Its written in the bible in Genesis 6vs6 ''and it repented God that he had made man on the earth,and it grieved him at his heart''.Before someone regrets or grieves over an action,he must have made a mistake.If God knew that man would sin,he would have looked forward to that day and he wouldn't have grieved when it happened because it did not come as a surprise.Is God really Omniscient?

and the same mistake with the current crop of descendants from Noah's Ark, we totally outstrip the generation that grieved his heart, which is why this time we will be purged by fire and not water and there is no Ark with ample warning but a sneaky Rapture without notice. how unfair

Of course he does,

look who is who in your country rolling and acting all mistakes

ofcourse he can. he created satan/lucifer/the devil, didn't he?

they are connected with power, money, lust, theft,

all ruling party

Benstino:

Its written in the bible in Genesis 6vs6 ''and it repented God that he had made man on the earth,and it grieved him at his heart''.Before someone regrets or grieves over an action,he must have made a mistake.[/b]If God knew that man would sin,he would have looked forward to that day and he wouldn't have grieved when it happened because it did not come as a surprise.Is God really Omniscient?

^Your logic is faulty. If someone close you, say your son or wife commits murder and does not show remorse for his or her actions, won't you feel aggrieved and saddened on his behalf. Does it mean you made a mistake?

Your misunderstanding is based on a faulty understanding of the verse in question:
Gen 6:6 And it [b]repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
You base your argument on the English translation, but does the word translated "repented" in the KJV, imply that God made a mistake? Certainly not. The NIV for example translates it as "grieved".

The word is נחם (nâcham) : to sigh, that is, breathe strongly; by implication to be sorry, that is, (in a favorable sense) to pity, console or (reflexively) rue; or (unfavorably) to avenge (oneself): - comfort (self), ease [one’s self], repent (-er, -ing, self).

As with other situations; a lot of the nuances of the Hebrew words are lost in translation so to speak. For example:
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.

It is the exact same word נחם (nâcham) that is translated as comfort. In the English, the lovely symmetry, foreshadowing and poetry of God's Word does not come out, but those reading the scriptures in the Original Hebrew will immediately realize that the same verse points to Noah (a sort of pun).

God is Perfect and All-knowing: He does not make mistakes and nothing in Genesis 6:6 suggests that His creation of Man is a mistake.

God is Perfect and All-knowing: He does not make mistakes and nothing in Genesis 6:6 suggests that His creation of Man is a mistake.

what about the devil which he created. was that too not a mistake? i mean that similarly mythical adversary of your imaginary god who plotted a failed coup in planet heaven (lol) and has been hounding god's creations eversince. why this all-powerful god cannot even eliminate this much hated enemy of his in one poof is something for another discussion

^^^Was the being that became the Devil created evil?

^^^Was the being that became the Devil created evil?

what are you driving at? since you wanna play answering a question with a question, naija-style, i'd say: how come an all perfect being created something that ended up getting faulty?

@Aletheia: « #5 on: Yesterday at 07:38:57 PM »
[QUote]Quote from: Benstino on October 28, 2010, 06:09 PM
Its written in the bible in Genesis 6vs6 ''and it repented God that he had made man on the earth,and it grieved him at his heart''.Before someone regrets or grieves over an action,he must have made a mistake.If God knew that man would sin,he would have looked forward to that day and he wouldn't have grieved when it happened because it did not come as a surprise.Is God really Omniscient?

^Your logic is faulty. If someone close you, say your son or wife commits murder and does not show remorse for his or her actions, won't you feel aggrieved and saddened on his behalf. Does it mean you made a mistake?[/Quote]Your perception of how complete God is, is completely off the chart. You do drag God to the level of man. Shame on you aletheia.



[Quote]Your misunderstanding is based on a faulty understanding of the verse in question:
Gen 6:6 And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
You base your argument on the English translation, but does the word translated "repented" in the KJV, imply that God made a mistake? Certainly not. The NIV for example translates it as "grieved".

The word is נחם (nâcham) : to sigh, that is, breathe strongly; by implication to be sorry, that is, (in a favorable sense) to pity, console or (reflexively) rue; or (unfavorably) to avenge (oneself): - comfort (self), ease [one’s self], repent (-er, -ing, self).[/quote]show us any of the definitions listed that fits the expectation of the All Knowing God when His creation does what does not expected of the creation. I'm waiting for your best definition of what All Knower must feel when man makes mistake.



[Quote]As with other situations; a lot of the nuances of the Hebrew words are lost in translation so to speak. For example:
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.[/Quote]The bold argues against the veracity of the Bible and the Biblical Gods as Perfect entities.



[QUote]It is the exact same word נחם (nâcham) that is translated as comfort. In the English, the lovely symmetry, foreshadowing and poetry of God's Word does not come out, but those reading the scriptures in the Original Hebrew will immediately realize that the same verse points to Noah (a sort of pun).[/Quote]Each time you argue, you actually debase the essence of your argument. Imagine what must have been translated wrongly, from the most ancient greek manuscripts? Imagine that.



[Quote]God is Perfect and All-knowing: He does not make mistakes and nothing in Genesis 6:6 suggests that His creation of Man is a mistake.[/Quote]The Biblical God grieved, it means unhappy, regretted, wished could have taken back the act done.

4 all those bible thumpers, who say god is all good n can do no evil; D bible agrees dat god creates evil as well. read isaiah 45:7. I no y'all r still gonna find a way 2 twist dat verse.

Benstino:

Its written in the bible in Genesis 6vs6 ''and it repented God that he had made man on the earth,and it grieved him at his heart''.Before someone regrets or grieves over an action,he must have made a mistake.If God knew that man would sin,he would have looked forward to that day and he wouldn't have grieved when it happened because it did not come as a surprise.Is God really Omniscient?

It depends on which god you are referring to. But since you brought the book of genesis into the topic, i would assume that you were referring to the bible god, in which case the answer will be that that particular deity is a billion light years away from being omniscient. He made so many fark ups during his time here that he will need to apologize to the entire mankind plus another round of giving himself up to be sacrificed to himself, through crucifixion in a gas chamber, for full atonement. The bible god was such a hot mess, according to his exploits chronicled in the OT.

I guess your question as to whether God can make mistakes, derived from your observation of man. I hope you understand that God gave man free will - the ability to think and do whatever.

God has his own will for man. So man has a choice whether to follow God's will or not. In some cases man chooses not to follow God's will and there could be bad things happening as a result. In some other complicated cases, man could follow God's will and still have bad things happening, due to other human beings who may not be doing the will God. E.g. cases whereby a man does good and is reward by other men with evil.

any more questions?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_48pW7w4wU&feature=related

aletheia:

^Your logic is faulty. If someone close you, say your son or wife commits murder and does not show remorse for his or her actions, won't you feel aggrieved and saddened on his behalf. Does it mean you made a mistake?

Your misunderstanding is based on a faulty understanding of the verse in question:
Gen 6:6  And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
You base your argument on the English translation, but does the word translated "repented" in the KJV, imply that God made a mistake? Certainly not. The NIV for example translates it as "grieved".

The word is נחם (nâcham) : to sigh, that is, breathe strongly; by implication to be sorry, that is, (in a favorable sense) to pity, console or (reflexively) rue; or (unfavorably) to avenge (oneself): - comfort (self), ease [one’s self], repent (-er, -ing, self).

As with other situations; a lot of the nuances of the Hebrew words are lost in translation so to speak. For example:
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.

It is the exact same word נחם (nâcham) that is translated as comfort. In the English, the lovely symmetry, foreshadowing and poetry of God's Word does not come out, but those reading the scriptures in the Original Hebrew will immediately realize that the same verse points to Noah (a sort of pun).

God is Perfect and All-knowing: He does not make mistakes and nothing in Genesis 6:6 suggests that His creation of Man is a mistake.

  Bros,it is my delight that you replied.Neverthless I'm not yet clarified.If it grieved God and it pained him in his heart,then that means that he never expected man to commit all those sins.If he created man knowing that someday man would commit all those sins at that particular time,would it have pained him? Moreover in verse 7 after it pained God,he then decided to destroy man.His decision to destroy man means that he never knew the repercussion of creating man.Did he create man only to destroy him someday?

^^^^^^You will never hear the truth from Aletheia. He is sleeker than oil sleek on the Gulf off Louisiana, and others.


@Truth4Now: #12 on: Today at 03:39:17 AM »
[QUote]I guess your question as to whether God can make mistakes, derived from your observation of man. I hope you understand that God gave man free will - the ability to think and do whatever.

God has his own will for man. So man has a choice whether to follow God's will or not. In some cases man chooses not to follow God's will and there could be bad things happening as a result. In some other complicated cases, man could follow God's will and still have bad things happening, due to other human beings who may not be doing the will God. E.g. cases whereby a man does good and is reward by other men with evil.

any more questions?[/Quote]In all of the above, you didn't address the "grieving" part. Until its addressed, you have not answered the Poster's question. So there is your question for your "any more questions" rhetoric.

Another point most people forget is that, to be a God, you don't really have to be omniscient or unable to make mistakes at the things you do. All that is needed is to possess enough knowledge to boss your next man to such an extent that he will see and think you as a deity big enough to worship.  Or to  create a reality like this, which is really not a proof of perfection and omniscience, but just a proof of big enough intelligence at work.

It is just that, due to man's ignorance, we believe that only a perfect entity can create a universe like this. NOT! Even the faultiest of beings or entities can do it with the possession of the right technological knowhow. Anyway, the bible clearly showed and stated that the bible God can be a bumbling eediot from time to time. A lot of us have read the bible and know this to be true.

God did not make a mistake, and he cannot make one. He is perfect, it is man that failed God. His regret is his emotion expressed at mans unfaithfulness. Man has choice and will power. A good man may change by yielding to the devil. You can't blame God for his action .

Benstino:

Bros,it is my delight that you replied.Neverthless I'm not yet clarified.If it grieved God and it pained him in his heart,then that means that he never expected man to commit all those sins.If he created man knowing that someday man would commit all those sins at that particular time,would it have pained him? Moreover in verse 7 after it pained God,he then decided to destroy man.His decision to destroy man means that he never knew the repercussion of creating man.Did he create man only to destroy him someday?

^Please bear with me. I have mid-term exams tomorrow. I will reply to your concerns later in the week.

Of course the bible god makes mistakes, and that is because he can make mistakes. He confirms that in his own words in his own book which is his own word. The bible god failed God, man, adam and eve, his own son. . . does he have a wife?   If so, he failed her too.

He is faulty and not perfect because he screw up in his alleged creations at every turn. Even his beautiful angel, Lucifer, busted a gasket in heaven and he couldn't fix him.
Stop making silly and lame excuses for your god's ineptitude that make you look pathetic in the process. You think sey people here no get brain?

Joagbaje:

God did not make a mistake, and he cannot make one. He is perfect, it is man that failed God. His regret is his emotion expressed at mans unfaithfulness. Man has choice and will power. A good man may change by yielding to the devil. You can't blame God for his action .

God does not care what you think about it

for him you are nothing

arabela1:

God does not care what you think about it

for him you are nothing

Bros,don't even think that I'm not a christian or whatsoever.Not only am I a christian,I am a dedicated one.Now tell me,if you embark on an envangelical mission where you are trying to convert someone to accept Jesus, and the person asks you this kind of question.Do you think that you can succeed on your mission if you tell the person ''God does not care what you think about it,for him you are nothing''?

Benstino:

Its written in the bible in Genesis 6vs6 ''and it repented God that he had made man on the earth,and it grieved him at his heart''.Before someone regrets or grieves over an action,he must have made a mistake.If God knew that man would sin,he would have looked forward to that day and he wouldn't have grieved when it happened because it did not come as a surprise.Is God really Omniscient?

The word "Repent" in the KJV means "to have a change of mind." It means to change their direction, it also means that sinners should turn from their sins. God's "repenting" is when He turns away from His fierce anger toward sinners. He warns people of the consequences of their disobedient attitudes and behaviours. But if they repent, in other words, to turn from their sins, He will "repent" by not pouring out His promised wrath on them.

Consider these verses: Jonah 3:8-9 (The Evidence Bible)

"Let them turn every one from his evil way . . . Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from His fierce anger, that we perish not?"

And Psalm 135:14

"For the Lord will judge His people, and He will repent Himself concerning His sevants"

don't take it seriouslu , because it is dogma then. We are all like God , have the free will, but we are making mistakes. Eating wrong food , having kontact with negative people and so. Do we care about our health? It is like God, we are atoms.why such nice people sufered? why hungry kids? why yours governors having 20 cars , palaces and traveling around globe, not thinking about people? it is happened because it must be.

OLAADEGBU:

The word "Repent" in the KJV means "to have a change of mind." It means to change their direction, it also means that sinners should turn from their sins. God's "repenting" is when He turns away from His fierce anger toward sinners. He warns people of the consequences of their disobedient attitudes and behaviours. But if they repent, in other words, to turn from their sins, He will "repent" by not pouring out His promised wrath on them.

Consider these verses: Jonah 3:8-9 (The Evidence Bible)

"Let them turn every one from his evil way . . . Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from His fierce anger, that we perish not?"

And Psalm 135:14

"For the Lord will judge His people, and He will repent Himself concerning His sevants"

Beloved one,I have to quote you wrong not because I'm better than you but because no human is above mistake.The word ''repented'' as used in this verse of kjv means :feeling of remorse or regret.Remember, after it repented the Lord,he sought to destroy man.If the word 'repented as used in kjv means to turn away from his fierce anger,then he wouldn't have seeked to destroy man because his anger must have abated.Note that Niv bible used the word ''grieved'' instead of repented.

Benstino:

Beloved one,I have to quote you wrong not because I'm better than you but because no human is above mistake.The word ''repented'' as used in this verse of kjv means :feeling of remorse or regret.Remember, after it repented the Lord,he sought to destroy man.If the word 'repented as used in kjv means to turn away from his fierce anger,then he wouldn't have seeked to destroy man because his anger must have abated.Note that Niv bible used the word ''grieved'' instead of repented.

True that no human is above mistake and I am sorry if I misunderstood your question but we have to realise that God is perfect and is above making mistakes. For you to have a better understanding of how the word repent is used for God it will be better to see other places in the Bible where it is used, take Jeremiah 18:8 for example:

If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do to them.

How can your idea of God be perfect when he displays the lowly emotion of anger or wrath, olaademon olaadegbu?

OLAADEGBU:

True that no human is above mistake and I am sorry if I misunderstood your question but we have to realise that God is perfect and is above making mistakes. For you to have a better understanding of how the word repent is used for God it will be better to see other places in the Bible where it is used, take Jeremiah 18:8 for example:

If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do to them.

Jenwitemi:

How can your idea of God be perfect when he displays the lowly emotion of anger or wrath, olaademon olaadegbu?

You don't want to try God because:

"For our God is a consuming fire." -- Hebrews 12:29

If you were to place a dried out leaf into the presence of fire, you would notice that the fire would not hesitate to consume the leaf in a matter of seconds.  The fire must consume the leaf because of its very nature.  Even if the fire didn't want to dispose of the leaf, it wouldn't matter; it still must consume it because their natures are diametrically opposed one to the other.  As in Deuteronomy 4:24 and Hebrews 12:29 also describes God as a consuming fire, do you want to try it?  By God's very nature, He must consume anything and everything that opposes His nature.  We must put on the Lord Jesus Christ, or we will be consumed by the ever pure burning holiness of the Almighty God.

"WARNING: Exposure to the Son may prevent burning!"

^^^and why have that consuming fire god not been able to consume and annihilate the devil all these years?

your god created what you guys deem as the epitome of evil; the guy who caused the fall of gods precious creation, humans; the guy you guys blame for all the ills of society, the devil. if that to you is not one heck of a mistake then i don't know what the hell the definition of a mistake is to you deluded nutjobs

Benstino:

  Bros,it is my delight that you replied.Neverthless I'm not yet clarified.If it grieved God and it pained him in his heart,then that means that he never expected man to commit all those sins.If he created man knowing that someday man would commit all those sins at that particular time,would it have pained him? Moreover in verse 7 after it pained God,he then decided to destroy man.His decision to destroy man means that he never knew the repercussion of creating man.Did he create man only to destroy him someday?

^^
Continuing from where I left off.

aletheia:

God is Perfect and All-knowing: He does not make mistakes and nothing in Genesis 6:6 suggests that His creation of Man is a mistake.

There is much richness and treasure in the Holy Scriptures: which careful meditation on them will yield.

God knows the beginning from the end.

Isaiah 46:9-10.  Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me, Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:

Since God is All-knowing; He knew even before He created Adam that Man would sin. You may argue that God could have created Man in such a way that Adam would not sin; but that would render the man an automaton, devoid of free will. Yet you need to remember that "Man is created in the image of God". . .to render him incapable of free will is to render him incapable of love and God is Love.

So knowing that Man would sin; God still went ahead and created Man with the free will and the ability to choose out of Love, but at the same time He set in place a plan to redeem Man and bring him back to God. God's character is that of Perfect Love; so creating Man in any way less than capable of exercising free will and choice would fall short of the perfection of love; and God cannot act out of character. And God's Love is further revealed by His fashioning out a plan of redemption even before creating the world.

For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. (Romans 5: 6-.

A common misunderstanding by a lot of people, even some Christians is to suppose that Jesus' death was accidental. No, it wasn't---it was a deliberate plan of God. God already planned for Jesus to die even before creating the world!

Concerning Jesus; this is written in Matthew.
Mat 13:35  That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.

Romans 16:25-26.  Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began, But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith:

2 Timothy 1:9-10.  Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began, But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel:

Titus 1:2-3  In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began; But hath in due times manifested his word through preaching, which is committed unto me according to the commandment of God our Saviour;

Revelation 13:8  And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

The full details of God's plan of salvation were kept largely hidden until the fullness of time when it was gloriously revealed in Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Yet even though partly hidden; the pages of scripture from Genesis 1:1 onwards are replete with parables, prophecies, types and similitudes that foreshadowed God's redemptive plan.

That this is so is plainly revealed in Hosea: "I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets" (12:10). And further elucidated by Jesus Himself: "Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken: Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory? And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself" (Luke 24: 25-27).

God's wisdom and foreknowledge is demonstrated for us to see in the scriptures right from the get-go, for even in Genesis Chapter 1, we begin to see foreshadowings of His plan. Consider for example:

And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day. (Genesis 1:4-5)

Of course you know that light and darkness are spiritual metaphors as well. Light then is a representative principle for God, while darkness itself represents sin and anything abhorrent to God. From the verse in Genesis, we see that quite early on God divides the light from the darkness, thus showing us that the light and darkness cannot abide together; showing us by way of metaphor and similitude that He is Holy and does not abide the presence of sin; showing us that sin separates us from the light of His presence.

This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all (1 John 1:5).

Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?(2 Cor 6:14).

Infact one could go back to the very first verse to demonstrate this principle.

Gen 1:2-3  And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

Remember Jesus said: Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

Verse 1 does say God created the heaven and the earth and then goes on to describe the state of the earth as without form and void and covered in darkness. One could read this as a metaphor for the universally spiritually void condition of men without God. There is an allusion to this in 2 Cor 4:6:  For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

Furthermore; we could consider the cycles of the day as recorded in Genesis. "And the evening and the morning were the first day." This shows darkness preceding light. This once again hinting at the darkness falling upon the earth as a result of Adam's sin before the glorious light of Christ dawning upon the sons of Adam. To put it succinctly, the fall of Adam brought evening and darkness, while the triumph of Jesus Christ (the Last Adam) brought the light of day. It is no surprise then that Christ rose from the grave on the first day of the week at dawn:

Mark 16:2  And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun.

Now consider this: God could have created the earth without night or darkness; but he choose to do it this way. I believe He did it to show us his foreknowledge of what was going to happen and to provide hints to us of his redemptive purpose in history. For we see this in the Book of Revelation in the new heaven and earth:

Rev 22:5  And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.

Why is there no night in the new heaven and earth? Simple. There is no darkness of sin.

There are other foreshadowings and similitudes concerning Christ and God's purpose in Genesis; when we consider Adam, Abel, Noah, Abraham, Isaac & so on. . .but time and space constraints will not permit me to go into them now, but you can take out time to study them. The whole point of my discourse was to show that God did not make a mistake in creating Man. . .rather that He created Man because God is Love, knowing that Man would rebel against Him and because God is Love made a way even before creating Man for Man to be reconciled to Him.

Back to Genesis 6. If God had decided to destroy all of mankind then He wouldn't have saved Noah. Like I pointed out earlier the nuances of Hebrew words and most especially Hebrew names are lost in translation. As I said in my earlier post the same word for grieved is also the same word for comfort; and this dual meaning hints at the nature of God's redemptive plan while pointing at Noah, a similitude or type of Christ: While it grieved God that He had created Man, at the same time there was comfort because of Noah, that is to say the grief of Man's sin balanced against the comfort of Christ redemption. The first two bolded words are the same in Hebrew, while the third Noah is derived from them.

In fact another beautiful example that reveals God's plan is seen in Genesis 5: the genealogy of Noah.

There are ten names in that genealogy. Ten signifies the perfection of Divine order. When you consider the meanings of the ten names; something startling emerges.

[table]
[tr][td]Names[/td][td]Meaning[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Adam[/td][td]comes from adomah, and means "man."[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Seth[/td][td]appointed: (Gen 4:25) When he was born Eve said, "For God hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew."[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Enosh[/td][td]"mortal," "frail," or "miserable." It is from the root anash: to be incurable; used of a wound, grief, woe, sickness, or wickedness.[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Kenan[/td][td]"sorrow," dirge," or "elegy."[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Mahalalel[/td][td]from mahalal, which means "blessed" or "praise"; and El, the name for God. Thus, Mahalalel means "the Blessed God."[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Jared[/td][td]from the verb yaradh, meaning "shall come down."[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Enoch[/td][td]means "teaching," or "commencement."[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Methuselah[/td][td]comes from two roots: muth, a root that means "death" ; and from shalach, which means "to bring," or "to send forth." Thus, the name Methuselah signifies, "his death shall bring."[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Lamech[/td][td]"despairing."[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Noah[/td][td]derived from nacham , "to bring relief" or "comfort,"[/td][/tr]
[/table]

Now let's put it all together:

[table]
[tr][td]Hebrew[/td][td]English[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Adam[/td][td]Man[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Seth[/td][td]Appointed[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Enosh[/td][td]Mortal[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Kenan[/td][td]Sorrow[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Mahalalel[/td][td]The Blessed God[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Jared[/td][td]Shall come down[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Enoch[/td][td]Teaching[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Methuselah[/td][td]His death shall bring[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Lamech[/td][td]The despairing[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Noah[/td][td]Rest, or comfort[/td][/tr]
[/table]

^^
Do you see it?

Man (Adam) [is] Appointed (Seth) [to] Mortal (Enosh) Sorrow (Kenan). The Blessed God (Mahalalel). . .Shall come down (Jared). . .Teaching (Enoch). . .His death shall bring (Methuselah). . .The despairing (Lamech). . .Rest, or comfort (Noah).

How many of you would have been pleased if God had created Adam without the freedom of choice?  Liberty or freedom is good but we must know that it comes with responsibilities and consequences if we abuse it.  The all-knowing God knowing fully well that Adam and Eve would sin and bring suffering and death to the whole of humankind would have robbed us of the opportunity to our free will if He had created us as robots without the ability to choose, but God in His mercy has shown us the depth of His of Love as it was displayed on the Cross for us to live eternally with Him.

as it is written:

"For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive" -- 1 Corithians 15:22

The First Adam, the Last Adam.

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