I found something very interesting in this morning's MOB discussion. After Cain killed Able, we see him become a fugitive and a vagabond (Gen.4:14). Cain then "goes out" from the presence of the Lord to live in the city of Nod on the east side of Eden. He then has a son named Enoch, who has a son named Irad who begot Mehujael, who begot Methushael, who begot Lamech. Now Lamech took for himself two wives! This is the first recorded instance of bigamy. We can see how Lamech led the Cainites to openly rebel against God concerning His marriage law He established in Genesis 2:24. Adah, one of Lamech's wives, had a son named Jubal who evidently created stringed instruments. Oh great! you mean my playing the guitar came from the lineage of Cain? ...kidding.
It is so cool to see how much of the New Testament is in the Old Testament. We read in Genesis 4:25,26 that God blesses Adam and Eve again with a new son named Seth. Seth was a godly son whom the seed of redemption (Gen. 3:15) would pass all the way through to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ (Luke3:38). What a blessing it is to meet together as men to study God's word!
Danny
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Danny, well said! I like the old saying about the Old & New Testaments of the Bible that goes like this, "The New is in the Old concealed, and the Old is in the New revealed.”
When Jesus walked the Earth, those to whom He ministered only had THE testament. As it has been said, “The music of the Old Testament was in their minds.” I think Jesus quoted something like 24 of the Old Testament books and the whole New Testament quotes around 34 Old Testament books.
I know that our MOB study of Genesis has been a major encouragement to me and has helped me to better understand the New Testament as a whole.
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