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Study – Genesis Lesson XVI - Genesis
The Curse – Part X –
A Pure Heart Attitude
Matthew 12:33
Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt,
and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit.
Matthew 12:34 O
generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of
the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
Matthew
Matthew 12:36 But I
say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give
account thereof in the day of judgment.
Matthew
Matthew
Matthew 15:19
For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications,
thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
Matthew
A Person’s Heart Attitude Determines His Destiny
We have
learned in our study that the ‘
Matthew 23:33 Ye
serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?
Matthew 23:34
Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and
some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in
your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city:
Matthew 23:35 That
upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood
of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.
Matthew 23:36
Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.
Matthew 23:37 O
Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets,
and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often
would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth
her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!
Matthew 23:38
Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.
Matthew 23:39 For I
say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he
that cometh in the name of the Lord.
I. Adam’s
Confession After The Curse
Genesis
God had pronounced the great curse, with all its intricacies and implications, but He had also given an even greater promise – that of the coming Redeemer. When Adam heard God’s Word this time, he believed God and His promise of salvation in spite of Adam’s sin and the resulting curse.
This time Adam believed God’s Word instead of
corrupting it or doubting and rejecting it.
God’s purpose in a trial is to
change the heart not just modify behavior.
A. This time Adam believed God At His Word
B. Adam called his wife’s name Eve – chavvah meaning “life”
1. This indicates that Adam had faith in God’s promises
a. Adam believed that Adam & Eve would have children
b. Adam knew the Seed of the Woman would come from that offspring
2. Adam Had A Change Of
Heart – Agreed With God’s Word
II. The Lord
God’s Provision
Genesis 3:21 Unto
Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed
them.
A. In response
to Adam’s Confession, God Provided A Covering For Nakedness
1. Their self-made fig leaves were completely inadequate to cover guilt & sin
2. This taught that the provision could only come from God, and God alone
3. God’s provision of Innocent blood was shown to be
needed for the covering:
Leviticus
4. This taught that complete salvation was only to those who:
a. Worshiped God
1. Approached God with a proper offering
2. Worship literally means to: “Bow down to God’s will”
b. Forgot their own will, and accept God’s Word
1. Acknowledged their own guilt and helplessness
2. Trusted in God alone for complete salvation & provision
B. This
Provision Was Completely Opposite To Satan’s Advise
1. No appeal to the physical or mental senses
2. It required putting down human pride & accepting (confessing) God’s Word
C. The typical
teaching was that the woman’s Seed would
1. Shed His own blood in the coming conflict
2. This would happen before the complete deliverance
could occur
D. The
Application Today: We also should heed to this typical teaching
1. By reckoning our own “fig leaves” as filthy
rags:
Isaiah 64:6 But we are all as an unclean thing, and all
our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do
fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
2. By allowing God to clothe us with the garments
of salvation:
Isaiah 61:10 I will
greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath
clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of
righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with
ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her
jewels. {decketh: Heb. decketh
as a priest}
III. The Second
Triune Council
Genesis 3:22 And
the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and
evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life,
and eat, and live for ever:
Genesis 3:23
Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the
ground from whence he was taken.
Genesis 3:24 So he
drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to
keep the way of the tree of life.
A. Man Now
Knew The Evil Of Rejecting God’s Word
1. The council recognized that “Man had become one of Us, to know good and evil”
2. This statement was made in sadness
a. Man had once known only the goodness of God
b. Now man has known the evil in rejecting God’s Word
c. Now man knew the suffering that results from rejecting God’s Word
d. Now man’s “goodness” as promised by the serpent was not what was hoped
e. Man had been created in God’s image – That image was now marred by evil
3. God had to drive out man from the garden
a. Adam & Eve Were Reluctant to leave their paradise for the unknown world
b. They were afraid of never seeing God again
4. To guard the garden’s entrance to the tree of life, God placed two cherubim east
B. Cherubim (And
Seraphim) are always associated with the throne of God
Psalm 80:1 Give
ear, O Shepherd of
Psalm 99:1 The LORD
reigneth; let the people tremble: he sitteth between the cherubims;
let the earth be moved. {be moved: Heb. stagger}
D. It Is
Likely That God Continued to Converse with Adam
1. From God’s Throne
2. As Adam & his offspring gav
e their assent to God’s Word
IV. God’s Purpose
Is To Change Hearts – Not behavior modification
I John 1:5 This
then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God
is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
I John 1:6 If we
say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not
the truth:
I John 1:7 But if
we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with
another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth
us from all sin.
I John 1:8 If we
say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
I John 1:9 If we
confess<3670> our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins,
and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
I John
I John 2:1 My
little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man
sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
I John 2:2 And he
is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins
of the whole world.
I John 2:3 And
hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
3670 omologew homologeo hom-ol-og-eh’-o - from a compound of the base of 3674 and
3056; TDNT-5:199,687; v
confess 17, profess
3, promise 1, give thanks 1, confession is made 1, acknowledgeth
1; 24
1) to say the same thing as another, i.e. to agree with, assent - 2) to concede -2a) not to refuse, to promise -2b) not to deny - 2b1) to confess - 2b2) declare - 2b3) to confess, i.e. to admit or declare one’s self guilty of what one is accused - 3) to profess - 3a) to declare openly, speak out freely - 3b) to profess one’s self the worshipper of one - 4) to praise, celebrate
A. True Confession
Is Much More Than The Telling Of Your Sins
B. True
Confession Is Agreeing With God’s Word
C. True
Confession Is Giving Your Assent To God’s Will Not Self
D. True
Confession Is Giving Up Our “Fig Leaves” & Agreeing with God’s Word
E. True
Confession Is A Change Of Heart
V. Eve’s
Confession
Genesis 4:1 And
Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have
gotten a man from the LORD. {Cain: that is, Gotten, or, Acquired}
A. Eve cried,
“I have gotten a man from the Lord” – Literally “From the Lord”
1. Eve believed the Lord
2. Eve believed God’s promise in Genesis 3:15
3. Even though Eve had experienced pain in childbirth
4. Eve had seen God’s faithfulness in giving her a son
B. The name
Cain means “gotten” – Obviously from Eve’s exclamation
1. Eve was not only happy that she was given a child, but a man
2. Eve believed God’s promise of a Deliverer
3. Cain was not this deliverer, however, he was the first of the “serpents seed”
1 John
1 John
VI. The Shepherd
And The Farmer
Genesis 4:2 And she
again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a
tiller of the ground. {Abel: Heb. Hebel} {a keeper:
Heb. a feeder}
A. Able -
different from his brother – Called Righteous, A Prophet & Still Speaking
1. Abel is
found in the “Hall of Faith”
Hebrews 11:4 By
faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he
obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it
he being dead yet speaketh.
2. He is
called righteous
Matthew 23:35 That upon you may come all the righteous
blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom
ye slew between the temple and the altar.
3. He is
called a prophet
Luke 11:50 That the
blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may
be required of this generation;
Luke 11:51 From the
blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, which
perished between the altar and the temple: verily I say unto you, It shall be
required of this generation.
4. These
testimonies from Christ, can only mean that Abel believed God’s Word
B. The name
“Abel” means vapor or vanity
1. The impact of the curse has had long enough to manifest on Eve
2. The creation was “subject to vanity” – Romans
C. The Boys
Had Different Occupations
1. Cain became a farmer, Abel became a shepherd
2. Both occupations were honorable
a. The fruit from Cain’s labor provided food
b. Abel’s sheep provided clothes for the family
c. It is also probable that the sheep were used for sacrifice to God at the throne
VII. The Sacrifice
And God’s Mercy
Genesis 4:3 And in
process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground
an offering unto the LORD. {in process…: Heb. at the end of days}
Genesis 4:4 And
Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof.
And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering:
Genesis 4:5 But
unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and
his countenance fell.
A. It looks as
though there was a regular time to sacrifice to God
1. This sacrifice was probably not the first sacrifice
2. The phrase “Process of time” suggests this literally meaning “the end of the days”
3. Adam and Eve were driven from the presence of God
(Genesis
4. By God’s grace it looks as though His people could
approach Him – His way
B. This was
the first time Cain received a Rebuke – His others had been acceptable
C. Why Was
Abel’s Sacrifice Acceptable? – Abel Believed God’s Word
1. It was not a product of Abel’s own labor – God had
blessed him with a fat lamb
2. It was by the death of an innocent substitution
3. It was by the shedding of blood
D. Why Was
Cain’s Sacrifice Unacceptable? – Cain Tried To Do It His Own Way
1. It was a product of Cain’s own labor
2. It was not by the death of an innocent substitution
3. It was not by the shedding of blood
E. Undoubtedly
Cain Began To Resent His Situation
1. His own labor would not please God
2. He probably had to purchase a lamb from Abel every time he approached God
3. Cain rebelled against God’s Word and brought his own labor approaching God
F. Cain’s
Countenance Fell Because Of God’s Rejection – He Became Angry
1. Pawneem translated “Countenence”, has a root meaning of a “look” or glance
2. Where his glance was haughty and conceited at first, became angry looking
Hebrews 11:4 By
faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he
obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it
he being dead yet speaketh.
VIII. The Murder
Genesis 4:6 And the
LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?
Genesis 4:7 If thou
doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou
doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee
shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.
Genesis 4:8 And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when
they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew
him.
03190 bjy yatab yaw-tab’ - a
primitive root; TWOT-863; v
well 35, good 21,
please 14, merry 5, amend 4, better 4, accepted 2, diligently 2, misc 20; 107
1) to be good, be pleasing, be well, be glad - 1a) (Qal) -1a1) to be glad, be joyful -1a2) to be well placed
-1a3) to be well for, be well with, go well with -1a4) to be pleasing, be
pleasing to -1b) (Hiphil) -1b1) to make glad, rejoice
-1b2) to do good to, deal well with -1b3) to do well, do thoroughly -1b4) to
make a thing good or right or beautiful - 1b5) to do well, do right
A. God
Promised Cain In Spite Of Cain’s Anger
1. Cain would be accepted “If he “doest well”
2. That obviously means “Adhere to God’s Word”
B. If Cain Continued
In Rebellion, He Would Become the “seed of the serpent”
1. Sin “lieth at the door”
– “Lieth”, Rabats literally means “couched”
2. The desires of sin would be Cain’s desire
3. Cain would become the “seed of the serpent”, using sin as his obedient servant
4. Notice the similarity to Genesis 3:16
C. Cain Talked
With his Brother In The Field
D. Why Did
Cain Kill Abel?
I John
E. The “seed
of the serpent” Very Quickly Struck At The Seed Of The Woman
1. He first corrupted her first son –
2. He then killed her second son.
F. The “seed
of the serpent” Was Trying To Prevent The Fulfillment Of Genesis 3:15
VIII. The Judgment
Genesis 4:9 And the
LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I
my brother’s keeper?
Genesis
Genesis 4:11 And
now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy
brother’s blood from thy hand;
Genesis 4:12 When
thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth
yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt
thou be in the earth.
A. This Time
Cain Did Not Go To The Place Of Sacrifice
B. God Went To
Where Cain Was
C. God asked
Cain where his brother was
D. Cain’s
Response
1. He outright lied to God - 2. He questioned God’s right to ask the question
E, God Could
No Longer Deal With Cain In Mercy, But Rather Judgment
F. Cain’s
actions demonstrated Cain’s heart attitude – opposite God’s Word
G. Cain Had
Been Abel To Stop The Voice Of His Prophesying Brother
H. But Cain
Could Not Stop The Voice Of Abel’s Blood
Hebrews 11:4 By
faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he
obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it
he being dead yet speaketh.
H. Abel Was A
Type Of The “Seed of The Woman”
1. He was righteous before God
2. He died violently at the hand of the “seed of the serpent”
3. Abel’s blood crying is a type of all righteous suffering through the ages
4. The climax: The very people Christ had called of your father the devil cryed out:
Matthew 27:25 Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children.
b. Like
Cain, they would rather shed innocent blood than obey God’s Word
K. God Took
From Cain The Fruits That He Had Used To Approach God
1. The Earth would no longer yield its increase for
him
2. Those who do not believe God’s Word can only
produce thorns & thistles
IX. Cain’s Confession
– My Iniquity Is Too Great To Be Forgiven
Genesis 4:13 And
Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment<05771> is greater than I can bear.
{My…: or, Mine iniquity is greater than that it may be forgiven}
Genesis 4:14 Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from
the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a
fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one
that findeth me shall slay me.
05771 Nwe ‘avon aw-vone’
or Nwwe ‘avown (2Ki 7:9; Ps 51:5) - from 05753; n m
Iniquity 220,
punishment 5, fault 2, Iniquities + 01697 1, mischief 1, sin 1; 230
1) perversity, depravity, iniquity, guilt or punishment of
iniquity - 1a) iniquity
1b) guilt of iniquity, guilt (as great), guilt (of condition) - 1c) consequence of or punishment for iniquity
A. You have
driven me from the face of the earth – God didn’t say this
B. I will be
hid from your face – God didn’t say this
C. I will be a
vagabond
D. Everyone
that sees me will want to kill me
X. God Deals With
Cain’s Improper Confession
Genesis 4:15 And
the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth
Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark,<0226>
upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.
Genesis 4:16 And
Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on
the east of
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TWOT-41a; n f
sign(s) 60,
token(s) 14, ensign(s) 2, miracles 2, mark 1; 79
1) sign, signal - 1a) a distinguishing mark -1b) banner -1c) remembrance -1d) miraculous sign -1e) omen -1f) warning -2) token, ensign, standard, miracle, proof
XI. The Ungodly
Line Of Cain
Genesis 4:16 And
Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on
the east of
Genesis 4:17 And
Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the
name of his son, Enoch.
Genesis
Genesis 4:19 And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.
Genesis 4:20 And Adah bare Jabal: he was the
father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle.
Genesis
Genesis 4:22 And
Zillah, she also bare Tubalcain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the
sister of Tubalcain was Naamah.
{instructer: Heb. whetter}
A. The
Descendants Of Cain
|
The Descendants Of Cain |
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Name |
Meaning of the Name |
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1. Enoch |
“Dedication or
Commencement” |
|
2. Irad |
“Townsman” |
|
3. Mehujael |
“God Gives Life” |
|
4. Methusael |
“God’s Man |
|
5. Lamech |
“Conquerer” |
|
The Wives Of Lamech |
|
|
Name |
Meaning of the Name |
|
1. Adah |
“Ornament” |
|
2. Zillah |
“Shade” |
|
The Sons Of Lamech |
||
|
Name |
Meaning Of The Name |
Accomplishments |
|
1. Jabal |
“Wanderer” |
Invented The Tent |
|
Domesticated
Cattle |
||
|
2. Jubal |
“Sound” |
Invented Stringed
& Wind Instruments |
|
3. Tubalcain |
“Etymology
suggests that it is the progenitor of the Roman god Vulcan” |
Invented Metalurgy |
|
Made Bronze &
Iron Weapons & Tools |
||
|
The Cainites
Attempts To Thwart The Effects Of The Curse |
|
|
Name |
Meaning of the Name |
|
1. Some Preferred
Urban Life Rather Than Tilling The Ground |
|
|
2. Some Preferred
Nomadic Lifestyles Rather Than Agriculture |
|
|
3. Metal Working
And Tools To Make The Effects Of The Curse Less |
|
|
4. Music To Try
To Sooth The Soul Afflicted By The Curse |
|
|
5. Polygamy
Introduced Rather Than God’s Monogamous Marriage |
|
|
6. Metal Weapons
Introduced To Give The Tribe Using Them An Edge |
|
|
7. Poetic
Boasting To Assert Man’s Self Sufficiency And Pride |
|
XII. Lamech’s Poetic Improper Confession
Genesis 4:23 And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah
and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech,
hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man
to my hurt.
Genesis
A. This Shows Lamech’s
B. This Shows Lamech’s Arrogance Toward’s God’s
Word
C. This Shows Lamech’s Total Disregard For God’s Word
D. Lamech Was Not Going To Suffer Any Hurt Without A 70 Fold
Response
E. This Shows Lamech’s Pride Manifesting
F. This
Demonstrates Centuries Of Ungodly living
G. This Type
Of Lifestyle spreads To Top Government Officials Until:
Genesis
XIII. The Godly
Line Of Seth
Genesis 4:25 And
Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For
God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.
{Seth: Heb. Sheth: that is Appointed, or, Put}
Genesis 4:26 And to
Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the LORD. {Enos: Heb. Enosh} {to call…: or,
to call themselves by the name of the Lord}
Genesis 5:1 This is
the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the
likeness of God made he him;
Genesis 5:2 Male
and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in
the day when they were created.
Genesis 5:3 And
Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness,
after his image; and called his name Seth:
Genesis 5:4 And the
days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat
sons and daughters:
Genesis 5:5 And all
the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.
Genesis 5:6 And
Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos:
{Enos: Heb. Enosh}
Genesis 5:7 And
Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and
seven years, and begat sons and daughters:
Genesis 5:8 And all
the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died.
Genesis 5:9 And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan:
{Cainan: Heb. Kenan}
Genesis 5:10 And Enos lived after he begat Cainan
eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters:
Genesis
Genesis 5:12 And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalaleel:
Genesis 5:13 And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel
eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters:
Genesis
Genesis 5:15 And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared:
{Jared: Heb. Jered}
Genesis 5:16 And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and
thirty years, and begat sons and daughters:
Genesis
Genesis 5:18 And
Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch:
Genesis 5:19 And
Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and
daughters:
Genesis
Genesis 5:21 And
Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah: {Methuselah: Gr. Mathusala}
Genesis 5:22 And
Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat
sons and daughters:
Genesis
|
The Descendants Of Seth |
|
|
Name |
Meaning of the Name |
|
1. Enos |
“Mortal Frailty” |
|
2. Cainan |
“Smith” |
|
3. Mahalaleel |
“God Be Praised” |
|
4. Jared |
“Descent” |
|
5. Enoch |
“Dedication” |
|
6. Methuselah |
“When He Dies, Jugement” |
|
7. Lamech |
“Conquerer” |
|
8. Noah |
“Rest” |
XIV. The Amazing
Story Of Enoch
Genesis
Hebrews 11:5 By
faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found,
because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this
testimony, that he pleased God.
XV. The Contrast Of
The Two Seventh In Line From Adam
A. Cain’s Line
– Lamech – Full Of :
1. Arrogance
2. Disrespect
3. Pride
4. Rebelling
against God’s Word
B. Seth’s Line
Enoch – Entered Into The Presence of God Without Dying
1. Was A
Prophet of God
2. Pleased God
3. Was
translated into God’s presence – Didn’t have to die
Jude 1:14 And Enoch
also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord
cometh with ten thousands of his saints,
Jude 1:15 To execute judgment upon all, and to convince
all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have
ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have
spoken against him.
XVI. A Pure Heart
Attitude? – Find Out In God’s Dealing With
A. God’s Word
To Israel
Exodus 3:8 And I am
come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them
up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk
and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the
Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
B. But Soon
After Leaving
Exodus 16:1 And
they took their journey from Elim, and all the
congregation of the children of Israel came unto the wilderness of Sin, which
is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of
the second month after their departing out of the land of Egypt.
Exodus 16:2 And the
whole congregation of the children of
Exodus 16:3 And the children of Israel said unto them,
Would to God we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we
sat by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have
brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.
Exodus 16:4 Then
said the LORD unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and
the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I may prove
them, whether they will walk in my law, or no.
C. God
Provides
Exodus 16:11 And
the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Exodus 16:12 I have
heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: speak unto them, saying, At
even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread; and
ye shall know that I am the LORD your God.
Exodus 16:13 And it
came to pass, that at even the quails came up, and covered the camp: and in the
morning the dew lay round about the host.
Exodus 16:14 And
when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness
there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on the ground.
Exodus 16:15 And
when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, It is manna: for
they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them,
This is the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat.
D. God’s
Attitude Toward Complaining
Numbers 11:1 And
when the people complained, it displeased the LORD: and the LORD heard it; and
his anger was kindled; and the fire of the LORD burnt among them, and consumed
them that were in the uttermost parts of the camp. {complained: or, were as it
were complainers} {it displeased: Heb. it was evil in the ears of}
Numbers 11:2 And
the people cried unto Moses; and when Moses prayed unto the LORD, the fire was
quenched.
Numbers 11:4 And
the mixt multitude that was among them fell a
lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give
us flesh to eat? {fell…: Heb. lusted a lust} {wept…: Heb. returned and wept}
Numbers 11:5 We
remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the
melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick:
Numbers 11:6 But
now our soul is dried away: there is nothing at all, beside this manna, before
our eyes.
F. God Again
Provides
Numbers 11:18 And
say thou unto the people, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow, and ye shall
eat flesh: for ye have wept in the ears of the LORD, saying, Who shall give us
flesh to eat? for it was well with us in
Numbers 11:19 Ye
shall not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, neither ten days, nor
twenty days;
Numbers 11:20 But
even a whole month, until it come out at your nostrils, and it be loathsome
unto you: because that ye have despised the LORD which is among you, and have
wept before him, saying, Why came we forth out of Egypt?
G. Israel Is
At The Promised Land & Send Spies
Numbers 13:17 And
Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto them, Get you up
this way southward, and go up into the mountain:
Numbers 13:18 And
see the land, what it is; and the people that dwelleth
therein, whether they be strong or weak, few or many;
Numbers 13:19 And
what the land is that they dwell in, whether it be good or bad; and what cities
they be that they dwell in, whether in tents, or in strong holds;
Numbers 13:20 And
what the land is, whether it be fat or lean, whether there be wood therein, or
not. And be ye of good courage, and bring of the fruit of the land. Now the
time was the time of the firstripe grapes.
H. What They
Found
Numbers 13:21 So they went up, and searched the land from
the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob,
as men come to Hamath.
Numbers 13:22 And
they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman,
Sheshai, and Talmai, the
children of Anak, were.
Numbers 13:23 And
they came unto the brook of Eshcol, and cut down from
thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it between two upon a
staff; and they brought of the pomegranates, and of the figs. {brook: or,
valley}
Numbers 13:24 The
place was called the brook Eshcol, because of the
cluster of grapes which the children of
I. The Evil
Report
Numbers 13:27 And
they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou sentest
us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and
this is the fruit of it.
Numbers 13:28
Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are
walled, and very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak
there.
Numbers 13:29 The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south: and the
Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell
in the mountains: and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the coast of
Numbers 13:30 And
Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and
possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.
Numbers
Numbers 13:32 And
they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children
of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, is a land
that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the
people that we saw in it are men of a great stature. {men…: Heb. men of
statures}
Numbers 13:33 And
there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come
of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in
their sight.
J. The People
Believed This Evil Report, Complained Again & Rebelled
Numbers 14:1 And
all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that
night.
Numbers 14:2 And
all the children of
Numbers 14:3 And
wherefore hath the LORD brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that
our wives and our children should be a prey? were it not better for us to
return into
Numbers 14:4 And
they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into
K. Moses
Intercedes, God Pronounces Judgment
Numbers
Numbers
Numbers 14:22
Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in
Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have
not hearkened to my voice;
Numbers 14:23
Surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto
their fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked me see it: {Surely…:
Heb. If they see the land}
Numbers 14:24 But
my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me
fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he
went; and his seed shall possess it.
Numbers
Numbers 14:26 And
the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
Numbers 14:27 How
long shall I bear with this evil congregation, which murmur against me? I have
heard the murmurings of the children of
Numbers 14:28 Say
unto them, As truly as I live, saith the LORD, as ye
have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you:
Numbers 14:29 Your carcases shall fall in this wilderness; and all that were
numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and
upward, which have murmured against me,
Numbers 14:30 Doubtless
ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I sware
to make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh,
and Joshua the son of Nun. {sware: Heb. lifted up my
hand}
Numbers 14:31 But
your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and
they shall know the land which ye have despised.
Numbers 14:32 But
as for you, your carcases, they shall fall in this
wilderness.
Numbers 14:33 And
your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your whoredoms, until your carcases be
wasted in the wilderness. {wander: or, feed}
Numbers 14:34 After
the number of the days in which ye searched the land, even forty days, each day
for a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall know
my breach of promise. {breach…: or, altering of my purpose}
Numbers 14:35 I the
LORD have said, I will surely do it unto all this evil congregation, that are
gathered together against me: in this wilderness they shall be consumed, and
there they shall die.
L. The Result
– All Must Wander In The Wilderness Another 38 Years – Until All Those With An
Improper Confession Died
XVII. The Bible’s
Interpretation Of The Wilderness Wandering
Hebrews 3:1
Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the
Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus;
Hebrews 3:2 Who was
faithful to him that appointed him, as also Moses was faithful in all his
house. {appointed: Gr. made}
Hebrews 3:3 For
this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who hath builded the house hath more honour
than the house.
Hebrews 3:4 For
every house is builded by some man; but he that built
all things is God.
Hebrews 3:5 And
Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a testimony of those
things which were to be spoken after;
Hebrews 3:6 But
Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the
confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.
Hebrews 3:7
Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will
hear his voice,
Hebrews 3:8 Harden
not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the
wilderness:
Hebrews 3:9 When
your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years.
Hebrews 3:10
Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway err in their heart; and they have not known my ways.
Hebrews 3:11 So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.)
{They…: Gr. If they shall enter}
Hebrews 3:12 Take
heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in
departing from the living God.
Hebrews 3:13 But
exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be
hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
Hebrews 3:14 For we
are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;
Hebrews 3:15 While
it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the
provocation.
Hebrews
Hebrews
Hebrews 3:18 And to
whom sware he that they should not enter into his
rest, but to them that believed not?
Hebrews
Hebrews 4:1 Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being
left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.
Hebrews 4:2 For
unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached
did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it.
Hebrews 4:3 For we
which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my
wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from
the foundation of the world.
Hebrews 4:4 For he spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise,
And God did rest the seventh day from all his works.
Hebrews 4:5 And in
this place again, If they shall enter into my rest.
Hebrews 4:6 Seeing
therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein,
and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief:
Hebrews 4:7 Again,
he limiteth a certain day, saying in David, To day,
after so long a time; as it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden
not your hearts.
Hebrews 4:8 For if
Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another
day. {Jesus: that is, Joshua}
Hebrews 4:9 There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.
Hebrews 4:10 For he
that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God
did from his.
Hebrews 4:11 Let us
labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any
man fall after the same example of unbelief. {unbelief: or, disobedience}
Hebrews 4:12 For
the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of
soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the
thoughts and intents of the heart.
XVIII. A Clean
Heart
Psalms 51:1 <<To the chief Musician, A Psalm of
David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to
Bathsheba.>> Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender
mercies blot out my transgressions.
Psalms 51:2 Wash me
throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my
sin.
Psalms 51:3 For I
acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.
Psalms 51:4 Against
thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest,
and be clear when thou judgest.
Psalms 51:5 Behold,
I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother
conceive me. {conceive…: Heb. warm me}
Psalms 51:6 Behold,
thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the
hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
Psalms 51:7 Purge
me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
Psalms 51:8 Make me
to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.
Psalms 51:9 Hide
thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.
Psalms 51:10 Create
in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. {right: or,
constant}
Psalms 51:11 Cast
me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.
Psalms 51:12
Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.
Psalms 51:13 Then
will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee.
Psalms 51:14
Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of
my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness. {bloodguiltiness: Heb. bloods}
Psalms 51:15 O
Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew
forth thy praise.
Psalms 51:16 For
thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it:
thou delightest not in burnt offering. {else…: or,
that I should}
Psalms 51:17 The
sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God,
thou wilt not despise.
Psalms 51:18 Do
good in thy good pleasure unto
Psalms 51:19 Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness,
with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks
upon thine altar.