I make no claim to discovering this. I heard Chuck Missler mention it (I recommend his "The Bible in 24 hours" book or DVD by the way).
Anyhow, the gospel of salvation is within the meaning of the Hebrew names which make up the family tree of Noah.
Name | Meaning |
Adam Seth Enosh Kenan Mahalalel Jared Enoch Methuselah Lamech Noah | man appointed mortal sorrow the blessed God shall come down teaching his death shall bring the despairing rest or comfort |
Putting it all together:
Man (is) appointed mortal sorrow (but) the blessed God shall come down teaching (that) His death shall bring (the) despairing rest.
In short The gospel hidden in Genesis 5
For Chuck's detailed analysis then look here The Gospel In Genesis
Here's an independent cross reference
Generations of Adam - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Name | Etymological translation [ 2 ] |
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Adam | "Man", masculine of adamah, "earth", "ground". |
Seth | "Appointed one" ( Genesis 4:25 ), from shith. |
Enos | "Mortal frailty", from anash, "sick", "frail", "mournful", "melancholy", "wicked". By analogy to anashim (cf. ben Yehuda, Aramaic Enosh in Daniel), may denote "peoples", alluding to the spreading forth of the population in his day. |
Cainan | "Smith"; or "habitation", "possession", "lot", from primitive root qen, "birdsnest". |
Mahalaleel | "God be praised", from primitive root "shining forth" and El, "God". |
Jared | "Descent", from primitive verb "come down", "prostrate", perhaps alluding to the Watchers that wrongfully descended from heaven among men in his day and led them astray in the Book of Enoch. |
Enoch | "Dedication", "discipling", "teaching", from primitive root "train up". |
Methuselah | "When he dies, judgment", from muth, "death", and shelach, "send forth", "rest"; or "man of the dart", "spear", "sword", from math, "man", and shelach, "sword"; or "man sent forth"; or "from him sent forth", from me-otho, "from him". |
Lamech | "Conqueror", from melekh, "king"; "captive", "slave", "pauper", by relationship to same root. |
Noah | "Rest", "comfort", from primitive root nuch, "rest". |
All the best,
Stephen