Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Young in God's eyes
The oldest in my church is a nice, pleasant and witty 84 y.old lady and she says she is old but seems fulfilled. Yes, the rebellious generation in the desert all died around 70, if strong then 80 (Psalms 90:10) but God promised we will live a long blessed life (Gen 6:3 says our days are 120 years) in the OT, what more the NT. In God's eye she is middle-age. At age 60 a person is only a teenager :-). Nearing age 90 Sarah still had admirers (Gen 20:2) and gave birth to Isaac at 90.
At age 120 Moses climbed Mt Nebo from the plains of Moab (Deut 34:1). He didn’t have any reported arthritic problems. He died there age 120 and his eyes were not weak and his strength was not gone (Duet 34:7). This is to say he had no reported cataracts, glaucoma or muscular weakness.
Caleb at 85 was as vigorous in battle and as strong the day Moses sent him out to be a spy (Joshua 14:10-11) "......So here I am today, eighty-five years old! I am still as strong today as the day Moses sent me out; I'm just as vigorous to go out to battle now as I was then". Thereafter he still had to go to battle (Judges 1:19) to get the hill that Joshua blessed him with.
At age 120 Moses climbed Mt Nebo from the plains of Moab (Deut 34:1). He didn’t have any reported arthritic problems. He died there age 120 and his eyes were not weak and his strength was not gone (Duet 34:7). This is to say he had no reported cataracts, glaucoma or muscular weakness.
Caleb at 85 was as vigorous in battle and as strong the day Moses sent him out to be a spy (Joshua 14:10-11) "......So here I am today, eighty-five years old! I am still as strong today as the day Moses sent me out; I'm just as vigorous to go out to battle now as I was then". Thereafter he still had to go to battle (Judges 1:19) to get the hill that Joshua blessed him with.
