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You got on only got one small detail wrong. In is not an average of a 100, it is IF he dies at a 100, it will be as if he is a young man when he died. They will go back to several hundred of years, when they die.
It is easier to understand it in Holman's Christian Standard Bible.
Isaiah 65:20 (HCSB)
20 In her, a nursing infant will no longer live only a few days, or an old man not live out his days. Indeed, the youth will die at a hundred years, and the one who misses a hundred years will be cursed.
Good job, writing that post.
You are Right, most Pastors will teach that Sorcerers are a reference to Drugs. The reason is if you wanted drugs in Bible times, you had to go to a Sorcerer, it was called Magic Potions in those days.
I am offering this as a possible understanding of what Isaiah is saying. This is written for the people that will be alive in that day so the meaning is not as clear for us in our generation. We know that at the time of Noah after the flood people were limited to 120 years. If people are living to be 80 now then there is a good chance this trend will continue and the day will arrive when average life expediency will be 100. My dad served our community as a pediatrician for over 50 years. He was very much a part of the vaccination program that has increased life expectancy as much as it has increased already. My guess is that 20% of the people would not be alive today if it were not for the vaccine program. So science is making considerable progress in this area.
At the end of the 1,000 year reign of Christ then there will be a new Heaven and a New Earth. I believe at this time people will receive their glorified body to go along with the new Earth. We are told in Heaven we do not actually have a physical body, only our spiritual body. "But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection." (Rev 20:5)
At the end of the 1,000 year reign of Christ then there will be a new Heaven and a New Earth. I believe at this time people will receive their glorified body to go along with the new Earth. We are told in Heaven we do not actually have a physical body, only our spiritual body. "But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection." (Rev 20:5)
I agree, however, in the KINGDOM, I fully expect the 144,000 and their descendants to live as much as Adam and Seth.
Genesis 5:5-8 (NASB)
5 So all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years, and he died.
6 Seth lived one hundred and five years, and became the father of Enosh.
7 Then Seth lived eight hundred and seven years after he became the father of Enosh, and he had other sons and daughters.
8 So all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years, and he died.
Yes, the Eternal State, (New Atmosphere and New Earth), is very hard in our finite Bodies. However, I can fully comprehend the 1000 Year Kingdom with JESUS on the Throne of David, with the EARTH being recreated in model of what once was the Garden of Eden.
Me Favorite Chapter about the end of man's rule on earth and the Christ's 1000 year Kingdom, is Zechariah Chapter 14.
My family, Men die much younger than normal, from heart attacks. I am already on 70 so the CLOCK IS TICKING.
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I myself am not the anxious type.... but you ask a good question.
There are many environmental factors, diet ... even gluten in bread can trigger anxiety and depression, genetics, brain chemistry, past emotional trauma.
I think the extreme individualism prevalent today does not help ... societies/communities that have a "we are in this together mentality" "social cohesion" ... seem to do better.
Apparently Finland ranked numero uno on the happiness scale.
There are many environmental factors, diet ... even gluten in bread can trigger anxiety and depression, genetics, brain chemistry, past emotional trauma.
I think the extreme individualism prevalent today does not help ... societies/communities that have a "we are in this together mentality" "social cohesion" ... seem to do better.
Apparently Finland ranked numero uno on the happiness scale.
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The matter of the homeless there is good to know. If I would have had 3M window sealer and an electric blanket I think I would have stayed in my room till spring. I was not made for the cold. Blue is a favorite color, just not in my skin.
I was not made for the cold. Blue is a favorite color, just not in my skin.
Yes tis true .. some people do not tolerate the cold well.
Eden was to expand and fill the earth and in a way Eden did. Men of Science have done a lot of study on how farming spread from the middle east to Europe. So the plants and animals from that bio diverse eco system spread to the rest of the world. This is why Noah had to build an arc. To save all the plants and animals that we read about in our Bible.
As in life has no meaning?
Maybe he was depressed...... could it have been all those wives etc.,
Maybe he was depressed...... could it have been all those wives etc.,
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Their is nothing in this this world that is obtained or maintained without work.
Personally if someone preaches salvation void of the works of The Father, I would not believe them.
Joh 10:37 If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not.
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Jas 2:21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?
Jas 2:22 Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect?
Jas 2:23 And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.
Jas 2:24 Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.
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To imply otherwise "and especially without context" seems to promote a level of lasciviousness and unaccountability in my opinion.
Jud 1:4 For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.
Personally if someone preaches salvation void of the works of The Father, I would not believe them.
Joh 10:37 If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not.
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Jas 2:21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?
Jas 2:22 Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect?
Jas 2:23 And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.
Jas 2:24 Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.
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To imply otherwise "and especially without context" seems to promote a level of lasciviousness and unaccountability in my opinion.
Jud 1:4 For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.
