Why is it earlier Bible figures lived so long?

[Old Timer]

Did Moses know that he was going to live to be 120?

No, but God did and He inspired the writing.

[traveller]

Did Moses know that he was going to live to be 120?

No, but God did and He inspired the writing.

I KNEW somone would see my post before I got a chance to get in here and delete it!

: trav is blushing big time! :

[AllforJesustheLord]

The thought is the closer someone is to God the longer they will live.

Jesus Said, if we live, and believe in Him we will never die, that is unless someone kills us. Yet even in death we will live longer.

[Dad Ernie]

Greetings AFJTL,

The thought is the closer someone is to God the longer they will live.

I do not see this supportable by scripture, nor in life. God looks at the heart of a man. The flesh profits nothing. God has a plan for every life, however short or however long.

Blessings,

Dad Ernie

[Guest Genxpastor]

If you believe in an old earth this post will probably get a somewhat heated response from you so I'll tone it down the best I can.

The Flood was a climatic event...it changed everything. When a great deluge comes upon the earth there is going to be huge geologic changes. To quote Ken Ham we find "Billions of dead things buried down by rock layers all over the earth." To me a Biblical Flood is very logical, but we have to ask ourselves what was it like before the flood? We have found evidence of warmer climates in the polar regions so a good assumption would be a warmer climate before the flood because everything is now packed in ice, etc. With that said I'll tell you that the ages of the patriarchs decrease dramatically after the flood in the Bible. I believe that pre-flood conditions on the earth allowed mankind to live up to around a thousand years. Sin is the ultimate reason why we are separated from God and die though.

Want more info? www.answersingenesis.org

Hey, it sure beats "talkorigins"

This is my thinking anyway.

Edited July 10, 2004 by Genxpastor

[Willow]

With that said I'll tell you that the ages of the patriarchs decrease dramatically after the flood in the Bible. I believe that pre-flood conditions on the earth allowed mankind to live up to around a thousand years.

Hey Pastor!! I was just thinking that when I came to your post. Actually, from a science stand point, I heard that that could be correct. If you think about how much water it would take to flood the earth, from the depths to the atmospheric layers, there is a lot of room there. If there were several layers above us of water, it would sheild us from the effects of the sun. After all, the ozone wasn't an issue back then. Who was destroying the earth with chemicals?? lol nobody. When the flood came, the layers of water once present, had burst, and now with the thinner atmosphere, the suns rays can reach earth easier. Thus shortening the life span of man. The Lord promised not to flood the earth again, he never said he wouldn't nuc us!! just kidding

Another thing is.....the earth by this point was also getting more and more populated. Be fruitful and multiply was not a hard command to follow!!! LOL. So at the rate we were going, we could over crowd the earth and it's resources very very quickly....Think - if you lived to be 100, and you started having a child at age 20 and then that child and their children each had a child when they turned 20, you would live to see your Great great great grandchild. It isn't likely, but it isn't impossible math either. So live to be 1000? oh dear.....that is a LOT of children the way they went, so it is also population control! LOL

hmm I am just happy if I get up and don't ache in the morning, I get a good sleep and manage to accomplish something. Don't care how many years of that I have as long as I do something with the ones I have!! LOL

Willow