I got this one from Chuck Missler. I've heard him talk about this in some of his talks, but this one is found in his book: "Cosmic Codes: Hidden Messages from the Edge of Eternity." BTW, if you haven't listened to his teachings, you're really missing a lot. He is incredible! You can find his stuff on his website "Khouse.org" (for Koinonia House). I have listened to tons of his stuff over the years.
When you get to Genesis chapter 5, you may just "bleep" over it, since it's a genealogy. They all tend to sound a lot alike, listing so-and-so, the son of so-and-so. But this one has a secret message. I am so glad it's been decoded for us!
One of the problems with translating a language, is what to do with the names. Since we don't usually name our kids the same way as they did back then, we just look at names as- well, names. So proper names are not usually translated, they are transliterated to approximate the way they were pronounced.
But back then, the names of their kids meant something. For instance, Adam means "man." So if we don't translate the names, we are missing the meaning behind those names. That's not always an easy task, but the study of the word roots often helps.
In Genesis 5, we have a ten person genealogy from Adam to Noah. Adam, Seth, Enosh, Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared, Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech, and Noah. What do these names mean?
Adam - Man
Seth - Appointed
Enosh - Mortal
Kenan - Sorrow
Mahalalel - The Blessed God
Jared - Shall Come Down
Enoch - Teaching
Methuselah - His Death Shall Bring
Lamech - Despairing
Noah - Rest (Relief/Comfort).
Now add in a couple of connector words and you get:
Man is appointed mortal sorrow, but the Blessed God shall come down teaching that his death shall bring the despairing rest.
WHAAAT?! Take a minute and think through what you are seeing here.
Mic drop.
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