Bible Question:
Hi All, I have two questions for anyone that can help me...In our bible study we were talking about age expectancy...In Mary's life compared to now...My question is this what was the age expectancy in Mary and Joseph's generation? Is there any place in the bible that talks about why God in making people live less time now compared to the bibical times? |
Bible Answer: Dear globug, Welcome to the forum! You asked, "...what was the age expectancy in Mary and Joseph's generation?" Life expectancies during the time of Christ were under 40 years. However, just like today, that could vary depending on a number of factors, such as wealth. Israel also had an advantage over many other nations because of the improved hygiene and dietary requirements of the Law. You asked, " Is there any place in the bible that talks about why God in making people live less time now compared to the bibical times?" (sic) No, there are no explicit explanations. I rather think of it as a blessing, myself. This might be a good question to address to the biologists at the Reasons to Believe web site: http://www.reasons.org/ In Him, Doc |
Up | View Branch | ID# 183574 | ||
Questions and/or Subjects for Bible general Archive 3 | Author | ||
|
monty harris | ||
|
morton-lindiema | ||
|
jlhetrick | ||
|
trustgod | ||
|
trustgod | ||
|
Michelle123 | ||
|
pru88 | ||
|
2007 mouse | ||
|
Vkilcrest | ||
|
globug | ||
|
DocTrinsograce |