Interested Readers - 

Genesis 5:29 records that Lamech named his firstborn “Noah” (Rest) because he could see into the future, therefore Noah is a prophetic Patriarch.

The year he is born is simple to figure out because the Lord gave us the numbers; it is Bible Year 1056.

The BibleWheel database shows the gematria of both words and verses whose total equals 1056.

http://www.biblewheel.com/GR/GR_Database.php?SearchBy_Gematria=1056

Though 1056 belongs to various words and verses, Psalms 29:10 gives up the Lord’s secrets:

"The LORD sitteth upon the flood; yea, the LORD sitteth King for ever."

…that 1056 is both time and verse about what would occur in Noah’s lifetime, the Flood.

Bob Ware notes that there are 16 instances of Bible Chapters that end with the number 66, the final number of actual books in the Canonized Bible. 

16 X 66 = 1056 !

That's more evidence of the prophetic End Times nature of 1056. 

Fast forward to Acts.

1056 is the gematria value of two words in the same New Testament chapter: Acts 17. Acts 17:21,29. This is really unusual for me to see - though I admit, an expert I am not.

The second use of a word valued at 1056 in Acts 17:29:

"Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device."

The 1056 valued word is Strong’s 5480 greek which is translated “graven”. You know this word from somewhere else:

Revelation 13:16

"And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand or in their foreheads:"

“Mark” is Strong’s 5480 greek!

charagma {khar'-ag-mah} from the same as 5482; TDNT - 9:416,1308; n n AV - mark 8, graven 1; 9 1) a stamp, an imprinted mark 1a) of the mark stamped on the forehead or the right hand as the badge of the followers of the Antichrist 1b) the mark branded upon horses 2) thing carved, sculpture, graven work 2a) of idolatrous images

The only time Strong's 5480 greek is used outside of the book of Revelation is in Acts 17:29 as mentioned above. This indicates to me that the 1056 has to do with both the Flood of Noah and his generation, and the Mark of the Beast. 

My conclusion:

Noah’s Flood is the prophetic forerunner of the Great Tribulation, a period of time when unbelievers are given a “mark”, the sign of allegiance to the Beast. If so, then it is reasonable to conclude what I’ve longed theorized. that Genesis 5 is the record of the entire set of Ages from Adam to the Return of Christ if interpreted correctly, however that is done. If not that, then possibly the Patriarchs represent a set time that has to do with the last years of the Church age.

Jesus is Lord. 

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