Names Code from Adam to Jesus

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The meaning of a name was considered very important in bible days. Sometimes the bible itself informs the reader what a name means. Such renowned persons as Adam, Cain, Seth, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob (and all 12 sons), Perez, Peleg and Jesus all have the meaning of their name explicitly given in the bible. Their names tell the story of why or how they were born.

Some students of the bible have wondered whether these names (with their meanings) might not be strung together in succession to tell some larger story. For if the meaning of these names do indeed tell a story then this would imply that God Himself arranged these names providentially throughout the ages. This would help prove that the genealogy of Christ is of divine origin in spite of the tacit denials by such popular books as "The Da Vinci Code".

Already there have been attempts to string together the first 10 names in the bible from Adam to Noah. In general, this is what the first 10 names of the bible can read when each name is rendered one after the other in succession.

"A man is appointed, a man of sorrow. The Blessed God shall come down teaching that His death shall bring the grieving rest."

But some of the meanings of these first 10 names in the genealogy of Christ remain in doubt. And regrettably, this is true also of the next 10 names from Noah to Abraham. But all is not lost. Fortunately, the next 40 names after that, as recorded in Matthew's genealogy of Abraham to Jesus, are reasonably certain. And the meaning of these latter 40 names supports the renderings of the first 20 names.

A fascinating prophecy emerges when all 60 names from Adam to Jesus are sequentially read. In the following reading, several names omitted in Matthew's genealogy are here added, and when one person has more than one name all names are used. Also, the genealogy of Cain's line (who eventually perished in the flood of Noah) are also added here. 

Moreover, recently another type of bible code was discovered within the first 20 names of this same genealogy of Christ. The first letter of each consecutive name from Adam to Abraham in the original Hebrew forms an acrostic prophecy. It is clear by the what this prophecy reads that it is intended to be affixed to the Meaning-of-Names Code. (The acrostic bible prophecy will be examined separately in the second part of this study.)

The words in brackets have been added as an aid to help identify the historic time period in which a particular name (with its meaning) refers to as the genealogical code scrolls down from Adam to Christ.

Simplified Rendering of the
Meaning-of-Names from Adam to Christ

(The first two lines are the acrostic.)

"I will forgive my enemies, having compassion, forgiving those made from the dust a second time."

"I will choose a circumcised people (i.e., Jews), even many peoples for myself (i.e., Gentiles)."

The God-Man will come forth and instruct unruly men (like Cain). This man of God will be smitten to death, but his death will be in the will of God. People will give up hope as grief overwhelms them.

The God-Man is appointed to save, this man of sorrow. The Glory of God shall come down from heaven and teach men that by means of His death He shall comfort those who mourn.

(Post Flood) The fame of the stronghold of Babylon, and sorrow, extend their borders like a plant beyond the place of division (at the Tower of Babel). -- But I will make Babylon fade away!

A friend also branches out (like Abraham), snorting with fury! The Glorious Father --- the Father of many people --- laughs as He outwits (his enemy)!

A mighty One (like Moses) struggles (in prayer)! A righteous Prince sees God! Praise bursts forth and makes an opening into a place surrounded by a high wall. There the people of the Prince (are safe) from (Balaam) the false prophet. They are clothed with strength! 

For there exists a Servant, one beloved and peaceable. He will extend the territory of the people (like King David and Solomon).

My Father is the Lord, the healer of him whom the Lord judged and then raised up. The Lord has taken hold of me and the Lord is strong! Mighty is the Lord! My strength and help are in the Lord! The Lord is perfect! I took hold of the strength of the Lord and it made me forget my misery. (I am) the Master Builder whom the Lord God healed, whom the Lord raised up, whom the Lord appointed, and whom the Lord did uphold and will uphold.

I have asked God about the ransomed of the Lord --- those exiled in Babylon. My Father is awesome! God will raise up a helper, the Just One will the Lord raise up! God is my praise! God is the One who helps. May the Gift of Jacob increase in greatness, for God is with us! --- the Messiah and Savior of those called out (of Babylon).

Note: The first paragraph represents the line of Cain that perished in Noah's flood. The godly and ungodly lines to Noah mirror each other as is evident by the similar names used. This striking similarity is the logic behind inserting Cain's list first. However, for arguments sake, because Cain's line merely compliments what the godly line reads, therefore Cain's line (and thus the first paragraph in bold letters) may be omitted if the reader objects to its inclusion.

The righteous line of Adam to Noah is listed after Cain's line and continues on through to Jesus and His "Church". The word "Church" is listed as the last name in the genealogy because in a theological sense the Church, which was "born" just 50 days after Jesus died, spiritual speaking caps off the genealogy of Jesus. 

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King Amaziah (#39c) is the center of a complex bracketing-out of thought that moves foreword and backward from this center, a Hebraic poetic style. The names have been color-coded accordingly. The names generally follows this pattern: 

It begins with #11 and ends with #61, with #1-10 as the introduction and summary and #51-61 also serving as a conclusion.

e	d	c	b	a	A	a	b	c	d	e
Increase of fame	Praise	State of safety vs prayer for help	Trial, healing, resurrection	Taking hold of strength	"Mighty is the Lord!"	Taking hold of strength	Trial, healing, resurrection	State of safety vs prayer for help	Praise	Increase of fame

Names follow the genealogy in the Gospel of Matthew (ch. 1) coupled with Gen. 5, 11, (Luke 3); which in turn is mainly taken directly from the Old Testament records. Exceptions are noted.

(Luke has 77 names ---the number of forgiveness --- from Jesus to Adam "the son of God". The names after David differ from that of Matthew's genealogy due to another method of tracing the lineage of Jesus.)

Matthew has 60 names from Adam to Jesus if we complete it back to Adam, and 65 if the extra 4 or 5 names are added that Matthew purposely left out for numeric reasons.

We have numbered the following according to Matthew's reckoning. 
This represents the most complete list of names that the bible records.

#	Names	Literal meaning of names "And", "but", "of", "the", "is/are" are included in the meaning as mere connector words. Other additions are bracketed.	Notes and Possible Meanings (The notes concentrate on the more difficult meanings.  The names Lord and Jah and Jehovah are used interchangeably.)
0	God	The God-	"God", (from the word meaning, "to be strong/mighty"). Luke's genealogy begins with Jesus as the son of God" (Luke 3:22), and ends with "Adam, who was the son of God". (Luke 3:38.)
1	Adam	Man	"Man"; "Mankind" (Comes from the word meaning, "to be red", as in the red earth [or red blood?])
2	Seth	is appointed;	"Appointed"; "placed"; "put".  Gen 4:25 "And Adam knew his wife again, and she bore a son, and called his name Seth: ...For God has appointed me another seed instead of Abel, because Cain has slain him."
3	Enosh	A mortal man of	"Man"; "mortal/frail man".
4	Kenan	sorrow.	“Possession”; "owner"; "spearman"; "smith"; but sounds like, and may be related to the word for a 'dirge' or a 'wailing chant', hence "sorrow". (See #12a. Also see endnotes for names as puns.)
5	Mahalalel	The Glory of God	“The Praise of God”; "The Fame of God"; "The Glory of God". (The messiah is "the Glory and Praise of God", Heb. 1.) Note the contrast of the fame/Glory of God here with the fame of Babylon in #11-12. Also, #5-10 is being contrasted with #11-15.
6	Jared	shall come down	“Coming down". (See note #25.)
7	Enoch	instructing that	“Initiated”; "dedicated". Strongs says, "A primitive root; properly to narrow; figuratively to initiate or discipline: - dedicate, train up."
8	Methuselah	His death shall bring	“Man of the missile/dart”; "His death shall bring". The latter reading is the more sure (though not according to etymology) in that "His death brought" the flood; that is, Methuselah died just months before the flood. Nevertheless, even the name "Man of the dart/spear" perhaps suggests the type of death that Messiah would die, for "He was pierced for our transgressions," (Isa. 53). Also compare Methuselah to his ungodly counterpart, Methushael, which can mean, "His death is of God," or, "A Man who is of God". (See next chart and also endnotes.) The two similar sounding names help decipher the intended meaning in the code because in both lists the idea of "His death" is present and fits the context.
9	Lamech	those sinking down in despair	"Grieving", "poor"; "the strikerdown"; "the wildman"; "a strong youth"; "powerful". These are all possible meanings, but none are certain. What is for sure, however, is that the name sounds like the Hebrew phrase, "Lamoch", meaning, "To sink down in despair", and so it is rendered here. (Also see endnotes for names as puns.)
10	Noah	comfort/rest.	"Rest"; "to comfort".  Gen. 5:29 "And he called his name Noah, saying, This [same] shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed." This is a good example of how a name can mean one thing by strict etymology, and yet the bible applies another or like meaning to it taken from another, but similar, root word. Strictly speaking, "rest" is what "Noah" means, but the Hebrew word for "comfort" sounds similar in Hebrew and means much the same, and this is the meaning chosen by the bible.
11	Shem	The fame of	"Fame", "Name".
12	Arphaxad	the stronghold of Babylon and its boundary  --- but I will make Babylon sink down and fade away! ---	"Stronghold of Babylon"; "Boundary of Babylon"; "Wall of Babylon"; "(City of) Ur of Babylonia/Chalidees" "Healer/Releaser".  Sounds like, "I will abandon Babylon"; or,  "I will make Babylon sink down/fade away", or, "He cursed the breast". This is a key name, and nearly all the possible meanings fit well and have been included. While there are several different possibilities, there is increasing agreement among scholars that the name refers to Babylon in some way. (See endnote quoting from "The Jewish Encyclopedia" concerning its connection with Babylon.) This line of names that reads, "The fame and/of the stronghold/boundary of Babylon extends beyond the border/divide," ends with Peleg and this is also where the genealogy branches out into the period of the tower of Babel. Babel is also where they sought to make a "name" (fame) for themselves. Therefore, perhaps the "stronghold of Babylon," is just another name for the "tower of Babel" in Babylon. (Or may read, "I will make Babylon sink down/fade away!") I believe both are intended as a play on words, and this is reflected in the code. (Also see endnotes for names as puns. See note in #20.)
a	Cainan(?)	and sorrow	“Possession”; "owner"; "spearman"; "smith"; but sounds like, and may be related to the word for a 'dirge' or a 'wailing chant', hence "sorrow". (See #4. Also see endnotes for names as puns.) Gospel of Luke (ch. 3:36) follows the LXX version that adds the name Cainan between Arphaxad and Shelah. Though almost certainly a textual error in the LXX (a repeating of #4), yet because Luke used it so have we. However, the names code can read fine without it.
13	Shelah	extend like a plant	"To sprout"; "send"; "extend".
14	Eber	beyond the region	"The region beyond", "The other side" (of the river Euphrates), Gen. 11:31.
15	Peleg	of division (at the tower of Babel).	"Division"; "watercourse"; "water channel"; "divide". Peleg is a play on words for many things here, including the division at Babylon, Gen. 11:9. Perhaps it is also subtle reference to the Euphrates river which acts as a border for Babylon? (See previous name.) At any rate, the name carries with it the idea of a divider and division (as at Babel) and is reflected in the translation of Eber and Peleg when keeping in mind the events at the time of Peleg.
16	Reu	A friend	"Friend".
17	Serug	(also) branches out, or, (is called) "the vine-branch",	"Branch of a vine"; See Gen. 40:10,12. (The word denotes intertwining vine branches.)
18	Nahor	snorting	"Snorting"; "snoring". (As a verb it is found twice in the bible. Both times it refers to the intense snorting of a horse. Job 39:20; Jer. 8:16.) In the context of the code it is understood as 'an undaunted determination stemming from fury' since the flaring of the nostrils is also associated with anger in Hebrew. See next name.) (See #19. For "blast of nostrils" see notes #25.)
19	Terah	with fury! (lit., "when breathing!")	"To breathe"; "scent"; "blow". This name is uncertain, but one possible meanings is, "to breathe hard", and this connects well with the previous name so that together we have the imagery of a wild horse 'snorting in anger'. (See #18. For "blast of nostrils" see notes #25.)
20	Abram/ Abraham	The glorious father --- the father of a great multitude ---	"Exalted father". Abram had his name changed to Abraham, meaning, "Father of a great multitude"; "Father of many". It is interesting that both names here are Babylonian, since Abram was called out of Babylon. Some scholars believe that Abraham derived its meaning more by what it sounded like to Hebrew ears rather than actual etymology. Some suggest that the actual etymology for Abraham means, “he loves the (his) father,” but that it only sounded like, "Father of a multitude" to Hebrew-speaking people. (International Standard Bible Encyclopedia.) But rather than speculate, we have gone by what the bible expressly says in Gen. 17:5, "Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee." Nevertheless, this is likely another example of how some names have their meaning, not in their true etymology, but rather in what the name would sound like to the Hebrew ear. (Also see endnotes for names as puns.) Some of the names before Abraham are also Babylonian, and this methodology for deriving a name's meaning appears to be the case for a few of these names, such as Arphaxad and Cainan.
21	Isaac	laughs (triumphantly)	“He laughs”; "Laughter"; "He mocks". (The word implied a triumphant laugh, especially in the context of the code. God is mocking his enemy.
22	Jacob/ Israel	as He outwits (his enemy)! A mighty one struggles (in prayer)!  A righteous Prince sees God!	Jacob/Israel are difficult to decode. There are several valid layers of meaning in both Jacob and Israel that the bible itself alludes to. All are intended! But this complexity is fitting considering the importance of these names, for both names represent the nation to which the code speaks, as well as the person. (See note for #58.) I have used the compilation of each name, that is, a composite meaning that attempts to capture the several meanings. Jacob: "He holds back"; "he takes the heel"; "One who follows on another's heels" figuratively meaning, "A deceiver"; "He will deceive". In the context of the bible in keeping with the context of this code it seems to mean, "he outwits", or, "he outmaneuvers". The name may also mean, "He will recompense"; "He will reward"; "He will keep guard over"; "He will protect". (Jacob is likely a shortened form of, Jacobel (יעקבאל), meaning, "God will reward/recompense"; "God will keep guard over". ISBE.) Jacob had his name changed to Israel. However, like Jacob, the name can means several things, and the bible appears to use each meaning. Israel can mean "One who wrestles with God", "God/Mighty-one will fight"; "Let God contend"; "God prevails"; or, "A prince with God". "God will rule as a prince"; "He will rule as God". (The key Hebrew word here, sara, can mean both a 'prince' or "to fight". Compare Jacob/Israel to Abraham's wife. She had her name changed from Sari, meaning "to struggle/fight," to Sarah, meaning, "Princess", Gen. 17:15.) Also it may be related to or sounds like, "A man sees God". {From איש ish, a man, (the א aleph being dropped), and ראה raah, he saw, אל el, God. (Clark's Commentary.) Moreover, this agrees with what Jacob said at the place he wrestled, "I have seen God..." Gen. 32:30.} It is interesting that the names' Jacob and Israel are applied to the Lord in the code because the same is implied in Gen. 32:29 when Jacob asks what the Lord's name, the One who was "wrestling/fighting" with him. The name(s) given to Jacob are really God's own name(s)! (See Ps. 18:26, "With the pure Thou showest Thyself pure, And with the perverse showest Thyself a wrestler", YLT.) Gen. 32:25-27 "And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow o