Creator of Man

"This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day when God created man, He made him in the likeness of God. He created them male and female, and He blessed them and named them Man in the day when they were created." -Genesis 5.1-2

Genesis 4 talks about the death of Able, and the lineage of Cain, but at the end, it returns to Adam who is given a third son who is named Seth. It is from this son that the story of redemption continues. It is through his line that Noah will come, and from Noah the rest of humanity descends. We are told a bit about Cain, highlighting God's standards and mercy, but then the story returns to Adam.

Genesis five begins by telling the reader that this is the book of the generations of Adam. Verse 3 says that Adam had a son in his own likeness, but before this is said, the author reminds his audience that man is made in the likeness of God. The genealogy of Adam begins with the statement, "In the day when God created man". The reader is not left to wonder where man came from. He does not have to examine the fossil record, or be fascinated by opposable thumbs to find out his origin. Man was was created by God, formed by Him and given life by Him.

God is the creator man, and man is made in the likeness of God. Man's origin is in God, and as the author of Genesis begins his account of humanity's first ancestors, he declares that man originated in God.

TO GOD ALONE BE THE GLORY!

Peace be with you

Walk with God

"Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him." -Genesis 5.24

Genesis 5 is one of those lists of genealogy many people probably skim (if they don't skip it entirely). We have so and so, who lived this many years, and became the father of so and so. Then they lived this long and had other children, and all the days of their life was this many, and then they died. And then we come to Enoch.

"Enoch lived sixty-five years, and became the father of Methuselah. Then Enoch walked with God three hundred years after he became the father of Methuselah, and he had other sons and daughters. So all the days of Enoch were three hundred and sixty-five years. Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him."

Here we are told the Enoch walked with God. Not that he lived, but walked with God. What if our lives were described like that, not that we lived, but that we walked with God? What if we enjoyed such fellowship, and such intimacy with the Father, that the only way describe our lives was that we walked with God? What would a life like that look like?

We see that it doesn't tell us that Enoch died, but that God took him. God brought Enoch into His presence. His life was unique, the end of it was no different. He no longer walked on earth, but now in the very presence of God. His earthly relationship with God became his heavenly relationship with God. Intimate became more intimate, personal became more personal.

Would we be like Enoch? Would we walk with God?

"Iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another."

To God alone be the Glory!

Strength and Honor