Methuselah  

And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begot Lamech.. . . So all the days of Methuselah were nine-hundred and sixty nine years; and he died  -Genesis 5:25

               Methuselah is from the first book of the bible Genesis.   When referred to his name, it means something that is very old or even the oldest.  In the book of Genesis, there is a listing of generations of who was the child of who.  Methuselah is  the son of Enoch, and the father of Lamech, he lived nine hundred sixty nine years.  Today, because of the biblical reference, people use the name to describe something being old.  The term has no deep meaning but is just lightly used for its description.  People use it in pictures, movies, advertisements, books, poems, and many others.

Methuselah Tree

To the left is a Methuselah Tree, 

without knowing the background of

 Methuselah, one wouldn't know the

 reasoning behind the tree.  Methuselah,

 because she was so old, had a tree in

 her name. The tree has the resemblance

 of something old, so there is the allusion

 to the biblical Methuselah

It makes things gone perpetually to lastAnd calls back months and years that long since fledIt makes a man more aged in conceit,Than was Methuselah or’s grand-sire great:While of their persons and their acts his mind doth treat.-Contemplations by Anne Bradstreet( again referring to                                                              old age)

Ey I need a Methuselah

Not a magnum

I need a Methuselah

- Jay Z "Ghetto Techno"

it is referring to a champagne

 bottle that is called a

Methuselah because of its large size.

Methuselah the Tortoise 

Methuselah is the name of a tortoise in a reptile garden.  his name is Methuselah because she is over one hundred years old.  The link in color is an advertisement of the tortoise's birthday.

NYTIMES ARTICLE 

It is a Methuselah mouse it is the oldest living mouse seen, just Methuselah was.

"A dwarf mouse that was said to have surpassed all known records for mouse longevity died on Jan. 8"  - National Briefing | Science And Health: Methuselah Of Mice Die

 ( . . .click here for more)

“Lamb of God//Angus Dei”

 “Lamb of God//Angus Dei” The Lamb of God from Angus Dei is from the saying of John the Baptist. The name Angus Dei refers to figures of Jesus as The Lamb of God and also in waxen disks with his figure printed onto it being blessed by the pope. The visual source of Lamb of God is a glass pane painting. The painting shows a lamb dressed in armor as such a soldier would be with a cross and leaves also in the painting. A song that includes the lyric “lamb of god” is the song you are my all in all – Jesus Lamb of God – worthy is my name. The lyric in this song refers to the Lamb of God as another figure of god. The movie “Jesus lamb of god” refers too the Lamb of God as another life forms of Jesus. The movie describes how the lamb is in place of Jesus soul after he is gone.  The short story of “lamb of god “ lamb of god  explains how the lamb of god is in relation to humans. The passage states how the lamb is related to god, they are related by the way of the stories meaning .

Alpha and Omega

" I am Alpha and Omega the beginning and the end" -Revelations 1:8

           Alpha and omega is from the final book of the bible Revelations. It's meaning today is a symbol of beginnings and endings because Alpha is the first letter of the Greek alphabet (α ) and Omega is the last (Ω, ω ).
            Many times, the term, Alpha and Omega, is used to make a point.  One example would be in a song such as Lil' Wayne's So Dedicated.  In his song , there is a line that references Alpha and Omega
It’s YMCMB the f****** alpha and omega

            It uses the allusion to say that the billionaire is at the top of the world the alpha and omega.  The connection comes from the biblical verse because it says that God is alpha and omega, so whoever would be alpha and omega would be like God.
            Other forms of allusions of the term can be as pictures and poems
                                                                           

to the left is Alpha, and the right Omega

                       I am one and I am the other. 

                      I am both as one.
                      I am good as there is no bad.
                      I am the only one as there is no other.

                      Then there are Advertisements

And Articles:

"THERE are times, particularly during the summer, when the big screen seems overrun with the alpha and omega of contemporary masculinity: the big babies of comedies and the hard-bodied manly men of superhero fantasies.  . . . ." ( click here for more)

         In the advertisement for the movie, it symbolizes opposites while in the article it is en expression of many like from A to Z.