Genesis 5:25-32 Jesus is our comforter!

From Methuselah to Noah

25When Methuselah was 187 years old, he became the father of Lamech. 26And after he had become the father of Lamech, Methuselah lived 782 years and had other sons and daughters. 27So Methuselah lived a total of 969 years, and then he died.

28When Lamech was 182 years old, he had a son. 29And he named him Noah,d saying, “May this one comfort us in the labor and toil of our hands caused by the ground that the LORD has cursed.” 30And after he had become the father of Noah, Lamech lived 595 years and had other sons and daughters. 31So Lamech lived a total of 777 years, and then he died.

32After Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

And then he died. This is a repeating theme in this book. 

Seth, Adam’s son died when Noah was fourteen years old. It is possible that Noah knew him.

I love what Lamech said of Noah, “May this one comfort us in the labor and toil of our hands caused by the ground that the LORD has cursed.” 

May we remember this verse when the daily grind, grinds on us! 

Substitute Jesus for Noah and read it again.

Jesus is our comforter! 

Blessings, David 

Genesis 5:18-24 What a splendid walk!

God Takes Up Enoch

18When Jared was 162 years old, he became the father of Enoch. 19And after he had become the father of Enoch, Jared lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters. 20So Jared lived a total of 962 years, and then he died.

21When Enoch was 65 years old, he became the father of Methuselah. 22And after he had become the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked with God 300 years and had other sons and daughters. 23So Enoch lived a total of 365 years.

24Enoch walked with God, and then he was no more, because God had taken him away.

“Enoch walked with God after Methuselah had been born, three hundred years, and doubtless he had walked with him before. What a splendid walk! A walk of three hundred years! One might desire a change of company if he walked with anybody else, but to walk with God for three centuries was so sweet that the patriarch kept on with his walk until he walked beyond time and space, and walked into paradise.” (Spurgeon)

Enoch was a special person, so special he walked with God for three centuries. I find this amazing because we can’t seem to walk with God for one! 

What a splendid walk!

the patriarch kept on with his walk until he walked beyond time and space, and walked into paradise....

May God give us the strength to finish our walk with Him on earth.

Blessings, David 

A Slippery Slope. 1 Timothy 6:10 NLT

I had a history teacher in high school that said two things that impacted my life. The first was in regards to our privilege and responsibility to vote in this country. 

When I turned 18 and registered to vote, it was a presidential election year. I took my responsibility seriously so I watch all the debates and read everything I could find in the newspapers on the candidates. 

On election day I went into the voting booth confident. I have probably only missed a couple of elections since and those were the lower governmental level ones.

The other bit if wisdom this teacher impressed on me was that no matter how much money or stuff you have, you will always want more. I believe that to be true, unless you have Jesus in your life.

Another wise person once told me everything they owned was just stuff and they could walk away from all of it at any time. It all meant nothing to them. I prefer that attitude than the belief it's never enough.

That teacher in high school wasn't wrong. Human desire for more started in the garden. Satan enticed Eve into wanting more, wanting what she shouldn't have, what seemed out of reach. It's the basis of sin. That's what Paul was telling Timothy. Money, wealth and stuff isn't the culprit. It's loving those things, anything more than God. And that is a slippery slope to be on.

1 Timothy 6:10 NLT

10 For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. And some people, craving money, have wandered from the true faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.

Blessings, Cecilia

Genesis 5:1-17 Lifespan of man!

The Descendants of Adam

(1 Chronicles 1:1-4)

1This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, He made him in His own likeness. 2Male and female He created them, and He blessed them. And in the day they were created, He called them “man.”a

3When Adam was 130 years old, he had a son in his own likeness, after his own image; and he named him Seth. 4And after he had become the father of Seth, Adam lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters. 5So Adam lived a total of 930 years, and then he died.

6When Seth was 105 years old, he became the father of Enosh. 7And after he had become the father of Enosh, Seth lived 807 years and had other sons and daughters. 8So Seth lived a total of 912 years, and then he died.

9When Enosh was 90 years old, he became the father of Kenan. 10And after he had become the father of Kenan, Enosh lived 815 years and had other sons and daughters. 11So Enosh lived a total of 905 years, and then he died.

12When Kenan was 70 years old, he became the father of Mahalaleel. 13And after he had become the father of Mahalaleel, Kenan lived 840 years and had other sons and daughters. 14So Kenan lived a total of 910 years, and then he died.

15When Mahalaleel was 65 years old, he became the father of Jared. 16And after he had become the father of Jared, Mahalaleel lived 830 years and had other sons and daughters. 17So Mahalaleel lived a total of 895 years, and then he died.

Several observations in these verses.

God named “man” or mankind in other translations.

The “lifespan of man” prior to the flood is long, 895 years except for Enoch which we will see tomorrow he was a special person.

The book of Genesis was written by Moses.

I’m glad my lifespan isn’t 895+ years!

How long do you wish your lifespan was?

Blessings, David 

Genesis 4:25-26 Calling upon the name of the Lord

Seth and Enosh

25And Adam again had relations with his wife, and she gave birth to a son and named him Seth, saying, “God has granted me another seed in place of Abel, since Cain killed him.”

26And to Seth also a son was born, and he called him Enosh.

At that time men began to call upon the name of the LORD.

Seth was mentioned because he was replacing Abel and was the one to whom the promise of a deliverer from the seed of the woman (Genesis 3:15) would be passed.

“At that time men began to call upon the name of the LORD.” The first revival? 

Please pray for a revival in our country.

Are you calling upon the name of the Lord?

Blessings, David 

Genesis 4:17-24 Sin increases!

The Descendants of Cain

17And Cain had relations with his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to Enoch. Then Cain built a city and named it after his son Enoch.

18Now to Enoch was born Irad, and Irad was the father of Mehujael, and Mehujael was the father of Methusael, and Methusael was the father of Lamech. 19And Lamech married two women, one named Adah and the other Zillah.

20And Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the father of those who dwell in tents and raise livestock. 21And his brother’s name was Jubal; he was the father of all who play the harp and flute.

22Zillah also gave birth to Tubal-cain, a forger of every implement of bronze and iron. And the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.

23Then Lamech said to his wives:

“Adah and Zillah, hear my voice;

wives of Lamech, listen to my speech.

For I have slain a man for wounding me,

a young man for striking me.

24If Cain is avenged sevenfold,

then Lamech seventy-sevenfold.”

Cain built a city and named it after Enoch, he was not God centered!

We see how quickly man urbanized and industrialized with building a city, musically with the harp and flute and with forging bronze and iron. 

It wasn’t a slow evolution as some speculate. 

Lamech commits the second murder and boasts to his wives about it. He then sets a higher price of avenging then God did of Cain! He was also the first bigamist by having two wives even though God intended marriage to be with one man and one woman. 

Sin is increasing. 

Is sin crouching at your door?

Blessings, David 

Genesis 4:8-16 Are you a fugitive?

Cain Murders Abel

8Then Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let us go out to the field.” And while they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him.

9And the LORD said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?”

“I do not know!” he answered. “Am I my brother’s keeper?”

10“What have you done?” replied the LORD. “The voice of your brother’s blood cries out to Me from the ground. 11Now you are cursed and banished from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand. 12When you till the ground, it will no longer yield its produce to you. You will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.”

13But Cain said to the LORD, “My punishmentc is greater than I can bear. 14Behold, this day You have driven me from the face of the earth, and from Your face I will be hidden; I will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me.”

15“Not so!” replied the LORD. “If anyone slays Cain, then Cain will be avenged sevenfold.” And the LORD placed a mark on Cain, so that no one who found him would kill him.

16So Cain went out from the presence of the LORD and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden.

How would you like to be known as the first murderer? Written about for the ages to read! 

Cain loved to till the soil and notice his punishment! “Now you are cursed and banished from the ground”....

“And the LORD placed a mark on Cain”. What was the mark and where did He place it, on his forehead?

Wouldn’t it be nice if all murderers had a mark placed on them like Cain? The only problem is we would all have the mark of a murderer! 

1 John 3:15 Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that eternal life does not reside in a murderer.

Cain went out to “be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.”

“Cain went out from the presence of the LORD”...

We have a choice, accept Jesus Christ or continue to be a fugitive and wanderer. 

What is your choice?

Blessings, David