To: Salvation
The simple answer is that prior to Noah, God placed no limit on how long humans would live. This changed in Genesis 6.
Genesis 6:3 And the Lord said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.
13 posted on
06/10/2016 7:32:17 AM PDT by
Ol' Dan Tucker
(...and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many... Daniel 8:25)
To: Ol' Dan Tucker
Yep.
The best take away from all this is that no matter how long you live on earth, you will die here with all the rest of us.
16 posted on
06/10/2016 7:35:12 AM PDT by
Delta 21
(Patiently waiting for the jack booted kick at my door.)
To: Ol' Dan Tucker
Many consider that the 120 years refers to the amount of time which would elapse before the start of the flood.
20 posted on
06/10/2016 7:58:14 AM PDT by
Diapason
To: Ol' Dan Tucker
I’ve always assumed God instigated sleep so we wouldn’t do evil 24/7
99 posted on
06/10/2016 12:29:04 PM PDT by
PeterPrinciple
(Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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