Lesson 11
The Plan of Salvation
(Shown by the Order and Names of Adam
and his 9 “sons” as listed in Luke 3:36-38)
and
The Plan of Salvation
(Shown by the Order and Names
of the Books of the Bible
and
Jesus Heals the Man with Palsy
Using the Concordance to Discover the
“Plan of Salvation”
At the very beginning of this class, in the “STUDY PRINCIPLES”, before class # 1, we learned “how to use a Concordance” and how to discover the meaning of a word by using the Hebrew and Greek Dictionaries in the back of the Concordance.
By looking up the meaning of the names of Adam and his nine descendents in their order until the flood, we will discover the Plan of Salvation!
This remarkable illustration shows the Divine Inspiration of the Bible, very clearly! It also shows what a LOVING GOD we serve! 2Timothy 3:16 “All scripture is given by inspiration of God…”.
The “chance” that these names just “happened” to be in the right order and just “happened” to have the right meaning is beyond coincidence!
See for yourself as you see the Plan of Salvation unfold before your eyes in the:
“Names of Adam and his nine descendants”
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THE PLAN OF SALVATION
(Shown by the order and names of Adam and his 9 “sons”
as listed in Luke 3:36-38
NAME MEANING PARAPHRASE
ADAM Man A man.
(0120)
SETH Substituted Will become a substitute,
(08352)
ENOS Mortal man For mortal man.
(0583 0582) (Subject to death)
CAINAN Dwelling He will leave his
(07018 07064) dwelling place,
MAHALALEEL Give light And come to be the light
(04111 04110 01984) Almighty of this world. The Almighty God Himself,
(0410)
JARED To descend Will descend to this
(03382 03381) earth,
ENOCH To initiate, To initiate love and
(02585 02596) discipline discipline in mankind.
METHUSELAH Man of the A spear will pierce his
(04968 04962 07973) spear side, but his death will
to bring bring,
LAMECH
(Heb.03929)
(Grk.2984 2982 Mighty, Mighty Power and
Heb.04100 04101) Power
NOAH Rest Rest to the human race,
(05146 05118)
Now, let’s use our Concordance and look at the names of the Books of the Old Testament in the Bible in their order.
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THE PLAN OF SALVATION
(Shown by the order and names of the Books of the Bible O.T.)
GENESIS – Beginning, Origin In the beginning
(Greek – see Dictionary)
EXODUS – Departure, Leaving Man departed from
(Greek – see Dictionary)
LEVITICUS – Book of Laws Keeping God’s Laws.
NUMBERS – to Mark The human race was
(5615,5608) – Heb.Dict. marked for death because
of disobedience.
DEUTERONOMY– 2nd Law The law was given a 2nd
(Greek – see Dictionary) time and God promised to
JOSHUA – Jehovah Saved, Saviour Send a Saviour to deliver
(3091, 3467) Heb.Dict. His people from
JUDGES – Pronounce sentence The sentence of death that
(8199) Heb.Dict. had been pronounced
upon them
RUTH – Friend He was to be their friend,
(7327)
1, 2 SAMUEL – Heard of God One who was heard by God.
(8050)
1, 2 KINGS – King, Royal A King, part of the Royal Family.
(4428)
1, 2 CHRON. – A matter spoken He spoke of the matter
(1677, 3117) with His Father and
EZRA – Aid, Helped Offered His help and aid.
(5830)
NEHEMIAH – Sorry, Consolation He felt sorry for man and
- came to earth to console us.
ESTHER – Hadassah – Myrtle tree He knew He would have to
(653, 1919) die on a tree and
JOB – Hated, Persecuted Become hated and persecuted
- for our sakes.
PSALMS – To strike, Song They struck Him, but his song
(2167, 2172) was always praise for His Father.
PROVERBS – Superior He overcame and was
(4912) superior to our enemy Satan.
ECCLESIATES – The Preacher He was a preacher of good
(Greek – 1577) (Heb. – 6953) tidings to the people, and
SONG OF SOLOMON – Peaceful A man of peace instead of war.
(8010)
ISAIAH – To be Free He spoke to men of being free
(3470) Jehovah saved from the captivity of Satan and of
their hope of being saved by God.
JEREMIAH – Jehovah will rise He told them that He would rise from,
((3414)
LAMENTATIONS – Funeral dirge The grave after being crucified.
(7015)
EZEKIEL – God will strengthen After returning to heaven, God
- would strengthen His people.
DANIEL – Judge or judgment of God During the judgment He would,
(1840)
HOSEA– Deliver Be their deliverer as He
- represents them before
JOEL – Jehovah is his God His Father, who is God.
(3100)
AMOS – Burdensome load Through mediation He would remove
(5986) their burdensome load of sin,
OBADIAH – Serving Jehovah As they served God.
(5662)
JONAH – A Dove, warmth He promised to send the Holy Spirit
(3124) to warm them with God’s love.
MICAH – Who is like Jehovah Who is like our God?
(4318)
NAHUM – Comfortable, Console He comforts and consoles us.
(5151 from 5162)
HABAKKUK – Embrace He embraces us with His arms
(2265) of love and
ZEPHANIAH – Jehovah has covered Has covered our sins.
(6846)
HAGGI – Festive It will be a festive and joyous
(2292) occasion when
ZECHARIAH – Jehovah has He remembers His promise to
(2148) remembered return for His
MALACHI – Messenger, Messengers who have ministered
(4401) to minister to the needs of others as He did.
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Once again we have seen an astounding thing!
All 39 Books of the Old Testament are in the
exact order and have the exact meaning to
plainly tell us the story of the Plan of Salvation!
In lesson # 3, we discovered the Plan of Salvation
in the Colors.
Now, we have seen “The Plan” in the Names of Adam and his Nine descendants and also in the Names and Order of the Books of the Old Testament.
The Bible Stories themselves also reveal the
Plan of Salvation.
The story of Abraham and his willingness to sacrifice his only son, and Isaac’s willingness to die, reminds us of God’s willingness to give His only Son, Jesus and His willingness to die for us.
Jesus and His Father have revealed their LOVE for US so plainly, that as the Bible says, only
“The fool hath said in his heart there is no God”
If you have concluded that there is a God, what are YOU doing to show YOUR LOVE for HIM?
ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLE OF UNDERSTANDING AN
“ACTED PARABLE” THROUGH THE USE OF “KEY WORDS”
Acted Parable of: JEUS HEALING THE MAN WITH PALSY
Matt.9:2 “And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy; Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee”.
Comment 1 In order to learn more about this man, that was healed, we need to “compare scripture with scripture”. To do this we locate a “Key Word” in the scripture we have started with and then using a Concordance we can discover other scriptures discussing the same subject.
Key Word: Palsy
Mark 2:2 “And straightway many were gathered together, insomuch that there was no room to receive them, no, not so much as about the door: and he preached the word unto them”.
Mark 2:3 “And they come unto him, bringing one sick of the palsy, which was borne of four”.
Mark 2:4 “And when they could not come nigh unto him for the press, they uncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken it up, they le down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay”.
Mark 2:5 “When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, thy sins be forgiven thee”.
Luke 5:18 ” And, behold, men brought in a bed a man which was taken with a palsy: and they sought means to bring him in, and to lay him before him”.
Luke 5:19 ” And when they could not find by what way they might bring him in because of the multitude, they went upon the housetop, and let him down through the tiling with his couch into the midst before Jesus”.
Luke 5:20 “And when he saw their faith, he said unto him, Man, thy sins are forgiven thee”.
Thus, by “comparing the scriptures” written by Mark and Luke we have discovered a lot more about this man with palsy.
Comment 2 In order to learn more about this man with palsy, we could use the Greek Dictionary in the back of Strong’s Concordance and discover what kind of illness “Palsy” is.
Strongs’ Greek Dictionary Ref # 3885 – paralutikos – paralytic
from Ref # 3886 - paralyzed
Thus, the man with palsy was Physically paralyzed (not able to physically move on his own).
Comment 3 In order to learn still more about “Palsy” we could again “compare scripture with scripture” and look at other texts that talk about Palsy besides the texts that describe the particular man and story in the above texts.
Key Word: Palsy
Matt.4:24 “And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatic, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them”.
Matt.8:6 “And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented“.
Thus, “Palsy” was associated with devil possession or "being controlled by Satan”.
Summarizing what we have learned on the surface of scripture about the Physical.
1. The man with Palsy was physically paralyzed and not able to physically do what he wanted to do.
2. Palsy was associated with devil possession or being controlled by the devil.
3. Four friends brought the man with Palsy to Jesus.
4. There were many people that blocked the way as the four friends tried to bring their friend, the man with Palsy to Jesus.
5. The four friends would not give up when people blocked their way. They went up on the roof and opened it so that they could bring their friend with Palsy, physically, to Jesus.
6. Because of the faith of the four friends, Jesus was able to physically heal the man with Palsy.
7. When Jesus healed the man with Palsy He said, “Thy sins be forgiven thee” instead of “thy illness be cured”. This can only mean that He wanted us to consider the man as being Spiritually healed as well as Physically healed in this “Acted Parable”.
Physically , On the surface of Scripture the words tell us
what Jesus wanted to do Physically for the man with Palsy.
Spiritually, below the surface of Scripture, the deeper hidden meaning, tells us what Jesus wanted to do Spiritually for the man with Palsy.
Summarizing what we have learned below the surface of scripture about the Spiritual.
1. In the “Acted Parable” the man with “Palsy” represents a person who is “Spiritually Paralyzed” and not able to do what he wants to do Spiritually. In other words a typical human being like Paul who said “…how to perform that which is good I find not. For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do” Rom.7:18,19
2. Spiritual Paralysis is associated with devil possession or “being controlled by the devil”. We want to do good, but we can’t by ourselves, because the devil it too strong for us.
3. Friends can “bring a friend to Jesus”, Spiritually, through prayer and Bible study.
4. As we try to “bring our friends to Jesus” by studying with them and praying for them, the devil will use many people to “block the way to Jesus”.
5. We are not to give up when people block our way, but we are to continue to take our friends to the highest possible point, heaven, through our prayers and Jesus will hear and answer them!
6. Because of our faith, Jesus will be able to heal our friend Spiritually and free them from the control of Satan!
7. Jesus will say “Thy sins be forgiven thee” and our friend will be Spiritually well, and able to do what he wants to do spiritually, with the Help of Jesus!!!
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