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Genesis 5 - The Generations of Adam
BY APOSTLE JANICE L WILLIAMS
WEEKLY BIBLE STUDY FOR WEDNESDAY,
APRIL 22nd-29th-WEDNESDAY, MAY 6TH, 2015
SCRIPTURE PRINTED IN RED ARE WORDS SPOKEN BY JESUS
Word Definitions
- prediluvian
The antediluvian (or pre-diluvian) period—meaning "before the deluge"—is the period referred to in the Bible between the Fall of Man and the Deluge (flood) in the Biblical Cosmology. The narrative takes up chapters 1-6 (excluding the flood narrative) of Genesis.
- Patriarch
SEE THE ADDITIONS PUBLISHED TO WBS #138.
Genesis 5:1-23 KJV
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 when they were created. 3/ And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, and 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: 8/ And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died. 9/ And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan: 10/ And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters: 11/ And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years: and he died. 12/ And Cainan lived seventy years and begat Mahalaleel: 13/ And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters: 14/ And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died. 15/ And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared: 16/ And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters: 17/ And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died. 18/ And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch: 19/ And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters: 20/ And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died. 21/ And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah: 22/ And
Enoch walked with God
after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters: 23/ And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years:
ENOCH: THE ETHIOPIAN PROPHET OF GOD & GREAT GRANDFATHER OF NOAH
Ethiopia: many descendants of ancient Hebrew Shem, and Ham, as well as the First Christian Nation. The Ethiopian Orthodox Church has 46 books of the Old Testament and 35 books of the New Testament that will bring the total of their canonized books of the Bible to 81.
Their Holy Bible includes
"The Book of Enoch"
- [This Book furnishes very important valuable information regarding pre-Christian Jew Theology.]
Because of their Semitic {SHEMITE} origins, many Ethiopians proclaim they are descendants of the Hebrews, who are Semitic. They trace their origins all the way back to Biblical King David. Also, the King James Version of the Christian Bible tells us Moses married an Ethiopian woman {Numbers 12:1}. Ethiopians, unlike some Christians, truly see themselves as inheriting the covenants that Yahweh entered into with his chosen people. The Ethiopic Church claims to have the Ark of the Covenant which is the chest containing the Tablets of Stone on which the Ten Commandments were inscribed. According to the New Testament Letter to the Hebrews {Hebrews 9:4}, the Ark also once contained Arons rod, a jar of manna, and the first Torah scroll as written by Moses; however, the first of the Books of Kings {1 Kings 8:9} says that at the time of King Solomon, the Ark contained only the two Tablets of the Law which at that time was kept by the Hebrew-Children of Israel.
The native sect of Ethiopian Jews, known as Beta Israel {Hebrew for House of Israel},
{Disrespectly labeled Falashas, by racist oppressors; Falashas, is an Amharic term for "exiles" or "landless ones".
JUDGEMENT BEGINS AT THE HOUSE OF GOD!!!}
trace their ancestry to Menelik, the son of biblical King Solomon of Israel, and Makeda, ancient Queen of Sheba. Their religion is a form of Mosaic Judaism unaffected generally by postbiblical developments. They retain old testament biblical animal sacrifice, and celebrate scriptural and non scriptural feast days, although the latter are not the same as celebrated by other Jewish groups. For example one of their nonscriptural feast days is the Commemoration of Abraham. Beta Israel claim they are the direct descendents from the family of Abraham, Patritriarch of the first family of Jews, whose name was changed BY GOD, from Abram to AbraHAM. Terah, Abraham's father, came from the land of Ur of the Chaldees, which was located in the southern part of the Euphrates. The Chaldees were one of many Kushite tribes of that region. Kushites {Kush or Cush meaning black, according to one online Bible Encyclopedia}, were descended from the son of Ham. The Chaldees were originally black people. This would make the ancient Ethiopians a mixture of Shem and Ham.
The map below pictures Sheba as Hamitic {Genesis 10:7-purple color}, but the King James Version of the Christian Bible states Sheba as well as Havilah pictured below also as Hamitic, {purple color} were also sons of Joktan of the children of Shem {Genesis 10:26-29 & 10:22 thru 31 KJV}.
Traditions the Jews of Ethiopia follow include circumsion, observing the Sabbath, attending synagogue, and certain dietary and purity laws. Marriage outside of the religious community is forbidden. Monogamy is practiced, marriage at a very early age is rare, and high moral standards are maintained.
Most of the Ethiopian Jews have been airlifted to Israel where it is currently reported they suffer racial discrimination in their own promised by God homeland.
Jesus taught us in Mark 3:25 NKJV "And if a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand."
LET'S COME OUT OF DENIAL REGARDING THIS SENSITIVE ISSUE OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION THAT CONTINUES TO DIVIDE THE PEOPLE OF GOD, AND ALL PEOPLE IN GENERAL AROUND THE WORLD; CONFRONT IT, TELL THE TRUTH ABOUT IT, EXPOSE IT AND STOP IT!!! STOP THE DEVIL!!!
3 QUOTES OF CHRISTIAN ETHIOPIAN EMPEROR HAILE SELASSIE I
{About Haile Selassie I: He was the last Emperor of Ethiopia. He reigned from 1930 to 1974, with lineage tracing back to King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba, whose son was a Jew and emperor of Ethiopia; Menelik I.
Haile Selassie I was born in Ejersa Goro, Ethiopia, July 23rd, 1892. He died August 27th, 1975}
3 OF HIS QUOTES
- 1/“Until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned, everywhere is war and until there are no longer first-class and second-class citizens of any nation, until the color of a man's skin is of no more significance than the color of his eyes. And until the basic human rights are equally guaranteed to all without regard to race, there is war. And until that day, the dream of lasting peace, world citizenship, rule of international morality, will remain but a fleeting illusion to be pursued, but never attained".. [My interjection concerning this quote: All of these things will take place when Jesus Christ returns to rule and reign on Earth. Meanwhile we keep moving toward perfecting these goals with faith in God to help us to live and walk in what Jesus has already done. [Ephesians 2:14-16 NLT *14/ For Christ himself has brought peace to us. He united Jews and Gentiles {black & white} into one people {Christians, one humanity in Christ} when, in his own body on the cross, he broke down the wall of hostility that separated us. 15/ He did this by ending the system of law with its commandments and regulations. He made peace between Jews and Gentiles by creating in himself one new people {Christians} from the two groups. 16/ Together as one body, Christ reconciled both groups to God by means of his death on the cross, and our hostility toward each other was put to death.]
- 2/ “Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted; the indifference of those who should have known better; the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most; that has made it possible for evil to triumph.”
- 3/“The temple of the most high begins with the body which houses our life, the essence of our existence. Africans are in bondage today because they approach spirituality through religion provided by foreign invaders and conquerors We must stop confusing religion and spirituality. Religion is a set of rules, regulations and rituals created by humans, which was suppose to help people grow spiritually. Due to human imperfection religion has become corrupt, political, divisive and a tool for power struggle. Spirituality is not theology or ideology. It is simply a way of life, pure and original as was given by the Most High of Creation. Spirituality is a network linking us to the Most High, the universe, and each other…”
REVIEW WEEKLY BIBLE STUDY #124 "FREED BY THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH-JESUS"
Many ancient Ethiopian Jews embraced Christianity after the Eunich of great authority, in charge of the treasury, of Candice, Queen of Ethiopia, was baptised by Philip, the apostle of our Lord & Savior Jesus Christ {Acts 8:26-39}. Ethiopia is the oldest Judaeo-Christian nation in the world.
Pictured below: Some past Ethiopian Judaeo-Christian Emperors & Empresses. The Christian Cross as well as the Star of David of the Jews, is part of their royal attire.
Quote of Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie I:
"Do not worship me, I am not God. I'm only a man. I worship Jesus Christ."
BELOW SEE: THE IMPERIAL HOUSE OF SOLOMON ETHIOPIAN COAT OF ARMS
Currently, our present day Ethiopian Christian brothers and sisters are suffering much persecution, including being shot to death and beheaded for standing for their faith in Jesus Christ.
TAKE A DEEP BREATH
IN JESUS NAME LET US PRAY
Dear Heavenly Father, we praise You and thank You for hearing our prayer.
We pray in Jesus name for the Holy Spirt to comfort the families in mourning for their lost loved ones. Spirit of the Living God, freshly fall on and greatly anoint the families to keep going forward. Father God we ask for Your divine intervention, provision and protection with a plan for a safe, sure way of escape, for them, in Jesus name. Amen
REVIEW WEEKLY BIBLE STUDY #122 "LOVING GOD IN THE FELLOWSHIP OF SUFFERING"
Let us all remember to keep our light of love burning and pray for our persecuted Ethiopian Jews & Christian brothers and sisters, and for all persecuted Jews & Christians all around the world.
Pictured below: Ethiopian Christians & Ethiopian Ark of the Covenant Church, plus an ancient wonder of the world, Ethiopian Christian Church built from the top of the ground downward.
Genesis 5:25-32 KJV
25/ And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech. 26/ And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters: 27/ And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died. 28/ And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son: 29/ And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the Lord hath cursed. 30/ And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters: 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, Ham, and Japheth.
Above Shemites-Hebrew Men
The Five Semitic Nations listed in Genesis 10:22-31
- 1. Elam (The Persians) settled northeast of the Persian Gulf.
- 2. Asshur (The Assyrians) the Biblical name for Assyria, settled between the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers.
- 3. Arphaxad (The Babylonians) settled in Chaldea.
- 4. Lud (The Lydians) settled in Asia Minor, but some of them settled in northeast Africa, lands of ancient Ethiopa.
- 5. Aram (The Syrians) the Biblical name for Syria, located north and east of Israel.
Hebrew Family of Shemites-Semetic Tribe above and bottom left side, asking permission to enter Egypt, the land of the descendents of Ham,
2 Egyptian Hamite men far right.
Hamites
The Egyptians {Hamitic people} considered themselves to be better than the other races of men. In fact, they would not even sit down to eat at the same table with a Hebrew (reference Genesis 43:32).
- {Canaan was the cursed seed of Ham that was annihilated by the Hebrew Shemites/Israel}
Hamites also
The first rulers of the human race, after the Flood, were from the family of Ham (reference Genesis 10:9-12). Nimrod, son of Cush, looked like the figures above. After the Great Confusion (reference Genesis 11:7-8), the sons of Cush established what came to be known as the Nubian Kingdoms of Ancient Africa. Before the 4th century, and throughout classical antiquity, Nubia was known as Kush, or, in Classical Greek usage, included under the name Ethiopia (Aithiopia).
Japhetites - Mostly European-the Gentile Nations.
These are the last people to be given rulership of the earth. They represent the dominion of the Greeks, the Romans, the Turks, the Spanish, and the English. The Germans, the Russians, and the French are also nations of Japhetic people. {reference Genesis 10:2--5}
Father God equally gave all three classes of people, Shem, Ham, and Japheth, seasons of great and mighty favor, blessing and power, to rule and reign on Earth.
Equally, Shem, Ham and Japheth used and abused their seasons of God given power, to exalt themselves over each other and oppress one another. The nations, each at the pinnacle of their season of God given power, turned away from God and began to establish on God's Planet Earth, their own self-righteous standards and laws for mankind living on Earth, which oppose Father God's Biblical instructions for living a clean, healthy, blessed life pleasing to Him. {Romans 1:18 thru 32 KJV *18/ For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;
19/ Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.
20/ For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
21/ Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
22/ Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
23/ And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
24/ Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:
25/ Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.
26/ For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:
27/ And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.
28/ And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
29/ Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
30/ Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
31/ Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:
32/ Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.}
Before the demise of every great nation, the moral fiber of that nation is in decay.
Nations that oppose God forfeit His protection and the ability to prosper; plus, bring judgement upon themselves. God's judgement begins at THE HOUSE OF GOD.
SHEM, HAM & JAPHETH
ALL ARE EQUAL IN CHRIST
JESUS PRAYS FOR US
John 17:20-26
Contemporary English Version (CEV)
20/ I am not praying just for these followers. I am also praying for everyone else who will have faith because of what my followers will say about me. 21/ I want all of them to be one with each other, just as I am one with you and you are one with me. I also want them to be one with us. Then the people of this world will believe that you sent me.
22/ I have honored my followers in the same way that you honored me, in order that they may be one with each other, just as we are one. 23/ I am one with them, and you are one with me, so that they may become completely one.
Then this world’s people will know that you sent me. They will know that you love my followers as much as you love me.
24/ Father, I want everyone you have given me to be with me, wherever I am. Then they will see the glory that you have given me, because you loved me before the world was created. 25/ Good Father, the people of this world don’t know you. But I know you, and my followers know that you sent me. 26/ I told them what you are like, and I will tell them even more. Then the love that you have for me will become part of them, and I will be one with them.
JOHN 1:12-13 KJV
12/ But as many as received Him {JESUS}, to them gave He
power to become the sons of God,
even to them that believe on His name: 13/ Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. [HOLY SPIRIT BAPTISM/NEW BIRTH]
JOHN 3:5-7 NIV
5/ Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit. 6/ Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit. 7/ You should not be surprised at my saying, ‘You must be born again.’
SEE WEEKLY BIBLE STUDY #29
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