Shall we bow our
heads for prayer?
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Father in heaven,
we thank you so much
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for the privilege of being here
today to study Your Holy Word.
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And as we study about the
base crime of amalgamation
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which led to the flood
we ask for the guidance
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of Your Holy Spirit.
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Give us, Lord, a
willingness to obey Your Word.
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We thank you for
hearing our prayer for we ask it
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in Jesus' name, Amen.
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We want to begin our
study today at Genesis chapter 6
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and verse 5. Genesis
chapter 6 and verse 5.
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Here we find a description
of the mental attitude
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of those who lived before the
world-wide flood in Noah's day.
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And it tells us there in
this very well-known verse:
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This sounds pretty much like
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a world where most minds
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were identified with evil.
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Now notice Genesis chapter 6
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and verses 11 and 12
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on the aftermath or the
result of this condition
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of the corruption of the minds
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of those who
lived before the flood.
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It says in verse 11:
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So we see that every
intent of the heart of man
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was only evil continually.
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And as a result, the
Bible tells us that the earth
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was filled with violence.
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Now the question is:
what led to this situation
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in the world? In other
words, what led to the thoughts
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of man, of the heart of man
being only evil continually?
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And what led to the
corruption of the earth?
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Genesis chapter 6 has
the answer to this question.
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We find in Genesis
6 verses 1 through 4
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an explanation of the cause
for this deplorable condition
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in the earth. We're
going to begin at Genesis 6:1.
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And now notice.
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Immediately after
saying that the sons of God
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entered to the daughters of men
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we're told:
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And then it comes back to speak
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about the sons of God and
the daughters of men in verse 4:
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It says:
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So very clearly, what
led to this wicked condition
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referred to in Genesis 6:5
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was what we find in
the first four verses:
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the sons of God entering
in to the daughters of men.
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Now the expression "entering
in to the daughters of men"
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means to have sexual relations.
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It's a technical
term in the Old Testament
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that means to
have sexual relations.
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And so basically, what
Genesis 6:1-4 is telling us
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that the sexual connection
or the intermarriages between
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the sons of God and
the daughters of men
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is what led the human
race to be in this condition
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where every intent of
the thoughts of the heart
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was only evil continually
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which led to the corruption
of the earth and the filling
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of the earth with violence.
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In other words, this wickedness
resulted from the amalgamation
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of the sons of God
with the daughters of men.
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Now of course the
question comes up:
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who were the sons of God and
who were the daughters of men?
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Allow me to tell you first
of all that Jewish tradition -
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which is not always
reliable by the way -
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as well as some
contemporary scholars
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believe that the sons of
God were actually fallen angels
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and the daughters of
men were human women.
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And so these fallen angels
went in and had sexual relations
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with these human women.
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And the result was a hybrid...
a combination of fallen angel
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and human. And they say
that these are the giants
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that are spoken of
in Genesis chapter 6.
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Now I want to tell you
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that I do not believe
in this interpretation.
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I believe that there
is a better interpretation
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within its context that
harmonizes with the beliefs
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of most of the
older Bible commentators.
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Now allow me to give
you several reasons why
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I do not believe that the
sons of God were fallen angels
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and I do not believe that
we can say that they actually
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cross bred with human women.
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First of all, the
argument that the giants
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came from this
relationship does not hold water
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when you study and
read carefully Genesis 6:4.
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Let's notice Genesis
6 and verse 4 once again
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and you'll see that the giants
existed before the sons of God
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went in to the daughters of men.
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It says there in verse 4:
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Were there giants
before the sons of God
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came in to the daughters of men?
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Absolutely. So the
giants - the nephilim
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by the way in Hebrew - were
not the result of cross breeding
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between fallen
angels and human women.
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The second reason is
because the word nephilim
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which is translated giants here
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actually is
used also to describe
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the inhabitants of
Canaan... the giants in Canaan.
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Have you ever read
about the giants in Canaan?
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In Numbers chapter 13
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the word nephilim is used.
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Now all of the giants before
the flood died in the flood.
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So where did the nephilim
come in the Promised Land?
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Are you
understanding what I'm saying?
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Giants simply means individuals
that lived in the land of Canaan
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who were renowned
for their wickedness
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just like before the flood.
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Furthermore, we know that
angels do not cross breed.
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Jesus said that angels
do not marry and are not
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given in marriage.
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And so Jesus is
explicit that angels cannot have
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sexual relations
with human beings.
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But there are other
reasons why we must understand
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that the sons of God
are not fallen angels.
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The daughters of
men, yes, are human women
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we're going to notice, but
the sons of God are not angels.
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Now let me go through
those reasons here very quickly.
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First of all we have
the immediate context.
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The immediate context
of Genesis 6 is found in
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Genesis 4 and 5. In
Genesis 4 we have the genealogy
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of Seth, the son of Adam.
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In Genesis chapter 5
we have the genealogy
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of Cain... the wicked Cain.
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And then in Genesis 6:1-4
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we have the sons of God
and the daughters of men.
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Obviously the sons of God
are the descendants of Seth.
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The daughters of men are those
who belong to the genealogy
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of Cain. And by the
way, there are three women
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mentioned in the genealogy of
Cain which is very significant
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we're going to
notice as we study along.
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So the immediate context
indicates that the sons of God
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are the descendants of Seth
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and the daughters of men are
the descendants of the lineage
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of Cain. Another
reason why we believe
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that the sons of God
are actually the righteous
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holy line of Seth
whereas the daughters of men
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represents the wicked descend-
ants of the lineage of Cain
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is because Genesis is the
story of the battle between
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two seeds. We have
the seed of the serpent
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which are the followers of Satan
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and the Seed of the woman.
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We have Cain... we have Abel.
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We have the builders
of the Tower of Babel...
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Abraham.
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You have Isaac... Ishmael.
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Jacob... Esau.
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Joseph... his brothers.
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And all of these
are human beings.
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In other words, we
have a righteous seed
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and a wicked seed.
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And so the sons of God
and the daughters of men
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must fit within this seed idea
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in the book of Genesis.
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And so the immediate context
shows that the sons of God
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are the lineage of
Seth; the daughters of men
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are the lineage of Cain.
The wider context of Genesis
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shows that there are two seeds:
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the seed of the righteous
and the seed of the wicked
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which fits very well
with this idea in Genesis 6.
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But then, of course, we
have the broadest context.
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In scripture when the Bible
speaks about the sons of God
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it is not always
referring to angels.
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In fact, let's
notice in the New Testament
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John chapter 1
and verses 12 and 13.
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John chapter 1
and verses 12 and 13
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who the sons of God are.
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And we're
talking here spiritually.
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It says there in
John 1:12 the following:
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This text is telling us
that to be a child of God
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means to have been
born again into God's family
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like the lineage of Seth.
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Now notice also what we
find in the book of Romans
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chapter 8 and verse 14
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on who the sons of God are.
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Romans chapter 8 and verse 14.
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Here the apostle Paul says this,
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Romans 8 and verse 14:
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So who are the sons of God?
The righteous or the wicked?
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They are the righteous
who have been born again.
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The daughters of men are
those who are born according to
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the flesh but they
belong to the lineage of Cain.
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In other words, they
belong to the wicked seed:
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the
unregenerated, the unconverted.
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Are you
understanding what I'm saying?
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And so very clearly
for all of these reasons
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we know that the sons of
God were actually not angels.
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Let me review. Number
one: we noticed that there were
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giants before the sons of God
went in to the daughters of men.
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Number two: we noticed that
there were giants in Canaan.
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And all of the giants
before the flood were destroyed
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in the flood. And
the ones in Canaan
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were not hybrids of
angels versus humans.
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They were human beings.
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Three: Jesus said
that angels are not married
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nor are they given in marriage.
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Number four: the
immediate context shows
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that the sons of God are
the righteous lineage of Seth
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whereas the daughters of
men are those women from the
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genealogy of Cain.
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Number five: the wider
context of Genesis shows
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that the battle is
between a righteous seed
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and a wicked seed
all throughout Genesis.
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Number six: the widest context
of scripture shows that the
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sons of God are those
who have been born again
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into Christ's kingdom.
Now I find it interesting
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that Bible scholars
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many centuries ago
usually believed that
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the sons of God were
actually the righteous
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whereas the daughters of men
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were the
descendants of the wicked.
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Now I'd like to give you just
a couple of examples of this.
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The first one is
from Martin Luther.
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Have you ever
heard of Martin Luther?
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By the way, I could
read you from Zwingli.
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I could read you
from John Calvin.
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I could read you even from
some Roman Catholic scholars
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that say the same thing.
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But this is what
Martin Luther said:
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In other words, the
lineage of the righteous.
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I also have a statement from
that great Bible commentator
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Ellen White in the
journal Signs of the Times
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for February 20, 1879.
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She's even more explicit
than Martin Luther and some of
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the other
reformers. She says this:
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Now let's go back to
Genesis chapter 6 and verse 2.
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There are several other things
that I want us to focus on
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in this fascinating passage.
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Genesis chapter 6 and verse 2.
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It says there:
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Did it catch their eye?
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There's something in these women
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that caught the
eye of the sons of God.
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Is there something about
the daughters of men that
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appealed to the
eyes of the sons of God?
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Yes. Now let me ask you this:
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do you think that there
were also daughters of God?
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Listen, if there's sons of
God there's daughters of God.
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If there's sons of God...
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by the way, if there's
also the daughters of men
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there are also
what? Sons of men.
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Are you
understanding what I'm saying?
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Now my question is this:
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why did the sons of God
think that the daughters of men
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were beautiful and they didn't
think that the daughters of God
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were beautiful? Are
you with me tonight or not?
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Obviously there
was something external
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in the daughters of men
that the sons of God saw
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that they did not see
in the daughters of God.
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Because there
WERE daughters of God.
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No doubt, because the holy line
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continued all the way
through the days of Noah.
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And so they saw something
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in the daughters of men
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that they did not see in the
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daughters of God.
There was something external.
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It says they: "saw
that they were beautiful. "
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In other words, the daughters
of men were real eye-catchers.
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Of course the big question
is: what was it that caught
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the eye? Now
allow me to say this:
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over 75 times in
the book of Genesis
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the meaning of a
name is underlined.
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In Genesis the meanings of names
are of critical importance.
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I'll give you some examples.
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You have for
example Adam saying:
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"She shall be called woman
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because she was
taken from man. "
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You have also the name
Eve: mother of all living
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it's explained.
You have the name Babel
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which means what? Interpreted
in Genesis says confusion.
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You have Peniel
which means what?
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The face of God where
Jacob meets God face to face
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and he survives.
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You have the name YHWH-Yireh
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which means the
Lord will provide
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in the story of
the sacrifice of Isaac.
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You have the name Bethel
which means "house of God. "
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You have the name
Jacob which means supplanter
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and then it's changed
to Israel, prince of God.
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Sarah...
Sarai... Abraham... Abram.
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Time after time
after time in Genesis
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names are very significant.
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Now where do we have to
go in order to understand
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who these daughters of men were?
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Listen folks, we have to go
back to the genealogy of Cain.
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Do you know why we can't go
back to the genealogy of Seth?
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Because there's no women
in the genealogy of Seth.
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And we're talking
about the daughters of men.
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Sons of God... daughters of men.
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By the way, do you
know that in Genesis 11
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we also have the sons of men?
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Do you know sons of
men were just as wicked as
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the daughters of men? Only
in Genesis 6 the emphasis is
00:21:02.22\00:21:06.31
that the sons of
God - the righteous -
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started intermarrying with
the wicked descendants of Cain.
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In Genesis 11 the emphasis is
that their male counterparts -
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the sons of men - were the ones
who built the Tower of Babel.
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And by the way,
there's a very close connection
00:21:19.72\00:21:21.99
between the two
groups because in Genesis 6
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it says that these
were men of renown.
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And in Genesis 11 the
identical Hebrew expression
00:21:27.85\00:21:31.25
is used where the builders
say: "Let us make for ourselves
00:21:31.35\00:21:35.41
a name. " And so you
have a clear connection
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between Genesis
6 and Genesis 11.
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Genesis 6 you have
the daughters of men.
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In Genesis chapter 11
you have the sons of men.
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In Genesis chapter 6
you have the sons of God.
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And of course, the sons of God
should have remained distinct
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and different
but they actually had
00:21:56.87\00:22:00.24
sexual relations and inter-
married with the daughters
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of men who are the women
that are found in the genealogy
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of Cain. Now
let me ask you this:
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Do you think it might just
be important for us to examine
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the meaning of the
names of the three women
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in the genealogy of Cain?
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Remember, the sons of God
saw something in the daughters
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of men that they did not
see in the daughters of God.
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They'd say: "Wow! These
are really good lookers. "
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Why did they see that
in the daughters of men
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and not in the daughters of God?
00:22:38.56\00:22:40.69
There must have been
some external reason.
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Are you with me or not?
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Now let's examine
the names of the women
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in the genealogy of Cain.
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The first of them is in
Genesis chapter 4 and verse 19
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if you'll go with me there.
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Genesis chapter 4 and verse 19.
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It's speaking here about Lamech.
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And we find the
following words: Genesis 4:19.
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By the way, he's the first
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polygamist that we know about
00:23:16.90\00:23:18.27
in scripture. Or
bigamist at least.
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Let's stop there
with the word Adah
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or Adah in Hebrew.
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That word is used
elsewhere in the Old Testament
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but not as a proper name.
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It is used as a
noun and as a verb.
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The identical Hebrew word.
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Do you know how it's translated?
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To deck with jewels
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or to ornament.
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Hello? Why would Adah be called
00:23:57.34\00:24:02.01
to deck with jewels?
00:24:02.21\00:24:04.45
By the way, let's
notice in the Old Testament
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other occurrences of this word.
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Notice Exodus chapter 33.
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The great apostasy of
Israel at the foot of Mt. Sinai.
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You remember when they
worshiped the golden calf?
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Exodus chapter 33 and I want
to begin reading at verse 1.
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"Then the Lord said to Moses:
'Depart and go up from here
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you and the people whom you
have brought out of the land
00:24:31.38\00:24:35.02
of Egypt to the land of
which I swore to Abraham,
00:24:35.12\00:24:38.89
Isaac and Jacob
saying to your descendants
00:24:39.09\00:24:41.75
I will give it. And I
will send My angel before you.
00:24:41.95\00:24:45.04
I will drive out the
Canaanites and the Amorites
00:24:45.24\00:24:47.81
and the Hittites
and the Perizzites,
00:24:48.01\00:24:49.96
and the Hivites
and the Jebusites.
00:24:50.16\00:24:51.78
Go up to a land
flowing with milk and honey
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for I will not go up in
your midst lest I consume you
00:24:56.85\00:25:01.43
on the way for you are
a stiff-necked people. ' "
00:25:01.63\00:25:05.21
What did God say about
them? They were a what?
00:25:05.41\00:25:08.21
A stiff-necked people.
00:25:08.41\00:25:10.26
Do you know what
stiff-necked means?
00:25:10.56\00:25:12.36
Oh... hard hearted.
Unconverted is what it means.
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Notice verse 5:
00:25:17.54\00:25:20.51
"For the Lord... " Oh, by
the way, let me read verse 4.
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It says:
00:25:25.61\00:25:26.64
Identical
word... "his ornaments. "
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What did they do when God
said "you're unconverted? "
00:25:43.49\00:25:46.26
They took off their ornaments.
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Notice verse 5...
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why did they take them off?
00:25:50.98\00:25:52.66
What did they take off
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as a sign of conversion -
as a sign that they realized
00:26:30.27\00:26:33.84
that they were a
stiff-necked people?
00:26:33.94\00:26:35.52
They took off their ornaments.
00:26:35.72\00:26:38.69
Do you know that this
word Adah is constantly used
00:26:39.00\00:26:41.89
in the Old Testament to
refer to Israel in apostasy
00:26:41.99\00:26:45.54
wearing ornaments
and wearing jewelry.
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Let's notice
several other instances.
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Notice Jeremiah
chapter 4 and verse 30.
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Jeremiah chapter 4 and
00:26:54.51\00:26:56.65
verse 30.
00:26:56.75\00:26:58.21
The same word Adah.
00:26:58.51\00:27:00.19
And notice what it says.
00:27:00.39\00:27:02.34
God is speaking about
the destruction of Israel
00:27:02.54\00:27:06.67
for their sins. And
by the way, this chapter
00:27:06.87\00:27:08.86
is also speaking about
the destruction of the world.
00:27:08.97\00:27:11.06
It says: "And
when you are plundered
00:27:11.36\00:27:13.68
what will you do?
Though you clothe yourself
00:27:13.88\00:27:17.34
with crimson;
though you adorn yourself
00:27:17.54\00:27:21.40
with Adah of gold... "
with ornaments of gold...
00:27:21.60\00:27:25.88
"though you enlarge
your eyes with paint
00:27:26.09\00:27:29.78
in vain you will
make yourself fair.
00:27:30.08\00:27:34.23
Your lovers will despise you.
00:27:34.43\00:27:36.73
They will seek your life. "
00:27:36.93\00:27:38.81
Once again let me ask you:
are ornaments connected with
00:27:39.94\00:27:42.77
apostasy from God?
00:27:42.87\00:27:44.61
They most certainly are.
00:27:44.81\00:27:46.09
Notice also what we
find in the book of Ezekiel
00:27:46.59\00:27:49.95
chapter 23 and verse 40.
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Ezekiel chapter 23 and verse 40.
00:27:52.55\00:27:56.71
It says here in this verse:
00:27:57.50\00:27:59.86
"Furthermore you sent for
men... " God is talking about
00:28:00.06\00:28:03.41
apostate Israel...
"Furthermore you sent for men
00:28:03.51\00:28:06.84
to come from afar
00:28:07.34\00:28:09.37
to whom a messenger was sent.
00:28:09.57\00:28:14.29
And there they came. "
00:28:14.59\00:28:16.69
And what did
Israel do to impress them?
00:28:16.99\00:28:19.18
"And you washed yourself
for them, painted your eyes,
00:28:19.38\00:28:23.67
and adorned
yourself with Adah. "
00:28:23.91\00:28:27.44
Once again... with ornaments.
00:28:28.35\00:28:31.19
What is Israel
trying to do here?
00:28:32.22\00:28:34.89
She's trying to
impress the foreign nations.
00:28:35.19\00:28:38.18
The apostate men
from foreign nations.
00:28:38.48\00:28:40.90
And so she paints her eyes
and she puts on these adahs
00:28:41.20\00:28:45.75
or Adah.
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Let's read one more.
00:28:47.46\00:28:48.98
Hosea chapter 2 and verse 13.
00:28:49.18\00:28:51.94
Hosea chapter 2 and verse 13.
00:28:52.24\00:28:55.88
Here we find a
very important verse
00:28:56.28\00:28:59.03
because it closely links
the idea of using ornaments
00:28:59.23\00:29:02.81
with apostasy.
00:29:03.01\00:29:04.77
It says here in the book of
Hosea chapter 2 and verse 13
00:29:04.87\00:29:09.39
the following:
"I will punish her
00:29:09.59\00:29:12.74
for the days of the Baals
to which she burned incense.
00:29:12.94\00:29:17.84
She decked... " By
the way, the word here
00:29:18.04\00:29:20.95
Adah is decked...
00:29:21.15\00:29:22.97
It's a verb here.
00:29:23.79\00:29:25.15
"She decked
herself with her earrings
00:29:25.35\00:29:30.02
and jewelry and
went after her lovers
00:29:30.22\00:29:34.68
but Me she
forgot says the Lord. "
00:29:34.88\00:29:39.78
So let me ask you: what
does the name Adah mean?
00:29:40.76\00:29:44.10
It means to deck
yourself with jewelry
00:29:44.40\00:29:47.35
or it means to adorn yourself.
00:29:47.55\00:29:49.48
Is that significant when
we study about the daughters
00:29:49.51\00:29:52.90
of men? Absolutely.
00:29:53.10\00:29:55.57
Because it gives us the
characteristic of at least
00:29:55.77\00:30:00.11
one of these women who were
of the apostate line of Cain.
00:30:00.21\00:30:04.91
I'm sure you're wondering
00:30:05.41\00:30:06.60
about the meaning
of the other two names.
00:30:06.70\00:30:08.89
Well, the next name
according to Genesis 4:19
00:30:09.19\00:30:13.41
is Zillah. Now the word Zillah
00:30:13.61\00:30:17.88
can come possibly from
two different Hebrew words
00:30:18.08\00:30:21.35
because you have
vowels that are added
00:30:22.33\00:30:26.62
and the consonants are the same
in Hebrew for these two words.
00:30:26.82\00:30:29.95
So the vowels are
the ones that change.
00:30:30.35\00:30:32.69
And so it can
mean one of two things.
00:30:32.89\00:30:34.55
It can either mean shadow
00:30:34.86\00:30:37.30
or it can mean to
tingle or to quiver.
00:30:37.50\00:30:41.83
Now that's a funny name.
00:30:42.83\00:30:44.55
To tingle or to quiver?
00:30:44.85\00:30:46.54
Well allow me to say that
this word is used constantly
00:30:46.95\00:30:50.86
in the Old Testament to
describe musical instruments.
00:30:50.96\00:30:55.27
It is used to
describe for example cymbals
00:30:56.23\00:31:00.61
and bells. Is it
just possible that
00:31:01.23\00:31:05.21
the reason why the name
Zillah is given to this woman
00:31:05.41\00:31:09.57
which means to
quiver or it means to tingle
00:31:10.52\00:31:14.66
that perhaps music
is being emphasized here
00:31:14.96\00:31:18.29
because these women were
involved with a lot of music
00:31:18.49\00:31:23.53
and dancing? I
believe that the connection
00:31:23.63\00:31:28.15
with music is interesting.
00:31:28.25\00:31:29.69
And by the way, if you go
throughout the Old Testament
00:31:29.89\00:31:33.81
you'll find that dancing
with the exception of David
00:31:34.01\00:31:37.06
is usually presented
in a very negative light.
00:31:37.26\00:31:40.26
It's also
connected with apostasy.
00:31:40.56\00:31:42.92
For example, when Israel
was at the foot of Mt. Sinai
00:31:43.32\00:31:46.48
and they were
worshiping the golden calf
00:31:46.68\00:31:48.38
there was lots of music.
And what were they doing?
00:31:48.58\00:31:51.05
They were dancing.
00:31:51.15\00:31:52.68
If you go to Isaiah chapter 3
00:31:52.98\00:31:54.58
it speaks about the
women of Israel that are decked
00:31:54.88\00:31:58.73
from the top of their heads
to the bottom of their feet.
00:31:58.93\00:32:01.31
You can read it in
verses 16 through 18.
00:32:01.52\00:32:03.84
I mean, there's not a part
of the body that they didn't
00:32:04.04\00:32:05.75
cover with something.
00:32:05.85\00:32:07.14
And it says that they go and
- you know - they mark the step
00:32:07.44\00:32:10.79
with their feet. In
other words, they dance.
00:32:10.89\00:32:12.64
Now of course, you know what
happened with John the Baptist
00:32:12.94\00:32:15.35
when Salome came in
and danced for the king.
00:32:15.75\00:32:18.74
The result was the
death of John the Baptist.
00:32:19.14\00:32:21.43
And so I'm just
wondering whether perhaps
00:32:21.73\00:32:24.44
the reason why the name Zillah
means to tingle or to quiver
00:32:24.65\00:32:28.97
and it's connected
with musical instruments
00:32:29.18\00:32:31.15
that perhaps we might have
some aspect having to do with
00:32:31.35\00:32:34.84
dancing. That was
not absolutely clear...
00:32:34.94\00:32:38.72
but the third
one is besides Adah.
00:32:38.92\00:32:42.51
The third name is found
in Genesis 4 and verse 22.
00:32:43.37\00:32:46.86
Genesis chapter 4 and verse 22
00:32:47.17\00:32:51.08
we have the name
of the third woman...
00:32:51.38\00:32:53.25
the third daughter of men.
00:32:53.45\00:32:55.33
It says there:
"And as for Zillah
00:32:55.73\00:32:59.45
she also bore Tubal-Cain... "
00:32:59.65\00:33:02.45
and then it says... "an
instructor of every craftsman
00:33:02.65\00:33:06.72
of bronze and iron. And
the sister of Tubal-Cain
00:33:06.92\00:33:11.17
was... " Whom? "was Naamah. "
00:33:11.37\00:33:14.85
Now I'm not going
to read the texts.
00:33:16.05\00:33:17.81
I'm just going to give
you a couple of examples.
00:33:17.91\00:33:19.72
This word is used to
describe the physical beauty
00:33:20.02\00:33:24.17
of the lovers in the
book Song of Solomon.
00:33:24.47\00:33:28.59
Actually the Hebrew word means
00:33:29.54\00:33:32.88
to be sweet, to be
lovely, to be beautiful.
00:33:33.08\00:33:38.50
Does this connect with
Genesis chapter 6 where it says
00:33:39.10\00:33:42.16
that the daughters of men
were beautiful? Absolutely.
00:33:42.36\00:33:45.97
And by the way, it's very
interesting that this word
00:33:46.21\00:33:49.73
is used several times in
the Old Testament to describe
00:33:49.83\00:33:52.92
external physical beauty.
00:33:53.12\00:33:56.81
Not internal beauty
but external beauty.
00:33:57.78\00:34:01.52
And so you have these three
names of the daughters of men
00:34:02.03\00:34:05.99
in the genealogy of Cain.
00:34:06.19\00:34:07.95
You have one that means to
be decked with jewels/ornaments.
00:34:08.25\00:34:12.11
You have the other
which means to quiver
00:34:12.34\00:34:15.08
and it has to do
with musical instruments.
00:34:16.24\00:34:18.93
And you have the other
one which means to be lovely
00:34:19.13\00:34:22.55
or delightful or beautiful.
00:34:22.76\00:34:25.76
What is it that attracted the
eyes of the sons of God then?
00:34:26.16\00:34:31.43
is my question.
00:34:31.63\00:34:32.71
It must have been
the external appearance
00:34:33.11\00:34:36.65
of the women in
the lineage of Cain.
00:34:36.86\00:34:41.49
By the way, in Genesis 6 verse 2
00:34:42.28\00:34:44.40
where it says that the sons
of God saw that the daughters
00:34:44.60\00:34:47.20
of men were beautiful that's
the very word that is used
00:34:47.30\00:34:52.21
to describe
Bathsheba in II Samuel 11:2
00:34:52.41\00:34:57.01
where it says that David looked
00:34:57.21\00:34:58.85
out from the porch of the palace
00:34:58.96\00:35:00.96
and he saw Bathsheba
00:35:01.16\00:35:03.53
and she was "very beautiful. "
00:35:03.73\00:35:06.88
Of course, she was
naked according to scripture.
00:35:07.18\00:35:10.20
Now I find it interesting
that Jewish tradition
00:35:11.16\00:35:13.94
even though they have
wrong who the sons of God are
00:35:14.14\00:35:17.47
they caught this point.
00:35:17.77\00:35:19.45
I want to read you 2 statements
00:35:19.75\00:35:21.35
that are found in
the Jewish writings
00:35:21.55\00:35:25.51
primarily of the
inter-testamental period:
00:35:25.81\00:35:28.05
the period between the
Old and the New Testaments.
00:35:28.15\00:35:29.87
The first one is
from the Targum of Reuben
00:35:30.17\00:35:33.63
chapter 5 and verses 5-7.
00:35:33.83\00:35:35.91
This is what they say:
00:35:36.11\00:35:37.30
"Flee therefore
fornication my children.
00:35:37.50\00:35:40.17
Command your
wives and your daughters
00:35:40.47\00:35:43.20
that they adorn not
their heads and faces. "
00:35:43.40\00:35:46.60
Notice? "That they adorn
not their heads and faces
00:35:46.80\00:35:50.41
to deceive the mind.
00:35:50.61\00:35:52.31
Because every woman
who uses these wiles
00:35:52.51\00:35:56.11
has been reserved
for eternal punishment.
00:35:56.14\00:35:58.54
For thus they allured the watch-
ers who were before the flood. "
00:35:58.74\00:36:04.40
How did they allure the
watchers before the flood?
00:36:05.53\00:36:08.52
By adorning their
heads and their what?
00:36:09.57\00:36:12.92
And their faces
according to this.
00:36:13.22\00:36:15.35
The other statement is from
the Targum of Pseudo-Jonathan
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chapter 6 and verses 1-2.
00:36:19.31\00:36:20.95
This is really
interesting. It says:
00:36:21.25\00:36:23.04
"And it came to pass
when the sons of man began
00:36:23.25\00:36:26.24
to multiply on
the face of the ground
00:36:26.34\00:36:29.05
and beautiful
daughters were born to them
00:36:29.25\00:36:31.80
that the sons of the great ones
saw that the daughters of men
00:36:32.10\00:36:35.85
were beautiful. "
Now notice this...
00:36:35.95\00:36:38.34
I read once again that:
"the sons of the great ones
00:36:39.34\00:36:42.30
saw that the
daughters of men were beautiful
00:36:42.50\00:36:44.35
with eyes
painted and hair curled
00:36:44.65\00:36:49.23
walking in nakedness of flesh. "
00:36:50.32\00:36:53.77
It kind of
reminds you of Bathsheba.
00:36:53.97\00:36:55.65
Now they were talking about
pornography at this period of
00:36:55.95\00:36:59.30
time... moral corruption
00:36:59.40\00:37:02.33
Hollywood style
before the flood.
00:37:02.63\00:37:05.69
And it says: "And they
conceived lustful thoughts
00:37:06.19\00:37:09.91
and they took wives
of all whom they chose. "
00:37:10.11\00:37:14.16
Folks, what is it that
attracted the sons of God?
00:37:15.43\00:37:18.29
It was the artificial beauty
both according to scripture,
00:37:18.49\00:37:23.57
the meaning of the names,
as well as Jewish tradition.
00:37:23.77\00:37:27.63
It was the external appearance,
the artificial beauty
00:37:27.83\00:37:32.18
of these women who adorned
themselves on the outside.
00:37:32.38\00:37:35.86
And you say: "Well,
how do you know that? "
00:37:36.16\00:37:38.35
Let me ask you: does it
say that the sons of God
00:37:38.55\00:37:40.65
looked at the daughters of God?
00:37:40.85\00:37:43.14
Do you think all of the
daughters of God were ugly?
00:37:43.44\00:37:46.00
Why didn't they look
at the daughters of God?
00:37:46.64\00:37:48.84
There must have been
something eternally what?
00:37:49.04\00:37:52.39
Different! But
you know what happens?
00:37:52.69\00:37:55.58
You know the daughters of
God when they saw that the sons
00:37:55.88\00:37:58.76
of God were going
after the daughters of men:
00:37:58.86\00:38:00.79
"We've got to keep up. "
00:38:00.99\00:38:02.70
And so they started
adorning themselves too.
00:38:03.00\00:38:05.56
You say: "How
do you know that? "
00:38:05.66\00:38:06.69
Listen: because
when the flood came
00:38:06.80\00:38:08.99
there were only
four couples left.
00:38:09.19\00:38:11.85
Which means that the daughters
of God soon started doing
00:38:13.66\00:38:17.02
the same thing. And as
a result, the whole human
00:38:17.12\00:38:21.80
race was what? Was
corrupted before the Lord.
00:38:22.00\00:38:24.67
Do you understand
the reason for the flood?
00:38:24.97\00:38:27.34
It was because the sons of
God - they took the initiative -
00:38:27.64\00:38:30.87
the converted ones
took the initiative to join
00:38:31.07\00:38:33.74
with the women of the world
00:38:33.84\00:38:35.83
because of their
external characteristics.
00:38:36.16\00:38:38.67
And the result
of this amalgamation
00:38:38.87\00:38:40.91
was the
corruption of the human race.
00:38:41.11\00:38:43.11
Every intent of the
thought of the heart of man
00:38:43.31\00:38:46.81
was only evil continually.
00:38:47.01\00:38:49.54
The problem of adornment
was a pre-flood problem.
00:38:49.84\00:38:53.25
The problem of the world
coming in among God's people
00:38:54.34\00:38:57.73
is not only a
contemporary problem.
00:38:57.93\00:39:00.10
It is a problem that
existed before the flood
00:39:00.31\00:39:02.75
and it actually led
ultimately to the flood.
00:39:02.95\00:39:07.01
By the way, the
church joining the world
00:39:07.51\00:39:10.61
never converts the world.
00:39:10.81\00:39:12.29
It always converts
the church to the world.
00:39:13.29\00:39:16.55
And that's exactly what was
happening here before the flood:
00:39:17.15\00:39:20.99
the church was
converted to the world.
00:39:21.29\00:39:23.21
And by the way, God
called Noah to rebuke the world.
00:39:23.51\00:39:28.94
He was a
preacher of righteousness
00:39:29.27\00:39:31.43
II Peter chapter
2 and verse 5 says.
00:39:31.53\00:39:33.84
In fact, in Hebrews 11:7 it
says he condemned the world.
00:39:34.86\00:39:37.83
Do you suppose that he
condemned this intermingling
00:39:38.03\00:39:40.78
of the sons of God
with the daughters of men?
00:39:40.98\00:39:43.36
Do you think that
Noah had anything to say
00:39:43.66\00:39:46.22
about being attracted
by this external appearance
00:39:46.42\00:39:49.76
on the part of the sons of God?
00:39:49.96\00:39:51.37
No doubt...
00:39:51.78\00:39:53.18
because the Bible says
that this is the main reason
00:39:53.48\00:39:55.70
that led to the what?
That led to the flood.
00:39:55.90\00:39:59.12
Now I'd like to ask a question.
00:39:59.99\00:40:01.48
Is the flood a type of what's
going to happen at the end
00:40:02.52\00:40:05.82
of time? Yes.
00:40:05.92\00:40:09.21
Jesus said in Matthew 24
00:40:09.54\00:40:12.06
"As it was in the days of Noah
00:40:12.37\00:40:14.80
so also shall it be at the
coming of the Son of Man. "
00:40:15.10\00:40:19.88
Is it just possible
that before the second coming
00:40:21.26\00:40:26.20
Christians are going to do
the same thing that the sons of
00:40:26.50\00:40:31.16
God did before the flood?
00:40:31.26\00:40:32.98
That they're going to be
attracted by the lures of the
00:40:33.87\00:40:36.71
world? By the tinsel
and glitter of the world?
00:40:36.81\00:40:40.80
Of worldly women or worldly men?
00:40:41.20\00:40:45.01
And as a result, link
up with worldly people
00:40:46.74\00:40:50.35
and in this way dwindle
the number of true Christians
00:40:50.55\00:40:54.33
on planet earth? "As
it was in the days of Noah
00:40:54.53\00:40:57.94
so also shall it be at the
coming of the Son of Man. "
00:40:58.14\00:41:01.34
Has God given a
message to His people
00:41:01.74\00:41:04.05
to present to the world
to warn the world about this?
00:41:04.25\00:41:07.38
Yes. Do you know
where it's found?
00:41:07.68\00:41:09.39
It's found in the
three angels' messages
00:41:09.59\00:41:11.52
of Revelation chapter 14.
00:41:11.73\00:41:13.39
"Fear God and give glory to Him
00:41:13.70\00:41:17.64
for the hour of His
judgment has come. "
00:41:17.94\00:41:20.46
By the way, do you
know on the Day of Atonement
00:41:20.76\00:41:22.38
the Israelites were supposed
to attire themselves in a very
00:41:22.78\00:41:26.70
simple way. And we are
NOW in the Day of Atonement.
00:41:26.81\00:41:29.99
And that angel says: "Worship
Him who made the heavens,
00:41:31.53\00:41:34.90
the earth, the seas, and
the fountains of water. "
00:41:35.11\00:41:37.45
And then it calls God's
people to come out of Babylon.
00:41:37.75\00:41:40.13
And it says whoever
does not come out of Babylon
00:41:41.60\00:41:43.86
will end up
worshiping the beast, his image,
00:41:44.06\00:41:46.92
and receiving the mark...
and as a result will be lost.
00:41:47.12\00:41:50.74
Now let's take a
closer look at this.
00:41:50.98\00:41:53.00
God is going to
have a warning message
00:41:53.40\00:41:55.56
for the world
just like Noah did.
00:41:55.86\00:41:57.89
People are going to have to
present a politically-incorrect
00:41:58.94\00:42:02.48
message to those who
are blending with the world,
00:42:02.58\00:42:04.89
who are adopting the
methods of the world,
00:42:05.19\00:42:06.59
the lifestyle of the world.
00:42:06.69\00:42:08.39
The dress of the world,
the adornment of the world.
00:42:08.69\00:42:11.59
The evangelistic
methods of the world.
00:42:11.89\00:42:14.72
The music of the
world if you please.
00:42:15.02\00:42:17.18
All of this was
involved before the flood.
00:42:17.48\00:42:19.37
Is God going to have a group
of people that are not going to
00:42:20.49\00:42:23.54
fall for this? Yes,
and here's where things
00:42:23.65\00:42:26.94
get very interesting.
00:42:27.14\00:42:28.74
Do you know how these men
are described in Revelation
00:42:29.85\00:42:33.31
chapter 14 and verses
4 and 5? Go with me there
00:42:33.51\00:42:36.26
to Revelation 14 verses 4 and 5.
00:42:36.46\00:42:38.21
These are those who will be
00:42:38.41\00:42:39.65
alive when the
world is destroyed.
00:42:39.75\00:42:41.57
They will survive the
destruction of the world
00:42:41.87\00:42:44.21
like Noah and his family
00:42:44.41\00:42:45.97
survived the destruction
at the time of the flood.
00:42:46.17\00:42:49.24
Revelation chapter 14 and
I'd like to read verses 4 and 5.
00:42:49.54\00:42:53.60
They're known as the 144,000.
00:42:53.91\00:42:56.17
We've studied these before
in the seminar: the 144,000.
00:42:56.37\00:42:59.51
And notice the
interesting thing about them.
00:42:59.91\00:43:02.24
It says: "These are the ones
00:43:03.16\00:43:06.15
who were not... "
What? "defiled with women
00:43:07.40\00:43:13.22
for they are...
" What? "virgins. "
00:43:14.24\00:43:18.35
Did the sons of God
defile with the daughters of men
00:43:20.26\00:43:22.81
before the flood?
00:43:23.01\00:43:24.07
Is God going to have a group
of individuals in the end time
00:43:24.27\00:43:27.59
that will NOT BLEND with women?
00:43:27.80\00:43:33.66
By the way, where it says
women it's not saying that
00:43:33.76\00:43:35.82
that they weren't married.
It's saying that they're not
00:43:35.92\00:43:37.88
having adulterous relationships
with the apostate churches.
00:43:37.98\00:43:42.22
How are those apostate
churches garbed by the way?
00:43:44.53\00:43:49.19
Go with me to
Revelation chapter 17.
00:43:49.59\00:43:51.62
Revelation chapter 17.
It says that they did not
00:43:53.09\00:43:56.24
become defiled with women.
00:43:56.34\00:43:57.79
They're virgins.
They're like before the flood.
00:43:57.99\00:43:59.66
You know, they were not
attracted by the worldliness
00:43:59.69\00:44:03.90
of the culture.
Notice Revelation chapter 17
00:44:04.30\00:44:08.43
and verse 4 speaking
about this apostate woman.
00:44:08.73\00:44:12.88
By the way, she
has daughters also.
00:44:13.18\00:44:14.94
It says there in verse 4:
00:44:15.24\00:44:16.69
Are these apostate
churches going to be garbed very
00:44:40.78\00:44:43.87
similarly to the daughters
of men before the flood?
00:44:44.07\00:44:46.80
Yes. Is God going to
have a group of people
00:44:47.10\00:44:50.64
that do not
become defiled with these
00:44:50.84\00:44:53.03
just like Noah and his
family? Absolutely yes!
00:44:53.33\00:44:56.73
By the way, this is
the reason why God says
00:44:57.18\00:45:00.06
in II Corinthians "Be not
unevenly yoked with... " What?
00:45:00.16\00:45:05.69
"Be not unevenly
yoked with unbelievers. "
00:45:05.89\00:45:08.90
But it's become very
common for the church today
00:45:09.20\00:45:12.10
to import the practices
and the culture of the world.
00:45:12.30\00:45:16.07
The music of the world...
as long as it's christened.
00:45:16.37\00:45:19.39
The adornment of the
world; the fashion of the world.
00:45:19.59\00:45:24.32
The evangelistic methods
of the world if you please.
00:45:24.72\00:45:28.51
It seems like everything is
invading the Christian church.
00:45:28.95\00:45:33.29
Is God going to have
a group of individuals
00:45:33.49\00:45:36.60
who are faithful and say:
"We're going to keep dress,
00:45:36.80\00:45:39.37
we're going to keep music, we're
going to keep entertainment
00:45:39.57\00:45:42.94
if you want to call it that...
we're going to keep all of this
00:45:43.15\00:45:45.56
only Christian and
we're not going to blend
00:45:45.76\00:45:48.72
with these
things in the world. "
00:45:48.92\00:45:51.26
I pray to God that we WILL
have those kinds of people.
00:45:51.50\00:45:54.47
By the way, this issue is
also - the issue of adornment -
00:45:55.56\00:45:59.80
is also addressed
in the New Testament.
00:46:00.00\00:46:02.81
Go with me to I Peter
chapter 3 and verses 3-5.
00:46:03.31\00:46:08.77
I Peter chapter 3
and verses 3 through 5.
00:46:09.07\00:46:13.01
You know, some people say:
"Well, this is Old Testament. "
00:46:13.41\00:46:15.81
You know, I find
that interesting.
00:46:16.21\00:46:17.58
People... anything that
demands a change or a sacrifice
00:46:17.78\00:46:20.63
was for the Jews. The
Sabbath? For the Jews.
00:46:20.74\00:46:24.82
Tithe? For the Jews.
00:46:26.12\00:46:28.73
Unclean foods? For the Jews.
00:46:29.13\00:46:32.44
Modesty? For the Jews.
00:46:32.74\00:46:35.74
Anything that
demands a change in the life
00:46:36.82\00:46:39.17
that leads us to live
differently than the world
00:46:39.47\00:46:42.07
people say that
that was for the Jews
00:46:42.37\00:46:44.36
as if God expects less from us
00:46:44.76\00:46:47.48
than He expected from Israel.
00:46:47.68\00:46:49.56
Notice what we find
in II Peter chapter 3...
00:46:49.86\00:46:53.94
Oh, not II
Peter. I Peter chapter 3
00:46:54.34\00:46:57.48
and let's read
verses 1 and following.
00:46:57.78\00:47:02.20
It says here:
00:47:02.50\00:47:04.46
"Wives, likewise be submissive
to your own husbands. "
00:47:04.67\00:47:09.03
That in itself is
politically incorrect.
00:47:09.23\00:47:11.60
"Then even if some
do not obey the word
00:47:11.90\00:47:16.15
they without a word
may be won by the conduct
00:47:16.35\00:47:19.60
of their wives
00:47:19.80\00:47:22.23
when they observe
your chaste conduct
00:47:22.43\00:47:26.23
accompanied by fear... "
00:47:26.43\00:47:27.96
By the way, do you
know what the word there is?
00:47:31.28\00:47:33.59
It's the word cosmos.
00:47:33.79\00:47:35.55
Cosmos. You know
what cosmos translates?
00:47:37.11\00:47:41.57
World.
00:47:41.87\00:47:44.38
By the way, we get
the word cosmetics from it
00:47:44.58\00:47:48.51
in case you were wondering.
00:47:49.56\00:47:51.03
It says: "Do not let
your adornment be merely... "
00:47:52.04\00:47:55.47
And the New King
James says "merely. "
00:47:55.67\00:47:57.83
See, they add that. The
original doesn't say merely.
00:47:58.03\00:48:01.17
See, merely indicates
that you can have it as long as
00:48:01.67\00:48:04.28
you have the other.
Notice it's in italics
00:48:04.38\00:48:07.92
in the New King James
and in the King James?
00:48:08.12\00:48:10.74
Really it says: "Do not let
your adornment be outward. "
00:48:10.98\00:48:15.10
What is the adornment
that God looks upon positively?
00:48:29.50\00:48:33.84
The adornment of
the what? Of the heart.
00:48:34.08\00:48:36.55
Not outward adorning
but what? Inward adorning.
00:48:49.07\00:48:53.11
Notice what the apostle
Paul says in I Timothy 2:9-10.
00:48:53.35\00:48:58.58
I Timothy chapter 2
and verses 9 and 10.
00:48:58.88\00:49:02.64
The apostle Paul
has the same counsel
00:49:02.84\00:49:04.78
that we just read in Peter.
00:49:04.98\00:49:06.88
Once again, I Timothy
chapter 2 and verses 9 and 10.
00:49:07.09\00:49:12.37
The apostle Paul says this:
00:49:12.67\00:49:14.92
"I desire therefore
that the men pray everywhere
00:49:15.32\00:49:19.37
lifting up holy hands
without wrath and doubting. "
00:49:19.57\00:49:22.12
That's verse 8.
"In like manner also
00:49:22.33\00:49:25.44
that the women adorn
themselves in... " What?
00:49:25.68\00:49:31.21
"in modest apparel with
propriety and moderation.
00:49:31.41\00:49:36.56
Not with braided hair or gold
00:49:36.86\00:49:40.40
or pearls or costly clothing
00:49:40.61\00:49:44.46
but which is proper for women
professing godliness with... "
00:49:44.66\00:49:50.64
What? "with good works. "
00:49:50.74\00:49:52.90
Once again, the
adorning should not be external.
00:49:53.20\00:49:56.04
It should be what?
It should be internal.
00:49:56.24\00:49:59.68
Allow me to say a
few things about Christ.
00:50:00.08\00:50:03.05
Do you know that the whole
Old Testament sanctuary was
00:50:03.55\00:50:06.51
a symbol of Jesus?
00:50:06.61\00:50:08.03
You remember in
John 2 Jesus said:
00:50:08.23\00:50:10.23
He was talking about
the temple of His what?
00:50:14.17\00:50:16.60
About the temple of His body.
00:50:16.90\00:50:18.69
Did Jesus have any
external physical attraction
00:50:19.64\00:50:22.48
that people were drawn towards?
00:50:22.88\00:50:24.77
By the way, do you have any
physical description of Christ
00:50:26.17\00:50:28.73
in the gospels
00:50:28.84\00:50:30.26
that say what
color of hair He had?
00:50:30.66\00:50:32.61
Color of eyes? His height?
00:50:33.65\00:50:36.60
There's really no
physical description of Christ
00:50:37.75\00:50:40.25
in the gospels, but do you
know what description there is?
00:50:40.35\00:50:43.05
There's abundant
description of His character.
00:50:43.26\00:50:45.78
What He was like.
00:50:47.03\00:50:48.83
How He loved and was
kind and was at peace
00:50:49.13\00:50:52.52
and had joy. In
other words, all of the
00:50:53.37\00:50:56.60
character qualities of Jesus
shine forth in the gospels.
00:50:56.80\00:51:01.42
And it says in Isaiah
chapter 53 and verse 2
00:51:01.92\00:51:04.78
that there is in Him no
comeliness that we should
00:51:04.98\00:51:08.82
desire Him. What is
Jesus trying to teach us?
00:51:08.92\00:51:12.58
He's trying to teach us that our
adornment should not be what?
00:51:12.88\00:51:16.28
External!
00:51:16.58\00:51:18.49
Our adornment should
be eternal... internal...
00:51:19.62\00:51:23.09
it should be... and
eternal by the way also.
00:51:23.29\00:51:25.14
That should be the thing
that attracts people to us...
00:51:25.44\00:51:28.58
not the outside.
00:51:28.78\00:51:30.25
Because folks, I dare
to say that many of those
00:51:30.45\00:51:33.57
who decorate themselves outside
00:51:33.77\00:51:36.25
are trying to cover
up a problem inside.
00:51:36.45\00:51:40.15
How beautiful it is to see
a woman who has natural beauty
00:51:43.15\00:51:46.59
and just has a
kind, loving spirit.
00:51:46.72\00:51:50.93
How beautiful it is
to see men that way also.
00:51:51.78\00:51:54.26
Do you know that the Hebrew
00:51:56.22\00:51:57.55
sanctuary outside
00:51:57.65\00:51:59.14
was a pretty ugly building?
00:51:59.34\00:52:01.11
It was made of badger skins
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according to Exodus 26 verse 14.
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Have you ever seen a badger?
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Brown... but when you
looked inside the sanctuary
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oh, there was the
gold and the silver.
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And the precious
fabric and the precious stones
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were inside the
sanctuary not outside.
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And that's the way Jesus was.
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His beauty was not outside.
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His beauty was
inside and shone outward.
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By the way, does the
apostle Paul say that we are
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temples of the Holy Spirit? Yes.
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I Corinthians chapter
6 verses 19 and 20 says:
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Are we to glorify
God with our body?
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Absolutely.
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Now why did I
call this presentation
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The Base Crime of Amalgamation?
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Well because before the flood
the sons of God amalgamated
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or had illicit relationships
with the daughters of men.
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But there's another reason.
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You see, Ellen White
has a quotation where
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she talks about the
main reason for the flood,
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and this statement
has been misunderstood.
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People have accused
Ellen White of saying that
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Ellen White believed that
before the flood there was
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cross breeding between
human beings and animals.
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Allow me to read
how she describes it.
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This is found in the book
Spirit of Prophecy volume 4
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page 69. She says:
"But if there was one sin
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above another which called
for the destruction of the race
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by the flood... "
If there was one sin...
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destroyed the world
by a flood, she says...
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"it was the base
crime of amalgamation
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of man and beast. "
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Notice she doesn't
say of man with beast.
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She says of man and beast.
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Man with man and
beast with beast.
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"which defaced
the image of God. "
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Let me ask you: the blending
of the righteous with the
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unrighteous... does
this deface the image of God?
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Oh, it sure does.
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Led to the loss of
everybody before the flood
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except four men. It says:
"Which defaced the image of God
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and caused confusion everywhere.
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God purposed to
destroy by a flood
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that powerful, long-lived race
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that had corrupted
their ways before Him. "
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She calls, in other words,
the blending or the amalgamation
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of man and beast "the
base crime of amalgamation. "
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And those who accuse
Ellen White... they say:
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"A base crime cannot be a
sexual relationship between
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a man and a woman.
That's too strong an expression
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to be describing a
sexual relationship between
00:55:16.25\00:55:18.13
a man and a woman.
So it must be that when
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Ellen White says
amalgamation of man and beast
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she means amalgamation
of man WITH beast. "
00:55:23.14\00:55:25.12
The fact is that Ellen
White only uses one other time
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the expression base crime.
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Do you suppose we should
allow Ellen White to interpret
00:55:32.82\00:55:34.87
Ellen White? Absolutely!
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We have to do the same
with Ellen White as we do with
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the Bible. The only other time
that she uses the expression
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base crime to describe something
00:55:43.90\00:55:45.62
is when Potiphar's
wife tried to entice Joseph
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to have sex with her.
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She calls that a base crime.
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So is a base crime in
the mind of Ellen White
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crossing a believer
with an apostate? Yes!
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In fact, let me
read you that statement.
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Volume 1 Spirit
of Prophecy page 131
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she says, speaking of Joseph:
"He would not be persuaded
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to deviate from the
path of righteousness
00:56:11.31\00:56:13.90
and trample upon God's law
by the inducements or threats.
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And when he was accused
00:56:18.53\00:56:21.21
and a base crime was
falsely laid to his charge
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he did not sink in despair. "
00:56:25.88\00:56:28.76
So let Ellen White
interpret Ellen White.
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When she says that
there was amalgamation of man
00:56:31.47\00:56:34.90
she means of
righteous with unrighteous.
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And beast? Yeah, there
was probably cross breeding of
00:56:37.20\00:56:39.38
animals. Now allow me in the
few seconds that we have left
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to give you some principles
of how we're supposed to
00:56:42.78\00:56:45.74
choose the right attire.
00:56:45.84\00:56:47.59
First of all,
it should be clean.
00:56:47.99\00:56:49.94
Secondly, orderly and neat.
00:56:50.34\00:56:52.99
Third, simple
and not extravagant.
00:56:53.29\00:56:56.39
Fourth, modest. That
means not revealing too much.
00:56:56.79\00:57:00.65
Five, economical.
00:57:01.12\00:57:03.09
Not cheap... economical.
00:57:03.30\00:57:04.59
Six, durable.
00:57:05.68\00:57:07.45
Seven, healthful.
00:57:07.75\00:57:09.54
Not too tight.
Protect us from cold and heat.
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Eight, tasteful.
00:57:12.40\00:57:14.76
Nine,
appropriate to the occasion.
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And ten, it should
bring honor and glory to God.
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