“” B. 1656 years of population growth Matthew 24:37-39 1. ’s descendants through ’s - 7 Generations - Genesis 4:17-24 I. Understanding the physical world of Noah’s time - God Provided a. Cain - - - Mehujael - Methushael - A. God Created the world - Genesis 1:1-2 - Day 1 b. Lamech -, , Tubal-cain, 1. Earth was formless 2. Adam’s descendants through -10 generations - Genesis 5 2. Earth was empty a. Adam - Seth - Enosh - - - Jered - Enoch - 3. Darkness was over the service of the deep Methuseleh - Lamech - Noah 4. Spirit of God was hovering over the waters b. Noah - , and Japeth 5. Light is established 3. Noah was the first of Seth’s line to be born after the death of Adam 6. Time is established (morning and evening) 4. Average family size 5 - 7 children - Genesis 5 -the earth is rotating on it’s axis -“and had other sons and daughters..” B. God Created a perfect environment for life - Genesis 1:6-8 - Day 2 -A conservative range of population at the time of the flood 2 - 11.5 1. An expanse is created (our atmosphere) billion . (7 billion - the population today) Henry Morris The Genesis -God called it sky Record -78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen and 1% other gasses C. Advancements in Inovation 2. The expanse separated the waters 1. Cain built cities -the lower waters He called seas - Genesis 1:10 2. Jabal professional cattle-breeders and herders who lived near the cities 3. The water canopy 3. Jubal musicians were developed -surrounded the earth 4. Tubal-cain - metalworkers, developers of weapons, etc… -created a greenhouse effect III. Understanding the spiritual atmosphere of Noah’s time - God Offers Grace -kept a world-wide climate that would have been warm enough for But Man Rebells Adam and to be physically comfortable naked. Genesis 2:25 A. Men began to call upon God - Genesis 4:26 C. The Topography 1. Cain and Able worshiped God 1. Pangea - This is the landmass that existed when all the continents were 2. Adam and Eve walked and talked with God joined together. - Genesis 1:9-13 3. Here we read that at the birth of Seth’s son Enosh that men began to a. God separated the land from the waters call upon the name of the Lord - this points to a regular time of worship. b. The land was in one place B. The proclamation of the truth begins c. The land produced all vegetation 1. Adam lived for 930 years of the 1656 years leading up to the flood -according to it’s kind (no hybrids) a. for 930 years he told the family about God -this was a willing production. Almost effortless. b. for 930 years he warned the family of sin -Adam’s job was just to tend the garden c. for 930 years he worked hard to produce food. 2. The impact of the fall - Genesis 3:17-19 d. for 930 years he remembered the days in the garden a. The ground is cursed e. for 930 years he watched sin overtake the family b. Mankind will have to work much harder for the land to produce crops 2. Enoch was a prophet - Jude 14-16 c. Thorns and thistles now appear 3. Methuseleh - his name means “when he dies, judgment” II. Understanding the people of Noah’s time - God Blessed -died the year of the flood A. God’s command - Genesis 1:28 4. Noah was called a preacher of righteousness - 2 Peter 2:5 1. Be fruitful and multiply C. Descending into wickedness 2. Fill the earth 1. Cain - Genesis 4 3. Subdue the earth a. kills his brother Gen. 4:1-12 (God Warns but Cain Rebells) -Rule over the animal kingdom b. rebells against God’s command - Gen.. 4:12 - 17 (God protects but -The seed-bearing plants are our Cain rejects) possession for food. 2. Lamech

a. Polygamy - Genesis 4:19 - direct rebellion to Genesis 2:24 b. Murder - Genesis 4:23 (spirit of vindictiveness) c. Proud - Genesis 4:24 -unlike Cain who asked for God’s protection 4:13-16 -Lamech believes he can handle any difficulty himself. God is not needed. 3. All of creation - Genesis 6:5 a. every inclination of the thoughts of his heart b. the actions confirmed the thoughts. Conclusion: As wickedness increased, God's faithful message continued to go out. "Sin is crouching at your door, it desires to have you but you must master it." That comes through surrender