THE SCHEME OF
REDEMPTION
LESSON # 2
THE PATRIARCHS
THE PATRIARCHAL AGE
Creation
Adam
Noah
Flood
Eternity
1650 years
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Romans 7:9 And I was alive apart from the law once: but when the
commandment came, sin revived, and I died;…
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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.
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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.
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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
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Woman
Her Seed
He
Bruise His Heal
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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
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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.
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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;…
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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.
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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.
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1. Land
2. Nation
3. All nations of the earth blessed!
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Which promises would be fulfilled in
Abraham’s time?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Abraham Nation
430 yrs.
Land
Seed
470
yrs.
1900 yrs
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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
Egyptian
Bondage
Isaac
Abraham
Jacob
Moses
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Written
Law
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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.
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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.
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1st two promises begin to be fulfilled.
Joseph sold into Egypt.
Interprets Pharaoh’s dream.
Becomes 2nd in charge.
Family moves to Egypt.
Given space to become a nation.
Hebrews become slaves.
Sets stage for Moses and deliverance.
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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?