Oldest Person: Patriarch Methuselah
Who
is the oldest person ever lived on earth? A righteous person who
walked the way of God. He is Patriarch Methuselah, a son of Enoch,of Lamech, and grandfather of Noah. He died at the age of 969! almost millennium-old.
Together
with Noah, Methuselah convinced the people on earth to walk the way
of God. As a righteous one, God promised not to include Methuselah's
body with the unrighteous when the deluge come. Thus, the deluge came
seven days after his death.
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Christ Leading the Patriarchs to Paradise by BartoloméBermejo is portrayed with Methuselah as he is leading the procession of the righteous.
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A
french woman who died at the age of 122 is the first documented
person to reach the maximum human lifespan possible. Due to strange
number of years that patriarch Methuselah lived, oldest known species
or object discovered in this era is named after him.
Oldest Single Living Organism : Bristlecone Pine Tree- Methuselah
The
former title holder for being the oldest bristlecone is Methuselah tree, a specimen of Pinus longaeva and is found in
White Mountains in eastern California. It's age is estimated to be
4845, germinated in 2832 BC.
White
Mountains' Schulman Grove of Inyo county in eastern is a
home of ancient bristlecone pines, where the oldest known tree is
measured in 2012 by Tom Harlan. However, the identity/name of the
tree is not published yet.
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| Methuselah Tree |
Other
known oldest single living organism is Prometheus tree (WPN-114),
still a member of bristlecone pine tree but located in Wheeler Peak,
Great Basin National Park, Nevada with an estimated age of 4862,
germinated 2880 BC.
Oldest Star: Methuselah
Is
it really older than the universe? Probably not. The first approximation makes it older than the universe but the recent number published shows that Methuselah Star (HD
140283) is probably 13.7 billion years old. While, the Big Bang that
started the universe happened 13.8 billion years ago.
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Credit:
A. Fujii and Z. Levay (STScI)
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Reference
to Methuselah other than these facts and six liter of wine is
fictional.
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