The Code in the Names
Genesis 5:25-32
METHUSELAH
And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech: (Genesis 5:25)
And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters: (Genesis 5:26)
And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died. (Genesis 5:27)
  One of the more interesting men in Genesis Chapter 5 is noted due to his extreme age. He is the oldest person recorded in Scripture. I suggest that before you go on to this article that you read a previous article. It will lay the groundwork on aging, however, since many will not work to click I will just add a section from a previous article to engage your curiosity.
Side Note: Long Life in Scripture. The first issue would probably be the extended periods of time that these men lived. To the scoffer I say, Why scoff? You believe in extended life as you most probably desire to live a long life, do you not? If there was no possibility of living a long life then you would not desire to do so. The process of Cryonics is a very active sought after process for many who desire an extended life. There is also extremely active research being accomplished by DNA-based cosmeceutical companies geared in the development of age extension. So scoffers do not scoff at extended age!
Our limited minds cannot conceive the vigor and strength in which these men lived throughout their long lives. The antediluvian world was not the same world as we know it today. There, of course, are many unknown factors of the Antediluvian Age. The atmospheres most probably were different, and maybe also cloud cover was probably different, as Scripture informs us — And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground. (Genesis 2:5) But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground. (Genesis 2:6) Scripture doesn’t stop here in the Old Testament in Genesis, but we learn more of the events of the flood through Hebrews 11:7. By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith. The antediluvians had never experienced either rain or flooding. Either one of these ideas is quite possible since a mist continually rose up from the earth and watered all life. For a mist to rise continually from the ground would, of course, affect the environment and the atmosphere. There may have been one land mass, not continents, I do not know. The diet of the antediluvian’s was not the food that we consume today. The water and food sources were far purer than what we have. And to add to this difference, their DNA was also purer, so DNA does change, and can change, and is changing. We look on those ancient peoples for being of the same make up as we are and living in the same environment as we live in, and having the same food sources as we have. Disease and sickness may not have existed during this age, these are all unknown factors. Disease and sickness has only been recorded and documented within life after the age of the antediluvians. We cannot envision a purer or a society physically better existing before our own age — the Age of the Aging! ♦ End of Side Note
  What determines length of age? That is an easy one. Sin determines the age of mankind. In Biblical history men continued to live long lives up until the period of Abraham who died at the age of 175. At one time in the history of the world if a man lived to be 50 that was considered extraordinary. Man wishes for long life, and both science and medicine is geared to give man more time on earth, however, man wants life on his own terms and not God’s terms. Everyone would love to live longer and longer, but with sin and godlessness growing around us day by day corrupting both young and old, it would be difficult indeed to live a godly life among the dregs of society. As mankind sinned more and more life expectancy shortened.
Side Note: Why is it that the suicide rate has drastically increased? Hope — hope has been removed, hope in God, hope is much more than wishful thinking. Hope is a reality. When God was taken out of the educational system of the United States, when the 10 commandments were torn off the walls, then the knowledge of God and the hope of God, and the hope in God were removed from the minds, and hearts of the young. Then years later the suicide rate in the young increased, and when the young became older, the suicide rate increased again among the old because they had lived a life without hope: without God. Follow the following Scripture and trace the meaning of hope.
What [is] my strength, that I should hope? and what [is] mine end, that I should prolong my life? (Job 6:11)
My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without hope. (Job 7:6)
So [are] the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite’s hope shall perish: (Job 8:13)
Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD. (Psalm 31:24)
Behold, the eye of the LORD [is] upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy; (Psalm 33:18)
And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope [is] in thee. (Psalm 39:7)
Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me?hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, [who is] the health of my countenance, and my God. (Psalm 42:11)
That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments: (Psalm 78:7)
Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost. (Romans 15:13)
That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world: (Ephesians 2:12)
Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ, [which is] our hope; (1 Timothy 1:1)
That by two immutable things, in which [it was] impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us: (Hebrews 6:18)
Which [hope] we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil; (Hebrews 6:19)
For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope [did]; by the which we draw nigh unto God. (Hebrews 7:19)
Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God. (1 Peter 1:21)
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. (1 John 3:2) And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure. (1 John 3:3) ♦ End of Side Note
  To summarize age, especially long life, there are two things that control the aging process: sin and God. Now, that surely was a simple statement, now let’s finish this thought. I wrote that there are two things that control the aging process, however, let us step back from the process and look at the end result of the process. God is in control of all: life and death are in His hands and His hands alone.
See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil; (Deuteronomy 30:15)
I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live: (Deuteronomy 30:19)
  Finally, I am getting to the man called Methuselah. The name of Methuselah means ‘he dies, there is a sending forth.’ He was a daily reminder of an approaching judgment. I’m sure that he would be a big hit as a guest on our closed-minded society circuit, and therefore, I am assuming that he was more than welcomed into the social scene at the time in man’s history. (This is sarcasm!)
  The interesting part of the age of Methuselah is the exact number of years that it is recorded that he lived: nine hundred sixty and nine years (969). Does this not show God’s long suffering toward mankind? Let us look closer at this number 9 – 6 – 9. What is the spiritual lesson in this number? Nine is the end of the single digits. It denotes the finality, or the end, or the conclusion of the matter. God’s perfection in all issues comes into play in this number nine. Christ was crucified at the third hour; darkness fell over the world at the sixth hour, and Christ died at the nineth hour. I suggest that you go on and read about the number nine in our other website titled ‘Mystery of Numbers.’ It was at the ninth hour that Christ (on the cross of Calvary) cried out, It is finished. His work of redemption was finished. The plan of the Godhead bodily in redeeming the souls of sinners through the blood sacrifice by the express image of God in Jesus Christ was finished. This part of the perfect plan was finished, however, the work of God continues on daily in breathing new life into repentant souls.
  At the ninth hour the veil in the temple was rent from top to bottom signifying the end, or the removal of the ‘weight of the law upon the souls of mankind.’ Whenever there is an end in Scripture there is also a new beginning. When the veil was torn, it not only signified the end of the burden of the law and the end of what the Jewish religion had become, but it also signified that God had opened a way for mankind to enter into the holy of holies through the blood of the sacrifice of the perfect Sacrifice, His Lamb, the Lord Jesus Christ. For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope [did]; by the which we draw nigh unto God. (Hebrews 7:19) As the last drop of sand fell into the hour glass at the ninth hour a new age began, the age of the dispensation of grace and truth. For all things are made new, and thus, the old become the new; the Old Testament is just that, and the New Testament is just that: the old and the new presented to the world as treasures out of the kingdom of heaven. The Old Testament is not complete until it is seen in its completion in the New Testament, and the New Testament could not begin without the foundation of the Old Testament. Old and New are both joined together as one whole. And it is at the ninth hour when the Lord Jesus Christ died that He brought both together in Himself.
No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an old garment, for that which is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment, and the rent is made worse. (Matthew 9:16)
Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved. (Matthew 9:17)
Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe [which is] instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man [that is] an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure [things] new and old. (Matthew 13:52)
For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins. (Matthew 26:28)
  We are not finished with the number 9 – 6 – 9. Sitting right in the middle of two nines is the number 6: the number of man. I again suggest that you click on to ‘Mystery of Numbers’ and number six. Not only is the number six connected to the day of man’s creation, but it also connects to the crucifixion of Christ. Christ suffered for six hours hours as His blood drained from His hands and His feet onto the wood of the tree, and flowed down His cross into the ground. From the third hour to the nineth hour Christ hung suspended between heaven and earth nailed to a tree for six hours. And at the sixth hour darkness fell over the land. God the Holy Spirit is very explicit with numbers in time. He is very exact with time because numbers have a specific spiritual meaning that He clearly does not want us to read over quickly. In the specific age of Methuselah (9 – 6 – 9) the spiritual message is clear. It is not only that God is long suffering, but he is also not willing that men should die in their sins. The message in the age of Methuselah is that judgment is inevitable, judgment surrounds humanity, man is trapped and has no where to escape. Judgment before him, and judgment behind him, no where to run and no where to turn, and it is all of man’s own doing. Humanity is trapped. The tragedy is that it is all of his own doing. Mankind is a willing victim of his own sin, he refuses to turn from his sin, he refuses to acknowledge that he is a sinner and worthy of death. Yes, man will say, I am a sinner, but nevertheless, he refuses to acknowledge that his sin demands a penalty. You may say that you are a sinner, but you don’t really believe it! You still believe that you are a good person, and that any sin you commit can be called faults, or mistakes, or misjudgments, but a sinner worthy of death is not in your vocabulary. This is the lesson for the age of Methuselah that mankind is encircled and condemned by his own sin, therefore, judgment is inevitable. This is also the message for every age. Man without God cannot escape the judgment of God. I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live. (Deuteronomy 30:19)
Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned: (Romans 5:12)
For the wages of sin [is] death; but the gift of God [is] eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. (Romans 6:23)
  Before we continue on to the name of Lamech let’s do some background work. This will be almost a repeat of previous articles as there will be some readers who have not read some of the previous articles. The old school teacher in me will gladly repeat and repeat, and repeat. I again suggest that you go to The Genesis Epic website and click into Chapter 4 of Genesis. I will now go into the meaning of these similar and exact copycat names from the line of Cain, but I will view these names as seen by the message from the Spirit of God as the view from the other side of the window: God’s side, God’s view.
  In Genesis Chapter 4 verses 17 and 18 we read: And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch. (Genesis 4:17) And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and Mehujael begat Methusael: and Methusael begat Lamech. (Genesis 4:18) Notice not only the similarity of names of the line of Cain and the line of Seth, but notice the exact names are in both lines, the line of Cain (the evil line, or the evil seed) and the line of Seth (the godly line). Why the similarities and the exactness of their names? It is simple: Satan is the great counterfeiter. His methods never change, the counterfeit attack causes confusion so that the evil seed will look like and sound like the good seed. Mankind (those without the Spirit of God within) will not be able to discern between the clean and the unclean, between the goats and the sheep, between the Words of God and the words of religion. Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. (Matthew 7:15)
Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. (2 Timothy 3:5)
  Be especially cautious of those who are called ‘men of the cloth.’ Isn’t this an interesting term? It surely does not refer to the cloth of righteousness, but it speaks to me of a form of cloaking, draping themselves in robes of authority, and grandeur, therefore, presenting a false front to ensnare the gullible. This leads me back to the similar names. Let us look at Methusael (from the line of Cain) and Methuselah (from the line of Seth). I’d say these names are very similar, let’s look at the meaning of these names.
  First, Methusael (from the line of the evil seed) has the very name of God (el) in his name, for his name means ‘man of God.’ Wow, would you not think that this was truly a righteous man, a godly man, but that is wrong. Satan’s traps are very cleverly constructed. Methusael was the prototype of the many false men today who call themselves men of God. They have such lovely smiles, such smooth beguiling words, and such gentle spirits. Their sweet words of love, love, love, ‘love the world,’ ‘accept everyone,’ ‘judge not,’ ‘the Bible has many interpretations,’ and ‘let me guide you to the truth because you are too stupid and not as spiritual as I am.’ These so-called men of God (the Methusaels) in the age of the world church are out there every day attempting to destroy the message of God and trying to divert hearts away from Christ to worship false gods.
  Secondly, let us again look at the name of Methuselah (from the godly line). His name screams out that God judges sin, and that God’s judgment is surely coming. And yet, he was the evidence of the grace and love of God for God used his very existence to show to mankind that God was long suffering and not willing that any should perish. For this Methuselah ‘he dies, there is a sending forth,’ lived nine hundred sixty and nine years. Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. (Matthew 7:21)
Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? (Matthew 7:22)
And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity. (Matthew 7:23)
  How can you know the true from the false? Always — always — always judge all things by the Word of God. Always — always — always allow God the Holy Spirit to lead and to guide.
Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come. (John 16:13)
He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you. (John 16:14) 　
But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me: (John 15:26)
LAMECH
And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son: (Genesis 5:28)
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. (Genesis 5:29)
And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters: (Genesis 5:305)
And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died. (Genesis 5:31)
  Let’s look at the meaning behind the name of Lamech. It has been an interesting study into this name because we have such a contradiction in the very name itself. I have previously only used one root of this name which is ‘made low,’ however, there is another root or a double root, ‘strong,’ and/or ‘made powerful.’ How could two contradictory meanings be in the same individual? This should not be a strange thing for us because we are one being made from two beings: one is our outward being (the physical and the seen) and the other is our inward being (the spiritual or the unseen).
For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward [man] is renewed day by day. (2 Corinthians 4:16)
  Let’s look at this Lamech (the man of the godly line) from the view of ‘made low.’ He was a daily witness of how low man had fallen beneath his first estate and became a debased creature through sin. Truly, in his very name was the basis of the gospel of God that all mankind are sinners and in need of a Savior. Lamech understood the depth of the meaning of his name for he named his son, ‘rest,’ or ‘comfort.’ He named his son Noah. In this we can understand why Lamech named his son (in the spirit of prophecy) ‘rest’ or ‘comfort.’ He believed the promise that God had given to Eve pointing to a future of the conflict of sin and death, and the victory over sin and death.
And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. (Genesis 3:15)
And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen. (Romans 16:20)
But he [was] wounded for our transgressions, [he was] bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace [was] upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. (Isaiah 53:5)
Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put [him] to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see [his] seed, he shall prolong [his] days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand. (Isaiah 53:10)
  Now on to the other root meaning of Lamech in ‘strong,’ and/or ‘made powerful.’ Strength can only come through recognizing your true state of lowliness. What you really are in the sight of God (your position and standing before a just and righteous God) can only lead the heart to crumble into nothingness. It is at this point that sinners become saints, and herein is the strength of God. It is at this point that the forgiven sinner leans on the strength of His Savior Jesus Christ, for He is all powerful, He is our all in all, there is no other like Him. I don’t usually do this, but I must at this point. The following is a small statement from an article by Michael Haigh that I feel says what I want to say: ‘No other blood could cleanse us from all sin. No other soul could be offered as a sacrifice for sin. No other body could take away sin. No other spirit could give eternal life. No other love, but God’s love could make the sinner pure, therefore, the Spirit of God says to us, Purify yourselves as He is pure, and seek Him with a whole heart.’ We, as Lamech, are lowly before God, and because our God is all in all, we have His strength within us through the indwelling of the Holy Spirit of God. This is Lamech, ‘made low,’ and yet ‘strong,’ and/or ‘made powerful.’
Numbers Never Lie – Nor Does the Word of God
And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died. (Genesis 5:31)
  This, of course, is the only time that this number sequence is recorded in Scripture. What can we glean from this? Number seven is again, and again, brought to us through the Holy Spirit to teach us about the Godhead bodily. God is revealed in this number. The single digit of the number 7 is the number of the perfections of God in all His accomplishments, whether in time, in creation, in eternity, or in His redemptive plan, or in His Person. It is all about His perfection. I am very tempted to get into the number 7 on its mathematical structure, however, I would be way over my head whenever there is math involved. So I will not venture to go beyond where God does not lead. Look at the simplicity and the complexity of this number as it relates to the perfection of the Godhead bodily. I refer you to the first mention of the number seven in the article The Endless walk. The number seven, seventh, seventy and in all its variations in Scripture is a study that would be too vast for the limited mind of man. I just do not want to go there. I do, however, want to go into this number as it relates to the fullness of the Godhead bodily because these numbers 7 — 7 — 7 are stamped with the perfection of Deity.
  Let’s begin with God. This is always a good way to begin anything. What does Lamech (through his name) reveal to us about God? Lamech’s name is as an arrow projected through time to reveal the Perfect God (7) and the express image of God as the Perfect Man (7), and the Perfect Servant (7).
The Perfect Servant
  The lowly servant of God in the perfection of servitude fulfilled a prophecy in Zechariah 9:9, Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he [is] just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.
  Thousands of years later this prophecy came true, for Christ (the anointed of God) entered into Jerusalem riding on the back of an ass (showing that even as a lowly servant of God, Christ had the power to overcome man’s obstinate and rebellious heart, and rule over him as King). For vain man would be wise, though man be born [like] a wild ass’s colt. (Job 11:12) In Scripture man is rightly compared to an ass. I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts. (Ecclesiastes 3:18)
The Prophecy Fulfilled
Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass. (Matthew 21:5)
And the disciples went, and did as Jesus commanded them, (Matthew 21:6)
And brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they set him thereon. (Matthew 21:7)
And the next day much people that were come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, (John 12:12)
Took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna: Blessed is the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord. (John 12:13)
And Jesus, when he had found a young ass, sat thereon; as it is written, (John 12:14)
Fear not, daughter of Sion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an ass’s colt. (John 12:15)
These things understood not his disciples at the first: but when Jesus was glorified, then remembered they that these things were written of him, and that they had done these things unto him. (John 12:16)
Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. (Matthew 11:29)
For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour. (Psalm 8:5)
Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; thou crownedst him with glory and honour, and didst set him over the works of thy hands: (Hebrews 2:7)
But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man. (Hebrews 2:9)
  The name of Lamech (‘made low’) is connected to the perfection of the servant of God who was made lower than the angels, made low to become lowly man, but without sin, to become that ‘holy thing’ within a virgin womb, to become the smallest of human matter (as the holy seed) within a virgin womb, to make Himself of no reputation to bring mankind into the presence of God through His death by His blood sacrifice on the cross. How low did God go? God went to the extreme, God through His Son became man, and God through His Son became a servant, and therefore, we have the witness of Philippians 2:5-11.
Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: (Philippians 2:5)
Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: (Philippians 2:6)
But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: (Philippians 2:7)
And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. (Philippians 2:8)
Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: (Philippians 2:9)
That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; (Philippians 2:10)
And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. (Philippians 2:11)
 In summarizing the name of Lamech in ‘made low’ the Perfect Lowly One, the Perfect Servant is our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Let us now look at the name of Lamech in the ‘strong,’ and/or ‘made powerful.’ Lamech’s name consisted of two contrasting principles, yet united together as one in one individual. Again, Lamech’s name is as an arrow thrust through history directed by the Holy Spirit to reveal the only One, who could have united lowliness with strength, and meekness with all power, and that is in the Person of Jesus Christ. And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. (Matthew 28:18) Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him. (1st Peter 3:22) Who [is] this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle. (Psalm 24:8) Paul said in (2 Corinthians 12:9) that the Lord said to him, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. In Revelation Chapter 5 verse 12 we read, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing. Lamech, the man of the ancients, was not only the messenger, but he was also the message to those of his time, and especially the message to all the ages’ following that in One man would be the perfection of God’s servant and the perfection of the Son of God’s love in all power and strength of the Godhead bodily: Jesus the Christ, the perfect One.
 Everything that God was, and is, and will be is Perfect. He is Perfect, His Christ was Perfect, and is Perfect and will perfect all within Himself. I mean how great is God?
I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me. (John 17:23)
Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ: (Ephesians 4:13)
And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him; (Hebrews 5:9)
For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings. (Hebrews 2:10)
And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died. (Genesis 5:31)
  God’s plan of salvation is perfection, His work of redemption is perfection, all that begins, emanates from God, and ends in God is perfection. God is beyond tenses, He is beyond time, and actions and events, and therefore, in the realm of earthly writers the Godhead bodily cannot be held to mere descriptive words and phrases. Consequently, God uses numbers, and the number seven becomes His message to His creatures about Himself, therefore, the man of the ancients (Lamech) lived seven hundred seventy and seven years. The man Lamech whose very name pointed to the existence of a future that he could not visibly see, nor comprehend, but did understand by faith through the unseen evidence that the God in His perfection would come to earth and give life eternal to a dying and cursed world away from God.
And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. (John 1:14)
And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory. (1 Timothy 3:16)
For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. (Colossians 2:9)
  What more can the number 7 show to us than that God the Father (7) and His Son Jesus Christ (7) through God the Holy Spirit (7) is the completeness of all perfection, For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. Is this not 777?
 Where does the perfection in God lead and guide us to and through? The number seven is first mentioned in Genesis 2:2 – 3 as this number relates to God’s rest, and connects us to His rest, consequently, the last mention of the number seven (before the flood in the old world, and before the new world and a new world order) is its completeness, and in the triple application of the number seven (7) we have the result: 7 — 7 — 7. God’s perfect rest was not in Noah the son of Lamech (for the meaning of the name of Noah is ‘rest’) but God’s perfect rest is in Christ. (777)
Come unto me, all [ye] that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. (Matthew 11:28 – 29)
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All Scripture references are from the King James Bible. (KJV)