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Alright, so tonight me continue our journey into the book of Beginnings; Genesis.
Last time we looked at the story of Cain and Abel.
We learned some important truths about each of us one of which is that, just like Cain, we have to learn to deal with disappointments and negative impulses; like anger and jealousy.
God told Cain after his sacrifice was not accepted,
Sin is always looking for an opportunity to strike but we must learn self control.
Paul said,
In the NKJV its reads a “sound mind” and means to be “self-controlled.”
Which is what true maturity is, to be self controlled.
We learned that the need to sacrifice was instituted by God from the very beginning and that Abel was performing the duties of the Priest in his offering and is identified by Jesus as a Prophet.
Last time we finished with verse 24, so we will pick at verse 25 & 26. as this begins our story into Gen 5.
Now, notice here that the name Seth means “appointed.”
It seems that Eve may have believed that this was the promised “seed of the woman.”
We are going to talk a lot about names tonight.
Now notice that Seth has a son, whom he calls Enosh, meaning “mortal” or “incurable, desperately wicked.”
More on that later but notice what it says next.
Then men began to call upon the name of the LORD.
There are two views on this verse.
One takes it at face value and sees it as a kind of revival.
A beginning of organized worship.
It differentiates, what is referred to as the Godly line of Seth from the un-godly line of Cain.
But there is another view that sees the verse as mistranslated.
So instead of, begin to call on the Lord, men profaned the name of the Lord.
Sort of beginning the downward slide of mankind leading to the flood.
The ancient Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan and other Church Fathers saw it this way.
The word for “began” has a verity of meanings in Hebrew.
The word is ḥālal to profane, defile, pollute, desecrate, begin.
Neither view ultimately changes the overall message but the second view seems to make more sense when you consider, that certainly Adam and Abel and Seth all called on the Name of the Lord.
It didn’t begin at Enosh.
The view lines up with with downward trajectory that mankind was on.
So with that preface, we get to what on the surface might appear to be somewhat boring but turns into one of the most incredible hidden gems in the word.
So lets stand as we read and then we will get into it;
Genesis 5 (NASB95)
1 This is the book of the generations of Adam.
In the day when God created man, He made him in the likeness of God.
2 He created them male and female, and He blessed them and named them Man in the day when they were created.
3 When Adam had lived one hundred and thirty years, he became the father of a son in his own likeness, according to his image, and named him Seth.
There is an important distinction to be made between A&E and everyone else born after them.
Adam like Jesus and the Angelic Host was and are true b’nai Elohim sons of God and were made in His (God’s image.)
We on the other hand are born “b’nai Adam”, children of Adam.
We remain that way until we are Born Again.
John 1:12 (NASB95)
12 But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name,
4 Then the days of Adam after he became the father of Seth were eight hundred years, and he had other sons and daughters.
5 So all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years, and he died.
6 Seth lived one hundred and five years, and became the father of Enosh.
7 Then Seth lived eight hundred and seven years after he became the father of Enosh, and he had other sons and daughters.
8 So all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years, and he died.
9 Enosh lived ninety years, and became the father of Kenan.
10 Then Enosh lived eight hundred and fifteen years after he became the father of Kenan, and he had other sons and daughters.
11 So all the days of Enosh were nine hundred and five years, and he died.
12 Kenan lived seventy years, and became the father of Mahalalel.
13 Then Kenan lived eight hundred and forty years after he became the father of Mahalalel, and he had other sons and daughters.
14 So all the days of Kenan were nine hundred and ten years, and he died.
15 Mahalalel lived sixty-five years, and became the father of Jared.
16 Then Mahalalel lived eight hundred and thirty years after he became the father of Jared, and he had other sons and daughters.
17 So all the days of Mahalalel were eight hundred and ninety-five years, and he died.
18 Jared lived one hundred and sixty-two years, and became the father of Enoch.
19 Then Jared lived eight hundred years after he became the father of Enoch, and he had other sons and daughters.
20 So all the days of Jared were nine hundred and sixty-two years, and he died.
21 Enoch lived sixty-five years, and became the father of Methuselah.
22 Then Enoch walked with God three hundred years after he became the father of Methuselah, and he had other sons and daughters.
23 So all the days of Enoch were three hundred and sixty-five years.
24 Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him.
25 Methuselah lived one hundred and eighty-seven years, and became the father of Lamech.
26 Then Methuselah lived seven hundred and eighty-two years after he became the father of Lamech, and he had other sons and daughters.
27 So all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred and sixty-nine years, and he died.
28 Lamech lived one hundred and eighty-two years, and became the father of a son.
29 Now he called his name Noah, saying, “This one will give us rest from our work and from the toil of our hands arising from the ground which the Lord has cursed.”
30 Then Lamech lived five hundred and ninety-five years after he became the father of Noah, and he had other sons and daughters.
31 So all the days of Lamech were seven hundred and seventy-seven years, and he died.
32 Noah was five hundred years old, and Noah became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
On first reading one could be very underwhelmed, but hang with me I think you will be amazed.
However, on first look one thing stands out in this list of Patriarch’s.
That is that the all lived to about 900 years except one which we will covet later.
Are we to take this literally?
How can this be?
Well I believe God says what He means means what He says.
So yes, in that time prior to the flood there was extreme longevity.
For reasons we have looked at in depth previously like the purity of the genome and the lack of solar radiation by the thick mist blanket that covered the Earth at that time.
These and others are possible answers but we just don’t know for sure.
What we do know is that immediately after the flood life spans were drastically reduced and by Abraham’s day were less than 200 years.
We will look at this closely in Chapter 11.
Now we will get back to Gen 5 and pull this apart; look again at 1 & 2
First notice that A&E were created in the likeness of Elohim.
And God called them (both) Adam.
Mr & Mrs Adam if you please.
Adam means man, as well as being a proper name.
Now as we get into the rest of the chapter I would like to thank Dr Chuck Missler for his research on this topic.
I have included an article that will detail much of what I will be referring to.
Let’s begin, towards the end with the patriarch Methuselah.
Who knows what he was famous for in scripture.
He was the longest living human recorded at 969 years!
However what is more interesting was that his name contains a prophesy.
The name Methuselah comes from two Hebrew words, Meth meaning death, and Shalach meaning shall bring.
So Methuselah means His death shall bring.
Interestingly if you do the math you will find that the very year M dies the flood comes.
So if we find meaning in M’s name wouldn’t it be interesting to see if there is meaning in the other names.
Now if you look up these names in Strongs or another Lexicon you will find just the proper name but behind each Hebrew word is a 3 letter root and its from there we get these meanings.
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