THE GIFT OF A CENTURY - MAYBE?

THE GIFT OF A CENTURY – MAYBE?

Tuesday, December 09, 2014

“This is the written account of Adam and his descendants. When God created humans, he made them in the likeness of God. He created them male and female. He blessed them and called them humans when he created them. When Adam was 130 years old, he became the father of a son in his own likeness, in his own image. He named him Seth. After Adam became the father of Seth, he lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters. Adam lived a total of 930 years; then he died. When Seth was 105 years old, he became the father of Enosh. After he became the father of Enosh, Seth lived 807 years and had other sons and daughters. Seth lived a total of 912 years; then he died. When Enosh was 90 years old, he became the father of Kenan. After he became the father of Kenan, Enosh lived 815 years and had other sons and daughters. Enosh lived a total of 905 years; then he died. [then….]” GW Genesis chapter 5

  Subscribing to 15 magazines a month produces more advertisements and catalogues in mailbox than normal. Magazines I read. Ads and catalogues I typically do not. But something did catch my eye this week.

  There is a wrist watch that runs backwards for up to 100 years; ticking off every second, tocking away every minute, gone-ing the hours and days.

  To set it you use one of those personal actuarial table tests that indicate how much time you have left this side of date, hour, moment, second of demise.

  I’m not buying one due to fact I’ve outlived my old actuarial table test result by a number of years already. Hence it’s a probable waste of money as I could die before actuarial test and doomsday watch arrived in my mailbox.

  Come to think of it, Lord knows I could die immediately after sending out this morning’s DT, or even before, or ….

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