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1 | why did people live long | Gen 6:3 | BibleVerse | 149127 | ||
From the early Bible record, we learn that it was not God’s purpose for people to suffer or to die. Our first parents, Adam and Eve, died only because they disobeyed God. (Genesis, chapters 2 and 3) When they disobeyed, they were no longer doing God’s will. They pulled out from under God’s care. In effect, they disconnected themselves from God, 'the source of life.'Psalm 36:9. Like a machine that slows down and stops when disconnected from its power source, their bodies and minds degenerated. As a result, Adam and Eve deteriorated, grew old, and eventually died. What happened then? They went back to where they came from: 'Dust you are and to dust you will return.' God had warned them that death would be the consequence for disobedience to his laws: 'You will positively die.'—Genesis 2:17; 3:19. Not only did our first parents die but all their descendants, the entire human race, have also been subjected to death. Why? Because according to the laws of genetics, children inherit the characteristics of their parents. And what all the children of our first parents inherited was imperfection and death. Romans 5:12 tells us: 'Through one man [Adam, mankind’s forefather] sin entered into the world and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men because they had all sinned [by inheriting imperfection, that is, sinful tendencies].' And since sin, imperfection, and death are the only things people know, some view them as natural and inevitable. Yet, the original humans were created with the capacity and desire to live forever and is also why they lived so much longer than us, as they were closer to perfection, just as Noah and his family also were closer to perfection and the original purpose that mankind should live forever. That is why most people find the prospect that their life will be cut short by death so frustrating, especially today where we are so far removed from the lineage to Adam and Eve that we only live a fraction of what they lived - btw, you can be sure they were overall healthier than us, too. |
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2 | why did people live long | Gen 6:3 | CDBJ | 149142 | ||
Hello BibleVerse, You suggested that death for Adam and Eve was a slow process, “Adam and Eve deteriorated, grew old, and eventually died.” How long a process is suggested in the following verse? Genesis 2:17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. That sounds pretty sudden to me when it says, in the day? The word “die” in the English is translated from the Hebrew word MUWTH, pronounced mooth; it is causative and as a result it says in effect, dying you shall surely die. Adam died spiritually the moment he disobeyed God, that day, and as a result of this separation from God he would someday face the separation of his soul from his body, physical death. The spirit of man, or the part that has fellowship with God, is inoperative from the time of physical birth. All men need to have a living spirit to understand the things of God. 1 Cor. 2:14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. The natural man is one born from the seed of Adam and is therefore in need of another birth, that of his spirit. John 3:3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. Someone quipped the following. Man has a choice, he can be born once and die twice, or be born twice and die once. The good news is that we can all have this new birth by trusting in the finished work of God’s Son, Jesus. John 20:30-31 And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book: [31] But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name. 1 Peter 1:23 Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever. 1 John 5:10-13 He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son. [11] And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. [12] He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life. [13] These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God. Have a great day, CDBJ |
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