How to explain the very long lives of people like Methuselah in the Old Testament?

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Hey everyone. How does one explain the very long lives of people like Methuselah in the Old Testament of the Bible? Methuselah lived 969 years.

When Enoch had lived sixty-five years, he became the father of Methu’selah. Enoch walked with God after the birth of Methu’selah three hundred years, and had other sons and daughters. Thus all the days of Enoch were three hundred and sixty-five years. Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him. When Methu’selah had lived a hundred and eighty-seven years, he became the father of Lamech. Methu’selah lived after the birth of Lamech seven hundred and eighty-two years, and had other sons and daughters. Thus all the days of Methu’selah were nine hundred and sixty-nine years; and he died.
(Genesis 5:21-27 RSV-CE)

He is also mentioned in the Gospel genealogies:

the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Maha’lale-el, the son of Ca-i’nan,
(Luke 3:37 RSV-CE)
 
There hadn’t been thousands of years of harmful genetic mutations to shorten the lifespan.
 
The farther through the genealogy of early humanities, farther from Eden, the shorter the lifespan. The farther one is from God, the less life one has.
 
If God can create the universe and life from scratch, raise Jesus from the dead, if Peter can walk on water, then it should not be a problem for God to give a thousand years of life to whom he chooses.
We have the offer of eternal life which is just a tad longer than a thousand years, we just trust that God has the power to do all these things.
Blessings
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Holly3278 said:
Hey everyone. How does one explain the very long lives of people like Methuselah in the Old Testament of the Bible? Methuselah lived 969 years.

When Enoch had lived sixty-five years, he became the father of Methu’selah. Enoch walked with God after the birth of Methu’selah three hundred years, and had other sons and daughters. Thus all the days of Enoch were three hundred and sixty-five years. Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him. When Methu’selah had lived a hundred and eighty-seven years, he became the father of Lamech. Methu’selah lived after the birth of Lamech seven hundred and eighty-two years, and had other sons and daughters. Thus all the days of Methu’selah were nine hundred and sixty-nine years; and he died.
(Genesis 5:21-27 RSV-CE)

He is also mentioned in the Gospel genealogies:

the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Maha’lale-el, the son of Ca-i’nan,
(Luke 3:37 RSV-CE)
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Healthy nutrition, plenty of exercise, stress reduction, adequate sleep, and good genes.
Seriously, who knows? Moses lived to 120, but 969? Quite incredible.
 
no processed food products:D

they walked with God, therefore God gave them extended time
 
No second-hand smoke. But really, original sin is the original pollution.
 
dee_burk said:
no processed food products:D

they walked with God, therefore God gave them extended time
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But he had all those wives not to mention the mothers-in-laws! He was a real iron man.

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The more generations after Adam and Eve, the shorter the life span.1000 years for us are like 1 day to G0d in todays time.
If in Methusalems life time 1 day to G0d was like 10 years for us then Methusalem would have naturally become ten times older than the people of today. Back then when one day in G0ds’ life meant 10 years to us the people were closer to G0d. Had they (what never was the case, exept for maybe in the Garden Eden before the Expulsion) experienced that 1000 years for them had been like 1000 years for G0d, hence equaled, then that would have meant that they were one with G0d. Moses was so close to G0d that he became 120 years old, and maybe he would have become even older than others back at that time as he was so close to G0d.
 
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