8 “The calamitous days” of old age are unrewarding —perhaps very distressing— to those who give no thought to their Grand Creator and who have no understanding of his glorious purposes.
In time man would have in his mental reservoir a vast accumulation of learning from his Creator that he could put to use as wisdom in carrying out God’s purpose for him with understanding. —Prov.
As an imperfect man, he could now father only imperfect offspring, men and women who would be incapable of measuring up to the Creator’s perfect standards.
Because of the sin of our first parents, for which reason “the inclination of the heart of man is bad from his youth up,” even as the Creator, Jehovah God, himself stated right after the flood of Noah’s day.
Even though selfish men blindly threaten their own survival, mankind’s survival is assured because the Creator is more interested in man’s survival than is man himself.