1 00:00:00,800 --> 00:00:08,320 Go ahead and turn in your Bibles to Genesis chapter 4. 2 00:00:10,800 --> 00:00:20,160 Genesis chapter 4 is where we are this morning, Part 12, and 3 00:00:20,160 --> 00:00:23,920 we've made it all the way through Genesis 4 this morning. 4 00:00:26,200 --> 00:00:30,240 This is funny, but next week, guess what? 5 00:00:32,280 --> 00:00:35,720 Genesis 5 in. I have a trick. 6 00:00:36,240 --> 00:00:41,760 One week. That's impressive. 7 00:00:43,840 --> 00:00:45,920 No, we will cover Genesis 5 in one week. 8 00:00:46,680 --> 00:00:48,040 Next week. There were just some things in 9 00:00:48,040 --> 00:00:50,600 Genesis 4 that we needed to to split out. 10 00:00:51,200 --> 00:00:55,200 Too many things to address. So, yeah, I don't know how many 11 00:00:55,200 --> 00:00:56,600 years we're going to be in this, but it's great. 12 00:00:56,600 --> 00:00:59,120 I'm loving it. I hope, I hope you are not 13 00:00:59,120 --> 00:01:03,080 getting bored with Genesis. I am loving just all the things 14 00:01:03,080 --> 00:01:08,280 I'm learning as I dive in each week and study Livian. 15 00:01:08,280 --> 00:01:10,840 Where do you want me? Just keep going. 16 00:01:11,560 --> 00:01:16,160 Yeah, have fun. Running sound is hard work. 17 00:01:16,160 --> 00:01:22,760 All right. Long genealogies cause us to 18 00:01:22,760 --> 00:01:25,960 stop and wonder why they're included. 19 00:01:26,320 --> 00:01:28,720 Why do I need to know all these people names? 20 00:01:28,720 --> 00:01:33,200 Like I literally only see this person mentioned one time in 21 00:01:33,200 --> 00:01:36,000 scripture. So why do I need to know 22 00:01:36,560 --> 00:01:39,200 anything about this person who this person is? 23 00:01:40,800 --> 00:01:44,320 Well, this morning, this isn't a long boring genealogy. 24 00:01:44,320 --> 00:01:47,760 So it does a little bit less of of begging that question. 25 00:01:47,960 --> 00:01:50,080 Why are all these names included? 26 00:01:51,200 --> 00:01:55,320 But as with all genealogies, it's good for us to discover the 27 00:01:55,320 --> 00:01:59,680 purpose in their inclusion in the text. 28 00:02:01,480 --> 00:02:05,600 So if you're able, would you stand as we read from Genesis 29 00:02:05,600 --> 00:02:14,320 chapter 4, beginning at verse 17, verse 17? 30 00:02:14,920 --> 00:02:17,920 Kane knew his wife and she conceived in Bora Enoch. 31 00:02:18,320 --> 00:02:20,920 When he built a city, he called the name of the city after the 32 00:02:20,920 --> 00:02:25,400 name of his son Enoch. To Enoch was born Irad, and Irad 33 00:02:25,400 --> 00:02:29,640 fathered Mehujel and Mehujel fathered Mehuchel and Mehuchel. 34 00:02:29,680 --> 00:02:33,200 Mehuchel fathered Lamech, and Lamech took two wives. 35 00:02:33,560 --> 00:02:38,000 The name of the one was Ada and the name of the other Zilla Ada 36 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:40,360 bore Jabal. He was the father of those who 37 00:02:40,360 --> 00:02:42,120 dwell in tents and have livestock. 38 00:02:42,360 --> 00:02:45,960 His brother's name was Jubal. He was the father of all those 39 00:02:45,960 --> 00:02:49,640 who play the liar and pipe. Zilla also bore Tubal Kane. 40 00:02:49,640 --> 00:02:52,800 He was the forger of all instruments of bronze and iron. 41 00:02:53,120 --> 00:02:55,480 The sister of Tubal Kane was Nema. 42 00:02:56,040 --> 00:02:59,640 Lamech said to his wives. Ada and Zilla, hear my voice, 43 00:02:59,640 --> 00:03:01,840 you wise of Lamech, listen to what I say. 44 00:03:02,440 --> 00:03:06,160 I have killed a man for wounding me, a young man for striking me. 45 00:03:06,600 --> 00:03:10,200 If Kane's revenge is sevenfold and Lamechs is 70 sevenfold. 46 00:03:10,960 --> 00:03:13,880 And Adam knew his wife again, and she bore a son, and called 47 00:03:13,880 --> 00:03:17,160 his name Seth. For she said, God has appointed 48 00:03:17,160 --> 00:03:21,080 for me another offspring instead of Abel, for Cain killed him. 49 00:03:21,840 --> 00:03:26,000 To Seth also a son was born, and he called his name Enosh. 50 00:03:26,440 --> 00:03:31,160 At that time people began to call upon the name of the Lord. 51 00:03:31,800 --> 00:03:38,440 You may be seated. The first verse of this section, 52 00:03:38,440 --> 00:03:42,680 verse 17, parallels the very first verse of this chapter. 53 00:03:42,680 --> 00:03:46,320 Verse one verse one said now Adam knew Eve, his wife, and she 54 00:03:46,320 --> 00:03:50,840 conceived and and bore Cain. And then verse 17 says Cain knew 55 00:03:50,840 --> 00:03:53,840 his wife and she conceived and bore Enoch. 56 00:03:54,840 --> 00:04:01,120 Now here Moses is tying these two events together, the birth 57 00:04:01,120 --> 00:04:04,000 of Cain and the birth of his first son, Enoch. 58 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:08,000 Who, I might add, is not the famous Enoch that you are 59 00:04:08,160 --> 00:04:10,720 thinking of, the Enoch that we're familiar with. 60 00:04:11,600 --> 00:04:16,680 Both births have poor outcomes, yet they still speak to God's 61 00:04:16,680 --> 00:04:20,120 mercy and faithfulness. And even allowing this sinful 62 00:04:20,120 --> 00:04:27,120 line of Cain to continue, inevitably someone will ask, 63 00:04:28,040 --> 00:04:34,480 hold on, who did Cain marry? No eligible ladies are are 64 00:04:34,480 --> 00:04:35,960 mentioned in the text. So. 65 00:04:36,520 --> 00:04:39,280 So the silence on the issue creates a question, since at 66 00:04:39,280 --> 00:04:44,040 this point we've only been introduced to four humans so 67 00:04:44,040 --> 00:04:47,560 far, right? Adam, Eve, Cain, and Abel is all 68 00:04:47,560 --> 00:04:52,400 we've been introduced to so far, but we can deduce that he 69 00:04:52,400 --> 00:04:56,000 married his sister or or another relative. 70 00:04:56,720 --> 00:05:00,960 Genesis 54 tells us Adam and Eve had other sons and daughters, so 71 00:05:00,960 --> 00:05:03,840 it's likely that there are already a number of other family 72 00:05:03,840 --> 00:05:09,440 lines existing at this point. Now, marrying a family member 73 00:05:09,440 --> 00:05:13,440 wasn't taboo, and it was actually safe for Kane to marry 74 00:05:13,440 --> 00:05:17,400 his sister because the gene pool in the first generations of 75 00:05:17,400 --> 00:05:24,120 humanity wasn't yet a problem some 2500 years after the 76 00:05:24,120 --> 00:05:27,880 creation of Adam and Eve. A narrow gene pool is averted 77 00:05:27,880 --> 00:05:33,720 though when in Leviticus 18 instructs Hebrew men not to have 78 00:05:33,720 --> 00:05:37,960 sex with their sister. Doing this could cause genetic 79 00:05:37,960 --> 00:05:40,960 mistakes and mutations to become problematic. 80 00:05:41,800 --> 00:05:45,360 But in those early generations there would have been very few 81 00:05:45,360 --> 00:05:51,000 if any genetic mistakes since Adam and Eve were perfectly 82 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:57,400 designed by God. Cain got married and had a son 83 00:05:57,920 --> 00:06:00,200 Enoch, and then verse 17 continued. 84 00:06:00,920 --> 00:06:03,760 When he built a city, he called the name of the city after the 85 00:06:03,760 --> 00:06:08,200 name of his son Enoch. In this genealogy, there are a 86 00:06:08,200 --> 00:06:11,800 couple repeated names which which can serve to confuse you. 87 00:06:11,800 --> 00:06:15,200 If we're not paying attention. There's who I will call Enoch 88 00:06:15,200 --> 00:06:17,680 the First. Technically, we don't really 89 00:06:17,680 --> 00:06:21,080 know anything about his character, but he comes from 90 00:06:21,080 --> 00:06:24,760 Cain's line. Then there's Lamech the 1st and 91 00:06:24,760 --> 00:06:30,760 as you'll see, he's very bad. Cain built a city and named it 92 00:06:30,760 --> 00:06:35,960 after his son Enoch. First of all, I, along with some 93 00:06:35,960 --> 00:06:38,840 commentators, not everybody, Nope, there's there's not 94 00:06:38,840 --> 00:06:43,320 unanimity in this, but many commentators feel that this is 95 00:06:43,320 --> 00:06:49,280 disobedience on Cain's part. God had cursed Cain to a life of 96 00:06:49,280 --> 00:06:52,680 wandering, and it seems that Cain decided to take matters 97 00:06:52,680 --> 00:06:55,840 into his own hands and build a city. 98 00:06:57,960 --> 00:07:02,320 Cities are significant as places of culture and civilization. 99 00:07:03,440 --> 00:07:06,880 This particular city, the first city we see in Scripture, is 100 00:07:06,880 --> 00:07:13,320 named for his son Enoch. Cain is set on forging his own 101 00:07:13,480 --> 00:07:17,720 legacy here, rather than a legacy founded and rooted in 102 00:07:17,720 --> 00:07:22,400 God. The name Enoch means dedicated, 103 00:07:22,400 --> 00:07:25,880 and I think Cain named his son Enoch because he was forging a 104 00:07:25,880 --> 00:07:30,480 new path forward. In naming the city Enoch, Cain 105 00:07:30,480 --> 00:07:34,800 was declaring his own people or over whom he could potentially 106 00:07:34,800 --> 00:07:38,840 rule and and further separate himself from God. 107 00:07:41,200 --> 00:07:44,960 It's important for us to take note of this very first city. 108 00:07:46,440 --> 00:07:49,160 What is it that happens in cities? 109 00:07:50,280 --> 00:07:55,680 First of all, cities are places of technological advancements. 110 00:07:56,880 --> 00:08:01,720 Technical technological advancements begins in cities, 111 00:08:02,960 --> 00:08:07,120 the places of innovation and progress, places where humanity, 112 00:08:07,320 --> 00:08:12,920 whether they realize it or not, seek to reverse the consequences 113 00:08:12,920 --> 00:08:18,160 of the curse. But salvation from the curse 114 00:08:18,160 --> 00:08:23,560 can't be found in technology. Humanity can make things that 115 00:08:23,560 --> 00:08:28,080 make life easier, but the curse still exists, and humanity is 116 00:08:28,080 --> 00:08:33,000 still fallen. Now, in his grace, God has given 117 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:36,799 humanity the ingenuity, the creativity and understanding to 118 00:08:37,120 --> 00:08:41,600 invent solutions to problems and help propel humanity and culture 119 00:08:41,600 --> 00:08:45,800 forward. I think it's absolutely amazing 120 00:08:45,800 --> 00:08:50,480 that humans can fly in a metal tube in the sky. 121 00:08:51,160 --> 00:08:54,160 Like, it's crazy to me, like really? 122 00:08:54,160 --> 00:08:57,680 Is that this huge metal tube weighing thousands and thousands 123 00:08:57,680 --> 00:09:04,240 of pounds can fly. It's also amazing somebody came 124 00:09:04,240 --> 00:09:10,520 up with the idea to fly to the moon and land on it. 125 00:09:12,040 --> 00:09:16,160 Super impressive. Perhaps even more impressive, 126 00:09:17,920 --> 00:09:27,200 you can take somebody's heart out of them and put it in 127 00:09:27,200 --> 00:09:34,040 another person. This is absolutely amazing. 128 00:09:34,840 --> 00:09:38,480 These achievements are astonishing if you stop and 129 00:09:38,480 --> 00:09:42,040 think about it. God has given humanity the 130 00:09:42,040 --> 00:09:47,880 capacity to do nearly anything, and it primarily starts in the 131 00:09:47,960 --> 00:09:53,520 urban centers of the world. Well, cities also bring 132 00:09:53,840 --> 00:09:57,720 protection. Cities are places of safety from 133 00:09:58,000 --> 00:10:01,760 outside threats. They're places of safety from 134 00:10:01,760 --> 00:10:08,560 outside threats. Cities were places of refuge out 135 00:10:08,560 --> 00:10:13,000 in the wilderness or or whatever land one may dwell in was all 136 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:16,280 sorts of danger. There were threats from animals 137 00:10:16,280 --> 00:10:19,440 as well as threats from other humans. 138 00:10:20,600 --> 00:10:23,640 Even before this moment, there was already a significant amount 139 00:10:23,640 --> 00:10:27,480 of conflict, evidenced by Lamech, who had been wounded by 140 00:10:27,520 --> 00:10:29,960 someone, and we'll look at that in a few minutes. 141 00:10:31,520 --> 00:10:35,800 There were probably territorial disputes and such, so even 142 00:10:35,800 --> 00:10:41,320 though everyone was related, they still had strife and 143 00:10:41,560 --> 00:10:47,320 turmoil between them. Building a city helped keep Kane 144 00:10:47,320 --> 00:10:51,960 and his family safe from anyone outside who might want to hurt 145 00:10:51,960 --> 00:10:57,160 them or to hurt him. I can't help but think that this 146 00:10:57,160 --> 00:11:03,040 is Kane's way of taking control. God had given him the mark as 147 00:11:03,040 --> 00:11:07,920 protection, right? But it seems probable that if he 148 00:11:07,920 --> 00:11:12,760 simply populates a city with everyone that he cares for or or 149 00:11:12,760 --> 00:11:16,800 who might possibly care for him, then he can just protect himself 150 00:11:16,800 --> 00:11:21,720 and he doesn't have to trust in Yahweh to keep him safe. 151 00:11:23,520 --> 00:11:28,600 In essence, by building a city, Cain is demonstrating a lack of 152 00:11:28,600 --> 00:11:35,240 faith in God's protection in the city. 153 00:11:35,240 --> 00:11:37,960 There are technological advancements and their safety 154 00:11:37,960 --> 00:11:44,440 from outside threats, and there's also crime on the 155 00:11:44,440 --> 00:11:48,720 inside. There's crime on the inside when 156 00:11:48,720 --> 00:11:51,080 you're in a city. Cities are places where a lot of 157 00:11:51,400 --> 00:11:55,000 people live, and evil can hide out and lurk in the darkness 158 00:11:55,000 --> 00:12:00,680 where no one can see. I'm reminded of when when we 159 00:12:00,680 --> 00:12:05,840 moved here 15 years ago. Next Monday is 15 years. 160 00:12:06,520 --> 00:12:08,480 I can't believe it's been 15 years. 161 00:12:09,000 --> 00:12:16,040 When we moved here, Michael was 2 1/2 and Aria was 5. 162 00:12:17,840 --> 00:12:22,320 We moved from a city called Oakley in the Far East Bay of 163 00:12:22,320 --> 00:12:25,920 San Francisco. Oakley has nearly 50,000 people 164 00:12:25,920 --> 00:12:29,400 in it and it's surrounded by cities with 100,000 here, 165 00:12:29,400 --> 00:12:35,960 100,000 there, 100,000 there and in total the entire Bay Area, 166 00:12:36,600 --> 00:12:40,000 which is San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose. 167 00:12:40,000 --> 00:12:45,880 In total the the entire Bay Area has 8 million people there. 168 00:12:47,240 --> 00:12:49,800 It's home to lots of great attractions that are known the 169 00:12:49,800 --> 00:12:53,560 world over in Silicon Valley is home for the tech industry. 170 00:12:54,200 --> 00:12:57,080 There's lots of great things about being in the Bay Area and 171 00:12:57,080 --> 00:12:59,880 living the city life. It can really actually be quite 172 00:12:59,880 --> 00:13:03,240 addicting because there is always something to do. 173 00:13:04,440 --> 00:13:09,800 But along with that come threats and potential for violence and 174 00:13:09,960 --> 00:13:16,760 and crime, robbery. We've had vehicles broken into a 175 00:13:16,760 --> 00:13:24,520 number of times and my family has had numerous vehicles stolen 176 00:13:25,680 --> 00:13:27,840 numerous. Well, it doesn't help. 177 00:13:27,840 --> 00:13:33,160 I will say one of my brothers, he always drives really cool 178 00:13:33,160 --> 00:13:42,560 cars, which in the Bay Area it's almost just asking for the car 179 00:13:42,560 --> 00:13:45,120 to be stolen. But anyways, I digress. 180 00:13:45,480 --> 00:13:49,360 So we've had our vehicles broken into a number of times and and 181 00:13:49,360 --> 00:13:53,000 all these other vehicles in our family that have been stolen, my 182 00:13:53,000 --> 00:13:58,880 mom's as well as my brother's. So you see we have learned to be 183 00:13:58,880 --> 00:14:03,400 super diligent about keeping valuables out of sight or or 184 00:14:03,400 --> 00:14:07,360 even out of the car locking everything up. 185 00:14:09,520 --> 00:14:14,680 When we moved to Eldridge 15 years ago, it was more of AI 186 00:14:14,680 --> 00:14:17,880 don't know if I would call it a farming community. 187 00:14:17,880 --> 00:14:23,280 It was it was quasi rural. It more more so than the cool 188 00:14:23,280 --> 00:14:26,280 happening Eldridge that it is today. 189 00:14:27,920 --> 00:14:34,320 But when we moved there we always locked our cars and all 190 00:14:34,320 --> 00:14:36,720 our friends thought we were weird. 191 00:14:37,800 --> 00:14:40,320 They thought it was crazy that we would lock our cars 192 00:14:40,600 --> 00:14:44,440 everywhere we went. We were a little out of place 193 00:14:44,440 --> 00:14:47,680 doing it, but it was happened. We spent too much time in the 194 00:14:47,680 --> 00:14:51,560 city to trust everyone around us. 195 00:14:52,440 --> 00:14:55,520 If few of our friends said oh, they would just leave the key 196 00:14:55,520 --> 00:15:00,400 under the mat in the car. I know of a couple friends who 197 00:15:00,520 --> 00:15:03,920 who said, Oh yeah, the keys in the ignition. 198 00:15:06,360 --> 00:15:10,200 What? I was blown away by this. 199 00:15:11,200 --> 00:15:14,800 Those same friends might still have their keys in the ignition. 200 00:15:14,800 --> 00:15:18,160 Ignition I might have to check. But out in the country or even 201 00:15:18,160 --> 00:15:20,840 in small town city life, of course there's a sense of 202 00:15:20,840 --> 00:15:24,520 safety. But we could not fathom this 203 00:15:24,520 --> 00:15:28,600 because that's what city life does to you now. 204 00:15:28,600 --> 00:15:30,200 Things in Eldridge have changed a lot. 205 00:15:30,200 --> 00:15:35,560 So very few people leave their cars unlocked now because a few 206 00:15:35,560 --> 00:15:41,400 years ago there was this spree of young, young men going about 207 00:15:41,400 --> 00:15:44,400 and stealing whatever cars, whatever opportunity was 208 00:15:44,400 --> 00:15:47,240 presented to them, they would try to steal that car. 209 00:15:48,120 --> 00:15:52,160 So people have slowly started to learn, lock it up. 210 00:15:53,320 --> 00:15:56,120 Now there are some famous cities to come in our study in Genesis. 211 00:15:56,840 --> 00:16:00,520 Sodom and Gomorrah, of course, are infamous for their godless, 212 00:16:00,520 --> 00:16:04,680 inhospitable behavior, pride and sexual deviancy. 213 00:16:05,520 --> 00:16:08,920 Babylon is known as the seed of human rebellion against God. 214 00:16:09,160 --> 00:16:12,640 This is so much the case that Babylon becomes a a picture of 215 00:16:12,640 --> 00:16:16,280 evil and decadence all through the pages of Scripture. 216 00:16:17,280 --> 00:16:22,440 And then of course, there was that famous city Nineveh, those 217 00:16:22,560 --> 00:16:32,440 fish slappers I had to taken from, I think one of the best 218 00:16:32,440 --> 00:16:39,280 movies ever made. Veggietales nailed it with 219 00:16:39,280 --> 00:16:45,000 Jonah. Now city life can be fun and 220 00:16:45,000 --> 00:16:49,720 exciting, but it can be a dangerous stronghold of evil. 221 00:16:50,520 --> 00:16:54,040 God told humans to fill the earth, to spread out and take 222 00:16:54,040 --> 00:16:58,200 dominion, to help it be the best that it could be. 223 00:16:58,800 --> 00:17:03,760 Cain's building a city was another step of disobedience. 224 00:17:06,359 --> 00:17:09,480 Now after we're told about Cain building the city and and naming 225 00:17:09,480 --> 00:17:12,119 it for his son, the text rips through. 226 00:17:12,119 --> 00:17:15,319 A quick little genealogy goes from Cain to Enoch, Irad, 227 00:17:15,319 --> 00:17:19,839 Mehugel, Mehoushell and Lamech without shedding light on any of 228 00:17:19,839 --> 00:17:22,400 these names. Just like a genealogy would do 229 00:17:22,400 --> 00:17:24,880 until it gets to the last name Lamech. 230 00:17:26,240 --> 00:17:30,360 Lamech is not a good guy. In fact he's he's the most evil 231 00:17:30,360 --> 00:17:33,920 person we've met so far in the text. 232 00:17:35,000 --> 00:17:39,000 Verse 18 closed method shell fathered Lamech and then verse 233 00:17:39,000 --> 00:17:42,000 19 quickly declares tells us who he is. 234 00:17:42,320 --> 00:17:47,160 Lamech took two wives. 4 of Lamechs children are named three 235 00:17:47,160 --> 00:17:51,280 of which were told about Jabal Jubal and Tubal Cain. 236 00:17:53,200 --> 00:17:57,800 These sons of Lamech helped create an and expand culture. 237 00:17:59,880 --> 00:18:08,560 The world's oldest profession is not prostitution, it's 238 00:18:08,560 --> 00:18:14,840 horticulture, since that's what Adam and Eve did there in the 239 00:18:14,840 --> 00:18:19,360 garden. Here in chapter 4 we get a a few 240 00:18:19,360 --> 00:18:23,560 more professionals added professions added to the mix. 241 00:18:23,640 --> 00:18:27,320 So the first son mentioned is Adda's son. 242 00:18:27,560 --> 00:18:32,960 Adda's son is Jubal. Jubal no Jabal, sorry, it is 243 00:18:32,960 --> 00:18:36,360 Jabal. Jabal is the father of animal 244 00:18:36,440 --> 00:18:40,920 husbandry, verse 20 read. He's the father of those who 245 00:18:40,920 --> 00:18:43,680 dwell in tents and have livestock. 246 00:18:44,920 --> 00:18:48,160 Now sure, Cane as a shepherd had initiated the caring for 247 00:18:48,160 --> 00:18:51,520 animals, but here Jabal augmented the profession by 248 00:18:51,800 --> 00:18:56,000 expanding it from simply keeping sheep to also include other 249 00:18:56,000 --> 00:19:00,920 forms of livestock. In order to keep their flocks 250 00:19:00,920 --> 00:19:04,720 and herds fed, Jabal and his family had to live a nomadic 251 00:19:04,720 --> 00:19:06,760 life. They would constantly have to 252 00:19:06,760 --> 00:19:10,480 move from one place to another while they're searching for 253 00:19:10,760 --> 00:19:14,840 fresh green pastures. They would move to 1 and pretty 254 00:19:14,840 --> 00:19:18,120 soon it would be eaten up so they would have to move to 255 00:19:18,120 --> 00:19:24,120 another and this created the need for mobile dwellings. 256 00:19:25,240 --> 00:19:27,880 Now as you know necessity is the mother of invention. 257 00:19:27,880 --> 00:19:32,680 So the need gave rise to the capacity to tan leather and to 258 00:19:32,920 --> 00:19:38,840 create tents, which was no small innovation at that time. 259 00:19:40,440 --> 00:19:48,200 Next add a second son is Jubal. He is the father of musicology. 260 00:19:49,760 --> 00:19:55,600 Now I have to confess to you, you don't really want me to come 261 00:19:55,600 --> 00:19:59,400 to your trivia night table if you're looking for help. 262 00:20:00,160 --> 00:20:05,240 But one time there was, there was a question who was the very 263 00:20:05,240 --> 00:20:11,840 first musician in the Bible? But I knew that one as a 264 00:20:11,840 --> 00:20:14,480 musician, of course, you know, speaks to my heart. 265 00:20:14,480 --> 00:20:17,720 So I knew exactly who it was and I was the only person who got it 266 00:20:17,720 --> 00:20:18,880 right. So I was pretty impressed with 267 00:20:18,880 --> 00:20:21,520 myself all the other trivia questions. 268 00:20:22,320 --> 00:20:26,760 I'm not going to be much help, but that one, I got it now. 269 00:20:27,560 --> 00:20:30,800 Verse one, verse 21 told us he's the father of all those who play 270 00:20:30,800 --> 00:20:34,840 the liar and pipe. Drupal is the first musician in 271 00:20:34,840 --> 00:20:36,760 the world. This not only required the 272 00:20:36,760 --> 00:20:41,720 ability to play instruments, but also the imagination to think of 273 00:20:41,720 --> 00:20:48,760 what could be and then have the technical know how to make the 274 00:20:48,760 --> 00:20:52,680 instrument a reality. An instrument that you've never 275 00:20:52,680 --> 00:20:57,320 seen before. Invent it now. 276 00:20:57,320 --> 00:21:03,560 We take music for granted. We have it everywhere we go. 277 00:21:04,160 --> 00:21:08,160 It's so ubiquitous in our time that that we're seldom truly 278 00:21:08,760 --> 00:21:13,200 quiet. We have music in our cars, we 279 00:21:13,200 --> 00:21:15,280 have music when we go to the store. 280 00:21:15,280 --> 00:21:18,000 We have music when we go out to eat. 281 00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:20,400 We have it in our ears while we're working. 282 00:21:20,680 --> 00:21:25,640 It's something we can't live without, and we owe a debt of 283 00:21:25,640 --> 00:21:28,760 gratitude to Jubal for creating music. 284 00:21:31,640 --> 00:21:36,560 Lamechs first son by his second wife, Zilla, is Tubal Cain. 285 00:21:37,360 --> 00:21:45,800 Tubal Cain is the father of metallurgy, All our machinists. 286 00:21:50,280 --> 00:21:54,640 The text says he was the forger of instruments of bronze and 287 00:21:54,640 --> 00:21:57,960 iron. No doubt his trade would have 288 00:21:58,360 --> 00:22:01,520 included both tools as well as weapons. 289 00:22:02,600 --> 00:22:06,960 The Bronze Age began around 3000 BC in a combined copper intend 290 00:22:06,960 --> 00:22:13,680 to create this alloy bronze revolutionized tool making 291 00:22:13,680 --> 00:22:17,800 agriculture and warfare, helping further establish urban 292 00:22:17,800 --> 00:22:21,160 civilizations under the Sumerians who occupied the 293 00:22:21,160 --> 00:22:26,480 region known as Iraq today. Which of course all that meshes 294 00:22:26,480 --> 00:22:28,840 with what we know from scripture. 295 00:22:30,040 --> 00:22:35,480 By the way, brief aside, if you love to research these 296 00:22:35,520 --> 00:22:41,520 archaeological type things in the Bible, there is a YouTube 297 00:22:41,520 --> 00:22:48,280 channel called Expedition Bible. Expedition Bible is the name of 298 00:22:48,280 --> 00:22:52,960 it. And this guy, he, he's lived 299 00:22:53,080 --> 00:22:58,760 there in the Near East basically his whole life and he goes and 300 00:22:58,760 --> 00:23:05,120 finds all these amazing places. It says, you know, when when 301 00:23:05,360 --> 00:23:08,000 Scripture talks about this, that's that's right here. 302 00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:09,440 When it talks about this, that's right here. 303 00:23:09,600 --> 00:23:12,400 So not just a focus on Jerusalem, Most people are 304 00:23:12,400 --> 00:23:16,080 focused on Jerusalem. Of course, his his focus is all 305 00:23:16,080 --> 00:23:20,960 over the ancient Near East. It's just an absolutely amazing 306 00:23:20,960 --> 00:23:23,440 channel to watch. So if you haven't come across 307 00:23:23,440 --> 00:23:27,880 him Expedition Bible, it is an excellent channel. 308 00:23:29,920 --> 00:23:34,000 Now as I mentioned, Lamech was not a good man and there are a 309 00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:37,720 few aspects of Lamech for us to take note of. 310 00:23:38,960 --> 00:23:42,840 The first piece of evidence in Lamechs moral decline is he 311 00:23:42,840 --> 00:23:48,320 lived in polygamy. He lived in polygamy. 312 00:23:49,320 --> 00:23:51,800 If you're familiar with the rest of Genesis and the Hebrew 313 00:23:51,800 --> 00:23:54,720 Scriptures, then you're aware that polygamy you'll become 314 00:23:55,080 --> 00:23:58,320 quite commonplace in the story of redemption. 315 00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:04,280 This particular moment is significant though, for a couple 316 00:24:04,280 --> 00:24:07,400 reasons. First of all, this is the very 317 00:24:07,400 --> 00:24:11,640 first time encountering polygamy in Scripture. 318 00:24:12,720 --> 00:24:15,800 Here we are. We're just 7 generations into 319 00:24:15,800 --> 00:24:22,080 humanity, and Lambic is going against God's definition of 320 00:24:22,080 --> 00:24:25,760 marriage. The one flesh union described in 321 00:24:26,160 --> 00:24:30,000 224 back in chapter 2. That one flesh union that God 322 00:24:30,520 --> 00:24:36,480 that God had described gets corrupted when Lamech chooses to 323 00:24:36,480 --> 00:24:40,760 take an extra wife. This was the first step in his 324 00:24:40,760 --> 00:24:46,840 departure from God's desires. Some will say oh but but Genesis 325 00:24:46,840 --> 00:24:50,800 doesn't condemn polygamy and and most of the patriarchs took 326 00:24:51,480 --> 00:24:55,040 multiple wives. Yes, this is true. 327 00:24:56,040 --> 00:25:01,760 But every time we see polygamy, there are painful consequences 328 00:25:01,920 --> 00:25:06,760 that go along with it. Deuteronomy 21 assumes that 329 00:25:06,760 --> 00:25:11,480 there will be trouble in the home arising from polygamy. 330 00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:17,000 One wife will be loved more than the other, and that wife who was 331 00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:21,360 loved more, her children, will be loved more than the other 332 00:25:21,600 --> 00:25:27,960 children. And besides, in the Sermon on 333 00:25:27,960 --> 00:25:36,120 the Mount, Jesus says no man can serve 2 masters. 334 00:25:38,600 --> 00:25:41,880 Oh come on. At least like groan or 335 00:25:41,880 --> 00:25:47,920 something. That is not my style, but I just 336 00:25:47,920 --> 00:25:56,760 had to throw that in there. Next, next we see in Lamech a 337 00:25:56,760 --> 00:26:00,880 heart of violence, murder and revenge. 338 00:26:00,880 --> 00:26:04,760 A heart of violence, murder and revenge. 339 00:26:05,360 --> 00:26:08,280 Now we've seen this kind of violence before when when Cain 340 00:26:08,280 --> 00:26:14,320 murdered Abel. But here now we see deep seated 341 00:26:14,320 --> 00:26:18,120 revenge. And in verse 23, Lamech says, 342 00:26:18,680 --> 00:26:21,840 Ada and Zilla hear my voice. You wives of Lamech, listen to 343 00:26:21,840 --> 00:26:25,160 what I say. I have killed a man for wounding 344 00:26:25,160 --> 00:26:30,480 me, a young man for striking me. If Cain's revenge is sevenfold, 345 00:26:30,840 --> 00:26:37,240 then Lamex is 70 sevenfold. Lamech boasted to his wives that 346 00:26:37,400 --> 00:26:42,120 he'd killed a man simply because he'd been wounded by him. 347 00:26:45,520 --> 00:26:49,320 Lamechs brutal murderous nature far exceeded any notion of 348 00:26:49,800 --> 00:26:58,360 self-defense or or justice. The the punishment here did not 349 00:26:58,560 --> 00:27:04,320 fit the crime. The next evidence of moral 350 00:27:04,320 --> 00:27:09,760 decline that we see in Lamech is his arrogance and self 351 00:27:09,760 --> 00:27:15,280 exaltation. Arrogance and self exaltation. 352 00:27:15,400 --> 00:27:21,320 Lamech displayed extreme pride by mocking God's protection of 353 00:27:21,320 --> 00:27:24,040 Cain. God said that he would bring 354 00:27:24,040 --> 00:27:27,400 sevenfold justice on anyone who took Cain's life. 355 00:27:28,040 --> 00:27:31,920 So Lamech mocks God in this. It shows, first of all, that he 356 00:27:31,920 --> 00:27:37,520 knows what what God had had said to Cain all those years ago. 357 00:27:37,520 --> 00:27:43,680 He knows what God said, but it's also showing that he is it's 358 00:27:43,760 --> 00:27:49,120 trusting in his own strength and possibly his son's inventions 359 00:27:49,920 --> 00:27:56,080 rather than trusting in God. He was a malcontent, exalting 360 00:27:56,080 --> 00:28:01,000 himself to the place of justice keeper rather than letting God 361 00:28:01,000 --> 00:28:05,560 sort things out. He was going to take care of 362 00:28:05,560 --> 00:28:11,680 things because he was arrogant in the way of. 363 00:28:11,680 --> 00:28:15,680 Cain continues through his offspring, but we get a glimpse 364 00:28:15,680 --> 00:28:18,280 into God's faithfulness as the chapter closes. 365 00:28:20,040 --> 00:28:25,880 Verse 25 takes us back in time. And Adam knew his wife again, 366 00:28:25,880 --> 00:28:27,880 and she bore a son and called his name, Seth. 367 00:28:27,880 --> 00:28:31,360 For she said, God has appointed for me another offspring instead 368 00:28:31,360 --> 00:28:40,320 of Abel, for Cain killed him. Now here Eve is living in the 369 00:28:40,320 --> 00:28:43,800 promise. She was living in the promise. 370 00:28:44,360 --> 00:28:47,880 God had promised an offspring who would destroy the serpent 371 00:28:47,880 --> 00:28:53,000 and and that hadn't changed. So Eve was anticipating the 372 00:28:53,000 --> 00:28:58,240 arrival of that offspring. So the name Seth means appointed 373 00:28:58,240 --> 00:29:03,360 or or set in place. Eve believed that Seth was the 374 00:29:03,360 --> 00:29:06,880 appointed offspring to replace Abel since it was clear that 375 00:29:07,480 --> 00:29:12,200 Cain was set on redefining right and wrong, and he obviously was 376 00:29:12,200 --> 00:29:18,120 not to the appointed offspring. The chapter closes with an 377 00:29:18,120 --> 00:29:21,160 introduction to Seth's family line. 378 00:29:22,360 --> 00:29:26,040 In verse 26, we see Seth's family line to Seth. 379 00:29:26,040 --> 00:29:30,200 Also, a son was born and he called his name Enosh. 380 00:29:32,040 --> 00:29:35,480 Here we're briefly introduced to to Seth's son Enosh. 381 00:29:35,480 --> 00:29:39,280 But that is not the point here. The point here is to look 382 00:29:39,440 --> 00:29:45,200 forward, to look beyond Enosh. Chapter 4 sets us up for chapter 383 00:29:45,200 --> 00:29:49,000 5 where we will take a deeper look at Seth's line. 384 00:29:49,840 --> 00:29:54,680 As chapter 4 closes, it serves as sort of the opening 385 00:29:54,680 --> 00:29:56,840 introduction to the next chapter. 386 00:29:57,880 --> 00:30:03,440 It says at that time people began to call upon the name of 387 00:30:03,440 --> 00:30:09,120 the Lord when sin entered the garden. 388 00:30:11,800 --> 00:30:18,200 Everything changed, humanity's relationship with Yahweh changed 389 00:30:19,200 --> 00:30:23,600 and here we are just 4 pages in and it seems everything has gone 390 00:30:23,760 --> 00:30:28,720 sideways. Humanity, or at least sections 391 00:30:28,720 --> 00:30:35,160 of it, had become evil and the line at the time people began to 392 00:30:35,160 --> 00:30:39,280 call upon the name of the Lord. That line serves not only as a 393 00:30:39,280 --> 00:30:44,720 break in the scene, but also as a beacon of hope. 394 00:30:47,440 --> 00:30:52,840 Not all is lost. The line of Cain leaves us 395 00:30:52,840 --> 00:30:58,440 thinking humanity is headed straight to hell, but Seth's 396 00:30:58,440 --> 00:31:01,440 line is going to convey something else to us. 397 00:31:04,240 --> 00:31:07,960 This tells us the time in the garden. 398 00:31:09,800 --> 00:31:12,640 It's not just a a distant memory. 399 00:31:14,840 --> 00:31:18,320 Humanity can still have a relationship with Yahweh and and 400 00:31:18,320 --> 00:31:21,160 they're calling on the name of the Lord points us to a future 401 00:31:21,280 --> 00:31:24,600 when everything will be restored. 402 00:31:25,680 --> 00:31:29,360 The Redeemer would come through this line and eventually God's 403 00:31:29,360 --> 00:31:34,720 presence will dwell among God's people in God's Kingdom. 404 00:31:37,400 --> 00:31:45,360 So how do we make a passage like this practical? 405 00:31:47,680 --> 00:31:52,800 My first question to you is how are you measuring success? 406 00:31:54,240 --> 00:31:58,560 Is it by doing or is it by being? 407 00:32:00,600 --> 00:32:05,000 Keynes lying speaks of cultural prowess and ingenuity while 408 00:32:05,000 --> 00:32:08,080 simultaneously spiraling into chaos. 409 00:32:09,440 --> 00:32:11,760 Sure, you can build a bigger city, but it's better to 410 00:32:11,760 --> 00:32:15,080 prioritize spiritual grounding and humility. 411 00:32:16,400 --> 00:32:19,400 Developing inner strength and character that comes from 412 00:32:19,760 --> 00:32:27,480 walking with God Is your focus on doing or being. 413 00:32:28,960 --> 00:32:35,040 I'm making your name great or making his name great. 414 00:32:37,520 --> 00:32:40,680 If your measure of success is found in anything besides God, 415 00:32:40,680 --> 00:32:46,480 then at the end of the day you'll find yourself wanting. 416 00:32:46,920 --> 00:32:52,040 Kane's success was in his doing that he that was his legacy. 417 00:32:53,000 --> 00:33:01,040 Building a city, his ancestors, driving culture forward sets 418 00:33:01,040 --> 00:33:08,200 success is being connected to God as we'll see next week. 419 00:33:10,640 --> 00:33:15,040 The second question is who are you becoming? 420 00:33:17,680 --> 00:33:20,520 Who are you becoming? When we would work with students 421 00:33:20,520 --> 00:33:26,840 and in youth group, I would often ask this question, who are 422 00:33:26,840 --> 00:33:29,200 you becoming? Are you becoming the person that 423 00:33:29,200 --> 00:33:34,160 you want to be or are you becoming someone that you don't 424 00:33:34,160 --> 00:33:39,320 really aspire to be? The unfortunate reality is that 425 00:33:39,680 --> 00:33:42,680 if you're not being intentional, then then you'll drift into 426 00:33:42,680 --> 00:33:48,360 being someone that you hadn't planned on being, and you really 427 00:33:48,360 --> 00:33:52,760 might not even care for the person that you have become, 428 00:33:55,040 --> 00:33:57,160 Motivational Speaker Jim Rohn said. 429 00:33:58,160 --> 00:34:02,240 You are the average of the five people you spend the most time 430 00:34:02,400 --> 00:34:07,520 with. Whoever those five people are 431 00:34:08,920 --> 00:34:10,320 will pull you in their direction. 432 00:34:12,480 --> 00:34:17,199 So the question is whether you're getting pulled up or 433 00:34:17,199 --> 00:34:21,600 pulled down. There's a gravitational force 434 00:34:21,600 --> 00:34:26,239 being applied to you, and the strongest force will be the one 435 00:34:26,960 --> 00:34:34,040 that you're exposed to the most. The interesting thing is that 436 00:34:35,040 --> 00:34:40,840 your time in this room on Sunday mornings, as great as it is, 437 00:34:41,400 --> 00:34:44,960 this time, isn't what charts your path forward. 438 00:34:46,159 --> 00:34:49,639 This isn't what determines the gravitational pull in life. 439 00:34:51,040 --> 00:34:54,840 This is only a couple hours of your week, and you will spend 440 00:34:54,840 --> 00:34:59,280 far more time outside of these doors and with other people 441 00:34:59,720 --> 00:35:02,960 during the week. Whoever you're spending your 442 00:35:02,960 --> 00:35:08,240 time with, that's who you are becoming. 443 00:35:10,720 --> 00:35:17,440 So if you're spending time with someone who has a critical 444 00:35:17,440 --> 00:35:24,760 spirit, then that's what you'll become, Never able to see the 445 00:35:24,760 --> 00:35:27,920 good that God is doing in front of you. 446 00:35:29,640 --> 00:35:33,520 If the people around you exhibit a lot of joy, then you are 447 00:35:33,520 --> 00:35:36,920 likely to be content and grateful for all that God has 448 00:35:36,920 --> 00:35:40,640 done and is doing in your life and in the lives of those around 449 00:35:40,640 --> 00:35:45,520 you. If anger is the first response 450 00:35:45,760 --> 00:35:50,680 of your associates, then anger is likely where you will make 451 00:35:50,680 --> 00:35:57,640 your home. If you choose to walk with 452 00:35:57,640 --> 00:36:06,040 people who exhibit grace and humility, then you likewise will 453 00:36:06,040 --> 00:36:10,240 be prone to exhibiting grace and humility. 454 00:36:13,320 --> 00:36:20,960 My challenge to you this week is to first of all, ascertain who 455 00:36:20,960 --> 00:36:25,120 you want to become. Who is it that you want to 456 00:36:25,120 --> 00:36:30,480 become? Hopefully it's someone who draws 457 00:36:30,480 --> 00:36:34,440 closer and closer to God, someone who becomes more and 458 00:36:34,440 --> 00:36:41,600 more like Christ. And secondly, connect with 459 00:36:41,600 --> 00:36:44,600 someone who will help get you there. 460 00:36:46,240 --> 00:36:49,400 It could be somebody who is much farther down the road than you 461 00:36:49,400 --> 00:36:51,840 are. It could even be someone who's 462 00:36:52,040 --> 00:36:55,160 at a similar point where you are in your walk. 463 00:36:55,760 --> 00:36:58,920 But their excitement for the Lord is compelling, and it's 464 00:36:58,920 --> 00:37:01,400 contagious, and it makes you want to grow. 465 00:37:01,400 --> 00:37:05,400 It inspires you. And when you come away from time 466 00:37:05,400 --> 00:37:14,200 with them, you're refreshed. That's what we need to live life 467 00:37:14,200 --> 00:37:21,400 the way God desires. When we base our lives in God, 468 00:37:21,400 --> 00:37:27,160 then we're we're walking in the way of Seth and we are denying 469 00:37:28,600 --> 00:37:33,080 the ways of Cain. Let's bow our heads and close 470 00:37:33,080 --> 00:37:45,450 our eyes. Father God, as we close this 471 00:37:45,450 --> 00:37:52,000 morning, my prayer is that each of us would have a vision of 472 00:37:52,000 --> 00:37:56,480 what we want our lives to look like. 473 00:37:56,480 --> 00:38:04,040 That we would have a vision of who it is that we want to be the 474 00:38:04,040 --> 00:38:07,600 type of Christ follower that I want to be. 475 00:38:09,640 --> 00:38:15,280 And it may look daunting at this point, but if we slowly start 476 00:38:15,280 --> 00:38:24,720 taking steps, then we can become more Christ like as we draw 477 00:38:24,720 --> 00:38:30,240 closer and closer to you. So would you give each person in 478 00:38:30,240 --> 00:38:35,240 this room a vision of what that looks like in their lives? 479 00:38:37,920 --> 00:38:44,280 And would they each reach out to somebody that can help them move 480 00:38:44,320 --> 00:38:52,440 even closer to that goal? And together we we leave the the 481 00:38:52,440 --> 00:38:55,320 ways of Cain behind the the ways of the flesh. 482 00:38:55,320 --> 00:39:00,440 We leave that behind and we follow hard after you. 483 00:39:03,080 --> 00:39:05,320 It's in Jesus name we pray, Amen.