X-Message-Number: 16046 From: "john grigg" <> Subject: what the Bible says about human lifespan... Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 06:34:06 Hello everyone, A person explained to me: While Psalms 90:10 refers to lifespans of seventy years and sometimes more in the vein of being a rule of thumb,I think the verse radical mortalists will brandish when demanding that people die will be Genesis 6:3,where God appears to be setting a hard limit of a hundred and twenty years.(Of course, this is just before the Flood,and patriarchs as late as Jacob are then represented as living substantially longer than that). (end) Psalms 90:10 10 The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away. Genesis 6:1-3 1 And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, 2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose. 3 And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years. It seems to me the Genesis scripture is saying God declared that the light of Christ would not always be among humanity(or at least groups of it) to provide conscience. This would be due to their wickedness and hardness of heart. And so the lifespan was cut short so humans would not be quite so likely to delay the day of their repentance. I am very thankful for having this shared with me. If the individual would like to share more with us on cryonet or through me I would be very grateful. best wishes, John _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=16046