Let us pray. Our
Father in Heaven, as we
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open the book of Genesis, we
ask for guidance from on High.
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Show us the wondrous
things from this book.
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We pray this in the
precious name of Jesus,
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our Lord and Savior, Amen.
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The book of Genesis is a book
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about origins. In
fact, the name Genesis
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means precisely that, origins.
Now, allow me to mention as we
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begin our study today
the things which the book of
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Genesis mentions as originating.
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First of all, we have
the origin of the cosmos.
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That is, of the heavens and
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the earth in
Genesis 1 and verse 1.
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We have the origin of plants
spoken of in Genesis Chapter 1.
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We have the origin of animals.
We have the origin of man...
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The origin of
woman... The origin of sin...
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The beginning or
the origin of death...
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The beginning or the
origin of redemption...
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The beginning of nations...
The beginning of languages...
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The beginning of Israel...
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And even the beginning of the
Arabs, or the Arabic nations.
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These are just some of
the beginnings that we find
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mentioned in
the book of Genesis.
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So, the book of Genesis is
very important because it goes
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way back into pre-history,
as we know it, to describe the
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origins of everything
which exists upon this earth.
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Now, allow me to give you a
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little bit about
the timeline of Genesis.
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The book of Genesis describes
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the first 2,500
years of human history.
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I believe, as I've examined
the contents of the book, that
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it was written by Moses
and, actually, it was written
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approximately 1500 years
before the birth of Jesus.
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And, so, you can imagine
that the book of Genesis was
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actually describing events
that took place approximately
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the year 4,000 B.C.,
4,000, before Christ.
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And actually, it was written
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1,500 years before
Jesus Christ was born.
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The book of Genesis presents a
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short
chronology of Planet Earth.
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In other words, it does not
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allow for long periods of
millions of years where God
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is creating what is known
as progressive creationism.
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The book of Genesis teaches
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that this planet is
approximately 6,000 years old
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from the moment in which
God began to create upon it.
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And I'd just like to tell you
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up-front, from the very
beginning, that in this seminar
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I take the book of
Genesis as literal history.
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I believe that it presents a
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short time span for the
events that are described in it.
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In other words, we don't have
to go back millions of years
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to find out the origin
of things in this world.
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All we have to do is go back
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approximately 6,000 years to
find the events, for example,
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that are described in
Genesis Chapter 1 and Chapter 2.
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The book of Genesis is
the seed plot of the Bible.
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Allow me to explain what I mean.
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One of my favorite national
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parks in all of the United
States is the one that we have
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just up the mountain,
Sequoia National Park.
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I just enjoy going up there
and unwinding, and taking it
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easy for a whole day,
breathing some fresh air,
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especially when it's
foggy here in the Valley.
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And I just enjoy going, for
example, to the Grant tree and
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to the General Sherman
tree and just standing there
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underneath these
trees. It's amazing.
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Some of them are
almost 3,000 years old.
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Can you imagine a tree
that's almost 3,000 years old?
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And they are
hundreds of feet tall.
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And I just am awed every
time I go up there, and I stand
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under these trees and I
see how thick they are and how
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high they go,
and I'm just amazed.
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But have you ever stopped to
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think that the mighty Sequoia,
for example, the General
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Sherman tree, actually
came from a little seed?
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Have you ever stopped to think
that that whole tree that you
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find up there, the
General Sherman tree in Sequoia
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National Park, actually was
enclosed in code form, so to
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speak, in that little seed,
and the seed sprouted and it
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produced after almost
3,000 years this gigantic tree?
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In other words, the Sequoia
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tree was contained in that seed.
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That's the relationship
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between Genesis and
the rest of the Bible.
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The book of
Genesis has the seeds.
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The rest of the Bible is the
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development and
growth of those seeds.
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And eventually the
growth reaches its climax,
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or its fullness, in
the book of Revelation.
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In other words, we're not
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going to stay in this
seminar in the book of Genesis.
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We're going to begin in
Genesis in each lecture, and
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we're going to
study these seeds.
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And then we're going to
see how these seeds develop
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throughout the
course of the whole Bible.
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Now, the book of Revelation is
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a very important book to
study along with Genesis.
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You notice, for example, in
the brochure that many of you
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received in the mail or
perhaps in the newspaper or
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maybe somebody gave you one
of the brochures, you notice
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there that this seminar
is not only about Genesis.
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It is also about
the book of Revelation.
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You see, I believe that we
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cannot understand
the book of Revelation
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unless we
understand the book of Genesis.
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We can never understand the
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end unless we understand,
first of all, the beginning;
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because the end is simply the
culmination of a process which
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began way back in
the book of Genesis.
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Allow me to give
you an example of the
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relationship between
Genesis and Revelation.
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We'll study these things more
fully a little bit later on,
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but I want to give you a
couple of examples so that you
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can see how important it
is for us to compare and to
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interrelate
Genesis with Revelation.
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Go with me in your Bibles to
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Genesis Chapter 3 and verse 15.
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And by the way, in the list
of texts that you have, there is
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in parentheses a page
number which will make it a lot
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easier for you to find the
Bible verses as we move along,
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because the people have heard
me say that I go awful fast.
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But with the list you'll know
exactly where we're going, and
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so you'll be able
to be one-up on me.
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You'll be able to look up the
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next text actually
before I even mention it.
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Genesis Chapter 3 and verse 15.
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This is immediately after sin,
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and I want you to
notice what it says.
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God speaking: "And I will
put enmity between you... "
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that is, the
Serpent, "... and the woman,
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and between your
seed and her seed. "
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Now, let's stop
there for a moment.
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We have four elements
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in what we've read
from this verse so far.
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First of all,
there is enmity, or war.
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Secondly, there is a Serpent
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whom God is
speaking to in this verse.
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In the third place we have
a woman, because there is war
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between the
Serpent and the woman.
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And in the fourth
place, we have "seed. "
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We actually have two seeds,
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the seed of the Serpent
and the seed of the woman.
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So, we have these
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four elements: enmity,
Serpent, woman, and seed.
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And I want you to notice that
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the enmity runs between the
Serpent and the woman, between
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the seed of the Serpent,
and the seed of the woman, and
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between the seed of
the woman and the Serpent.
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Let's notice this verse again.
God says, "I will put enmity
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between you... " the
Serpent and the woman.
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There's the first
enmity, Serpent and woman.
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"And between your seed... "
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that is, the Serpent's
seed, "... and her seed. "
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So, you have enmity between
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"Serpent and woman"
and "seed and seed. "
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But that's not the real warfare.
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Even though there is warfare,
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the critical and most
important warfare is between
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the seed of the woman and the
Serpent because the last part
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of the verse says: "He" -
that is, the seed of the woman,
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"... will bruise your
head... " the Serpent's head,
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"... and you will
bruise his heel. "
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So, the enmity runs three
ways: Serpent versus woman,
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seed of the Serpent versus
the seed of the woman, and the
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seed of the woman
versus the Serpent.
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There's no way in the world
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that we can understand a
chapter like Revelation 12
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without comprehending
Genesis 3:15, because in
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Revelation Chapter
12- I'll just mention it.
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We have a couple of lectures
on Revelation Chapter 12.
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You see, in Revelation 12
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we have a child
who is born to a woman.
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And standing next to this
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woman who is about to bear
the child is a dragon who is
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identified as the ancient
Serpent, the Devil and Satan.
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And it says he wants to devour
the child as soon as the child
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is born, the child of the woman.
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Do you see Genesis 3:15
in that passage in Revelation
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Chapter 12 verses 1
through 5? Very clear.
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The warfare was going to be
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between the seed of the woman
and the Serpent, and that's
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exactly what you have in
Revelation 12:1 through 5.
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But Revelation 12
doesn't end there.
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Later on in the chapter when
the child is caught up to God
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and to His throne, which
refers to the ascension of
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Christ, we're told that
now the woman flees into the
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wilderness, and the
Serpent is after the woman.
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And later on even in this
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chapter, in verse 17 we find
that the final warfare is no
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longer against the woman,
but against the seed's seed.
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In other words, the
seed of the woman's seed.
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And, so, there's no way
that we can really understand
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Genesis Chapter 3 and verse
15 unless we find the greatest
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development in Revelation
Chapter 12 as well as other
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passages that we
find in the New Testament.
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Now, allow me to give
you one other example.
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Genesis Chapter 2 and verse 24.
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Genesis Chapter 2 and -
actually, it's verse 25.
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Genesis 2 and verse 25.
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Speaking about Adam and Eve,
it says, "And they were both
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naked, the man and his
wife, and were not ashamed. "
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We're going to find in our
seminar that the reason why
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they weren't ashamed is
because they were not covered
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with human garments
made out of material.
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They were actually covered
by the glorious light of God.
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They had no artificial garments.
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They were naked with respect
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to garments made out of satin
or made out of other material.
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They were covered
with the glory of God.
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They were covered with the
light of God, the same type of
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garments that God has,
according to Psalm 104.
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And that's the reason
why they weren't ashamed.
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But then in Genesis Chapter 3
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and verse 7, we find
that Adam and Eve sinned.
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And suddenly we find
them hiding from God.
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And now they're ashamed, even
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though they've covered
themselves with fig leaves.
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They still don't feel like the
fig leaves are covering their
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nakedness because the
light has gone away from them.
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So, they're hiding
from God even though they've
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covered the nakedness of
their body with fig leaves,
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they know that their
nakedness is nakedness of soul.
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And do you know what God does?
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In Genesis 3:21 it says
that God makes garments of
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skins and clothed Adam and
Eve to cover their nakedness.
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Now, there's a text in the
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book of Revelation which we
could never understand unless
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we catch this background
from Genesis Chapter 3.
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And that is the central verse
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in the passage that deals
with the Battle of Armageddon.
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There is a lot of talk today
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about Armageddon...
what it's going to be,
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what nations
it's going to involve,
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what the issues are
in this great battle.
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And I've read a lot of
books written by many different
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scholars on the
Battle of Armageddon.
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In fact, we're going to have
a whole lecture later on in this
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series on the
Battle of Armageddon.
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But you know what
I find interesting?
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Most of those commentaries,
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with very few exceptions,
deal with all sorts of issues
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connected with the
Battle of Armageddon.
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They talk, for example, about
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the Kings of the East, and
they talk about the drying of
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the river Euphrates, and
they talk about the three evil
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spirits like frogs coming
out of the mouth of the dragon,
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the beast, and
the false prophet.
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They have a lot to say
about all these things.
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But there's one verse which
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very rarely is even commented
on, and it deals with the
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central issue in the
Battle of Armageddon.
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And it shows that we must
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study Genesis in
order to understand it.
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Go with me to Revelation 16
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and verse 15,
and you'll see this.
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Revelation
Chapter 16 and verse 15,
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right in the middle
of the passage on the
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sixth plague of Revelation.
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And while you're looking
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for that text,
allow me to say this.
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This is the only place where
Jesus speaks in the book of
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Revelation between
Chapter 3 and Chapter 21.
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The only verse.
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If you have a red-letter
edition of the Bible where it
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gives the words that are
spoken by Jesus, you'll find
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that the last words of
Jesus are in Chapter 3.
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The next time that Jesus
speaks is in Chapter 21, with
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the exception of
Revelation 16 and verse 15.
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Do you figure that if Jesus
- this is the only place that
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Jesus speaks between
Revelation 3 and Revelation 21,
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that it must be a
very important verse?
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Obviously.
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Notice what we find there
in Revelation 16 and verse 15.
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Jesus is speaking.
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"Behold, I am coming as a thief.
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Blessed is he who
watches and keeps his garments,
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lest he walk naked
and they see his shame. "
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Now, you tell me, does that
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verse have anything to
do with Genesis Chapter 3?
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You have the same elements.
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You have garments, you have
nakedness, and you have shame.
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Obviously there's going to be
some people at the end of time,
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living during the period of
the Battle of Armageddon, who
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are going to be found
naked and their shame will be
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revealed just like Adam and Eve.
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But you cannot understand what
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this means in the end time
unless you first understand
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what happened with
Adam and Eve in Genesis.
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Because at the end of time
it's going to be a repetition
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of what happened in
the book of Genesis.
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These are just two
examples of how Genesis is very
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intricately intwined
with the book of Revelation.
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Now, a question frequently
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comes up when we study the
book of Genesis, and that is,
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is the book of Genesis
really literal history?
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Or is the book of
Genesis legend, myth,
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or as Karl Barth, the
great theologian said, saga?
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I want to tell you up-front
that I believe the book of
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Genesis, from Genesis 1:1
through the end of Chapter 50,
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is dealing with
literal historical events.
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In fact, it might surprise
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some of you to know
that up till the Age of the
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Enlightenment in the 18th
Century - if you go before
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the 18th Century, you'll find
that practically every scholar
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that ever wrote on the book of
Genesis believed that the book
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of Genesis was actual, literal
history as it took place.
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But in the Age of
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Enlightenment
appeared historical criticism,
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and appeared the
scientific method.
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And, so, they started applying
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the scientific method and
historical criticism to God's
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Holy Word besides doing it
to the natural world and to
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documents that had
been written in antiquity.
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And for this reason many of
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the scholars came to the
conclusion that the book of
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Genesis, particularly
Chapters 1 through 11,
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was not describing
real, literal history.
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I saw this problem very
clearly a few years ago when I
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was at a speaking commitment
up in Berrien Springs, Michigan.
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There's the university
where I went to school.
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They have a fantastic
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theological library
with hundreds of thousands of
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books. And, of course, I only
had to speak in the evening.
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So, during the daytime I
took advantage and went to the
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library for about
eight or nine hours a day,
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doing research for this
series on the book of Genesis.
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And as I examined the
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commentaries that were written
on the book of Genesis, there
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is something which really
struck me, and that is that
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most of the commentators
really did not believe in the
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historicity of
the book of Genesis.
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They did not believe
that it's literal history.
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And these were Christian
commentators who were actually
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writing on the book of Genesis.
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In fact, I had to snicker when
I was researching the story of
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Eve and the Serpent which
spoke to Eve, and a scholar -
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several of them actually -
said the reason why this story
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was included in Genesis is
to explain the reason why people
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are afraid of snakes.
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And then I went on to the
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story of Cain and Abel,
and several of the authors said
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the reason why you have the
story of Cain and Abel in the
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book of Genesis is to explain
the origin of sibling rivalry.
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And then I continued studying
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and I got to Genesis Chapter
11 where it speaks about the
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Tower of Babel, the confusion
of the languages, and the
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commentary said, you know,
this did not really happen in
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history, this idea
that they tried to build a
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tower and God
confused their languages.
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The scholars said the reason
why this story was written was
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in order to explain why
in the world you have so many
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different
languages... and so on.
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Most of the scholars that I
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read would be
called liberal scholars.
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They do not believe in the
full inspiration of scripture.
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And, therefore, they do
not believe that the stories of
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Genesis are
really literal history.
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Is the book of Genesis,
though, literal history?
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Let me share
this with you, Folks.
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If we don't believe that
the book of Genesis is dealing
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with literal historical
events, we are not only
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impugning the veracity of Moses.
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We are impugning the veracity
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of Peter, and Paul, and
Stephen, and Luke, and Jesus.
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Do you realize that
every single story, without
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exception, in the book of
Genesis is repeated as literal
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history in the New Testament
by the New Testament authors?
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Many of these events in
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Genesis are told by
Jesus in the Gospels.
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Let's notice, for example,
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Matthew Chapter 19
and verses 4 through 6.
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Here Jesus is speaking
about the origin of marriage.
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And notice what we find there.
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Genesis Chapter 19 and verse 4.
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"And he," that is Jesus,
"answered and said to them...
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Question: Did Jesus
believe that there was a literal
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marriage originally in
Genesis between Adam and Eve?
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He most certainly did.
And if you say that that story
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is myth or legend or
saga, you are not only impugning
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the veracity of
Moses; you are questioning
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the veracity of our
Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
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Notice also Matthew Chapter
24 and verses 37 to 39, just a
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few examples here.
Matthew 24 verses 37 to 39.
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This is speaking about
The Flood in the days of Noah.
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It's called Noah's Flood, but
it really was the Lord's Flood.
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Notice Matthew Chapter 24
and beginning with verse 37...
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Did Jesus believe that
The Flood in the days of Noah
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actually took
place historically?
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He did. And by
the way, if you don't
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believe that The Flood took
place historically, you don't
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have any basis for believing
that Jesus is telling the
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truth when he says
he's going to come again...
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because he says as it
was back then, so will it be.
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But if that "back then" didn't
happen, what makes you think
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that what he predicted in
the future is going to happen?
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Let's notice
another couple of examples.
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1 John Chapter 3 and verse 12.
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You'll notice that
we're using scripture a lot.
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And the list that you
got tonight is a short list.
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We're going to be using a
lot of scripture here in the
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future lectures of the seminar.
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Notice 1 John
Chapter 3 and verse 12.
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It says there...
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Question: Did the Apostle John
who wrote 1 John believe that
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the story of Cain and
Abel was literal history?
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He most certainly did.
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Because it tells us here that
Cain killed his brother Abel.
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So, John believed that this
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was a real
historical occurrence.
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Let's notice another example.
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Hebrews Chapter 11 and verse 5.
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Here we find a very
interesting person mentioned.
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Actually, he's not mentioned
very frequently in scripture.
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The Bible tells us that
he was caught away to heaven.
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In fact, he never suffered
death, according to Genesis 5,
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compared with
Hebrews Chapter 11.
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His name was Enoch.
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Now, notice Hebrews
Chapter 11 and verse 5...
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Now, let me ask you: Did the
author of the book of Hebrews
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believe that Enoch was
a real historical person?
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He most certainly did.
And, by the way, I believe
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that the author of the book
of Hebrews was the Apostle Paul.
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I believe that there's plenty
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of internal
evidence to that fact.
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So, did Paul believe that
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Enoch was a real
historical person?
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He most certainly did.
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Let's notice
one further example.
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And, by the way, in the
reference material that you'll
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receive this evening, you're
going to have half a page of
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references from the New
Testament to every single
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event and person in
the book of Genesis.
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You have Abraham, you
have Isaac, you have Jacob, you
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have Joseph, you
have the 12 sons of Jacob.
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I mean, you have every single
event in the book of Genesis
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repeated somewhere
in the New Testament.
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Notice Luke Chapter 3.
This will be the last example
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that we'll give of the
importance of believing in the
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historicity of
the book of Genesis.
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Luke Chapter 3 has the
genealogy of Jesus Christ.
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And I want you to notice -
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we're only going to read
two verses, Chapter 3 and verse
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23, and then we're going
to jump down to verse 38.
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It says in verse 23,
"Now, Jesus himself began his
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ministry at about 30 years of
age; being as was supposed the
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son of Joseph,
the son of Eli... "
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And then it continues giving
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the genealogy... "the son of,"
"the son of," "the son of... "
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And I want you to notice
how the list ends in verse 38.
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It says there,
"the son of Enosh,
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the son of Seth, the son
of Adam, the son of God. "
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Do you believe that Jesus
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was a literal
historical personage?
00:29:53.05\00:29:55.15
Do you think that
Jesus existed in history?
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Well, we have proof from
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secular historians
that Jesus did exist.
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Now, you notice that this
genealogy actually begins with
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Jesus and ends with
whom? Ends with Adam.
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Now, was Jesus a real,
literal historical person?
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He most certainly was.
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So, must Adam also be a
literal historical person?
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Obviously yes. You can't have it
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one way with Adam and
another way with Jesus.
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If Jesus is a real
historical person, so is Adam.
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And, by the way, you'll notice
in this genealogy that the
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roots of Jesus are traced
all the way back from his day to
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Adam, and you don't have long
periods of millions of years
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in between,
according to this genealogy.
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And, so, I believe it is of
extreme importance for us to
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believe in the historicity
of the book of Genesis.
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It is not myth.
It is not legend.
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It is not saga.
It is real history.
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Now, allow me to mention a
few things about the disciplines
00:31:04.22\00:31:09.51
that are addressed
in the book of Genesis.
00:31:09.54\00:31:12.56
Do you know that the book of
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Genesis addresses at least
in seminal form most of the
00:31:14.02\00:31:18.92
disciplines that are
studied in universities today?
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Allow me to give
you a list quickly.
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The book of Genesis has a
lot to say about theology.
00:31:23.87\00:31:27.90
You know, if people believe
00:31:27.93\00:31:29.72
the book of Genesis, there
wouldn't be any atheists in
00:31:29.75\00:31:32.30
the world because the book
of Genesis begins by saying,
00:31:32.33\00:31:35.35
"In the beginning, God created
the heavens and the earth. "
00:31:35.38\00:31:39.63
That is a theological statement.
00:31:39.66\00:31:41.66
The book of Genesis does not
00:31:41.69\00:31:43.02
try to prove the
existence of God.
00:31:43.05\00:31:45.19
The book of Genesis takes the
existence of God for granted.
00:31:45.22\00:31:49.58
It makes this
wonderful theological statement.
00:31:49.61\00:31:52.78
The book of Genesis has a
lot to say about cosmology, the
00:31:52.81\00:31:56.73
origin of the
heavens and the earth.
00:31:56.76\00:31:59.53
You can find that in Chapter
1 and verses 6 through 8.
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The book of Genesis actually
speaks about the origin of
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chronology, or time, because
after each day of creation it
00:32:06.94\00:32:11.85
says that God saw that what
He had made was good, and it was
00:32:11.88\00:32:16.37
the evening of the morning
of the first day, the second day
00:32:16.40\00:32:20.05
and the third day... and so on.
00:32:20.08\00:32:21.92
And in Genesis Chapter 1
00:32:21.95\00:32:23.31
it speaks about God making the
sun, the moon and the stars to
00:32:23.34\00:32:28.04
establish seasons
and periods of the year.
00:32:28.07\00:32:31.35
You can find that in Chapter 1.
00:32:31.38\00:32:33.11
So, in other words, God
created chronology; He created
00:32:33.14\00:32:36.51
months, He created
years, and He created days
00:32:36.54\00:32:40.10
as the frame of
reference of time in this earth.
00:32:40.13\00:32:44.30
You also find in the
book of Genesis the origins of
00:32:44.33\00:32:47.79
geography, where
the dry land came from.
00:32:47.82\00:32:51.51
You see, it tells us in
00:32:51.54\00:32:53.98
Genesis Chapter 1 and verse
2 that the earth was completely
00:32:54.01\00:32:57.10
covered with
water before creation.
00:32:57.13\00:32:58.92
But God was the one who
made the earth... Geography.
00:32:58.95\00:33:02.77
The book of Genesis also
addresses the issue of botany.
00:33:02.80\00:33:06.80
It says that every plant
reproduces according to its
00:33:06.83\00:33:10.33
kind, and that is
true even till this day.
00:33:10.36\00:33:14.33
Every plant reproduces
according to its kind.
00:33:14.36\00:33:18.39
So, Genesis definitely
has something to say about the
00:33:18.42\00:33:21.39
origin of trees
and plants and grass.
00:33:21.42\00:33:24.88
The book of Genesis actually
00:33:24.91\00:33:27.41
speaks about the origin of
zoology, the study of animals.
00:33:27.44\00:33:31.25
And, by the way, the book of
Genesis indicates that all of
00:33:31.28\00:33:35.10
the animals were
created adults, so to speak.
00:33:35.13\00:33:38.33
All of the animals were
00:33:38.36\00:33:39.40
created on the fifth
and the sixth day... adults.
00:33:39.43\00:33:43.60
They did not take millions of
00:33:43.63\00:33:45.96
years to evolve, according
to the book of Genesis.
00:33:45.99\00:33:48.76
God spoke, and on the
00:33:48.79\00:33:51.30
fifth day the birds
and the fish appeared.
00:33:51.33\00:33:53.35
God spoke, and on the sixth
day the land animals appeared.
00:33:53.38\00:33:58.13
So, the book of Genesis
indicates that man is not the
00:33:58.16\00:34:02.45
end of a long evolutionary
process where we come from
00:34:02.48\00:34:06.30
primates and the primates
came from lower forms of life.
00:34:06.33\00:34:09.90
The book of Genesis simply
says, clearly and directly,
00:34:09.93\00:34:14.34
that God spoke
and things were done.
00:34:14.37\00:34:18.93
And, so, the book of Genesis
00:34:18.96\00:34:20.88
deals with zoology, and it
says that every animal is to
00:34:20.91\00:34:23.77
reproduce according to its kind.
00:34:23.80\00:34:25.29
That is also a
scientifically true statement.
00:34:25.32\00:34:28.83
The book of Genesis has a lot
00:34:28.86\00:34:31.67
to say about
anthropology, the study of man.
00:34:31.70\00:34:34.59
In fact, it speaks about
the origin of man and woman, and
00:34:34.62\00:34:39.48
it speaks about how
Adam was taken from the dust.
00:34:39.51\00:34:43.27
And by the way, I believe that
00:34:43.30\00:34:44.29
that's a literal story,
that God took clay and he formed
00:34:44.32\00:34:48.28
Adam, and then he took a
rib from Adam and he made Eve.
00:34:48.31\00:34:51.47
You say, "Well, that's
kind of unscientific. "
00:34:51.50\00:34:54.14
Well, the fact is that
scientists weren't there.
00:34:54.17\00:34:56.76
And if we have faith in God's
00:34:56.79\00:34:59.69
word, faith means having faith
and trusting what God says,
00:34:59.72\00:35:04.60
we'll have absolutely
no problem with that story.
00:35:04.63\00:35:07.57
The book of Genesis has a
lot to say about sociology.
00:35:07.60\00:35:11.18
Why do people get married today?
00:35:11.21\00:35:14.20
And why do they have children?
00:35:14.23\00:35:15.59
Why have we had this big
uproar recently about a man
00:35:15.62\00:35:19.18
marrying a man and a
woman marrying a woman?
00:35:19.21\00:35:21.35
It's because it's contrary to
00:35:21.38\00:35:24.00
what we find in
the book of Genesis.
00:35:24.03\00:35:26.20
God established the
ideal social circle.
00:35:26.23\00:35:29.70
He established marriage,
the marriage between a man and a
00:35:29.73\00:35:33.73
woman, to have
children in a family unit.
00:35:33.76\00:35:36.57
And Genesis has
the origins of that.
00:35:36.60\00:35:40.42
The book of Genesis has a lot
00:35:40.45\00:35:42.40
to say about
psychology, believe it or not.
00:35:42.43\00:35:45.10
It would be interesting for
you sometime just to sit down
00:35:45.13\00:35:48.31
and look at all the
psychological concepts you
00:35:48.34\00:35:50.66
find in the book of
Genesis. It's amazing.
00:35:50.69\00:35:53.02
You know, psychologists today
try to solve the problem of
00:35:53.05\00:35:56.07
depression and low self-esteem
and fear, you know, with all
00:35:56.10\00:36:00.09
sorts of gimmicks
and methodologies.
00:36:00.12\00:36:02.98
The fact is that we're going
00:36:03.01\00:36:04.85
to notice in our study
tomorrow that the origin of
00:36:04.88\00:36:08.96
fear and the origin of a low
self-concept and the origin of
00:36:08.99\00:36:14.85
strife in marriage and
the origin of strife between
00:36:14.88\00:36:19.79
brother and brother - like
in the case of Cain and Abel -
00:36:19.82\00:36:23.40
is not due to some
psychological malfunction.
00:36:23.43\00:36:27.55
It is due to sin. And
unless a counselor deals
00:36:27.58\00:36:34.38
with the issue of sin, the
problem will not be resolved.
00:36:34.41\00:36:38.96
Genesis has a lot to
say about psychology.
00:36:38.99\00:36:42.87
The book of Genesis has a lot
00:36:42.90\00:36:44.53
to say about geology,
the study of the earth.
00:36:44.56\00:36:47.17
And, you know, you have
scientists today Who don't
00:36:47.20\00:36:50.43
believe that there
was a universal flood.
00:36:50.46\00:36:52.88
I believe that you have to
study the story of The Flood
00:36:52.91\00:36:55.67
in order to be able to read
the earth correctly, because
00:36:55.70\00:36:59.49
at The Flood, the earth
went through huge changes.
00:36:59.52\00:37:03.27
In fact, if you read in
Chapter 8 of Genesis, that
00:37:03.30\00:37:06.56
after The Flood, God
caused a mighty wind to blow!
00:37:06.59\00:37:10.19
And that mighty wind, you
know, buried everything that
00:37:10.22\00:37:13.90
was on the surface of the earth.
00:37:13.93\00:37:15.36
In other words, you had
an upheaval of the earth.
00:37:15.39\00:37:18.12
You know, we all probably have
00:37:18.15\00:37:20.27
seen the graphic pictures
on television of the tsunami.
00:37:20.30\00:37:25.25
Have you noticed that,
00:37:25.28\00:37:27.31
the devastation
and the destruction?
00:37:27.34\00:37:29.18
And that was just a tidal wave
00:37:29.21\00:37:31.39
in a certain
region of the world.
00:37:31.42\00:37:34.15
Can you imagine what it
must have been like to have this
00:37:34.18\00:37:39.43
whole world totally covered
with water with a huge storm
00:37:39.46\00:37:44.83
that lasted 40 days and 40
nights, where the Bible says
00:37:44.97\00:37:48.50
that out of the earth came
gushing forth jets of water!
00:37:48.53\00:37:53.21
And the windows of
heaven were opened!
00:37:53.24\00:37:56.06
The earth was in turmoil!
No wonder science today cannot
00:37:56.09\00:38:00.58
read the earth in the correct
way, because the earth is
00:38:00.61\00:38:06.37
nothing like it
was at the beginning.
00:38:06.40\00:38:08.51
And, so, in order to get a
true concept of geology, we
00:38:08.54\00:38:12.65
must make reference
to the book of Genesis.
00:38:12.68\00:38:15.49
The book of Genesis addresses
00:38:15.52\00:38:17.71
the issue of philology,
the study of languages.
00:38:17.74\00:38:20.43
It tells us where
languages originated.
00:38:20.46\00:38:23.14
The book of Genesis has a
00:38:23.17\00:38:24.57
description of ethnology,
the origin of nations.
00:38:24.60\00:38:27.76
In fact, in Genesis Chapter 10,
00:38:27.79\00:38:29.51
we have the table of nations
which describes the origin of
00:38:29.54\00:38:32.94
all of the nations that have
ever existed on Planet Earth.
00:38:32.97\00:38:36.99
The book of Genesis also
addresses some very important
00:38:37.02\00:38:40.91
existential questions, like
you noticed in your handbill.
00:38:40.94\00:38:44.83
We're going to be dealing with
00:38:44.86\00:38:46.18
all of these issues as we
go along in this seminar...
00:38:46.21\00:38:49.13
How did I get
here? Why am I here?
00:38:49.16\00:38:53.86
Does my life have
meaning and purpose?
00:38:53.89\00:38:57.75
Is there really
a God who loves me?
00:38:57.78\00:39:02.17
You know, lots of people after
00:39:02.20\00:39:04.19
the tsunami say, you know,
"If there's a God like that who
00:39:04.22\00:39:07.28
allows that, I don't even want
to believe in a God like that. "
00:39:07.31\00:39:10.31
And... "If a God
like that exists,"
00:39:10.34\00:39:12.65
you know, "I certainly
don't want to serve him. "
00:39:12.68\00:39:15.01
The fact is, is God good?
00:39:15.04\00:39:19.13
And why is there so
much evil if God is good?
00:39:19.16\00:39:22.24
We'll have a whole lecture
00:39:22.27\00:39:23.48
where we're going to decode
the paradox of good and evil.
00:39:23.51\00:39:26.38
We're going to answer
the question, "How can I
00:39:26.41\00:39:28.73
experience personal
peace in a world of strife?"
00:39:28.76\00:39:31.23
Everybody's nervous today.
Everybody is anxious about
00:39:31.26\00:39:34.72
perhaps another terrorist
attack, or homeland security.
00:39:34.75\00:39:39.55
You know, how can we live life
and experience personal peace
00:39:39.58\00:39:43.65
in all of the
strife that surrounds us?
00:39:43.68\00:39:45.95
How can I enjoy quality
time in the rat race of life?
00:39:45.98\00:39:50.11
What happens the moment I die?
If I die, will I live again?
00:39:50.14\00:39:55.56
Is there really a
better world coming?
00:39:55.59\00:39:58.80
Is there such a
thing as absolute truth?
00:39:58.83\00:40:02.04
If there is absolute
truth, how can I find it?
00:40:02.07\00:40:05.59
How can I enjoy life filled
00:40:05.62\00:40:09.15
with health and with prosperity?
00:40:09.18\00:40:11.48
All of these issues are
00:40:11.51\00:40:12.85
addressed very carefully
in the book of Genesis.
00:40:12.88\00:40:17.31
Now, did you know that the
00:40:17.34\00:40:19.92
book of Genesis is
actually the story of two seeds?
00:40:19.95\00:40:24.20
And we're going to further
00:40:24.23\00:40:26.51
develop this
concept of the two seeds.
00:40:26.54\00:40:29.33
It begins in Genesis 3 verse 15.
00:40:29.36\00:40:32.26
"I will put enmity
between you and the woman. "
00:40:32.29\00:40:35.91
See the two sides there?
The Serpent and the woman...
00:40:35.94\00:40:38.78
between the Serpent's
seed and the woman's seed.
00:40:38.81\00:40:42.79
See, there you
have the two's again.
00:40:42.82\00:40:44.86
"He," the seed of the woman,
00:40:44.89\00:40:47.70
"will bruise your head,
and you will bruise his heel. "
00:40:47.73\00:40:52.58
Do you see the controversy
and the conflict there between
00:40:52.61\00:40:55.38
Serpent and woman, seed
and seed, seed and Serpent?
00:40:55.41\00:41:00.37
The story of Genesis, which
is developed in the rest of
00:41:00.40\00:41:03.20
scripture, has to do with
a battle between two seeds.
00:41:03.23\00:41:08.96
Not only do you have this
in Genesis 3 verse 15, but you
00:41:08.99\00:41:13.94
also have it in the
story of Cain and Abel.
00:41:13.97\00:41:16.15
Do you know the first example
of Genesis 3:15 is in the
00:41:16.18\00:41:18.97
story of Cain and
Abel. You say, How is that?
00:41:19.00\00:41:22.17
Well, let's look
for the four elements.
00:41:22.20\00:41:24.40
Is there a woman in
the story of Cain and Abel?
00:41:24.43\00:41:26.96
Sure. It's Eve.
00:41:26.99\00:41:28.84
She's the
mother of both of them.
00:41:28.87\00:41:30.19
Do you have in the
story of Cain and Abel enmity?
00:41:30.22\00:41:34.69
You most certainly do.
00:41:34.72\00:41:36.70
Cain gets angry
and hates his brother.
00:41:36.73\00:41:39.56
Do you have in the story of
Cain and Abel two seeds that
00:41:39.59\00:41:44.53
are totally unlike,
one good and one evil?
00:41:44.56\00:41:48.12
Absolutely. And do
you know that even the
00:41:48.15\00:41:51.51
Serpent is involved in
the story of Cain and Abel?
00:41:51.54\00:41:53.85
Not directly in Genesis, but
00:41:53.88\00:41:56.01
if you go to 1 John 3:12 which
we've already read, it says,
00:41:56.04\00:41:59.52
"Not as Cain, who
was of the wicked one. "
00:41:59.55\00:42:04.41
So, the one who wanted Abel
dead was not only Cain; it was
00:42:04.44\00:42:08.78
"the wicked one"
of whom Cain was seed.
00:42:08.81\00:42:13.11
And, so, you have this
enmity between Cain and Abel.
00:42:13.14\00:42:16.70
A little bit later on in the
00:42:16.73\00:42:18.24
book, you have this illicit
relationship between the sons
00:42:18.27\00:42:22.32
of God and the daughters of men.
00:42:22.35\00:42:24.52
We're going to
deal with that later on.
00:42:24.55\00:42:25.85
Who are the sons of God that
00:42:25.88\00:42:27.61
unite with the daughters of men?
00:42:27.64\00:42:29.55
You have two different seeds,
00:42:29.58\00:42:31.32
the righteous and the
unrighteous intermingling.
00:42:31.35\00:42:34.51
Once again, you have
the idea of the two seeds.
00:42:34.54\00:42:37.00
And then of course in the
00:42:37.03\00:42:39.02
story of Noah, you have the
righteous who are saved inside
00:42:39.05\00:42:42.39
and the wicked who
are destroyed outside.
00:42:42.42\00:42:45.09
And then a little bit later
on in Genesis Chapter 10, you
00:42:45.12\00:42:49.00
have the descendants
of Shem, the son of Noah.
00:42:49.03\00:42:52.09
And on the other side you have
00:42:52.12\00:42:54.19
the descendants
of Ham and Japheth.
00:42:54.22\00:42:56.23
By the way, we're going to
00:42:56.26\00:42:57.23
notice that the descendants
of Ham and Japheth, the nations
00:42:57.24\00:43:00.16
that came from them, were
the very enemies which tried to
00:43:00.19\00:43:03.71
destroy Israel in
the Old Testament.
00:43:03.74\00:43:06.02
Israel descends from
Shem, whereas all of the nations
00:43:06.05\00:43:09.47
which tried to destroy Israel
descend from Ham and Japheth.
00:43:09.50\00:43:13.92
Very interesting.
00:43:13.95\00:43:14.95
We'll deal with this
a little bit later on.
00:43:14.98\00:43:16.64
But you have the
idea of the two seeds.
00:43:16.67\00:43:18.41
And then you have the
builders of the Tower of Babel.
00:43:18.44\00:43:21.27
And God commands Abraham,
he says to Abraham, "Get out of
00:43:21.30\00:43:26.98
the place where the Babel
builders built this tower";
00:43:27.01\00:43:30.00
because the Bible says
that Abraham and his family were
00:43:30.03\00:43:33.92
getting contaminated
with the gods of Babylon.
00:43:33.95\00:43:36.31
And, so, God says to Abraham,
00:43:36.34\00:43:38.02
"You can't be
with that evil seed...
00:43:38.05\00:43:40.21
You must separate from them. "
00:43:40.24\00:43:42.14
So, there you have once
again the idea of the two seeds.
00:43:42.17\00:43:45.11
Time and again in the book of
00:43:45.14\00:43:47.30
Genesis, you have
this idea of the two seeds.
00:43:47.33\00:43:50.06
Then you have the
story of Isaac and Ishmael.
00:43:50.09\00:43:53.69
Notice once again the
same idea of the two seeds.
00:43:53.72\00:43:56.67
Isaac is the
seed of the Promise.
00:43:56.70\00:43:58.83
Ishmael, we're told in
00:43:58.86\00:44:01.24
Galatians Chapter 4, that
he arose to try and kill Isaac
00:44:01.27\00:44:06.00
who was the son of the Promise.
00:44:06.03\00:44:07.76
Once again, you have this
00:44:07.79\00:44:08.87
enmity between a good
seed and an evil seed.
00:44:08.90\00:44:13.04
And then, of course, you have
the story of Jacob and Esau.
00:44:13.07\00:44:15.99
See the twosomes in
this book? It's amazing.
00:44:16.02\00:44:18.99
And, by the way, in the book
00:44:19.02\00:44:20.44
of Revelation this
is going to culminate.
00:44:20.47\00:44:22.61
These people who are
00:44:22.64\00:44:24.03
individuals in Genesis - Isaac
and Ishmael, Jacob and Esau,
00:44:24.06\00:44:28.88
Cain and Abel - actually are
individuals who represent two
00:44:28.91\00:44:34.19
worldwide groups
at the end of time.
00:44:34.22\00:44:37.67
They're symbolic in miniature
of the characteristics which
00:44:37.70\00:44:42.33
two groups will
have at the end of time.
00:44:42.36\00:44:44.92
And, so, we must know the
00:44:44.95\00:44:46.08
characters of Jacob and Esau,
Isaac and Ishmael, Cain and
00:44:46.11\00:44:51.27
Abel in order to understand
what the characters of the two
00:44:51.30\00:44:54.41
groups at the end of
time are going to be like.
00:44:54.44\00:44:57.79
And then, of course, you
have Joseph and his brothers.
00:44:57.82\00:45:01.63
You have Lot and the
inhabitants of Sodom.
00:45:01.66\00:45:04.49
I could continue
going through Genesis.
00:45:04.52\00:45:06.24
You have this idea of the two
00:45:06.27\00:45:07.79
seeds... battles of
one seed against another.
00:45:07.82\00:45:12.25
Now, before we draw this to a
00:45:12.28\00:45:14.36
close this evening, I need
to tell you something which is
00:45:14.39\00:45:19.08
very important, probably the
most important thing that I'm
00:45:19.11\00:45:22.27
going to deal with tonight,
and that is the secret to
00:45:22.30\00:45:26.39
decode or to break the
code of the book of Genesis.
00:45:26.42\00:45:30.69
You see, the book of Genesis
on the surface appears to be a
00:45:30.72\00:45:37.72
collection of stories that
took place once upon a time.
00:45:37.75\00:45:44.18
But those who read the book
of Genesis only as history are
00:45:44.21\00:45:50.03
missing the deeper dimension
of the book of Genesis.
00:45:50.06\00:45:54.64
We're going to see in this
seminar that every story of
00:45:54.67\00:45:58.87
Genesis is not only a
story, but a prophecy.
00:45:58.90\00:46:03.91
In fact, I believe I can
show that every story in the Old
00:46:03.94\00:46:08.77
Testament is a prophecy...
A prophecy about the coming
00:46:08.80\00:46:13.55
Messiah - Jesus in His First
Coming - and also a prophecy
00:46:13.58\00:46:18.23
about events surrounding
the Second Coming of Christ.
00:46:18.26\00:46:22.35
In other words, the book
of Genesis is literal history,
00:46:22.38\00:46:25.74
but it is prophecy
written as history.
00:46:25.77\00:46:29.47
In other words, beyond the
00:46:29.50\00:46:31.74
local historical
events, they become symbolic or
00:46:31.77\00:46:35.45
representative of
future worldwide events.
00:46:35.48\00:46:40.88
I already mentioned as
an example Genesis 3:15,
00:46:40.91\00:46:45.38
and how it's
fulfilled in Revelation 12.
00:46:45.41\00:46:47.56
We'll be studying
this in more detail.
00:46:47.59\00:46:49.66
You find the same elements.
00:46:49.69\00:46:51.52
You find enmity, you find
a woman, you find a seed of
00:46:51.55\00:46:55.03
the woman, you find the
Serpent trying to kill the
00:46:55.06\00:46:57.18
seed and then
trying to kill the woman.
00:46:57.21\00:46:58.97
There's no way we can
00:46:59.00\00:47:00.28
understand end-time prophecy
without understanding the
00:47:00.31\00:47:03.58
issues that are brought
up in Genesis 3 verse 15.
00:47:03.61\00:47:07.66
By the way, if you read
00:47:07.69\00:47:09.34
Genesis Chapter 1 and 2,
you'll find that the Garden of
00:47:09.37\00:47:12.68
Eden has rivers of living
water flowing through them,
00:47:12.71\00:47:17.68
and you'll find that in the
garden was the Tree of Life.
00:47:17.71\00:47:22.03
Have you ever noticed that
in Revelation Chapter 21 and 22,
00:47:22.06\00:47:26.89
you have the River
of the Water of Life?
00:47:26.92\00:47:30.14
And you have, once again
restored, the Tree of Life.
00:47:30.17\00:47:34.92
In other words, what we
have in Genesis is the original
00:47:34.95\00:47:39.32
Garden of Eden and the
losing of Eden because of sin.
00:47:39.35\00:47:43.54
In the middle, the rest of
the Bible, you find the story of
00:47:43.57\00:47:47.47
how God acts to
redeem that which was lost.
00:47:47.50\00:47:51.66
And in Revelation 21 and 22,
00:47:51.69\00:47:53.91
you have the restoring of
the original Garden of Eden.
00:47:53.94\00:47:58.06
So, there's a close
relationship between Genesis 1
00:47:58.09\00:48:01.13
and 2, and
Revelation Chapter 21 and 22.
00:48:01.16\00:48:04.91
You find, for example,
the story of Cain and Abel.
00:48:04.94\00:48:09.69
This story is not only
history... It's a prophecy.
00:48:09.72\00:48:12.82
We're going to
have a whole lecture,
00:48:12.85\00:48:14.57
I mentioned, on the
Battle of Armageddon.
00:48:14.60\00:48:16.14
If you want to know what the
issues are going to be in the
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final Battle of Armageddon,
you have to know what the
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issues were in the
story of Cain and Abel.
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And we're going to find
that the issues in that original
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story revolved around
obedience and worship.
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And if you go to the book
of Revelation, you're going to
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find that the issues which
are going to separate the world
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into two groups are obedience
to God's Law and worship.
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The only difference is that in
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the beginning of
human history, you have two
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individuals, whereas at
the end of history those two
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individuals have proliferated
into two worldwide groups that
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have similar characters
to those two original people.
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Jesus himself said that the
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story of The Flood is not
only a story, it's a prophecy.
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He said, "As it was in the
days of Noah, so also shall
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it be at the coming
of the Son of Man. "
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Jesus said, "What happened
then is going to happen again
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in relationship
with My second coming. "
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And I'm going to have a whole
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lecture on the
story of The Flood.
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And I'm going to show you that
not only is the wickedness of
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the world in the days of
Noah similar to the wickedness
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which will exist at the
end of time; not only is the
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destruction of the world
in the days of Noah similar to
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the destruction which will
take place at the end of time;
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I will show you that
there will be a whole pattern of
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sequential events which will
be fulfilled in the exact way
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in which they took
place in the Old Testament.
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You have also the
story of Sodom and Gomorrah.
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Very interesting story.
Do you know that Jesus also
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said that story was a prophecy?
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He says in Luke Chapter 17,
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notice - let's go
there and read this passage.
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Luke Chapter 17
and verses 28 to 32.
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Luke 17:28 to 32.
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Here Jesus is
speaking and He says this...
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Allow me to give you just a
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little bit of an inkling what
we're going to deal with what
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we're going to deal with when we
talk about Sodom and Gomorrah.
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Do you know that before
the cities were destroyed, God
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sent three angels with a
warning for those cities?
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In the book of Revelation, we
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find that before the
destruction of the world, God
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is going to send three
angels to warn the world.
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And somebody might say,
Well, Pastor, that's just
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an accident.
That's a coincidence.
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We're going to notice
that it is not a coincidence.
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You see, the three angels that
came to Abraham and then two
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of them went to Sodom
and to Gomorrah, actually are
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symbolic of the messages
which will be presented by
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these angels of
Revelation Chapter 14.
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Actually, the call of Abraham
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out of the place where the
Tower of Babel was built is
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fulfilled in Revelation 18,
where there is a message given
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to God's people: "Come out of
Babylon, My people, and do not
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participate in her sins that
you receive not her plagues. "
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The call of Abraham out of
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Babylon foreshadows or
symbolizes the final call of
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God's people out of Spiritual
Babylon at the end of time.
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The story of the conflict
between Isaac and Ishmael
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actually is taken by the
Apostle Paul in Galatians
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Chapter 4, and he says that
this represents two different
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kinds of people, those who
live according to the flesh
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and those who live
according to the Spirit.
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In other words, these two sons
of Abraham, Isaac and Ishmael,
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represent two different kinds
of characters of people that
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will live in this
world at the end of time.
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Those who live according to
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the flesh and those who
live according to the Spirit.
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And we're going to notice
in this story that we have the
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description of the origin of
the conflict that exists today
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between Israel
and the Palestinians.
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We're going to deal with that
issue in prophecy, with Israel
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in Bible prophecy, with
the Arabs in Bible prophecy,
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because that is - the origin
of this controversy is back
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when Abraham had
Isaac and Ishmael.
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Since the days of Abraham,
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they have been at
each other's throats.
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This isn't something
new. It's something which has
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existed all throughout
the course of human history.
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Who could forget the story of
the almost sacrifice of Isaac?
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I say "almost" because
Isaac was not sacrificed.
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I mean, that story is so
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clearly pointing to the
Messiah that, you know, I
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don't even have to
dwell on it very much.
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You know, God told Abraham,
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"Take your son to Mount Moriah
and sacrifice him there. "
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And when Abraham is about to
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sacrifice his son, the voice
says, "Don't sacrifice your
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son," and Abraham finds a
ram, which is a male lamb.
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He finds a ram in a thicket
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and he offers the
ram in place of his son.
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Do you know that that
represents the fact that God
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the Father sent His
Son Jesus to this world?
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And He sent Him
to take our place.
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He sent him as a Lamb of God
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who takes away
the sin of the world.
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And there's a whole series
of parallels between the story
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that took place in the days
of Abraham and the story of the
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ministration of
Christ on this earth.
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Who could forget the story of
what is called Jacob's Ladder?
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By the way it's
not Jacob's Ladder...
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it's the Lord's Ladder.
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In Genesis Chapter 28 it
speaks about a ladder that is
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planted on the earth whose top
reached to the highest heaven
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and angels were ascending
and descending upon the ladder.
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What could that mean?
Well, we don't have to guess.
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Because in John Chapter 1 and
verse 51 Jesus says, "You will
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see heaven open and you will
see the angels ascending and
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descending upon
the Son of Man. "
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In other words, the
ladder represents Jesus Christ.
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The bottom of the ladder
represents His humanity, His
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oneness with us.
The top of the ladder
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represents the
fact that He's God.
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It represents His
divinity or His deity.
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In other words, the only
one who can represent us before
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God is one who is Man
with man, and God with God.
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He's the only one who
can bridge Heaven and Earth.
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So, Jesus himself
said, "I am the Ladder. "
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The ladder of Genesis
28 is really a prophecy.
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It is not only a story.
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Who could forget the
story of Jacob and Esau?
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This is a symbolic story.
In fact, at the very end of
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the story, we find Jacob
returning to his home after
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he's gone into exile from his
home because of sin like Adam
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and Eve were cast
out because of their sin.
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And now he's returning home
and he hears that his brother
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is coming after
him to destroy him.
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And Jacob goes through what is
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known as the "Time
of Jacob's Trouble. "
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He's in anxiety because he's
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afraid that his brother
is going to destroy him!
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Do you know that the Bible
says that shortly before the
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Coming of Jesus, God's people
will go through a period which
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is known as the
"Time of Jacob's Trouble"?
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They will have a similar
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experience to the
experience that Jacob had.
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It's mentioned, for example,
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in Daniel Chapter 12 and verse
1 where it says, "At that time
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Michael shall stand up, that
great prince that stands watch
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over your people, and
there will be a time of trouble
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such as never was
since there was a nation. "
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See, that's the time of
Time of Jacob's Trouble.
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But at that time God' people
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will be delivered, every
one who is written in the Book.
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The story of Joseph
is a symbolic story.
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Joseph is sold by his brothers
for a few pieces of silver.
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Jesus was sold by his own
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brothers by 30 pieces of silver.
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If you want to understand the
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144,000 of Revelation Chapter
7, once again, you have to go
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back to the book of
Genesis, Genesis 49.
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There Jacob, before his death,
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gives a description of
character of each one of his
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sons, and they form
the foundation for us
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understanding the characters,
the 12 personality profiles
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that will exist
at the end of time.
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The book of Genesis
is a prophetic book.
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It has a much deeper dimension
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than mere history, and we're
going to try and decipher all
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of those things in this seminar.
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