TEXT: "These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,"-Genesis 2:4

A generation is all the people who were born at about the same time. It is also the average time in which children grow up, become adults and have children of their own, usually considered to be about 30 years. There are two sides to a generation: the Godkind of generations; and the Mankind of generations.

In the Godkind of generations, the couple gives birth every 30 years. For instance, Adam was one hundred and thirty years old when he gave birth to Seth, Genesis 5:3. By biblical interpretation, Adam was thirty years old when God put him in the garden to dress it and to keep it, Genesis 2:15. And when he was forty years old, he got married, Genesis 2:21-25. He would have had his first son, that would have been his first generation. But, that was never to be, no thanks to their disobedience, Genesis 3:6. But, however, the seed remained with the woman, Genesis 3:15.

Moreover, in 30 years' time, when Adam was seventy years old, Cain was born, the second generation, Genesis 4:1. In another 30 years' time, when Adam was one hundred years old, Abel, Cain's brother was born, the third generation, Genesis 4:2. And in another 30 years' time, when Adam was one hundred and thirty years old, Seth was born, the fourth generation, Genesis 5:3. This is the Godkind of generations.

Furthermore, in the fourth generation, Adam gave birth to Seth, a son, in his own image and likeness, the Mankind of generations. Instead of in the image and likeness of God, the Godkind of generations, Genesis 5:3. And this Mankind of generations continued until this day. However, all the generations from Adam until Christ are sixty two generations, Luke 3:23-38.

In addition, the Mankind of generations does not follow the pattern of birth of every 30 years. This is because, today, children are born before, on, or after a person is thirty years old as the case may be.

In the case of Abraham. He did not follow the pattern. God told him that his seed will be strangers in a foreign land. And they shall be afflicted for four hundred years. But, in the fourth generation, they will come out of captivity, Genesis 15:13-16. Isaac was Abraham's first generation, Genesis 21:5. Jacob or Israel was the second generation, Genesis 25:26. The children of Israel was the third generation, Genesis 29:31-35; 30:1-24. The third generation, the children of Israel, went down to Egypt, Joseph already in Egypt. They all died in Egypt, Exodus 1:1-6. After their death, we count a new generation, which is, the fourth generation. And this was when they came out of captivity.

But, in Exodus 12:40, the Bible records that the sojourning of the children of Israel in Egypt was four hundred and thirty years. This seems to contradict what God had earlier said in Genesis 15:13. There are no contradictions in the Bible. The key word in Exodus 12:40 is sojourning. There is a difference between affliction and sojourning.

They sojourned in the land for four hundred and thirty years. The thirty years was a generation. And they were afflicted for four hundred years. This means that when they entered Egypt, affliction did not begin immediately. A generation passed on, Exodus 1:6, before affliction started. Now, when you add the thirty years of one generation and the four hundred years the affliction lasted, you'll get four hundred and thirty years of their sojourn in Egypt, Exodus 12:40.

In another development, God spoke to Jehu, a captain of king Ahab's army, after he had executed God's judgment on Ahab, that his sons shall reign in Israel unto his fourth generation, 2 Kings 10:30. The first generation of Jehu was Jehoahaz, 2 Kings 10:35. The second generation was Joash or Jehoash, 2 Kings 13:9, 10. The third generation was Jeroboam II, 2 Kings 14:23. And the fourth generation was Zachariah, 2 Kings 14:28, 29. And Zachariah was killed by Shallum the son of Jabesh. This fulfilled God's prophecy to Jehu that his sons would reign unto his fourth generation. And so it came to pass, 2 Kings 15:8-12.

Moreover, God brought back the Godkind of generations when Jesus Christ came into the world. The generation of Jesus Christ, began first, with the Mankind of generations, Matthew 1:1-17. It began from Abraham unto Jesus Christ in his humanity. According to Matthew 1:1, Abraham is or was the grandfather of Jesus Christ, and David is or was the father of Jesus Christ. The question is, how then was Abraham the beginning of Jesus' generation?

To provide an answer, the Bible gives us two status of Jesus Christ: his divinity and his humanity. In his divinity, he is and was before Abraham, John 8:58. But, in his humanity, Abraham is or was his grandfather, Matthew 1:1. Moreover, in Matthew 1:17, the Bible records that, from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David until the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen generations; and from the carrying into Babylon unto Christ are fourteen generations. The three sets of the fourteen generations.

However, when you count the third set of the fourteen generations, that is, from the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ, there are thirteen, and not fourteen generations. This is so because, there is one more hidden generation in Jesus Christ. And this is the generation of the Church that was revealed when Jesus was thirty years old, Luke 3:23.

And this was the same generation that Jesus made mention of in most of his teachings, Matthew 11:16; Mark 13:30; Luke 9:41; etc. Nevertheless, a man child shall be born by the Church of Jesus Christ in the year 2093. This man child shall be called the grandSon of God. And this Son of God shall be the first generation of Jesus Christ in his divinity. And when this Son shall be forty years old, that is, in the year 2133, he shall continue the generations of Jesus Christ, the Godkind of generations, by being fruitful, and multiplying, and replenishing the earth with Sons and Daughters of God.

And he shall also subdue the earth, and will have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowls of the air, and over every living thing that moves upon the earth, infect he shall dominate the whole world. This grandSon of God, with his Sons and Daughters, shall live forever and ever. Amen.

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the Communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen.

Pastor K. C.