In the last post, I commented on one reason I don’t see Genesis 6:3 as God setting any sort of boundary on human lifespans. Here’s another reason: in the only other biblical passage I know of that gives a figure for the human lifespan, the figure 120 found in Genesis 6:3 is not mentioned. The other passage I refer to is Psalm 90:10:
The days of our years are seventy; and even if by means of strength they are eighty years, still their strength is labor and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
As an unrelated side note, notice how “fly away” is used as a reference to death in this verse. Could this be the source of that beloved song:?
One bright morning when this life is o’er
I’ll fly away
To a land where time shall be no more
I’ll fly away
I’ll fly away–Oh glory!
I’ll fly away in the morning
When I die, Halelujah by and by
I’ll fly away
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and another thought . . .
In the last post, I commented on one reason I don’t see Genesis 6:3 as God setting any sort of boundary on human lifespans. Here’s another reason: in the only other biblical passage I know of that gives a figure for the human lifespan, the figure 120 found in Genesis 6:3 is not mentioned. The other passage I refer to is Psalm 90:10:
As an unrelated side note, notice how “fly away” is used as a reference to death in this verse. Could this be the source of that beloved song:?
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