Jimmy's Genesis asks if Methuselah died in the Flood. Probably not. How do we know? Because of his name. "Methuselah" literally means "His death shall bring". It doesn't say WHAT it shall bring, but it is true that if you do the mathematical calculations of the genealogical table in Genesis, you find that Methuselah does indeed die in the same year as the Flood.
You also discover that Methuselah is the longest-lived man in the Bible.
So, with the naming Methuselah, God gives a warning to the world "His death shall bring..." the end. But with the length of Methuselah's life, we see how long-suffering and patient God is with man, even in all of human sinfulness. God pronounces the doom: the death of THIS man shall be the stroke of the clock that unleashes the end of the world (by Flood), but in the length of Methuselah's life, we see God drawing out that thread longer than ever before, reluctant to cut it and thereby have to be true to his word.
But in the end God does cut the thread of Methuselah's life, and in that name itself we can practically see the scene. As the elderly Methuselah closes his eyes and releases his final breath, the skies open up and the earth cracks open and the waters pour out upon the earth.
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You also discover that Methuselah is the longest-lived man in the Bible.
So, with the naming Methuselah, God gives a warning to the world "His death shall bring..." the end. But with the length of Methuselah's life, we see how long-suffering and patient God is with man, even in all of human sinfulness. God pronounces the doom: the death of THIS man shall be the stroke of the clock that unleashes the end of the world (by Flood), but in the length of Methuselah's life, we see God drawing out that thread longer than ever before, reluctant to cut it and thereby have to be true to his word.
But in the end God does cut the thread of Methuselah's life, and in that name itself we can practically see the scene. As the elderly Methuselah closes his eyes and releases his final breath, the skies open up and the earth cracks open and the waters pour out upon the earth.
His death brought...the Flood.
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