveth upon the earth.
• 29. And God said, Behold, I have given you
  every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face
  of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is
  the fruit of a tree yielding seed to you it
  shall be for meat. 30. And to every beast of
  the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to
  every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein
  there is life, I have given every green herb for
  meat and it was so. 31. And God saw every
  thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very
  good. And the evening and the morning were the
  sixth day.

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6TH DAY - MAN

• All creation to the 6th day was an act of Divine
  grace in preparation to his supreme work man.
• Man was supreme because God created him in his
  own image and all others were to be his
  offspring.
• ACTS 1726. and he made of one every nation of
  men to dwell on all the face of the earth,
• Ps. 84 What is man, that thou art mindful of
  him?
• Such thoughts generates such questions as 1)
  Why did God create man? 2) what is his nature?
  3) Why are there two accounts of creation in
  Genesis?

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GOD ENTERED INTO HIS REST ON THE 7TH DAY.

• 6th day closed with all things very good.
• 1. Perfect creation resulted in
• A. Perfect obedience to the word of God
• B. Perfect health and happiness of life
• THIS SABBATH IS THE PERFECT HARMONY OF MAN
  DWELLING WITH HIS CREATOR. IT WILL BE SANCTIFIED
  AND REMAIN A LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS AFTER THE
  FALL.

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HOW CAN SUCH PERFECTION OF THE CREATION CONTINUE
IN RELATION TO GOD?

• THE LIFE, HAPPINESS LAW ARE SEEN IN THE REST OF
  THE SABBATH
• God is self existing because he abides in His
  character.He abides because He chooses always to
  walk in the light of holiness. This is the secret
  of eternal lifefor God and His creation.
• Giving man life with a free will, God lovingly
  reveals to him the source (law) of happiness
  eternal life and the danger of death if this law
  is broken

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A Possible Reason for why God Created Man

• The angels were first created designated as
  cherubim. (Gen. 324 Ps. 991)
• They had free will or ability to choose (Rev.
  228)
• The highest Angel challenged the creators
  authority. This rebellion is depicted
  symbolically in the attitudes of the Kings of
  Tyre and Babylon (Ez. 28-28 Isa. 14)
• He was overthrown and cast down to earth (Rev.
  127-9). He has, or is preparing an eternal realm
  called hell for him and his angels (Mt. 2541

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God Refutes Satans Accusation that He is
unloving by demonstrating His love in Creation
and all History

• The unfolding of history since creation is a
  revelation that God is holy and love (Jno. 48)
• The creation of man was an act of love. Giving
  them life, happiness and dominion in a heaven on
  earth. (Gen. 126-27) This was placed before
  Satan that Elohim was exactly what he claimed to
  be ---LOVE.
• Even when he would sin, God knew man would need
  his love. So, before the creation He planned to
  send his Son. (I Pet. 118-20 Rev. 138 Eph.
  14)

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Why Give Man A Choice of Sin?Because eternal
life is determined by character - no choice, no
character.

• Eternal life-a quality of loveis offered man by
  a choice based on faith motivated by love in
  Gods promise of it (Gal. 56).
• The entire history of mankind justifies God as
  being a God of love and grace in actionthat the
  fruit of the spirit is Life eternal and that the
  fruit of sin is death. At the end, all history
  will be a demonstration that God is just in his
  judgment to cast all those who chose sin and
  death in a place of destruction with the
  originators of sin, Satan and his followers.
  (Rev. 2010)

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WHY HAVE LAW? BECAUSE GOD IS LOVE

• Eternal law exists of life and death.
• CHOICE can be made for either, thus proving
  character.
• This demanded a prohibited tree.
• The Law of life is older than the universe. The
  angels broke the law of life in heaven.
• Gods revelation of the law of life and death was
  his warning of love to man to prevent him to
  avoid the pitfalls of suffering and death.
• Law is for mans ultimate happiness.
• Society would be chaos without law.

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THE CROWNING VICTORY OF LOVE

• In his hatred of Gods character, Satan uses sin
  to destroy the crowning creation of Gods love--
  The human race. He would then use sinful man to
  murder the Son of God.
• But love conquers with something Satans depraved
  mind could not comprehendGod love gave His Sons
  life for the life of all who accept Gods grace
  through faith.

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Thus Gods love joins the gift of Grace with the
Faith of Man to save a soul from sin

• Eph. 28-9 8. for by grace have ye been saved
  through faith and that not of yourselves, it is
  the gift of God
• Gods gift must be accepted by faith. Note
  Pauls demonstration of how this is done ACTS
  2216. And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be
  baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on his
  name.
• John 1934 Rev. 15 Rom. 63-4

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GOD WILL BE SEEN AS LOVE AND JUST AT THE FINAL
JUDGMENT.

• AT THE JUDGMENT
• I Cor. 15 All the dead shall be raised before
  the presence of God, both believers and Satans
  followers
• All history will have proved that Jehovah is
  love and entirely fair
• ALL BELIEVERS who have suffered will affirm this
• UNBELIEVERS WILL BE WITHOUT AN EXCUSE (Mt.
  2211-14 201-16 2514-30 LK. 1911-27
• HISTORY WILL HAVE DEMONSTRATED THAT GOD IS LOVE
• MAN WILL THEN BE PLACED IN HEAVEN WHERE ALL
  TEMPTATIONS ARE GONE FOREVER., Satan and
  followers will be punished eternally. Rev. 218

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REFLECTIONS ON ADAM AND EVE.

• BOTH had imparted to them THE Spirit of Elohim,
  in Gods image, I.e. clean/pure. Made a living
  soul, a being. Each had a mind..intellect,
  insight into their experiences in Eden.
• Each had emotionswants, wishes, desires.
• Before the fall, they only desired God and life
• Each had a conscience, though dormant while
  innocent. Activated by disobedience.

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REFLECTIONS ON ADAM AND EVE.

• Each had eternal life on a conditional basis.
  The conditions being the basic essential of
  lifeobedience to the word of life, Gods word.
• None ever again like them. They began as adults.
• THINGS WE DONT KNOW ABOUT THEM How long they
  were in Eden before the fall. Aging began at the
  sentence of death.

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GOD IS THE WAY OF LIFE, THEREFORE HIS CHARACTER
IS THE LAW OF LIFE

• GOD IS ETERNAL LIFE BECAUSE HE ABIDES BY THE LAW
  OF HIMSELF WHICH MUST NEVER BE BROKEN.
• GOD DESIRED MAN TO ENJOY ETERNAL LIFE THEREFORE
  BY GRACE HE REVEALS THE RUDIMENTARY LAW OF LIFE
  TO THEM TRUST HIS WORD, NEVER DISOBEY IT .
• THIS IS NOT FOR HIS DIVINE EGO, IT IS FOR MANS
  GOOD LIKE WE DO WITH CHILDREN

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ELOHIM REVEALS THE ELEMENTARY LAW OF LIFE AND
DEATH TO MAN.
DT. 3019. I call heaven and earth to record
this day against you, that I have set before you
life and death, blessing and cursing therefore
choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live
OBEDIENCE, THE FRUIT OF LIFE
DISOBEDIENCE, THE FRUIT OF DEATH
THIS IS REPRESENTED BY CHOOSING THE FRUIT OF TWO
TREES. THE ONE DESIGNATED AS BEARING THE FRUIT
OF LIFE AND T HE OTHER THE FRUIT OF DEATHWHICH
MEANS ONLY ---LOVE GOD AND KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS
TO LIVE, ---OR CHOOSE OTHERWISE AND SUFFER AND
DIE. God gave the law of life in extreme
simplicity . Man may not understand, but he can
obey. Same with children and electricity.
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JESUS DEMONSTRATED THAT THE WAY OF HOLINESS
LOVE IS THE WAY OF LIFE

• John 11 In the beginning was the Word, and the
  word was God.
• John 14. In him (the Word) was life and the
  life was the light of men.
• 15. If ye love me, keep my commandments.
• ONE IS ONLY FEIGNING LOVE FOR JESUS IF HE
  SECRETLY OPPOSES ANY PART OF HIS WORD OF LIFE

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WHY DID MAN MAKE SUCH A FOOLISH DECISION? HE WAS
DECEIVED

• IT NEVER ENTERED MANS HEART TO SIN (DISOBEYMISS
  THE MARK) ON HIS OWN. HE HAD DIABOLICAL HELP.
• IS THIS WHY MAN RECEIVED GRACE IN HIS FALL, WHILE
  THE DEVIL AND HIS ANGELS DID NOT IN THEIR
  REBELLION AGAINST DIVINE AUTHORITY?

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Where did Satan come from? Satan means
adversary. Devil means slanderer or accuser

• REV. 127. And there was war in heaven Michael
  and his angels fought against the dragon and the
  dragon fought and his angels,
• 8. And prevailed not neither was their place
  found any more in heaven.
• 9. And the great dragon was cast out, that old
  serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which
  deceiveth the whole world he was cast out into
  the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

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THE FALL Forearm yourself with this knowledge

• 1. Temptation comes like a serpent in
  unsuspected forms
• Subtly, stealing slowly and quietly, waiting for
  your weakest moment, and then bites with pain
  and sorrow.
• 2. It launches a bridgehead in your heart by
  exciting your curiosity
• Curiosity killed the Cat
• Our greatest security against sin lies in our
  being shocked by it. (Jer. 615)
• 3. Eve was in close proximity to the forbidden.
• She gazed and reflected when she should have fled

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THE FALL Forearm yourself with this knowledge

• 4. There are dangerous cravings in its elements.
• Instinctively draws toward the mysterious. One
  veiled figure in an assembly will draw more
  attention than the most beautiful present. An
  unaccountable appearance in the heavens will draw
  more attention than the most beautiful sunset.
• 5. Through A craving to be mature, even at the
  expense of danger, unbelief disobedience finds
  entrance
• 6. Experience teaches that one taste of evil
  ruined our first parents. One taste alters
  attitudes.
• Loyalty to to God is loosened, man loses spirit.

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WHAT HAPPENS IN THE PRESENCE OF THE FORBIDDEN.

• 1. AS SHE GAZED AT ITS BEAUTY, , SHE LONGED IN
  HER HEART, SHE WAS WEAKENED BY CRAVING
• 2, THEN SHE SAW AN INCREDIBLE THING THAT SEEMED
  TO MAKE GOD FALSE. A SERPENT DEVOURED THE
  FORBIDDEN FRUIT WITHOUT ANY HARM.
• 4. SHE COULD NOT UNDERSTAND THISHAD GOD BEEN
  COMPLETELY TRUE?
• 5. THE DEVIL USES THE MOMENT SPEAKS TO HER
  HEARTS DESIRE.

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The Serpents Seed is Sown in Eves Heart

• 1. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God
  said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the
  garden?
• Inferred God has not been fair with you

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Eves Reply Shows her Resentment and
VulnerabilityShes a sitting duck for Satan, an
accident waiting to happen.

• Gen. 32. And the woman said unto the serpent,
  We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the
  garden
• 3. But of the fruit of the tree which is in the
  midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not
  eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.

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THE FIRST LIE IN THE WORLD WAS NOT TOLD BY MAN

• 4. And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye
  shall not surely die
• GOD HAD SAID 217. But of the tree of the
  knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of
  it for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou
  shalt surely die.

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JESUS REFERS TO THIS IN JOHN 844

• 44. Ye are of your father the devil, and the
  lusts of your father ye will do. He was a
  murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the
  truth, because there is no truth in him. When he
  speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own for he is
  a liar, and the father of it.
• 45. And because I tell you the truth, ye
  believe me not.

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SATAN STILL PERVERTS WITH THE NOT IN HIS TALE.

• JESUS MARK 1616
• HE THAT BELIEVETH AND IS BAPTIZED SHALL BE SAVED.
• SATAN HE THAT BELIEVETH AND IS NOT BAPTIZED
  SHALL BE SAVED.

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OBSERVE ANOTHER NOT IN THE DEVILS TALE TODAY

• THE BIBLE SAYS
• I Cor. 1012. Wherefore let him that thinketh he
  standeth take heed lest he fall.
• SATANS NOT
• YOU CAN NOT SURELY FALL.

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THE SERPENTS APPEAL TO PRIDE

• 5. For God doth know that in the day ye eat
  thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye
  shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
• EXPERIENCING THE AFTERMATH EFFECT OF EVIL WAS THE
  KNOWLEDGE GOD DID NOT WANT THEM TO EVER KNOW.
• A common feeling of parents today with their
  children.

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Eve is overpowered by craving and succumbs to the
temptation.

• 3 6. And when the woman
• 1) saw that the tree was good for food (she
  walked by sight not by faith and became
  convinced that God had lied) (2 Cor. 57)
  
• 2) and that it was pleasant to the eyes,
  
• 3) and a tree to be desired to make one wise,
  
  
• 4) She took of the fruit thereof.

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THE NEW KNOWLEDGE ---WAS by EXPERIENCING THE
EFFECT OF SIN. WHY DIDNT THEY CLAP THEIR HANDS
IN JOY?

• 1. THE NEW KNOWLEDGE WAS NOT WHAT THE COUPLE
  EXPECTED
• 2. EXPECTED SUFFICIENCY WITHOUT GOD
• 3. EXPECTED THE DISCOVERY OF A MYSTERY
• 4. EXPECTED TO BE EQUAL WITH GOD IN WISDOM

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THE INNOCENT, HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE NEW
EXPERIENCE OF SIN BRINGS

• THE SCARS THAT SIN WOULD BRING TO THEM!
• THEIR INNOCENCE WAS GONE, GONE, GONE
• THAT THEY HAD A CONSCIENCE THAT WOULD DOG THEM IN
  THE NIGHT FOR THE REST OF LIFE.
• FEELING DEFILED AND UNCLEAN, AFRAID OF THE
  PRESENCE OF THE HOLINESS OF GOD.
• THINGS WOULD NEVER, NEVER BE THE SAME AGAIN.
• THAT IN THEIR NEW DEFILEMENT THEY WOULD FORFEIT
  THE PRESENCE OF GOD.
• THEIR LOSS WAS AWESOME TO BEAR. SEPARATION FROM
  THE TREE OF LIFE.

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The knowledge God did not want them (man) to ever
Have.

• PHYSICAL PAIN AND SUFFERING
• A BROKEN FAMILY LIFESEEING THEIR SON MURDER HIS
  BROTHER
• EMOTIONAL PAIN AND SUFFERING
• THE EFFECTS OF SIN IN AGING THE BODY AND DEATH
  ARE ALWAYS A THREAT
• THE FEELING OF A GULF AND DISTANCE FROM GOD.

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Consequences of the fall.

• 1. Eyes were opened. ---Gen. 37. And the eyes
  of them both were openedthe new knowledge came
  and brought
• 2. Knowledge of guilt shame. They knew they
  were naked (loss of innocence) and they sewed
  fig leaves together, and made themselves
  aprons---Even still, criminals cover their faces
  before the camera
• 3. Neither wanted to accept responsibility for
  their sin.
• MAN CANNOT COVER HIS SIN WITH FLIMSY EXCUSES
  BEFORE GOD'S ALL SEEING EYE.

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IN THE WAKE OF SIN. GODS LOVE PROMISES GRACE IN
THE PROTOEVANGELION

• 315. THE OLDEST GOSPEL
• And I will put enmity between thee and the woman,
  and between thy seed and her seed it shall
  bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
• HERE WE HAVE
• 1. HER SEEDVIRGIN BIRTH
• 2. BRUISE THY HEAD..DEFEAT OF SATAN
• 3. BRUISE HIS HEEL..SUFFERING SAVIOR.

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ADEQUATE COVERING FOR THEIR NEW CONSCIENCE OF
NAKEDNESS WAS THE SHEDDING OF BLOOD OF AN
INNOCENT ANIMALTHEIR FIRST EXPERIENCE OF A DEATH

• 321. Unto Adam also and to his wife did the
  Lord God make coats of skins, and clothed them.
• 1. Self covering was inadequate
• 2. Blood was shed and death occurred
• 3. Rom. 323 The wages of sin is death.
• 4. Sin is awesome in its effects on society.

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THE EXCOMMUNICATION FROM EDEN AND THE GULF THAT
SIN CREATES BETWEEN GOD AND MAN

• 322 And now, lest he put forth his hand, and
  take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live
  for ever 23. Therefore the Lord God sent him
  forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground
  from whence he was taken.
• 324. So he drove out the man and he placed at
  the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a
  flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the
  way of the tree of life.

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WHERE IS THE TREE OF LIFE NOW?

• Rev. 27. He that hath an ear, let him hear what
  the Spirit saith unto the churches To him that
  overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of
  life, which is in the midst of the paradise of
  God.
• Rev. 2214. Blessed are they that do his
  commandments, that they may have right to the
  tree of life, and may enter in through the gates
  into the city.

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TO RETURN TO THE TREE OF LIFE ONE MUST BE SLAIN
BY THE SWORD OF GODS WORD.

• GEN. 324 He placed at the east of the garden of
  Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned
  every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.
• 12. For the word of God is quick, and powerful,
  and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing
  even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit,
  and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner
  of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

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WHEN ONE BELIEVES THAT JESUS IS THE SON OF GOD
RAISED FROM THE DEAD IT IS SAID THAT HE IS CUT
TO THE HEART) . i.e. SPIRITUALLY SLAIN (REPENTS
IN SORROW)

• ACTS 237. Now when they heard this, they were
  pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and
  to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren,
  what shall we do?
• Matthew 54 Blessed are they that mourn for
  they shall be comforted.
• Rom. 67. For he that is dead is freed from
  sin.
• 8. Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe
  that we shall also live with him

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THE SWORD (GOSPEL) PIERCES THE HEART, SLAYING THE
SINNER, AND THEN HE IS BURIED WITH CHRIST IN
BAPTISM

• 4. Therefore we are buried with him by baptism
  into death that like as Christ was raised up
  from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so
  we also should walk in newness of life.
• 5. For if we have been planted together in the
  likeness of his death, we shall be also in the
  likeness of his resurrection
• 6. Knowing this, that our old man is crucified
  with him, that the body of sin might be
  destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve
  sin.
• 7. For he that is dead is freed from sin.

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To See the Angel of the Lord was said to have
seen God

• Gen 32 30. And Jacob called the name of the
  place Peniel for, said he, I have seen God face
  to face, and my life is preserved.
• Ju. 1310. For it came to pass, when the flame
  went up toward heaven from off the altar, that
  the angel of Jehovah ascended in the flame of the
  altar and Manoah and his wife looked on and
  they fell on their faces to the ground. Judges
  1322 And Manoah said unto his wife, We shall
  surely die, because we have seen God.