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GracefulAging

TowardaBiblicalRe/rementProgram

LESSONSFROMLEADERSWHOFOLLOWEDGODTOTHEEND

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Theologicallyand

BiblicallySpeaking...

aboutGe7ngOld

inGenesis

Weagebecauseofthecurse

Thelonglife3mesoftheantediluviansarenotexplainedarenolongerexpectedallendwithandhedied

exceptEnoch

A>ertheFloodlife3mesgraduallydeclinedJosephdiesat110

TheplotofGenesistracesthegenera3onsofafamily

1.Adam 90

2.Seth 912

.Enosh 905

4.Cainan 910

5.Mahalel 895

6.Jared 962

7.Enoch 65(walkedwithGod)

8.Methuselah 969

9.Lamech 777

10.Noah 950

11.Shem 600

12.Arphaxad 48

1.Salah 4

14.Eber 464

15.Peleg 29

16.Reu 29

17.Serug 20

18.Nahor 148

19.Terah 205

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"Abraham'sjourneyfromUrtoCanaanbyHungarianar9stJozsefMolnar,1850

AbrahamsLessonsofFaith:

Trus9ngGodrequiresac9ngonHisleading

By faith Abraham obeyedwhen he was called to go out to theplace which he would receive as aninheritance.And he went out,not knowing where he was going. Hebrews11:8

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Genesis15:4-6

AbrahamsLessonsofFaith:

Trus9ngGodrequireslookingbeyondthislife

These all died in faith, not havingreceived the promises, but having seenthem afar off were assured of them,embraced them and confessed that theywere strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

Therefore God is not ashamed to becalled their God, for He has prepared acity for them. Hebrews11:13,16

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TheSacrificeofIsaacbyCaravaggio

AbrahamsLessonsofFaith:

Trus9ngGodexpectsHimtofulfillHispromises

By faith Abraham, when he was tested,offered up Isaac, and he who hadreceived the promises offered up his onlybegotten son, of whom it was said, InIsaac your seed shall be called,concluding that God was able to raise himup, even from the dead, form which healso received him in a figurative sense. Hebrews11:171

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Ac9ngonAbraham

HowshouldyouandIactonGodsleading? HowshouldyouandIlookbeyondthislife? WhatpromiseshasGodmadetoyouandme

thatweshouldexpectHimtofulfill?

Godisgoodallthe9me

Andallthe9meGodisgood