We are going to look at the patriarchs of the pre-flood time.
There is a message in the meaning of the names of the ten men listed.
Adam...man
Seth...appointed
Enosh...mortal
Kenan...sorrow
Mahalalel...the blessed God (His name is where "hallelujah" comes from)
Jared...shall come down
Enoch...teaching
Methusaleh...his death shall bring
Lamech...despairing
Noah...comfort, rest
If I place a few selected words in this message...
Man (is) appointed mortal sorrow, (but) the blessed God shall come down, teaching (that) His death shall bring (the) despairing comfort (and) rest.
Nobody can convince me that God didn't have a hand in this...
Looking closer at some of these men, using other scriptures and extra-biblical sources.
ADAM...according to Jewish tradition, the fall was in year 7 and Cain kills Abel in year 41. Jewish history also says that Adam and Eve had 33 sons and 23 daughters. Well, if you live for 950 years, I would think that's a pretty small number!
SETH...according to Jewish tradition, Adam, Seth, and Enoch established the science of astronomy. The stars contained God's message of redemption and were used to pass on His message. Pagans perverted this message not too much later.
If you would like to read more about this message, called the Mazzeroth in Hebrew, I would refer you to The Heavens Declare by William Banks. There are also a couple of other books, but I can't pull the titles to mind right now. I'll come back and post them when I find them.
ENOSH...In his day, men "began to call on the name of the Lord". To a Jew, this phrase could mean that man began to profane God. But another possibility that has been put forth is that man had to begin to pray...to call on God in a different way. Based on the same word usage in other biblical passages, I lean toward the Jewish interpretation. If that is so, then man fell from faithfulness in only a couple of generations.
ENOCH...was a prophet (Jude14-15) He did teach. Jude quotes some of his prophecy. I would have to warn you that the so-called Books of Enoch may contain some of Enoch's prophecy, but these are later books using Enoch's name.
METHUSALEH...the meaning of his name could also be expressed "in the year he dies, it shall come." Enoch...the prophet...gave him this name. He should know! I would have to ask, why didn't people pay attention and get ready for whatever judgment God had planned? The flood came the year he died.
LAMECH...his name means despairing...did God's people despair because of the wickedness of the land?
NOAH...Lamech gave him his name. The Hebrew construction indicated that he thought Noah would be the messiah. Maybe in a way, he was. Not the Messiah, but he was responsible for the continuation of life after the destruction of the flood. Jewish tradition says that Noah had children before Shem, Ham, and Japheth, but that they were lost in the flood.
Archaeological find
In 1922, in Sumer, some ancient kinglists were discovered on a block of rock that was later called the Weld Prism. This monument records the history of the world in stone and was dated about 2100 BC. Two lists appear on this block...
One list names 10 kings "and then came the flood".
One list names 8 kings "and then came the flood".
Is it possible that one is the 10 individuals in Seth's line, and the other is the 8 individuals in Cain's line?
More to come later in the week...
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