Consider again the decree:
3 After that Jehovah said: My spirit [the spirit I blew into man's nostrils and my mood] shall not act toward man indefinitely in that he is also flesh/he has erred. Accordingly his days shall amount to 120 years [the days left for the 960 year humans, and the final length of days of all humans, 120 years max] (Genesis 6).
This statement contains 3 ambiguities. God's spirit can mean the spirit he blows into the nostrils of the fetus or it can mean his attitude. The Hebrew expression for: he is also flesh, can also mean: he has erred. Limiting man's days to 120 years can apply to the 960 year humans of the preflood system, or to the eventual max lifespan of all humans.
Of course, we know God, he means all of the above in the various contexts that we are to wrestle with.
It is apparent that man's lifespan did not immediately reduce to 120 years, at the end of this 120 year period since, Arpachshad, the first man recorded in the bible to be born after the flood, lived for at least 438 years according to the BHS, and in fact for more than 500 years taking into account the LXX - U506.
Now there is only one man in the bible who is recorded as living for 120 years and he was Moses. He died on his birthday in his 120th year (1594Adar1 to 1474Adar1) - see [31a]. After his life only one man is recorded as living for a longer period, in fact 130 years, and he was Jehoida the priest. So it looks like the 120 year maximum came in around the time of Moses and Jehoida would have to have been non-adamic. To help us out here we consider the inauguration sacrifice of the altar in the tabernacle:
84 This was the
inauguration offering of the altar on the day of its being anointed, on the part
of the chieftains of Israel: 12 silver dishes, 12 silver bowls, 12 gold cups;
85 130 shekels to each silver dish, and 70 to
each bowl, all the silver of the vessels being 2,400 shekels by the shekel of
the holy place;
86 the 12 gold cups full of incense being 10
shekels respectively to a cup by the shekel of the holy place, all the gold of
the cups being 120 shekels;
87 all the cattle for the burnt offering
being 12 bulls, 12 rams, 12 male lambs each a year old and their grain
offerings, and 12 kids of the goats for a sin offering;
88 and all the cattle of the communion
sacrifice being 24 bulls, 60 rams, 60 he-goats, 60 male lambs each a year old.
This was the inauguration offering of the altar after its being anointed
(Numbers 7).
252 animals were offered up, each with a redemption value of 5 shekels:
15 Everything opening the womb, of every sort of flesh, which
they will present to Jehovah, among man and among beast, should become yours.
However, you should without fail redeem the firstborn of mankind; and the
firstborn of the unclean beast you should redeem.
16 And with a redemption price for it from a month old onward
you should redeem it, by the estimated value, 5 silver shekels by the shekel
of the holy place. It is 20 gerahs (Numbers 18).
So the value of the living sacrifice was 1260 shekels, and the value of the containers of the grain and incense offerings was 2520 shekels.
| All the animals together |
Fine wine baptism into the name of Jesus, where sealing was not yet possible. |
| 1260 shekels |
1260 days of the ministry of Jesus from 29Heshvan22 to 33Iyyar25, excluding Nisan14,15,163 days in the heart of the earth. No sanctifications from 33Iyyar25 to 33Sivan6 |
| 2520 shekels |
2520 years of sanctification into the name of Enoch with no sealing possible, the inferior wine. |
| 120 shekels of Gold cups |
First 120 years of Alienation Times (Gold precedes Silver in value and therefore in time here) |
| The Altar | Jesus Christ |
| The altar being anointed | Jesus’ baptism by John |
| After it’s being anointed | The period after 29Tishri10 |
| The ‘day’ of it’s being anointed |
The Alienation Times, waiting for the release by sacrifice |
Peter was called on the first day after John saw Jesus having returned from the 40 days in the wilderness. The 40th day in the wilderness was 29Heshvan20. John would have seen him on 29Heshvan21. So Peter was called on 29Heshvan22. Jesus changed his name from Simon to Cephas (Peter) on that day:
42 When Jesus looked upon him he said: You are Simon the son of John; you will be called Cephas, which is translated Peter (John 1).
This name change was a baptism into the Hebrew name of Jesus, his sanctification. On the third day after John saw Jesus, the marriage feast at Cana took place, this was 29Heshvan24, but the feast would have occurred in the evening so would have been on 29Heshvan25 (see John chapter 1).
Jesus’ ministry was 1260 days long since it started on 29Heshvan22 and ended on 33Iyyar25 and had 3 days missing from 33Nisan14 to 33Nisan16!
One thing that emerges from this is that the total number of shekels of the physical containers was 2400+120 =2520 shekels. This is a very straightforward witness to the length of the Alienation Times - see [128]. But it also includes the 120 year period of the decree of Genesis 6:3. Furthermore there were two types of silver vessels, split 1560 and 840 between the dishes and the bowls.
So we have a decree about living for 120 years which appears to apply round about the time of Moses. We have Eber living for 464 years then Peleg his son and Reu, Peleg’s son, both living for 239 years according to the BHS, and according to our interpretation of LXXa, which we notice is just under 240 years, which we notice is twice 120 years. Everybody after Peleg lived less than 240 years. [So Job must have been born before Peleg according to Job 42:17 LXX - U506]
16 And Eber lived on for
34 years. Then he became father to Peleg.
17 And after his fathering Peleg Eber
continued to live 430 years. Meanwhile he became father to sons and daughters.
18 And Peleg lived on for 30 years. Then he
became father to Reu.
19 And after his fathering Reu Peleg
continued to live 209 years. Meanwhile he became father to sons and daughters.
20 And Reu lived on for 32 years. Then he
became father to Serug.
21 And after his fathering Serug Reu
continued to live 207 years. Meanwhile he became father to sons and daughters.
22 And Serug lived on for 30 years. Then he
became father to Nahor.
23 And after his fathering Nahor Serug
continued to live 200 years. Meanwhile he became father to sons and daughters.
24 And Nahor lived on for 29 years. Then he
became father to Terah
25 And after his fathering Terah Nahor
continued to live 119 years. Meanwhile he became father to sons and daughters
(Genesis 11 - BHS).
And Eber lived 134 years and begat Peleg [baptising
him in holy spirit]. And Eber lived after he begat
Peleg [spiritually] 370 [270] years and begat sons and daughters and died.
And Peleg 130 years and begat Ragau (Reu) [baptising
him in holy spirit]. And Peleg lived after he begat
Reu 209 [physically] years and begat sons and daughters and died.
And Reu lived 132 years and begat Seruch (Serug) [baptising
him in holy spirit]. And Reu lived after he
begat Serug [physically] 207 years and begat sons and daughters and died.
And Serug lived 130 years and begat Nahor [baptising
him in holy spirit]. And Serug lived after he begat
Nahor [physically] 200 years and begat sons and daughters and died.
And Nahor lived 79 years [179] years and begat Tarrha (Terah) [baptising
him in holy spirit]. And Nahor
lived after he begat Terah [physically] 129 years [125] and begat sons and daughters and
died (Genesis 11 - LXXa [LXXv]).
25 And to Eber there were two sons born. The name of the one was Peleg, because in his days the earth was divided; and the name of his brother was Joktan (Genesis 10).
Peleg means: division. His brother’s name was Joktan, which the holy spirit is screaming out that we should examine, by the Omission Principle. Joktan N+qy from the root N+q meaning: to be smaller or to be younger. So this division reflected by Peleg’s name was into younger men, reflected by Joktan’s name. Since to Eber there were two sons born, and they are symbolising a division of age, it must be a division by 2, the most basic division. A division to a max age that is greater than 239 years. We pick a division from 480 years to 240 years because then a further division takes us to 120 years which we know is the final max age limit. Since Arpachshad live for more than 500 years according to the LXX, and since Shelah and Eber lived for 460 years each according to the LXX - U506, the latter two fit into the max age of 480 years period. (The first 5 books of the LXX are inspired in some parts - the ones done by the 70 Hebrew scribes in Alexandria - for God took some of the spirit off Moses and put it on to the 70 men.)
25 Then Jehovah came down in a cloud and spoke to him and took away some of the spirit that was upon him and put it upon each of the 70 older men. And it came about that as soon as the spirit settled down upon them, then they proceeded to act as prophets; but they did not do it again (Numbers 11).
So the solution to this divine puzzle, is that Adam and his sons initially had a life span of 8x.120x=960 years. Then there were three divisions of this down to 480 years, 240 years and finally 120 years. The first division occurs just after the birth of Arpachshad, the second around the time of Peleg, and the final division occurred at the time of Moses. The first division occurred at the end of the 120 years of the decree, this being 120 years into the Alienation times, in Sivan 2368. Arpachshad must have been born just before this.
From this it is apparent that the last division, with the 120 year limit occurred after Moses was born, since he did live 120 years, and of course Aaron his brother lived 123 years. But the split of the silverware into dishes and bowls gives us the date of Sivan 1528, this being 840 years after Sivan 2368 and 1560 years before Sivan 33. So we deduce that in this month man's age was limited to being below 120 years.
This is all beautifully and cryptically confirmed in Genesis 3:21:
21 And Jehovah God proceeded to make long garments of skin for Adam and for his wife and to clothe them (Genesis 3).
A classic it is. The garments were long garments or under garments, the root
Ntk means garment in the sense of one covering everything, so it would have to have been long. They count as four times, and these are the 4 bodies of skin that God made for man, of 960, 480, 240 and 120 year lengths. This was the last creative act of Jehovah, the transformation of Adam and Eve from indefinitely lasting flesh to 960 year lasting flesh. He also clothed them, with animal skin - literally. The concept of clothing them is repeated, so one recital refers to the new clothes and the other to the new ageing bodies.A further subtlety now emerges. Cain killed Abel in Sivan 3928BCE, this being 11 times before the great forgiveness of Sivan 33CE, these being the 11 times of Lamech's times - see [C10]. So Cain killed Abel 2400 years before man's age was limited finally to 120 years, and Satan killed Michael 2400 years after man's age limit was reduced to 480 years. Now Abel's death was the inauguration of all the sacrifices of all the true worshippers, the inauguration of the altar of the sacrifice of human life. But this period of 2400 years is also split 1560 and 840 by a change of vessel, the one in Sivan 2368, so we have Lamech's times split up as:
3928Sivan
2368Sivan
1528Sivan 33Sivan
X_________________X_____________X______________X
1560 years
840
years 1560 years
2488Sivan 2368Sivan
33Sivan
X__________X___________________________________X
120 years
2400 years
One consequence of these limits is that Jared, who lived 962 years, and Methuselah, who lived 969 years were both non-adamic. Also the three divisions by two of the initial 960 maximum age limit are isomorphic with the three divisions by two of the 64,000 of the second baptism, into resurrections of 32,000, 16,000 and 8,000 - see [164].
Finally Abel was born in 3990T - see [41] and so he was killed in his 61st year by Hebrew reckoning. But 960 year lifespan men cannot procreate before 60 so this could explain why he had no kids, hence the line was through Seth.
Josephus, the Jewish Historian who was a contemporary of Jesus said, when describing the descent of man from the Ark:
This is precisely what we have deduced above.
However there is also the meaning that 120 years before the flood, i.e. in 2391Heshvan, God warned Noah that he would wipe men whom he created off the face of the earth 120 years later in 2371 Heshvan. For there is a pattern of 120 years of a presence followed by a flood and an ark. This applies to the day of Noah and to the days of the two presences of the Christ. Hence we read...
37 For just as the days of Noah were, so
the presence of the Son of man will be [120 years to the day in two parts a gap
of 3½ years between them].
38 For as they were in those days before the
flood, eating and drinking, men marrying and women being given in marriage,
until the day that Noah entered into the ark;
39 and they took no note until the flood came
and swept them all away, so the presence of the Son of man will be.
40 Then 2 men will be in the field: one will
be taken along and the other be abandoned;
41 2 women will be grinding at the hand mill:
one will be taken along and the other be abandoned.
42 Keep on the watch, therefore, because you
do not know on what day your Lord is coming (Matthew 24).