Do we need any other explanation?
Do I believe that he did so as stated in the bible? not really. I believe some sort of mathematical error occurred somewhere and most of those ages are off by a a factor of 10.
So 900 = 90.
Or we are talking about a family name that was passed down from generation to generation for 900 years to the eldest son, or something of that nature.
The harder you try to live without God, the shorter your life?
My niece died of cervical cancer a month ago, 10 days short of her 33 birthday. My mother celebrated her 98th birthday on May 18th.
The last thing I’d want to do is live to 900. My gosh that would be awful medically alone not to mention financially.
Might be nice to add that God told us He would limit our lifespans after the fall of Adam and Eve.....
The human lifespan was shortened when the firmament protecting the earth from solar and deep space radiation was removed during the flood. After that God stated the maximum lifespan of man would be 120 years. Most of us don’t even make it that long.
I can't tell you how many discussions I've had with "Christians" about Genesis 1. They argue we can't know how long a day was when God tells us "The evening and the morning were the first day. Then in Exodus 20:11, we are told, by God, that He created the earth in 6 days and rested on the 7th. Are we going to argue with God? If you claim Moses, or mere men wrote the Bible, then how are we to truth any of it? The Bible was dictated to Moses at the Tabernacle, as a man speaks to a friend. Moses doesn't even show up till Exodus 3. How are we to believe Abraham, Sodom and Gomorrah, Joseph, Jacob and others, if we can't believe Adam and Noah?
At some point you either have faith or you are beyond grace and can't be saved. I used to have these thoughts before I was born again. After that, I have complete faith in Scripture and it has all become clear to me. The Holy Spirit authored the Bible that prophets wrote down. The same language and themes run throughout every page. God made sure His children would have His story and character for them to read for posterity.
I've even met people that won't read anything unless it is in red. Why would they believe Jesus said these things if Mathew or John wrote them down? IMO, if Genesis wasn't true, don't you think Jesus would have explained that men came from apes, or their wasn't a world wide flood, or Sodom wasn't blown off the map for sodomy? The theme of a 6 day creation is a shadow of the 6000 year history of earth and the 7th day represents the 1000 year reign of Christ on earth. Even Peter explains that a day to the Lord is as a thousand years. That doesn't refer to some misconception of eon's of history passing as the atheists tell us. I prefer faith in God's Word over the rantings of an atheist.
The world is just following the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics. The world is dying, not getting better. Chaos is getting greater, not healing itself. Any perusal of Scripture tells us the world is getting ready for Christ's return. Gen 1:14 tells us He put lights in the sky for signs and seasons. These aren't for spring and summer, but to tells us God's clock. Do a word search for signs of the times( Mat 16:3). Jesus is disappointed that they didn't know what time it was even though they knew the Scriptures.
It is set now that either Trump or Hillary will be God's choice for us. If we put our faith in a man, we are missing the point of Scripture. God places His choice for us as our judgement. If we are foolish enough to believe we aren't headed for judgement after 60 million dead babies and now gay marriage, we haven read Leviticus 18:22-30. From what I see here on FR, it seem people believe that Trump will be able to save America from God. It's hardly a plan to have bad and worse as our choices. 2 Chron 7:14 is the key, and I don't see that happening.
Satan seems to have a sense of humor as now he waits to see if if accept men's penises waving at our daughters at school to see if we will remove our children from danger. All of this, and I say again, ALL, comes from years ago taking prayer and God from the culture. I even give the Viet Nam defeat to the rejection of God in our country. Remember sex, drugs, and rock and roll? How far have we come from teaching billions of years of evolution, to not even being able to determine if we are men or women? I have to wonder if, when we meet Jesus he says "I never knew you" if you insist men didn't live for 900 years or we really came from apes over millions of years. He has given us Truth and nothing but the Truth, yet "believers" continue to question length of days, who did Cain marry, was there a flood, were their giants, and so on.
A Scripture comes to mind Isa 4:1, And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, we will eat our own bread and wear our own clothing; only let us be called by your name, to take away our shame. In that day( the end times) 7 women( women are always religions, Rev 2-3, these are "Christians" we are talking about) one man( Jesus) eat our own bread( make up our own beliefs, the Bible is Bread of heaven) wear our own clothing( righteousness only comes from Jesus, dirty garments won't be allowed) let us be called by your name( they want to be called "Christians even though they don't even resemble any description of one) to take away their shame( none of us want to be called Satan followers even if we blatantly do.)
Where do we get those ages from?
Is it actually in the Bible that Adam was 900?
To bad catholics don't apply this reasoning to the six day creation in Genesis.
for later
They didn’t have Youtube so it just seemed that long.
But the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. (the rest of the verse)
Maybe because Adam was actually touched/fashioned by God at his creation.
An apple a day!
“Methuselah lived 900 years...Methuselah lived 900 years...
But who calls that livin’ when no gal will give in
To no man who’s 900 years?
The things that you’re liable to read in the Bible:
It ain’t necessarily so!”