Biblical ages based on solar year, or lunar cycles?
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I've often thought this myself. While I've always found that Biblical accounts should be taken with a grain of salt, I do realize that they were at least partially based on truth. So something as basic and non-worldview shaking as counting someone's age probably wouldn't be fabricated to such a ridiculous degree. Thank you for pointing this out. : )
wow, that was nice. here's a thought, maybe they based it on dog years.
Even back in Methuselah's era 79 would be far fetched.
Excellent question. The Bible itself does say that Methuselah lived for 969 years before he died, according to the Bible book of Genesis chapter 5 verse 27. Now, some have suggested that Methusaleh's age was given on the basis of months. If this were so, then these men mentioned in the Bible book of Genesis would have become fathers at an exceptionally young age: Kenan before he turned six years old, and Enoch and Mahalalel when they were only five years old (see Genesis chapter 5, verses twelve, fifteen, and twenty-one).
But, you are right in the sense that the Bible has used other methods of recording time, such as days or months. Fortunately, if one were to read and compare a period of time during the great flood of Noah's day in Genesis chapter 7 verses 11 and 24 to Genesis chapter 8 verses 3 and 4, they would realize that it covers a period of "the 17th day of the second month to the 17th day of the seventh month", thus amounting a total of five months, or "150 days." This, therefore means that the Bible was referring to thirty-day months, twelve of which added up to a year, just like we do today.
Now maybe you don't believe the fact that Methuselah and other early Bible characters lived that long, it seems just impossible. But if one were to read the beginning of the book of Genesis, they would realize that God had made Adam and Eve, the first humans, to live forever, but since they sinned against God, they became imperfect and were told that they would die and so would their offspring (which includes us). Now, their becoming imperfect wasn't just something that happened fast and quickly for Adam and Eve. Their perfection slowly started fading away, being replaced with imperfection. This is why early Bible characters, such as Methuselah and others during Noah's day, lived up to be so old.
Fortunately, there is hope in store for us. (Romans 6:23, Revelation 21:4)
"There is no medical explanation"
NO, there isn't and I for one, am not interested in a medical explanation. There is no explanation for a lot of things but that doesn't mean they are not true. If you want to believe what the Bible says, then you take it for what it says. If you don't, then no amount of speculation is going to change your mind.
As a Christian, it is just not one of those things I worry about. I know God is real and that he created the heavens and the Earth,,,,when? I wasn't there and neither were the scientists who think they have it figured out. Speculations does no one any good.
Besides, don't scientists believe it has to be something you can repeat in the physical world, before it can be proven...go ahead guys.create something from nothing...show us why you are right..make us another world..
Ditto Dreamdress
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