Title: Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech (Genesis 5:21-27)
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Lesson 3 Enoch, Methuselah, and Lamech (Genesis 5:21-27)
In this lesson, we will learn about Enoch, Methuselah, and Lamech, who appear in the Bible. If you don't know anything about these three people, you probably know very little about the Bible.
1. Enoch, the 7th generation descendant of Adam, was a man who walked with God and ascended to heaven alive at the age of 365. He must have been transformed into a spiritual body and ascended to heaven like Jesus. Methuselah, the son of Enoch, is the oldest man in the world. How old would you have lived? Lived 969 years. In the year Methuselah died, Noah (Methuselah's grandson) flooded. Lamech was the son of Methuselah, and the father of Noah lived 777 years.
2. Last time, I learned that Seth, who was born instead of Abel's death, was the son of Adam and was the chosen people. Seth is “Enosh” (3rd generation), “Enos” is Kenan (4th generation), “Kenan” is “Mahalalel” (5th generation), “Mahalalel” is “Jared” (6th generation) and Jared begat the seventh human, Enoch. Also, Enoch begat “Methuselah” (8th generation), and “Methuselah” begot “Lamech” (9th generation).
3. However, in the line of Cain, Adam's eldest son, there are a person named “Enoch” and a person named “Lamech”. It is said that “Cain” gave birth to “Enoch” (Genesis 4:17), so “Enoch” is the third generation of non-choice people, and he is said to have “built a city”. It was the first city construction, and the first collective organization was formed. And again, the 4th generation of Enoch (3rd generation) is “Lamech”. So, this “Lamech” is the 6th generation grandson of Adam and becomes the 7th generation human of the non-taek family. Lamech became the first homemaker with two wives.
4. We walk with God like Enoch, and when Jesus comes in our day, we will be lifted up like Enoch. So, like “Methuselah,” we should receive the grace of long life and eternal life.