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1 | age limit of 120 years after Noah's sons | Gen 6:3 | thewordthisweek | 213660 | ||
In Genesis, it states that after Shem, Ham and Japheth, who are Noah's sons, no man will live more than 120 years. Yet, later we see that Abraham and Isaac both lived more than 170 years. Can someone please help me with this. I am pleasantly confused. | ||||||
2 | age limit of 120 years after Noah's sons | Gen 6:3 | MJH | 213661 | ||
Scriptures says that God's Spirit will not abide with mankind forever; his days will be 120 years. Many interpret this as you do, that mankind will live for 120 years, but that view posses several obvious problems. The view I take, as well as many others before me, is that God will send the flood in 120 years from this statement. Then, His Spirit will no longer abide with mankind (excepting the 8 on the Ark), and thus they die. MJH |
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3 | age limit of 120 years after Noah's sons | Gen 6:3 | Val | 213663 | ||
Dear MJH: I looked up this verse and instead of abide it says strive. I have always heard this verse used with the convicting of God's spirit upon sin. Also that if one turns away from God when this convicting occurs that the persons heart becomes harder and harder so that he does not sense that conviction thus stays in his sin. We know that the flood came when Noah finished building the ark. I am thinking God gave them longer than 120 years before the flood. Reading Genesis 6 it says that all men were corrupt except Noah. God pronounced judgement on them and saved Noah. I interpret it to mean man would get 120 years instead of the hundreds he had previously and it was a gradual shortening of years. I am wondering if we are supposed to live to 120 on an average? Isn't the average now about 80? Sincerely, Val | ||||||