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History of the Early Earth

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I. CREATION

A. The Seven Days of Creation

1. Light

2. Firmament

3. Dry land and vegetation

a. Grass

b. Herb

c. Tree

4. Lights

a. Sun

b. Moon

c. Stars

5. Fish and fowl

6. Land animals and man

a. Land animals

(1) Cattle

(2) Creeping things

(3) Beasts of the earth

b. Man (Gen.2:7)

(1) Body

(2) Soul

(3) Spirit

7. Rest

B. Seven Blessings of Creation

1. Genesis 1:4

8. Notes

a. No blessings on the second day

b. Double blessings on the third day

II. CHRONOLOGY

A. From Creation (around 4,000BC) to Birth of Abram (around 2,100BC)—approximate dates.

1. 4,000BC – Creation

2. 3,500BC – Birth of Jared, Enoch’s father

3. 3,000BC – Enoch translated

4. 2,500BC – Death of Jared

5. 2,300BC – Flood

6. 2,200BC – Babel

7. 2,000BC – Abraham

B. Birth of Men in Messianic Line (Genesis 5,11) – dated from Creation

1. Adam – 0

2. Seth – 130

3. Enos – 235 (Gen.4:26; cp.3:9; 4:9)

4. Cainan – 325

5. Mahaleel – 395

6. Jared – 460

7. Enoch – 622 (Gen.5:21-24)

8. Methuselah – 687 (lived to 969 and died the year of the flood)

9. Lamech – 874

10. Noah – 1,056

11. Shem – 1,559 (Gen.5:32; 7:6; 8:13-14; 11:10)

12. Arphaxad – 1,659

13. Salah – 1,694

14. Eber – 1,724

15. Peleg – 1,759 (see Gen.10:25,32)

16. Reu – 1,788

17. Serug – 1,820

18. Nahor – 1,850

19. Terah – 1,879

20. Abram – 2,009 (Gen.11:26,32; Acts 7:4)

C. Generations

1. Gentile ages

a. 10^th - Noah

b. 20^th – Abraham

2. Special men

a. 7^th – Enoch (Jude 14)

b. 14^th – Eber (Gen.11:16-17; Luke 3:35; Gen.10:21; 14:13)

c. 7^th from Eber – Abraham

III. CAIN’S LINE (Gen.4:16-24)

A. The Generations

1. Adam

2. Cain

3. Enoch (Gen.4:17)

4. Irad

5. Mehujael

6. Methusael

7. Lamech

B. The Civilization (Gen.4:19-24) -see essay Wayward Civilization

IV. THE FLOOD

A. Building the Ark (Gen.6:3,14-16)

B. Entering the Ark (Gen.7:1,7-10)

C. Forty Days of Rain (Gen.7:11-12,17)

D. Landing the Ark (Gen.7:24; 8:3-4)

E. Mountain Tops Seen (Gen.8:5)

F. Birds Sent Out (Gen.8:6-12)

G. Leaving the Ark (Gen.8:13-16)

V. TABLE OF NATIONS (Genesis 10)

A. The Fathers of the Nations (Gen.5:32; 9:18-19)

1. Ham, the younger (Gen.9:24)

2. Japheth, the elder (Gen.10:21)

3. Birth order: Japheth, Shem, Ham

B. The Division of the Nations (Gen.10:32)

1. Divided by continents

a. Japheth (v.2-5) goes to Europe

b. Ham (v.6-20) goes to Africa

c. Shem (v.21-31) goes to Asia

d. Note: this is a generalization and not an exact rule

2. Divided around Israel (Deut.32:8)

3. Divided to best seek the Lord (Acts 17:26-27)

VI. BABEL (Gen.11:1-9)

A. Universal Language – Perhaps Hebrew

1. What Jesus spoke to Saul (Acts 26:14)

2. How the saints praise in heaven (Rev.19:1-6) –Alleluia is a Hebrew word

3. Possibly the pure language of the kingdom (Zeph.3:9)

B. Universal State (v.3-4)

1. Against God’s command (Gen.9:1)

2. Against God’s purpose (Acts 17:26-27)

3. Against God (Ps.2:1-3; Prov.1:10-16)

C. God’s Division (v.6-8; 10:32)

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