Meet the Antediluvian Patriarchs, the long-lived figures listed in the Book of Genesis in the Bible, specifically in the genealogies from Adam to Noah, before the Great Flood.

Here’s a brief overview of these individuals:

Adam – The first man, according to the Bible. He lived to be 930 years old.
Seth – Adam’s third son, lived 912 years.
Enosh – Seth’s son, lived 905 years.
Kenan – Enosh’s son, lived 910 years.
Mahalalel – Kenan’s son, lived 895 years.
Jared – Mahalalel’s son, lived 962 years.
Enoch – Jared’s son, notable for not dying but being “taken by God” after living 365 years. His life span is unique among the patriarchs due to its brevity and the manner of his departure.
Methuselah – Enoch’s son, famous for being the person who lived the longest in the Bible, reaching 969 years.
Lamech – Methuselah’s son, lived 777 years.
Noah – Lamech’s son, lived 950 years, but his significance in the narrative extends beyond his age due to his role in the story of the Flood.

These ages have been a subject of much discussion and interpretation:

Some take these ages literally, believing that people in ancient times did live extraordinarily long lives due to different environmental conditions, divine will, or genetic purity.

Others see these ages as symbolic, perhaps representing the importance or the legacy of these figures, or adhering to numerological patterns important in ancient cultures.

From a historical-critical perspective, these ages might be considered mythological or legendary, used to signify the great antiquity or the legendary status of these figures.

Another theory suggests that the years might not correspond to our current understanding of a year. Perhaps they used a different calendar system where “years” could mean months or seasons, although this doesn’t fully align with the ages given, especially for childbearing.

The antediluvian period, meaning “before the deluge,” is often viewed as a time of great mystery and has inspired various interpretations and stories outside of the Biblical text, including in literature, pseudoscience, and speculative fiction about ancient human history and pre-Flood civilizations.
 

150 years from now, none of us reading this post today will be alive. 70 percent to 100 percent of everything we are fighting over right now will be totally forgotten.

If we go back memory lane to 150 years before us, that will be 1874, none of those that carried the world on their heads then are alive today. Almost all of us reading this will find it difficult to picture anybody’s face of that era.

Pause for a while and imagine how some of them betrayed their relatives and sold them as slaves for a piece of mirror. Some killed family members just for a piece of land or tubers of yam or cowries or for a pinch of salt. Where is the yam, cowries, mirror, or salt that they were using to brag? It may sound funny to us now, but that is how silly we humans are sometimes, especially when it comes to money, power or trying to be relevant.

Even when you claim the internet age will preserve your memory, take Michael Jackson as an example. Michael Jackson died in 2009, just 15 years ago. Imagine the influence Michael Jackson had all over the world when he was alive. How many young people of today remember him with awe, that is if they even know him? In 150 years to come, his name, when mentioned, will not ring any bell to a lot of people.

Let’s take life easy, nobody will get out of this world alive. The land you are fighting and ready to kill for, somebody left that land, the person is dead and forgotten. That will also be your fate. In 150 years to come, none of the vehicles or phones we are using today to brag will be relevant.

Let love lead. Let’s be genuinely happy for each other. No malice, no backbiting. No jealousy. No comparison. Life is not a competition. 150 years from now and at the end of the day, we will all transit to the other side. It is just a question of who gets there first, but surely we will all go there someday.

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