Hello, I'm Shelley Quinn,
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we welcome you to
3ABN Sabbath School Panel.
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This Quarter we will
be studying Genesis...
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a book that has so
much to impart to us
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and we're glad
that you're joining us.
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If you don't already have
your Adult Bible Study Guide,
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please go to
3abnsabbathschoolpanel. com
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There you can download the Guide
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and you can even watch
some of the previous Quarters.
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So, we're glad you're
here... we do this for you
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let's have a good time in
the study of the Word today.
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Music...
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Shelley: Oh, we
are all studied up
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and ready to share
with you Lesson One
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from our new Quarterly: Genesis.
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This is called: The Creation.
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Let me introduce you
to our Panel members.
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To my left, I have
Pastor John Lomacang.
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Lomacang: Good to be able to
study from the very beginning
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the genesis of the
understanding of God's Word.
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Shelley: Amen...
Evangelist Ryan Day.
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Ryan: Amen... one of my favorite
books... the book of Genesis...
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definitely be
studying what it means
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which is the
origins... the beginning.
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Shelley: Amen...
Pastor Kenny Shelton.
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Kenny: It's always a delight to
study the Word of God together.
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I always learn so much
from each and every one
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and praise God
for the opportunity.
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Shelley: Well,
we're glad you're here
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and then Sister Jill Morikone,
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how many
takeaways do you have today?
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Jill: Ten takeaways for today.
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I'm excited to open up
the Word of God and study.
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Shelley: Oh me too... me too.
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John, would you like
to have a prayer please?
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Lomacang: Sure...
"Loving Father in heaven,
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as we open Your Word...
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you've said to us, 'In
the beginning was the Word'
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then You said,
'Let there be light'
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and Lord, today we
ask for the same thing.
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Let the light
that you reveal to us
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be revealed through us
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to those who are seeking to
walk in the light of Your Word
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and may all the
glory go only to You.
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In Jesus' name, amen.
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Panel: Amen, amen.
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Shelley: The beauty of Genesis
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is that it reveals the
origin of human kind...
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it reveals the origin of
time and Biblical history.
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I want to give you
an overview of Genesis.
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That's what I was impressed
to do as I was preparing
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because Genesis lays
the theological foundation
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for some very important points.
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First, God is
Father... Son and Spirit.
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Humankind... sin and death...
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God's covenant
promises of redemption...
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of blessings and judgments.
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It introduces
God's covenant people
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and God's character.
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We will see that
the more sin abounds...
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the more God's grace abounds
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to a people that
were willfully disobedient
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but it also lays a foundation
of... a theological foundation
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for Satan and angels.
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Our memory text is:
"In the beginning... "
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this is Genesis 1:1...
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this is how the Bible starts...
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"In the beginning God created
the heavens and the earth. "
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Now, this word "God" is Elohim.
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The Bible says
in the New Testament
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in John 1:1 through 4...
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"In the beginning was the Word,
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the Word was with God,
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and the Word was God...
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and He was in the
beginning with God...
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All things were
made through Him;
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and without Him
nothing was made that was made.
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In Him was life; His
life was the light of men. "
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And verse 14 of
John chapter 1 says,
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"He became a man... "
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He tabernacled among us
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and so, we know that
Jesus Christ is the Creator...
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He was there in the beginning.
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So, really, when
we look at Genesis,
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it is about...
Jesus is our Creator...
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our Sustainer...
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you know, Hebrews 1:3
says that He upholds everything
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by His mighty word of
power and our redeemer.
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Genesis is the beginning
of God's progressive unfolding
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of His everlasting covenant
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and it is
introduced in Genesis 3:15,
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and you know what?
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The whole story is
not completely unfolded
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till we reach Revelation 22:22.
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Genesis was
written after the exodus...
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it was written by
Moses after the exodus
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but some time before his death
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and God had him write
the history of creation...
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the primitive history of mankind
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and the patriarchal
history of His chosen people.
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Genesis ends with
the death of Joseph...
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about 280 years
before Moses was born
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but it's important to note
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both the Old
Testament and the New Testament
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refer to Moses as the author.
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It's quoted or alluded to 100s
of times in the Old Testament...
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Genesis is...
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but it's quoted over 35
times in the New Testament.
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So, the contents in Genesis are
divided into two primary parts.
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There is chapters one through 11
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and then chapters 12 through 50.
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One through 11 condenses...
distills 2000 years of history
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into... it's just a
sweeping overview of history
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in those 11 chapters
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and what we see there is the
creation of a perfect world...
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perfect man...
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we see the fall of man...
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we see the flood
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and we see the
dispersion of the nations
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and what we see also
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is that Genesis
relates to Revelation.
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In Genesis, there's
the paradise lost...
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Revelation... Paradise regained.
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In Genesis, there is
the fall of mankind...
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the curse of sin.
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In Revelation 22:3 says,
there will no longer be a curse.
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In Genesis, they're
banned from the Tree of Life...
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but in Revelation, we find that
robe in Christ's righteousness,
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we are once again
eating from the Tree of Life.
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So, let's see
Genesis 12 through 50.
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This is the patriarchal history.
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The history of and...
and this is important because
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you'll see why
it's so important to us.
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The history of Abraham...
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God actually
introduced... re-affirmed
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and He confirmed His everlasting
covenant with Abraham...
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passed on to Jacob...
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Isaac... Jacob and then Joseph.
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So, what we're going to look
at in... in Genesis 1 through 11
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is in Mesopotamia...
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Genesis 12
through 50 is in Canaan
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and the Promised Land.
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So, here's the fascinating thing
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and it puts
everything into perspective.
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The Bible records
4100 years of history.
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Do you realize, over 2300
years are recorded in Genesis.
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Why is it that important?
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Wow! and in the beginning,
the first verse when it says,
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God created... the word
there is "Bara" in the Hebrew
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and you know what that means?
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He created
something from nothing...
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"Bara" is never
used with mankind...
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it is a word that is
only assigned to God.
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So... Sunday: The
God of Creation...
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oh, I've got to rush.
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Moses... when... when Moses is
introducing God, you know what?
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He doesn't even try to
defend or explain God's origin
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or His character.
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He just knows...
both are by faith
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and he gets with it.
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But there's two
different Genesis accounts
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and they spotlight
two different ideas of God
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or of His character.
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The first account is
found in Genesis 1:1 through 4,
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when it says, "In the
beginning God created... "
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it's Elohim created...
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this is the transcendent
God whose eternal existence
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is beyond our material universe
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and His name... this name
is Majesty and Preeminence.
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But when we get
to the second account
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in Genesis 2:4 through 25,
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let's look at Genesis 2:4,
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"This is the history of
the heavens and the earth
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when they were created,
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in the day that
the LORD God... "
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this is not Elohim... this
is God's covenant name, Yahweh.
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"In that day that the LORD God
made the heavens and the earth"
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so, this name
denotes an imminent God
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in that, that there's
two words for Imminent...
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and people sometimes
don't realize the second word:
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I M M A N E N T
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is talking about
God's Eminence...
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His presence around us
that He is up close and personal
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and He creates... I
guess you could say,
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it makes us acknowledge
our dependence on God.
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So, in this two-fold...
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in these two names we
see the majestic powerful God
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and a God who
is close and loving
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and wants us in
personal relationship.
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Now, when we look
at Genesis, where am I?
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When... when we look at
Psalm 100 verses 1 through 3,
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when we see there is that...
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it says, "Make a joyful
shout to the LORD, all ye lands.
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Serve the LORD with gladness:
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come before His
presence with singing.
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Know that the LORD He is God:
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it is He who has made
us, and not we ourselves;
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we are His
sheep... His people...
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and the sheep of His pasture. "
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So, Genesis is going to explain
to us where we came from.
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God created us in His image.
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God created us to have
that covenant relationship
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with Yahweh... Jehovah God.
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He wants...
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He... He was increasing
the size of His family.
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I guess you could
say... when He created us.
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But this also
shows us why we're here.
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We're here to have that personal
close relationship with our Lord
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and, you know, when you
look through and you see
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Elohim... the One
who existed forever
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and then we see Yahweh.
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That One who existed forever...
His personal name, Jehovah,
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that He wants us.
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It's all about grace...
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it's all about grace.
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We're only here
because of God's grace,
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He created this
beautiful world...
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then he set man in this world
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and then we're going to
see as we go through Genesis
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that God is a God of redemption.
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This... it is
such an important part
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and this too... redemption
is a gift of God's grace.
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So, we pray that
as we go through this,
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don't think, "Oh,
I've heard this...
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this story before in
my Sabbath School... "
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or my Sunday School...
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wherever you go
for Bible Studies,
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what we want you to do is listen
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because we're going to bring out
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points that you may
never have thought of
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where it's like
we're peeling an onion
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and we're getting down...
or better say an artichoke...
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we're peeling off the
leaves of an artichoke
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till we get to the
heart of the matter
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and it is the heart of God.
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Panel: Amen...
amen... praise the Lord.
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Lomacang: Well, we have started
in the Genesis... of the Genesis
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and mine is: The
Creation... Monday.
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Now, creation is something
that all Christians, I believe,
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should believe in Creation.
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I've been surprised to
find out the different theories
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that are coming out of
what people may believe
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and at the very same time
saying they believe in Creation.
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Creation is a record
that as a matter of fact,
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you can find seven days in
no other place in the world...
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you can't find it in the
stars... the sun... the moon...
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the cycles of
time... it can only be found
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in the story of Creation
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and you find that at the
end of the six creation days,
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this phrase: It was good...
and God saw that it was good.
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You find that a
continual cadence...
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throughout the story of Creation
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in the book of
Genesis chapter 1.
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But the tenure
goes to another level
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when creation is completed.
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Let's go to
Genesis 1 and verse 31,
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God's observation
escalates to another level
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when creation is completed.
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Genesis 1 verse 31,
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"Then God saw every
thing that He had made,
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and indeed it
was... " together...
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All: "very good.
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So the evening and the
morning were the sixth day. "
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We find that phrase,
"evening and morning" six times.
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We find the
word "day" ten times.
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and that is not... there
are some that believe that
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the days were a...
a thousand years long
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and they try to cite...
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"With the Lord, a day
is as a thousand years
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and a thousand
years is as a day... "
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and there are some
religions that believe
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the day was broken up
into 500-year segments.
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Well, you can't
even test the theory
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because no
plant life could exist
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for 500 years in darkness.
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But the word there
makes it very clear:
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evening... morning,
evening... morning...
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the cycles of time that
God established in creation
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continues to exist today
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even though sin now
inhabits our world...
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now, Genesis 2 verses 1 to 3,
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which Ryan is going to be
dealing with: the Sabbath...
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I'm just going
to mention the text
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but I'm not going to deal
with the topic of Sabbath,
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but we find that on
the heels of creation,
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the affirmation of God's work
is brought about in the verses
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in Genesis
chapter 2 verses 1 to 3,
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"Thus the heavens and the earth
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and all the host
of them were finished.
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And on the Seventh
day God ended His work
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which He had done,
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and He rested on the
seventh day from all His work
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which He had done.
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Then God blessed the
seventh day and sanctified it,
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because in it He
rested from all His work
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which God had
created and made. "
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And He did that
to no other day...
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and I can't wait to
hear what you have to say
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about the Sabbath.
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But the question I was asked
by the writer of the lesson is,
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"What is implied...
what is the implied lesson
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contained in the
conclusion of creation?"
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Here are some of the
things I came out with.
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What you find is that
every step of the creation,
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God evaluates His own work.
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Panel: Hmmm... hmmm...
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Lomacang: Now that's
powerful, God evaluates...
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and at the end
of the day He said,
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"It was good... "
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He continues to evaluate,
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which is the
general understanding
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the Hebrew word there is:
tov... "tov" meaning good.
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so at the end of every day
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God said, it was
"tov" it was good
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generally understanding
that the succession of creation
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was the observation that when
the Lord created what He did
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on each day... it was good.
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Then another word
there meaning: it worked.
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Panel: Hmmm...
Lomacang: It worked.
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So... so when you
look at the Hebrew word...
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it doesn't just
mean that it's good...
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it means: it worked.
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So, what God did on every
day... it's still working today.
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Panel: Amen... amen.
Lomacang: And it hasn't changed.
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Now, what's
wonderful about that...
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James 1:17 says this to us,
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"Every good and every
perfect gift is from above,
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and comes down from
the Father of lights,
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with whom there is no variation
or shadow of turning. "
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So, the very word
"good... good... good"
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continually at the
end of every creation day
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is re-emphasized by James.
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That's what happens
when God is involved...
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everything good comes from Him.
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Genesis 1 verse 4, the Bible
starts with the illumination,
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"And God saw the
light, that it was good;
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and God divided the
light from the darkness.
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And He called the light Day,
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and He called
the darkness Night. "
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Now, this is something that
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I'd like to
develop at a different time
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because people
said, "Wait a minute...
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but the sun and the moon
were not yet created... "
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which says to God,
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"You don't need a sun
and a moon to have light. "
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God created the
existence of light
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and the sun and the
moon were to govern the light
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not to produce the light.
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The sun and the moon were
there to govern the day...
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govern the night
but not to produce it.
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God already produced it.
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We also go to the plant
life, Genesis 1 verse 12,
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the plants were
yielding fruit...
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"And the earth
brought forth grass,
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the herb that yields
fruit according to its kind,
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and the trees that yield fruit,
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whose seed is in
itself according to its kind.
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And God saw that it was good. "
00:18:35.38\00:18:37.75
Now, when you look at
the progression of creation,
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it radically contradicts
the theories of evolution
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which dogmatically declares that
everything happened eventually.
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The way I wrote it down was,
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evolution talks about
a progressive creation...
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a successive creation
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that happened on the heels
of an accidental explosion.
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Panel: Hmmm... hmmm...
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Lomacang: how could such
order come out of such chaos?
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Now, an Astrophysicist by the
name of: Neil deGrasse Tyson...
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I don't agree with
much of what he says
00:19:07.94\00:19:10.15
but this phrase... he really
pulled it off when he said,
00:19:10.18\00:19:13.01
and I apply this to those
who believe in evolution...
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how strange... he's
one of the believers...
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but what he says actually denies
the very things he espouses.
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He says, "One of the
greatest challenges in life
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is knowing enough
to think you're right
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but not enough to
know you're wrong. "
00:19:25.99\00:19:28.10
Panel: Hmmm... hmmm...
00:19:28.13\00:19:29.46
Lomacang: And that's
what's happened to...
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Evolutionists today are saying
that the evidences of a God
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who created the
world is missing.
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Well, you've got to know what
the evidence is that's missing
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to know it's missing.
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But they can't produce...
when you ask, "What's missing?"
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they can't tell
you what's missing.
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Well, the fact of the matter
is, they're trying to find God
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and God cannot be
found by humanity.
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Panel: Hmmm... hmmm...
00:19:49.45\00:19:50.79
Lomacang: Good news...
humanity can be found by God.
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Panel: Amen... amen.
00:19:53.19\00:19:54.52
Lomacang: The Biblical record
points it out very clearly
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and Shelley mentioned this,
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"In the beginning God created
the heavens and the earth. "
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How did He do it?
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Psalm 33 verses 6 and 9,
00:20:01.40\00:20:02.93
"By the word of the
Lord the heavens were made,
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and all the host of them
by the breath of His mouth.
00:20:08.14\00:20:11.31
He gathers the waters of
the sea together as a heap;
00:20:11.34\00:20:15.14
He lays up the
deep in storehouses.
00:20:15.18\00:20:17.71
Let all the earth fear the Lord;
00:20:17.75\00:20:19.71
Let all the inhabitants of
the world stand in awe of Him.
00:20:19.75\00:20:23.05
For He spoke, and it was done;
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He commanded,
and it stood fast. "
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Only God can create
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and I... I love the
way you use that word
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when talking about Elohim.
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When God created "Bara"
meant He created out of nothing.
00:20:32.76\00:20:38.23
Panel: That's right.
00:20:38.30\00:20:39.63
Lomacang: Now, we can't
create anything out of nothing.
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Shelley: That's
right. Panel: Hmmm... hmmm...
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Lomacang: We could
say a lot of nothing
00:20:42.70\00:20:44.07
but we can't create
anything out of nothing.
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What you said meant nothing
but it came from something.
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It came from a mind
devoid of understanding.
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We did not become...
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the other part is... we
did not become humans...
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we were created
humans. Panel: Amen.
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Lomacang: Humanity
did not evolve into human.
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How God made creation
in the very beginning,
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is how it
continues to this very day.
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Obviously, sin has interrupted
the perfection of it,
00:21:06.80\00:21:09.76
but Genesis 1 verse
26 talks about this.
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The perfection of the
creation of humankind.
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Verse 26, "Then God said,
'Let us make man in Our image,
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according to Our likeness;
00:21:19.47\00:21:21.41
let them have dominion
over the fish of the sea,
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over the birds of the
air, and over the cattle,
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over all the earth
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and over every creeping thing
that creeps on the earth. '"
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Verse 27, "So God
created man in His own image;
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in the image of
God He created him;
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male and female
He created them. "
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So, when creation was done,
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male and female were here.
00:21:44.80\00:21:47.04
We did not evolve out of
an Amoeba or a Paramecium
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that sprung legs and
crawled out of a swampy pond
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then over the
course of billions of years
00:21:54.64\00:21:56.64
stood up and became a monkey
00:21:56.68\00:21:58.01
that became an
ape... that became a man...
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that became a woman...
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you can't get... I
don't want to be...
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I don't want to be cynical here
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but if you've seen
how wonderful people look,
00:22:05.82\00:22:09.69
don't contribute
the beauty of a human...
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the handsomeness of a
man and the beauty of a woman
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to a monkey.
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Panel: Hmmm... that's right.
Lomacang: It doesn't match.
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It doesn't even make any sense
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and that will by... by the way,
00:22:21.27\00:22:23.20
that's why people
behave the way they do.
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You know, the same is also true
about the creation of animals.
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Animals did not evolve
into what they are today.
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If that were the case, then how
did the monkey stop evolving?
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We have other animals
that people have said...
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have come from
monkeys or come from apes,
00:22:39.52\00:22:42.32
but apes and monkeys still exist
00:22:42.36\00:22:43.89
so, you see the
theory is ridiculous.
00:22:43.93\00:22:46.19
That's why Genesis 1 verse 24...
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the Bible says, "Then God said,
00:22:48.13\00:22:49.93
'Let the earth bring
forth the living creatures
00:22:49.96\00:22:52.57
according to its kind:
00:22:52.60\00:22:53.94
cattle and creeping
things and beast of the earth,
00:22:53.97\00:22:57.17
each according to its kind';
00:22:57.21\00:22:59.04
and it was so. "
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It worked... and
it's still working today.
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So, we find in the
Bible also the six references
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to the evening and the morning
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denotes that there was
a cycle of time each day
00:23:07.62\00:23:10.49
had a beginning and an end.
00:23:10.52\00:23:13.05
In Genesis 1 verse 6
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talks about the beginning
and the end of those days.
00:23:14.52\00:23:16.52
"Then God made two great lights:
00:23:16.56\00:23:18.83
the greater
light to rule the day,
00:23:18.86\00:23:20.60
the lesser light
to rule the night.
00:23:20.63\00:23:22.73
He made the stars also. "
00:23:22.76\00:23:24.53
Now, in evolution, the theory is
00:23:24.57\00:23:26.90
the big bang
unleashed a creative process
00:23:26.94\00:23:30.31
that took millions of years
to get to where we are today.
00:23:30.34\00:23:34.18
But the evidence that there
was nothing more to be created
00:23:34.21\00:23:38.01
is the word: finished.
00:23:38.05\00:23:40.05
When God finished
it, it was finished.
00:23:40.08\00:23:44.05
There was nothing
evolutionary to show up
00:23:44.09\00:23:46.86
after God said,
"It was finished... "
00:23:46.89\00:23:48.66
it was so finished...
He said it was very good.
00:23:48.72\00:23:51.39
If creation was not finished,
the seventh day could not exist.
00:23:51.43\00:23:54.93
Panel: That's
right... that's right.
00:23:54.96\00:23:56.30
Lomacang: Chew on
that for a moment,
00:23:56.33\00:23:57.67
"If creation was not yet done,
00:23:57.70\00:23:59.03
the seventh day could
not continue to exist. "
00:23:59.07\00:24:02.17
The seventh day is the
capstone of the creation week
00:24:02.20\00:24:06.47
and in just a moment,
00:24:06.51\00:24:07.84
Ryan's going to take
charge of that Sabbath day.
00:24:07.88\00:24:09.71
Shelley: Amen, I just
have to add one point,
00:24:09.74\00:24:11.75
you know, there's no way that
Geologists can date our earth
00:24:11.78\00:24:16.02
because God created
everything with a parent age.
00:24:16.05\00:24:18.82
Adam and Eve
weren't little babies...
00:24:18.85\00:24:20.89
they were grown, people.
00:24:20.92\00:24:22.59
Plants... trees were grown,
so, oh, God's Word is perfect.
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Shelley: Now, we will
continue our study for Tuesday
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with Ryan Day.
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Ryan: Amen... praise
the Lord, I'm Ryan Day...
00:25:10.37\00:25:11.87
and I have Tuesday's Lesson
and it's entitled: The Sabbath
00:25:11.91\00:25:14.94
and I'm so blessed
to have this lesson
00:25:14.98\00:25:17.48
because you know,
the Sabbath message...
00:25:17.51\00:25:18.98
the truth of the Sabbath...
00:25:19.01\00:25:20.35
the blessing of the Sabbath
has just changed my life.
00:25:20.38\00:25:23.42
I wasn't always... and haven't
always been a Sabbath Keeper
00:25:23.45\00:25:26.19
according to the
Biblical message.
00:25:26.22\00:25:28.12
God showed that to me later
in life as an early adult...
00:25:28.16\00:25:31.29
a young adult
00:25:31.33\00:25:32.69
and it has just tremendously
changed my life for the better
00:25:32.73\00:25:36.40
and so, I want to... I
don't want to take much time,
00:25:36.43\00:25:38.80
I want to jump
right into the text
00:25:38.83\00:25:40.17
because actually, Tuesday's
lesson dives us right into
00:25:40.20\00:25:43.20
Genesis chapter 2.
00:25:43.24\00:25:44.94
I want to thank
Pastor Lomacang and Shelley
00:25:44.97\00:25:47.14
for giving us a
great setup for this
00:25:47.18\00:25:48.68
because now
we'll get to talk about
00:25:48.74\00:25:50.21
the capstone of creation week...
00:25:50.25\00:25:51.78
of God's beautiful rest day.
00:25:51.81\00:25:53.68
So, Genesis chapter 2,
00:25:53.72\00:25:55.18
we're going to
read verses 1 through 3,
00:25:55.22\00:25:56.55
and notice what the Bible says,
00:25:56.58\00:25:57.99
Genesis chapter 2
verses 1 through 3 says,
00:25:58.02\00:26:00.66
"Thus the heavens and the earth,
00:26:00.69\00:26:02.02
and all the host of
them, were finished.
00:26:02.06\00:26:04.73
And on the seventh day
00:26:04.76\00:26:06.33
God ended His
work which He had done,
00:26:06.36\00:26:09.20
and He rested on the
seventh day from all His work
00:26:09.23\00:26:12.67
which He had done.
00:26:12.70\00:26:14.04
Then God blessed the
seventh day and sanctified it,
00:26:14.07\00:26:17.37
because in it He had
rested from all His work
00:26:17.41\00:26:20.11
which He had created and made. "
00:26:20.14\00:26:23.24
And I just have
to emphasize this
00:26:23.28\00:26:24.61
because there may be
someone watching right now
00:26:24.65\00:26:26.11
that has never
heard this truth...
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never heard the
truth about the Sabbath.
00:26:27.52\00:26:29.18
The beautiful thing to note here
00:26:29.22\00:26:30.79
which we often like to bring out
00:26:30.82\00:26:32.29
is that when you're studying
this beautiful creation week,
00:26:32.32\00:26:34.52
God is doing this like a
Painter on a beautiful canvas,
00:26:34.56\00:26:37.46
He's just doing all
of this beautiful work
00:26:37.49\00:26:39.76
on each and
every creation day...
00:26:39.79\00:26:41.50
just all of this
beautiful creation
00:26:41.53\00:26:43.47
on each and individual day
00:26:43.50\00:26:44.83
but by the time He
gets to the seventh day,
00:26:44.87\00:26:46.80
He does three things as
this text just brought out
00:26:46.84\00:26:49.70
three things on the seventh day
00:26:49.74\00:26:51.07
that He did not do on any
of the previous creation days
00:26:51.11\00:26:53.91
and so, now when He
gets to the Sabbath,
00:26:53.94\00:26:55.81
He rests... that's the
first thing... He rests...
00:26:55.84\00:26:58.01
He... and the word
there is Shabbath...
00:26:58.05\00:26:59.51
He rests He is Sabbath...
00:26:59.55\00:27:00.92
that's where we get
the word "Sabbath" from.
00:27:00.95\00:27:03.42
He rested... He
blessed the seventh day.
00:27:03.45\00:27:05.85
That's not to say that the
other days aren't a blessing,
00:27:05.89\00:27:08.52
right? Every day
should be a blessing
00:27:08.56\00:27:10.49
but on that particular day,
God placed a special blessing
00:27:10.53\00:27:13.40
on this seventh day
00:27:13.43\00:27:14.96
and now, the third
thing of course, is
00:27:15.00\00:27:17.57
that He sanctified it...
00:27:17.60\00:27:19.13
He made it
holy... He set it apart...
00:27:19.17\00:27:21.64
He sanctified it and
that's what "sanctified" means,
00:27:21.67\00:27:23.74
He set it apart for a holy use.
00:27:23.77\00:27:25.81
He set it apart
from the other six,
00:27:25.84\00:27:27.78
He said, "Look, these
are the days that I worked...
00:27:27.81\00:27:29.54
these are the days that I
created... I done my labor,
00:27:29.58\00:27:32.35
but the seventh day is
now set apart for a holy use,
00:27:32.38\00:27:35.15
it's declared
holy... it's a holy day.
00:27:35.18\00:27:37.65
When God makes something holy,
00:27:37.69\00:27:39.02
how are you
going to reverse that?
00:27:39.05\00:27:40.39
Panel: Amen.
00:27:40.42\00:27:41.76
Ryan: You can't
reverse that whatsoever,
00:27:41.79\00:27:43.12
so, this is why we
should be emphasizing
00:27:43.16\00:27:44.49
and bringing out the
blessing and the holiness...
00:27:44.53\00:27:46.33
the sanctity of the Sabbath day
00:27:46.36\00:27:48.56
and we know that
this continues on.
00:27:48.60\00:27:50.63
God's commandments including
the Sabbath commandment,
00:27:50.67\00:27:52.83
continues on for creation.
00:27:52.87\00:27:54.57
I've even have
people say, "You know, Ryan,
00:27:54.60\00:27:56.27
you know, Sabbath
doesn't really come along
00:27:56.30\00:27:57.91
until the
commandments in Mount Sinai,
00:27:57.94\00:27:59.81
but we know that the
commandments pre-date Sinai
00:27:59.84\00:28:02.38
because we see right there
in the 26th chapter of Genesis,
00:28:02.44\00:28:04.85
which we'll get to
when we talk about Abraham,
00:28:04.88\00:28:06.82
and how Abraham was obedient
to all of God's commandments
00:28:06.88\00:28:09.92
and to God's voice.
00:28:09.95\00:28:11.29
Even in the 16th chapter of
Exodus, we see the Sabbath...
00:28:11.32\00:28:14.12
God's saying, "How long do
you refuse to keep my laws?"
00:28:14.16\00:28:17.33
And this was before He
had given the Decalogue
00:28:17.36\00:28:19.46
or the formal Ten Commandments
on the tablets of stone
00:28:19.49\00:28:22.93
and so the Sabbath has always
been a blessing since creation
00:28:22.96\00:28:26.30
and He wants all
of His people to...
00:28:26.33\00:28:28.40
to participate in that blessing.
00:28:28.44\00:28:30.41
Now, let's go read
the command itself,
00:28:30.44\00:28:32.84
because as we often call
these the Ten Commandments,
00:28:32.87\00:28:35.04
they're really... and
we've said this often as well
00:28:35.08\00:28:37.15
and I just want to emphasize
it... it's the ten freedoms.
00:28:37.21\00:28:40.32
God is setting His people
free from 400 years of bondage
00:28:40.35\00:28:43.42
in Egypt... and
He's saying, "Look,
00:28:43.49\00:28:45.02
I want to now
give you the freedom
00:28:45.05\00:28:46.59
to rest on My holy day...
00:28:46.62\00:28:48.72
work six days... yes...
00:28:48.76\00:28:50.66
but rest on My holy day... "
00:28:50.73\00:28:52.49
and so, He emphasizes the...
the significance of the Sabbath
00:28:52.56\00:28:55.50
in Exodus chapter
20, verses 8 through 11,
00:28:55.53\00:28:58.50
Exodus 20 verses 8 through 11,
00:28:58.53\00:29:00.60
this is the
Sabbath commandment...
00:29:00.64\00:29:02.17
God is verbally
speaking this and He tells them,
00:29:02.20\00:29:04.54
"Remember the
Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
00:29:04.57\00:29:07.58
Six days you shall
labor and do all your work,
00:29:07.61\00:29:10.45
but the seventh day is the
Sabbath of the Lord your God.
00:29:10.48\00:29:12.81
In it you shall do no work:
00:29:12.85\00:29:15.32
you, nor your
son, nor your daughter,
00:29:15.35\00:29:18.45
nor your male servant,
nor your female servant,
00:29:18.49\00:29:21.02
not your cattle,
00:29:21.06\00:29:22.39
nor your stranger who
is within your gates... "
00:29:22.42\00:29:24.26
and then He tells
us why we keep it holy.
00:29:24.29\00:29:26.53
"For in six days the Lord
made the heavens and the earth,
00:29:26.56\00:29:29.83
the sea, and
all that in them is,
00:29:29.86\00:29:31.83
and rested the seventh day.
00:29:31.87\00:29:33.34
Therefore the Lord blessed the
Sabbath day and hallowed it. "
00:29:33.37\00:29:37.67
I love it... the first
verse there... verse 8,
00:29:37.71\00:29:40.11
"Remember the Sabbath
day to keep it holy... "
00:29:40.14\00:29:41.78
the general command...
God wants us to remember it...
00:29:41.81\00:29:44.48
He wants us to honor it,
00:29:44.51\00:29:45.85
He wants us to keep it holy.
00:29:45.88\00:29:47.22
How do we do
that? Verses 9 and 10,
00:29:47.25\00:29:49.68
we rest and allow others to rest
00:29:49.72\00:29:52.15
in our control...
within our gates...
00:29:52.19\00:29:54.16
within our property...
00:29:54.19\00:29:55.52
if we have control
over that, we should rest.
00:29:55.56\00:29:57.69
We should allow others to
receive the blessing of rest
00:29:57.73\00:30:00.53
and then, of course, why
do we keep the Sabbath holy?
00:30:00.56\00:30:03.40
Not because God's just
trying to put some oppressive...
00:30:03.43\00:30:06.20
like... you can't do
this and you can't do that
00:30:06.23\00:30:07.67
and you can't... a lot of
people see the Sabbath as a...
00:30:07.70\00:30:10.34
as a curse or as a...
as a... as a heavy drudgery
00:30:10.37\00:30:13.44
that they can't do
all of these things
00:30:13.48\00:30:14.81
but God says,
"No, no, no, no, no,
00:30:14.84\00:30:16.18
it's much more...
00:30:16.21\00:30:17.55
it's farther beyond
just the 'rest' aspect...
00:30:17.58\00:30:19.88
it's a memorial of Creation. "
00:30:19.91\00:30:22.12
Lomacang: That's right.
00:30:22.15\00:30:23.49
Ryan: When we... we
keep the Sabbath holy,
00:30:23.52\00:30:25.55
we're remembering
God's creative work,
00:30:25.59\00:30:27.76
His amazing creative work
00:30:27.79\00:30:29.12
and Him as the
Creator of the universe.
00:30:29.16\00:30:31.39
It's all right there even
in the general commandment
00:30:31.43\00:30:34.03
and... and, you
know, the Sabbath...
00:30:34.06\00:30:35.40
the... the
lesson brings this out,
00:30:35.43\00:30:36.77
I'm going to
read this portion here
00:30:36.80\00:30:38.13
because this is
really, really nice.
00:30:38.17\00:30:39.53
The Sabbath is also
a way in which we...
00:30:39.57\00:30:41.24
it's a reminder in which we can
take care of our... ourselves...
00:30:41.27\00:30:44.24
our bodies... our lives...
00:30:44.27\00:30:45.74
notice what the
Lesson brings here
00:30:45.77\00:30:47.21
and I have to
read this, it says,
00:30:47.24\00:30:48.64
"We can rest from our works
just as God had rested from His.
00:30:48.68\00:30:52.65
Sabbath-keeping
means saying "yes" to God's
00:30:52.68\00:30:56.35
very good creation
00:30:56.38\00:30:58.05
which includes
our physical bodies.
00:30:58.09\00:30:59.82
Contrary to some
ancient and modern beliefs,
00:30:59.85\00:31:02.89
nothing in Scripture...
Old or New Testament
00:31:02.92\00:31:05.96
denigrates the body as evil... "
00:31:05.99\00:31:08.96
and so, it goes on to
say that's a pagan concept
00:31:09.00\00:31:11.23
not a Biblical one.
00:31:11.27\00:31:12.60
Instead, Sabbath-keepers
are grateful for God's creation
00:31:12.63\00:31:15.80
which includes
their own flesh, right
00:31:15.84\00:31:18.27
and that is why they
can enjoy the creation
00:31:18.31\00:31:21.11
and what they...
and why they care of it.
00:31:21.14\00:31:23.91
We are, we are... we are the...
the temple of the Holy Spirit
00:31:23.95\00:31:27.28
and the Bible
makes that very clear
00:31:27.32\00:31:28.95
and we need that rest...
00:31:28.98\00:31:30.45
the Sabbath rest is a... is a
delight... it should be a joy.
00:31:30.49\00:31:33.82
It's a way for us
to... to re-energize
00:31:33.86\00:31:36.42
and to take a
pause from our busy life
00:31:36.46\00:31:38.86
and to be able to get that
spiritual and physical rest
00:31:38.89\00:31:41.93
that we need each and
every... each and every week.
00:31:41.96\00:31:44.93
It's a sign... the Sabbath...
00:31:44.97\00:31:46.94
I love this
too... it's beautiful,
00:31:46.97\00:31:48.30
it's a sign of hope
for suffering humanity
00:31:48.34\00:31:51.54
and for the
groaning of the world.
00:31:51.57\00:31:53.84
Now, this comes
obviously Post Fall, right,
00:31:53.88\00:31:56.44
when sin enters the world
00:31:56.51\00:31:58.21
but each and every week
00:31:58.28\00:31:59.91
now that we're
living in this sinful world,
00:31:59.95\00:32:01.52
it's a reminder that...
that it's a sign of hope
00:32:01.55\00:32:04.62
for suffering humanity.
00:32:04.65\00:32:06.19
We even see this within
the context of, you know,
00:32:06.22\00:32:08.82
right there in the
beginning of creation
00:32:08.89\00:32:10.43
where it says, "God
finished His work. "
00:32:10.46\00:32:11.99
He finished His work
00:32:12.06\00:32:13.40
but then you see the
same phrasing... same words
00:32:13.43\00:32:16.03
that are used in
Exodus chapter 40 verse 33,
00:32:16.06\00:32:18.83
when Moses... they
finished building the sanctuary,
00:32:18.87\00:32:22.34
the tabernacle...
00:32:22.37\00:32:23.71
we see it again within
the context of the sanctuary
00:32:23.74\00:32:26.04
in 1st Kings
chapter 7 verses 40 and 51,
00:32:26.07\00:32:29.01
during the
building of Solomon's Temple
00:32:29.04\00:32:31.91
or we call it Solomon's Temple,
it's the Lord's Temple...
00:32:31.95\00:32:34.08
but nonetheless, we
see very clearly there
00:32:34.12\00:32:35.98
that in the
finishing of that work,
00:32:36.02\00:32:38.59
the blessing of the
Sabbath is a reminder...
00:32:38.62\00:32:41.32
it points us to
salvation and redemption
00:32:41.36\00:32:43.96
and the fact that when you
think of the sanctuary message,
00:32:43.99\00:32:46.06
it's progressive
00:32:46.09\00:32:47.86
and the
progressive message the...
00:32:47.90\00:32:49.66
the salvation
message and the sanctuary
00:32:49.70\00:32:51.23
is leading us to a
time when we will have...
00:32:51.27\00:32:53.44
when we will have
eternal spiritual rest in God.
00:32:53.47\00:32:56.81
It's progressively leading us
to the very presence of God...
00:32:56.84\00:32:59.87
we can dwell with Him...
00:32:59.94\00:33:01.48
and we no longer have to
have these degraded dying bodies
00:33:01.51\00:33:04.31
but when we rest
each week on the Sabbath,
00:33:04.35\00:33:07.02
it points forward to
the beautiful blessing
00:33:07.05\00:33:09.55
of... of... of
the hope that we have
00:33:09.58\00:33:11.35
that God is going
to make things new.
00:33:11.39\00:33:13.05
After the fall, the
Sabbath at the end of the week
00:33:13.12\00:33:15.82
points to the miracle of
salvation as we brought out
00:33:15.86\00:33:18.53
which will take place... notice,
00:33:18.56\00:33:20.00
only through the
miracle of a new creation
00:33:20.03\00:33:23.06
which we see in
Isaiah 65 verse 17 as well...
00:33:23.10\00:33:26.07
Revelation chapter 21,
00:33:26.13\00:33:27.47
we see the new
heaven and the new earth...
00:33:27.50\00:33:29.44
the Sabbath is a
sign... it's a symbol of hope,
00:33:29.47\00:33:32.14
we look forward to this...
00:33:32.17\00:33:33.54
when we keep the Sabbath holy,
00:33:33.58\00:33:34.91
and we honor it
according to the Bible,
00:33:34.94\00:33:36.51
we're also remembering
the fact and honoring the fact
00:33:36.54\00:33:39.58
that the beautiful
promise and hope that we have
00:33:39.61\00:33:41.48
that God is going to come back
00:33:41.52\00:33:43.02
and He's going to
make all things new
00:33:43.08\00:33:45.05
powerful... powerful truth.
00:33:45.09\00:33:46.52
The Sabbath is a sign at
the end of our human week
00:33:46.55\00:33:49.26
that the suffering
and trials of this world
00:33:49.29\00:33:51.59
will have an end as well.
00:33:51.63\00:33:54.06
There's so much more... my
time is clicking away here,
00:33:54.10\00:33:56.30
there's so much more
that we can highlight here,
00:33:56.33\00:33:58.77
I had a whole section that I'm
not going to be able to read,
00:33:58.80\00:34:00.97
but you know
this... all of this truth
00:34:01.00\00:34:02.80
and I'm going to end on this.
00:34:02.84\00:34:04.17
All of this truth
is also emphasized
00:34:04.21\00:34:06.34
and very clearly communicated
00:34:06.37\00:34:08.04
in the fact that Jesus
cares for suffering humanity.
00:34:08.08\00:34:11.45
He cares for our groanings.
00:34:11.48\00:34:12.95
In fact, the lesson brings
out that Jesus chose the Sabbath
00:34:12.98\00:34:16.05
as the most appropriate
day to do all of His healing
00:34:16.08\00:34:19.69
and there's so many different
Scriptural examples of this
00:34:19.72\00:34:22.06
but Luke 13
00:34:22.09\00:34:23.43
which I'm not going to
have time to read these verses,
00:34:23.46\00:34:25.26
but Luke chapter 13
verses 10 through 17,
00:34:25.29\00:34:27.73
we see very clearly
there's a lady with...
00:34:27.76\00:34:30.20
with... with an infirmity there
00:34:30.23\00:34:31.83
and Jesus heals
her on the Sabbath.
00:34:31.87\00:34:33.54
One of the Synagogue rulers...
it says there in verse 14,
00:34:33.57\00:34:36.37
"But the ruler of the synagogue
answered with indignation,
00:34:36.40\00:34:39.21
because Jesus had
healed on the Sabbath;
00:34:39.24\00:34:40.74
and he said to the crowd,
00:34:40.78\00:34:42.11
'There are six days in
which man ought to work;
00:34:42.14\00:34:44.21
therefore come and be healed on
them, and not on the Sabbath'."
00:34:44.25\00:34:47.08
Jesus rebukes these brothers
00:34:47.12\00:34:48.58
and He goes on to
say, "You hypocrite!
00:34:48.62\00:34:50.29
Does not each one
of you on the Sabbath
00:34:50.32\00:34:52.72
loose his ox or his
donkey from the stall,
00:34:52.75\00:34:55.12
and lead it away to water?
00:34:55.16\00:34:56.49
So ought not this woman be
of the daughter of Abraham,
00:34:56.52\00:34:59.89
whom Satan had bound...
00:34:59.96\00:35:01.30
think of it...
for eighteen years,
00:35:01.33\00:35:02.96
be loosed of this
bond on the Sabbath?"
00:35:03.03\00:35:06.80
Jesus said it was better
to do good on the Sabbath.
00:35:06.84\00:35:09.60
Why? because He's
the Lord of the Sabbath.
00:35:09.64\00:35:11.61
My Friends, the
Sabbath is a blessing.
00:35:11.64\00:35:13.38
We should receive it
as an exquisite delight
00:35:13.41\00:35:15.54
and I hope that you
also in your studies
00:35:15.58\00:35:17.71
learn that it can
be a blessing for you.
00:35:17.75\00:35:19.85
Panel: Amen... praise the Lord.
00:35:19.91\00:35:21.38
Kenny: Okay, we're going
to go into Wednesday's lesson
00:35:21.42\00:35:23.92
but boy! you
guys really set it up.
00:35:23.95\00:35:25.55
We're going to go
to Wednesday's lesson,
00:35:25.59\00:35:27.19
it's going to be talking
about: The Creation of Humanity.
00:35:27.26\00:35:29.62
To me, it's just...
00:35:29.69\00:35:31.29
to me, it was awesome just
to go back and to be refreshed
00:35:31.33\00:35:33.83
and to learn some
things about creation.
00:35:33.90\00:35:36.20
If you have your Bibles,
be sure and turn with me...
00:35:36.26\00:35:37.97
Genesis chapter 1...
00:35:38.00\00:35:39.33
I think couple of
these verses have been read
00:35:39.37\00:35:41.37
but I want to read them
again just in case you missed it
00:35:41.40\00:35:43.20
so, we set up a good foundation,
Genesis chapter 1:26, 27, and
00:35:43.24\00:35:48.18
28. These will be
very familiar verses
00:35:48.21\00:35:50.25
that most of you
probably have memorized.
00:35:50.28\00:35:52.01
The Bible says...
I love to say that...
00:35:52.05\00:35:53.62
the Bible says,
00:35:53.65\00:35:54.98
"And God said, "Let
Us make man in Our image,
00:35:55.02\00:35:57.19
and in our likeness;
00:35:57.22\00:35:58.55
and let them have dominion
over the fish of the sea,
00:35:58.59\00:36:02.06
and over the fowl of
the air and over the cattle,
00:36:02.09\00:36:04.83
over all the earth
00:36:04.86\00:36:06.26
and over every creeping thing
that creepeth on the earth.
00:36:06.29\00:36:09.36
So God created
man in His own image;
00:36:09.40\00:36:12.50
in the image of
God created He him;
00:36:12.53\00:36:14.97
male and female
created He them. "
00:36:15.00\00:36:17.11
Notice verse 28, it says,
00:36:17.17\00:36:19.01
"And God blessed them,
and God said unto them,
00:36:19.04\00:36:21.91
'Be fruitful and multiply,
00:36:21.94\00:36:23.38
and replenish the
earth, and subdue it:
00:36:23.41\00:36:26.01
and have dominion
over the fish of the sea,
00:36:26.05\00:36:28.18
and over the fowl of the air,
00:36:28.22\00:36:29.55
and over every living thing
that moveth upon the earth. '"
00:36:29.58\00:36:33.32
Well, I like the way it starts
out, verse 26, "God said... "
00:36:33.36\00:36:37.23
He said, "Let us make...
let us make man in our image"
00:36:37.26\00:36:43.63
and so, you look at
that word "image" as...
00:36:43.67\00:36:45.90
it's... it's... it's
quite a challenging word
00:36:45.93\00:36:48.14
but yet it has some
real depth and meaning to it.
00:36:48.17\00:36:50.14
When you say "image"
there it's talking about
00:36:50.21\00:36:52.54
the... the knowledge...
God gave man knowledge
00:36:52.57\00:36:54.64
and... you know, where
he can reason things out.
00:36:54.68\00:36:56.68
It has to do with righteousness,
00:36:56.71\00:36:58.85
it has to do with true holiness
00:36:58.88\00:37:00.95
and I'd like to add
something here to me... it's...
00:37:00.98\00:37:03.15
it's... it's
happiness, you know,
00:37:03.18\00:37:05.62
because in the very
beginning, before sin...
00:37:05.65\00:37:07.79
we mentioned that before
sin, Adam and Eve, you know,
00:37:07.82\00:37:11.09
they were holy beings
00:37:11.13\00:37:12.79
and they were happy beings.
00:37:12.86\00:37:14.60
God said, "Let's
make man in Our image. "
00:37:14.63\00:37:17.00
So, man was
made... interesting...
00:37:17.03\00:37:19.13
man was made last...
right, of all the creatures
00:37:19.17\00:37:23.47
and now... now I know why.
00:37:23.51\00:37:25.47
I finally figured this one out.
00:37:25.51\00:37:27.41
So that we can
look at Scriptures like
00:37:27.44\00:37:32.01
Job chapter 38 verse 4,
00:37:32.05\00:37:33.78
I know I'm
funning here a little bit
00:37:33.82\00:37:35.88
but notice what it
says, what does it say?
00:37:35.92\00:37:37.29
This is going to fit.
00:37:37.32\00:37:39.45
It says, "Where wast thou
00:37:39.49\00:37:41.39
when I lay the
foundation of the earth?
00:37:41.42\00:37:43.56
Declare, if thou
has understanding. "
00:37:43.59\00:37:45.89
To me that makes sense, right,
00:37:45.93\00:37:47.90
Man can get... when
there's a little discussion here
00:37:47.93\00:37:49.70
between Job and God, we realize
00:37:49.73\00:37:51.67
God's going to be
pointing to all of us
00:37:51.70\00:37:53.13
and he did to man and said,
00:37:53.17\00:37:54.54
"Now, where were you?" Right?
00:37:54.57\00:37:55.90
"All this stuff was
made before you got here. "
00:37:55.94\00:37:59.34
Everything your little
heart desires is here for you.
00:37:59.37\00:38:03.28
His ways are past finding
out I think in Romans 11:33...
00:38:03.35\00:38:07.22
His ways are past
finding out yet men... men try
00:38:07.25\00:38:10.85
but, you know, we
can't find out God,
00:38:10.89\00:38:12.89
we can't find out
all of these things,
00:38:12.92\00:38:14.86
but praise God He's left
enough that we can understand
00:38:14.89\00:38:17.43
and... and
certainly, He can find us.
00:38:17.46\00:38:19.19
As soon as man was
created, he had everything,
00:38:19.23\00:38:23.10
I notice,
everything that He wanted
00:38:23.13\00:38:25.20
because it was pretty much done.
00:38:25.23\00:38:27.27
So now, the... the...
00:38:27.30\00:38:28.97
something else I
want to bring out,
00:38:29.00\00:38:30.34
He said, "Let us make man... "
00:38:30.37\00:38:32.47
just a quick points
here, "Let us make man. "
00:38:32.51\00:38:35.34
What is He talking about?
00:38:35.38\00:38:36.75
Three persons of the Godhead.
00:38:36.78\00:38:38.11
You know, again a subject a
lot of people want to debate,
00:38:38.15\00:38:41.35
three persons of the Godhead...
Father, Son, Holy Ghost...
00:38:41.38\00:38:44.62
They counsel together...
00:38:44.65\00:38:46.65
They consulted together...
00:38:46.69\00:38:48.39
They came in agreement together
00:38:48.42\00:38:51.69
and then, man
was... man was made...
00:38:51.73\00:38:54.56
he was created
00:38:54.60\00:38:55.93
and he was to be... why?
00:38:55.96\00:38:57.43
because he was to be dedicated
00:38:57.47\00:38:59.27
and he was to be
devoted to those Three.
00:38:59.30\00:39:02.50
Panel: Hmmm...
00:39:02.54\00:39:03.87
Kenny: Kind of interesting...
00:39:03.91\00:39:05.24
devoted tendency toward These...
00:39:05.27\00:39:07.61
I thought it was
just beautiful thought
00:39:07.64\00:39:09.04
as we think about "God said... "
00:39:09.11\00:39:10.45
you know, story...
00:39:10.48\00:39:11.81
I think about and I
just have to bring it up
00:39:11.85\00:39:13.31
and many people
have done this I'm sure
00:39:13.35\00:39:14.98
but I think when... Russia...
00:39:15.02\00:39:16.48
when 3ABN was having
their meetings there,
00:39:16.52\00:39:18.62
because we talked
about creation of man...
00:39:18.65\00:39:21.02
we're talking about,
you know, evangelism,
00:39:21.06\00:39:23.39
which is... people
talk about evangelism...
00:39:23.43\00:39:25.69
words going out... praise God...
00:39:25.76\00:39:27.10
he was a man that was
trying to find God, was he not?
00:39:27.13\00:39:29.53
Do you remember the
story? Trying to find God...
00:39:29.56\00:39:31.37
he didn't have a Bible,
00:39:31.40\00:39:32.73
he never read
in the Word of God,
00:39:32.77\00:39:34.87
he had no idea but he
was there at the meetings
00:39:34.90\00:39:36.94
and a free Bible
was passed out to him
00:39:36.97\00:39:38.81
and so, he
opened the first page,
00:39:38.84\00:39:41.61
and he read, "In
the beginning was God. "
00:39:41.64\00:39:45.11
Tears began to just
flow down his cheeks.
00:39:45.18\00:39:48.58
"That's what I've been
wanting to know all of my life,
00:39:48.62\00:39:52.79
and now I know... "
00:39:52.82\00:39:54.69
What faith! Panel:
Amen, that's right, yes.
00:39:54.72\00:39:57.09
Kenny: If we would just do that
00:39:57.13\00:39:58.46
like this man
did... this gentleman.
00:39:58.49\00:40:00.16
Take the Bible... open it up
00:40:00.20\00:40:02.00
and begin to
read, "In the beginning,
00:40:02.06\00:40:04.13
God created the
heavens and the earth. "
00:40:04.17\00:40:06.33
So... what a
thought! God created...
00:40:06.37\00:40:08.47
notice that... it's a thought.
00:40:08.50\00:40:09.84
God created the
world first, right,
00:40:09.87\00:40:12.27
and then, He put man
in charge of this world.
00:40:12.31\00:40:15.11
After reading these verses,
00:40:15.14\00:40:16.85
I jotted down a
few... few questions.
00:40:16.88\00:40:18.81
You know that... why
did God create the world,
00:40:18.85\00:40:21.52
why did He do it?
00:40:21.55\00:40:22.88
Well, here are
just a few reasons,
00:40:22.92\00:40:25.02
Manuscript 78,
this is in 1901 says,
00:40:25.05\00:40:27.32
"Infinite love...
how great it is...
00:40:27.36\00:40:30.69
God made the world... "
00:40:30.73\00:40:32.93
I think Shelley
might... message might allude to
00:40:32.96\00:40:35.30
"to enlarge... "
what? Enlarge heaven.
00:40:35.33\00:40:37.90
We desire a
larger family of what?
00:40:37.93\00:40:40.50
Or He desired a larger
family of created intelligence.
00:40:40.54\00:40:43.54
Panel: Hmmm...
that's right... Amen...
00:40:43.57\00:40:45.01
Kenny: There's a
reason why, Number Two:
00:40:45.04\00:40:46.54
God made man for His own glory.
00:40:46.57\00:40:49.48
You know, again, how
is your life working out?
00:40:49.51\00:40:52.91
Give glory to God or
maybe glory to the world?
00:40:52.95\00:40:55.82
Three: God's purpose
was to repopulate in heaven
00:40:55.85\00:40:59.82
with the human family.
00:40:59.85\00:41:01.42
Right, and sin...
they fell short...
00:41:01.46\00:41:03.86
God repopulated the
earth and they are to...
00:41:03.89\00:41:06.46
and that being after
tests and after trial for sure.
00:41:06.49\00:41:09.76
Review and
Herald 1902 says this,
00:41:09.80\00:41:12.33
I like this
because I sensed as I read,
00:41:12.37\00:41:15.34
a nearness that
heaven is to us...
00:41:15.37\00:41:17.61
how near God wants to be to us
00:41:17.64\00:41:19.77
and how important
that all the universe...
00:41:19.81\00:41:22.44
they're interested in you
and they're interested in me,
00:41:22.48\00:41:25.18
it says, "All of
heaven took a deep... "
00:41:25.21\00:41:27.22
I like this, "joyful
interest in the creation
00:41:27.25\00:41:30.89
of the world and of man. "
00:41:30.92\00:41:32.92
Human beings, notice this,
"were a new and distinct order,
00:41:32.95\00:41:37.76
they were made in
the image of God. "
00:41:37.79\00:41:40.70
So, only human beings then were
created in the image of God.
00:41:40.73\00:41:44.63
Four words just
kind of stuck out to me,
00:41:44.67\00:41:46.94
I'll tell them to
you quick as I can:
00:41:46.97\00:41:50.21
image...
likeness... formed and breathe.
00:41:50.24\00:41:53.44
Image... Number One is:
00:41:53.48\00:41:55.58
refers to the shape
of the physical body.
00:41:55.64\00:41:59.25
"Likeness" refers to the...
I want to call it the abstract
00:41:59.28\00:42:03.72
or... this is in
a loose way, right,
00:42:03.79\00:42:06.76
this is kind of in a loose
way compared to the divine.
00:42:06.79\00:42:10.29
The Biblical text... in
the image of God is both
00:42:10.33\00:42:13.80
physically and spiritually as in
the book Education 15 says this,
00:42:13.83\00:42:18.83
listen to this quote:
00:42:18.87\00:42:20.20
"When Adam came
from the Creator's hand,
00:42:20.24\00:42:22.57
he bore in his physical,
mental and spiritual nature
00:42:22.60\00:42:28.31
a likeness to his Maker. "
00:42:28.34\00:42:30.95
How awesome...
00:42:30.98\00:42:32.35
really to think about
how awesome that really is
00:42:32.38\00:42:34.25
that God's going to
create... He creates man...
00:42:34.28\00:42:36.75
He creates man
in... "in Our likeness. "
00:42:36.79\00:42:38.65
Wow!
00:42:38.69\00:42:40.02
Another purpose why
God created the earth
00:42:40.06\00:42:42.42
and, of course, man...
00:42:42.49\00:42:43.83
I found this in
Adventist Home page 540.
00:42:43.86\00:42:46.53
"God's original purpose
in the creation of the earth
00:42:46.59\00:42:50.90
is fulfilled in it that it made
the abode of the redeemed. "
00:42:50.93\00:42:56.14
A place for the redeemed
this is where it's going to be
00:42:56.17\00:42:58.37
and these redeemed are going
to be free from sin and sorrow.
00:42:58.41\00:43:02.44
So... that's One
and Two... Number Three:
00:43:02.48\00:43:05.01
He formed and God breathed.
00:43:05.05\00:43:07.08
We know that in
Genesis 2, right... 2:7...
00:43:07.12\00:43:09.55
it says... he was formed
of the dust of the ground.
00:43:09.58\00:43:12.42
God breathed into his
nostrils the breath of life;
00:43:12.45\00:43:15.22
and again,
spiritual and physical...
00:43:15.26\00:43:17.49
and man became a living soul.
00:43:17.53\00:43:19.76
Book Education, page 20,
00:43:19.79\00:43:21.93
page 20 says... now this is
kind of a... a long paragraph
00:43:21.96\00:43:24.67
I'm reading... but I
think it deserves to be read...
00:43:24.70\00:43:27.37
we'll go as far as
we can within our time.
00:43:27.40\00:43:29.20
But the reading
is: created to be...
00:43:29.24\00:43:31.07
you notice, in the image of God.
00:43:31.11\00:43:32.91
In 1st Corinthians 11:7
we read more about that,
00:43:32.94\00:43:35.04
"Adam and Eve had
received... " notice this,
00:43:35.08\00:43:37.11
"the endowments not
unworthy of their high destiny.
00:43:37.15\00:43:41.05
Graceful and
symmetrical in form,
00:43:41.08\00:43:43.85
regular and
beautiful in feature,
00:43:43.89\00:43:46.79
their countenances
glowing with the tint of health"
00:43:46.82\00:43:49.99
oh, I love that one, don't you?
00:43:50.03\00:43:51.36
"and the light of joy and hope,
00:43:51.39\00:43:53.50
they bore in outward resemblance
00:43:53.53\00:43:56.33
to the likeness of their Maker.
00:43:56.36\00:43:58.27
Nor was this likeness manifested
in the physical nature only.
00:43:58.30\00:44:03.20
Every faculty of
mind... " notice this...
00:44:03.24\00:44:06.41
"and soul reflected
the Creator's glory. "
00:44:06.44\00:44:09.54
Oh my! Man... the
way it started out
00:44:09.58\00:44:11.38
that's the way it wants
to end, isn't that right?
00:44:11.41\00:44:13.05
Notice, "Endowed with high
mental and spiritual gifts,
00:44:13.11\00:44:16.52
Adam and Eve... " notice this
00:44:16.55\00:44:18.49
"were made but
little lower than... " what?
00:44:18.55\00:44:21.39
"the angels... "
Hebrews 2 verse 7,
00:44:21.42\00:44:23.83
"that they might not
only discern the wonders
00:44:23.89\00:44:26.73
of the visible universe,
00:44:26.76\00:44:28.86
but comprehend
moral responsibilities
00:44:28.90\00:44:32.97
and obligations. "
00:44:33.00\00:44:34.34
Sometime in this world we forget
00:44:34.37\00:44:35.84
that we have
responsibility to God...
00:44:35.87\00:44:38.34
we have moral obligation to God
00:44:38.37\00:44:40.51
and we need to be
calling that back...
00:44:40.54\00:44:42.24
when God simply said, "Let
Us make man in our image. "
00:44:42.28\00:44:48.18
Can we possibly
comprehend those words?
00:44:48.22\00:44:52.15
I know I can't... but we're
throwing it out to you today
00:44:52.19\00:44:55.16
by the grace of God
that we begin to say,
00:44:55.19\00:44:57.56
"God looks... God
saw... God believed
00:44:57.59\00:44:59.93
and He said, 'Here is man...
00:44:59.96\00:45:01.30
I want him to be made
in My... in Our image. "
00:45:01.33\00:45:04.00
Now, if we're made in God's
image... by the grace of God,
00:45:04.03\00:45:06.63
we need to keep
that... isn't that right?
00:45:06.67\00:45:08.20
By the grace of God
00:45:08.24\00:45:10.01
and you notice,
God's thoughts toward us...
00:45:10.04\00:45:13.27
they're always good.
00:45:13.31\00:45:14.78
We'll think about that a
little bit more as we go,
00:45:14.81\00:45:16.54
our time's up right now... yes.
00:45:16.58\00:45:18.75
Jill: Amen... thank you so much.
00:45:18.78\00:45:20.12
What an incredible
lesson! Appreciate all of that,
00:45:20.15\00:45:22.85
I am Jill Morikone and
I have Thursday's, Lesson:
00:45:22.88\00:45:25.69
The Duty of Humanity.
00:45:25.72\00:45:28.76
You know, when I
think about Genesis...
00:45:28.79\00:45:30.59
you all did such an incredible
job of setting the stage...
00:45:30.63\00:45:32.99
who created and how
that creation took place
00:45:33.03\00:45:36.40
and the Sabbath is
the capstone of Creation
00:45:36.43\00:45:39.77
and man and
woman being created...
00:45:39.80\00:45:42.50
"In the beginning, God...
" in contrast to Atheism...
00:45:42.57\00:45:46.37
created alone... in
contrast to Polytheism.
00:45:46.41\00:45:50.95
He rules over Creation
in contrast to Pantheism.
00:45:50.98\00:45:55.88
Matter had a beginning
as opposed to Materialism
00:45:55.92\00:46:00.66
and the ultimate
reality is God not humanity.
00:46:00.69\00:46:05.43
When we look at
Thursday's lesson:
00:46:05.46\00:46:07.96
The Duty of Humanity...
00:46:08.00\00:46:10.20
the Lesson had three duties
that were given to Adam and Eve
00:46:10.23\00:46:13.03
in the
beginning... in the Garden...
00:46:13.07\00:46:16.04
this is before
sin entered the Garden
00:46:16.10\00:46:19.04
but I'm going to give you four
00:46:19.07\00:46:20.78
and within those four,
00:46:20.81\00:46:22.78
we're going to
look at the duties
00:46:22.81\00:46:24.15
and each duty is connected with
a gift that God gave to them.
00:46:24.18\00:46:27.82
Within that we have,
Shelley, the Ten Takeaways.
00:46:27.88\00:46:30.72
So, let's
mention the four duties
00:46:30.75\00:46:32.65
and then I'll go
back and unpack them.
00:46:32.69\00:46:34.02
Number One is:
Care for the Earth.
00:46:34.06\00:46:37.09
Number Two: Keep
His Commandments.
00:46:37.13\00:46:40.10
Number Three:
Experience Marital Oneness.
00:46:40.13\00:46:44.83
Number Four: Be Fruitful.
00:46:44.87\00:46:47.90
So, let's look at
those four duties...
00:46:47.94\00:46:49.74
the first duty
given to Adam and Eve
00:46:49.77\00:46:51.57
is: Care for the Earth
00:46:51.61\00:46:53.48
and with that duty came
the gift... what was the gift?
00:46:53.51\00:46:56.91
The gift of the earth...
00:46:56.95\00:46:58.58
the gift of the garden
where in Genesis chapter 2,
00:46:58.61\00:47:02.02
Genesis chapter 2 verse 15,
00:47:02.08\00:47:05.09
"Then the Lord God took the man
00:47:05.12\00:47:06.96
and put him in the
garden of Eden... "
00:47:06.99\00:47:09.52
and what are those two verbs?
00:47:09.56\00:47:11.09
to tend and keep it...
00:47:11.13\00:47:15.06
That word "tend" in
Hebrew literally means,
00:47:15.10\00:47:18.10
to work... to serve...
00:47:18.13\00:47:19.77
so, Takeaway Number 1:
00:47:19.80\00:47:21.37
Work is a divine
gift... it's not a punishment.
00:47:21.40\00:47:25.37
We often think "work"
came as part of the curse
00:47:25.41\00:47:29.04
after sin... as part
of the consequences of sin
00:47:29.08\00:47:32.25
and yes, there was a
good deal of toil in...
00:47:32.28\00:47:35.35
by the sweat of Adam's brow
in the earth... that is true
00:47:35.38\00:47:38.92
but "work" was given
to tend the garden...
00:47:38.95\00:47:42.09
that was given
before the entrance of sin.
00:47:42.12\00:47:45.19
This duty of humanity...
00:47:45.26\00:47:47.06
you see... it's not
enough just to receive a gift.
00:47:47.10\00:47:49.13
We need to work on
it and make it fruitful.
00:47:49.16\00:47:52.90
I think about Matthew 25...
the parable of the talents.
00:47:52.93\00:47:56.07
We're not called to
bury that in the earth,
00:47:56.10\00:47:59.01
we're called to develop...
to cultivate... to tend it...
00:47:59.04\00:48:03.01
and it will develop.
00:48:03.04\00:48:04.51
Takeaway Number 2:
00:48:04.55\00:48:05.91
This... develop
what you have been given.
00:48:05.95\00:48:09.92
Adam was given a garden to tend.
00:48:09.95\00:48:12.49
Noah... he was
given a boat to build
00:48:12.55\00:48:14.92
and his act
would save the world.
00:48:14.96\00:48:17.29
Joseph was given a
household to manage
00:48:17.33\00:48:20.13
and a prison to run
00:48:20.16\00:48:21.50
and his faithfulness
saved a nation and his family.
00:48:21.53\00:48:26.53
Ruth was given
some wheat to glean.
00:48:26.57\00:48:29.74
Rahab was given
two spies to save
00:48:29.80\00:48:32.91
and they saved her
and her family from ruin.
00:48:32.94\00:48:35.88
Mary was given a Son to raise
00:48:35.91\00:48:38.11
and He saved the world.
00:48:38.15\00:48:40.68
Jeremiah 29... I
love this reference,
00:48:40.72\00:48:43.79
in Jeremiah 29,
he's talking of course
00:48:43.82\00:48:46.82
to the Children of Israel
who were in bondage in Babylon.
00:48:46.86\00:48:50.09
They had been taken as
captive in Jeremiah 29:5,
00:48:50.13\00:48:53.93
the counsel was given to them...
00:48:53.96\00:48:55.83
build houses... dwell in them...
00:48:55.86\00:48:58.37
plant gardens
and eat their fruit.
00:48:58.43\00:49:00.87
To develop even in
the land of captivity,
00:49:00.90\00:49:04.04
even where you don't want to be,
00:49:04.07\00:49:06.61
develop what
you have been given.
00:49:06.64\00:49:08.74
Panel: That's right.
00:49:08.78\00:49:10.11
Jill: Takeaway Number 3,
now, this is interesting...
00:49:10.15\00:49:12.05
we don't have a whole
lot of time to develop this,
00:49:12.08\00:49:13.72
but Takeaway Number 3:
00:49:13.75\00:49:15.08
Work is actually
connected with worship.
00:49:15.12\00:49:17.69
The same word in Genesis
2:15, they were in the Garden
00:49:17.72\00:49:22.76
to tend and to keep.
00:49:22.79\00:49:24.46
The same word for "Tend"
00:49:24.49\00:49:26.09
is the word used
in Exodus 3 verse 12,
00:49:26.13\00:49:30.27
when the Children of
Israel were going to go
00:49:30.30\00:49:33.00
and worship God on the mountain.
00:49:33.03\00:49:36.07
It's the same word as "tend. "
00:49:36.10\00:49:39.07
It reminds me of
Romans 12 verse 1,
00:49:39.11\00:49:41.48
"I beseech you,
therefore, brethren,
00:49:41.51\00:49:43.78
by the mercies of God,
00:49:43.81\00:49:45.21
that you present your
bodies a living sacrifice,
00:49:45.25\00:49:48.22
holy, acceptable unto God,
00:49:48.25\00:49:50.09
which is your
reasonable service. "
00:49:50.12\00:49:51.89
In Greek, it's the
spiritual act of worship...
00:49:51.92\00:49:56.36
that Service... being
connected with worship.
00:49:56.39\00:50:00.70
Now, let's look
at the other verb,
00:50:00.73\00:50:02.06
we have the verb "tend"
00:50:02.10\00:50:03.63
they were in the
Garden to tend... to work...
00:50:03.67\00:50:05.23
but they were also to keep
it... what does "keep" mean?
00:50:05.30\00:50:09.37
"Shamar... " it means to
keep... to watch... to preserve.
00:50:09.40\00:50:13.44
It showcases the responsibility
00:50:13.48\00:50:15.88
to preserve what
has been received.
00:50:15.91\00:50:19.21
Takeaway Number 4:
00:50:19.25\00:50:20.58
Stewardship is Biblical.
00:50:20.62\00:50:22.65
We are called to "keep...
" we are called to watch...
00:50:22.68\00:50:26.42
we are called to preserve
what we have been given.
00:50:26.45\00:50:30.19
And what have we been given?
00:50:30.23\00:50:31.96
Our health... our bodies...
00:50:31.99\00:50:34.13
our mind... our intellect...
00:50:34.16\00:50:36.26
our morals and values...
00:50:36.30\00:50:38.37
the Word of God.
00:50:38.40\00:50:40.04
We are called to
preserve how that is presented
00:50:40.07\00:50:43.37
and handled... the
earth and everything in it,
00:50:43.41\00:50:46.74
other people that are
entrusted to our care.
00:50:46.78\00:50:50.45
Now, let's go back
to Genesis 1 verse 28.
00:50:50.51\00:50:54.12
We're still talking about
the first duty of humanity
00:50:54.15\00:50:57.22
which is: care for the earth.
00:50:57.25\00:50:58.95
Genesis 1:28...
00:50:58.99\00:51:00.59
"Then God blessed them,
00:51:00.66\00:51:01.99
and God said to them,
'Be fruitful, and multiply,
00:51:02.02\00:51:03.96
and fill the
earth, and subdue it:
00:51:03.99\00:51:05.56
and have... '" what's that word?
00:51:05.59\00:51:06.93
"dominion over
the fish of the sea,
00:51:06.96\00:51:08.76
the birds of the air,
00:51:08.80\00:51:10.13
and over every living
thing that moves on the earth. "
00:51:10.17\00:51:12.47
That word "dominion"
means to take care of...
00:51:12.50\00:51:14.80
to direct... to manage...
00:51:14.84\00:51:16.77
this is stewardship again.
00:51:16.81\00:51:18.74
Takeaway Number 5:
00:51:18.77\00:51:20.11
Stewardship is not exploitation.
00:51:20.14\00:51:23.48
Christian Stewardship
00:51:23.51\00:51:24.98
acknowledges God as
the owner of everything.
00:51:25.01\00:51:28.02
Panel: Amen.
00:51:28.05\00:51:29.38
Jill: Psalm 24,
"The earth is the Lord's,
00:51:29.42\00:51:30.75
in all its fullness. "
00:51:30.79\00:51:32.12
Christian
Stewardship acknowledges God
00:51:32.15\00:51:34.76
as the source of all power.
00:51:34.82\00:51:36.83
Deuteronomy 8...
00:51:36.86\00:51:38.39
God's the one who gives
us power to acquire wealth.
00:51:38.43\00:51:41.03
Daniel 2... God's the one who
sets up kings and removes kings.
00:51:41.06\00:51:44.93
Christian Stewardship
is actuated by service.
00:51:44.97\00:51:48.27
Matthew 20...
"Whoever desires to be great,
00:51:48.30\00:51:51.57
let him or her be a servant. "
00:51:51.61\00:51:54.81
Christian Stewardship
is built on accountability.
00:51:54.84\00:51:58.88
We see that in
Matthew chapter 25.
00:51:58.91\00:52:02.38
Let's go to: Duty
of Humanity Number 2,
00:52:02.42\00:52:05.42
Keep His Commandments
00:52:05.45\00:52:06.82
and the gift
connected with this duty
00:52:06.86\00:52:09.22
is the gift of food...
00:52:09.26\00:52:10.59
you may say,
"What in the world?"
00:52:10.63\00:52:12.09
Panel: Laughter.
00:52:12.13\00:52:13.46
Jill: Okay, so we're
going to Genesis 1:29,
00:52:13.50\00:52:16.67
we see grace and
obedience connected together
00:52:16.70\00:52:20.14
in the Garden of Eden.
00:52:20.17\00:52:21.87
Grace is the gift of food
that God gave to His people.
00:52:21.90\00:52:25.17
Genesis 1:29,
00:52:25.21\00:52:26.64
God said, "I've given you
every herb that yields seed
00:52:26.68\00:52:30.28
which is on the
face of the earth,
00:52:30.31\00:52:31.65
every tree whose
fruit yields seed;
00:52:31.68\00:52:33.75
to you, it shall be for food. "
00:52:33.78\00:52:35.12
Jump over to Genesis 2:16,
00:52:35.15\00:52:37.79
"The Lord God
commanded the man, saying,
00:52:37.82\00:52:40.06
'Of every tree of the
garden you may freely eat. '"
00:52:40.09\00:52:42.32
So what do we see here?
00:52:42.36\00:52:43.69
Grace is freely bestowed...
this is Takeaway Number 6.
00:52:43.73\00:52:46.90
They didn't earn the
food... it was given.
00:52:46.93\00:52:49.50
God gave them the food.
00:52:49.53\00:52:52.60
We don't earn
salvation... it is freely given.
00:52:52.63\00:52:56.30
But yet that grace is connected
with the duty with obedience.
00:52:56.34\00:53:00.14
Let's look at that... the
next verse... Genesis 2:17,
00:53:00.18\00:53:02.81
"but of the tree of the
knowledge of good and evil
00:53:02.84\00:53:05.45
you shall not eat,
00:53:05.51\00:53:07.35
for in the day
that you eat of it
00:53:07.42\00:53:09.18
you shall... "
what Pastor Kenny?
00:53:09.22\00:53:10.99
"surely die. " Panel: Hmmm...
00:53:11.02\00:53:13.05
Jill: The affirmative command of
tending and keeping the garden
00:53:13.09\00:53:16.29
is followed by the
prohibitive command
00:53:16.32\00:53:19.13
that they should
not eat of the fruit
00:53:19.16\00:53:21.93
of the Tree of
Knowledge of Good and Evil.
00:53:21.96\00:53:24.63
Takeaway Number 7:
00:53:24.67\00:53:26.10
Restrictions
are for our Benefit.
00:53:26.13\00:53:29.77
Did you hear that?
00:53:29.80\00:53:31.14
Restrictions
are for our benefit.
00:53:31.17\00:53:34.84
Panel: That's right.
00:53:34.88\00:53:36.21
Jill: There is joy
and peace in obedience.
00:53:36.24\00:53:38.21
Isaiah 48:18, "Oh, that
you had heeded My commandments!
00:53:38.25\00:53:42.28
Then your peace would
have been like a river... "
00:53:42.32\00:53:45.62
there is peace in obedience.
00:53:45.65\00:53:47.79
Now, let's look
at duty Number 3:
00:53:47.82\00:53:49.72
Experience marital oneness...
00:53:49.76\00:53:51.96
or Genesis 2 verse 24,
00:53:51.99\00:53:54.83
"Therefore a man shall
leave his father and mother
00:53:54.86\00:53:57.43
and be joined to his wife... "
00:53:57.47\00:53:58.90
Eve's just been created here.
00:53:58.93\00:54:00.67
"and they shall
become one flesh. "
00:54:00.70\00:54:03.54
This is not just
talking about sexual unity
00:54:03.57\00:54:06.04
although it
definitely encompasses that.
00:54:06.07\00:54:08.54
This is physical unity...
00:54:08.58\00:54:10.21
this is emotional unity...
00:54:10.25\00:54:12.38
this is spiritual unity.
00:54:12.41\00:54:14.48
Takeaway Number 8,
00:54:14.52\00:54:15.92
Marital unity is
a gift and a duty.
00:54:15.95\00:54:20.59
Tend and keep your unity.
00:54:20.62\00:54:23.69
Work to preserve
and guard your unity.
00:54:23.73\00:54:27.30
Keep your marital union.
00:54:27.33\00:54:29.90
Forsake others...
this is physical unity.
00:54:29.93\00:54:32.20
Keep eyes only for your spouse.
00:54:32.23\00:54:34.44
Emotional unity...
work through your issues.
00:54:34.50\00:54:37.91
Forgive...
communicate with each other.
00:54:37.94\00:54:41.48
Spiritual Unity...
pray and study together.
00:54:41.51\00:54:45.01
And the final
duty is to be fruitful
00:54:45.05\00:54:47.62
and we know this...
00:54:47.65\00:54:49.02
God said, "Be
fruitful and multiply...
00:54:49.05\00:54:52.25
fill the earth and subdue it. "
00:54:52.29\00:54:54.39
Takeaway Number 9:
00:54:54.42\00:54:55.76
children are a gift and
a blessing from the Lord.
00:54:55.79\00:54:59.59
Panel: That's right.
00:54:59.63\00:55:00.96
Takeaway Number 10:
00:55:01.00\00:55:02.33
the primary focus of that
verse is children... yes...
00:55:02.36\00:55:04.33
but I believe,
Takeaway Number 10
00:55:04.37\00:55:06.53
and we don't have
time to get into it...
00:55:06.57\00:55:08.77
but that we are
called to be fruitful
00:55:08.80\00:55:11.91
as in bearing fruit
for the glory of God.
00:55:11.97\00:55:14.51
Panel: Yes... that's right.
00:55:14.54\00:55:16.71
Jill: John chapter 15...
00:55:16.75\00:55:18.81
we are called as Christians
to prepare fruit for His glory
00:55:18.88\00:55:22.48
so, Takeaway Number 10:
00:55:22.52\00:55:24.15
Christians are
called to bear fruit.
00:55:24.19\00:55:26.49
Panel: Ooooooh... amen... amen.
00:55:26.52\00:55:28.16
Shelley: Jill, that
was a beautiful lesson,
00:55:28.19\00:55:30.03
everybody's
lesson was beautiful.
00:55:30.06\00:55:32.16
We just have a few seconds left
00:55:32.19\00:55:34.30
to give you each
a closing thought.
00:55:34.33\00:55:36.33
Lomacang: Creation was
complete when God said,
00:55:36.36\00:55:39.87
"It is
finished... " Genesis 2:4.
00:55:39.90\00:55:41.37
This is the history of
the heavens and the earth
00:55:41.40\00:55:43.94
when they were created in
the day that the Lord had made
00:55:43.97\00:55:47.18
the earth and the heavens.
00:55:47.21\00:55:48.78
When He said, "It is
done... " it was over.
00:55:48.84\00:55:51.05
Panel: Hmmm... amen.
00:55:51.08\00:55:52.41
Ryan: I talked about the
Sabbath on Tuesday's Lesson,
00:55:52.45\00:55:54.08
The Sabbath was meant to be a
blessing for everyone my Friends
00:55:54.12\00:55:56.92
Isaiah 56 says, "Blessed
is the man who does this,
00:55:56.95\00:55:59.85
and the son of man
who lays hold on it;
00:55:59.89\00:56:01.99
who keeps from
defiling the Sabbath,
00:56:02.02\00:56:03.76
and keeps his hand
from doing any evil. "
00:56:03.79\00:56:06.56
Yes, we should keep the Sabbath
00:56:06.59\00:56:07.93
but first, we
should also lead each other
00:56:07.96\00:56:10.07
to the Lord of the Sabbath
00:56:10.13\00:56:11.47
so, Jesus first and
then the Sabbath, amen.
00:56:11.50\00:56:13.94
Kenny: Amen, praise the Lord.
00:56:13.97\00:56:15.84
You know, God's thoughts
toward us are still the same
00:56:15.87\00:56:18.54
as from the very
beginning of time.
00:56:18.57\00:56:20.24
We read that in Jeremiah 29:11,
00:56:20.28\00:56:22.41
it says, "I have thoughts
of peace... and not of evil. "
00:56:22.44\00:56:26.35
Panel: That's right.
00:56:26.38\00:56:27.72
Jill: Amen...
and duty of humanity
00:56:27.75\00:56:29.18
we see that God
gave to Adam and Eve
00:56:29.22\00:56:30.85
in the very beginning duties...
00:56:30.89\00:56:33.49
things that they could do
to work to preserve their unity
00:56:33.52\00:56:37.66
and to tend the
garden and keep it.
00:56:37.69\00:56:40.13
Shelley: Amen and amen.
00:56:40.16\00:56:41.83
You know, I guess the
point that I want to leave
00:56:41.86\00:56:44.57
with each of you is to remember
how condensed Genesis is.
00:56:44.60\00:56:49.90
In the first 11 chapters...
00:56:49.94\00:56:52.27
there's 2,000 years
of the world's history.
00:56:52.31\00:56:55.68
Sometimes, people say,
00:56:55.71\00:56:57.15
"Oh, God doesn't lay out
His commandments in Genesis... "
00:56:57.18\00:57:00.92
all you've got to
do look at what goes on
00:57:00.95\00:57:04.25
when we get into
the patriarchal history
00:57:04.29\00:57:08.22
and see how
Abraham had obedient faith
00:57:08.26\00:57:12.16
and how God renewed the covenant
00:57:12.19\00:57:15.26
with his son, Isaac,
00:57:15.30\00:57:17.73
in... in
Genesis... let me see...
00:57:17.77\00:57:21.04
that's 26 and verse 5,
00:57:21.07\00:57:23.61
let me read that to
you, Genesis 26 verse 5,
00:57:23.64\00:57:26.57
He's renewing the
covenant with Isaac...
00:57:26.61\00:57:29.51
"because Abraham obeyed
My voice and kept My charge,
00:57:29.54\00:57:34.38
My commandments, My
statutes and My laws. "
00:57:34.42\00:57:38.19
So, don't think that Moses
laid out all of the details...
00:57:38.25\00:57:43.66
if you put 2,000 years
of history in 11 chapters,
00:57:43.69\00:57:47.23
that's pretty
significant distillation.
00:57:47.26\00:57:50.57
We hope that you
will join us next week
00:57:50.60\00:57:53.67
for Lesson Number 2: The Fall...
00:57:53.70\00:57:56.37
until then may
God bless you richly.
00:57:56.40\00:57:59.77
Panel: Amen.
00:57:59.81\00:58:01.14