Trees, Books, and Fountains # 2
(The Book of
the Genealogy of the Sons of Adam)
Bro. Lee Vayle
July 1, 1989
Shall
we pray... Heavenly Father, we are grateful that we are in Your Presence
tonight through the shed Blood making a way for us, scattering sin till there
be no evidence whatsoever. The grace of
God calling us completely justified as though we'd never done it, and the
Prophet said we didn’t. And we
appreciate that, Lord. We thank You that
this is not addressed to the outer man which dabbled in sin, but to the inner
man which came from You, O God, -- names written in the Lamb’s Book of Life
from before the foundation of the world.
We pray
now, Lord, as we study Your Word that it shall do good to us, for us, Lord --
shall do something for us in the inner man, coming through in the outer man,
Lord, that which is ...[within]?... to shine forth through mortal flesh.
Help
us, Lord, to glorify You in this day of Your greater glorification where the
greater works have been manifested, and Your Presence made known to us. We commit ourselves to You in Jesus’ Name, we
pray. Amen. You may be seated.
Now, we
want to talk a little bit about what we mentioned, having finished with ‘trees’
a week ago last Sunday. And we’re going
to talk about ‘books’ which, as we said, are not really symbolic, whereas trees
and fountains are, but it’s really the real thing. He’s speaking of books which, of course, in
the Old and New Testament would be called scrolls.
Now,
just to get a reading, we’re going to go to Rev 20:11-15.
(11) And I saw
a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the
heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
(12) And I saw
the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened; and
another book was opened, which is the book of life; and the dead were judged
out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
(13) And the
sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead
which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.
(14) And death
and hell were cast into the lake of fire.
This is the second death.
(15) And
whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of
fire.
And
then over in Revelation 5, we read here the first few verses:
(1) And I saw
in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on
the backside sealed with seven seals.
(2) And I saw
a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book,
and to loose the seals thereof?
(3) And no
man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the
book, neither to look thereon.
(4) And I
wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book,
neither to look thereon.
(5) And one
of the elders (said unto) me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda,
the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven
seals thereof.
(6) And I
beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the
midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and
seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.
(7) And he
came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne.
And then, of course, in Rev 10:1-2.
(1) And I saw
another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow
was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars
of fire:
(2) And he
had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, and
his left foot (upon) the earth.
Now,
the actual purpose in reading these two sets of Scripture is simply to
establish the fact that there are several books that are mentioned in these
particular Scriptures, but there are only two places where they are positioned
-- many books, but only two places where they’re found, and that is: Heaven or
Earth. And strangely, and yet not so
strangely, there are more books on earth than in Heaven. And ultimately, even those books which are
seen in Heaven, actually come down to Earth.
Thus, we see here -- in absolute continuity with the Word -- thus, we
see here, in dealing with just books (because that’s all they are), there is
always a heavenly origin with it and everything else, with the ultimate
destination of being the Earth. The
heavenly origin finds itself ultimately down here on Earth. Even as we have seen with everything,
especially the ultimate plan of Almighty God ends with the glorified saints,
the Lamb, God Himself right down here upon Earth. So, you see, it’s not strange that what we
see in Heaven, actually in books, is here on Earth.
All
right, now. We also saw in Rev 5:1 and
Rev 10:2 how a sealed book, once in Heaven, was brought down to Earth from the
very Throne of God and is responsible, literally, for us to have the ability to
be caught up to that very Throne of God.
If the Book didn’t come down, there would be no way we could go up and
be a part of it, because we have to be in that Book to be a part; we’ll see
that. Actually, that Book is here, and
it is opened at this present time -- being the Book of Redemption (which we
don’t have time to touch tonight).
Now,
before we get into a detailed study of books (which may take several Messages),
I want us to get acquainted with some of the books that are mentioned in the
Bible, because they are presented by God to us (they’re made known to us), and
what their purposes are is very unique.
And you’ll be surprised at the number of books there are, and I won’t
even cover them all:
1. Of
course, there’s the Lamb’s Book of Life and the Book of Life, which actually
Bro. Branham taught us is ‘one’.
2. There is a Book recording the deeds of
all men.
3. There is a special Book of Records of
the Faithful.
4. There is a Book of Curses
5. There is a Book of Law
6. There is a Book of Remembrance
7. There is a Book of Confessions
8. There’s the Book of the Lord
9. There’s a Book of the King
10. There is a Book of Dividing the Land and
Titles
11. There’s a Book of Commissioned Judgment
Prophets
12. There’s a Book That Proceedeth out of God
(as God was seen by vision)
13. There is a Sealed Book (which is later
opened, only to be shut and reopened)
14. The Book of Foreknowledge, Election,
Predestination
15. The Seven Seal Book (which is a Book of
Redemption)
16) The Book of Covenants... (and on and on, any
number of books.)
Now, I’ve mentioned sixteen various ones. And, of course, there’s more mentioned in the
Word of God. And I might as well be
honest with you, I would consider that most of these books, by casual reading
(casual looking at Scripture) are, literally, sort of combined together. So that it’s not so many ‘books’ as it is
(more or less, you might say) ‘various doctrines and subjects’ that God has for
us.
So, I
have no idea how many books there really are, [to] be honest with you. And I do not know too much about them; that’s
very true. And I’ve never read where
anybody else knew too much about them.
But I think, by study, we can find quite a bit of information concerning
those books, which are very very real and very very definite. In other words, something is written which
cannot be changed. It’s more than the
Law of the Medes and Persians which cannot alter; it is, literally, God putting
Himself in the form of a contract -- an actual oath, a document that He Himself
signed by His Own Blood, liberating us by His Own Life. So they are very very important.
Now,
however, as much as we do not know too much about them, they are very
interesting (from what I’ve discovered), and some are very timely, because they
relate to this very hour, though their setting is back many many years, if not
thousands. Now, over the years it seems
that the only books we ever read about, or heard about by students of the
Scripture, were those books in Daniel and Revelation 5 where all the Bible
students and teachers (rather, so-called) were as dry as sawdust and as dead as
door nails as they tried to delineate upon Daniel and Revelation. And even amongst the best of them --and I’ve
heard, I guess, so-so and read so-so -- put you right to sleep. Just as dead as dead could be with no life
whatever, because the Life necessary for those books was not available at that
time. (See?)
Now, remember, it’s just like building the body of a
baby: Everything was there in the life, which is the soul which took the
elements to build a body, but each part was according to what was in the genes
-- the life released in the material to bring forth what was requisite. That’s exactly what we see today: God
building a body, a beautiful temple. And
there wasn’t any life at this time that could be released to build what is up
here, roughly around the neck structure, that Bro. Branham called the phlange on the pyramid, which, of
course, the Capstone was missing.
Now, of
course, some made a few erroneous comments about the Book of Life and the
Lamb’s Book of Life. And of course, like
all good Baptists -- and, I think, all good Presbyterians, and all good
Pentecostals (... all good for what?) -- all believe the same thing: That the
Lamb’s Book of Life and the Book of Life were two different books. And Bro. Branham said they’re not, and he
explained it to us. And we might go into
that a little bit.
Now,
today, as I see, I believe we can do better than what we would have done years
ago because we have been told the Truth by the Prophet of God, who is
vindicated. And what I propose to do is
simply start at the beginning of the Bible.
That’s about the best place I know to start (the beginning). And if we have good fortune, [the] leading of
the Lord, which ever way, we will take it chronologically as to the way the
Bible is laid out -- Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus... to Malachi, and then Matthew
to Revelation -- though [to] be honest with you, from what I’ve looked at
already, I don’t think we can really do
that. But we’ll do our best.
So,
tonight, I want to start in the Book of Genesis where I see that the title of
the first book … It’s the “Book of the Genealogy of the Sons of Adam”, (the
Book of the Genealogy of the Sons of Adam).
And this should be quite interesting to us, as the Lord helps us to look
at it. So, we’ll look at it and we’ll read
about eight verses.
[Genesis 5]
(1) This is
the book of the (genealogy) of Adam ... (There is a book, and it starts ...
it’s amazing that we’ve got this in our hands printed right before us. We see the beginning of a book of humanity,
right here.) ... In the day that God created (him), in the likeness of God made
he him;
(2) Male and
female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the
days when they were created.
(3) And Adam
lived an hundred and thirty years and begat a son in his own likeness, after
his image; and called his name Seth.
(4) And the
days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat
sons and daughters.
(5) And all
the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.
(6) And Seth
lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos:
(7) And Seth
lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and
daughters:
And you know that right what you’re looking at is the
direct descendent, the direct descendent, and it’s the first-born (which this
is not a record of first-born). Direct
descendents are named here. So we’re
looking at that very carefully, and we go to [Gen 5:] 31-32 of the same
chapter:
(31) And all
the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died.
(32) And Noah
was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, (and) Ham and Japheth.
All
right, let’s continue about this Adamic race... this genealogy. [Genesis 6]:
(1) And it
came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and
daughters were born unto them,
(2) That the
sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair, and they took them
wives of all which they chose. (All
right, you’re looking at two groups of people, now, aren’t you?)
(3) ... the
LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is
flesh:
He
said, “Hey! This fellow’s got a part of him that isn’t working too good for
him.” He’s also flesh, as well as what?
Spirit --it’s got spirit there. And
spirit ... we do not mean a spirit, period; we mean ‘spiritual’ part. (Let’s
see, where are we going from here... Well, we’ll just keep reading a little
bit.)
[Genesis 6]
(4) There
were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of
God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, (and)
the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.
Now,
right here, the fundamentalist believes that these were spirit-beings or angels
that pressed themselves into human form and begat sons and daughters --
Hogwash! The Bible cannot be interpreted
by idiots, or smart people either. It’s
got to be brought to light by a vindicated prophet, or we simply don’t believe
it. These were great men, because the
Beast in the Garden of Eden was a giant, and his genes came right on down. They were great big men. And if you study anything about anthropology
or anything about the physical structure of men, [or] go to doctors, they’ll
tell you that these great big guys aren’t what they’re cracked up to be. Man
wasn’t meant to be giants; they’re much, much smaller. So, we understand that from physiology, and
so on.
(5) And God
saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every
imagination (... the reasonings; the reasonings) of the thoughts of his heart
(and that is from his entire mental-spiritual function) was ... evil (and then,
of course, they came out through the body) ...
(6) ... it
repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him in 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.
(9) These are
the generations of Noah: ...
Now, we
start with Adam, and we get ... not that we leave Adam, but we begin talking
about somebody else, now, in the lineage. [Genesis 6]
(8) Noah
found grace in the eyes of the LORD.
(9) These are
the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and (genetically perfect in his
generation -- that’s what it is in the Hebrew --[the] only complete man. So all
the rest were incomplete; they must have had an infusion. Something happened), and Noah walked with
God. (That’s right. He’s the only one that could walk with God.)
(10) And Noah
begat three sons, Shem, Ham and Japheth. (And they weren’t perfect.)
(11) The earth
(also) was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
You
notice right there, when the earth went to seed, went corrupt -- full of
pesticides and heaven-knows-what -- the people became violent. Now, if you think you’re going to stop
violence by putting more drug pushers out of existence, ... unh, unh. If everybody suddenly stopped taking drugs,
they would sniff enough lead, or something in the atmosphere, that is perfectly
legal, because the rich man says, “I’m going to dump everything on you poor
suckers, because I want money” ... and you’d be violent. So, you can commit suicide now and get it
over with, or begin a new phase of trusting God, because we’re going to have
to. Noah and his children had to escape
by one route -- upward. Because, as sure
as you are alive, even though they were children of God and marked, they would
have gone down in the ooze and slime if God hadn’t snatched them out. It’s true!
All
right, [Gen 6:] 17-18.
(17) And,
behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all
flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven: and every thing that
is in the earth shall die.
(18) But with
thee will I establish my covenant: and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and
thy sons and thy wife, and thy sons’ wives with thee. (... and etc., etc. ...)
Now,
before we discuss this, we’re going to go to Luke 3... (because we’re going to
blow ourselves out, as usual; we’re going to take more time than I want). This is so interesting! I don’t care what it is; I get so interested
in these things here, that I figure preaching three and a half hours isn’t too
long, as long as we can both hold out ... except the tape’s going to run
out.
All right, in
Lk 3:23-25 it says:
(23) And Jesus
himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son
of Joseph, which was the son of Heli,
(24) Which was
the son of Matthat, which was the son of Levi, which was the son of Melchi,
which was the son of Janna, which was the son of Joseph...
Now,
let’s jump right on down to where it ends.
And we go to [Lk 3:] 33.
(33) Which was
the son of Aminadab, ... the son of
(34) Which was
the son of Jacob, which was the son of Isaac, ... the son of Abraham ... the
son of Thara ... the son of Nachor
(35) ... the
son of Saruch ... the son of Ragau .. the son of Phalec ... the son of Heber
... the son of Sala,
(36) Which was
the son of Cainan ... the son of Arphaxad ... the son of Sem ...(and) the son
of Noe ... the son of Lamech,
(37) ... the
son of Mathusala ... the son of Enoch ... the son of Jared ... the son of
Maleleel, which was the son of Cainan,
(38) Which was
the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of Adam, which
was the son of God.
All
right. The emphasis is in verse 38 …
“which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God.” And we go back to Gen 5:1-2, and listen:
(1) This is
the book of the generations of Adam. In
the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;
(2) Male and
female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the
day (that) they were created.
All
right. Now, here is a genealogy, or a
genealogical record. It is the book of
Adam and his descendents on earth. And
we can actually trace it ( and we will) before it was even on earth). It is the record of Adamic life, because the
Bible tells us Adam was made in the likeness of God -- absolutely created. He’s a son of God, and he begat all these
children. Now, it is the record, then,
of Adamic life, with that life of Adam running its course through successive
generations until the seed runs out. And
there’s a cessation of bodies, then, that would be necessary for those sons. But they reappear immortal in the New Earth
and in a new and incorruptible human form.
Now, what you see here, then, is the Book of the Genealogy, the record
of Adam and his life. He being a son of
God, therefore then, he would propagate according to his own image which is in
the image of God regardless of what men may try to say.
Now, please be very careful, here, for we are going to
take Lk 3:38, “…Adam, which was the son
of God”, and we have to go back , as I’ve already shown you, in Gen 5:1-2. Let’s read it again:
(1) This is
the book of the generations of Adam. In
the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;
(2) Male and
female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the
day (that) they were created.
Now, that’s Gen 1:26-29.
(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, ... over the fowl of the air, ... over the
cattle, ... over all the earth, ... over every creeping thing that creepeth
upon the earth.
(27) So God
created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and
female created he them.
(28) And God
blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish
the earth, and subdue it: ... have dominion over the fish of the sea, ... over
the fowl of the air, ... over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
(29) And (the
Lord) God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon
the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree
yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
Now, this is not Gen 2:7.
(7) And the
LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils
the breath of life, and man became a living soul.
Gen 1:27 (26-29) is not Gen 2:7. And neither is Gen 2:7, Gen 5:1-2. Now let’s read [verses] 20-25. (We read [verse] 7)... so we go over here to
[Gen 2:] 20-25.
(20) And Adam
gave names to all (the) cattle, ... the fowl of the air, and ... every beast of
the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.
(21) And the
LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: ... he took one
of his ribs (out), ... closed up the flesh instead thereof;
(22) And the
rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, ... brought her
unto the man.
(23) And Adam
said, This is now bone of my bones, ... flesh of my flesh: (she’ll) be called
Woman, because she was taken out of
(24) Therefore
shall a man leave his father and his mother, ... cleave unto his wife: ...
(they’ll) be one flesh ( ... and so on).
Now,
here we see something: The command that God gave to multiply and pass on life
was not given to Adam (and consequently Eve) in any form but their spirit-form
which they were in, of a single spirit person.
Now, that’s exactly what it says right here in Genesis 5, which is the
genealogy of the true sons of Adam. It’s
not what people think it is. Now,
according to
Genesis 5, this Adam -- this is Adam, right here, the
son of God, the only begotten of the Father according to that particular period
(that particular time) -- and to him is given a commission, and that
commission ... we go back to [Gen] l: (again)26-31. And we read it already:
(26) ... Let
us make man in our image...
(27) So God
(creates) man in His image, in the image of God (creates) he him; male and
female created he them.
(28) And God
blessed them and ... said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, ... replenish
the earth, and subdue it: ... have dominion over the fish of the sea ...
In
other words, to subdue is ‘keep it in order’.
We’re looking at the same word ‘subdue’ (as far as I’m concerned) is
where God brings everything into subjection.
And He’s subduing things now.
It’s bringing it under a Divine order and keeping it in that Divine
order. So what would there be for Adam
to come to an earth that’s perfectly at unity and at ease with him and God and
everything else, and having to subdue it?
To subdue it... the subjection could only be in his understanding and
his knowledge of it so that he could work the better with it. And it wouldn’t be so much a matter of
putting anything in subjection as ‘under him’; it would, rather, him be
learning to be in a unity. That’s where we’re
looking at here. And so He said, “I’ve
given you every tree that has the seed and the fruit of it and the herb of the
field”, and so on. Now, this is exactly
what his commission was and what his destination was to be upon earth.
Now, let’s go back and just see that quickly in Isaiah
65, and we’re just going to read a little bit of it, [verses] 22 to 25.
(22) They
shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat:
for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect shall long
enjoy the work of their hands.
(23) They
shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they are the seed of
the blessed of the Lord, and their offspring with them --the Adamic
genealogy. Now, see what he said back
there.)
(24) ...(it’ll)
come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet
speaking, I will hear.
(25) The wolf
and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the
bullock: and (the) dust shall be the serpent’s meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my
holy mountain, saith the LORD.
Now,
that was exactly what God said was to happen to Adam (and Eve, being in him) at
the time of the creation of Gen 1:26-28 -- they were in that particular spirit
form. That’s how they were to have it. Now, the sonship has nothing to do with the
flesh. Adam’s sonship has nothing to do
with his flesh -- not at all. Now,
you’ve got to watch that and get away from any other thinking. Because if you don’t, you can’t go back to
the Lamb’s Book of Life from the foundation of the world and understand what we
taught when we saw Who is This Melchisedec?, and the placing of a
pre-existence which defies remembrance because of the bypassing of a theophanic
form. So, here was a form that was not
theophanic. And they were not yet in a
form which was commensurate, to a degree, (yes, I’ll say) -- ‘commensurate with the earth’, but not
further than that.
Thus, this sonship we’re speaking of has
nothing to do with his flesh, because Genesis 5 proves it, taking us back, not
to Gen 2:7 (plus) but, to Gen 1:26 and plus.
This sonship of which we speak is not sons after the flesh or the man
God formed from earth, but the very spirit-form son of God. And Eve was in Adam in this part and time of
the original creation. This explains how
that they can take her side of the family and trace it right back to Adam,
because, you’re not looking at the flesh; you’re looking to see what is back of
it. This also explains why the original
‘illegitimate’ child was not people conceiving wrongly out of wedlock, but it
was a man of the tribes of Israel taking a woman outside of the tribes of
Israel. (See?) That explains what it is. He wouldn’t be a matter as far as the flesh
is concerned; it’s a matter of the genealogy.
Now, to
understand this even more thoroughly, let’s go to the Book of John so we know
what we’re talking about because that’s exactly where we must keep ourselves in
Scripture.
Now, John 1: (the Gospel).
(11) He came
unto his own, and his own received him not.
(That’s his own because they were
His own by right of creation ... and so on. )
(12) But as
many as received him, to them gave he (the authority) to (be) the sons of God
(... in other words, the understanding and placing) even to them (which)
believe on his name (... now watch: They
believe on Him. If they’re not in
the beginning they won’t believe.)
(13) Which
were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man,
but of God. (In other words, we have a
resolute purpose here. And we find that
God is literally engaged in a production.
And the production cannot vary because God cannot change and the first
production was a spirit-form son and that cannot be changed regardless of how a
body is provided.)
Let’s
go over here now to 1 Corinthians 15, and we notice something else. It says in verse 22,
(22) For as in
Adam all die, even so in Christ (all shall be) made alive. (“For as in Adam all
have been separated, even so in Christ all shall be reunited.” See?)
How can
you make an eternal soul die. Bro. Branham explained what the theologians said,
that “death is separation”, which that’s exactly what it is. This corroborates what we’ve already read in
Isaiah 65. So we go back and read it
again, (... won’t take very long) the New Jerusalem, etc. [Isa 65:] 22-25:
(22) They
shall not build, and another inhabit ... (and so on. But notice what it says in [verse] 23... )
(23) They
shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they are the seed of
the blessed of the LORD, and their offspring (is) with them.
There
you are. You see, what God had said in
the beginning, He said it to the spirit-man because that man couldn’t fail to
do what he was commanded. It was that
flesh that was the failure. Exactly as
Paul said, “In the flesh there dwelleth no good thing.” It was the flesh that sinned. Now, we watch again Gen 5:1-3. Let’s go back and take a look at Gen 5:1-3,
(which we read so many times already):
(1) (In)...
the book of the generations of Adam.
(Now, he starts right there and it goes plumb all the way down without a
hitch to the Lord Jesus Christ. Now,
this is a book written on Earth, but it’s going to be positively one that
dove-tails with whatever is written in Heaven.)
In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him.
(2) Male and
female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the
day ... they were created.
And he commanded them to be fruitful and
multiply and replenish the earth -- in other words: populate the Earth, and see
the Earth is well taken care of, and have a governorship and a sympathetic,
empathetic relationship with Nature, and right down the line. So that really, it is God moving upon the
face of the Earth and all that’s in the Earth by His Spirit in these people.
Now,
notice here that Gen 5:1-3 has no mention of Cain as being begotten of Adam,
and therefore he cannot be of
Adam. And as it says in 1 Jn 3:12, “Cain
was of that wicked one”. Now, all the
scholars want to tell you that’s the dative case, and it merely means he fell
in line absolutely with the enemy and, therefore, he was a pawn and so and
so. But that’s not what the Bible
teaches, nor a vindicated Prophet. The
fact of the matter is, they don’t know that the Bible teaches
predestination. And when it does teach
predestination, it cannot make God an arbitrary God who says, “I’ll take and
love this one, and I’ll hate the other guy.”
How in the world can God Almighty have a son called Adam to bear Him
sons, and then love one and hate the other?
And it even tells you in the Bible, He loved Jacob and He hated
Esau. [Of] course, they’ll try to tell
you (and they can do if they want to) it means He loved Esau less. Well, the fact of the matter is, how could He
love him less and do what He did to him?
The actual matter was, there’s a hatred there because the fellow was not
in the lineage of Almighty God. (Say
what you want to say.)
Now, to
those who would say that Cain simply lost the privilege of lineage by murder
using the examples of Esau and others concerning the Birthright, remember this:
That David was a lustful murderer who did a most tragic and deplorable thing,
and he never lost his lineage. And
Solomon, he was a mess also; he didn’t lose his lineage. And the man after him was far worse, and he
didn’t lose his lineage. So, let’s stop talking foolishly. This is not an account of the
Birthright. This is an account of the
lineage, according to the Word which we have read. It is the record of Adam -- his genealogy,
according to Gen 5:1-3. And that, then,
is the basis of what Paul teaches in Eph 1:2-3 (or a little more).
Let’s start at [Eph 1:] 3.
(3) Blessed
be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, ... blessed us with all
spiritual blessings in heavenly places ...
(4) According
as he hath chosen us in him ( that’s in Christ, the Son of God -- the only
begotten, one-of-a-kind) before the foundation of the world, that we should be
holy and without blame before him …
(5) ( In
love) Having predestinated us ... (In other words, they were already there and
waiting to come forth.) ...
Then, going on to verse 12,
(12) That we
should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.
And you
can fill all the rest in there. It talks
about the adoption. It talks about
redemption. It talks about fulfilling everything
in the dispensation of the time that God has already laid out there.
Now... [Eph 1:] 22-23.
(22) And hath
put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to
the church,
(23) Which is
his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.
Now,
that’s the Bride. That’s where she came
from; that’s what she ends up as. She
came out of Him, out of His loins (so to speak, spiritually), coming into
physical membership where He can be the Head, she becomes the body to Him.
You can see, now, what we are looking at, here, is the
replenishing of Gen 1:26-29 actually ends up in the Millennium, and the New
Heavens, and the New Earth -- but particularly the New Earth. Genesis 5, then, is the lineage of God via
human instrumentality. Can God actually
have a line? ( In other words, we’re talking descendents.) Can He actually produce children? Absolutely does! Where do they come from? Absolutely from God! Now, I know everybody wants to say, “Well,
you see, what God did [is] He created man and by man has a son by creation and
blah - blah - blah... and so on and so forth.
That’s just like you trying to sell me that you can adopt a child from
even a race -- let’s say you’ve got some Vietnamese over -- you adopt that
child, give him your name, give him everything you’ve got, and that is really
the child of you? Hogwash! That’s plumb stupid. And the smarter people get the more stupid
they get (evidently). That can be no
more yours than nothing, except the bond of the human race. Well, the Bible tells me, right here, that
Adam was the son of God, right in His image.
Now,
let’ say that you go to
(12) But as
many as received him, to them gave he (authority) to (be) the sons of God
In
other words, they have become authoritative sons. And anybody that doesn’t receive Jesus Christ
absolutely is not the authoritative
son. And you say, “Well, what about the
fact that when Jesus came back as a Pillar of Fire, He said, ‘I’m Jesus’? Had Paul not received him, he’d be no more an
authoritative son than a hog. What about
today? (Always got to throw that in;
don’t think I’ll ever miss that for a million dollars.) What about today? This is the work that you’re supposed to work
from God and for God: That you believe on those that God sends. Has there been anything like this in two
thousand years? No! But you can’t tell that to anybody because
they’ll go right around and talk all about Jesus just as though if they would
have been there they would have recognized him.
Hah! They wouldn’t know God if
they met Him in a bowl of porridge. (I’m
with the old Scotsman on that.)
Listen...
Let’s go now from John, here. Let’s go
to Galatians and see what Galatians says in the 4th chapter. Let’s see what it tells you, [Gal 4:] 1-7.
(1) Now I
say, that the heir, as long as he is a child, (differs) nothing from a servant,
though he be lord of all;
(2) But is
under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father.
(3) Even so
we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world:
(4) But when
fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made
under the law,
(5) To redeem
them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption (the ‘placing’
of sons, not ‘adoption’ as though God adopt you, some vile little varmint
running around -- dirty feet, full of iniquity.
So God just took pity and said, “Well, I’m going to make you My
son.” Hogwash! The adopting is placing of sons. This is what Jn 1:12 says.)
(6) And
because (you) are sons (... not ‘going to be made’ sons, but because you are
sons), God (has) sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying,
Abba, Father.
(7) Wherefore
thou art no more a servant, but (an authoritative son. You know who you are when you believe on him
what God has sent. That’s right; you
know who you are. Now you become
positioned. That which Adam lost is now
returned through the Baptism with the Holy Ghost.), then an heir of God through
Christ.
Now,
notice, it not only says ‘son restored’ but it says ‘heirship’. But you’ve got to wait for the Millennium and
the New Jerusalem. You can’t get beyond
that.
[End of side one]
All
right. And it’s ready to be revealed
into manifestation in this very Age as of
Romans 8. Now
watch ... everybody suffering; mankind is suffering ...[less]?... than the
earth.