{"id":370,"date":"2015-05-03T18:14:57","date_gmt":"2015-05-03T18:14:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/?p=370"},"modified":"2015-06-30T13:47:47","modified_gmt":"2015-06-30T13:47:47","slug":"genesis-heaven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/genesis-heaven\/","title":{"rendered":"Genesis &#8211; &#8220;Heaven&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-370-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/sermons\/may3-15.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/sermons\/may3-15.mp3\">http:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/sermons\/may3-15.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Heaven<br \/>\nGenesis 5<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h4><strong>Genesis 4:\u00a0 The stage is set<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li>There are two types of people:\n<ul>\n<li>Those who know God\u2019s love and seek relationship with him (Abel and Seth)<\/li>\n<li>Those who don\u2019t understand God\u2019s love and seek to use Him (Cain)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>There are two agendas:\n<ul>\n<li>Satan\u2019s agenda is to discourage, disrupt and destroy\u00a0 God\u2019s agenda for\u00a0 mankind (Cain).<\/li>\n<li>God\u2019s agenda for mankind always gets restored (Seth).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h4><strong>Genesis 5:\u00a0 The Noteworthy<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Long ages \u2013 No reason to suspect the literalness of the ages.<\/li>\n<li>Genealogy spans more than 1400 years suggesting a relatively young earth.<\/li>\n<li>Little details indicate history and not myth or legend.<\/li>\n<li>The chapter is a toledoth, a connecting genealogy between narratives.<\/li>\n<li>A major theme of the toledoth is the reign of death over human beings.<\/li>\n<li>Within the chapter is a hope of eternal life and restoration of life to mankind.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Enoch<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Walked with God\u2026God took him.<\/li>\n<li>Suggests there has to be a place after death.<\/li>\n<li>If so, this is the first suggestion of existence after human life.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Afterlife<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Ancient Jews did not have a developed view of the afterlife.<\/li>\n<li>Sheol, the pit or grave, was a vague concept of afterlife where both good and bad went.<\/li>\n<li>Jesus explained Sheol (or Hades) in a story found in Luke 16:19ff<\/li>\n<li>Hades had two sections: one for the good and one for the bad.<\/li>\n<li>It was temporary:\u00a0 Jesus taught about the eternity of heaven and hell.<\/li>\n<li>Jesus descended into Hades to \u201cproclaim to the spirits in prison.\u201d (1 Peter 3:18-20)<\/li>\n<li>Seems to still be there (Rev\u00a0 20:14)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Heaven<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Jesus clearly taught about heaven<\/em>\n<ul>\n<li>Heaven is a place (Matt 6:19-21)<\/li>\n<li>Place prepared for us (John 3:1-4)<\/li>\n<li>A place of joy and reward (Matt 25)<\/li>\n<li>A place of justice (Luke 16:1-13)<\/li>\n<li>A place of single community (Matt 22:1-14)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Only those clothed for a wedding&#8230;<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Jesus is the only way (John 14:6)<\/li>\n<li>One must be clothed in the righteousness Jesus provides (2 Cor 5:21)<\/li>\n<li>Evidence of such righteousness are the good deeds we do (Rev 19:6-8)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Heaven Genesis 5 Genesis 4:\u00a0 The stage is set There are two types of people: Those who know God\u2019s love and seek relationship with him (Abel and Seth) Those who don\u2019t understand God\u2019s love and seek to use Him (Cain)<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/genesis-heaven\/\"><i 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