Conductor42
March 10th 2004, 01:55 AM
A common misconception is that the bible states humans will not live beyond 120 years... but is this correct? My associate Yohanan Jacobson writes:
"And YHWH said, "My spirit shall not abide in men forever, since he
is sinful flesh, and his days will be one hundred and twenty years."
(Sefer Bere[color=red]EDITME[/color][color=red]EDITME[/color][color=red]EDITME[/color][color=red]EDITME[/color] *Genesis* 6:3)
The above verse is one of the most misinterpreted verses in the
entire Miqra. It is thought to set a limit upon the number of days
that man can live his life, a number which is now only a 120 years of
age. But is this the case? Let us find out if this verse is stating a
time limit to one's life, or if it is truly teaching us something else!
"These are the descendants of Shem: Shem was a son of one hundred
years, and he begot Arpakshad two years after the flood. And Shem
lived after he had begot Arpakshad five hundred years and he begot
sons and daughters. And Arpakshad lived thirty-five years and
he begot Shalakh. And lived Arpakshad after he begot Shalakh for four
hundred and three years, and he begot sons and daughters."
(Sefer Bere[color=red]EDITME[/color][color=red]EDITME[/color][color=red]EDITME[/color][color=red]EDITME[/color] *Genesis* 11:10-13)
The above events after the flood should cause one to notice something
quite important, and that is the fact that we find someone who was
not born before the flood, but after the flood living for four
hundred and three years. With this thought in mind, can we
rightfully state that YHWH had placed a limit on the years that
mankind has on this earth based upon what is written in Sefer
Bere[color=red]EDITME[/color][color=red]EDITME[/color][color=red]EDITME[/color][color=red]EDITME[/color] 6:3, or is there another meaning to the verse mentioned in
Bere[color=red]EDITME[/color][color=red]EDITME[/color][color=red]EDITME[/color][color=red]EDITME[/color]? I offer another meaning to this verse, the meaning that
this verse is an event that took place one hundred and twenty years
before the floods came when Noakh was six hundred years old, thus
this took place when Noakh was on four hundred and eighty years
old, giving him one hundred and twenty years to build the boat upon
which they floated upon the flood waters in.
Either this is the solution to what this verse states, or we have to
account for several places after the flood when people did live
longer than one hundred and twenty years, so I think that this is our
solution, and that there still is no set limit to how long a person
can live if YHWH lets him live, for otherwise it would be mentioned
in the Tanakh.
"And YHWH said, "My spirit shall not abide in men forever, since he
is sinful flesh, and his days will be one hundred and twenty years."
(Sefer Bere[color=red]EDITME[/color][color=red]EDITME[/color][color=red]EDITME[/color][color=red]EDITME[/color] *Genesis* 6:3)
The above verse is one of the most misinterpreted verses in the
entire Miqra. It is thought to set a limit upon the number of days
that man can live his life, a number which is now only a 120 years of
age. But is this the case? Let us find out if this verse is stating a
time limit to one's life, or if it is truly teaching us something else!
"These are the descendants of Shem: Shem was a son of one hundred
years, and he begot Arpakshad two years after the flood. And Shem
lived after he had begot Arpakshad five hundred years and he begot
sons and daughters. And Arpakshad lived thirty-five years and
he begot Shalakh. And lived Arpakshad after he begot Shalakh for four
hundred and three years, and he begot sons and daughters."
(Sefer Bere[color=red]EDITME[/color][color=red]EDITME[/color][color=red]EDITME[/color][color=red]EDITME[/color] *Genesis* 11:10-13)
The above events after the flood should cause one to notice something
quite important, and that is the fact that we find someone who was
not born before the flood, but after the flood living for four
hundred and three years. With this thought in mind, can we
rightfully state that YHWH had placed a limit on the years that
mankind has on this earth based upon what is written in Sefer
Bere[color=red]EDITME[/color][color=red]EDITME[/color][color=red]EDITME[/color][color=red]EDITME[/color] 6:3, or is there another meaning to the verse mentioned in
Bere[color=red]EDITME[/color][color=red]EDITME[/color][color=red]EDITME[/color][color=red]EDITME[/color]? I offer another meaning to this verse, the meaning that
this verse is an event that took place one hundred and twenty years
before the floods came when Noakh was six hundred years old, thus
this took place when Noakh was on four hundred and eighty years
old, giving him one hundred and twenty years to build the boat upon
which they floated upon the flood waters in.
Either this is the solution to what this verse states, or we have to
account for several places after the flood when people did live
longer than one hundred and twenty years, so I think that this is our
solution, and that there still is no set limit to how long a person
can live if YHWH lets him live, for otherwise it would be mentioned
in the Tanakh.