Genesis 6:3 And the Lord said, "My Spirit shall not strive with man forever, for he is indeed flesh; yet his days shall be one hundred and twenty years."
You may have been raised like me, to think our days will be roughly 70 or 80 years but God's decree in this verse was for 120 years!
The 70-80 thinking comes from Psalm 90 which was written as a prayer by Moses who is recounting all the sins of the Israelites in the wilderness and how God's wrath came on them. v. 10 Seventy years are given to us! Some even live to eighty. But even the best years are filled with pain and trouble; soon they disappear, and we fly away. He was describing their experience in the wilderness.
Many people have latched on to the idea of 70-80 as though God said it applied to all people and they start believing and talking themselves into old age, even in their forties, long before they get there!
God didn't say that to mankind generally. When we read the context it was for the disobedient Israelites at that time period because He didn't want that generation going into the promised land with their idolatry. But as we read in Genesis 6, God says He has given us 120 years.
Psalm 91:16 With long life I will satisfy him, And show him My salvation.
If the enemy tries to shorten your life, stand on these verses and believe God for healing and health to be strong and sound, way beyond 80, to live to the age where you will be satisfied.
Next time you hear someone thanking the Lord for 120 years in faith, they're not being strange, it's because they're believing what God originally said. It's something to think about and study but however long we live let's do it to give God the glory and bring Him praise. Amen. 😊
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