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Bible 101 – The Books of the Law

Bible 101 – The Books of the Law. Genesis In the Beginning…. Books of History. Joshua Subject: Conquest and settlement of Canaan Time period: 15 yrs, 1 month Author is Joshua Judges Subject: Seven distinct cycles of sin to salvation Time period: 350yrs

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Bible 101 – The Books of the Law

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  1. Bible 101 – The Books of the Law Genesis In the Beginning… Bible 101

  2. Books of History • Joshua • Subject: Conquest and settlement of Canaan • Time period: 15 yrs, 1 month • Author is Joshua • Judges • Subject: Seven distinct cycles of sin to salvation • Time period: 350yrs • Author: Anonymous, but most suspect is was Samuel • Ruth • Subject: The Kinsman redeemer • Time period: 12 yrs, sometime during the events of the book of Judges • Author: unknown • 1&2 Samuel • Subject: book I - Story of Samuel and Saul becoming King/Book II - King David • Time period: 94 yrs / 33 yrs • Author: Samuel – though he dies in vs.25 of 1 Samuel, possibly Nathan, Gad or another unnamed prophet finished it. • 1&2 Kings • Subject: history of the United kingdom (Solomon) / Divided kingdom / deported nation in captivity • Time period: 130 yrs + 286 yrs – 416 yrs total. • Author: unknown, tradition says Jeremiah the Prophet, last 2 chapters of 2 kings by someone who survived to return from Babylon Bible 101

  3. Books of History, page 2 • 1&2 Chronicles • Subject: retelling of the events of 2 Samuel – 2 Kings • Book 1 – David’s reign • Book 2 – Solomon’s reign and the Kings after him • Time period: 33yrs / 433 yrs • Author: tradition - Ezra the priest • Ezra • Subject: Restoration of the Temple / Reformation of the people • Time period: 23 yrs • Author: Ezra the priest • Nehemiah • Subject: Reconstruction of the Wall (Jerusalem) / Revival of the people • Time period: 19 yrs • Author: Ezra wrote from Nehemiah’s memoirs • Esther – very cool book • Subject: triumph of the Jews over a genocide attempt • Almost wasn’t included in the canon • God is never mentioned • Happens in the capitol city of the Persian empire • Time period:10 years • Author: unknown, but had to have been written in Persia • 12 books • ~960 yrs of history- Entrance into the land – return from exile in Babylon. • 415 pages (in my Bible) Bible 101

  4. Cain and AbelGen 4:1-2 • Adam knew Eve… nuf said? • Cain is born • First children born • Realize that Eve had no experience, no mother, no mid-wife… • Adam… Girl what is up with that belly? • By the Lord is a better translation, can also be “even the Lord”… • Names meant something… • Cain= possessed or acquired, • TLB says it means “I have created” • Some suggest she is bragging “God made a man and I have made a man” • None of the other English language translations imply that • Fulfillment of the prophecy? (3:15) – God is keeping His promise, Cain will get us back into the Garden • After a few years of “raising Cain” she learned he probably wasn’t the messiah… • Probably when he turned two and threw fits, after his first lie… after she realized he was fallen like she was • Abel = emptiness or vanity • Realized Cain wasn’t the Messiah • First post-partum… I dunno • Interesting theory about the boys being more alike than twins • Adam and Eve may have had the same DNA, she was made from him – first clone? • The boys may have been more identical than twins… • Lends to another interesting idea – both had the exact same “foundation” and one was righteous and the other wicked. • Vs 2. Professions • Cain – farmer - food • Abel – shepherd – NOT for food, Milk? Skins? Wool? Bible 101

  5. Worship in ExileGen 4:3-8 • Offerings (How did they worship God?) • God holds you accountable for what you know, not what you don’t • What did Adam know about covering sin and coming before God? • Notice in vs. 3 there was: • a time (it cam to pass) for worship • A place (Cain brought) for worship • A ritual (coming before the Lord with something) for worship • Vs. 3 Cain – fruit of the ground • Vs. 4 Abel – fatty portions from the firstborn of his flock • Later reading read Leviticus 1-5 (offerings) • Vs 4- One accepted and one rejected? • How did they know? • Did fire come down from heaven? Elijah, Gideon, Samson’s Parents and others… • Abel was coming in obedience to what they knew • Offered the blood sacrifice (try not to think about Indiana Jones here) • Came by faith (Heb 11:4) – he believed that the sacrifice covered his sin - • What was Cain was offering? • NOT that he brought Grain… later in the law that is part of the peace and fellowship offerings… • His own way – not in obedience to what they had been shown • Without faith – my works, my best will save me, first example of works vs. grace (faith) • Jude 11 the way of Cain (faithlessness and disobedience) links him to • Balaam (disobedience for profit) • Korah (discontentment with the place/position God had for them) • Cain was: • Angry • His countenance fell (hope left him, faith grants hope…) • Why? Rejection – his best was not good enough for God. Bible 101

  6. God confronts Cain • God Confronted Cain… (vs.6) • Why? (asking those loaded questions again) • Notice the gentleness of God… • Gives Cain a chance to repent (Adam in 3:9,11) • Gives him hope of acceptance (what should Cain have done?) • Vs. 7 Warns him of sin, its desire for him. • We don’t need deliverance, we need repentance. • I know there is deliverance… my friend was delivered from drugs when he got saved • Sad thing about deliverance ministries is that it puts the blame for your sin on something else. • Vs. 8 First Murder • Cain lures his brother out into the field • Syrian text and the Latin Vulgate add • Let us go out to the field, implying he led Abel out there. • Cain would not be talked out of his Sin – danger of anger… • Consequences of anger are often more than we can bear. • Cain kills Abel, but why? • Abel exposed his disobedience (1 John 3:12) Bible 101

  7. Cain’s judgmentGen 4:9-15 • The big Question? (vs. 9) Where is Abel? • Lies to God • Smarts off God (bold? stupid? angry still?) • Why did God ask – chance to confess • Weirdness – Abel’s blood cried out (vs.10) • Gen 9:4-6 – life is in the blood, capitol punishment • Num 35: 33-34 – blood defiles the land • Deut 21:1-9 – cleansing the land of the guilt of innocent blood • Lev 17: 10-12 – not eating blood • Heb 12:24 – Jesus blood (forgiveness) speaks better things than Abel’s blood (murder) • Vs. 11-12 The punishment • The ground was cursed (from the blood) • Was this curse for Cain only? • You shall be a fugitive (runs from home) and a vagabond (without a home) • My punishment (iniquity) is more than I can bear • What Cain couldn’t bear • Couldn’t grow food • Hidden from God’s face • Because he is a fugitive, he will be killed (avenger of blood?) • God promises Cain he won’t be hunted down • The person who kills Cain will suffer vengeance seven-fold. • God Mark’s Cain • What was the mark? • The mark was to save him, not punish him. Bible 101

  8. Cain’s DescendentsGen 4:16-18 • Cain’s family • Dwelt in Nod, east of Eden • Why was everything east of Eden? • Enoch to Lamech • No ages – we will see in Seth’s line later • Enoch is not the same Enoch from Seth’s line • The only thing said about this Enoch was that a city was named after him (City was destroyed in the flood) Bible 101

  9. LamechGen 4:19-22 • Lamech was 7th from Adam through Cain’s family • The Righteous Enoch was 7th through Seth’s line. • Some suggest it’s possible they were contemporaries. • Polygamy – first guy to take 2 wives • Adah – beauty • Jabal – father of shepherds • Jubal – father of musicians • Zillah – in the shadow of (Adah’s Beauty) • Tubal-Cain – instructor of metal smiths • Interesting that bronze and iron were used • Many other alloys that have been found in ancient digs that cannot be explained • Imagine how good you could get at a trade if you had 900 years to perfect it? • Sister Naamah – its significant when women are mentioned in genealogies • Nothing is recorded in the Bible about her, but tradition holds she was the wife of one of Noah’s sons… Bible 101

  10. Lamech’s PoemGen 4:23-24 • Lamech’s poem • Issue - he killed a man in self defense • May not have been necessary, he was only wounded • The killing was not necessarily on purpose, possibly not pre-meditated. • He figured that if Cain was avenged 7 times for pre-meditated murder, then Lamech would be avenged 77 times for “self defense” • Shows us a snapshot of Cain’s society in the city of Enoch? • Affluent • Animals to care for (possibly eat – according to Missler) • Music to entertain • Technology that would take until the time of Joshua to duplicate (after the flood) • Laws (some argue his “boasting” was actually a self-defense plea for a later trial • Rebellious • Polygamy • Indulgent • Violent (boasting about murder) • Dead - This record is the end of Cain’s line – they ALL died in the flood. Bible 101

  11. Pick up with Seth’s line next week Read Genesis 5-6 Not sure how far we will get through the Genealogy Memorize the names of the first 17 Books of the OT Next week Bible 101

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