*Antidiluvian—Pre-Flood
Romans 2:14-15: For when Gentiles, who do not have the law, by nature do what the law requires, they are a law to themselves, even though they do not have the law. They show that the work of the law is written on their hearts, while their conscience also bears witness, and their conflicting thoughts accuse or even excuse them.
I. Vss. 16-17: Cain Leaves and Marries:
Nod means “Wandering”
Deuteronomy 27:22: “‘Cursed be anyone who lies with his sister, whether the daughter of his father or the daughter of his mother.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’”
II. Vss. 18-22: The Generations Following Cain.
Enoch – “Dedicated”
1 Corinthians 15:46: But not the spiritual first, but the natural; afterward the spiritual.
Irad – “townsman”;
Mehujael – “God gives life”;
Methusael – “Man of God”;
Lamech – “conqueror”.
Genesis 2:23-24: And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh. She shall be called Woman because she was taken out of man. Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave to his wife and they shall be one flesh.
Adah means “ornament, pleasure or beauty”
Zillah means “shade”
Naamah means, “loveliness.”
Jabal means “wanderer”
Jubal means “sound.”
III. Vss. 23-24: Lamech’s Arrogant Boast.
Matthew 18:21-22: Then Peter came up and said to him, “Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?” Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you seven times, but seventy-seven times.”
1 John 2:15-17: Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life—is not from the Father but is from the world. And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.
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