In order to understand what grace is we must desire to understand the purpose of divine law. After Adam and Eve had transgressed God's divine law they both went into hiding. Every human being who has ever lived in human flesh has gone into hiding, except Jesus Christ. As we repent (change from practising self will to following God's will) God uses His eternal cleansing word and applies it to our heart.
Inch by inch through His gracious love we come out of hiding and start desiring to listen and obey His teachings. His divine law, although it can't save us, is used by God to lead us to put our trust in His gift of grace, Jesus Christ. But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD. Genesis 6.8 This verse is a beautiful example of how God uses anagrams in Scripture. The name Noah is simply Grace spelt backwards in the Hebrew language.
Everyone who God saves finds rest on account of His gift of grace! God certainly showed His grace to us allowing us to see the beauty of His gracious heart. Grace [Gen 6.8] =Chen =Noah [Gen 6.8] In His Blood [Lev 17.11] = B'Dam Hu The Glory of the Lord [Ex 16.10] = Kavod YHVH
Because they trust in him (Ord) [Ps 37.40] = Ki Chasu bo The Stone = HaAven Jesus Christ is God's cornerstone. God's gift of grace and it is in His blood that we put our faith. All the above have a numeric weight of 58!
The entire holy Bible is God's Word. When we turn to Genesis 5 we come across a genealogy. God in His tremendous wisdom has informed us of His wonderful plan of redemption right here "hidden" within this genealogy in Genesis 5!
Adam Man
Seth Appointed
Enosh Mortal
Kenan Sorrow
Mahalalel The Blessed God
Jared Shall come down
Enoch Teaching
Methuselah His death shall bring
Lamech The despairing
Noah Rest, or comfort
Because the Hebrew language has no "to be" in the present tense we insert the verb is. As we translate the Hebrew names into the English language we read that; Man is appointed mortal sorrow (God has announced that the wages of sin is death). The blessed God (Jesus Christ) shall come down (to earth) teaching. His death (on the Cross) shall bring the despairing (those God convicts that they are sinners in need of Saviour Jesus Christ's victory over sin and death) rest (that is, they no longer stand condemned before God; for their sins has been atoned for by victorious holy Jesus Christ). The author of the holy Bible is eternal God and all the other gods like Allah are liars. Jesus is the bishop of our soul and He is given the number 888 by God in the holy Bible. This is a unique number only truly fitting to God; for whether we look at it from any side it still looks the same. This fits with God's written description of Jesus Christ who is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow. This means the wisdom He spoke is still as valid as when He spoke it. His words are eternal and never date!
