Remember also that the flood of Noah did not come as a suprise. It had
been preached for four generations.. Also Enoch was given a prophecy of
the coming great flood and was apparently tols that as long as his son
was alive the judgement would be withheld. Enoch named his son to
reflect this..Methuselah comes from two roots (oops copied hebrew but it
comes out wrong here)..okay, muth, a root that means death...and
shalach, which means to bring or to send forth. Thus Methuselah
means..his death shall bring. ( I wonder if the whole neighborhood
panicked when he caught a cold). And in the year that Methuselah died
the flood did come.
Methuselah was 187 when he had Lamech, and he lived
782 more years.Lamech had Noah when he was 182. The flood came in Noah's
600th year. 187 plus 182 plus 600 = 969, the year Methuselah died.
Interesting that Methuselah's life was in effect a symbol of God's mercy
in forestalling the coming judgement of the flood. It is therefore
fitting that his lifetime is the oldest mentioned in the Bible,
symbolising God's extensive Mercy.
Since there is such significance in Methuselah's name Let's look at the
others.See scripture for extra info, okay!
The first, ADAM,adomah, means "Man"
Adams son, SETH, means "appointed".
ENOSH, Seth's son means "mortal" or frail or miserable from root,
anash..to be incurable
It was in the days of Enosh that man began to defile the name of the
living God Gen4:26?
KENAN, Enosh's son which can mean, "sorrow" or dirge or elegy..(not
synonymous with canaan as some believe)
We dont know why these names were chosen for these babies, maybe
something that happened at their birth???
MAHALALEL means "blessed" or praise..and El the name of God. Often
hebrew names contained El, such as Dani-el
JARED from the verb, yaradh, meaning "shall come down"...(could be an
illusion to the sons of God who came down, fallen angels, resulting in
Nephilim..maybe)
ENOCH, Jared's son, means "teaching" or commencement. He was the first
of four generations of preachers. See Jude 14,15
METHUSELAH.."his death shall bring"
LAMECH..a root still evident today in Lamentations or lament..suggest
"desparing"
NOAH, derived from nacham, means "to bring relief" or "comfort" Gen5:29
Let's put it together.
ADAM, Man
SETH, Appointed
ENOSH, Mortal
KENAN, Sorrow
MAHALALEL, The Blessed God
JARED, Shall come down
ENOCH, Teaching
METHUSALAH, His death shall bring
LAMECH, The despairing
NOAH, Rest
Man, (is) appointed mortal sorrow, (but) the Blessed God shall come down
teaching (that) His death shall bring (the) despairing rest.
Here is a summary of God's plan of redemption, hidden? in a genealogy in
Genesis. Did the rabbis deliberately hide this in their venerated Torah?
I think not!
Notes taken from Chuck Missler's book "CosmicCodes".........I have heard
several Messianic teachers teach this message.
Shalom and Grace
Hodiah Feb,2001