Feb 9, 2010

What's in a Name?

I had discovered this years ago and every now and then I return to it. This is a great example of God at work throughout the history of mankind. What you are looking at are the names of the men in direct line from Adam to Noah as given in Genesis 5. In parentheses are the meanings of their names. Those meanings are then put together in following sentences...
Adam
(Man)

Seth
(Appointed)

Enosh
(Moral)

Kenan
(Sorrow)

Mahalalel
(The Blessed God)

Jared
(Shall Come Down)

Enoch
(Teaching)

Methuselah
(His Death Shall Bring)

Lamech
(The Despairing)

Noah
(Rest, Comfort)

“Man appointed moral sorrow. The Blessed God shall come down teaching; His death shall bring the despairing rest (and) comfort.”

3 comments:

Jenny B. said...

Wow!

emeraldsteve said...

awesome!

Solid Rock or Sinking Sand said...

I really enjoyed this post. May our Lord continue to use both of you for His glory. God bless, Lloyd