Readers -

Michelle Kennedy's post here:

http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/aug2011/michelek815-1.htm

is a short treatise on Methuselah.

I only add this observation -

in the stones of the New Jerusalem, the 8th stone is Beryl 969g. Methuselah died
at 969 years.

this seems an exact match to the Genesis 5 Patriarch roster, as Methuselah is
Patriarch number 8 in birth order.