Adam and Eve
Adam was created perfect, but with the ability to make his own choices. He blew it, yeilding his alegiance to a rival. The entire cosmic panorama deals with a plan of redemption from this tragic choice. We are all heirs to this primeval mistake. (We continue to carry this as a genetic defect to this day. It isn't HIV; it's SIN. The good news is that there is a "blood cure" and it's available for the asking.)¹

It was also in the garden of Eden that God declared war on Satan.

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

The "Seed of the Woman" thus begins the thread of literally hundreds of prophetic revelations of the Coming One, and because of this, becomes one of the prophetic titles of the Messiah. The term "Seed of the Woman" is both a grammatical and biological contradiction (the seed in in the man), and thus this is the first hint, here in the chapters of Genesis, of the virgin birth.

This excerpt borrowed from Chuck Missler's book Cosmic Codes: Hidden Messages From The Edge Of Eternity page 203 Published by Koinonea House There were many trees in the garden, but Adam and Eve were commanded by God not to eat the fruit of one particular tree - the tree of knowledge. "...but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said 'You shall not eat it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die'." Genesis 3:3 But Eve was tempted by the serpent. "Then the serpent said to the woman, "You will not surely die. For God knows that in the day you eat of it, your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil." Genesis 3:4-5 "So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave to her husband with her and he ate." Genesis 3:6 (NKJV)

For all that is in the world - the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life - is not of the Father, but is of the world. 1 John 2:16

Adam and Eve realised they were naked, and when God came to walk with them in the evening, they hid from Him in shame.

Adam called his wife's name Eve, because she was the mother of all living. Also for Adam and his wife the Lord God made tucnics coats of skins, and clothed them. 1 John 2:16

Again the King James Annotated Study Bible explains this verse a little deeper... "The Hebrew word for skins presupposes the death of an animal and therefore the idea of an animal sacrifice is clearly implied."

Abraham and Isaac
Abraham was tested by God to sacrifice his long-awaited and much cherished son Isaac. God had no intention of permitting Abraham to sacrifice his son, rather he wanted to test and prove Abraham's obedience to Him.

Abraham answered, "God will provide himself the lamb for the burnt offering, my son." And the two of them went on together.

When theyreached the place God had told him about, Abraham built an altar there and arranged the wood on it. He bound his son Isaac and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood.

Then he reached out his hand and took the knife to slay his son. But the angel of the LORD called out to him from heaven, "Abraham! Abraham!"

"Here Iam," he replied.

"Do not lay a hand on the boy," he said. "Do not do anything to him. Now I know that you fear God, because you have not withheld from me your son, your only son."

Abraham looked up and there in a thicket he saw a ram caught by its horns. He went over and took the ram and sacrificed it as a burnt offering instead of his son. So Abraham called that place 'The LORD Will Provide'. And to this day it is said, "On the mountain of the LORD it will be provided." Genesis 22:7-14

It appears that Abraham KNEW he was acting out prophesy when he named the mountain. And indeed, nearly 2000 years later Jesus Christ was crucified on that same hill. He gave his life as the ultimate sacrifice so that we could have life more abundantly!

Jesus Christ
Jesus grew up learning the ways of the Nazarene's and learnt the trade of his earthly father, Joseph, a carpenter. As Jesus began his Ministery he gathered around him 12 friends who were known as his disciples. Jesus performed many miracles, healing the sick, restoring sight and hearing to the blind and deaf, casting out demons and raising people from the dead. Jesus taught many wounderous things. Jesus fulfilled the prohpesies of Isaiah, Jeremiah, Malachai, Ezra, Daniel and other Old Testament Prophets.

Jesus betrayer was Judas, one of his disciples. Judas led a multitude with swords and clubs to Jesus. But what I think is amazing is how Jesus is in control -- If you read the narrative carefully, you will see that it's Jesus who is controlling what happens, Jesus is giving the directions! He is the one who sends Judus out to betray Him.

Peter, ever so quick to act, and slow to think, strikes one of the soldiers with his sword, not killing him, but removing an ear. Yet Jesus HEALS the soldier -- his enemy!

Keep in mind now, that it is evening, and that it was not legal for anyone to appear before the high court at night. Even so, Jesus is brought before the Caiaphas and the Sanhedrin

Jesus knew that he was to die for us.

 Pilate said to them, "What then shall I do with Jesus who is called the Christ?" They all said to him, "Let Him be crucified!"
Then the governor said, "Why what evil has he done?"
But they cried out all the more, saying, "Let Him be crucified!"
When Pilate saw that he could not prevail at all, but rather that a tumult was rising, he took water and washed his hands before the multitude, saying "I am innocent of the blood of this just Person. You see to it."
And all the people answered and said "His blood be on us and our children." Matthew 27:14-25 (NIV)

"Father forgive them for they know not what they do". Jesus loves us so much that, Even when he was being crucified for our sins He was humble and loving. He didn't shout at them and ask why He was on the cross when He had done no wrong. Instead He was asking God to forgive the people for what they were doing to Him.

 

A Hidden Message in the Torah? Genesis chapter 5 is one of those chapters we all tend to skim over, after all what could possibly be there for us in a genealogy -- it's like reading the cast list at the end of a movie - who does that?? Again I am going to borrow an example from Chuck Missler (Cosmic Codes pages 71-75 published by Koinonea House), as he has been diligent in his studies and has taken the time to search out the root meanings of the 10 Hebrew names listed in Gensis 5, from Adam to Noah. Let's see what he has discovered: First we'll start with a list of the 10 Hebrew names: Adam, Seth, Enosh, Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared, Enoch, Methusula, Lamech and Noah. Since these names are proper names, they are not translated, but only transliterated to approximate they way they were pronounced. But what do these names signify in English? The first name 'Adam' adomah means "man", as the first man, this seems straight-forward enough. Adam's son was named 'Seth' which means "appointed", when he was born, Eve said "For God hath appointed me another son" Seth's son was called 'Enosh' which means "mortal", "frail" or "miserable", it is from the root anash to be incurable, used of a wound grief or sickness. It was in the days of Enosh that men began to defile the name of the living God. Enosh's son was named 'Kenan' which can mean "sorrow", "dirge" or "elegy" Kenan's son was 'Mahalelel' which means "the blessed God" Mahalelel's son was named 'Jared' from the verb yaradh meaning "shall come down". It is possible that this might be an allusion to the "Sons of God" who "came down" to corrupt the daughters od men, resluting in the Nephilim ("Fallen Ones") of Genesis 6. Jared's son was named 'Enoch' which means "teaching" or "commencement". He was the first of four generations of preachers. Enoch's son was 'Methusula' which comes from two roots muth and shalach. Put together they signify the meaning "his death shall bring". This was prophetic of the flood. Enoch prophesied that the year his son died, would be the year of the Flood. And indeed it was. Methusula's son was named 'Lamech' the root meaning "lament" a word still evident in today's English language. Lamech is the father of 'Noah' an name derived from nacham "to bring relief" or "comfort" as Lamech himself explains "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 Now, when we put the meanings of all these names together, the result is breath-taking: "Man (is) appointed mortal sorrow, (but) the Blessed God shall come down, teaching (that) His death shall bring (the) despairing comfort/rest" As Chuck Missler states in his book, "You will never convince me that a group of Jewish Rabis deliberately "contrived" to hide the "Christian Gospel" right here in a genealogy within their venerated Torah!"