Hello everyone!
Hope your week was as good if not
better than mine! I was able to enjoy the company of both old and new friends. That
is always a good recipe.
This week we are going to move
along in world history chronology. We have touched on the subject of The Flood,
dispersal of mankind (and animals), The Ice Age, and both man and
animals including the dinosaurs living at the same time. And I believe we have established sufficiently
that dinosaurs/dragons survived the flood and have live with mankind ever
since. So what happened next?
I guess this would be the best
time to address the strange but fascinating fact of long life spans. Many
places in the Old Testament refer to the longevity of life for the Pre-Flood
and immediate generations of the
Post-Flood people. For example, Noah was 500
years old when he began construction on the ark, which took 100 years to build.
So he was 600 years old when The Flood came. He then lived another “…three
hundred and fifty years. And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty
years; and he died.” (Genesis 9:28-29). Adam lived a long life as well “And all
the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.”
(Genesis 5:5). “And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years:
and he died.” (Genesis 5:8). Enos lived nine hundred and five years, Canan
lived nine hundred and ten years, and there are many more long lived people
written about in Genesis.
There are actually, two major
factors involved in the prolonged life spans of the peoples who lived in the
former world; environment
and genetics.
Environmental causes:
The Pre-Flood world was quite
different from the world today. Some of these factors would aid in the
longevity of life. For example:
First, a global water vapor canopy
encircled the earth as told to us in scripture in Genesis
1:6–8, ‘And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were
under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was
so’ (Genesis 1:7). The bible does not say clouds or thunderheads. This is
important because one of water’s properties it that it gives protection against
the sun’s ultra violet rays. For example, people who work outside in hot arid
environment where there is little moisture in the air tend to wrinkle faster
than those who have the same amount of outdoor exposure in foggy, rainy areas
such as the far north west. Wrinkles are a sign of the breakdown of epidermal
(skin) cells and it is a well known fact that ultra violet rays from the sun
contribute to this (thus the invention of sunscreen). With a water vapor
surrounding the earth the Pre-Flood people would have been protected from the
sun’s harmful rays, which in turn would promote longer life spans.
Third, physical evidence shows
that the oxygen content was greater in the Former World than it is now.
Drillings of air bubbles caught in amber and deep within Pre-Flood rock cores
both indicate a much higher oxygen level than what is present today. This would
So what happened? Was the
environment the major cause of decreasing life spans? As mentioned above there
are other major players in reduced ages. We will take a deeper look next time!
Until then, God bless and take
care!
Willow Dressel
This week in the night skies;
“Thursday, August 8 The Perseid meteor shower is ramping up! It should
peak late this Sunday and Monday nights. See our article Get Ready for the 2013 Perseids and make your plans.”1
References:
1http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/ataglance
Morris, H. M. 2006. The New Defender's Study Bible.
Nashville, TN: World Publishing, Inc.
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