Beginning of a Lineage

Beginning of a Lineage

Genesis 5: This is the book of the genealogy of Adam. In the day that God created man, He made him in the likeness of God. ² He created them male and female, and blessed them and called them Mankind in the day they were created. ³ And Adam lived one hundred and thirty years, and begot a son in his own likeness, after his image, and named him Seth. ⁴ After he begot Seth, the days of Adam were eight hundred years; and he had sons and daughters. ⁵ So all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years; and he died.

 

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After explaining there were two distinct paths in humanity, one path is spelled out. While the term “genealogy” is used, it really isn’t a family tree that shows a parental structure leading back to all ancestors. Instead, this was the lineage of salvation that could be traced all the way back to where the first person made the mistake.

 

My Observations:

• GOD made man and woman in the “likeness of GOD.”
• Adam sinned, brought on GOD’s curse, had two sons, one murdered the other, and then had another son named Seth.
• Seth had siblings, but only he was the beginning of the lineage of JESUS.

 

At first I wondered why the other people were not named. But then it hit me. This book is not about humans, but it is about JESUS. The lineage of CHRIST was preserved and could be traced back to the first sinner, Adam.

 

GOD the FATHER, GOD the SON and GOD the HOLY SPIRIT, always existed. I cannot explain this. BUT GOD, three in one, revealed what I need to have a healed relationship with HIM. I believe it was JESUS who interacted with the humans HE created. I also believe the FATHER and the HOLY SPIRIT interacted with humans in the Old Testament. This lineage is the beginning of redemption.

 

Challenge

• Why do you think GOD told Moses about Seth?
• Have you ever done a family tree?
• Will you read the Bible from a redemption perspective to know the heart of GOD today?

Breath of Life

Breath of Life

Genesis 2: ⁷ And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.

 

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GOD, in HIS recap of the beginning of humanity, describes how he made the first man to Moses. GOD took the complex minerals and formed the first human. It was lifeless until HE breathed into the sculpture.

 

My Observations:

• GOD made humans special.
• GOD took time to fashion the first human.
• GOD spoke other things into existence, but humans received HIS breath of life.

 

No other creature received the breath of life. GOD wanted humans to be a special creation and gave a soul to us. All the autonomous systems inside humans were functioning. The brain was able to produce and receive thoughts.

 

When GOD breathed the breath of life into man, he made him pure. There was no sin in the breath.

 

Challenge

• Why do you think GOD gave Moses this recap of what HE made the first man out of?
• Why do you think GOD did not breathe into any other living thing?
• Have you considered that GOD created you special to HIM and wants the best for you?

My Tribute to Preston Washington

 

My father taught us about the love of JESUS. In later years, he came up with the phrase “Adam Broke it, JESUS fixed it.”

 

Here is my thought on his phrase.

 

How many of you have heard of Adam and Eve? 

Both were innocent but the deceiver lied to Eve and Adam. He played on their desires to know more than they were supposed to know. 

Deception Deals. 

 

He made them question GOD by twisting words. 

Deception Deals. 

 

He made them make the biggest mistake, causing all of humanity to fall. 

Deception Deals. 

 

"Adam where are you?" asked the omniscient, omnipresent, omnipotent GOD. HE knew, but asked a rhetorical question. Adam blamed..., Eve tried to cover her tracks by not taking responsibility. 

Deception Deals.

 

They were thrown out of the garden. But the garden remained in plain sight.

They had two kids, Cain and Abel. Painful child birth, as promised. The lap of luxury in plain sight, but they had to work hard just to eat. Cain may have decided to try to build his own garden. Seeing his parents suffer and hearing them talk about how it used to be easy, he spent his time growing vegetables and probably had plenty.

 

Abel may have seen that GOD was sovereign in throwing his parents out. He may have had a heart of repentance and he sacrificed something precious, namely their food supply. He modeled what GOD did by mimicking HIM in the best way he knew. 

He was killed by his jealous brother.

Deception Deals. 

 

Cain where is your brother? Asked the omniscient, omnipresent, omnipotent GOD. He took after his blaming, lack of responsibility parents by trying to cover things up.

Deception Deals.

 

But there is a better way. The TRUTH. 

Truth Heals. 

 

JESUS had to fix the mess that Adam and Eve caused. They believed in deception. HE lived a sinless life only to be killed by HIS own creation. 

Truth Heals.

 

HE was raised from the dead to overcome every lie and deception you live. 

Truth Heals.

 

HE became the WAY the TRUTH and the LIFE. 

Truth Heals.

 

Preston and Susie taught us about JESUS. But not the one you think of. In spite of racial hatred and gender inequality and deception of superiority that was going on at the time, they both taught us that loving GOD is the beginning of abundance. 

Truth Heals. 

 

Loving one another is more important than self-deception, self-protection and self-affection.

 

If you can seek GOD's truth and not your own, you will not fall for the deception the world has to offer. 

 

Do three things

1.                   Think of a lie you told yourself and how easy it was to lie to yourself.

2.                   Think of a lie you are living, or one that you will take to your grave 

3.                   Ask GOD to give you the WAY the TRUTH and the LIFE today so you can be set free.

 

My Thanks

Thank you Preston and Susie for teaching us about JESUS. Thank you for working hard to feed us, clothes us and to provide for us the best way you could. Thank you for being the example by taking in your brothers, sisters and missionaries into your home. Thank you for providing for your parents when they couldn’t do for themselves. Thank you for overcoming extremely difficult situations by praying and persevering.

 

Thank you wife Gia, daughter Jasmine and son Samuel Preston, a name not given lightly, and is affectionately known as Percy by his sister. Named after his grandfathers but also after one of the most powerful prophets to encounter GOD.

Thank you big bro Chris, big sis Lisa and sis Linda who I call gull.