We Are Designed to Live - THEY LIVED VERY LONG LIVES

The Bible shows that humans once lived far longer than we do today. It says: "All the days of Adam's life amounted  to 930 years."  Then,  it on to list six other men who lived far more than 900 years."  They were Seth, Enosh, Kenan, Jared, Methuselah, and Noah.  All of them lived before the flood of Noah's day- Noah having lived 600  years before the Flood came.  (Genesis 5:5-27; 7:6; 9:29) How was such a long life possible?

All those men lived close to the time when humans were perfect. Likely that was a major factor in their longevity. But how is perfection linked to living a long life?  And how will death be conquered?   To find the answers. we first need to understand why we grow old and die.  

Note: Because Adam and Eve disobeyed God and He was not not happy about that. Would you be? He created us. He is the only one that has the right to make the decisions  as to why we grow old and died. We would not have to die if the first couple had not disobeyed God in the first place. What is there to figure out? If and when Jehovah God wants something like that to happen, that is what will happen. That is  why you do not want to disobey God.  If you drew a picture and you do not like it,   would you not either throw it away and start over or not do the picture. Same with  life and age. God created us. We came from the dust and to dust we will return, until God deems otherwise.  

Next time: Why Do We Grow Old and Die?

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