Sunday, December 19, 2010

WTF

A lot of the times, the Bible sounds like a load of jibberish to me, especially the Old Testament. For instance, in Genesis ch. 5, you can find a list of names: Adam, Sethkenan, Enosh, Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared, Enoch, Methusalah, Lamesh, Noah. If anyone, including me, were to read this list in the Bible, they would most likely skim through the names and move on to the next chapter, however, I have leaned that there is a reason to everything in the Bible.
If you look at the meanings of the names this is what it looks like:

  • Adam~ MAN
  • Seth~ APPOINTED
  • Enosh~ MORTAL
  • Kenan~ SORROW
  • Mahalalel~ THE BLESSED GOD
  • Jared~ SHALL COME DOWN
  • Enoch~ PREACHING
  • Methusalah~ HIS DEATH SHALL BRING
  • Lamesh~ THE DISPAIRING
  • Noah~ REST
This still doesn't look like anything, so let's add a couple words and a punctuation mark to the meanings.

  • Adam~ MAN (was)
  • Seth~ APPOINTED (for)
  • Enosh~ MORTAL
  • Kenan~ SORROW (, but)
  • Mahalalel~ THE BLESSED GOD
  • Jared~ SHALL COME DOWN
  • Enoch~ PREACHING (that)
  • Methusalah~ HIS DEATH SHALL BRING
  • Lamesh~ THE DISPAIRING
  • Noah~ REST
And there you have it: one of the first prophesies of Jesus' birth and death.

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