I'm going to share with you real quick, a principle of studying the
Bible before we close. Okay? Are you with me so far? Alright, let's
look at the principle of Bible names. Names in the Bible carry
meanings. Now, after the service, please don't go and change your
name. You don't have to change your name. In the Bible days, God
changed people's name because there's a meaning for their life or
their purpose. But if you want to study and find more truth in the
Bible, sometimes it is not out there on the on the surface. You
can't see the truth. But if you study the names, you can yield rich
profits for you, if you study God's Word. So one of the principles, and
I was quite astounded by the fact that many people who teaches on how
to study the Bible, they don't teach the significance of names in
the Bible. There's one chapter that I am going to show you, a case in
point. And, you know, God showed this to me, in the early 1990s. I
wasn't even married yet at a time. And since then, this has gone far
and wide. But let me just share with you real quick, okay. There's
a chapter for example, there's no redundant chapter or verse in the
Bible. Everything is there for a purpose. If you read Genesis 5, the
first book of the Bible, you'll find this, it tells us that the
first man: "So all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and
thirty years; and he died. Seth lived one hundred and five years,
and begot Enosh. After he begot Enosh, Seth lived eight hundred and
seven years, and had sons and daughters, and he died." (Genesis
5:5-8) And then Seth brought forth somemore: Cainan and all the rest,
and Mahalalel. And you can follow on all the way in chapter five
alone, all the way to Noah.
and at Noah it stopped. Because at Noah's time was when the flood
came.
Amen. And after Noah's generation, by the way, there's also a a man
called Peleg. His name is called Peleg because in his day, the
continents were divided. His name means division. And if you look
carefully at South America, you look at Africa, you can join them
together, even the top. Which means once upon a time, the whole earth
was one land mass. So the bottom of the earth, during the flood was
broke apart, releasing poisonous gas. The firmament, the "raqia"
here in Hebrew, was broken. The canopy that protected men from the
harmful rays of the sun was broken. And that's why after the flood,
instead of hundreds of years, man's life became half. And then another
half, all the way until what God said to Noah: "Men's days will be a
120 years." In our day and age, it has come all the way to, its pretty
good if you could live till 78 or 80. But the Bible says that those
people who are under God's wrath in Psalms 90, the people who are in
the wilderness, and the word "wrath" is used more than one time.
So it's specifically it's for the people who are under God's wrath.
They live 70 years and by reason of strength, 80 years. But we are not
under God's wrath. We are under God's grace. Through Jesus Christ,
we are under God's favor and under God's grace. We will never be under
God's wrath. Are you hearing? We don't live in Psalms 90. We live in
Psalms 91. And Psalm 91 says: "With long life I will satisfy him;"
(Psalm 91:16) You're not satisfied at 80 years old, tell the Lord:
"I'm not satisfied." Go onto 90, and 90 to 100 if you want. Amen.
The criteria is your satisfaction. God says "With long life I will
satisfy him;" Amen. Not excited? Angels taking down notes you know.
Those who say Amen, God takes down notes. "With long life I will
satisfy him." Praise God. Amen. So everything goes back to the
original plan. Back to Eden. You want to learn God's plan—it's
always good to follow God's plan. For example, if you make a car, you
manufacture a car, and you tried to put orange juice into the place
where you're supposed to put petrol or fuel. It won't work. Put any
other liquid, it won't work. You can argue that it's not politically
correct—it's correct to put orange juice. I don't care how you argue
it. The way it functions must go back to the manufacturers handbook.
He knows how it functions best. So the whole chapter is about names.
So what is God trying to say? What is the revelation here? Once you
see the names and the meanings, it's so beautiful. So the name
start with Adam, the first man. All the way down to Noah, when the
flood came. But look at the names. I saved you from reading the entire
chapter five (Genesis 5). Adam, his name means men. Alright. Adam
brought forth Seth. Seth brought forth Enosh. Enosh brought forth
Canaan. Canaan brought forth Mahalalel. Mahalalel. You can see
God's name there right? "El", God's name. Jared, he brought Jared.
Jared brought forth Enoch, Enoch brought forth Methuselah. Alright,
Methuselah. From Methuselah came Lamech. Lamech, (then) Noah. We end
with Noah. So this whole chapter five (Genesis 5) is just genealogy.
By the way, Adam lived hundreds of years. Adam lived over 900 years.
But you know, the oldest men that ever lived and recorded in the
Bible, is Methuselah. And you know what his name means? When he dies,
it will happen. When he dies, it will come. What will come? The
flood. The judgement. God said, when this boy dies, when Methuselah
came forth, alright, notice that he came forth from Enoch. No wonder
Enoch walked with God and he was not. He had a personal rapture,
because he had a revelation of His son's name. God said: "Call your
son Methuselah, which means when he dies, then the judgement will
come." You know what, you know what? Every time this boy cough, he
fell sick, the whole place is like: "Woah." Alright. When he entered
his teen years, every time he hurt himself, "don't die, don't die,
don't die." Because when he dies, the judgement will come. Do you
know he lived—he is the longest living men. 969 years. I think it
is 969 years, he lived longer than Adam. What does that tell you about
God? God, even though God has to execute justice, his heart is love.
If God doesn't execute justice, if there's no justice, civilization
will fall apart. Amen. The nation will be
destroyed. Right? The fabric of our society is law and order. Evildoers
must be punished. Amen. So that it's not propagated. Amen. So God
has to execute justice on sin, but God's heart is love. And God says:
"when this boy dies, the judgement will come." And God made him live
so long. What does that tell you about God? He's very patient. He's
not willing that any should perish. Amen. I can just see the angels
asking: "Is it time yet, God? To send judgement? Is it time yet? God
says wait. I believe they will turnaround. Wait." God always
waits. He believed the best of men. Only when finally all the resources
are exhausted. Then the judgement comes. And this boy became the
longest living man. Don't you know, my friend, the goodness of God
leads you to repentance? Amen. Okay, then we have a look at all
the names. Noah. Okay, so Adam. let's look at the meaning of the
names. Adam means man, Seth means appointed. Enosh means frail or
mortal. Kanaan means sorrow. I told you just now, Mahalalel has the
name of God, "El." Like Joel, right. Mahalalel means the blessed
God. Jared or "Yered" means shall come down. By the way, the River
Jordan in Israel, Jordan comes from this word Jared. "Yarden" and
"Yered". "Yered" means the descending river. Alright, the
River Jordan starts from the highest peak, the highest mountain
of Israel, Mount Hermon, and goes down right into the Dead Sea. The
lowest place on planet Earth. It's a picture of descending. Amen. So
here it says, Jared shall come down, that's the idea. Enoch means
teaching. Methuselah, his name means his death shall bring. Lamech
means powerful. Noah's name means rest. Now look at this. Is there a
message? People, is there a message? Yes, it's the gospel. The
love story of God written in blood. For you and I. Look at this. Man is
appointed mortal sorrow. Ever since man sinned, man is appointed mortal
sorrow. But the Blessed God shall come down teaching. Who is that?
Jesus. Very good. He shall come down teaching. His death will bring
powerful rest. Hallelujah. That's the message. Man is appointed
mortal sorrow but the Blessed God shall come down teaching, His death
shall bring powerful rest. Can you believe that? Every one of these
names is in one chapter. Genesis 5. Starting from from Adam all the way
to Noah. So God hides meanings in names.