methuselah

oh yes before i forget. :) TTSh mentioned this morning tt it was impossible for someone to live for 969 yrs (gen 5:21-27) cause the theory behind telomeres just wouldn't allow it. so muthu's long life was accorded to a trans-scribing error cause God was too busy managing the universe therefore he tasked someone to write the bible. well, i think he made the comment in jest, but nonetheless it just reminded me of the sweet meaning behind the significance of methuselah's story. trust it will be interesting for christians who dont' know this yet. :) well he mentioned 990 but anyway...

muthu's name literally means "his death shall bring" in hebrew. dear muthu was the grandfather of noah, whom we dearly associate with the flood and of course the cute little animals on board.

what did his death bring? the flood of course. when God was so angry with man, He made an oath to flood the earth once this man died. now, isn't it interesting then to note tt muthu was the longest living person in the whole bible? (even > adam?)

and hardly could u find any reason for God to make muthu the longest living person, other than tt He was such a loving God tt He was reluctant to wipe out man. but yet he was bound by this oath to bring the flood when muthu died.

it is not the nature of God to be angry or to punish. it is described as weird for God to feel angry or to deal out punishment. it is just not the nature of God. beautiful. :)

names in the bible are quite interesting. something i swiped off a site:

"When we look at the meaning of the names in this chapter, a whole new light is shed on the authenticity of the book of Genesis and our understanding of how God uses the bible to speak to us. The list of names and their meanings is:

Hebrew Name English Name
Adam ------------------------------ Man
Seth ------------------------------- Appointed
Enosh ------------------------------ Mortal
Kenan ------------------------------ Sorrow
Mahelale -------------------------- The Blessed God
Jared ------------------------------ Shall Come Down
Enoch ------------------------------ Teaching
Methuselah ----------------------- His Death Shall Bring
Lamech ---------------------------- The Despairing
Noah ------------------------------ Comfort, Rest

In English it reads:
Man Appointed Mortal Sorrow. The Blessed God Shall come down Teaching His death shall bring The Despairing Comfort.

Praise God that He has revealed His message even in the most unexpected places."

http://www.ldolphin.org/studynotes/types.htm

sweet. nice revelations are encoded everywhere in the bible waiting to be dug out. :) in fact, many such sweet tidbits have been dug out and enjoyed already. :) another superficial reason why the bible is not a work of fabrication - someone who decides to 'fake' something couldn't have had such genius nor taken so much effort to make the bible so seamless. nothing contradicts but everything just brings out the beauty of another. :)

nothing against TTSh REALLY. i really think he meant it in jest. haha even if he didn't, i guess it's not an issue too.