The Bible and Wisdom II

We now come to the question: Why do the first chapters of the Bible speak of individuals who, like Adam and Noah, live for centuries? Because it would make no sense for the people referred to here to limit the persons. The memory reaches back through generations to the forefather. This entire generation was given a name. It would have made no sense to give the name Adam to a single personality. So at that time, the name was given to that which, retaining the same memory, was remembered through the centuries from generation to generation—Adam, Noah. And what was that? It was that which passed through father, son, and grandson, but which memory preserved. Thus, the biblical document faithfully preserves these secrets, which can only be understood through Spiritual Science.