Can people today expect to live as long as Abraham and Sarah?
No! Sarah was 127 years old when she died (Genesis 23:1); Abraham was 175 (Genesis 25:7). At first, people live to be very old by today’s standards. The oldest man, Methuselah, lived to be 969 tears of age. We can only guess why the life span of man has been reduced to today’s levels. The Bible does not tell us why, but it does confirm the duration of man’s life span today, the certainty of death, and the judgment to follow. “The days of out years are threescore and ten (seventy); and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years (eighty), yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away” (Psalms 90:10). In Hebrews 9:27, “And as it is appointed unto man once to die, but after this the judgment.” From these passages we can expect to live seventy or eighty years, generally. After this, each will face the Lord in judgment. For this we must be prepared! How long one lives is not really the important issue of life. How one lives while in this life is all t
Can people today expect to live as long as Abraham and Sarah?