Revelation
What is the Book of Revelation about?
One thing is for certain, the Book of Revelation is not what you may think it is. To demonstrate this, we will examine Rev 17:10 , 11 in light of the genealogies of Genesis to show the nature of a beautiful riddle which speaks of Christ.
- Re 17:10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.
- Re 17:11 And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.
We will examine them in light of the Genealogies in Genesis
Ge 4:17 and Ge 5:1
As you read the genealogies:
- 1. How many generations in Cain's, How many in Seth's?
- 2. Who lived? Who did not live?
- 3. Which names appear in both lists?
- 4. What do the names mean? Particularly of the ones on both lists.
- 5. Of the names in Cains list, How many have name representing an animal?
- 6. What do donkeys represent in metaphor?
| Gen 4 | Gen 5 |
|---|---|
| Cain | Seth |
| Enoch | Enos |
| Irad | Cainan |
| Mehujael | Mahalaleel |
| Methusael | Enoch |
| Lamech | Jared |
| Jabal - Jubal & TubalCain | Methusalah |
| Lamech | |
| Noah | |
| Shem, Ham, Japheth |
How many generations? Five were
In the seven generations of Cain, two of the names appear in the genealogy of Seth. Hold those aside as we speak of the remaining five generations.
Read the two genealogies and pay attention to who lived. Every one of them lived:
- Gen 5.3 And Adam lived
- Gen 5.5 And all the days that Adam lived
- Gen 5.6 ¶ And Seth lived
- Gen 5.7 And Seth lived
- Gen 5.9 And Enos lived
- Gen 5.10 And Enos
- Gen 5.12 And Cainan lived
- Gen 5.13 And Cainan lived
- Gen 5.15 And Mahalaleel lived
- Gen 5.16 And Mahalaleel lived
- Gen 5.18 And Jared lived
- Gen 5.19 And Jared lived
- Gen 5.21 ¶ And Enoch lived
- Gen 5.22 And Enoch walked with God
- Gen 5.25 ¶ And Methuselah lived
- Gen 5.26 And Methuselah lived after
- Gen 5.28 ¶ And Lamech lived
- Gen 5.30 And Lamech lived after
- Gen 5.32 And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Now read Genesis 4. The word 'lived' does not occur once. Seth children lived. Cain's children did not live. Consider the language of riddle. If you did not live, you died. Out of the seven we have put two aside. The remaining 5 we will say 'were'. Five were.
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