The genesis of this multi-part series

     It began orderly, and it was "good." 

     Then the first couple let a talking "serpent" lie to them. Just a bite. The Owner evicted them from his exceedingly bountiful property. 

     Some religious people don't think that Adam's failure introduced the fixed law of sin and death for the human race...all of us. Why is it written? In any case, the first couple isn't to blame for our failures. 

     We are born with the same innate desire to go our own way. No matter how "good" we may become, we are never good enough to enter the exceedingly bountiful property above. No way! Unless...

     More about that later.  

     Civilization began to form. Did they ever! Adam lived 930 years. Seth: 912. Enosh: 905. Kenan: 910. Jerad: 962. Who was counting?

     Jared's son Enoch only lived 365 years. Cancer? No. Enoch walked with God as a prophet who warned the ungodly (Jude vv. 14-15) and God translated him to his kingdom above. 

     Before he departed, Enoch fathered Methuselah, who set the record, 969 years. Talk about family genes... 

     All that longevity produced civilization, but wickedness grew as well, and every inclination of the thoughts of his (man's) heart was only evil all the time (Genesis 6:5). 

Tomorrow: Noah, who also walked with God