The Old Testament Uses Imagery
To Describe Some Of The Problems That Are Related To Aging
That Most People Experience :
(Ecclesiastes 12:1 KJV)
"Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth,
while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh,
when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;"
(Ecclesiastes 12:2 KJV)
"While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, [ vision is impaired ]
nor the clouds return after the rain:"
(Ecclesiastes 12:3 KJV)
"In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, [ walking is more difficult ]
and the strong men shall bow themselves, [ posture is bent over ]
and the grinders cease because they are few, [ loss of teeth ]
and those that look out of the windows be darkened," [ impaired vision ]
(Ecclesiastes 12:4 KJV)
"And the doors shall be shut in the streets, [ hearing is impaired ]
when the sound of the grinding is low,
and he shall rise up at the voice of the bird, [ waking early at slight sounds ]
and all the daughters of music shall be brought low;" [ weakening of the voice ]
(Ecclesiastes 12:5 KJV)
"Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, [ fear of heights ]
and fears shall be in the way,
and the almond tree shall flourish, [ hair turns white ]
and the grasshopper shall be a burden,
and desire shall fail: [ loss of romance ]
because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets:" [ physical death ]
(Ecclesiastes 12:6 KJV)
"Or ever the silver cord be loosed,
or the golden bowl be broken,
or the pitcher be broken at the fountain,
or the wheel broken at the cistern."
(Ecclesiastes 12:7 KJV)
"Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was:
and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it."
(Ecclesiastes 12:8 KJV)
"Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity."
(Ecclesiastes 11:8 KJV)
"But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all;
yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many.
All that cometh is vanity."
(Ecclesiastes 11:9 KJV)
"Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth,
and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes:
but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment."
(Ecclesiastes 11:10 KJV)
"Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh:
for childhood and youth are vanity."
The Historical Record In The Judeo-Christian Bible
Shows Many Times When The Elderly Suffered :
(Ezekiel 36:2 KJV)
"Thus saith the Lord GOD;
Because the enemy hath said against you,
Aha, even the ancient high places are ours in possession:"
(Isaiah 47:6 KJV)
"I was wroth with my people,
I have polluted mine inheritance, and given them into thine hand:
thou didst show them no mercy;
upon the ancient hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke."
(Lamentations 2:10 KJV)
"The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, and keep silence:
they have cast up dust upon their heads;
they have girded themselves with sackcloth:
the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground."
(Lamentations 5:12 KJV)
"Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured."
We Should Pray To God To Protect & Provide For Our Elderly Citizens,
And Do Whatever We Can To Support Every Segment Of Our Society
Because How We Treat Others Is Often How We Are Treated Also In Return :
(Psalms 71:9 KJV)
"Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth."
(Psalms 71:18 KJV)
"Now also when I am old and greyheaded, O God, forsake me not;
until I have showed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come."
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