Our Superb Bible.

Often, the Bible amazes me. It is more than just a book. And, being inspired by our Father every little detail was seen to as He is the one who knows all.




The Bible itself is a message system not known by any other than the most diligent of schloars.


It is not simply 66 books penned by 40 authors over thousands of years.

The Jewish rabbis have a quaint way of expressing this very idea because they say that they will not understand the Scriptures until the Messiah comes. But when He comes, He will not only interpret each of the passages for us, He will interpret the very words, He will even interpret the very letters themselves and in fact, He will even interpret the spaces between the letters.

It is not until one reads, and rereads Matthew 5:17 and 18: that one begins to search for the answer.

"Think not that I have come to destroy the Torah and the prophets; I have not come to destroy but to fulfill.

For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled."

(A jot and tittle are the Hebrew equivalent of our dotting an i and the crossing of a t.)

An Example

A remarkable example of this can be seen in Genesis Chapter 5 where we have the genealogy of Adam through to Noah.


In our Bible, we read the Hebrew names. What do these names mean in English?




The Flood Judgment

Methuselah comes from muth, a word which means "death", and from shalach, which means to bring, or to send forth. The name Methuselah means, "his death shall bring".

Methuselah's father was given a prophecy of the coming Great Flood, and was apparently told that as long as his son was alive, the judgment of the flood would be withheld, but as soon as he died, the flood would be brought or sent forth.


And, indeed, the year that Methuselah died, the flood came.

Methuselah's long life, in effect, was a symbol of God's mercy in forestalling the coming judgment of the flood.


The Other Names


Adam's name means man.

Seth

Adam's son was named Seth, which means appointed. Eve said, "For God hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew."

Enosh

Seth's son was called Enosh, which means mortal, frail, or miserable. It is from the word anash, to be incurable, used of a wound, grief, woe, sickness, or wickedness.

It was in the days of Enosh that men began to defile the name of the Living God.5

Kenan

Enosh's son was named Kenan, which can mean sorrow, dirge, or elegy.

Balaam, looking down from the heights of Moab, uses a pun upon the name of the Kenites when he prophesies their destruction.


Mahalalel

Kenan's son was Mahalalel, from Mahalal which means blessed or praise; and El, the name for God. Thus, Mahalalel means the Blessed God. Often Hebrew names include El, the name of God, as Dan-i-el, "God is my Judge", etc;

Jared

Mahalalel's son was named Jared, from the verb yaradh, meaning shall come down.

Enoch

Jared's son was named Enoch, which means teaching, or commencement. He was the first of four generations of preachers. The earliest recorded prophecy was by Enoch, which deals with the Second Coming of Christ (and is quoted in the Book of Jude in the New Testament)

Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, "Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,

To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against."

Jude 14, 15

Methuselah

Enoch was the father of Methuselah, who we have already mentioned. Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah.8 Apparently, Enoch received the prophecy of the Great Flood, and was told that as long as his son was alive, the judgment of the flood would be withheld. The year that Methuselah died, the flood came.

Enoch, of course, never died, he was comonly known as being raptured.That's how Methuselah can be the oldest man in the Bible, yet he died before his father!

Lamech

Methuselah's son was named Lamech, a word still used today in our own English word, lament or lamentation. Lamech suggests despairing.


Noah

Lamech, is the father of Noah, which is derived from nacham, to bring relief or comfort, as Lamech himself explains in Genesis 5:29.


Now placing the names all together:
Hebrew
English

Adam
Man

Seth
Appointed

Enosh
Mortal

Kenan
Sorrow;

Mahalalel
The Blessed God

Jared
Shall come down

Enoch
Teaching

Methuselah
His death shall bring

Lamech
The Despairing

Noah
Rest, or comfort.



Remarkable?
Man (is) appointed mortal sorrow; (but) the Blessed God shall come down teaching (that) His death shall bring (the) despairing rest.

Yes, it is remarkable!