1. Scheme of Redemption

2. Goals of Our Study
To learn how God moved from man's problem of sin to His solution of Jesus on the cross
To understand how everything in the scriptures relates to, and points to, Jesus and the cross
To understand how everything in the Bible reveals God to mankind - who He is and what He is like
Get a better understanding of how we got here tonight on the orange carpet

3. Recap
"Scheme of Redemption" - The plan of God, established before creation, to redeem mankind from sin
God was not in a dilemma when sin entered the lives of man
View the Bible as one book, with 66 chapters, and the real division taking place at Genesis 3:6 rather than between Malachi and Matthew
This division covers two drastically different worlds: The world prior to sin and the world after sin

4. Recap Genesis 1-2: God and perfection, man and innocence
Strife and tragedy were unheard of
Adam did not lie awake at night stressing over how he was going to resolve a problem in his life or how he was going to survive.
Genesis 3-12 – “The Background of Redemption”
The true division of the Bible takes place at Genesis 3:6. Everything changed here

5. Recap Sin the source of all suffering
No one is immune from the effects of sin, regardless of whether it is a direct or an indirect effect. All will suffer because of it.
God is not to blame – It was our choice
Each of chose suffering, as each of us has taken from the forbidden fruit in some way or another.
Romans 3:23 – For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God

6. Sin Changed Everything for Mankind
The ground became cursed
Genesis 3: Cursed is the ground because of you; In toil you will eat of it All the days of your life. 18 Both thorns and thistles it shall grow for you; And you will eat the plants of the field
Do you ever get annoyed with briars/thorns? They're a result of the curse of sin!

7. Sin Changed Everything for Mankind
Genesis 3:19 - By the sweat of your face You will eat bread, Till you return to the ground, Because from it you were taken; For you are dust, And to dust you shall return
Manual labor became the means to sustain life (also mentioned in verse 17)
Adam will die, just as God said
Surviving suddenly became a necessity that Adam did not have before, and it would not be easy!

8. Sin Changed Everything for Mankind
Genesis 3:16 - I will greatly multiply Your pain in childbirth, In pain you will bring forth children; Yet your desire will be for your husband, And he will rule over you
Women suffer much more in child birth
Marital strife also a result of sin
Is it interesting to you that Eve’s relationship with Adam seemed to have been changed as part of her curse?

9. The First Gospel Sermon?
When was the first gospel sermon preached?
Genesis 3:15 - And I will put enmity Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her seed; He shall bruise you on the head, And you shall bruise him on the heel

10. First Gospel Sermon Is Preached
"I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed"
What is being spoken of here? Is it a discussion of humans and snakes no longer getting along?
A metaphorical prophecy of Christ

11. First Gospel Sermon Is Preached
"He shall bruise you on the head, And you shall bruise him on the heel"
What is this a metaphor of?
Redemption
While Satan may deal a injuring blow to Christ, Satan will be dealt a deathly blow
Satan may have won a battle, but he will lose the war
From here, God will begin the journey to the cross to redeem mankind from sin

12. The destruction of sin grows
After sin enters the lives of man, the next story we read is the first murder in human history
Genesis 4:2-5 - Abel was a keeper of flocks, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. 3 So it came about in the course of time that Cain brought an offering to the Lord of the fruit of the ground. 4 Abel, on his part also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of their fat portions. And the Lord had regard for Abel and for his offering; 5 but for Cain and for his offering He had no regard

13. Speculations on Cain’s offering
Cain’s offering was not what God had commanded
Assumption is that God had given Adam, Eve, and family instructions on sacrifices
Genesis 3:21 - The Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife, and clothed them
Possible that this skin came from an animal sacrifice that God performed to instruct Adam and Eve?

14. Speculations on Cain’s offering
Cain’s offering was not of the “first fruits”
“Cain brought an offering to the Lord of the fruit of the ground. 4 Abel, on his part also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of their fat portions” (4:3-4)
Abel’s sacrifice seemed to be “all-in”, as it were. The best and first of what he had, and not just something he scraped together

15. Speculations on Cain’s offering
Cain’s offering did not take the life of a living thing
Romans 6:23 - For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord
All throughout the scriptures, the death of a living creature to handle sin was commonplace
We see this in the Old Law
We see this ultimately handled in the death of Son of God Himself, in human form, on the cross

16. God and Cain
Genesis 4:5-7 - So Cain became very angry and his countenance fell. 6 Then the Lord said to Cain, “Why are you angry? And why has your countenance fallen? 7 If you do well, will not your countenance be lifted up? And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door; and its desire is for you, but you must master it.”
Was God angry with Cain?
No – In fact, God seems to act like it’s not really that big of a deal.
“Just correct it” (repent).

17. God and Cain
Genesis 4:8 - Cain told Abel his brother. And it came about when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother and killed him.
The destructive nature of sin and it’s effects:
On Cain – Caused him to be cursed
On Abel – Effected his death
On Adam and Eve – Caused the loss of a son
Genesis 4:25 – Adam had relations with his wife again; and she gave birth to a son, and named him Seth, for, she said, “God has appointed me another offspring in place of Abel, for Cain killed him”.

18. The destruction continues
Genesis 4:17-24 gives us info on Cain and his descendants. We see his descendants dwindle further into evil
Vs Lamech said to his wives, “Adah and Zillah, Listen to my voice, You wives of Lamech, Give heed to my speech, For I have killed a man for wounding me; And a boy for striking me; 24 If Cain is avenged sevenfold, Then Lamech seventy-sevenfold.“
Note also that Lamech is a 5th generation descendant of Cain, yet is fully aware of Cain’s curse from possibly hundreds of years earlier

19. The path to the cross begins
Genesis 4: Adam had relations with his wife again; and she gave birth to a son, and named him Seth, for, she said, “God has appointed me another offspring in place of Abel, for Cain killed him.” 26 To Seth, to him also a son was born; and he called his name Enosh. Then men began to call upon the name of the Lord.
Can we safely assume that Adam and Eve may have instilled a love of God into Seth?

20. The path to the cross begins
Genesis 5 – Traces the lineage from Seth to Noah
Genesis 5:21-24 – Enoch lived sixty-five years, and became the father of Methuselah. 22 Then Enoch walked with God three hundred years after he became the father of Methuselah, and he had other sons and daughters. 23 So all the days of Enoch were three hundred and sixty-five years. 24 Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him.
Who else was taken up by God without dying?
Elijah (2 Kings 2:11)

21. The path to the cross begins
Genesis 5:28-30 – Lamech lived one hundred and eighty-two years, and became the father of a son. 29 Now he called his name Noah, saying, “This one will give us rest from our work and from the toil of our hands arising from the ground which the Lord has cursed.”
Here again, there is a clear understanding in Seth’s lineage of what all has taken place since Genesis 3:6, and what it takes to live for God

22. Two VERY different Lamech’s
Lamech of Genesis 4
Descendant of Cain
Very proud of his evil and cursed ancestry
Lamech of Genesis 5
Descendant of Seth
Very humble
What they have in common
A clear understanding of what has occurred since Genesis 3:6
Why is this important?

24. Background of redemption
Summary
Background of redemption
Where it all began
How we messed it up
God begins His plan to remedy our sin problem
First revelation of that plan is made
Descendants of Cain and Seth

25. Genesis 3-12 – Continue on with studying the background of redemption
Next week
Genesis 3-12 – Continue on with studying the background of redemption
The intermingling of the sons of God with the daughters of man
The flood
Intro to Abraham