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God loves you so much more than you realize
Say, “God really Loves Me!”

• SUMMARY OF THE TIME FROM ADAM TO JESUS

  Adam to Abraham ……………… 1948 yrs
  Abraham to Egypt …………….. 290 yrs

• From Egypt to Moses: (X) Let X = 63
  X = (Kohath to Amram to Moses)
  Moses to the Exodus ………….. 80 yrs
  Exodus to death Joshua ……….. 70 yrs
  Judges to Samuel …………….. 450 yrs (Acts 13:20)
  Kings of Judah ………………. 513 yrs
• Babylonian Captivity …………. 586 B.C.E.
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  Adam to Jesus 4000 yrs

Satan doesn’t lie… it wouldn’t be tempting if it was an outright lie. he doesn’t tell the complete truth either:

Genesis 3:2-5 NLT
“Of course we may eat fruit from the trees in the garden,” the woman replied. “It’s only the fruit from the tree in the middle of the garden that we are not allowed to eat. God said, ‘You must not eat it or even touch it; if you do, you will die.’”
“You won’t die!” the serpent replied to the woman. “God knows that your eyes will be opened as soon as you eat it, and you will be like God, knowing both good and evil.”

Genesis 3:22-24 NLT
Then the Lord God said, “Look, the human beings have become like us, knowing both good and evil. What if they reach out, take fruit from the tree of life, and eat it? Then they will live forever!” So the Lord God banished them from the Garden of Eden, and he sent Adam out to cultivate the ground from which he had been made. After sending them out, the Lord God stationed mighty cherubim to the east of the Garden of Eden. And he placed a flaming sword that flashed back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life.

God didn’t send Adam and Eve out of the garden to punish them but to protect them…
He didn’t want us to live eternally without Him. He wants us to live forever with Him. We matter!

Matthew 4:8-11 NLT
Next the devil took him to the peak of a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. “I will give it all to you,” he said, “if you will kneel down and worship me.”
“Get out of here, Satan,” Jesus told him. “For the Scriptures say,
‘You must worship the Lord your God
and serve only him.’”
Then the devil went away, and angels came and took care of Jesus.

Satan couldn’t have offered it it he didn’t own it. The world and it’s kingdoms aren’t as important to Jesus as you…. you matter.

Do you know where we see that tree of life again?

Revelation 22:1-2 NIV
Then the angel showed me a river with the water of life, clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb. It flowed down the center of the main street. On each side of the river grew a tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, with a fresh crop each month. The leaves were used for medicine to heal the nations.

Ok so He loves me, so now, I guess, I need to change and position myself and my desires so that God matters to me. “You must worship the Lord your God
and serve only him.”
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