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?

Humans Day 6

Humans Day 6

Genesis 1: ²⁴ Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth the living creature according to its kind: cattle and creeping thing and beast of the earth, each according to its kind”; and it was so. ²⁵ And God made the beast of the earth according to its kind, cattle according to its kind, and everything that creeps on the earth according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.

 

²⁶ Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” ²⁷ So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. ²⁸ Then God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”

 

²⁹ And God said, “See, I have given you every herb that yields seed which is on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit yields seed; to you it shall be for food. ³⁰ Also, to every beast of the earth, to every bird of the air, and to everything that creeps on the earth, in which there is life, I have given every green herb for food”; and it was so. ³¹ Then God saw everything that He had made, and indeed it was very good. So the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

 

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Five rotations of the earth had now taken place. GOD had created water, light, day, night, outer space, stars, sky, air, vegetation, dry land, minerals, birds and fish. Dry land was now ready for inhabitants. GOD used the earth to create animals, insects and useful bacteria. BUT GOD said something special when it came to humanity. “Let US make man in  OUR image.” HE created male and female.

 

My Observations:

• GOD prepared everything to give it to humans.
• GOD created animals, insects and every creeping thing from the earth.
• GOD created humans, male and female, in HIS likeness and afterwards, looked at “everything” HE made and “indeed it was very good.”

 

Perfect peace had been created. HE created humans with harmony. It was perfect! HE had a relationship with HIS creation and had provided plenty to eat and plenty to do. GOD was excited about HIS creation and gave humans dominion over all HE made in the six days.

 

Challenge

• Why did GOD tell Moses that HE HIS creation was  “very good?”
• Can you hear the excitement GOD had to make HIS creation?
• Have you considered that when you were made, GOD said “very good” about you?