The Flood

The Flood << Genesis 6 >> King James Version 1And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, 2That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.3And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years. 4There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown. 5And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. 6And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. 7And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them. 8But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD. 9These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God. 10And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. 11The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. 12And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. 13And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth. 14Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch. 15And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits. 16A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it. 17And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die. 18But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee. 19And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female. 20Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive. 21And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them. 22Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.

Sermon

1And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,

According to my own calculations, the population of the world at that time could have been more that the population of the world now, in 2011!

2That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.

The ‘sons of God’ here probably refer to angels. The women in those days were exceedingly beautiful that even the angel’s desired the fruit of their bodies!

3And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.

God here sees that man is living to be almost a millennium old, and God decides that man should not be permitted to stay on this earth for such a long time, so He decides that man shall live to an average of 120 years!

4There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.

This is kind of freaky actually, an angel has intercourse with a human woman, and the children turn out to be some kind of super human.

I guess the girls of today just aren’t that attractive any more.

But what I find quite interesting is that Jesus said that the angels of God do not marry, when debating with the Sadducees about the resurrection. So maybe this was quite an unnatural occurrence which happened here!

5And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

Does that ring a bell for any of you here?

If you are truly a Christian you will feel that you have a terrible heart that only ever wants to sin. Paul even went so far as to say that he was the “chief” of sinners, the very worst!

6And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.

God really hates your sins! See what it did to our Lord Jesus Christ, God the father forsook Him while He suffered for our sins on the cross. Sin really is no small matter!

7And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.

You know there are a lot of similarities between that time and now. The population of that time and now are very similar. People are completely wicked now and then, doing unnatural things both now and then. Back then God destroyed the world by a flood, but God has promised that the world will never be destroyed by a flood again, so what’s going to happen to the world now if The Lord decides to punish us?

I’ll tell you what’s going to happen. The world is going to end!

8But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.

Will you find grace in the eyes of The Lord when it comes time for the world to end?

Family Tree (part 3)

Family Tree (part 3)

<< Genesis 5 >> King James Version 21And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah: 22And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters: 23And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years: 24And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him. 25And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech: 26And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters: 27And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died. 28And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son: 29And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed. 30And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters: 31And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died. 32And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Sermon

We are just going to do a short session today, as we will attempt to complete this 5^th chapter in Genesis.

So let’s begin:

21And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah: 22And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters: 23And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years:

Enoch was a very special person. It is said that he walked with God. This may well have been a literal walking together, as we read that in Genesis 3 that God walked in the cool of the day.

But what we really should be getting here is that Enoch’s whole life was taking over by the service of God. Everything Enoch did was as unto the Lord, even if he breathed it was only always for the glory of God. Although I do believe that Enoch did sin at times at Paul states that “all” have sinned “and fall short of the Glory of God”.

24And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.

Now, all through the chapter up until now, we have read about those that have lived to be very old, but each and every one of them eventually died.

But Enoch here, it never states that he died. And it is generally interpreted here that Enoch never died a natural death, but was taken up into Heaven by-passing death.

But let me first ask you a question:

What is death?

You may wonder what I mean by that question; surely everyone knows what death is?

Do they really?

Has anyone ever come back from the dead to tell us what exactly happened to them?

If you want to hear my definition of death, here it is:

Death is merely the transition from this world into that which is to come, death is a transition that takes no time at all, and thus there is no point at which we can say “this is death”. One moment we are in this world, the next we are in eternity. And thus because death takes no time at all it is safe to say that death does not exist. So thus there should be no need to worry about the state of death, but rather, we should prepare for the world to come: Eternity!

So in reality, I believe that Enoch had to go through the exact same things as we will one day have to! So perhaps, in a way Enoch did die, but death is not what is important, but what is to come after death!

25And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech: 26And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters: 27And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.

Our next character is Methuselah, who is famous as having the longest ever recorded life span! Methuselah lived a total of 969 year, almost a whole millennium!

It has been mentioned that Methuselah dies the same year as the flood, maybe he was a wicked man and died in the flood, or maybe he died just before, I don’t know!

28And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son: 29And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed.

Now finally we come to the days of Noah, which starts of the second major part of the book of Genesis.

Lamech knew that Noah was going to be used of God in a special way, but I don’t think he knew exactly how special!

30And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters: 31And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died.

Lamech lived a total of 777 years, and if my maths are correct, he died only 5 years before his father Methuselah and only 5 years before the flood!

32And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

And we are going to hear a lot about Noah in the following chapters.

But that’s all for now.

I pray that the Lord will add His blessing on His holy Word, and help us to meditate therein.

Amen!