Genesis 3-5

I wrote this yesterday, but the computer was acting up and I didn't have time to publish it. However, I still haven't read Matthew 2, so it looks like I'll be doing double-duty today...


I was able to complete the first half of my readings...yess! Praise God for lunch breaks. :)


So chapters 3, 4, and 5 are about The Fall of mankind (aka Original Sin), Cain and Abel, and the lineage of Adam and Noah, respectively.

"Paradise Lost" by Milton (i don't know his first name, and I took at class just about his writings...shame), made it much more entertaining, but the story remains the same. We (humans) did something we weren't supposed to do, and then God went kinda hard on us.

I mean geez, we really messed up. I wonder what childbearing would be like without the curse. Granted, I've never had a child, but I've had cramps, and they are NO JOKE. But there's always a ram in the bush, God gave someone the idea to create Midol...
So chapter 5 stuck out the most to me. When going through the lineage, it names the person, how old he was when he begot his first child (or male child, not sure which one), and then his death.

But the interesting man is Enoch. Twice the scripture says "Enoch walked with God" and in the Amplified Version it expounds upon that by saying "in habitual fellowship".
This made me think about my life. When I die, I don't want my obituary or people I know to only remember how old I was when i died, or how many kids I had. I want them to remember the things I did for Christ and to His agenda. This is a great example of the phrase, "only what you do for Christ will last". There was no explanation of the previous generations' lives, but Enoch dedicated his life to God, and that makes him special. :)

Not to totally switch gears, but I wonder...WHAT exactly did Enoch do that made God take him back so early? Man, he must have had a heart truly modeled after God's.