Why God Shortened Human Life from 900 Years to 80 (It Wasn’t Only Punishment)
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Why God Shortened Human Life from 900 Years to 80 (It Wasn’t Only Punishment)
"Why did God shorten human life from 900 years to 80? A Bible study on Genesis 6:3, the Hebrew word "forever" (le'olam), and Psalm 90.
This is a Christian Bible study: we read Scripture passage by passage, from Genesis to Revelation.
In Genesis 5, Adam lives 930 years. In Psalm 90, Moses says our years are seventy, or by reason of strength eighty. Between those two numbers sits Genesis 6:3: "My Spirit shall not abide in man forever, for he is flesh: his days shall be 120 years."
Is that sentence a ceiling on human life, or a window of warning before the flood? And what does the word "forever" in the same verse have to do with the Garden of Eden and the tree of life?
In this Bible study we read:
• Genesis 5: the genealogy from Adam to Noah, and why Enoch's entry is different
• Genesis 6:3: the two main readings (a ceiling and a 120-year window), and what the text does and doesn't say
• Genesis 3:22: the "lest" and the tree of life in Eden
• Revelation 22 and 1 Corinthians 15: forever, given along a river
• Psalm 90: the prayer of Moses about seventy or eighty years
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 The Mystery of the 120 Years
1:29 The Pattern of Genesis 5
4:08 Revisiting the Forever Warning
10:54 Walking With God in a Corrupt World
15:54 The Prayer of Moses in Psalm 90
Passages in this video: Genesis 3:22, Genesis 5, Genesis 6:3, Psalm 90, 1 Corinthians 15, Revelation 22.
This video is Bible teaching for Christians and anyone curious about Scripture. It is not a history documentary or entertainment.
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