As you noted, Methuselah was “969” years old when he passed away - the very year the flood came. Could his age be telling us the very year in which the Rapture will happen and the Tribulation begins? And when, 'the heavens and earth are reserved for fire’?
In Genesis 9 God promised Noah that He would never again destroy all flesh with a global flood. But in 2 Peter 3:1-7 it tells us of God’s final judgement upon the world, which will be by fire.
”Beloved, I now write to you this second epistle (in both of which I stir up your pure minds by way of reminder), that you may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us, the apostles of the Lord and Savior, knowing this first: that scoffers will come in the last days, walking according to their own lusts, and saying, “Where is the promise of His coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of creation.” For this they willfully forget: that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of water and in the water, by which the world that then existed perished, being flooded with water. But the heavens and the earth which are now preserved by the same word, are reserved for fire until the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men."
Spiritual Numbers: “969” - '9’ means: Spirit / Faith / Judgement / Finality. ‘6’ is: Man / Flesh; ’96’ is: New Song. “They sang a new song: ‘Worthy are You to take the scroll and open its seals, because You were slain, and by Your blood You purchased for God those from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.” (Rev. 5:9) And in (Rev. 14:3) “They sang a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders. And no one could learn the song except the one hundred forty-four thousand who had been redeemed from the earth.”
Another interesting tidbit is that among the 365 (age that Enoch died) different numbers found in the Bible, 96 of them are odd numbers, the 269 others being even numbers.
The number ’99’ means: Rapture - Day of the Lord / Shekinah Glory of God. The number '69’ means: Killing / Deceit & Confusion. And “69” also represents the age that Israel will turn on May 16th 2017.
I believe that once Israel turns “69”, just 128-days later we will be going home to be with our Lord in glory, on the Feast of Trumpets - September 21, 2017. The number '128' means 'Blessed Ones'.
Many people have been mentioning Billy Graham lately, hinting that his death could possibly signal the year in which the church is raptured as well. Well, on Nov. 7th of this year he would be turning ’99'. But his current age of ’98' which means: Blind / Religious / Leader - sounds about right to me - would actually line right up if our Blessed Hope does indeed come this year.
Not looking to start any battles concerning Billy Graham, but I will end with just one of his quotes that should be deeply troubling to any true born-again believer.
~Billy Graham interview with David Frost, Feb 18, 1997~
David Frost: "Why is Isalm the fastest growing religion in the world?"
Billy Graham: "The tremendous discipline that they have in Islam in the sense that there's a judgment if you do wrong, and there's a tremendous hope that people have that you are Islamic. Suppose you die on the battlefield fighting for Islam, the promises they give you for the first thousand years would make any young man say, 'Well, I think that's what I'd like to have.' They have so many things. And I think Islam is misunderstood too, because Mohammed had a great respect for Jesus, and he called Jesus the greatest of the prophets except himself. And I think that we're closer to Islam than we really think we are.”
Have a blessed day. And keep Looking ^^UP^^
~ Ed G.
Ibalog (9 Apr 2017)
Lamech was 777 year old @ TIme of the earth being Flooded.
Hi: This speaks volumes to me.The pre-flood warning was preached to 4
generations: Those of Enoch, Methuselah,
Lamech,and Noah. Enoch had to know about the flood because he named his son
Methuselah which means "when he is dead it [the flood] shall come". Enoch did
not see death because he was translated to heaven at the age of 365. Methuselah
died on the 'very year' of the flood at the age of 969. Lamech died 'before' the
flood at the age of 777. Noah died after the flood at the age of 950.
It is my understanding that Lamech died 5 years "before the flood".Lamech and
Methuselah died near the end of that age,at the time this earth was flooded.
Lamech died before Methuselah,so Methuselah must have known that Lamech was 777
years old at the time of his death. My feeling is that Methuselah must have
pondered the numbers 777 because I would have. The Lord Jesus used the numbers
777 at the very end of that age,the very last days "before" the time of
flood.Now here we are again at the very end of this age with the same numbers
777.Do you think this is a coincidence? As it was in the days of Noah we have
these 777 numbers appearing again. I will give this some further thought.