THE SCHEME OF REDEMPTION LESSON # 2 THE PATRIARCHS

THE PATRIARCHAL AGE Eternity CreationAdamNoah Flood 1650 years

SIGNIFICANT EVENTS IN THE SCHEME OF REDEMPTION Creation Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Genesis 2:1-2 And the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. 2 And on the seventh day God finished his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.

SIGNIFICANT EVENTS IN THE SCHEME OF REDEMPTION Creation Of Mankind Genesis 1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

SIGNIFICANT EVENTS IN THE SCHEME OF REDEMPTION 1.Man can build on knowledge. 2.Man can reason. 3.Man has free will. 4.Man has an immortal soul. 5.Man has a religious inclination. 6.Man can experience emotions. 7.Man possesses a conscience. 8.Man can choose right or wrong.

SIGNIFICANT EVENTS IN THE SCHEME OF REDEMPTION Mankind receives commands from Maker. Genesis 2:15 And Jehovah God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. Genesis 2:17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

SIGNIFICANT EVENTS IN THE SCHEME OF REDEMPTION Failed in these requirements. Genesis 3:11 And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat? Notice that this was the only command broken, it was broken only once & the time of obedient service did not keep them from the consequences.

SIGNIFICANT EVENTS IN THE SCHEME OF REDEMPTION Romans 7:9 And I was alive apart from the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died;…

SIGNIFICANT EVENTS IN THE SCHEME OF REDEMPTION Consequences of Sin 1.Sorrow in conception 2.Desire would be to her husband, rule over her. 3.Ground would bring forth thorns and thistles. 4.Man would work by the sweat of his face. 5.Death – Physical & Spiritual. 6.Driven from garden and tree of life.

SIGNIFICANT EVENTS IN THE SCHEME OF REDEMPTION Beginning Of A Temporary Arrangement For Sin Genesis 3:21 And Jehovah God made for Adam and for his wife coats of skins, and clothed them.

SIGNIFICANT EVENTS IN THE SCHEME OF REDEMPTION Here we find God’s plan from eternity first begin to roll out! The consummate plan. Genesis 3:15 and I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed: he shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. Genesis 3:15 I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.”

Gen 3:15 and I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel." Serpent Your Seed Bruise Your Head You ENMITYENMITY Woman Her Seed He Bruise His Heal

SIGNIFICANT EVENTS IN THE SCHEME OF REDEMPTION Adam to Noah – 10 Patriarchs 1.Adam 2.Seth 3.Enos 4.Cainan 5.Mahalaleel 6.Jared 7.Enoch 8.Methuselah 9.Lamech 10.Noah

SIGNIFICANT EVENTS IN THE SCHEME OF REDEMPTION Noah & The Flood Genesis 6:7-8 And Jehovah said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the ground; both man, and beast, and creeping things, and birds of the heavens; for it repenteth me that I have made them. 8 But Noah found favor in the eyes of Jehovah.

SIGNIFICANT EVENTS IN THE SCHEME OF REDEMPTION Genesis 8:1 And God remembered Noah, and all the beasts, and all the cattle that were with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters assuaged;…

SIGNIFICANT EVENTS IN THE SCHEME OF REDEMPTION Temporary Means Of Taking Away Sins Genesis 8:20 And Noah builded an altar unto Jehovah, and took of every clean beast, and of every clean bird, and offered burnt-offerings on the altar. Genesis 8:21 And Jehovah smelled the sweet savor; and Jehovah said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake, for that the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more everything living, as I have done.

SIGNIFICANT EVENTS IN THE SCHEME OF REDEMPTION Abraham (The Divine Promises) Genesis 12:1-3 Now Jehovah said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto the land that I will show thee: 2 and I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make they name great; and be thou a blessing; 3 and I will bless them that bless thee, and him that curseth thee will I curse: and in thee shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

SIGNIFICANT EVENTS IN THE SCHEME OF REDEMPTION 1.Land 2.Nation 3.All nations of the earth blessed!

SIGNIFICANT EVENTS IN THE SCHEME OF REDEMPTION Which promises would be fulfilled in Abraham’s time?

SIGNIFICANT EVENTS IN THE SCHEME OF REDEMPTION 1.Nation Promise Exodus 19:4-6 Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles’ wings, and brought you unto myself. 5 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be mine own possession from among all peoples: for all the earth is mine: 6 and ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.

SIGNIFICANT EVENTS IN THE SCHEME OF REDEMPTION 1.Land Promise Joshua 21:43-45 So Jehovah gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.

SIGNIFICANT EVENTS IN THE SCHEME OF REDEMPTION 1.Seed Promise Galatians 3:8 And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand unto Abraham, saying, in thee shall all the nations be blessed. Galatians 3:16 Now to Abraham were the promises spoken, and to his seed. He saith not, and to seeds, as of many; but as of one, and to thy seed, which is Christ.

SIGNIFICANT EVENTS IN THE SCHEME OF REDEMPTION Abraham Nation 430 yrs. Land 470 yrs. Seed 1900 yrs

SIGNIFICANT EVENTS IN THE SCHEME OF REDEMPTION This may seem elementary, but the rest of the OT is the story of tracing and the protection of the seed that would produce Christ!

THE AGE OF THE PATRIARCHS E X O D U S Abraham Isaac Jacob Egyptian Bondage Moses The Written Law

SIGNIFICANT EVENTS IN THE SCHEME OF REDEMPTION- ISAAC Genesis 26:2-5 And Jehovah 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 lands, and I will establish the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father. 4 And I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these lands. 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.

SIGNIFICANT EVENTS IN THE SCHEME OF REDEMPTION- JACOB Genesis 35:11-12 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 unto Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land.

SIGNIFICANT EVENTS IN THE SCHEME OF REDEMPTION-JOSEPH 1 st two promises begin to be fulfilled. Joseph sold into Egypt. Interprets Pharaoh’s dream. Becomes 2 nd in charge. Family moves to Egypt. Given space to become a nation. Hebrews become slaves. Sets stage for Moses and deliverance.

SIGNIFICANT EVENTS IN THE SCHEME OF REDEMPTION Is the word Patriarch used in the Bible? From the beginning, name the most important events in this age (esp. in view of the scheme of redemption)? Creation, Fall of Man, Noah (flood), Promises to Abraham, & Joseph sold into Egypt. Who wrote these words for history?