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In the Garden of Eden

• Gen 28-9 And the Lord God planted a garden
  eastward in Eden and there he put the man whom
  he had formed. 9 And out of the ground made the
  Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to
  the sight, and good for food the tree of life
  also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of
  knowledge of good and evil.

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In the Garden of Eden

• Gen 31-3 Now the serpent was more subtil than
  any beast of the field which the Lord God had
  made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God
  said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the
  garden? 2 And the woman said unto the serpent,
  We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the
  garden 3 But of the fruit of the tree which is
  in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye
  shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it,
  lest ye die.
• Question Was this a law of God? Did he intend
  for them to obey this law? What law was it?

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What was the offering of
Cain Abel

• Gen 43-7 And in process of time it came to
  pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the
  ground an offering unto the Lord. 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 5 But unto Cain and to
  his offering he had not respect. And Cain was
  very wroth, and his countenance fell. 6 And the
  Lord said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why
  is thy countenance fallen? 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.
• What is sin? 1 John 34 Whosoever committeth sin
  transgresseth also the law for sin is the
  transgression of the law.

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Seth replaces Abel

• Gen 425 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.
• Gen 524 And Enoch walked with God and he was
  not for God took him.
• Gen 528-29 And Lamech lived an hundred eighty
  and two years, and begat a son 29 And he
  called his name Noah, saying, This same shall
  comfort us concerning our work and toil of our
  hands, because of the ground which the Lord hath
  cursed.

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God saw mans wickedness

• Gen 65-8 And God saw that the wickedness of
  man was great in the earth, and that every
  imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only
  evil continually. 6 And it repented the Lord
  that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved
  him at his heart. 7 And the Lord said, I will
  destroy man whom I have created from the face of
  the earth both man, and beast, and the creeping
  thing, and the fowls of the air for it repenteth
  me that I have made them. 8 But Noah found grace
  in the eyes of the Lord.

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How could man be wicked if there was not a law
of God to disobey?

• Ps 361 The transgression of the wicked saith
  within my heart, that there is no fear of God
  before his eyes.
• Rom 415 Because the law worketh wrath for
  where no law is, there is no transgression.
• This period of Adam to Moses was about 2500
  years and Gods law was in effect.

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Similitude of Adams Transgression

• Rom 514 Nevertheless death reigned from Adam
  to Moses, even over them that had not sinned
  after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who
  is the figure of him that was to come.
• Sin was a transgression of Gods law and
  everyone that transgressed after Adam was in the
  same condemnation that he found himself. Examples
  - Cain World

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Noah Was Different To Others

• Gen 622 Thus did Noah according to all that
  God commanded him, so did he.
• Question Did God give Noah laws to follow?
• Gen 75 And Noah did according unto all that the
  Lord commanded him.
• Did God have this recorded so we would know that
  Noah chose to obey God?

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Serving God Faithfully CausesHim To Remember Us
Fondly

• Gen 81 And God remembered Noah, and every
  living thing, and all the cattle that was with
  him in the ark and God made a wind to pass over
  the earth, and the waters assuaged
• Gen 98-9 And God spake unto Noah, and to his
  sons with him, saying, 9 And I, behold, I
  establish my covenant with you, and with your
  seed after you
• What is a covenant? A binding agreement A
  Law.

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God Spoke To The Heads
of Families

• Gen 121-3 Now the Lord had said unto Abram,
  Get thee out of thy country, and from thy
  kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land
  that I will shew thee 2 And I will make of thee
  a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make
  thy name great and thou shalt be a blessing 3
  And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse
  him that curseth thee and in thee shall all
  families of the earth be blessed.
• Was this a command or suggestion from God?

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Abraham Had No Problem Obeying

• Gen 125 And Abram took Sarah his wife, and
  Lot his brother's son, and all their substance
  that they had gathered, and the souls that they
  had gotten in Haran and they went forth to go
  into the land of Canaan and into the land of
  Canaan they came.
• Obeying God was pleasant to Abraham

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Abraham Lot in Canaan

• In that land, near Sodom they met Gods priest.
• Gen 1417-20 And the king of Sodom went out to
  meet him after his return from the slaughter of
  Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that were with
  him, at the valley of Shaveh, which is the king's
  dale. 18 And Melchizedek king of Salem brought
  forth bread and wine and he was the priest of
  the most high God. 19 And he blessed him, and
  said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God,
  possessor of heaven and earth 20 And blessed be
  the most high God, which hath delivered thine
  enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of
  all.

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What do we know about this Priest

• Heb 71-3 For this Melchisedec, king of Salem,
  priest of the most high God, who met Abraham
  returning from the slaughter of the kings, and
  blessed him 2 To whom also Abraham gave a tenth
  part of all first being by interpretation King
  of righteousness, and after that also King of
  Salem, which is, King of peace 3 Without
  father, without mother, without descent, having
  neither beginning of days, nor end of life but
  made like unto the Son of God abideth a priest
  continually.

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• Heb 74-9 Now consider how great this man was,
  unto whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the
  tenth of the spoils. 5 And verily they that are
  of the sons of Levi, who receive the office of
  the priesthood, have a commandment to take tithes
  of the people according to the law, that is, of
  their brethren, though they come out of the loins
  of Abraham 6 But he whose descent is not
  counted from them received tithes of Abraham, and
  blessed him that had the promises. 7 And without
  all contradiction the less is blessed of the
  better. 8 And here men that die receive tithes
  but there he receiveth them, of whom it is
  witnessed that he liveth. 9 And as I may so say,
  Levi also, who receiveth tithes, payed tithes in
  Abraham.

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What do we know about this Priest?

• Not much was given for us to know
• Gen 1418, Psa 1104, Heb 71-9
• Obviously he was the King of Salem
• He was a priest of God without genealogy
• He was an exceptional servant of the most high
  among the Gentiles
• Living in a time where most people were not
  servants of God
• Like Jesus, no father, born to a virgin, and his
  priesthood not from Levi unlike all others except
  this one priest living in the days of Abraham.
• He refreshed Abraham after the battle as Christ
  refreshes us today in our spiritual battles

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Wickedness of Sodom Gomorrah

• Gen 1820-21 And the Lord said, Because the cry
  of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their
  sin is very grievous 21 I will go down now,
  and see whether they have done altogether
  according to the cry of it, which is come unto
  me and if not, I will know.
• Question Why was God so angry with them?
• Had they disobeyed his commands? Were they
  subject to his commands?

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• Gen 1913-17 For we will destroy this place,
  because the cry of them is waxen great before the
  face of the Lord and the Lord hath sent us to
  destroy it. 14 And Lot went out, and spake unto
  his sons in law, which married his daughters, and
  said, Up, get you out of this place for the Lord
  will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that
  mocked unto his sons in law. 15 And when the
  morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot,
  saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two
  daughters, which are here lest thou be consumed
  in the iniquity of the city. 16 And while he
  lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and
  upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of
  his two daughters the Lord being merciful unto
  him and they brought him forth, and set him
  without the city. 17 And it came to pass, when
  they had brought them forth abroad, that he said,
  Escape for thy life look not behind thee,
  neither stay thou in all the plain escape to the
  mountain, lest thou be consumed.

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• Gen 1924-25 Then the Lord rained upon Sodom
  and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the
  Lord out of heaven 25 And he overthrew those
  cities, and all the plain, and all the
  inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew
  upon the ground.
• Gen 1927-29 And Abraham gat up early in the
  morning to the place where he stood before the
  Lord 28 And he looked toward Sodom and
  Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain,
  and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country
  went up as the smoke of a furnace. 29 And it
  came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of
  the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent
  Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he
  overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt.

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God continued his covenant
with Issac

• Gen 261-5 And there was a famine in the land,
  beside the first famine that was in the days of
  Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of
  the Philistines unto Gerar. 2 And the Lord
  appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into
  Egypt dwell in the land which I shall tell thee
  of 3 Sojourn in this land, and I will be with
  thee, and will bless thee for unto thee, and
  unto thy seed, I will give all these countries,
  and I will perform the oath which I sware unto
  Abraham thy father 4 And I will make thy seed
  to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give
  unto thy seed all these countries and in thy
  seed shall all the nations of the earth be
  blessed 5 Because that Abraham obeyed my voice,
  and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes,
  and my laws.

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And With Jacob Issacs Son

• Gen 359-12 And God appeared unto Jacob again,
  when he came out of Padan-aram, and blessed him.
  10 And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob thy
  name shall not be called any more Jacob, but
  Israel shall be thy name and he called his name
  Israel. 11 And God said unto him, I am God
  Almighty be fruitful and multiply a nation and
  a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings
  shall come out of thy loins 12 And the land
  which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will
  give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give
  the land.

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Flight to Egypt for Survival

• Gen 421-3 Now when Jacob saw that there was
  corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do
  ye look one upon another? 2 And he said, Behold,
  I have heard that there is corn in Egypt get you
  down thither, and buy for us from thence that we
  may live, and not die. 3 And Joseph's ten
  brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt.

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Lo these 2500 years since Adam, Man had commands
of God to Obey

• Those that loved God, bowed before him obeyed,
  those that didnt paid a great price!