Lamech: the first to marry two wives.

(…continues from part two…)

3)            A similar understanding is what the Scripture reveals in Ezekiel 16:7 “I have caused thee to multiply as the bud of the field, and thou hast increased and waxen great, and thou art come to excellent ornaments: thy breasts are fashioned, and thine hair is grown, whereas thou wast naked and bare.” This is the position of the Woman of Eden before sin entered the world. She was made for the praises of Him, Who has caused an elevation of ordinary clay to become a living soul. She was created a virtuous woman, whose first taken steps were by the side of her Maker, the LORD God.

Genesis 2:21-22 21) “And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; 22) And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.” The traditional walk through the aisle by the bride’s father and the bride to the waiting bridegroom took place, first, in Eden. It is the indubitable fact that marriage is truly God’s establishment. But Lucifer, after the fall of Adam, manipulated man’s free moral agency; and when Cain decided to worship Satan diversity of crimes sprung up in the household of Cain’s fifth generation. Five being the number of grace, willful sinfulness had made man to come short of the glory of God.

Genesis 4:19-22 19) “And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah. 20) And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle. 21) And his brother’s name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ. 22) And Zillah, she also bare Tubalcain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubalcain was Naamah.” Lamech means ‘destruction’. The first thing Lamech did was to bastardise the marriage institution: he married two wives. The first wife Adah is the Hebraic ‛âdâh (aw-daw’) means: ‘ornament’. The second tsillâh (tsil-law’) i.e. Zillah means: ‘shadow’.

Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins (Gen.3:21)

Man had begun, four thousand years ago, to embark on barbaric usance of the free moral agency. The building of tents in the land of Cain is the commencement of hoteldom – where all kinds of shady occurrences take shape. Jabal’s building of tents suggests a vagrant life which did not exclude violent, wild life. Jubal invented music and the attendant instruments. Music in the hands of ungodliness has, over the millennia, been associated with egregious immorality. World music undoubtedly belongs to Lucifer, the personification of angelic orchestra, who led celestial praise and worship before God, prior to his infraction. Tubalcain, no doubt, forged metallic tools of armament: used in settling conflicts i.e. wars.

Man has changed from mirroring God’s dream of the perfect creation of Adam. Man began to choose what pleases him.

Many times, scriptural writing portray King David as the best of Israel kings. The psalmist sings: “I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him” (Psalm 89:20): and who, if not the LORD God, Who had found David, God’s anointed for the throne of Israel. Was King David not the one who could not do anything without asking God’s permission? My brother, Reverend Olumuyiwa Ojewale, would say, categorically, “David was a man who so relied on God so much that if he had to cough, he’d asked, ‘God should I wúkó (Yoruba for cough)’?”

So, what made David stumble in 2Samuel chapter eleven? Let us look at some verses 11:2 “And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king’s house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon” 11:4 “And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in unto him, and he lay with her; for she was purified from her uncleanness: and she returned unto her house.” 11:14 “And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah. 11:15 And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die.” The evil spirit of the fallen Adam successfully took over the reasoning faculty of the good King David. Just as we often observe in many sons of Adam, David chose to ignore the sense of good reasoning.

Getting born again is a conscious effort on the part of an individual. Get born again. Say this sinner’s prayer.

“Dear heavenly Father, I come to You now in the name of Jesus Christ. I believe in my heart that Jesus is the Son of God. I believe that Jesus died on the cross for my sin. I believe that You raised Him from the dead. I confess with my mouth that Jesus is Lord and I receive Him now as my Lord and my Saviour. I give God all the glory. Amen!” 

(…to be continued…)

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