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Genesis 5: The Genealogy of Man
Genesis 5:1 reminds the reader that Adam was made in the image of God. This is the genealogy of men in the day in which God made Adam; in the image of God he made him: male and female he made them, and blessed them; and he called his name Adam, in the day in which he made them. (Genesis 5:1 Brenton LXX) The entire chapter of Genesis 5 lays out one leg of the house of Adam through a line of sons, or sowers of seed, starting with Seth and continuing through to Noah. A Son After His Own Form and Image Notice the detail given in verse 2…
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Genesis 4: The Seed of the Woman
A Man Knows a Woman In Genesis 3:20 it is established that Eve (aka Life) was the mother of all living, and the following passages in Genesis 4 make it clear that the man, who is the father, also known as the progenitor, is the sower of seed. And Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and brought forth Cain and said, I have gained a man through God. (Genesis 4:1 Brenton LXX) And Cain knew his wife, and having conceived she bore Enoch; and he built a city; and he named the city after the name of his son, Enoch. (Genesis 4:17 Brenton LXX) And Adam knew Eve…
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Genesis 3: The Fall of Man, Sin and the Seed of the Woman
Genesis 3 tells us the Garden of Eden story, where the Fall of Man takes place. We’re told at the onset of the chapter that a Serpent deceives the woman that was formed from man in chapter 2, into believing that she would not surely die by eating of the forbidden fruit that God had told Adam to avoid. She and the man then disobeyed God and ate of it. And this disobedience to God is understood to be sin. As a result of this sin, they saw their nakedness and were ashamed, and they were sent forth from the Garden and blocked from returning to it. It is widely…
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Genesis 2: The LORD God Formed Man and Woman
The Book of Genesis (The Generation) Genesis 2:4 begins by saying: This is the book of the generation of heaven and earth, when they were made, in the day in which the Lord God made the heaven and the earth, and every herb of the field before it was on the earth, and all the grass of the field before it sprang up, for God had not rained on the earth, and there was not a man to cultivate it. (Genesis 2:4-5 Brenton LXX) The Greek word translated here as “generation” is genesis (G1078), which means source, origin. It comes from the word genos (G1085), which means kindred, coming from the…
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Genesis 1: God and the Natural Order
God: Maker of Heaven and Earth Genesis 1 introduces “God” as the Maker of heaven and earth. And all throughout the Bible we see references to this capital-G “God”. The Hebrew word translated as “God” in verse 1 is “elohim”, which is plural, and “probaby prolonged (emphatically) from “el” (H410)”, which means “mighty one“, according to Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB). “El” is shortened from “ayil” (H352), which means “ram”. In the Greek Septuagint, “Elohim” is translated as “o theos” (G3588 & G2316) in this verse, which literally translates into English as “the god”, hence the likely reason why it is capitalized in English. According to Thayer’s Greek definitions, it is of uncertain…
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The Book of Enoch’s Prophecy of Weeks
92-1. The book written by Enoch–[Enoch indeed wrote this complete doctrine of wisdom, (which is) praised of all men and a judge of all the earth] for all my children who shall dwell on the earth. And for the future generations who shall observe uprightness and peace. 2. Let not your spirit be troubled on account of the times; For the Holy and Great One has appointed days for all things. 3. And the righteous one shall arise from sleep, [Shall arise] and walk in the paths of righteousness, And all his path and conversation shall be in eternal goodness and grace. 4. He will be gracious to the righteous and give him…
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Do This in Remembrance of Me
I was recently asked about Yeshua’s remarks concerning “do this in remembrance of me”, whether or not I understood that to be a reference to communion. In Luke 22 it reads: 14 And when the hour was come, he sat down, and the twelve apostles with him. 15 And he said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer: 16 For I say unto you, I will not any more eat thereof, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God. 17 And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and said, Take this, and divide it among yourselves: 18 For I say unto you, I will…
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The Sign of the Prophet Jonah
There are three mentions of the Sign of Jonah in the New Testament. Matthew first mentions it in Matthew 12:38-42 and then again in 16:1-4. Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee. But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas: For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. The men of…
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Why Does Jesus Call Himself the Son of Man?
Throughout the New Testament Jesus refers to himself as the Son of man1. Why is that? Let’s start at the beginning of the Bible and work our way through it to see if we can find the answer to that question. Genesis 1:26-27 reads: 26 And God said, Let us make man2 (“adam” H120) in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. 27 So God created man (“adam” H120) in his own image, in the image of…
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When Shall These Things Be?
Jesus/Yeshua makes a bold prophetic prediction during his ministry concerning the pride and joy of Jerusalem: the buildings of the second temple standing in the first century. In Matthew 24 we read: 24 And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple. 2 And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down. Clearly, Jesus/Yeshua is speaking to his disciples, who are physically in his presence, about structures that are physically standing at that time:…
