2. LESSONS FROM A SENIOR CITIZEN

3. NIV Beginnings: A Study of Genesis 1-11 Genesis 5:1-2 This is the written account of Adam’s family line. When God created mankind, he made them in the likeness of God. 2 He created them male and female and blessed them. And he named them “Mankind” when they were created.

4. NIV Beginnings: A Study of Genesis 1-11 Genesis 5:22-24 Enoch walked faithfully with God 300 years and had other sons and daughters. 23 Altogether, Enoch lived a total of 365 years. 24 Enoch walked faithfully with God; then he was no more, because God took him away.

5. NIV Beginnings: A Study of Genesis 1-11 Genesis 5:27 27 Altogether, Methuselah lived a total of 969 years, and then he died.

6. OBSERVATIONS FROM THE TEXT

7. Restatement of Creation

8. Reveals this as an historical document

9. Covers 1656-2256 years between Fall and Flood – Ten Generations

10. QUESTIONS FROM THE TEXT

11. Are we all Adam?

12. WE KNOW THAT: That God created man That there was a day in which God created man That God made him in his own likeness That God created them male and female, That God blessed them

13. How or why do they Live so long?

14. THEORY ONE Perfection Adam was the first human created and must have been nearly perfect.

15. THEORY TWO Canopy Before the flood there was a canopy of water vapor encompassing the whole world.

16. THEORY THREE Sin God shortened the lifespan of man because of man's great wickedness.

17. Are these a complete list of those generations

19. What does “Enoch walked with God” mean and what significance does it have?

20. LESSONS FROM A SENIOR CITIZEN

21. You are more than who you are related to.

22. You serve as a link between generations.

23. You Can Teach your Family the Honesty about Mortality.

25. You have little or no control over walk of our children and their children

26. You can stand for Godliness

27. CHALLENGE Live Godly Lives Do not retire from the influencing the next generation Teach us how to transition to heaven with Grace and dignity.