June 21st Father’s Day
FATHERS…and a day to remember them!
FATHERS are the HIGHEST rank in God’s Creation order!
ALL men were created with the SEED for procreation of
Mankind…he is the NECESSARY requirement for human life!
*All the barren women in Scripture, whose wombs were opened,
all had husbands with the seed that God used!
Think on that one for a bit…
***God’s genealogy order for the Jews was…”father to son”
and they recorded and identified their birth and lineage through the father and
son…See Genesis 5, 10 & 11 and Matthew 1.
PART 1 ~ INTERESTING FACTS about Adam, the First Father ~
Genesis 4
…he and Eve did not conceive until AFTER they left
Eden! They had intimacy but no
conception. Think about that one! A child born BEFORE the sinful nature would
have been PURE AND SINLESS just like Adam and Eve even though a child would
have still had the nature to choose! I
think we can see why God prevented this from happening…Him knowing ALL THINGS
and our choices!
***Back to the facts…it is supposed that the First Child was
a son, named Cain. (I have a thought abut this to come back to.)
Like Adam, Cain was a tiller of the ground. Adam & Eve had a second son and he was
named Abel. He was a keeper of sheep.
***Obviously these two boys had to grow up and become old
enough to work. During these growing up
years, Adam and Eve would have spent time telling them where they came
from. Wouldn’t you think it strange that
there aren’t any others around? They
would have been told the creation story and how they disobeyed God, The Creator
and that the penalty for disobeying was death.
However, God killed an animal and made them clothes from the skin to
cover their sinfulness and to be made fit for God’s Presence. And the process of death and dying began. God had instituted the sin offering of
atoning blood of an animal to be shed as a substitute sacrifice for man’s sin. They were living east of the Garden of Eden
that was protected by Cherubims and a flaming sword because the Tree of Life
was still there. The Eastern side of the
Garden of Eden would have likely remained the place of worship with God where
they would have come to bring their offerings.
…So…one could imagine that Abel chose to be a keeper of
sheep for the purpose of providing for sacrifices. Scripture doesn’t say that this event in
verse 3 was the first time Cain and Abel brought offerings to the Lord; but on
this occasion Cain decided to bring an offering from the fruit of his labors;
which would have been fine for a Thank Offering, but he was bringing for a sin
offering and that’s why it was not acceptable.
Abel brought required sin offering and he made it the best of his
sheep. God did not accept Cain’s
offering because it was not a blood offering and when he got angry God reminded
him that there was no reason to be upset, just bring the acceptable offering or
sin would lie at his door. Cain’s chose
to remain angry; and he became resentful of Abel.
Sin truly took hold of Cain and he shed blood but it was his brother’s;
and then he lied to God. His punishment
should have been death, but instead God saved his life but it was not
blessed…the ground would no longer respond to him because it had blood on it;
he would be cast out and become a fugitive and a vagabond. Cain protested to God that it was unfair
punishment and that everyone would want to kill him. God gave him a mark and said that vengeance
would come on whoever killed him sevenfold.
He was sent out from the Presence of the Lord unto the land of Nod east
of Eden. He and his seed built a city
and established a splendid material civilization, arts and industries; but no
moral state. That’s all we know about
Cain because his lineage was destroyed in the Flood.
***When Adam and Eve were 130 years old they had another son and he was named Seth. Eve said God had appointed another seed
instead of Abel…then began men to call upon the name of the Lord.
Chapter 5 gives us the generations of Adam and his seed Seth
that will lead us to Godly men and finally Noah who found grace in the eyes of
The Lord.
***Back to my thought about the First Child. I think the first and perhaps several others
before Cain were girls. Eve said of Cain
“I have gotten a man from the Lord.” Verse 1
Then we know that Adam is 130 years old when Seth is
born. So there was a lot of time between
Cain & Abel and Seth to have those daughters that had to help be fruitful
and multiply and provide a wife for Cain and all the other sons he had for 800
years after Seth. I don’t even want to
imagine how many children Eve actually gave birth to. Remember “Adam called her Eve because she was
the mother of all living.” Gen. 3:20
PART 2 ~ INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT GOD THE FATHER ~ John 5:17-47
*** Genesis 3:8-15 ~
A woman with Seed!
…The miracle of Mary was that she was not barren, but she
did NOT have the seed from a husband.
The SEED that produced her CHILD was from THE CREATOR…GOD …thus, why HE
would be called FATHER! *Up until the
birth of JESUS, GOD was identified as I
AM, CREATOR, THE ALMIGHTY and SPIRIT OF
GOD.
…when was The Son of God created? Answer:
at conception…God became flesh!
Life always begins at conception!
…So, what kind of relationship does The Son of God have with
His Father. Let’s take a look at John
5:17-47.
***What do we need to learn from Jesus about how to respect
and honor our fathers?
Death should not cause that respect and honor to
cease…neither should marriage!
Thank You, Lord, for fathers...and for being our Forever Father to those who have been born again in Your Spirit! May we give you both our Love, respect and honor.
