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-It is later than you think! Hasten, therefore, to do the work of God. ☦️Fr. Seraphim Rose

And the LORD said, "My Spirit shall not strive with man forever, for he is indeed flesh; yet his days shall be one hundred and twenty years." - Genesis 6:3

This generation will not live nine hundred years like the previous generations, for it is flesh and its days are filled with the deeds of flesh. Therefore, their days will be one hundred and twenty years. If they repent during this time, they will be saved from the wrath that is about to come upon them. But if they do not repent, by their deeds they will call down wrath upon themselves. Grace granted one hundred and twenty years for repentance to a generation that, according to justice, was not worthy of repentance. .

- St. Ephrem The Syrian

Fr. Rose in his book, "Genesis, Creation, and Early Man" expounds on this citing plenty of other Patristic sources.

I too did not know this, I cannot recommend this book enough.

GA!

The 120 year reference in Genesis 6:3 is not talking about life span but the time humanity had to repent.

Shot-Chaser. 😬

God’s descent to people is the most dauntless act of divine love—divine love for mankind, the most joyous tidings for the pure of heart, and the most unbelievable for the impure of heart.

Like a pillar of fire in the deepest darkness was God’s descent to man. And the story of this descent by God to man begins with the angel and the Virgin, with a conversation between heavenly purity and earthly purity.

When an impure heart converses with the impure of heart, it is war. When an impure heart converses with the pure of heart, it is likewise war. Only when a pure heart converses with the pure of heart, it is joy, peace, and wonder.

☦️St. Nikolai Velimirovich

A blessed Lord's day 🙏☦️

Go to Divine Liturgy 🫂

Replying to Avatar DRE

https://x.com/NickJFuentes/status/1915023735607709765

Many such cases

How people still have their heads in the sand about the Israel lobby and their immense influence on American politics kind of unbelievable.

Don’t get so distracted with the money that you forget who controls the political institutions.

Bitcoin doesn’t fix everything.

So true 😔