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Shawn Brummund: Hello and
welcome to another edition of
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the "Sabbath School Study Hour,"
right here in the Granite Bay
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Hilltop Seventh Day
Adventist Church in the greater
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metro area of
Sacramento, California.
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It is always good to be able to
come together to worship God, to
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be able to open His Bible and
continue to study and grow in
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the knowledge of His truth,
and of His Son Jesus Christ.
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It is always nice to
have our church family with
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us here this
morning, as well, as we gather
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together here
locally in our new facility.
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We're just so thankful to
be able to come together and
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continue to study and to be able
to meet each other, greet each
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other, encourage each
other, pray with each other
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as we continue
to worship the Lord.
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We're continue to study through
one of my favorite books.
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It is a foundational book of
truth that everyone should read
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from cover to cover, and
that is the book of Genesis.
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We have a study guide that
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take advantage and give
you further understanding
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of what Genesis
is trying to tell us.
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And so, if you haven't got a
copy of the quarterly yet this
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quarter, make sure that you get
a copy of the Genesis quarterly.
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You can get that at your local
Seventh Day Adventist Church.
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And today we're going
to be looking at lesson
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number three, which
is Cain And His Legacy.
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We're going to be studying
in depth in the 4th chapter of
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Genesis, not one of my favorite
chapters, but one that we do
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need to be aware of and
understand some of the origins
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of the problems that we
have in a broken world today.
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So, please stay tuned
as we continue to study
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and grow in the
knowledge of Genesis.
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Important question.
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Well, we don't
have anybody to lead us
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in song and worship here today.
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And so, our teacher today
is going to be Pastor Alden Ho.
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And before we
invite him out, we want to
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invite the Lord to
be with us as we pray.
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Father in heaven, we
want to thank You for
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the opportunity to
be able to worship You.
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We thank You for this special
day that You have set aside that
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we might be able to worship You
together as a church family, to
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put the other things that
keep us busy throughout the week
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aside, and to be able
to just stop and focus
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on You and focus
on our church family.
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God, we thank You
for the opportunity
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to be able to study Your Bible.
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We thank You for the promise
that you give us the Holy Spirit
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to further
understand Your Bible.
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And God, we want
to pray that You'll be
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with our teacher today.
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Please bless him, bless
his heart, his mind, give him
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clarity and be with
us and teach us, Lord.
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In Jesus's name we
pray these things, amen.
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Alden Ho: It's good to see
you all here and those of you
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joining online
and around the world.
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I want to tell you a
story that happened in
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1929 on January
1 at the Rose Bowl.
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It was a guy named Roy Riegels.
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He was playing in a football
game for UCLA, and he was--he
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was actually for UCLA,
or Georgia Tech, sorry.
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And he was playing against UCLA.
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The problem was when
they kicked the ball--
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I'm not a big football watcher.
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I'd rather play than watch.
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When the ball
was kicked, somehow
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there was this
fumble that went on.
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And in the scurry and the tussle
of the whole thing, Roy managed
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to pick up the ball,
and he started running.
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And he started
running with all his might.
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The problem was,
he ran the wrong way.
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He ended up in his own
touchdown zone at the end.
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And consequently, they
lost the game as a result.
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The reason I tell you this story
is many times for us, we think
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that we're going the right way,
and we're so convicted of it.
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But the problem is,
that's not the right way.
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Solomon writes here in
Proverbs chapter 14, verse 12,
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he says, "There is a way
that seems right to a man."
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You know the end of
this. But what happens?
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But in its end,
it's the way of what?
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It's the way of death.
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This week's lesson that we
have on the legacy of Cain is a
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legacy of disobedience that Cain
left for all the world to see.
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And really consequently as a
result of this legacy, the world
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is reeling as a
result of all this.
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The expulsion from Eden,
the results of that single sin,
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continue to fester, continue
to grow, and it passed on from
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succeeding generations
all the way through time
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to the point that
we are at right now.
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We find that the
beginning of this chapter begins
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with the birth of
Cain, and it ends with the
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birth of Seth as
the lesson points out.
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While the birth of Cain leads
to failure and has a limited
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horizon made of
human achievement
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and violence, it leads
to the flood ultimately.
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The birth of Seth, however,
is the opposite of that.
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It brings repair to the
preceding failure and restores
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God's plan of salvation,
leading to the survival of
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mankind and
history to their salvation.
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When we get to
Sunday's lesson, we find that
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this particular lesson
is about Cain and Abel.
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These are the
first real children that
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we find in the
Bible, Cain and Abel.
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Cain was the first one born.
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In "Desire of
Ages," page 31, it says,
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"The Savior's coming
was foretold at Eden.
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When Adam and Eve
first heard the promise,
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they looked for
its speedy fulfillment.
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They joyfully
welcomed their firstborn son,
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hoping that it
might be the deliverer."
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You can imagine the
guilt that was on Eve.
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When she took that fruit,
she ventured away from Adam, and
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then she came back with that
fruit and she gave it to Adam.
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Adam really had no
choice in the matter, did he?
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Or could he? He
did have a choice.
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You know, but I'm
sure he's thinking,
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"But, but what about Eve?"
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You know, I know this
is not part of the lesson,
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but I've always
wondered, what about Eve?
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And as I've studied some
more about this, God could have
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produced another Eve
for him, but he ate it.
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And as a result
of this, the guilt
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continued to fester within them.
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And when the promise
was given that there would
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be a promised Son,
the Son of God would come,
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Eve kept
thinking it could be hers.
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It's hers, it's her firstborn.
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Well, God works
in His own timing.
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He doesn't work
in our own timing.
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Isaiah 55:89 says, "My
thoughts are not your thoughts.
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My ways are not your way.
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So as the heavens are
higher than the earth,
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so are My
thoughts higher than your
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thoughts and My
ways than your ways."
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The lesson points out that
she believed wholeheartedly
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that God Himself
would come down and be the
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very one that she
would give birth to.
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And that's why her response
in chapter 4, verse 1 she says,
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"I have given birth to
a male child, the Lord."
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Was she right? Not quite.
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She was not so right on that.
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Dr. Jacques Doukhan, who wrote
this particular lesson for us on
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Genesis, he comments here and
he says, "While Eve's excited
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comments on Cain's birth, she
says nothing about Abel's birth,
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at least nothing
that's recorded in the text."
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In contrast to
Cain's birth, you see the
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narrator simply
reports that she bore again.
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There was no excitement anymore.
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There was no thinking, "Well,
this is the promised Son."
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No, it was just a son.
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In the timeline, it shows it's
about three years' difference
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between Cain and then
three years later, it was Abel.
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The lesson points out that
though we didn't want to read
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any more of these short texts
than there is, perhaps the idea
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is that Adam and Eve's
hope rested, they believed
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only in Cain because
they believed he and not his
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brother was the
promised Messiah.
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Now, that's an interesting
thought because when you think
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of these two that went on,
I mean, they grew up together,
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they played together, they did
all the same things together.
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But somewhere along the
line, there was a division.
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There was a separation, not
only in thoughts, ideals, but as
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we'll see in a
moment, also in practice.
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In Monday's
lesson, the title being,
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"The Two Offerings," this is a
very interesting one to look at.
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We find here that Abel had
the spirit of loyalty to God.
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He saw justice, he saw
mercy, he saw the Creator's
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dealings with the
fallen race, and gratefully,
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he accepted the
hope of redemption.
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On the other hand
though, you had Cain.
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Cain cherished feelings of
rebellion and murmured against
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God because of the curse
pronounced upon the earth and
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upon the human
race for Adam's sin.
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I look out at
many of you, and I know
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that many of you
here have children.
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And if you've ever had children
that were born close together,
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you're kind of
sometimes comparing the two.
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"Well, this one does
this, and this one does that."
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Well, we have ironically today,
although we are three weeks
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ahead of the
lesson, today's March 26.
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Today happens to
be our twin girls'
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birthday, and they're 23 today.
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So, happy
birthday, wherever you are,
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although you'll be
hearing this three weeks later.
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I can tell you this, even though
they look almost identical, they
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were very much different, very
different in the way they were.
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One of them, we called public
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relations
department of the family.
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She would be out there talking
to everybody that there was.
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The other one was the research
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and development
department of the family.
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She would find out
where all the things were.
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She picked up a paperclip one
day and stuck it in this hole
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that was in the wall and yelled
out very loudly that it bit her.
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Ironically, they kind of change
as they grow up, don't they?
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And so it was also
with Cain and Abel.
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You see, they came to the altar.
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They both gathered
rocks, and they both stacked
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up the rocks to build an altar.
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And each of them brought the
stones that they had gathered.
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From afar, you
looked at the altar itself,
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and there was no difference,
they looked exactly the same.
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You probably
couldn't tell the difference
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between Cain's
altar and Abel's alter.
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But then they went back and then
they got their offering, and
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they placed their
offerings on their altars.
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And right there, you will see
a marked difference between the
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two of them because you will
find here that Abel presented a
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sacrifice from the flock in
accordance with God's direction.
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And the Lord had respect
unto Abel and his offering.
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How do we know that?
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Because the Bible
tells us that fire flashed
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from heaven and
consumed the sacrifice.
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If you remember the
story of Elijah and the scene
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that took place at
Mount Carmel, you had all
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these 850 false
prophets that were there.
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They danced
around for the whole day.
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They had their bull there.
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They had it all
set up on the altar.
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They were waiting
for it to catch on fire,
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but it would
never catch on fire.
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But then when Elijah took
his sacrifice and he placed it
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there, all of a
sudden, it caught on fire.
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Not only did it just catch
on fire like that, but that was
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after all these
buckets of water on everything.
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The fire was so strong that it
even consumed and licked up the
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water and
consumed all the rocks too.
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And here we have the very
same thing with Abel's offering.
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Fire flashed from
heaven, consumed the sacrifice.
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Then it says that
Cain, Cain placed his fruits
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upon the altar, and he
waited, expecting that at
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any moment, it would,
boof, burst into flames.
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But is that what
happened? Not by any means.
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We're told here that the
disregard for the Lord's direct
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and explicit command presented
only the offering of fruit.
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There was no
token from heaven that
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showed it was
accepted, nothing at all.
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Now, why would He do that?
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Why would Cain just have his own
thoughts, his own ideals when
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it came to what God's
explicit directions were?
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In 1937, some of you
may remember the name
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of this famous
architect, Frank Lloyd Wright.
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He built a house
for an industrialist
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named Hibbard Johnson.
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It was a rainy
day, and Johnson was
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entertaining some
very distinguished guests.
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And the dinner was all
out, but then all of a sudden,
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the roof began to start leaking.
00:15:13.74\00:15:16.51
The water seeped
through, and it actually
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started dripping
right above Hibbard's head.
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Hibbard was kind of
wiping his head back and forth,
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kept looking up at
these drips coming down.
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He was, nonetheless, irate.
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He picked up the
phone, and he called
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Wright, who was
in Phoenix, Arizona.
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He said, "Frank, I
got a problem here.
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The house you built is
beautiful by all means.
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We are enjoying it very much.
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But as I've told you
before, the roof leaks.
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And right now I'm with
some friends and some very
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distinguished guests, and
it's leaking right on my head."
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Frank Lloyd Wright
replied, he heard all the guests
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behind him and he
said to him, "Well, Hibb,
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why don't you
just move your chair?"
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You see, some of us
are just so stubborn.
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We're so set in our ways.
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We have this mindset
that this is what it is,
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and this is what it's got to be.
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But here's the
problem that we face today.
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In the religious world, if
you have your ideals, you got to
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make sure that those ideals
match up with God's ideals.
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Because if they
don't match up with
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God's ideals,
then you know what?
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You have a problem.
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God doesn't have a problem
because God gave the command.
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And it's up to you if you're
going to follow God's command,
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or you're not going
to follow God's command.
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And this is the problem
that we have in the world today.
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According to "Patriarchs and
Prophets," page 71, we find that
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Abel, he pleaded with
his brother to approach
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God in the
divinely prescribed way.
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But the
entreaties only made Cain
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more determined to
follow his own will.
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As the eldest,
he felt like, "Who
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is my brother to admonish me?
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He's younger than me."
So, he despised his counsel.
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The problem is,
Cain had a problem.
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He was stubborn,
he was disobedient.
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He wanted to do it
exactly the way he wanted it.
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Do you remember this
name, Frank--Frank Sinatra?
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1969, he came out with
a song, very famous song.
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What's it called? "My Way."
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And that's exactly what
Cain did, Cain did it his way.
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You know, I pulled one of
the lines of the songs, of this
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particular song, and
I found it interesting.
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And it says here, "And
to think I did all that.
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And may I say not in a shy way?
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No, no, no, not
me. I did it my way."
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But, you know, let's look
at it from Cain's standpoint.
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"I did it my way. I
placed the fruit on the altar.
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I did it my way." And
God says, "Yup, you did.
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Have it your way."
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Now, we're pulling in a Burger
King commercial right now.
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"Have it your way,
the way you want it.
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You want to do
that? You do it that way.
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But you know what?
I'm not approving of that.
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I'm not sending fire
of that. See you later".
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Let's go on with Abel.
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And this is exactly what Cain
did, he failed to understand.
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You see, here's in a
very core sense the difference
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between Abel's
sacrifice and the difference
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between Cain's sacrifice.
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Without the
shedding of blood, there
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is how much remission of sin?
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Zero, there's no
remission of sin at all.
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So, what bloodshed is there?
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Have you ever
seen an apple bleed?
00:19:01.94\00:19:04.44
Maybe a beet might bleed,
but certainly not a mango.
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None of these
things are going to bleed.
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So, we find that there is--this
is to show their faith in the
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blood of Christ, as
promised in the Atonement,
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by offering the
first, first things of their
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fruit, of their
flock in sacrifice.
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Besides this, the firstfruits of
the earth were to be presented
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before God, not as
a sacrifice, but as a
00:19:26.39\00:19:29.73
love offering
instead, a thank offering.
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So, we find here Cain
obeyed. He built the altar.
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Cain obeyed in
bringing a sacrifice,
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but he only
rendered partial obedience.
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The essential
part, the recognition
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of the need of a
redeemer was left out.
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Could this be the problem
that we have in the world today?
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The problem in the sense
that God says of all the Ten
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Commandments, eight
of them say "thou shalt,"
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one says "honor, the
other says "remember"?
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Could it be that the same
problem exists in the world
00:20:13.27\00:20:16.48
today that they want to have
it their way, that they want to
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worship their way, on
their day, in their style?
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So, in a sense, when
you think about it, can God
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be there when they
worship in that way?
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You know, as
Seventh Day Adventists,
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I want to caution you,
just because you come here
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on the Sabbath, you
may have the day correct,
00:20:41.50\00:20:46.98
but remember,
some churches may not
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have the way in worship correct.
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We may not have the way in
keeping the Sabbath correct.
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And in so doing,
we fall into the same
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trap that Cain has
fallen into himself.
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Dr. Doukhan says the following,
"Take note here that Cain's
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offer was to
God," quote, "to God."
00:21:07.23\00:21:11.77
Where Abel's offering
was just, he just offers.
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There's no mention of God.
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There's a
difference between the two.
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This brings us to
Tuesday's lesson, The Crime.
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Doukhan once again, Dr. Doukhan
says, "It is significant that
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Cain's crime immediately follows
this shift in the dialogue from
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a failed
vertical to the horizon."
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What does that
mean, failed vertical?
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You see, there's a compliance.
This came down from the top.
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This is what God wants of you.
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So, this is how
it's supposed to be.
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But instead of accepting
that and following that, now he
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shifts it from a
vertical to a horizontal.
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He starts looking at Abel,
and he starts blaming, pointing
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blame, finding fault
with Abel in that sense.
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And it finds here,
the mechanism for the
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first religious
crime is suggested here.
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The crimes of the
zealous ones are not
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committed because
they feel they are right.
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They're crimes of fanaticism, of
religious intolerance, and they
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convey from the failure
to respond to God's Word.
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When faith is
replaced by human work
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and control, crime will follow.
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And that's
exactly what happened.
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Cain killed his brother.
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Cain killed his brother, not
because Cain felt he was right
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or that he felt that
his brother was wrong.
00:22:39.15\00:22:41.39
On the contrary, Cain
killed his brother because Cain
00:22:41.42\00:22:45.76
was evil, and his
brother was righteous.
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From "Patriarchs and Prophets,"
page 72, we're told that Cain
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and Abel represent two classes
that exist in the world today,
00:22:55.87\00:23:00.61
two classes that
exist in the close of time.
00:23:00.64\00:23:02.94
One class avails themselves to
the appointed sacrifice for sin,
00:23:02.98\00:23:07.45
the other ventures to
depend upon their own merits.
00:23:07.48\00:23:10.25
Theirs is a
sacrifice without the virtue
00:23:10.29\00:23:13.19
of divine
meditation, or divine mediation.
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And thus, it is not able to
bring man into favor with God.
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It is only through
the merits of Jesus
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that our
transgressions can be pardoned.
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We find that those who feel no
need of the blood of Christ will
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feel that without
divine grace, they can make
00:23:33.41\00:23:36.08
their own work secure
and their approval of God
00:23:36.11\00:23:40.15
and make the same
mistake as did Cain.
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If they do not accept the
cleansing blood, they are under
00:23:44.29\00:23:48.16
condemnation if
there is no other provision
00:23:48.19\00:23:51.36
thereby made that can
release them from sin.
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You see, many of us, that
type of thing is only a form of
00:23:56.06\00:24:01.74
godliness denying
the power there is.
00:24:01.77\00:24:04.91
So, it is unsafe for us
to linger in our thoughts.
00:24:04.94\00:24:10.35
How do you think Cain
had the idea to bring fruit?
00:24:10.38\00:24:15.12
Do you think he was just there
tending to his vegetables one
00:24:15.15\00:24:17.99
day and his fruit and he
decided, "Hmm, let me just bring
00:24:18.02\00:24:22.12
a few of the things that I
just plucked off the tree"?
00:24:22.16\00:24:26.19
Do you think
that's how it happened?
00:24:26.23\00:24:27.60
Or do you think it was maybe the
voice, the impression of Satan,
00:24:27.60\00:24:32.13
that was speaking to
him that said, "Hey Cain,
00:24:32.17\00:24:35.64
don't follow what Abel's doing.
00:24:35.67\00:24:38.01
You don't have
to bring the lamb.
00:24:38.04\00:24:41.84
You don't have to do
that. It's not about that.
00:24:41.88\00:24:45.45
You don't have to
kill a good animal.
00:24:45.48\00:24:47.08
Why not just bring the best
fruit that you have, the ones
00:24:47.12\00:24:50.05
without blemish, the one without
spot or anything like that?
00:24:50.09\00:24:53.25
Just bring one of those and
put them up there because God
00:24:53.29\00:24:56.36
doesn't care 'cause
you could worship God,
00:24:56.39\00:25:01.36
you know, on
Monday, on Tuesday, on
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Wednesday, on
Thursday, on Friday, on Sunday.
00:25:04.80\00:25:08.34
It doesn't--it doesn't
matter what day you worship,
00:25:08.37\00:25:11.51
just so long as
you worship God."
00:25:11.54\00:25:14.28
Heard that before?
00:25:14.31\00:25:18.91
So, we find all this happens.
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It's not safe
for us in these days.
00:25:25.32\00:25:28.82
It's a very dangerous thing.
00:25:28.86\00:25:31.46
Maybe you've heard this before,
that when you go into a very bad
00:25:31.49\00:25:36.50
place, your guardian
angel can't follow you.
00:25:36.53\00:25:40.74
He stays outside. Have
you heard that one before?
00:25:40.77\00:25:45.11
You see, there's truth to that.
00:25:45.14\00:25:48.54
When we venture onto Satan's
playground, we have no assurance
00:25:48.58\00:25:52.41
of God's
protection, no assurance at all.
00:25:52.45\00:25:55.22
And this was what happened
to Cain as a result of this.
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We find that from "Thoughts From
The Mount of Blessings," page
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118 it says, "The only safeguard
against evil is the indwelling
00:26:02.02\00:26:05.83
of Christ in the heart through
faith in His righteousness."
00:26:05.86\00:26:10.17
Notice, through
faith in His righteousness,
00:26:10.20\00:26:12.67
not through faith in
your own righteousness.
00:26:12.70\00:26:15.57
"It is because of
selfishness that exists in our
00:26:15.60\00:26:18.14
heart, that
temptation has power over us.
00:26:18.17\00:26:22.31
But when we behold the great
love of God, selfishness appears
00:26:22.34\00:26:26.38
to us as its hideous and
repulsive character, and we
00:26:26.41\00:26:29.88
desire to have it
expelled from the soul.
00:26:29.92\00:26:33.29
As the Holy
Spirit glorifies Christ,
00:26:33.32\00:26:36.52
our hearts are
softened and subdued.
00:26:36.56\00:26:39.93
The temptation loses
its power, and the grace
00:26:39.96\00:26:42.63
of Christ
transforms the character."
00:26:42.66\00:26:45.13
But in Cain's case, that's not
the situation, which brings us
00:26:45.17\00:26:53.31
to Wednesday, The
Punishment of Cain.
00:26:53.34\00:26:57.61
There's an echo that's
heard from chapter 3 in Genesis
00:26:57.65\00:27:02.08
and that echo is when
God says, "Where are you?"
00:27:02.12\00:27:08.32
God asked Adam, "Where
are you?" Where was Adam?
00:27:08.36\00:27:13.53
He was hiding out
somewhere in the Garden.
00:27:13.56\00:27:15.90
I mean, look, this is a very
rhetorical question that God
00:27:15.93\00:27:18.80
asked because He
knows the answer to that.
00:27:18.83\00:27:20.90
Can--you know, don't
ever try to play hide
00:27:20.94\00:27:22.94
and go seek with God,
it's a lose-lose situation.
00:27:22.97\00:27:27.38
So, when He
says, "Where are you?"
00:27:27.41\00:27:28.84
He already knows.
00:27:28.88\00:27:30.11
He's saying that for your own
benefit, for you to be able to
00:27:30.15\00:27:32.98
think and to say,
"Why am I hiding?"
00:27:33.01\00:27:39.85
We find here that
this punishment comes on.
00:27:39.89\00:27:44.43
And the lesson says that Cain
will not acknowledge his sins.
00:27:44.46\00:27:49.63
He denies it, something
that Adam didn't do, even
00:27:49.66\00:27:53.00
though he tried to
put blame elsewhere.
00:27:53.03\00:27:56.20
"This woman you created,
she's the one that did it to me.
00:27:56.24\00:27:59.57
She's the one
that made me eat it."
00:27:59.61\00:28:01.61
Cain, in contrast,
he openly defies God.
00:28:01.64\00:28:05.11
He doesn't waste any time
confronting Cain on this crime.
00:28:05.15\00:28:10.95
Instead of acknowledging his
sin, Cain continues to complain
00:28:10.99\00:28:14.46
of God's injustice
and to cherish jealousy.
00:28:14.49\00:28:19.39
Because of all this, the
truth was being agitated in him.
00:28:19.43\00:28:24.13
Every time Abel spoke truth,
how do you think Cain felt?
00:28:24.17\00:28:28.60
He just got more and more
tighter, more and more wound up.
00:28:28.64\00:28:34.58
But yet, Cain, Cain trying to be
the good guy, the good brother,
00:28:34.61\00:28:39.05
the righteous one, it says here,
"In meekness, yet fearlessly and
00:28:39.08\00:28:43.79
firmly, Abel defended the
justice and goodness of God."
00:28:43.82\00:28:48.02
He pointed out Cain's
error and tried to convince
00:28:48.06\00:28:52.23
him, "Look,
brother, you're wrong.
00:28:52.26\00:28:56.63
You can't do it this way."
00:28:56.67\00:28:59.67
Does that help at all
when somebody is really angry?
00:28:59.70\00:29:04.54
That's like, okay,
you got a little bit of a
00:29:04.57\00:29:06.41
fire going, and you
just take a little bit
00:29:06.44\00:29:09.04
of gasoline and
throw it on the fire.
00:29:09.08\00:29:12.88
You know what
happens when you do that?
00:29:12.91\00:29:15.68
I found out once the hard way.
00:29:15.72\00:29:19.22
I raked my leaves,
made a nice row of them,
00:29:19.25\00:29:22.26
and I put some
gasoline in there.
00:29:22.29\00:29:24.76
And I made a little trail.
00:29:24.79\00:29:28.23
My neighbor told me,
"In the future, use diesel.
00:29:28.26\00:29:32.33
It goes a lot slower."
00:29:32.37\00:29:33.80
Because the moment
you light--I don't care
00:29:33.84\00:29:35.34
how long that
trail is, it just poof.
00:29:35.37\00:29:37.51
It looked like a scene from
a Hollywood movie out there.
00:29:37.54\00:29:43.85
Cain was angry.
He was so indignant.
00:29:43.88\00:29:50.89
He found Abel, and
we're told that in the
00:29:50.92\00:29:54.76
fury of his
passion, he slew his brother.
00:29:54.79\00:29:59.66
It's one thing to
say he killed Abel.
00:29:59.69\00:30:03.00
It makes it so distant.
00:30:03.03\00:30:06.07
But here he slew his brother,
his own flesh and blood.
00:30:06.10\00:30:14.48
Abel's life of
obedience and unswerving
00:30:14.51\00:30:17.65
faith was to Cain
a perpetual reproof.
00:30:17.68\00:30:22.15
He hated that.
00:30:22.18\00:30:24.12
That's much like
how it is today and even
00:30:24.15\00:30:28.12
more so when we
get to the future.
00:30:28.16\00:30:30.49
Because we're told, "The
brighter the heavenly light that
00:30:30.53\00:30:33.26
is reflected from the character
of God's faithful servants, the
00:30:33.29\00:30:37.70
more clearly the sin of
the ungodly is revealed.
00:30:37.73\00:30:41.77
And the more
determined will be their efforts
00:30:41.80\00:30:44.14
to destroy those who
disturb their peace."
00:30:44.17\00:30:47.81
Pouring the gas on the fire.
00:30:47.84\00:30:52.18
Whenever a person turns
their back and renounces
00:30:52.21\00:30:55.42
the life of sin they
have lived, Satan is furious.
00:30:55.45\00:31:02.06
He is very, very angry.
00:31:02.09\00:31:10.73
Do you remember
the name Roger Morneau?
00:31:10.77\00:31:16.20
You know, there's a reason why
Satan is angry because once you
00:31:16.24\00:31:21.88
go from Satan's side to God's
side, all of a sudden, you know
00:31:21.91\00:31:27.42
what the plans were, and you're
able to use those and turn them
00:31:27.45\00:31:32.82
around to be able to win
those same ones to Christ now.
00:31:32.85\00:31:38.33
Hence, we're told
that in the circle that is
00:31:38.36\00:31:41.86
around Jesus in
heaven, the closest ring around
00:31:41.90\00:31:46.13
Him are those who
once served Satan.
00:31:46.17\00:31:50.41
That's the closest ring.
00:31:50.44\00:31:52.54
There's different
circles around Christ.
00:31:52.57\00:31:55.61
That's the closest one because
they once served Satan, and this
00:31:55.64\00:32:02.05
is what happens when Satan finds
out that one of you has turned
00:32:02.08\00:32:07.76
their backs on Him,
you've surrendered your
00:32:07.79\00:32:10.06
life, you've given
it wholly to Christ.
00:32:10.09\00:32:13.16
Now he's
indignant, he's furious.
00:32:13.19\00:32:16.77
He tries to turn
up the heat more.
00:32:16.80\00:32:19.37
But you know what?
00:32:19.40\00:32:20.74
If you're convicted,
if you're consecrated,
00:32:20.77\00:32:23.34
there's no turning back.
00:32:23.37\00:32:24.77
You're never going to go
back and serve Satan ever again.
00:32:24.81\00:32:32.35
One of my favorite quotes
that we find in the Spirit of
00:32:32.38\00:32:34.68
Prophecy, it's found in Review
and Herald December 16, 1890.
00:32:34.72\00:32:41.59
It says, "If you indulge
stubbornness of heart, and
00:32:41.62\00:32:44.46
through pride and
self righteousness,
00:32:44.49\00:32:45.96
you do not confess
your faults, you will be
00:32:45.99\00:32:48.63
left subject to
Satan's temptations.
00:32:48.66\00:32:51.13
If when the Lord reveals
your error, you do not confess,
00:32:51.17\00:32:55.04
His providence will
bring you over the ground
00:32:55.07\00:32:57.21
again and again,"
just like he did with Cain.
00:32:57.24\00:33:01.84
"You will continue
to lack wisdom, and you
00:33:01.88\00:33:05.21
will make mistakes
of a similar character.
00:33:05.25\00:33:08.22
You will call sin righteousness
and righteousness sin."
00:33:08.25\00:33:12.59
And guess what?
00:33:12.62\00:33:13.92
The multitude of deceptions
that prevail in the last days
00:33:13.96\00:33:16.39
will encircle you, and
you will change leaders
00:33:16.42\00:33:19.79
and not know you have done so.
00:33:19.83\00:33:22.30
This is exactly what
happened in Cain's situation.
00:33:22.33\00:33:26.23
Cain built the altar.
He grabbed the same stones.
00:33:26.27\00:33:30.17
He set it up,
looked exactly the same.
00:33:30.21\00:33:32.54
However, he had changed leaders
and in changing leaders, he
00:33:32.57\00:33:38.05
changed his ideals of what he
thought would be a sac--correct
00:33:38.08\00:33:42.85
sacrifice because
he did it his way.
00:33:42.88\00:33:48.52
We find that God's sacri--God's
sacred--He spared, sorry.
00:33:48.56\00:33:55.23
God spared Cain's life.
00:33:55.26\00:33:57.27
In doing so, He created a
perpetual lesson about the great
00:33:57.30\00:34:02.70
controversy with Cain and
his lineage to show that, look,
00:34:02.74\00:34:09.18
there's a reason why the
sinner cannot live on forever.
00:34:09.21\00:34:15.48
The sinner
cannot live on to carry
00:34:15.52\00:34:17.12
out their rebellion against God.
00:34:17.15\00:34:19.89
There's got to come an end
to all this, and you know what?
00:34:19.92\00:34:25.36
God watched all this that
was going on and in His mercy,
00:34:25.39\00:34:29.50
He provided Cain,
the first murderer,
00:34:29.53\00:34:32.57
some kind of
protection that was going on.
00:34:32.60\00:34:35.24
But what this protection
was, we don't exactly know.
00:34:35.27\00:34:39.21
We're not told
about it in the Bible,
00:34:39.24\00:34:41.58
Spirit of Prophecy, Josephus.
00:34:41.61\00:34:43.38
None of them say
exactly what the protection was,
00:34:43.41\00:34:46.68
but we know this,
nobody could harm Cain.
00:34:46.72\00:34:52.89
Why would they want
to harm Cain anyways?
00:34:52.92\00:34:55.62
Probably because he
was the first murderer.
00:34:55.66\00:34:58.83
Think about this, everybody
on the earth at this time
00:34:58.86\00:35:02.80
were all
descendants of Adam and Eve.
00:35:02.83\00:35:05.90
They married their
brothers and sisters.
00:35:05.93\00:35:08.17
It was okay back then, not okay
today for very good reasons too.
00:35:08.20\00:35:15.41
But we find that as a
result of this, you're talking
00:35:15.44\00:35:18.55
about this could have
been their--well, it is,
00:35:18.58\00:35:21.82
it was their
brother probably, right?
00:35:21.85\00:35:25.15
I mean, we don't
know how many children
00:35:25.19\00:35:27.32
Adam and Eve had all together.
00:35:27.36\00:35:28.99
We only know of three that were
given, Cain, Abel, and who else?
00:35:29.02\00:35:34.23
Seth, that's right, so
we find that the year after
00:35:34.30\00:35:40.50
Abel was killed,
Seth came on the scene.
00:35:40.54\00:35:45.61
We find that also that this
evil continued and continued and
00:35:45.64\00:35:49.68
continued for 15 centuries,
15 centuries all through time.
00:35:49.71\00:35:55.85
And then it came
down to a time where
00:35:55.88\00:35:57.52
God says, "Enough, I'm
done with this, this is wrong."
00:35:57.55\00:36:04.96
This--you can't even see good
anymore because the only good
00:36:04.99\00:36:09.26
thing that was left
there, well, we'll get to that
00:36:09.30\00:36:14.67
in just a moment,
in Friday's lesson.
00:36:14.70\00:36:17.64
But let's talk a little
bit about Thursday's lesson,
00:36:17.67\00:36:20.48
The Wickedness of Man.
00:36:20.51\00:36:23.85
Get this scene. Lamech
comes on the scene now.
00:36:23.88\00:36:27.98
He is the great,
great, great grandson of Cain,
00:36:28.02\00:36:33.62
but there's a difference
between Cain and Lamech.
00:36:33.66\00:36:36.29
You think Cain was bad? Come on.
00:36:36.32\00:36:41.23
Cain, Cain was quiet about his
crime of killing his brother.
00:36:41.26\00:36:47.00
He didn't really go out there
and say much, could be why God
00:36:47.04\00:36:50.17
protected him because he
was fairly quiet about this.
00:36:50.21\00:36:53.74
But not so about Lamech.
00:36:53.78\00:36:58.48
Lamech was totally
the opposite of Cain.
00:36:58.51\00:37:02.02
Cain was quiet, Lamech
here-- look in your Bibles.
00:37:02.05\00:37:05.75
Just look, if you
have it handy, look
00:37:05.79\00:37:07.82
at Genesis chapter 4:23 and 24.
00:37:07.86\00:37:12.03
He goes so far
as to write a poem,
00:37:12.06\00:37:14.73
and he kicks it into a song.
00:37:14.73\00:37:17.73
I don't know if what type of
song it was, definitely not a
00:37:17.77\00:37:20.34
country western song,
but I can tell you this.
00:37:20.37\00:37:24.04
Listen to the words, it says,
"Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice;
00:37:24.07\00:37:29.31
wives of Lamech,
listen to my speech."
00:37:29.34\00:37:31.61
I mean, look, he's
naming himself in there.
00:37:31.65\00:37:33.62
He's bragging about this.
00:37:33.65\00:37:34.95
He says, "For I have
killed a man for wounding
00:37:34.98\00:37:38.19
me, even a young
man for hurting me.
00:37:38.22\00:37:41.49
If Cain shall
have avenged sevenfold,
00:37:41.52\00:37:46.06
then Lamech seventy sevenfold."
00:37:46.09\00:37:50.50
Wow. This guy arrogant or what?
00:37:50.53\00:37:55.64
Is it all about him?
00:37:55.67\00:37:57.07
It kind of like the world
just revolves around Lamech.
00:37:57.11\00:38:01.44
He's the first
polygamist in the Bible.
00:38:01.48\00:38:05.25
I mean, where
does he get the idea?
00:38:05.28\00:38:07.62
Once again, it had to
have been inspired by Satan.
00:38:07.65\00:38:10.15
But where does he get the idea,
00:38:10.19\00:38:12.29
"Look, I'll just
get another wife"?
00:38:12.32\00:38:14.69
As if one's not enough, hmm.
00:38:14.72\00:38:20.53
Dr. Jacques Doukhan writes
here and he says, "There is also
00:38:20.56\00:38:25.57
contrast between the crime
of Cain and the crime of Lamech.
00:38:25.60\00:38:30.91
Unlike Cain, Lamech
took murder one step further.
00:38:30.94\00:38:35.38
Lamech presented his killing
as a positive and valuable act."
00:38:35.41\00:38:40.98
And literally,
he's boasting about it.
00:38:41.02\00:38:44.85
Can you imagine that?
"Hey, guys, check this out.
00:38:44.89\00:38:47.49
I killed this
dude. Isn't that cool?"
00:38:47.52\00:38:51.49
What is wrong with him?
00:38:51.53\00:38:53.66
"While Cain
chose to remain silent,
00:38:53.70\00:38:56.26
Lamech, in
contrast, he writes a song.
00:38:56.30\00:38:59.70
Whereas Cain asked God for
mercy, Lamech ignores God and
00:38:59.73\00:39:04.04
instead subjects his wife to
a litany of his prowess and his
00:39:04.07\00:39:08.48
homicidal feat as
feat worthy of approbation.
00:39:08.51\00:39:13.85
The same paradigm shift
observed in Cain's crime
00:39:13.88\00:39:17.85
also can be traced
here in the failure of that
00:39:17.89\00:39:21.46
vertical relationship
between God and human.
00:39:21.49\00:39:26.33
It yields to a violence turning
against the human other."
00:39:26.36\00:39:31.40
In fact it says here, Dr.
Doukhan continues writing and he
00:39:31.43\00:39:35.24
says, "Lamech moves to
the opposite of forgiveness.
00:39:35.27\00:39:39.07
He speaks of
revenge, alluding to
00:39:39.11\00:39:42.58
the additional
crimes in the future."
00:39:42.61\00:39:46.41
Wow. This guy is messed up.
00:39:46.45\00:39:52.22
"Even his revenge was given
considerable intensification.
00:39:52.25\00:39:55.59
While Cain is avenged only
seven times, Lamech requires an
00:39:55.62\00:40:00.50
increase to
seventy times seven."
00:40:00.53\00:40:04.20
That's very
interesting, isn't it?
00:40:04.23\00:40:05.90
That later on we find in
Matthew when they asked Jesus,
00:40:05.93\00:40:11.17
"How many times
should I forgive them?"
00:40:11.21\00:40:14.94
Jesus plays on those
same words. How many times?
00:40:14.98\00:40:18.55
Seventy times seven,
that's how many times.
00:40:18.58\00:40:22.75
And then we come
to the birth of Seth,
00:40:22.78\00:40:25.39
and what do we know of Seth?
00:40:25.42\00:40:27.09
Dr. Doukhan, who writes again,
he says, "The repetition of the
00:40:27.12\00:40:32.03
first phrase that introduced
the birth of the firstborn Cain
00:40:32.06\00:40:36.33
suggested a
return to the beginning.
00:40:36.36\00:40:40.07
In addition, the
repetition of the word 'again'
00:40:40.10\00:40:44.34
attached to the
birth of Seth echoes again
00:40:44.37\00:40:47.78
the associated
with the birth of Abel."
00:40:47.81\00:40:51.85
Remember, for Cain it
was she gave birth to a son
00:40:51.88\00:40:56.38
that she was hoping
would be the Messiah.
00:40:56.42\00:40:59.25
And then she bore
again, that was Abel.
00:40:59.29\00:41:03.49
Now she bore again to Seth.
00:41:03.53\00:41:07.60
Seth,
interestingly enough, the name
00:41:07.60\00:41:12.07
Seth means to put in place of.
00:41:12.10\00:41:16.77
Abel's gone so now Seth takes
00:41:16.81\00:41:19.64
his place as one
of the righteous.
00:41:19.67\00:41:22.54
And if you
follow the lineage down,
00:41:22.58\00:41:24.81
it's very interesting
to look at the lineage.
00:41:24.85\00:41:27.52
You follow, and it goes on with
Cain, then you look at Abel.
00:41:27.55\00:41:31.15
Abel's is gone.
00:41:31.19\00:41:33.22
And from the timeline, I find
it kind of interesting that this
00:41:33.25\00:41:36.49
whole thing that happened
with Cain killing Abel, Abel was
00:41:36.52\00:41:41.56
about 75 years old, 75, 78
years old, when this happened.
00:41:41.60\00:41:46.94
Seems old for us but for them,
I mean that that's nothing when
00:41:46.97\00:41:51.84
they're living
to 900 years of age.
00:41:51.87\00:41:54.54
Seventy is like an--I
don't know how you count it.
00:41:54.58\00:41:57.88
Do you reverse dog age
back or something like that?
00:41:57.91\00:42:00.85
But that would be like
seven or eight years for us.
00:42:00.88\00:42:06.39
So, Seth takes on
the righteous line,
00:42:06.42\00:42:10.63
and he carries that
on through the future.
00:42:10.66\00:42:15.90
Seth is the one that follows the
closest by following the example
00:42:15.93\00:42:24.74
also of Christ, the same that
Abel did before he was cut off.
00:42:24.77\00:42:31.38
So, Seth picks it up
and continues on that way.
00:42:31.41\00:42:35.62
This brings us to Friday.
00:42:35.65\00:42:38.59
The further
thoughts of this little boy
00:42:38.62\00:42:42.32
that comes on,
his name is Enoch.
00:42:42.36\00:42:45.46
What do we know about Enoch?
It said that he walked with God.
00:42:45.49\00:42:51.17
How many years did he
walk with God, do you remember?
00:42:51.20\00:42:55.04
Three hundred years.
That's a little bit of time.
00:42:55.07\00:42:59.77
We can't really
fathom that, can we?
00:42:59.81\00:43:03.65
We can't fathom
living 300 years,
00:43:03.68\00:43:05.78
let alone living
for all eternity.
00:43:05.81\00:43:08.55
But I like the way a
little boy describes it.
00:43:08.58\00:43:11.52
He says one day,
Enoch went for a walk,
00:43:11.55\00:43:15.62
and he went for a walk with
God, and God walked with him.
00:43:15.66\00:43:20.26
And then Enoch
said, "I need to go home.
00:43:20.30\00:43:23.20
It's getting late."
00:43:23.23\00:43:24.57
And God said, "Okay,
I'll see you tomorrow."
00:43:24.60\00:43:27.30
And Enoch came home.
00:43:27.34\00:43:29.27
And the next day,
Enoch went for another
00:43:29.30\00:43:31.37
walk, and he
walked with God again.
00:43:31.41\00:43:34.48
And then at the end of the day
as the sun was setting, he says,
00:43:34.51\00:43:37.61
"God, I need to get back
home because it's getting late."
00:43:37.65\00:43:40.48
And this happened day after day,
365 days a year for 300 years.
00:43:40.52\00:43:49.42
Finally, Enoch went for the
walk, and he was so focused, he
00:43:49.46\00:43:55.66
was so enthralled with talking
to God in his relationship that
00:43:55.70\00:44:00.27
he totally forgot the fact that
not only is the sun getting low
00:44:00.30\00:44:04.74
in the sky, but now the
sun set and it's getting dark.
00:44:04.77\00:44:08.41
But they have been
walking and walking and walking.
00:44:08.44\00:44:11.85
And the little boy
says, as he tells the story,
00:44:11.88\00:44:15.55
Enoch says, "Lord, I
need to get back home.
00:44:15.58\00:44:20.36
It's very late now."
00:44:20.39\00:44:22.39
And God turned and He looked at
Enoch and He says, "My son, you
00:44:22.42\00:44:26.29
have walked with me
these 300 years so faithfully.
00:44:26.33\00:44:31.43
You are so far from your home,
but you are so close to my home.
00:44:31.47\00:44:37.34
Come home with me."
00:44:37.37\00:44:39.57
And the Bible
says, "He was no more."
00:44:39.61\00:44:44.51
I don't know about you,
but I feel emotional about that
00:44:44.55\00:44:48.12
because here is the
possibility for us today.
00:44:48.15\00:44:53.72
Do you realize that?
00:44:53.76\00:44:55.36
We are living on the very
precipice of Jesus's coming, and
00:44:55.39\00:44:59.39
we could hear those same words,
"You are so far from your home,
00:44:59.43\00:45:04.90
but you're so close to my
home, just come home with me."
00:45:04.93\00:45:09.00
Because that
day is not afar off.
00:45:09.04\00:45:12.94
What do you say?
00:45:12.97\00:45:16.18
But not everybody
that says, "Lord, Lord,"
00:45:16.21\00:45:20.88
will enter into
the Kingdom of heaven.
00:45:20.92\00:45:24.05
Just because you're
here today and you got
00:45:24.09\00:45:26.25
the day right doesn't
mean that you're there.
00:45:26.29\00:45:29.59
It means that you
still got a ways to go.
00:45:29.62\00:45:33.23
There's righteous living.
00:45:33.26\00:45:34.83
So, how do you live righteously
amidst all the chaos,
00:45:34.86\00:45:39.20
all the evil
that's in the world today?
00:45:39.23\00:45:42.77
You know, there's a
time period that I hate going
00:45:42.80\00:45:44.64
into stores, and
that is around Halloween.
00:45:44.67\00:45:48.61
I just hate going in
there, looking at all these
00:45:48.64\00:45:51.71
demonic things
staring at me, it's just ugly.
00:45:51.75\00:45:56.69
But then again, you think,
how bad--I mean, have you ever
00:45:56.72\00:46:01.69
thought, how bad must have
been the world before the flood?
00:46:01.72\00:46:06.63
How bad was it
in the antediluvian
00:46:06.66\00:46:08.96
days for all this to happen?
00:46:09.00\00:46:12.23
And how did Enoch live
amidst that time period?
00:46:12.27\00:46:16.71
I mean, if you could have his
game plan of how Enoch lived,
00:46:16.74\00:46:25.51
that would be the path that
would be able to needle the way
00:46:25.55\00:46:29.12
through that you could thread
that way through the chaos
00:46:29.15\00:46:32.75
of today and make it out
alive, and we're told that path.
00:46:32.79\00:46:39.53
We're told in "Patriarchs and
Prophets," page 85 it says here,
00:46:39.56\00:46:45.63
"Distressed by the increasing
wickedness of the ungodly and
00:46:45.67\00:46:49.67
fearing that their infidelity
might lessen his reverence for
00:46:49.70\00:46:53.17
God, Enoch, he avoided
constant association with them."
00:46:53.21\00:46:59.38
It doesn't mean
that he said he never
00:46:59.41\00:47:01.22
talked to them or
anything like that.
00:47:01.25\00:47:02.82
No, he talked with them, but he
00:47:02.85\00:47:04.82
avoided constant
association with them.
00:47:04.85\00:47:08.69
He spent much
time in solitude. Why?
00:47:08.72\00:47:11.56
Because in solitude, that is
where you come to God in prayer.
00:47:11.59\00:47:14.93
That's where you
pray for protection.
00:47:14.93\00:47:16.77
That's where you pray to
keep your mind stayed on Christ.
00:47:16.80\00:47:20.10
That's where you pray
to have the indwelling
00:47:20.14\00:47:22.04
of the Holy
Spirit within your heart.
00:47:22.07\00:47:23.64
You can't do it when
you're out in the world.
00:47:23.67\00:47:29.38
It takes a deep commitment
to dig deep foundations.
00:47:29.41\00:47:33.75
So, he spent
much time in prayer,
00:47:33.78\00:47:35.55
giving himself to
meditation and prayer.
00:47:35.58\00:47:37.99
Thus, he waited before
the Lord. For what reason?
00:47:38.02\00:47:45.03
Because there's one thing
to study, there's one thing to
00:47:45.06\00:47:48.10
pray, and there's another thing
to just be quiet and listen.
00:47:48.13\00:47:53.64
What are you listening for?
00:47:53.67\00:47:54.97
You're
listening for the counsel.
00:47:55.00\00:47:58.51
You're listening
for the prompting
00:47:58.54\00:48:00.28
of the still, small voice.
00:48:00.31\00:48:01.84
You're listening
for the Holy Spirit
00:48:01.88\00:48:03.65
to give you the
directive for the day.
00:48:03.68\00:48:05.71
And it says here, "He waited
before the Lord, seeking a
00:48:05.75\00:48:09.72
clearer knowledge of His
will, that he might perform it."
00:48:09.75\00:48:14.69
Now get this, this
last sentence says it all.
00:48:14.72\00:48:17.96
"To him, prayer was as
the breath of the soul."
00:48:17.99\00:48:23.53
He lived on earth.
00:48:23.57\00:48:25.77
He lived amidst the
sinfulness of the antediluvians,
00:48:25.80\00:48:30.67
all the
carnality, all that stuff.
00:48:30.71\00:48:32.61
He lived during that
time period but it says here,
00:48:32.64\00:48:36.88
"He lived in the very
atmosphere of heaven."
00:48:36.91\00:48:42.32
He lived in this
bubble, not a bubble that says,
00:48:42.35\00:48:45.99
"I don't know that you're there.
00:48:46.02\00:48:47.42
I'm just trying to avoid you."
No, he was a constant witness.
00:48:47.46\00:48:51.03
He was a constant
prick to their sinfulness,
00:48:51.06\00:48:54.10
but he lived in
the atmosphere of God.
00:48:54.10\00:48:58.37
He lived in the presence of God.
00:48:58.40\00:49:00.90
Do you remember
years ago there was
00:49:00.94\00:49:02.24
that WWJD, What Would Jesus Do?
00:49:02.27\00:49:06.31
Forget that. I got
a better one for you.
00:49:06.34\00:49:10.35
Practice the presence of God.
Practice the presence of God.
00:49:10.38\00:49:16.12
God is with you
wherever you are.
00:49:16.15\00:49:18.89
He is here. When you
eat, He's next to you.
00:49:18.92\00:49:21.52
What you see, He's next to you.
00:49:21.56\00:49:23.69
When you drive,
He's next to you.
00:49:23.73\00:49:25.49
He is always there with
you, whether you like it or not.
00:49:25.53\00:49:32.60
Will you acknowledge that
and keep walking in His ways?
00:49:32.63\00:49:36.87
Let's pray.
00:49:36.91\00:49:39.04
Our Father in
heaven, we come to You
00:49:39.07\00:49:40.41
and we thank You
for the many blessings.
00:49:40.44\00:49:42.74
We thank You for the lessons
that we learned from Cain.
00:49:42.78\00:49:45.11
We ask and pray that Your Holy
Spirit would guard our hearts
00:49:45.15\00:49:48.22
and minds that we
would not fall into those
00:49:48.25\00:49:50.59
same temptations
and those same snares.
00:49:50.62\00:49:53.79
Be with us through this Sabbath
day that we may not enjoy the
00:49:53.82\00:49:57.86
message, but that
we may be reproved,
00:49:57.89\00:50:00.86
edified,
corrected, and blessed by it.
00:50:00.90\00:50:04.23
In Jesus's name, amen.
00:50:04.27\00:50:06.67
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male: My greatest
wish is that my children
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will see me the way
I see my own father.
00:51:00.22\00:51:06.73
He's a very devoted
man, and that kind of framed
00:51:06.76\00:51:10.77
my childhood going
forward from there where
00:51:10.80\00:51:14.50
I was always
involved in church work.
00:51:14.54\00:51:17.24
And I had a very rich
experience with the Lord
00:51:17.27\00:51:20.74
at a young age all the
way up through college.
00:51:20.78\00:51:25.31
Then after I got married, I
got in a company called Comcast.
00:51:25.35\00:51:30.55
And I spent the
past roughly eight and a
00:51:30.59\00:51:33.92
half years, nine
years at Comcast.
00:51:33.96\00:51:37.03
And I was actually
watching television with my son,
00:51:37.06\00:51:41.20
and a Comcast
commercial came on the air.
00:51:41.23\00:51:45.33
And he said, "Oh,
Daddy, that's Comcast.
00:51:45.37\00:51:48.44
That's where you work, Daddy."
00:51:48.47\00:51:51.41
And most fathers would be proud
of something like that, but it
00:51:51.44\00:51:55.18
really struck me that, you know,
my son's getting older, and he
00:51:55.21\00:51:59.68
does not see me as
a servant of the Lord.
00:51:59.71\00:52:02.12
He sees me as a
servant of my company.
00:52:02.15\00:52:05.75
And I knew that I would have
to make some changes because I
00:52:05.79\00:52:11.29
wanted him to know me
as a--as a man of God.
00:52:11.33\00:52:15.20
I never thought I would
be a preacher or anything
00:52:15.23\00:52:17.27
like that, but I knew
that there was room in the
00:52:17.30\00:52:20.97
work for me and
for my, for my talents.
00:52:21.00\00:52:26.31
And I wanted my son to
see me operating in the work.
00:52:26.34\00:52:32.98
That's when I knew that my
time there was coming to an end.
00:52:33.01\00:52:37.15
I was sitting in
my office one day,
00:52:37.19\00:52:39.12
and I was kneeling in prayer.
00:52:39.15\00:52:41.16
I said, "God, you know, show me
what you want me to do because,
00:52:41.19\00:52:46.29
you know, this seems
like a big move here.
00:52:46.33\00:52:49.26
And everyone's thinking I'm
crazy, and I don't know exactly
00:52:49.30\00:52:57.51
how, you know,
things are gonna go.
00:52:57.54\00:53:01.48
If they don't go
well-- you know, crazy
00:53:01.51\00:53:04.55
thought when you
are thinking about God.
00:53:04.58\00:53:07.95
And I lifted my head up in
prayer, and there's like a flock
00:53:07.98\00:53:14.06
of, I don't know, maybe 300
birds that were just flying.
00:53:14.09\00:53:20.00
And they were swooping down over
the water, and they would fly
00:53:20.03\00:53:23.63
back up, and then they
would chase each other around.
00:53:23.67\00:53:27.37
And, you know, I was just
looking at the pattern of the
00:53:27.40\00:53:29.27
giant flock, and the promise
of the Lord came to me where He
00:53:29.30\00:53:34.31
says that, you know, He takes
care of the sparrows, and you
00:53:34.34\00:53:39.98
don't see them worrying
about how they are going
00:53:40.02\00:53:43.02
to be taken care
of from day to day.
00:53:43.05\00:53:45.62
They don't wring their
hands wondering, you know,
00:53:45.65\00:53:49.52
will there be any
worms to eat tomorrow?
00:53:49.56\00:53:52.19
And that promise
really stood out to me.
00:53:52.23\00:53:56.10
And He said, "How
much more do I love you?
00:53:56.13\00:53:59.47
You know, I'm not going to send
you on a mission to do My work
00:53:59.50\00:54:04.11
and leave you high and
dry because you claim to be My
00:54:04.14\00:54:07.38
child, you claim to be My
son, and everyone knows that."
00:54:07.41\00:54:13.08
That assurance allows me to
know that whatever happens here,
00:54:13.11\00:54:18.42
whatever happens after here,
we're sons of God, and there are
00:54:18.45\00:54:24.56
certain things that
we shouldn't worry about.
00:54:24.59\00:54:27.46
From the day we
arrived at AFCOE, it's been
00:54:27.50\00:54:32.40
obvious that God has blessed
the Amazing Facts Ministry,
00:54:32.43\00:54:36.24
the AFCOE program.
00:54:36.27\00:54:38.24
And I will be using my AFCOE
experience no matter where I go
00:54:38.27\00:54:44.58
to reach people because the
personal touch of face-to-face
00:54:44.61\00:54:49.98
evangelism, speaking and sharing
the Word of God out of your own
00:54:50.02\00:54:54.56
mouth, there's no
replacement for that.
00:54:54.59\00:54:57.76
And Amazing Facts has been
very instrumental in helping
00:54:57.79\00:55:00.96
me find the area
of the work of God and
00:55:00.96\00:55:07.64
showing me how
large and how broad it is.
00:55:07.67\00:55:11.14
It's been a tremendous blessing
to be in a place where we're
00:55:11.17\00:55:15.34
around people
seeking to do God's will
00:55:15.38\00:55:19.01
and listening for
His voice in their life.
00:55:19.05\00:55:21.55
And that's very,
very important today.
00:55:21.58\00:55:24.22
Raul: I was born in a small
Christian family, grew up in
00:55:33.23\00:55:36.90
Puerto Rico, in
San Juan, Puerto Rico.
00:55:36.93\00:55:39.10
My dad was a pastor
of our churches there.
00:55:39.13\00:55:42.87
After I graduated from
high school, I was so excited.
00:55:42.90\00:55:46.11
You know, I just
wanted to leave the house
00:55:46.14\00:55:47.84
and see the world, if you will.
00:55:47.88\00:55:50.65
Came up to the states,
went to school in Texas,
00:55:50.68\00:55:53.75
and went to a
Christian college there.
00:55:53.78\00:55:56.02
I rebelled against the Christian
concept that I became an
00:55:56.05\00:56:01.16
agnostic 16, 17 years
after I have left the church.
00:56:01.19\00:56:06.43
I had three roommates,
and we were living the life,
00:56:06.46\00:56:09.56
you know, back then, you
know, doing deals with drugs
00:56:09.60\00:56:12.67
and selling drugs and
all that kind of stuff.
00:56:12.70\00:56:16.40
The police came over, and
they raided the apartment.
00:56:16.44\00:56:20.88
They took my
three friends to jail.
00:56:20.91\00:56:24.51
When I found out, it shook me.
I should have been there too.
00:56:24.55\00:56:33.79
I reached out to God and I said,
"Lord, if you exist, get me out
00:56:33.82\00:56:38.16
of this situation, and
I'll go back to your ways."
00:56:38.19\00:56:43.23
Right around that time, I
met this awesome, young lady.
00:56:43.26\00:56:48.07
She was a Christian.
00:56:48.10\00:56:49.60
After dating for about a year
and a half, someone came to our
00:56:49.64\00:56:53.64
church to give a
series of prophecy seminars.
00:56:53.68\00:56:58.28
I decided to re-baptize, make it
a fact that I was coming back to
00:56:58.31\00:57:02.92
church, that I was
giving my life back to God.
00:57:02.95\00:57:06.25
Amazing Facts became an
important part of my life.
00:57:06.29\00:57:09.26
Sermons, Sabbath school lessons,
DVDs, videos, magazines, and
00:57:09.29\00:57:15.63
especially after looking and
watching Pastor Doug Batchelor,
00:57:15.66\00:57:20.44
listening to his
experience, has really made a
00:57:20.47\00:57:23.54
difference in my
life to the point where I
00:57:23.57\00:57:26.01
am right now a
totally different individual.
00:57:26.04\00:57:31.25
It's something that I am so
grateful to have experienced.
00:57:31.28\00:57:36.55
I would recommend
anyone that wants to give God
00:57:36.58\00:57:40.96
a chance in their life, you'll
never be sorry that you did.
00:57:40.99\00:57:45.66
He loves you.
He understands you.
00:57:45.69\00:57:49.03
He wants you to be happy.
00:57:49.06\00:57:51.00
My name is Raul, and
thank you for changing my life.
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