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GENESIS 4 continued
LESSON #14
COMPARISONS AND CONTRASTS
v MEMORY WORK: LEARN OLD TESTAMENT BOOK NAMES,GENESIS TO 2 SAMUEL
v GENESIS 4 PRESENTS A SERIES OF INTERESTINGILLUSTRATIONS (TYPES AND PREFIGURES)OF NEW TESTAMENT CHRISTIANITY:
Ø ABEL IS A PICTURE OF THE BELIEVER IN JESUSCHRIST THAT TRUSTS IN THE SHED BLOOD OF THE FINAL SACRIFICE, JESUS CHRIST, TO MAKE ONEACCEPTABLE TO GOD.
Ø CAIN IS A PICTURE OF SELF-RIGHTEOUS WORKSTHAT DO NOT COVER SIN IN ORDER TO MAKE ONE ACCEPTABLE TO GOD.
§ FALSE WORSHIP ALWAYS:
· ASSUMES THAT GOD IS LIKE WHAT HEIS NOT.
· ASSUMES A RELATIONSHIP WITH GODTHAT ONE DOES NOT HAVE.
· ASSUMES THAT SIN IS LESS SERIOUSTHAN IT REALLY IS.
Ø ABEL’S BLOOD IS A TYPE FOR THE BLOOD OFCHRIST, WHILE CAIN IS A TYPE FOR THE JEWS AS A NATION.
v ABEL’SBLOOD, A TYPE FOR THE BLOOD OF CHRIST
| ABEL | CHRIST |
| A SHEPHERD PRESENTING AN OFFERING TO GOD | A SHEPHERD PRESENTING HIMSELF AS AN OFFERING TO GOD PSA 23 JOH 10:11 |
| HIS OFFERING WAS A FIRSTLING OF THE FLOCK | THE OFFERING HE PRESENTED WAS HIMSELF AS A LAMB 1PET 1:19 |
| THE OFFERING WAS AN EXCELLENT ONE HEB 11:4 | THE OFFERING WAS AN EXCELLENT ONE EPH 5:2 |
| HATED BY HIS BROTHER | HATED BY HIS BRETHREN JOH 15:25 |
| HIS OFFERING STILL SPEAKS TO GOD HEB 11:4 | HIS OFFERING NOW SPEAKS TO GOD HEB 12:24 |
| OUT OF ENVY HE WAS KILLED | OUT OF ENVY HE WAS KILLED MAT 27:18 |
| HE DID NOT DIE A NATURAL DEATH | HE DID NOT DIE A NATURAL DEATH ACT 2:23 |
| MET WITH A VIOLENT END AT THE HANDS OF HIS BROTHER | MET WITH A VIOLENT END AT THE HANDS OF HIS BRETHREN ACT 2:36 |
| AFTER DEATH HIS BROTHER WAS SEVERELY PUNISHED | AFTER DEATH HIS BRETHREN WERE SEVERELY PUNISHED MAR 12:9 |
v CAIN, A TYPEFOR THE JEWS AS A NATION
| CAIN | THE JEWS AS A NATION |
| A TILLER OF THE GROUND | A PEOPLE OF THE LAND GEN 13:15 |
| REJECTED THE OFFERING GOD’S GRACE PROVIDED | REJECTED JESUS, THE OFFERING, THAT GOD’S GRACE PROVIDED JOH 1:11 |
| BROUGHT AN OFFERING OF HIS OWN CHOOSING | ESTABLISHED THEIR OWN RIGHTEOUSNESS THROUGH GOOD WORKS ROM 10:3 |
| HIS OFFERING WAS THE PRODUCT OF HIS OWN LABOR | THEY RESTED ON THEIR OWN OBEDIENCE TO GOD’S LAW ROM 9:21 |
| THE OFFERING WAS REJECTED BY GOD | GOD HAD NO RESPECT FOR THEIR GOOD WORKS ACT 13:39 |
| IT WAS CAIN’S GOD-GIVEN PRIVILEGE TO BE OVER HIS BROTHER | IT WAS ISRAEL’S GOD-GIVEN PRIVILEGE TO RULE OVER THE NATIONS DEU 28:13 |
| THROUGH SIN HE FORFEITED HIS PRIVILEGE | THROUGH SIN THEY FORFEITED THEIR PRIVILEGE ISA 9:14 |
| HE SLEW HIS BROTHER | THEY DELIVERED CHRIST TO BE CRUCIFIED ACT 5:30 |
| GOD CHARGED HIM WITH HIS CRIME | GOD CHARGED THEM WITH THEIR CRIME ACT 2:22,23 |
| ABEL’S BLOOD RESTED UPON CAIN AND CRIED FOR VENGEANCE | CHRIST’S BLOOD RESTS UPON THE JEWISH NATION MAT 27:25 |
| A CURSE FELL UPON CAIN | A CURSE FELL UPON THE JEWISH NATION JER 24:9 |
| THE GROUND BECAME BARREN TO HIM | THEIR LAND BECAME DESOLATE LEV 26:34-35 |
| HE BECAME A FUGITIVE AND A VAGABOND IN THE EARTH | THE JEWS HAVE BEEN WANDERERS IN THE EARTH DEU 28:65 |
| HIS PUNISHMENT WAS GREATER THAN HE COULD BEAR | ISRAEL WILL YET ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR PUNISHMENT IS GREATER THAN THEY CAN BEAR ZEC 12:10 |
| BECAUSE OF SIN HE WAS DRIVEN OUT OF HIS HOMELAND | 40 YEARS AFTER THE CRUCIFIXION THE JEWS WERE DRIVEN OUT OF CANAAN |
| BECAUSE OF SIN HE WAS HIDDEN FROM GOD’S FACE | SINCE THEN, GOD’S FACE HAS BEEN HIDDEN FROM THEM HOS 1:9 |
| EVERY MAN’S HAND WAS AGAINST HIM | FOR 2,000 YRS. ALMOST EVERY MAN’S HAND HAS BEEN AGAINST THE JEWS DEU 29:66 |
| GOD SET A MARK ON HIM | A MARK OF IDENTIFICATION HAS BEEN PLACED ON THE JEWS SO THEY ARE RECOGNIZABLE ANYWHERE |
| A SEVEN-FOLD VENGEANCE ON THOSE WHO SLEW CAIN | A SPECIAL CURSE HAS ALWAYS RESTED ON THOSE WHO HAVE CURSED THE JEWS GEN 12:3 |
v READ GEN 4:17-26
Ø GEN 4:17-5:32 CONTAIN TWO GENEALOGIES:
§ GEN 4:17-24 IS THE GENEALOGY OF CAIN
§ GEN 5:1-32 IS THE GENEALOGY OF SETH
Ø BECAUSE THESE GENEALOGIES ARE A PART OF THEWORD OF GOD, THEY ARE EQUALLY IMPORTANT AND EQUALLY GOD-GIVEN BY THE HOLY SPIRIT. WE CANLEARN A LOT FROM THEM WITH A LITTLE DIGGING.
§ KEEP IN MIND THAT THEGENEALOGIES DO NOT TELL YOU ALL THE CHILDREN BORN TO AN INDIVIDUAL. THEY ARE SELECTIVE OFEITHER THE FIRST-BORN OR INDIVIDUALS OF NOTED IMPORTANCE TO GOD.
§ THE GENEALOGIES MAY OR MAYNOT HAVE UNDOCUMENTED GAPS.
· THIS POINT IS CONTROVERSIAL.
Ø CAIN’S LINE — GEN 4:17-24 — 7 GENERATIONSOF UNGODLY PRIDE
§ [1] CAIN MEANS =”ACQUISITION” OR “BROUGHT FORTH”.
§ [2] ENOCH MEANS =”DEDICATE”
· THIS IS EVIDENCE OF TRYING TOFORGET THE CURSE OF WANDERING BECAUSE HE BUILT A CITY AND DEDICATED IT TO HIS SON BYNAMING THE CITY AFTER HIM.
§ [3] IRAD MEANS =”FUGITIVE”
· THE ATTEMPT TO NULLIFY THE CURSEDIDN’T WORK.
§ [4] MEHUJAEL MEANS =”SMITTEN BY GOD”
§ [5] METHUSHAEL MEANS =”MAN OF GOD”
· THE NAME OF GOD USED IS”EL” A GENERIC NAME FOR ANY GOD. THIS PROBABLY WAS A HEATHEN GOD. THEREFORE,THIS MAY BE THE FIRST EVIDENCE OF A HEATHEN RELIGION TO REPLACE THE WORSHIP OF THE ONETRUE GOD, JEHOVAH ELOHIM.
§ [6] LAMECH = A DIFFICULTNAME TO TRANSLATE. IT MAY MEAN “CAPTIVE”
· THIS IS THE FIRST RECORDEDINSTANCE OF POLYGAMY. THE PRACTICE BECAME QUITE COMMON THROUGH THE OLD TESTAMENT. IT WASNEVER EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN BY GOD. HOWEVER, IN EVERY CASE YOU CAN SEE THE PROBLEMS ANDHEART-ACHE POLYGAMY CAUSED IN RELATIONSHIPS.
¨ GOD ORIGINALLY SET THE PATTERN FOR MONOGAMOUSHETEROSEXUAL MARRIAGE IN GEN 2:24.
¨ LAMECH WAS A VIOLENT MAN WHO THREATENEDVENGEANCE 70 TIMES 7 JUST FOR A SMALL WOUND. (23-24)
Ø REMEMBER JESUS TOLD PETER HE SHOULD FORGIVEHIS ENEMY 70 TIMES 7. (MAT 18:21-22)
Ø THE WARNING IS GIVEN TO HIS 2 WIVES. THIS ISPOSSIBLY THE FIRST HINT OF WIFE ABUSE.
§ ADAH (WIFE) MEANS = “ORNAMENT” OR ADORNMENT.
· HER MAIN INTEREST WAS HERPHYSICAL BEAUTY.
§ [7] JABAL AND JUBAL BOTH MEAN =”BRING, CARRY, LEAD”
· JABAL WAS THE ANCESTOR OF THENOMADIC SHEPHERD WAY OF LIFE.
· JUBAL REPRESENTED THE ARTISTICSIDE, THE FORERUNNER OFMUSICIANS WHO PLAYED STRING OR WIND INSTRUMENTS.
¨ ZILLAH (WIFE) MEANS = DARK COMPLECTED,SHADOW, TO HIDE
Ø TUBAL-CAIN MEANS = “TO BRING TO NOTHING”, “GOOD FOR NOTHING”
§ HE IS THE FORERUNNER OF THEWORLD’S TOOL MAKERS (OR WEAPON’S MAKER). IT SAYS HE FORGED THEM OUT OF IRON AND BRONZE.
· ARCHEOLOGY HAS NOT FOUND THEEVIDENCE OF SUCH EARLY TOOLS. (3,500 BC IS THE EARLIEST USE OF BRONZE, 1,800 BC THEEARLIEST USE OF IRON.)
¨ EXPLANATIONS: EARLY COPPER AND IRON SMELTING METHODS WERE LOST AND THEN REDISCOVERED MUCHLATER, AND/OR THERE ARE ONE OR MORE TIME GAPS IN CAIN’S GENEALOGY.
¨ NAAMAH ( A GIRL) MEANS = “PLEASANT”
Ø WHY IS A GIRL MENTIONED?
§ SHE IS NOAH’S WIFE WHOCOMES FROM CAIN’S LINE.
§ SUMMARY:
· THE GENEALOGY OF CAINDEMONSTRATES PRIDE AND DISOBEDIENCE IN MARRYING MORE THAN ONE WIFE, IN SELF-GLORIFICATIONSEEN IN THE BUILDING OF CITIES, AND IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF ARTS AND CRAFTS. PRIDE RESULTEDIN VIOLENCE WITHIN AND OUTSIDE THE FAMILY (LAMECH).
¨ PRIDE IS ONE OF THE DEADLIEST OF SINS. (PRO6:16-19)
v READ GEN 4:25-26
Ø SETH MEANS= “APPOINTED” OR “THAT WHICH RISES”
§ BECAUSE OF THEDISAPPOINTMENT IN CAIN, WHOM THEY THOUGHT MIGHT BE THE MESSIAH, ADAM AND EVE NAME THEIRNEXT SON IN FAITH, TRUSTING THAT HE WAS CHOSEN TO RAISE THEM OUT OF THEIR SINFULCONDITION.
· ENOSH MEANS = “ANOTHER MORTAL BORN OF THESPIRIT”
¨ VERSE 26 SAYS THAT MEN BEGAN TO CALL UPON THENAME OF THE LORD. THEINDICATION HERE IS ONE OF PUBLIC WORSHIP.
v HOMEWORK
v GENESIS 5
v THIS IS ASELF-STUDY. PLEASE DO NOT SEND HOMEWORK ANSWERS TO THE TEACHER FOR CORRECTION
v APPLICATION OF GEN 4:
Ø EXPLAIN IN YOUR OWN WORDS THE SACRIFICE TOGOD IN WHICH YOU ARE TRUSTING FOR YOUR SALVATION.
v PREPARATION FOR GEN 5:
Ø READ GEN 5:1-32
§ MAKE A LIST OF THINGS YOUNOTICE AS BEING ESPECIALLY INTERESTING OR CURIOUS IN GENESIS 5.
§ READ 1THE 4:15-17
· WHAT RELATIONSHIP DO YOU SEEBETWEEN THESE VERSES AND GENESIS 5?
v MEMORY WORK: LEARN OLD TESTAMENT BOOK NAMES FROM 1KINGS TO PROVERBS
