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Genesis 6:3
There days will not number more than 120 years. I’ve brought this verse up on this site before, saying I think this means the lifespan of man is limited to 120 years. Some members countered, saying they thought it meant that 120 years after God said that, the flood happened.
I think it makes thematic sense that it means a life span of 120 years. From Noah onward, the Bible reports a steady decline in lifespan. This cycle culminates when the supposed author of the first five books of the Bible, Moses, dies at a ripe old age of 120 years.
There’s been one person in modern history reported to lived past 120 years. Some researchers have claimed that this person really didn’t live last 120 years.
Jeanne Calment - Wikipedia
So let’s say for the sake of argument that this lady didn’t really live past 120 years. As a biblical literalist, I’d be apt to believe that the Devil spread a lie about someone living past 120.
I have a wager with myself. If people start living past 120 in my lifetime, I will not be a biblical literalist. I can cop out if people start living that long by saying “well obviously it meant 120 years until the flood was going to happen”. But the lifespan explanation of the verse makes thematic sense, so I’m confident that that was the intent of the verse.
I think humanity is constantly doing harm to itself. Each generation passes on bad health habits and a worsened environment. I believe we have superficially propped ourselves up with technology, but this will plateau. I think Genesis 6:3 is a modern warning. Humanity will not be able to keep building themselves up. Like at the Tower of Babel, we can only build so high.
There days will not number more than 120 years. I’ve brought this verse up on this site before, saying I think this means the lifespan of man is limited to 120 years. Some members countered, saying they thought it meant that 120 years after God said that, the flood happened.
I think it makes thematic sense that it means a life span of 120 years. From Noah onward, the Bible reports a steady decline in lifespan. This cycle culminates when the supposed author of the first five books of the Bible, Moses, dies at a ripe old age of 120 years.
There’s been one person in modern history reported to lived past 120 years. Some researchers have claimed that this person really didn’t live last 120 years.
Jeanne Calment - Wikipedia
So let’s say for the sake of argument that this lady didn’t really live past 120 years. As a biblical literalist, I’d be apt to believe that the Devil spread a lie about someone living past 120.
I have a wager with myself. If people start living past 120 in my lifetime, I will not be a biblical literalist. I can cop out if people start living that long by saying “well obviously it meant 120 years until the flood was going to happen”. But the lifespan explanation of the verse makes thematic sense, so I’m confident that that was the intent of the verse.
I think humanity is constantly doing harm to itself. Each generation passes on bad health habits and a worsened environment. I believe we have superficially propped ourselves up with technology, but this will plateau. I think Genesis 6:3 is a modern warning. Humanity will not be able to keep building themselves up. Like at the Tower of Babel, we can only build so high.