If you carefully track the ages recorded in Genesis from Adam to Noah and do a little math, you'll see something that has always fascinated me.
Scripture not only tells us how old each patriarch was when he had his son, but also how long he lived in total. When you line up those timelines and follow them through to the year of the Flood, here's what you'll find.
Methuselah, the oldest man recorded in the Bible, lived 969 years. When you look at the timeline, his death falls in the exact same ... moreIf you carefully track the ages recorded in Genesis from Adam to Noah and do a little math, you'll see something that has always fascinated me.
Scripture not only tells us how old each patriarch was when he had his son, but also how long he lived in total. When you line up those timelines and follow them through to the year of the Flood, here's what you'll find.
Methuselah, the oldest man recorded in the Bible, lived 969 years. When you look at the timeline, his death falls in the exact same year that the Flood occurred.
So, the question is: did he die of natural causes or did he die in the Flood.
KCP Clint Spicer
Seneschal, Priory of the Holy Trinity
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