someone here said that it is in genesis
2007-03-05 07:03:25 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
GirlPreacher - if its says he limited man to 120 years, why do you say that it says something other than that? Does it say that or doesn't it?
2007-03-05 07:15:22 · update #1
I hope the bible does say that !
Here's a 124 year old woman !
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3110525.stm
2007-03-05 07:13:29 · answer #1 · answered by lilith 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What God was saying was that he would not allow the wickedness of mankind to prevail indefinitely. At the point when he made that statement, God was deciding that he would cut off all flesh 120 from that time.
Gen 6:3 And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also [is] flesh: yet his days shall be a hundred and twenty years.
2007-03-05 07:15:16 · answer #2 · answered by DwayneWayne 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there is not any evidence that human beings have ever lived to even on the fringe of the a lengthy time period contained in the Bible. each and each of the evidence that we've shows that human existence expectancy has been expanding over the perfect 2 hundred,000 years. that is likewise supprted by technique of the existence being very taxing/risky contained in the early hunter carry jointly ranges, and then getting more suitable common as guy stepped ahead agriculture. My handle that is that the Bible had no clue about what it became talking about. also the earth could must have had a a lot, a lot shorter orbit around the solar. To make the Bible tournament the evidence, the earth could could orbit at over 15 cases swifter.
2016-12-05 06:54:54 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yep. After the flood, God said that man's years shall now be 120. Don't look up records of people who lasted to 121 (so ha!). It just meant that man wouldn't live for nearly 1000 years anymore.
2007-03-05 07:08:16 · answer #4 · answered by girlpreacher 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
At one point in time, a little before the Babylonian kingdom, yes.
Also, Adam was actually 90 feet tall. In one verse of Genesis, it spoke of 'giants' in the earth. They were talking about the first humans thousands of years ago. That's why human stature has been growing smaller and smaller over time in order to accommodate our numbers.
2007-03-05 08:00:54 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
"No man shall live longer than 100 years."
It seems that God allowed some exceptions though, or perhaps the Bible was not meant to be taken literally...
2007-03-05 07:09:10 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
People used to live for over 900 years... so I'd say no
2007-03-05 07:07:05 · answer #7 · answered by Maverick 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I don't know about that. the oldest person was 123.
2007-03-05 07:20:18 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i don't think so because Adam lived 930 years
2007-03-05 07:08:57 · answer #9 · answered by God Is Love 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋