Genesis 5: 32 - Methuselah, Deadly Warning

June 8th, 2010

Why did God allow Methuselah to live longer than any other person in the Bible? We think it’s because He wanted to give more people the opportunity to be saved before being destroyed in the flood. Compare the two links below.

Methu-Selah

"Methu" means stretched out as in a casket, death. "Selah" means a missile of attack. In the Psalms the word Selah was used to draw the reader’s attention. Combined they constituted the warning, "When he dies, look out!"

Genesis 5:27

2 Peter 3:9


		When He Dies, Look Out!
		On the day when Methuselah died, the rains fell (but with Noah inside). Why did Meth’ live so long? ’Cause God pitied the throng, even though they had murdered and lied. Genesis 5:27 Genesis 6:6		Genesis 5: 27 below Genesis 7: 6 below Genesis 5: 27 below again Genesis 6: 6 below Genesis 6: 5 below Genesis 7:6 Genesis 6:5

Methuselah was the 8th from Adam. His death marked not only the end of an age but a New Beginning for the people and the animals inside the Ark. Millennia later, Jesus’s death repeated the offer. Have you accepted his gift? Compare the two links below.

John 20:31

1 Chronicles 1:1 - 3

Comments

God pitied the throng. So true, Methuselah's long life is a picture of God's patience when it comes to judgement. This picture reminds me of one of my favorite Old Testament verses Joel 2:13 "So rend your heart, and not your garments; Return to the Lord your God, For He is gracious and merciful, Slow to anger, and of great kindness; And He relents from doing harm." Have you rended your heart today?

Comment By: Son of Bus Driver on Saturday January 28th, 2006

Son, And that reminds me of Proverbs 22: 6, where it all started. Dad

Comment By: Bus Driver on Saturday January 28th, 2006