Genesis 5:27 And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died. In dwelling upon this text I shall — I. Take a simple survey of the age and manners of the antediluvian world. The youth of the world was the season of man's greatest age; perhaps, also, of man's greatest wickedness. II. Draw some important lessons from this survey — 1. The agglomerative tendencies of human depravity. 2. The vanity of earthly things. 3. The power of an endless life. 4. The great natural wickedness of the heart. 5. That mere duration of years does not constitute a long life, but the fulfilment of life's ends. 6. The danger of religious procrastination. (Dr. Cheever.) Parallel Verses KJV: And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.WEB: All the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty-nine years, then he died. |
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