Hey from Kona! This is Camille, by the way…So today was an amazing day in class. We had a couple of different speakers from the YWAM base come in and talk to our class. The first was Taylor (I don’t remember his last name). One of the coolest things he showed us was actually from the beginning of scripture, from Genesis chapter 5. You know how they talk about from adam who had a son seth who lived this long who had a son who lived this long etc..blah blah blah, I would usually skip over it wondering why it’s even in the bible? Well today I found out something pretty cool. They are actually given these names from there parents who ask God what to name them. They don’t just choose these names because they sound cool or they go good with their last name or whatever. I found out what the names of these men actually mean in Hebrew, and the revelation is crazy. Okay so I’m just going to lay it out for you like this, the way it appears in the bible: (name-Hebrew meaning)
Adam-man
Seth-appointed
Enosh-mortal
Kenan-sorrow
Mahalalel-blessed of
Jared-shall come down
Enoch-teaching
Methuzala-his death shall bring
Lamech-the despairing
Noah-rest & comfort
So Adam, the man appointed mortal sorrow by eating of the tree of good and evil. Blessed (the messiah) will come down teaching and his death shall bring us (the despairing) rest and comfort! Whoa! Crazyyy! God totally laid everything out in Genesis. Cool side note:
So when Methuzala was on the earth his name meant “his death shall bring” and when he died the flood came. So when he was living people were probably wondering what would his death bring? At the same time Noah was building the ark. No one put two and two together even though Noah was warning everybody. When Methuzala died, that is when God flooded the earth. Let’s just say, this for sure blew my mind! I won’t be skipping over genealogies anymore. I might just have to get a Hebrew dictionary!
My husband and I have finished staffing a Discipleship Training School (DTS) through Youth with a Mission (YWAM). We both love God and are committed to following his will. We enjoy taking photographs of our travels as well as blogging about awesome things God does.
5 Comments
Such a cool teaching. It goes to show that it is important to dig deep instead of just merely reading scriptures. Thanks for sharing babe :)
Calvin H
10/2/2009
That is so cool! Learning things from stories in the Bible never ends….its never boring! i miss you Cam! XO
Melodie
10/2/2009
Camille thank you for sharing there is so much to learn so appreciate you taking time to share the information you are learning. God is amazing to be more intimate with him and learn the whys of things he did. Wow praise him and may he continue to reveal himself to the two of you praying for you.Love ya Coreen
Coreen Wanke
10/2/2009
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11/4/2010
Thanks for sharing what GOD has been showing you. We can all learn from these valuable
History and facts our God has provided. I love that as Jesus followers we have a purpose filled
Life. Keep listening to his voice.
Seth
Seth
11/14/2010
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