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IX. Noah and the 120 years
          
          The number 120 has significance to us today, because "as it was in the days of No'e (Noah), so shall it
          be also in the days of the Son of man" (Luke.17:26, Matt.24:37).

          A. The number 120in scripture (The "end of all flesh")
                
             1. The end of man's days in Noah's time

​               And "the Lord said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his
                     days shall be an hundred and twenty years." (Gen.6:3-4) Note: "the end of all flesh is come
                     before me" (Gen.6:13).

                2. Moses lived for 120 years before his flesh ended
                   
                     So "Moses the servant of the Lord died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the
                     Lord. And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Beth-peor: but no man
                     knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day. And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when
                     he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated" (Deut.34:5-7).

               3. One hundred and twenty priests sounding trumpets      
                    
                     When Solomon's Temple was dedicated there were a hundred and twenty priests sounding with
                     trumpets, and flesh could not stand in the presence of God's Glory (2Chron.5:13-14). 

               4. On the day of Pentecost there were 120 in the upper room
                
                     Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples, and said, (the number of names together were
                     about a hundred and twenty - Acts.1:15) This was where the flesh was ended and the anointing  
                     took control.

       B. Now add the context of the days of Noah. 
                 
                It is speaking of the Second Coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. The destruction of all flesh 
                (Matt.24:36-41, 2Peter.3:1-3  Note.v5-7. Rev.19:11-21). This was to usher in a new world free from
                the corruption of the old world. The ultimate fulfillment of the "Year of Jubilee" that the "Church
                in the wilderness" was to celebrate every 50 years (Lev.25:1-55). Now multiply 120 (the end of all
                flesh) and 50 (the year of Jubilee), it equals 6,000. This would compare with the six Redemptive
                (1000) days that God has been working to free \ man from sin and corruption.

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