Monday, May 26, 2008

How long is a generation?

Yes, indeed. How long is a generation? We shall look at 4 verses taken from the Word of God, which is the truth and light in a world of darkness.


40 years - Numbers 32:13 "So the LORD'S anger burned against Israel, and He made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until the entire generation of those who had done evil in the sight of the LORD was destroyed.

70 years - Psalm 90:10 As for the days of our life, they contain seventy years, or if due to strength, eighty years, yet their pride is but labor and sorrow; for soon it is gone and we fly away.

120 years - Genesis 6:3 Then the Lord said, "My spirit shall not strive with man forever, because he is also flesh; nevertheless his days shall be one hundred and twenty years.

100 years - Genesis 15:12-16 "Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a country not their own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years. But I will punish the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will come out with great possessions. You, however, will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a good old age. In the fourth generation your descendants will come back here, for the sin of the Amorites has not yet reached its full measure."

Considering the above passage, a generation is 100 years as it writes the 301th year as the starting of the fourth generation. If this is not the case, the word 'fourth' would not be used...

In my previous post, I mentioned that the generation that saw Israel returned to their homeland will not pass away until everything is fulfilled. Israel came back in 1948, but they officially became a nation in 1967. From this, we can take either 1948 or 1967 and add the years to it. Either case, 1948 plus 100 is 2048. 1967 plus 100 is 2067. I am not saying that Christ would return exactly in one of these years. Nowadays, people are living longer. More men and women are living into their 90s. So we can never be certain how long a generation is. But we can be sure of one thing: Our generation has more reason to believe He could return during our lifetime than any generation preceding us. Hope you understand me. =)

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Anonymous said...

As a new christian this concerns me. How am I to reconcile the contradiction that is presented?

Psalms and Genesis 6:3 directly refer to life expectancy or days on earth not generations.

This leaves Numbers 32:13 and Genesis 15:12-16 as the direct references to generations.

If I read numbers 32:13 it works nicely with both Psalms and Genesis 6:3 however makes Genesis 15:12-16 false

If I read Genesis 15:12-16 it leaves psalms false, and Numbers false and leaves only Genesis 6:3 as plausibly true.

Either way I cut it I'm stuck with the problem that they cannot all be right at the same time??.

Or can they??

Anonymous said...

I believe that 100 years is a generation... my reason is that it actually says the 4th generation. unlike the others. the others just tell the life expectancy during that time

Anonymous said...

We have to remember that "With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day. The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance."(2 Peter 3:8-9)

We may be able to get a general time frame. But only God knows the day and the hour that the end will come. The most important thing is to be prepared and remain close to Christ.

Anonymous said...

If you read Matt. 1:17, you find from Abraham to Christ is 42 generations total of 2160 years.
So 2160 % 42 = 51.4 years.
Also Luke 3:23-38 there are 77 generations from Adam to Christ. So 4000 years % 77 = 51.9 years.
Now take the generation that saw Israel take control
of Jerusalem in the six day war June 5-10 1967 and add 51.4 or 51.9 years = fall of 2018 to spring 2019 minus 7 year tribulation = 2011. But keep in mind no one knows the day or hour of the RAPTURE!!! It's so near, ARE YOU READY? IT COULD HAPPEN TONIGHT!!

Unknown said...

100 yrs sounds make sense to me. but I couldnt find it writes the 301th year in scriptures. Where is the verse found?

alark54@yahoo.com said...

conversation worth having to me. Am convinced we're at the end time and have been wondering abot the generation ? glad I found u..thanx

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