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LESSONS FROM A SENIOR CITIZEN
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NIV Beginnings: A Study of Genesis 1-11 Genesis 5:1-2 This is the written account of Adam’s family line. When God created mankind, he made them in the likeness of God. 2 He created them male and female and blessed them. And he named them “Mankind” when they were created.
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NIV Beginnings: A Study of Genesis 1-11 Genesis 5:22-24 Enoch walked faithfully with God 300 years and had other sons and daughters. 23 Altogether, Enoch lived a total of 365 years. 24 Enoch walked faithfully with God; then he was no more, because God took him away.
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NIV Beginnings: A Study of Genesis 1-11 Genesis 5:27 27 Altogether, Methuselah lived a total of 969 years, and then he died.
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OBSERVATIONS FROM THE TEXT
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Restatement of Creation
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Reveals this as an historical document
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Covers 1656-2256 years between Fall and Flood – Ten Generations
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QUESTIONS FROM THE TEXT
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Are we all Adam?
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WE KNOW THAT: That God created man That there was a day in which God created man That God made him in his own likeness That God created them male and female, That God blessed them
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How or why do they Live so long?
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THEORY ONE Perfection Adam was the first human created and must have been nearly perfect.
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THEORY TWO Canopy Before the flood there was a canopy of water vapor encompassing the whole world.
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THEORY THREE Sin God shortened the lifespan of man because of man's great wickedness.
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Are these a complete list of those generations
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What does “Enoch walked with God” mean and what significance does it have?
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LESSONS FROM A SENIOR CITIZEN
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You are more than who you are related to.
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You serve as a link between generations.
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You Can Teach your Family the Honesty about Mortality.
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You have little or no control over walk of our children and their children
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You can stand for Godliness
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CHALLENGE Live Godly Lives Do not retire from the influencing the next generation Teach us how to transition to heaven with Grace and dignity.
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