WEBVTT 00:00:00.160 --> 00:00:02.000 So, my name is Diana Nepstead. 00:00:02.080 --> 00:00:04.000 Thank you so much for being here with us. 00:00:04.160 --> 00:00:07.040 It's my privilege and honor to host you today. 00:00:07.280 --> 00:00:13.359 I know that you are not here by just accident, but I know it's by God's design. 00:00:13.599 --> 00:00:18.719 And the people that show up to church, they're hungry for what God has to say in this time. 00:00:19.039 --> 00:00:20.719 He has a lot to say. 00:00:20.960 --> 00:00:24.559 And if you have your Bibles, would you mind lifting them up? 00:00:25.039 --> 00:00:25.679 Yes. 00:00:27.120 --> 00:00:28.320 Powerful. 00:00:29.039 --> 00:00:29.359 Okay. 00:00:29.839 --> 00:00:35.600 Now, Pastor Sean gave you a challenge to bring and start bringing your Bibles to church. 00:00:35.679 --> 00:00:37.359 And this is the reason why. 00:00:37.600 --> 00:00:43.439 You never know in out of the blue if something were to happen, and all you have is the word. 00:00:43.840 --> 00:00:48.640 And so I want to encourage you: the word is power, it's life. 00:00:48.799 --> 00:00:52.399 It's like a like what the New Testament describes in the epistles. 00:00:52.640 --> 00:00:54.000 It is sharp like what? 00:00:54.159 --> 00:00:56.719 Like a two-edged sword. 00:00:57.119 --> 00:01:02.320 It cuts going in spiritually, but it heals coming out. 00:01:03.280 --> 00:01:07.200 Because it's he's the ultimate surgeon of our lives. 00:01:07.359 --> 00:01:08.959 He begins to remove things. 00:01:09.040 --> 00:01:16.719 And the only way that he can get us to get invested into the word of God is if we read the book of life. 00:01:16.959 --> 00:01:18.480 If we read this. 00:01:18.799 --> 00:01:32.959 And so many professors today, so many people with letters behind their names, they claim to know God's word, which is spirit-filled, but so many people that are spirit less are trying to teach it. 00:01:35.840 --> 00:01:38.959 That's a revelation for many of you. 00:01:39.439 --> 00:01:50.079 When you have spiritless people not filled with the Spirit of God, trying to discern and give you what the Bible, the Word of God, says. 00:01:50.400 --> 00:01:57.760 You have people that are not handling the Word of God in such a way that it gives life to people. 00:01:57.920 --> 00:02:05.120 And so I want to teach you how to work through the pages of what we say is the living word. 00:02:05.599 --> 00:02:08.960 And so let us stand, let's pray. 00:02:09.280 --> 00:02:11.520 Let's receive from God's word today. 00:02:11.680 --> 00:02:16.000 We honor the word of God by standing in the presence of God. 00:02:16.319 --> 00:02:18.560 This room is not just any room. 00:02:18.719 --> 00:02:20.879 This room became a holy place. 00:02:21.520 --> 00:02:23.439 It's sacred space. 00:02:23.759 --> 00:02:26.639 And this is where you encounter the living word. 00:02:27.599 --> 00:02:31.439 And this desk here is a sacred space as well. 00:02:31.520 --> 00:02:32.879 It's a sacred desk. 00:02:33.039 --> 00:02:37.840 And the person behind it is the preacher, proclaimer of God's word. 00:02:38.319 --> 00:02:43.360 And oftentimes you're hearing less word on platforms. 00:02:43.680 --> 00:02:47.360 But here at Fellowship Church, you will always hear the word of God. 00:02:48.560 --> 00:02:50.479 Because the word of God is truth. 00:02:50.560 --> 00:03:02.479 And after protesters and government officials, when they fade and go, the word of God remains steadfast through ages and ages and ages and ages. 00:03:03.280 --> 00:03:05.199 He will outlive us all. 00:03:11.759 --> 00:03:14.000 His word remains true. 00:03:14.800 --> 00:03:16.319 Lord Jesus. 00:03:17.919 --> 00:03:20.560 We humble ourselves before you. 00:03:21.599 --> 00:03:23.599 We give honor to you. 00:03:24.400 --> 00:03:31.120 We ascribe glory to your matchless name. 00:03:33.039 --> 00:03:37.120 We are humbling ourselves before you, before the throne of God. 00:03:37.360 --> 00:03:41.199 And Father, may the people in this room feel your presence. 00:03:43.039 --> 00:03:47.439 May they feel the holiness of who you are. 00:03:48.960 --> 00:03:51.199 In your precious Son's name we pray. 00:03:51.840 --> 00:03:52.400 Amen. 00:03:52.719 --> 00:03:54.240 You may be seated. 00:03:57.680 --> 00:04:01.680 Today we're going to dive into the character of Enoch. 00:04:02.000 --> 00:04:04.560 Turn to your other neighbor and say, Enoch. 00:04:05.439 --> 00:04:12.639 You think you've known all the patriarchs of the Torah, all the patriarchs of the Pentateuch. 00:04:13.120 --> 00:04:32.240 Well, let me tell you, we're going to discover more about what God, through the Jewish writers, the Jewish scribes, who kept such true and accurate information, detailed information about the fathers of the faith, the prophets of our time. 00:04:32.480 --> 00:04:37.279 And so we're going to look to Genesis chapter 4, verses 25 through 26. 00:04:37.600 --> 00:04:49.439 And this is the picture of Enoch, who gives us the first glimpse of what rapture looks like, or what rapture, the rapture, may feel like. 00:04:50.000 --> 00:04:52.000 And so we'll begin here. 00:04:52.240 --> 00:05:00.480 Adam had sexual relations with his wife again, and she gave birth to another son, and she named him Seth. 00:05:00.560 --> 00:05:07.519 For she said, God has granted me another son in place of Abel, whom Cain killed. 00:05:07.759 --> 00:05:14.000 When Seth grew up, he had a son and named him Enoch, not to be confused with Enoch, okay? 00:05:14.240 --> 00:05:18.720 At that time, people first began to worship the Lord by what? 00:05:18.959 --> 00:05:20.160 By name. 00:05:20.639 --> 00:05:28.240 And so these are the key observations that we begin to see as we dive into the character of Enoch. 00:05:28.480 --> 00:05:42.879 Okay, I know many of you are new to the Word of God, so I want to give you tools and a lens on how to navigate some of these big ideas, these big pictures, some of us very ancient. 00:05:43.040 --> 00:05:48.639 Remember, the Bible is a Middle Eastern perspective. 00:05:48.959 --> 00:05:57.600 And we can't put our American mindset on how God lived and breathed through the first humans. 00:05:57.839 --> 00:05:58.160 Okay? 00:05:59.279 --> 00:06:07.120 And everybody of Middle Eastern descent, I honor you because the first humans came through you. 00:06:07.759 --> 00:06:11.519 Oh yeah, I feel the the room shift. 00:06:13.040 --> 00:06:15.920 Thank you, Lord, for the word of God. 00:06:16.720 --> 00:06:17.920 Thank you, Lord. 00:06:18.160 --> 00:06:20.399 So here are key observations. 00:06:20.879 --> 00:06:25.199 Knowledge passed on through oral tradition, through the Jewish scribes. 00:06:25.279 --> 00:06:26.959 Yes, the Jewish people. 00:06:27.120 --> 00:06:31.600 They introduced the Godhead, the God figure, Yahweh. 00:06:32.800 --> 00:06:37.680 God is the giver and receiver of life through the mind of the first humans. 00:06:37.920 --> 00:06:45.600 You see, in the first humans, they already had a mindset that God gives life, but he also takes life. 00:06:46.079 --> 00:06:50.879 He's the only one that has the authority to do that. 00:06:51.360 --> 00:07:00.639 He's the giver of life, but he also removes, receives, and grants judgment as well. 00:07:00.959 --> 00:07:04.480 Understanding about God, Creator, and awareness of him. 00:07:04.720 --> 00:07:09.439 And you'll notice the pictures of closeness with God Himself. 00:07:09.680 --> 00:07:13.600 And they also worshipped him by name, his intimate name. 00:07:13.839 --> 00:07:17.600 His intimate name that he is known by is Yahweh. 00:07:18.399 --> 00:07:39.040 And the Jewish people understood how holy, how significant, how precious his name was that they removed the vowels and just described him as W H no, Y, um H W H. 00:07:39.439 --> 00:07:42.879 Yahweh, but without the vowels. 00:07:43.120 --> 00:07:44.639 It was so sacred. 00:07:45.199 --> 00:07:55.040 And the way they wrote it in the parchments, the scrolls, even the dead sea scrolls, testifies of his name. 00:07:55.279 --> 00:07:56.959 His name was holy. 00:07:58.639 --> 00:08:01.839 That they can't even utter his name. 00:08:07.519 --> 00:08:08.879 Oh, well, the one who is. 00:08:09.040 --> 00:08:10.560 Did you even have a beginning? 00:08:10.800 --> 00:08:11.360 Nope. 00:08:11.600 --> 00:08:12.800 Does he have an end? 00:08:13.040 --> 00:08:13.759 Nope. 00:08:14.000 --> 00:08:15.680 His name is Lord. 00:08:16.000 --> 00:08:17.680 And that is his personal name. 00:08:17.839 --> 00:08:20.480 Genesis chapter 5, verses 1 through 2. 00:08:20.560 --> 00:08:25.439 Go ahead and look through the scriptures because you're going to read a lot of the Bible. 00:08:26.240 --> 00:08:34.720 And the only way that you can understand the word of God is not through a TED talk, not through a YouTube clip, 15 seconds, and that's it. 00:08:34.960 --> 00:08:38.159 You need the word of God to penetrate your soul. 00:08:39.120 --> 00:08:43.600 And so you need to immerse yourself into the word of God. 00:08:43.840 --> 00:08:48.159 There's no such thing as cliffnotes for some of you that are in the 90s and the 80s. 00:08:48.240 --> 00:08:49.519 You know what I'm talking about. 00:08:49.759 --> 00:08:52.960 Yeah, there's no shortcuts to holiness. 00:08:54.720 --> 00:08:56.240 That's a word for someone. 00:08:57.120 --> 00:08:59.200 Okay, Genesis chapter 5. 00:08:59.440 --> 00:09:02.480 This is the written account of the descendants of Adam. 00:09:02.720 --> 00:09:08.000 When God created human beings, he made them to be like Himself. 00:09:12.720 --> 00:09:17.200 And He blessed them both and called them human. 00:09:17.840 --> 00:09:21.440 In other translations, human beings. 00:09:21.759 --> 00:09:25.519 In another translation, it will say human kind. 00:09:26.879 --> 00:09:32.720 So here are some key observations that creation is actually retold. 00:09:32.879 --> 00:09:36.960 So we're leaving from Adam and Eve, going into Cain and Abel. 00:09:37.120 --> 00:09:42.639 Now Eve gave birth to a son, Seth, and now they're going through the family line. 00:09:42.879 --> 00:09:49.360 So the Jewish people saw fit to record the genealogies of the first humans. 00:09:49.679 --> 00:09:50.639 This is important. 00:09:51.200 --> 00:09:55.440 And so they described humans made in what? 00:09:55.600 --> 00:09:56.720 In his image. 00:09:56.960 --> 00:09:59.039 So this was significant. 00:09:59.840 --> 00:10:09.200 So human beings were made in his image, male and female, the historicity of identity. 00:10:10.159 --> 00:10:13.919 What he made was not just male, male. 00:10:14.399 --> 00:10:17.519 What he made was not female, female. 00:10:17.840 --> 00:10:21.360 He made male and female. 00:10:22.960 --> 00:10:26.080 So the blessing is on mankind. 00:10:26.240 --> 00:10:27.919 On who, on who kind? 00:10:28.080 --> 00:10:28.879 What kind? 00:10:29.360 --> 00:10:31.519 Male and female. 00:10:32.000 --> 00:10:33.440 Talk to me, people. 00:10:33.919 --> 00:10:36.399 Male and female. 00:10:37.679 --> 00:10:44.720 They are seen as co-laborers, collaborators, partners, co-heirs. 00:10:44.879 --> 00:10:56.879 That means that they're seated side by side, receiving the same gifts, talents, unique abilities, and yet they're distinct. 00:10:58.399 --> 00:11:01.840 I love Pastor Sean, but I am not like him. 00:11:05.360 --> 00:11:09.600 We do the same role, but my perspective is different. 00:11:13.519 --> 00:11:22.799 And so when we see male and female, what he's blessing is who you are as a male, who you are as a female. 00:11:23.120 --> 00:11:26.320 The blessing is not on another. 00:11:28.799 --> 00:11:32.080 Genesis chapter 5, verses 21 through 32. 00:11:32.159 --> 00:11:34.399 I'm just preaching the Bible, friends. 00:11:34.799 --> 00:11:38.879 You know, you're gonna have to wrestle, not with me, with the word of God. 00:11:39.840 --> 00:11:44.879 So Genesis chapter 21, verses um uh 5, 21 through 32. 00:11:44.960 --> 00:11:51.440 It says this, when Enoch was 65 years old, he became the father of Methuselah. 00:11:51.759 --> 00:11:58.639 After the birth of Methuselah, Enoch lived in close fellowship with God for another what? 00:11:58.879 --> 00:12:00.159 300 years. 00:12:00.320 --> 00:12:01.919 It gets wild, people. 00:12:02.399 --> 00:12:05.600 You thought your grandma would live to about 105? 00:12:05.840 --> 00:12:08.159 Well, you haven't met Enoch, okay? 00:12:08.559 --> 00:12:11.279 And he had other sons and daughters. 00:12:11.519 --> 00:12:17.200 Enoch lived 365 years walking in close fellowship with God. 00:12:17.360 --> 00:12:22.480 Then one day he disappeared because God took him. 00:12:23.200 --> 00:12:29.279 When Methuselah was 187 years old, he became the father of Lamech. 00:12:29.440 --> 00:12:38.879 After the birth of Lamech, Methuselah lived another 782 years, and he had other sons and daughters. 00:12:39.120 --> 00:12:40.639 Whew, Lord. 00:12:40.879 --> 00:12:49.519 And so verse 27, Methuselah lived 969 years, and then he died. 00:12:49.919 --> 00:13:06.799 When Lamech was 182 years old, he became the father of a son, Lamech, named his son Noah, for he said, May he bring us relief from our work and the painful labor of farming this ground that the Lord has cursed. 00:13:07.039 --> 00:13:14.159 After the birth of Noah, Lamech lived another 595 years and he had other sons and daughters. 00:13:14.320 --> 00:13:18.480 Lamech lived 777 years and then he died. 00:13:18.639 --> 00:13:25.679 After Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth. 00:13:27.360 --> 00:13:30.320 And so here are some key learning points. 00:13:30.480 --> 00:13:32.720 Number one, I want you to learn. 00:13:33.039 --> 00:13:37.360 I'm exegeting passages of scripture, exegesis. 00:13:37.440 --> 00:13:44.240 What it means is I'm not taking a topic and then taking scripture to support what I think. 00:13:44.960 --> 00:13:54.799 What I'm doing is taking scripture, reading it, and taking the meaning out of the scripture and let the scripture come alive in your eyes. 00:13:54.960 --> 00:13:56.559 Can I hear a good amen? 00:13:57.440 --> 00:13:59.679 So, number one, you're gonna love this. 00:13:59.759 --> 00:14:02.960 You're gonna love and appreciate the word of God so much more. 00:14:03.120 --> 00:14:12.879 Number one is this rabbinic patterns of oral tradition show the value of genealogy and family line. 00:14:13.279 --> 00:14:19.840 You see, in Middle Eastern cultures, it began through the Jewish people, the first humans. 00:14:19.919 --> 00:14:29.360 This is this is uh was um uh Adam's first inclination, recording, everything was by oral tradition. 00:14:29.919 --> 00:14:32.799 It was passed on and very specific. 00:14:33.440 --> 00:14:44.399 So when I when I talk about my family tree, family line to my children, I pass on information about my mom, my biological father. 00:14:44.639 --> 00:14:48.159 I talk about even my husband and his family line. 00:14:48.320 --> 00:14:55.519 I talk about the migration of my mom coming over to the United States, getting citizenship, all of that. 00:14:55.759 --> 00:15:01.919 I talk about all of it with my children, and then they get to pass that on, and we call it the family tree. 00:15:02.080 --> 00:15:06.559 Well, here in the scriptures, it talks about genealogies as well. 00:15:06.720 --> 00:15:23.200 And the Jewish people were so precise that they recorded all of this through the writer of Moses, and then he began to scribe with his scribes all of the details from beginning to end of the first humans. 00:15:23.440 --> 00:15:27.279 So the whole chapter five is genealogy, very detailed. 00:15:27.440 --> 00:15:29.039 I encourage you to read it. 00:15:29.279 --> 00:15:31.600 The descendants of all the first humans. 00:15:31.759 --> 00:15:35.600 It was extremely detailed, very specific. 00:15:35.759 --> 00:15:39.200 They took note of who was highlighted in the scriptures. 00:15:39.440 --> 00:15:49.039 So all of a sudden, it'll say, so-and-so begat so-and-so, so-and-so gave birth to so-and-so, and then all of a sudden, they would highlight a name. 00:15:50.320 --> 00:15:55.039 And you would wonder, well, now why would they highlight that name? 00:15:55.200 --> 00:15:56.879 Well, we'll soon find out. 00:15:57.039 --> 00:16:00.879 And then the shift happens when we dive into Enoch. 00:16:01.120 --> 00:16:03.519 So, number two, we're gonna look at this. 00:16:03.759 --> 00:16:07.279 Enoch was in close fellowship with God. 00:16:07.919 --> 00:16:12.879 Genesis chapter 5, verses 21 through 22, and we'll begin here. 00:16:13.200 --> 00:16:17.440 When Enoch was 65 years old, he became the father of what? 00:16:17.759 --> 00:16:18.960 Methuselah. 00:16:19.200 --> 00:16:20.639 That's his name. 00:16:20.879 --> 00:16:30.000 After the birth of Methuselah, Enoch lived in close fellowship with God for another 300 years, and he had other sons and daughters. 00:16:30.159 --> 00:16:42.559 And so we're gonna find out in the next chapter uh when I dive into next week's message, why the Lord condensed the age, why he shortened the age of every human being. 00:16:42.720 --> 00:16:47.440 And so, right now you're seeing kind of like the growth of humankind in age. 00:16:47.519 --> 00:16:51.759 They were 900 years old, 700 years old, 600 years old. 00:16:51.919 --> 00:16:56.799 And here Enoch was just 65 years old and became the father of Methuselah. 00:16:56.960 --> 00:17:02.320 So I want you to hold this name and suspend it for a little bit in your mind. 00:17:03.519 --> 00:17:09.119 So, what we're seeing here in Enoch is this fellowship. 00:17:10.480 --> 00:17:12.640 You know what fellowship means? 00:17:13.440 --> 00:17:27.599 It means communion, friendship, unity, companionship, agreement, oneness, togetherness. 00:17:28.880 --> 00:17:32.720 It's that intimacy that is not sexual. 00:17:33.359 --> 00:17:38.559 It's the intimacy of being one with a friend. 00:17:39.759 --> 00:18:00.799 It's that closeness that you begin to walk with them, hear from them, in close proximity, and this was Enoch walking with God three hundred and sixty-five years in close proximity to the God of the universe. 00:18:01.920 --> 00:18:07.119 So this was happening after being banished from the Garden of Eden. 00:18:07.680 --> 00:18:17.039 He was the first mention of having a close relationship with God, to the Holy One, Yahweh, the one who is. 00:18:17.680 --> 00:18:26.240 He didn't devalue his other children, but there was something that he was passing on in the name of Methuselah. 00:18:26.880 --> 00:18:28.720 He was mentioned for a reason. 00:18:28.880 --> 00:18:31.440 Number three, and I want you to write this down. 00:18:32.079 --> 00:18:35.279 He was here and then no longer. 00:18:36.000 --> 00:18:38.799 He was here and then no more. 00:18:39.440 --> 00:18:41.759 That was the phrasing that was used. 00:18:41.920 --> 00:18:48.319 So Genesis chapter 5, verses 23 through 24, and it says here Enoch lived what? 00:18:48.640 --> 00:18:53.680 365 years walking in close fellowship with God. 00:18:53.839 --> 00:18:57.920 Then one day he disappeared because what? 00:19:00.160 --> 00:19:01.759 Unique phrasing. 00:19:02.160 --> 00:19:13.519 This was the first type of rapture, of being caught up, of being here on earth, and then all of a sudden, no longer. 00:19:22.240 --> 00:19:25.200 There was nothing that annihilated him. 00:19:25.440 --> 00:19:31.119 All of a sudden, he was living here, walking with God, and then God just took him into heaven. 00:19:31.680 --> 00:19:38.160 He lived 365 years in close proximity in a fallen world. 00:19:38.480 --> 00:19:42.000 He was in close covenant with Yahweh. 00:19:42.559 --> 00:19:49.440 Rabbinic teachers and writings over centuries all agree that Enoch never saw death. 00:19:49.759 --> 00:20:08.319 So the historicity, all the rabbinic teachers, all of the rabbis would teach the students and then pass it on, pass it on, pass it on and pass it on to their students because it was a held belief for centuries that Enoch did not see death. 00:20:08.559 --> 00:20:18.160 The writer of Hebrews mentions the same, establishing that Enoch never saw death, never saw a funeral, never saw decay. 00:20:18.720 --> 00:20:28.799 And let me give you this phrase, this word picture, that scripture always interprets scripture. 00:20:29.680 --> 00:20:41.279 Because in the Holy Bible, in the Christian Bible, our held belief is this is that scripture in other parts of the Bible always interprets other scripture. 00:20:41.519 --> 00:20:48.480 It helps illuminate, it helps explain, validate, establish what was mentioned. 00:20:48.640 --> 00:20:54.319 And so we're gonna look to this, Hebrews chapter 11, verses 5 through 6. 00:20:55.200 --> 00:21:05.519 And you see, when you are beginning to navigate the scriptures of the Holy Bible, you're gonna learn the rules of how to study the Bible. 00:21:05.839 --> 00:21:08.720 Scripture always interprets Scripture. 00:21:09.119 --> 00:21:16.240 And it says here, Hebrews chapter 11, it says, it was by faith that Enoch was taken up to heaven without dying. 00:21:16.400 --> 00:21:19.519 You see, the writer of Hebrews was one of the apostles. 00:21:20.079 --> 00:21:24.799 And he began to write this letter, establishing the hall of faith. 00:21:24.880 --> 00:21:30.880 So Hebrews 11 is all about the patriarchs and what they did for the glory of God. 00:21:31.039 --> 00:21:35.680 It was by faith that Enoch was taken up to heaven without dying. 00:21:36.000 --> 00:21:38.640 He disappeared because God took him. 00:21:38.799 --> 00:21:44.640 For before he was taken up, he was known as a person who pleased God. 00:21:46.000 --> 00:21:47.119 Let's continue. 00:21:47.359 --> 00:21:50.880 And it is impossible to please God without faith. 00:21:51.119 --> 00:21:59.119 Anyone who wants to come to him must believe that God exists and that he rewards those who what? 00:21:59.359 --> 00:22:01.920 Since Sincerely seek him. 00:22:02.559 --> 00:22:04.559 This was a picture of Enoch. 00:22:05.200 --> 00:22:11.200 He pleased God so much that God said, Man, I just want to take you up to heaven with me. 00:22:11.680 --> 00:22:16.079 One day it will be like that for all of us. 00:22:16.480 --> 00:22:24.400 One day, and this is the picture of what God is giving us of what that experience could be. 00:22:24.880 --> 00:22:26.640 Enoch pleased the Lord. 00:22:26.880 --> 00:22:28.880 He was in close proximity. 00:22:29.039 --> 00:22:34.400 Here, the first imagery, the tones of rapture, being caught up with the Lord. 00:22:34.559 --> 00:22:41.279 And that is the hope and the reward for every person who walks in close relationship with him. 00:22:42.079 --> 00:22:44.480 Number four, I want you to write this down. 00:22:44.559 --> 00:22:46.000 And this is the last point. 00:22:46.240 --> 00:22:50.240 I told you, I promised you it was gonna be short. 00:22:50.480 --> 00:22:57.680 Number four, his son Methuselah was a warning of the time to come. 00:22:58.400 --> 00:23:01.200 So it didn't just stop with Enoch. 00:23:01.759 --> 00:23:06.240 There was something significant of why Methuselah was mentioned. 00:23:06.400 --> 00:23:09.680 Genesis chapter 5, verses 25 through 32. 00:23:09.839 --> 00:23:16.480 It says this when Methuselah was 187 years old, he became the father of Lamech. 00:23:16.640 --> 00:23:18.160 So that's his son now. 00:23:18.240 --> 00:23:20.319 This is Enoch's grandson. 00:23:20.799 --> 00:23:29.599 After the birth of Lamech, Methuselah lived another 782 years, and he had other sons and other daughters. 00:23:29.839 --> 00:23:33.920 Methuselah lived 969 years, and then what? 00:23:34.160 --> 00:23:35.119 He died. 00:23:35.599 --> 00:23:40.799 When Lamech was 182 years old, he became the father of a son. 00:23:41.200 --> 00:23:44.079 Lamech named his son Noah. 00:23:44.240 --> 00:23:54.400 Now this is his great grandson, for he said, May he bring us relief from our work and the painful labor of farming this ground that the Lord has cursed. 00:23:54.640 --> 00:24:01.440 After the birth of Noah, Lamech lived another 595 years, and he had other sons and daughters. 00:24:01.680 --> 00:24:05.920 Lamech lived 777 years and then he died. 00:24:06.240 --> 00:24:12.799 After Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth. 00:24:13.599 --> 00:24:18.480 So here is the point to this whole genealogy. 00:24:19.119 --> 00:24:21.519 And let's look at the graph right now. 00:24:21.759 --> 00:24:26.000 This is the graph that you're seeing, and they're showing it on the sides as well. 00:24:26.240 --> 00:24:33.279 You see, this is Adam, this is Seth, Enoch, Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared, Enoch. 00:24:33.599 --> 00:24:36.000 We're talking about Enoch, and then he was taken. 00:24:36.240 --> 00:24:38.400 Methuselah outlived. 00:24:38.559 --> 00:24:40.880 He was the longest living person. 00:24:41.440 --> 00:24:44.559 And then after Lamech, this is his son. 00:24:44.799 --> 00:24:49.200 So this is Enoch's grandson, and then Noah. 00:24:50.160 --> 00:24:54.960 Notice how Methuselah and Noah intersected. 00:24:56.319 --> 00:25:04.240 So that means that Methuselah was old enough to pass on to even his own grandson. 00:25:05.440 --> 00:25:07.279 I want you to take note. 00:25:08.880 --> 00:25:13.519 Noah's prophetic name means, means this. 00:25:13.920 --> 00:25:19.039 He is the son of rest, comfort, and peace. 00:25:20.000 --> 00:25:25.039 You see, Methuselah was 187 when his son Lamech was born. 00:25:25.359 --> 00:25:32.559 Methuselah, it was now 369 years old when his grandson Noah was born. 00:25:33.119 --> 00:25:38.960 Noah was 500 years old when he began to build the ark. 00:25:39.839 --> 00:25:45.920 Methuselah was 969 years old when the flood came. 00:25:46.400 --> 00:25:49.839 Noah was 600 when the flood came. 00:25:50.480 --> 00:25:53.519 You know what Methuselah means, friends? 00:25:54.640 --> 00:25:58.480 When he is dead, it shall be sent. 00:26:00.720 --> 00:26:02.319 What shall be sent? 00:26:03.279 --> 00:26:04.400 Judgment. 00:26:06.400 --> 00:26:13.519 Judgment came through Noah, the son of rest, the son of peace, the son of comfort. 00:26:13.839 --> 00:26:19.359 He was going to bring comfort to a world when the whole world was underwater. 00:26:20.079 --> 00:26:27.440 Enoch's great grandson, Noah, was 600 years old when he entered the ark. 00:26:27.680 --> 00:26:36.559 Methuselah, as soon as they entered the ark, Methuselah died at 969 when the flood covered the earth. 00:26:36.880 --> 00:26:42.640 100 years Methuselah had close connection with his grandson. 00:26:43.039 --> 00:26:46.559 This is Enoch's great-grandson. 00:26:48.000 --> 00:26:49.839 So let me lay it out. 00:26:50.319 --> 00:26:57.119 Enoch was taken to God, but he had relationship with his son Methuselah. 00:26:58.079 --> 00:27:01.680 Methuselah's name was very distinct. 00:27:03.680 --> 00:27:11.200 When I die, it shall be sent, meaning judgment on a world. 00:27:11.680 --> 00:27:15.839 And we'll dive into why the world was under judgment. 00:27:17.039 --> 00:27:23.279 Methuselah was gifted with long life, meaning he had mercy. 00:27:24.400 --> 00:27:37.599 He gave mercy through long life to pass on, just like the Jewish people, pass on from oral tradition, all that he learned about his relationship with God. 00:27:38.480 --> 00:27:39.440 Take note. 00:27:41.279 --> 00:27:46.319 All that he learned about being with God, the prophetic nature of God. 00:27:48.799 --> 00:27:52.880 All that was rested, even the prophetic name of Methuselah. 00:27:55.039 --> 00:28:03.839 Lamech, his name was was not significant, but his son was significant. 00:28:04.400 --> 00:28:05.039 Noah. 00:28:05.440 --> 00:28:10.000 And that's why he named Noah the son of comfort. 00:28:11.279 --> 00:28:18.960 Noah was the messenger for Enoch's prophetic voice of what was coming on the earth. 00:28:19.359 --> 00:28:21.440 It was an act of mercy. 00:28:23.839 --> 00:28:32.240 God extended Methuselah's life because of his relationship with Enoch. 00:28:35.440 --> 00:28:45.200 When you walk in close relationship with God, all you can do is be effusive about what you've learned, what you're feeling, what you're sensing. 00:28:45.519 --> 00:28:47.920 He's guiding you, he's prompting you. 00:28:48.079 --> 00:28:55.759 And now your son or your children are now inheriting, they're seeing this transformation happen with you. 00:28:56.000 --> 00:29:05.039 And they, when they have the ability to outlive you, they pass on that very nature to the next generation. 00:29:08.319 --> 00:29:10.079 The point is this, friends. 00:29:10.319 --> 00:29:15.839 Enoch walked in close fellowship with God, talking with him, guided by him. 00:29:16.160 --> 00:29:23.599 Revelation was given to him while living in this very fallen world and not trying to avoid it. 00:29:24.640 --> 00:29:30.160 Enoch is the picture of a relationship with God, but also God's mercy. 00:29:31.680 --> 00:29:39.200 You know, um, not too long ago on this freeway, the highway for Bypass, there were signs of impending traffic. 00:29:39.359 --> 00:29:41.440 There was even a bottleneck there. 00:29:42.079 --> 00:29:47.599 And I could see the signs by the brake lights of the cars ahead of me. 00:29:48.960 --> 00:29:59.359 And if I chose to ignore those signs, I would have been stuck with the flow of traffic, being stuck in traffic with all of the other vehicles. 00:29:59.680 --> 00:30:07.920 But the Lord just prompted me, why don't you go to that little overpass that heads into Oakley and you could cut through? 00:30:08.079 --> 00:30:12.000 And because I I've lived here all my life, I know all the shortcuts. 00:30:12.160 --> 00:30:19.759 So I go over this overpass, but I notice all these vehicles parked looking over, watching this thing unfold. 00:30:19.920 --> 00:30:28.400 And so I avoided all of this bottlenecking, all of the traffic, all of the standstill to get to my home. 00:30:29.759 --> 00:30:38.960 But when you're not aware of the signs, you can get caught up to you see. 00:30:39.119 --> 00:30:55.039 Enoch is a sign, Methuselah was another sign, and this is God's way of talking to the community because in the Gospels it talks about the last days will be like the days of Noah. 00:30:57.440 --> 00:31:08.960 And so I want you to travel with me to see the signs of what's happening so you can interpret what's happening in our world today and not get caught up. 00:31:09.599 --> 00:31:11.200 Can I hear a good amen?