Astonishing Facts
There are several Biblical truths that are rarely taught to the Believers. The most profound truth is the Name of Our Heavenly Father, YaHVaH יהוה, and His Son, Yahoshua יהושע (Yeshua). After this truth, would be the correct names of the people in the Bible. However, I will not try to cover all here. I will relate some obscure truths you may wish to verify for yourself, which is good.
First is that Adam אדם is more than the name of the first man. It is the name of our entire human race (Gen. 1:26-27 & 5:1-2).
Cain and Seth married their sisters. This may be hard to grasp, but remember only Adam אדם and Chavvah חוה (Eve) and their children were around. If you read closely, you will see that Adam & Chavvah not only begot Cain, Abel, and Seth, but also other sons and daughters (Gen. 5:4).
The Name of YaHVaH יהוה was known and called upon by Enosh, Adam’s grandson, while his father and grandfather were still living. It was known and called on by Nōach (Noah), Abraham, and many others long before Mōsheh (Moses) (Gen. 4:26, 5:29, 9:26, 12:8, 13:4, and more).
Nōach (Noah) took more than two of each animal on the ark. He took 7 males and 7 females of every clean beast and every bird; 2 males and 2 females of every unclean beast; and 2 of every creeping thing (Gen. 7:2-9). Lots of these animals and insects would have reproduced quite well and in huge numbers within the year they were on the ark.
The word Hebrew is actually ‘Ivriy אברי, which means the “descendants of ‘Eber,” who was the great, great grandson of Noach (Gen. 10:24-25, 11:10-17, 14:13).
Abraham circumcised himself at 99 years of age and his first son at 13 (Gen. 17:24-25). His second son Isaac was at 8 days of age, as is the current practice (Gen. 21:3).
Nahor married his niece, Milchah, daughter of his brother Haran (Gen. 11:29). Lot married his two daughters after his wife’s death (Gen. 19:33-36). Abraham married his half-sister, Sarah (Gen. 20:12). Isaac married a 3rd cousin, along with other wives (Gen. 24). Esau married a 1st cousin (Gen. 28:9). Jacob (later Israel) married two 1st cousins and their two servants (Gen. 29:22-30:9). Out of these 4 women, all 12 tribes of Israel were wrought.
Judah, one of the twelve, consorted with and begat 2 sons from his daughter-in-law, Tamar. The sons’ names were Perez & Zerah (Gen. 38:6-30). From Perez would eventually come the line of David and the Mashiyach (Messiah) (Matt. 1:3). In this line is also Boaz. Boaz married his cousin-in-law, Ruth, also a promoter of the line of David and the Mashiyach (Book of Ruth, Matt. 1:3).
King David had seven (7) wives and some concubines, who produced 19 sons and one daughter for him (1 Chr. 3:1-9). His son, Solomon (from Bathsheba), had even more. It stretches the imagination, yet the Bible clearly states that King Solomon had seven hundred (700) wives and three hundred (300) concubines (2 Ki. 11:1-3). His grandson, Abiyah, had fourteen (14) wives, who bore him 22 sons and 16 daughters (2 Chr. 13:21).
Mary, the mother of our Master and Saviour, was of the tribe of Levi, but not the priestly division. Her cousin, Elizabeth, the mother of John the Baptist, was an Aaronite (Luke 1:5). Although Aaronites are also of the tribe of Levi, they are the priestly division of the tribe. John the Baptist would have been a priest; and our Master would have been a servant of the priests, which is what the rest of the tribe of Levi did. Yet there is no mention of either serving in the Temple, as would have been their inheritance. Our Master’s service would not have been seen as required though, as his inheritance was to come from his earthly father (more accurately his step-father), Joseph, who was from the tribe of Judah (Luke 1:27) and the descendant of Solomon, David, Jesse, Boaz, & Perez (as mentioned earlier) (Matt. 1:2-16, Luke 3:23-38). John the Baptist should have served though as a priest, since his father was a priest.
Methusalah is listed, numerically, in the Bible as the oldest man to live, being 969 years old (Gen. 5:26). However, there are two who are older. They are Melchizedek and our Master, Yahoshua, both of whom are spoken of having no beginning and no end.
There are vastly more astonishing facts and truths you may learn if you take the time to study the Word very, very carefully. That’s all this time.
Shalom, shalom.
First published 1-2006, edited 4-2018; © 2005, 2018 Odon Obadyah Ministries, Inc. and Min. Dr. Donald H. Garrett.
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