The Gospel According to Genesis 5

 

 

The Gospel According to Genesis 5

 

MAN – Adam

 

IS APPOINTED – Seth

 

MORTAL - Enosh

 

SORROW – Kenan

 

THE BLESSED GOD – Mahalalel

 

SHALL COME – Jared

 

TEACHING – Enoch

 

HIS DEATH SHALL BRING – Methuselah

 

THE DESPAIRING – Lamech

 

REST AND COMFORT - Noah

 

Genesis chapter 5:

These ten generations

Truly form a narrative

That depicts salvation.

 

Cain and Abel

Were omitted from this mix,

When Cain killed Abel

He caused that fix.

 

That the Hebrew meanings

Of each of these names

Tell the Gospel message

Is wonderfully plain.

 

 

The first man ever:

His name meaning MAN

Was created by the Almighty God

Who called him Adam.

 

Next in this Genesis 5 bloodline

Was Adam’s third son,

Seth means IS APOINTED;

That’s the second generation.

 

Next, we have Enosh

The third of these people

And it is significant

That his name means MORTAL

 

Fourthly, there is Kenan

And his name means SORROW

The state of fallen man

Comes every tomorrow.

 

Then comes Mahalalel

Hence, THE BLESSED GOD:

The turning point in the message

To be spread abroad.

 

Next, we have Jared:

His name means SHALL COME

Pointing to the Lord Jesus:

The Father’s begotten Son.

 

Enoch means TEACHING:

Of course, meaning the Christ

Whose life was offered

As our sin sacrifice.

 

HIS DEATH SHALL BRING:

That’s what Methuselah means,

Showing why the Lord Jesus

Came on the scene.

 

Next are THE DESPAIRING

Hence, the name Lamech:

An emotional state

That speaks of much regret.

 

Hallelujah for Noah

Meaning COMFORT AND REST!

Genesis chapter 5

Is THE GOSPEL, no less.

 

 

Man is appointed mortal sorrow

But the blessed God shall come teaching.

And his death shall bring the despairing

Rest and Comfort.

 

Stewart Russell © July 31, 2021