What does the Bible have to say about old age?

Answer 1

The Bible says a lot about old age, maybe one time when you have the time to sit down, you could do some research, but I'll show you just a few scriptures as i don't have too much time at the moment.

"Gray-headedness is a crown of beauty when it is found in the way of righteousness." (Prov. 16:31

" It also counsels the young man to remember his Creator in the days of his youth before the days come when he will say: "I have no delight in them."-Gal. 6:7; Eccl. 12:1.

" And he will wipe out every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more, neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be anymore. The former things have passed away." Revelation 21:4

"You will be with me in Paradise." (Luke 23:43)

I could jot them down all day, but i don't have enpugh time.

Of course, some of the scriptures i put down don't exactlt relate to old age, but talk of a paradise when 'death will be no more', this time will be here soon, when exactly no-one knows but God (Jehovah), and Jesus, but the bible does say that we are 'living in the last days, that doesn't mean that we are all doomed to die, it simply means that this 'system of things' will brought to ruin, but the earth itself will not be destroyed because in Isaiah 45:18 it says

: "For this is what Jehovah has said, the Creator of the heavens, He the true God, the Former of the earth and the Maker of it, He the One who firmly established it, who did not create it simply for nothing, who formed it even to be inhabited." (Isa. 45:18)

So God created the earth, not simply for nothing, in vain, but to be lived upon and enjoyed by righteous inhabitants.

So this all means that soon, Satan wiil be destroyed (The one ruling the earth at this present time.. If you rememver, early on, Satan challenged God and said that men can rule them selves, so god gave Satan a chance to prove it. Of course, judging by the way things are we haven't done to great a job, any way) This is stated a few times in the bible, but I'll state just 1 scripture in (1 John 5:19)

"We know we originate with God, but the whole world is lying in the power of the wicked one."

And we know from other scriptures that the 'wicked one' is infact Satan.

Anyway, soon there will be a time when we will live forever and death, mourning, pain, sickness, out cry, old age etc will be no more.

I hope this answers your question, if it doesn't feel free to check your bible, or next time a Jehovah's witness answers your door, ask him/her the question... If they can't answer it I'm sure they will go home and do some research and try and find out for you, i hope that they/i can help =).

Answer 2

Many say the Bible blames old age as the result of Adam sinning. But THAT sin is defined as: He took the fruit so disobeyed, and this is claimed, so you can be forced to obey others who say they are God. The Bible reveals the truth as a fruit that risked death, not an apple, but a crab apple (a traditional pomegranate makes no sense), crab apples are indeed a risk, and the odds are rare to even see a snake eat one. So Adam knew, and Eve did not. And he knew without touching it nor eating it. But she just had to test it out. So from that time onward Adam said this whle 930 years: Why should i bother to learn or to know God because she will not listen to me. This is about as lame as Jesus saying his 12 apostles don't listen well either. Worse, she coerced him into seeing that she was right, he would not die, and this gave him guilt for going contrary to what his conscience knew or until other evidence proved him wrong other than a person forcing it on him like rape. So this began his ignoring what causes aging in animals (which would age us too). Enoch knew the aging process was directly related to the presenc of angels living in flesh on earth. So when they came down, one great thing they did was start a 360-day calendar when Adam was 390. The angels were called kings because they are elders, older than man. Then when Adam was 686 the king Alulim made himself king of kings for 80 years, he handed this over to the next angel with the best advice for man, until the Flood came having ruled 97 sars (970 years). Enoch lived in pre-Flood Larsa and there the 4th king Kichunna was given the kingship of Alulim. But Enoch saw Kichunna as self-righteous yet wicked and so he condemned all the angels for being here on earth. Alulim at the coronation of Kichunna struck Enoch with anti-matter (negative protons & positive electrons or positrons) causing him to vanish mere feet away from all others, (proving it was not fission nor fusion as today's nuclear power from God, also known as fire from God, or ammunition is displayed by kings). The simple truth is, angels emit carbon-14 which ages us. They do this by making their bodies from nitrogen air with gamma rays. However, the C-14 deteriorates and they have to constantly make more to live in flesh. It is okay to breathe, it doesnt harm us outside, we can eat it, burn it, and breathe it out, but when our flesh puts a carbon-14 atom on out DNA, it destroys the DNA (aging). When the canopy of 40 feet of water and vapor and ice collapse (47 days from astral impact 2370bc Nov 20-Jan 6 = G.Oct 31-G.Dec 17 Halloween to Saturnalia) the C-14 formation level jumped immediately to 12 times. But it took 100-130 years to saturate high enough to age Peleg who would die almost 240 when Noah the father was 940. Everyone was cut 700 years and again like Adam they were busy building towers for astronomy to know the next asteroid impact odds for year 6000 than to heed the ability to stay alive and not age or die from it. Basically the world was created to be filled thru sex, and since angels and men have made sex something to kill for, God has decided that all can be created, and then after they die, all be brought back to life to show all men and women that they had become liars not knowing truth. That hour is now. The asteroid is here. The canopy will go back up 52 miles high i nbillions of tons of water when the South Pacific is struck.

Another Answer:

Some biblical scholars associate the maximum length a human could live after the fall in the Garden to be 120 years (see Genesis 6:3). [The brother of Moses lived 123; his parents 137, Joshua 110, descendants 70 or 80. No one in the Bible other than Moses is 120.] Others associated this verse to the time of warning prior to the Flood of Noah.

The first Commandment of God with a promise of long life is the 5th Command to 'Honor your Father and Mother' (see Deuteronomy 5:16). [This is the same as saying that in some cultures you must honor and obey your parents no matter how wicked they are or they may kill you and shorten your life, a simple fact, true everywhere. Should Cain and Abel go eat Eve's fruit? Where was Esau's respect for his mother Rebecca disguising Jacob? To live longer as 70 instead of 50 is not the issue of what ages people.] The term 'full of years' after the Flood became commonly 70-80 years though there are other examples:

Psalm 90:10New King James Version (NKJV)

10 The days of our lives are seventy years;

And if by reason of strength they are eighty years,

Yet their boast is only labor and sorrow;

For it is soon cut off, and we fly away.

Another answer:

Regarding the "appointment" of our "First Death" [Heb.9:27]... God makes it clear through His promise to Abraham, that it's desirable to die "at peace" and at a "ripe old age." [But Abram who happily died at peace at 175 in 1943bc was outlived 3 more years by his forefather Eber who died at 464 in 1839bc having the longevity of others such as Kay-Ef (KF = Che-ops of the Great Pyramid). Abram's words are countered by Jacob who says my years have been short and miserable at 147, three additional wives I didn't want, two murdering sons of all Shechem, a daughter Dinah accused of being a whore, a grand-daughter who has to play whore to get her child from Jacob's son Judah who thought he was with a whore, 20 years of his sons making him think Joseph was killed and dead. I agree with Jacob about misery, it is my prerogative to do so, and yet who of us will live his 147 which is 30 years less than father Isaac and grandpa Abram.]

"...you will die in Peace, at a ripe old age.)..." (Gen.15:15 NLT New Living Translation).

King David, in his inspired prophetic Psalm of God's Salvation, speaks of the "aged" growing, developing Child of God being as vital, productive and useful as anyone:

(David became king at 30 and died at 70, his son Solomon was said to be old and wise yet Solomon became king at 14 and died at 54.]

"...the Godly flourish like palm trees and growing strong like the cedars of Lebanon. For they are transplanted into the Lord's own House. They flourish in the courts of our God. Even in old age they will still produce fruit; THEY WILL REMAIN VITAL AND GREEN. They will declare, 'The Lord is Just! He is my Rock! There is nothing but Goodness in Him!'" (Ps.92:12-15 NLT)