Posted on 08/12/2015 7:23:42 AM PDT by Salvation
If we allow God's Word to be taken literally, we might just learn a lot more than we think we have learned independently of Him. Give it a chance.
Gen 6:3 Then the LORD said, “My Spirit will not put up with humans for such a long time, for they are only mortal flesh. In the future, their normal lifespan will be no more than 120 years.”
Finally, some one who reads the Bible instead of relying on their own understanding.......................
And the answer to why is that there was sinnin’ going on 24/7
Who wrote the Bible? Answer: God didn't.
Wrong answer.
Until one understands the mechanics of spiritual life, trying to explain spiritual things from soulish and physical perspectives will never adequately address the truth.
I heard the same thing CL. I think I remember them saying direct sunlight tends to kill us much more quickly, than when the firmament surrounded the earth. Could you imagine living among liberals for 900 years? I don’t think I could handle it.
When one accepts the much longer antediluvian lifespan, some interesting facets arise concerning the aftermath.
Consider the first generation or so after the flood.
It would be the first generation where the great grandparents outlived their children by several generations.
The continuity of generational thinking would have taken a different form, which nicely explains how some may have traveled in different directions and gave root to parallel accounts of the same events with slightly different perspectives, yet basic technologies still advanced.
Uh...
The BOOK says so??
Psalm 90:10 King James Version (KJV)
The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
Did Methuselah die in the FLOOD?
Jewish tradition records that the Flood was delayed until shortly after the death of Methuselah.
Could they have been extraterrestrials? Leading UFO experts say “Yes”.
Amen.
To me the decrease in longevity, though we have no hard evidence, was simply the rise in bacteria and viruses after the flood. A reasonable explanation for why Noah got drunk after he stepped off the ark was due to fermentation of the grapes (a breakdown). This may have been unknown before the flood and Noah didn't realize what would happen when drinking so much wine. Thus the curse of Ham for essentially laughing at his father's condition was understandable.
The world around us is decaying. So are we. The longevity of the patriarchs is evidence to this decay whether we choose to accept it. And yet, while we look for a "fountain of youth", God offers us living water.
Yet, some in our churches doubt the scriptures. One has to wonder how much doubt can exist before there is unbelief?
I’ve experienced all KINDS of ‘tradition’; but I’m more interested in what the BOOK says.
Now THERE's an oxymoron for the ages!
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