Genesis 6:1-4
When the people began to multiply on the face of the ground, and daughters were born to them, the Sons of God saw that they were fair; and they took
wives for themselves of all that they chose. Then the
LORD said, "My spirit shall not abide in mortals forever, for they are flesh; their days
shall be 120 years."
Before I begin with the 120 year limit imposed that some would call a curse let me point out that we have God's spirit in us and it is us. We are
animated by the spirit(lower case in this instance I assume either to distinguish from the Holy Spirit and/or because the spirit in a human is only a
portion of God and not God in total) of God according to Genesis 6:3 and thus of divine ancestry. Awesome.
But I am of the opinion that God set at this point, immediately before the introduction of the Nephilim and as a result of the hybrid offspring of the
Sons of God and daughters of men, a limit on the life of man. This passage serves as an introduction to the flood and the story of Noah. It is
spoken before the flood immediately after Gods Sons commit what is no less than rape of the female descendants of Adam who are also God's spiritual
children so it is a punishment on mankind for being a victim.
But one bloodline seems not to be under the ban starting with Noah himself who must be especially divine because he lived 350 years and his son Shem
who was always known to be Melchizedek to the Isralites/Hebrews/Jews lived 500 years after the birth of Arpashad according to 11:10.
Shems descendants like Arpachsad live for hundreds of years according to Genesis 11 which is a list of Shem's descendants from Arpachsad to Abram,
Nahor and Haran. 6 people live over 120 years and as old as 465(Arpachsad) and 464(Eber, where we get Hebrew) and it seems as time passes to drop down
to 148(Hahor) and I wonder just how divine this fellow Noah is.
I have heard it said that Noah was chosen at least in part for his physical perfection, meaning he was from the unpoluted (with Nephilim genes) line
of Adam and (the Dead Sea Scrolls have a version where he is born of a virgin.) he is also not subject to the 120 year limit imposed by God. He is
capable of blessing Shem, which is evident in his descendants lifespan, and cursing Canaan resulting in the Joshua vs Canaan saga so he is one who has
the power of God. Blessings were serious business as we see in the saga of Jacob. They were as serious or more than birthrights to the line of Shem
and very real.
I guess what I want to say is, was Noah somewhat of a divine human or something along those lines? Human, but special?
His son is rumored to be the great and mysterious Melchizedek and that is saying something. Shem's name means name, and is used as a name for God:
Ha-Shem is a way of saying God in Hebrew.
I would love to hear anyone with knowledge of Hebrew explain how someines name could be Name and mean God, but I am more interested in the possibility
of a divine lineage in the Semitic people, which is way more than just Jews b.t.w.
Does anyone know any person in the bible who lived longer than 120 outside of the Semitic line?
Virgin birth of Noah
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