Life expectancies have risen in many countries around the world thanks to breakthroughs in medical treatment and sanitation in the last century.
The maximum age of death has also increased. But as these numbers continue to rise, it raises the question as to how long can people live?ABC News reports: The record for the world's oldest person is 122 years and the odds of shattering that record are slim, according to an analysis published Wednesday in the journal Nature.
In the new study, researchers [at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York] analyzed mortality data from a global database.
They found that while there have been strides in reducing deaths among certain groups -- children, women during childbirth and the elderly -- the rate of improvement was slower for the very old, those over 100 years old.
Next they examined how old centenarians were when they died.
The record holder is Jeanne Calment, of France, who lived until 122 years old. Since her death in 1997, no one has broken her record.
The researchers calculated the odds of someone reaching 125 years in a given year are less than 1 in 10,000.
They think the human life span more likely maxes out at 115 years.
Some aging specialists said the study doesn't take into account advances that have been made in extending the life span -- and health -- of certain laboratory animals including mice, worms and flies through genetic manipulation and other techniques.
The goal is to eventually find treatments that might slow the aging process in humans and keep them healthier longer.
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The person in the Bible who lived the longest was Methuselah who in Genesis 5:27 is said to have lived to an astounding 969 years old, although, that was still only a few more years than Jared who lived to 962 (Genesis 5:20).
In Genesis 6:1-3 the Bible says that mankind's life is (without godly intervention) 120 years, but Psalm 90:10 says that Human life proceeds to 70 years old, or "even" through strength to 80.
The Bible, especially in Genesis, describes many people living for hundreds and hundreds of years, although, rarely is there any detail to flesh out what those people done for all that time - their lists of wives and children are comparable to other people who lived normally long lives.
Later books of the Bible make some assertions as to what allows people to live longer; Proverbs 9:10-11 and 10:27 say that fearing God prolongs life, and Exodus 20:12 says the same of honouring your father and mother.
It is worth noting that Adam, who was the first human being, according to Genesis, lived for 930 years (Gen. 5:5) even though God said anyone who ate the apple would die the same day (Gen. 2:17).
Some argue that this means die spiritually, but it seems that to make this argument you have to believe that Adam and Eve are in hell, or at least, not in heaven.
If they are in heaven, and, they lived for hundreds of years after eating the apple, it is quite untrue to say that they died on the day of their scrumping adventure.
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In Genesis 6:3 God limits man's life span to 120
And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.
Some see this as evidence that indeed men had lived much longer lives prior to God saying how long men would live after His statement in Genesis 6:3.
Here are just a few links to some reported agenarians:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/worlds-oldest-person-man-mbah-gotho-indonesia-145-years-old-a7213191.html
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/is-this-160-year-old-ethiopian-man-the-world-s-oldest-ever-person-8814763.html
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/other/123-year-old-bolivian-man-oldest-living-person-ever-documented-f6C10934840
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/worlds-oldest-man-aged-131-7173272
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/oldest-person-ever-live-family-5444937
Now anyone and everyone can live eternally after they die.
The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.
2 Peter 3:9
John 11:25
And having brought them out, he was saying, "Sirs, what is necessary of me to do, that I may be saved?"
Acts 16:30
They answered, "Believe on the Lord Jesus, and you and your family will be saved."
Acts 16:31
If you declare with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
Romans 10:9
Believe means to think to be true, to be persuaded of, to credit, place confidence in; of the thing believed, to credit, have confidence in.
“Then said Jesus
unto his
disciples, If
any man will
come after me,
let him deny
himself, and
take up his
cross, and
follow me.”
Matthew 16:24
“Jesus said unto
him, If thou
wilt be perfect,
go and sell that
thou hast, and
give to the
poor, and thou
shalt have
treasure in
heaven: and come
and follow me.”
Matthew 19:21
“My sheep hear
my voice, and I
know them, and
they follow me:”
John 10:27
“If any man
serve me, let
him follow me;
and where I am,
there shall also
my servant be:
if any man serve
me, him will my
Father honour.”
John 12:26
“Yea, a man may
say, Thou hast
faith, and I
have works: shew
me thy faith
without thy
works, and I
will shew thee
my faith by my
works.” James
2:18
“And as Moses
lifted up the
serpent in the
wilderness, even
so must the Son
of man be lifted
up: That
whosoever
believeth in him
should not
perish, but have
eternal life.
He that
believeth on him
is not
condemned: but
he that
believeth not is
condemned
already, because
he hath not
believed in the
name of the only
begotten Son of
God.” John
3:14-15, 18
“Then said Jesus
unto them again,
Verily, verily,
I say unto you,
I am the door of
the sheep. I am
the door: by me
if any man enter
in, he shall be
saved, and shall
go in and out,
and find
pasture.” John
10:7, 9
“Much more then,
being now
justified by his
blood, we shall
be saved from
wrath through
him.” Romans 5:9
“That we should
be to the praise
of his glory,
who first
trusted in
Christ.
In whom
ye also trusted,
after that ye
heard the word
of truth, the
gospel of your
salvation: in
whom also after
that ye
believed, ye
were sealed with
that holy Spirit
of promise,
Which is the
earnest of our
inheritance
until the
redemption of
the purchased
possession, unto
the praise of
his glory.”
Ephesians
1:12-13
When we really
believe in
something or
someone we will
commit to that
person or thing
whether it is
our spouse, our
job, our hobby,
etc.
Believing on
Jesus is more
than
acknowledgment.
If we really
believe, we will
commit. Once we
have shown Him
true belief, He
does the rest as
shown here:
“…Believe on the
Lord Jesus
Christ, and thou
shalt be saved,
and thy house.”
Acts 16:31
We truly
believe. He
saves.
We heard and
trusted. Jesus
saved. The Holy
Spirit sealed.
“Being confident
of this very
thing, that he
which hath begun
a good work in
you will perform
it until the day
of Jesus
Christ:”
Philippians 1:6
From the point
of our
salvation, the
Holy Spirit will
continue His
work in us until
the day we with
are with Jesus
in Glory.
“And grieve not
the holy Spirit
of God, whereby
ye are sealed
unto the day of
redemption.”
Ephesians 4:30
When we sin, we
grieve the Holy
Spirit because
we are now a
child of God.
We
have been bought
with a price and
belong to Him.
We have the seal
of God upon us
and will always
be His, but He
will now
discipline us
when we disobey
to restore our
fellowship … not
“salvation,” but
“fellowship.”
“So shall my
word be that
goeth forth out
of my mouth: it
shall not return
unto me void,
but it shall
accomplish that
which I please,
and it shall
prosper in the
thing whereto I
sent it.” Isaiah
55:11
Once we have
proclaimed true
faith in Jesus,
we have the
promise that we
are His, and we
are His forever.
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