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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="CENTER"><font size="3"><b>Jim
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<a href="http://www.2rbetter.org/">www.2rbetter.org</a></b></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="CENTER">April 4, 2011<br></p><p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="CENTER">
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="CENTER"><b>JAN
6 - GENESIS 5 - ENOCH AND ADAM'S DESCENDANTS</b></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="LEFT"><b>1.
5:1-2 (5:1-5) GENERATIONS OF ADAM: SETH. “This is the book of the
generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness
of God he made him; <font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">2 </font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">male
and female he created them, and blessed them, and called their name
Adam, in the day when they were created.” </font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">How
accurate are Your accounts with Adam, Father. How well Moses wrote
them down. However, we especially bless You for the </span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><span style="">last</span></i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">
Adam. We welcome Your rule in Christ. </span></span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i>Hallowed
be Your Name!</i></font></b></p>
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<b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">2. 5:6, 8 (5:6-11) ENOS AND
CAINAN. “And Seth lived a hundred and five years, and begot Enosh:
</font><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">8</font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">
and all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he
died.” </font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">Come
Holy Spirit, and convince the world of sin, righteousness and
judgment following death. Teach us to number our days, that we may
apply our hearts unto wisdom. </span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i>Your
:kingdom come.</i></font></b></p>
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<b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">3. 5:12, 14 (5:12-17)
MAHALALEEL AND JARED. “And Kenan lived seventy years, and begot
Mahalalel: </font><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">14</font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">
and all the days of Kenan were nine hundred and ten years: and he
died.” </font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">The
godly line gets better; but the ungodly seed </span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><span style="">worse</span></i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">.
The path of the just is as the shining light, that shines more and
more unto the perfect day. </span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i>Your
:will be done, As in heaven, so on earth.</i></font></b></p>
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<b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">4. 5:21, 22a, 24 (5:18-24)
ENOCH. “And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begot
Methuselah: </font><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">22a</font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">
and Enoch walked with God after he begot Methuselah three hundred
years: </font><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">24</font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">
and Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.”
</font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">Enoch
is the most significant event up to this time in Bible Chronology!
Father, we would glean all we can from this man and passage. We would
know the Kingdom principles involved behind his translation. </span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i>Our
:daily bread Give us this day!</i></font></b></p>
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<b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">5. 5:25, 27 (5:25-27)
METHUSELAH AND LAMECH. “And Methuselah lived a hundred eighty and
seven years, and begot Lamech: </font><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">27</font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">
and all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine
years: and he died.” </font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">There
was an ungodly Lamech in Cain's ungodly seed; but there is this godly
Lamech, the father of Noah. And there are peculiar lessons from the
life of Methuselah! </span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i>And
forgive us our :debts, as we also have forgiven our :debtors.</i></font></b></p>
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<b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">6. 5:29 (5:28-31) NOAH.
“And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us in
our work and in the toil of our hands, </font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i>which
comes</i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"> because of the
ground which Jehovah has cursed.” </font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">What
a comforting word from a perceptive father! Heavenly Father, we know
that it is from You that Lamech received this comforting word. </span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i>And
bring us not into temptation.</i></font></b></p>
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<b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">7. 5:32 SHEM, HAM AND
JAPHETH. “And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begot
<br>Shem, Ham, and Japheth.” </font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">Only
these four with their four wives survived the watery holocaust
destined to come in 120 years. Methuselah had a prophetic connection
with this event, and You Father orchestrated it all! </span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i>But
deliver us from the evil one.</i></font></b></p>
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<u><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">NOTE</font></b></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>:
Genealogies are placed by God in His Bible for a purpose. One member
for a long time tried to have a friend come to his church to hear his
pastor preach. Finally the friend came. But to the dismay of the
inviting one, his pastor chose this Sunday night Genesis 5 to read
and preach from. Then to his utter surprise, when an invitation to
accept Christ came, his friend walked forward. At the close of the
service, he incredulously asked him - “How come?” “Well,” was
the reply, “I couldn't help but notice that every person your
pastor mentioned in that chapter, died! And I thought, I'm going to
die too! And I'm not prepared. So I responded!”</b></span></font></p>
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<b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Have
you ever wondered why all those listed in this chapter lived so long?
Especially Methuselah?</span></font></b></p>
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<b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Careful
scientists have discovered that before the great flood in Noah's day,
there was an icy shield between the sun and close to the earth. This
protected life on earth from the harmful ultra violet rays. So life
up to that time was longer because of this protection. This shield
fell to earth during the flood. Harmful rays from then on caused life
on earth to shorten.</span></font></b></p>
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<b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">And
what of Enoch? Out of 245 dates from Adam to Christ that are
deducible from Bible evidence, 21 are multiples of seven - and Enoch
is the first of these 21. God by this wanted to point out that the
translation of Enoch in His sight - draws special attention to him
for us. He knew we would notice that Enoch's close walk with God was
the prime reason for his translation, so that he did not see death in
the normal way. He and Elijah both share this unusual exit from
earthly life.</span></font></b></p>
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<b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">And
there is no doubt that God wanted us to notice Noah. Much more will
be said about him before the Genesis account proceeds much further.
J.A.W.</span></font></b></p>
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