▶ God created man with all perfection. “Eternity” God placed in the human heart.
– Ecclesiastes 3:11
▶ By sin, man loses eternity. Man becomes flesh. “My spirit will not remain in him, for he is flesh,” God said.
– Genesis 6: 3
▶ Eternity loses little to man. After all, eternity is lost to man. Becoming more fleshly.
– Genesis 6: 5, Genesis 6:12
▶ God decides to abandon the “man” project. But only “Noah” saw God as righteous. God ends Noah and his family and everything else.
– Genesis 6: 7, Genesis 6:13, Genesis 7: 4, Genesis 7:21
▶ New life again. There is a new people, a better people.
– Genesis 9: 1, Genesis 9:19
▶ Again, man falls into sin. Eternity is lost again. Again, the flesh dominates him.
– Genesis 13:13, Genesis 18:20, Genesis 37: 4, Genesis 37:18
▶ God gives man “commandments” through Moses. Man fulfills these commandments and gains a measure of strength.
– Exodus 19: 5, Exodus 20: 1, Exodus 24: 12
▶ God restores “eternity” to the human heart through Jesus Christ. The Ten Commandments, which acted as a stick, lead to an innovative gospel.
– Jeremiah 31:33, Matthew 22:37, Gal. 5:14, 1 Corinthians 11:25
▶ God makes man perfect.
– 1 Peter 1:15, Matthew 5:48, Colossians 3: 2, 1 Peter 1:16
