Until now I’ve been told that Jesus died at the age of 33 years of age. However your Christmas Quiz says 37 to 38 years old. . .? Please help.
I believe that chronology that Dale Taliaferro was using in the Christmas Quiz was based on the work of Dr. Harold Hoehner (Chronological Aspects of the Life of Christ, Zondervan, 1977).
Dr. Hoehner assumes that Christ was born in the Winter of B.C. 5 or Spring of B.C. 4. He also assumes that Christ was crucified on April 3, A.D. 33. As you can see, that would make Jesus 37 to 38 years old. You might want to consult the book and the excellent research by Dr. Hoehner (ThM, ThD at Dallas Theological Seminary, PhD at Cambridge University).
Kerby Anderson
Probe Ministries
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Who did Adam and Eve’s children marry?
In our article “How to Talk to Your Kids About Creation and Evolution,” my husband Dr. Ray Bohlin responded to my question, “Where did Cain’s wife come from?”
“In some ways it is surprising that this question seems to be so perplexing to people, but in another way I really understand it. Clearly, Cain married a sister. We react against that idea today because of the many laws we have today concerning incestuous relationships. We have laws against incest because the children that result from that type of relationship are often afflicted with a genetic disease. This is because all of us carry detrimental recessive genes within our chromosomes. Closely related family members may carry similar if not the same set of recessive genes. When we marry within the family, those recessives can pair up and result in a child who is genetically handicapped. But in the original creation, there was no such problem. These were the originally created beings, there were no genetic mutations to worry about.
“When it comes to human origins, the Bible gives no room for anything other than God’s personal fashioning of Adam and Eve. It is the fact that God personally created mankind that gives us such intrinsic value.”
I would also add that Adam and Eve’s children only knew each other as brothers and sisters. There were no other people, no “not-siblings” to compare them to, as we all have today. So the wierdness of marrying a sibling (and in this case, genetically almost-perfect siblings) wouldn’t have been present.
The age of Jesus is given to all who believe in his light of God, To have real faith in him, he will show you the way and the answers.may he in the face of God bless you and keep you.