Biblical Mysteries

BEFORE THE FLOOD HUMANS LIVED MUCH LONGER THAN THEY DO TODAY. GOD HAD COMMANDED MEN BEFORE THE FLOOD TO BE VEGETARIANS AND HAD GIVEN THEM ALL OF THE PLANTS FOR THEIR FOOD SOURCE.

Genesis 1:29-30 NIV Then God said, "I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food. And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds of the air and all the creatures that move on the ground--everything that has the breath of life in it--I give every green plant for food." And it was so.

ALONG WITH THE PLANTS MENTIONED ABOVE, GOD ALSO GAVE THEM ANOTHER FOOD SOURCE, A TREE WHOSE FRUIT CONTAINED A CHEMICAL COMPOUND THAT SLOWED OR STOPPED THE AGING PROCESS. GOD GAVE THEM PERMISSION TO EAT FROM ALL OF THE TREES IN THE GARDEN, INCLUDING THE TREE OF LIFE, ONLY THE TREE OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL WAS FORBIDDEN.

Genesis 2:8-9 NIV Now the LORD God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man he had formed. And the LORD God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground--trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

Genesis 2:16-17 NIV And the LORD God commanded the man, "You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat of it you will surely die."

THE TREE OF LIFE MENTIONED ABOVE WAS THE SOURCE OF THE CHEMICAL THAT SLOWED OR STOPPED THE AGING PROCESS. WE KNOW THIS FROM THE VERSE BELOW TELLING WHAT GOD DID AFTER MAN SINNED.

Genesis 3:22 NIV And the LORD God said, "The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever."

AFTER MAN SINNED GOD BARRED HIM FROM PARTAKING OF THE TREE OF LIFE AND THE SPECIAL CHEMICAL IT CONTAINED. APPARENTLY ADAM AND EVE HAD INGESTED SOME OF THIS CHEMICAL BEFORE THEY SINNED AND THE LONGEVITY EFFECT WAS PASSED ON TO THEIR CHILDREN FOR A FEW GENERATIONS.

Genesis 3:23-24 NIV So the LORD God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken. After he drove the man out, he placed on the east side of the Garden of Eden cherubim and a flaming sword flashing back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life.

GOD PREVENTED THE HUMAN RACE FROM PARTAKING ANY MORE FROM THE TREE OF LIFE BEFORE THE FLOOD, AND THEN LATER REMOVED IT .

AT THIS TIME THERE WAS ALSO NO POLLUTION, THE WATER AND THE AIR WERE PURE. THE ANIMALS ALSO HAD PLANTS AND TREES AS THEIR FOOD SOURCE. THE AVERAGE AGE HUMANS LIVED BEFORE THE FLOOD WAS 700 TO 800 YEARS. METHUSELAH IT IS RECORDED IN THE BIBLE, LIVED FOR 969 YEARS.

WITHOUT PARTAKING OF THE TRACE ELEMENT OR CHEMICAL FOUND IN THE FRUIT FROM THE TREE OF LIFE, THE LIFE SPAN OF MANKIND GRADUALLY DECREASED. FOR THE FIRST FOR THE FIRST SEVEN OR EIGHT GENERATIONS AFTER THE FLOOD EACH GENERATION LIVED ABOUT 100 YEARS LESS THAT THEIR PARENTS UNTIL THE AVERAGE LIFESPAN DECREASED TO 70 OR 80 YEARS.

Genesis 9:29 NIV Altogether, Noah lived 950 years, and then he died.

Genesis 11:10-26 NIV This is the account of Shem. Two years after the flood, when Shem was 100 years old, he became the father of Arphaxad. And after he became the father of Arphaxad, Shem lived 500 years and had other sons and daughters. When Arphaxad had lived 35 years, he became the father of Shelah. And after he became the father of Shelah, Arphaxad lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters. When Shelah had lived 30 years, he became the father of Eber. And after he became the father of Eber, Shelah lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters. When Eber had lived 34 years, he became the father of Peleg. And after he became the father of Peleg, Eber lived 430 years and had other sons and daughters. When Peleg had lived 30 years, he became the father of Reu. And after he became the father of Reu, Peleg lived 209 years and had other sons and daughters. When Reu had lived 32 years, he became the father of Serug. And after he became the father of Serug, Reu lived 207 years and had other sons and daughters. When Serug had lived 30 years, he became the father of Nahor. And after he became the father of Nahor, Serug lived 200 years and had other sons and daughters. When Nahor had lived 29 years, he became the father of Terah. And after he became the father of Terah, Nahor lived 119 years and had other sons and daughters. After Terah had lived 70 years, he became the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran.

Genesis 11:32 NIV Terah lived 205 years, and he died in Haran.

Genesis 25:7-8 NIV Altogether, Abraham lived a hundred and seventy-five years. Then Abraham breathed his last and died at a good old age, an old man and full of years; and he was gathered to his people.

Genesis 35:28 NIV Isaac lived a hundred and eighty years. Then he breathed his last and died and was gathered to his people, old and full of years. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

Genesis 47:28 NIV Jacob lived in Egypt seventeen years, and the years of his life were a hundred and forty-seven.

Genesis 50:26 NIV So Joseph died at the age of a hundred and ten. And after they embalmed him, he was placed in a coffin in Egypt.

Deuteronomy 34:7 NIV Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died, yet his eyes were not weak nor his strength gone.

THERE MAY ALSO BE OTHER CONDITIONS THAT CHANGED AFTER THE FLOOD THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THE RAPID DECREASE IN THE LIFE-SPAN OF HUMANS. WE WILL TAKE A LOOK AT “THE CANOPY THEORY” IN ANOTHER CHAPTER.

OCCASIONALLY SOMEONE LIVES TO BE ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY YEARS OF AGE. IN FACT, IT IS REPORTED THAT THERE IS A WOMAN ALIVE TODAY (IN 1995) IN ARLES FRANCE HAS CELEBRATED HER ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTIETH BIRTHDAY. BUT, SINCE THE TIME OF MOSES THIS IS A RARITY, AND TO ACHIEVE SEVENTY OR EIGHTY YEARS OF AGE BEFORE DEATH IS THE NORM, AS THE SCRIPTURE SAYS.

Psalms 90:10 NIV The length of our days is seventy years-- or eighty, if we have the strength; yet their span is but trouble and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.

AFTER THE RETURN OF CHRIST, DURING THE MILLENNIUM, GOD WILL REINTRODUCE THIS FOOD SOURCE CONTAINING THE CHEMICAL THAT WE ARE NOW LACKING, AND HUMANS WILL AGAIN LIVE FOR 700 TO 800 YEARS OR MORE.

Revelation 22:1-22 NIV Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb down the middle of the great street of the city. On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.

Isaiah 65:20 NIV "Never again will there be in it an infant who lives but a few days, or an old man who does not live out his years; he who dies at a hundred will be thought a mere youth; he who fails to reach a hundred will be considered accursed.

ALSO, THE EARTH WILL BE PURIFIED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MILLENNIUM, THERE WILL BE NO POLLUTION, AND THE WATER AND THE AIR WILL BE PURE ONCE AGAIN. BOTH MAN AND ANIMALS WILL AGAIN BE VEGETARIANS.

Isaiah 65:25 NIV The wolf and the lamb will feed together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox, but dust will be the serpent's food. They will neither harm nor destroy on all my holy mountain," says the LORD.

THERE IS NO NEED TO RUN OUT TO THE HEALTH FOOD STORE AND BECOME A VEGETARIAN TODAY. GOD HAS DECREED THAT THE NORMAL LIFESPAN FOR MAN IS 70 TO 80 YEARS, AND THAT IS WHAT IT WILL BE UNTIL THE MILLENNIUM ARRIVES. NOTHING YOU CAN EAT OR REFUSE TO EAT WILL CHANGE THAT.

Revelation 22:14 & 19 NIV "Blessed are those who wash their robes, that they may have the right to the tree of life and may go through the gates into the city. And if anyone takes words away from this book of prophecy, God will take away from him his share in the tree of life and in the holy city, which are described in this book.

Isaiah 65:17 NIV "Behold, I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind.

AFTER THE MILLENNIUM AND THE 2ND RESURRECTION, EVERYONE WILL BE GIVEN NEW SPIRITUAL BODIES THAT WILL LIVE FOREVER WITHOUT THE USE OF SPECIAL CHEMICALS.

John 6:27 NIV Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. On him God the Father has placed his seal of approval."

John 3:16 KJV For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.