We’re going to do a series called, “How Old Were They?”
What’s the reason for this post? To remind you, that you are never too far along in life to be a great worker for the Kingdom of God. For those who are younger it’s time for preparation and to do what the Lord has planned for you.
For our first example we will start with Noah. Let’s look at Genesis 6:8.
Genesis 6:8 – 8 But Noah found favor in the eyes of the LORD.
In the scriptures before this one it says that man was so evil all the time that they grieved God.
I won’t examine those scriptures today as I will do separate posts on them. One man found favor on earth, just one. How old was he? Well we know that he was stated to be 500 in the scriptures right before the ones that state God was sorry He made man. We also read Noah was 600 before the flood came. I can do some math and figure Shem was born when Noah was about 503, the others weren’t probably born too many years right behind him, so Noah would probably have been in his early 500s when instructed to build the boat.
Understanding that we don’t live that long today, still 500 years is a long time before the major portion of his ministry took place.
Genesis 6:3 – 3 Then the LORD said, “My Spirit will not contend with man forever, for he is mortal; his days will be a hundred and twenty years.”
So Noah was a man who found favor in God’s eyes. I can imagine he must have been a man that was pretty tuned into God. Why, because I draw a lot of my strength from the encouragement and teaching of others. He didn’t have any of that. It says man was evil and only Noah found favor at the time.
Genesis 6:9 – 9 This is the account of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked with God.
Tomorrow we will continue with this post.