The length of the “days” of creation in Genesis has involved a major controversy in Biblical interpretation among evangelicals for over 150 years. Many have sought to redefine the term in light of the naturalistic presuppositions of modern scientism. Therefore, let us attempt, honestly, to examine the evidence from Scripture.
It is extremely important that we allowed the Bible to define the word “day” as its intended use during the creation week. “Day” is used 2,301 times in the Old Testament. The Hebrew word is “yom” which mean “day”. Day can mean: time, daylight, hours, year, ordinary day, as well as some other meanings. CONTEXT, CONTEXT, CONTEXT is important!
Creation is the first lesson God wanted to teach us in Holy Scripture. It is important and is the foundation for morality. Creation tells us about God’s power, goodness, love, intelligence, and beauty.
After the Fall, that close relationship between humanity and God was radically altered in many ways. It is abundantly clear, immediately after Adam and Eve opened humanity to the curse of sin, God promised reconciliation and restoration regarding the violation of His holy glory.
In the beginning…God said…Let there be…And it was…Very Good – Part 4 It may be beneficial to read Parts 1 -3, as this is a continuation of the same conversation. The Bible is a Revelation The Bible is a revelation from our infinite Creator, and it is self-authenticating and self-attesting. Scripture must be compared with …
In the beginning…God said…Let there be…And it was…Very Good – Part 3 Brief Introduction to Historical Narratives God provides for us a historical narrative of:* origin* governance* action for self desire, and* the plan for restoration In the most real sense, Genesis is foundational in explaining our world and understanding the situation we find ourselves …
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Presented below are confirmations to the written word or consistencies that are revelatory and “point us back to the Word of God” or “point us to God”.
If we truly seek God, we will “see” Him in our physical world. “The invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so they are without excuse: Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish hearts were darkened.” Romans 1:20-21 KJV
As was mentioned in the post titled, ‘The C’s of Genesis’, this book is foundational to the remainder of the Bible. Without a good understanding of Genesis, the Bible will struggle with other scripture and miss out on depth of information is contains. To start, Genesis is a book of origins, it mentions the: cosmos …
Genesis is foundational in explaining our world and understanding the chaos we find ourselves in. Chapter’s 1-11 is the bedrock upon which all the other sixty-five books of God’s written Word have been built upon. Throughout Scripture God repeats and enlarges His word to provide us with complete understanding of essential truths from which faith grows. The Genesis account is the full expression of God’s glory, love, justice, and redemptive plan.
The Father, The Word, The Holy Spirit, and the angels were present at creation.
Understanding scripture is ultimately the responsibility of every Christian. We are counseled to search the Scriptures daily (Acts 17:11) to verify the teachings of men against the words of God’s inspired writings and hold on to that which is good (1 Thess. 5:20-21). We have, as a solid foundation, the Word of God. The Word …
If you take the days of creation as ordinary days and then consider all the genealogy in scripture (Adam to Abraham to today) you get about 6000 years. It isn’t exact, but we are given enough of the history to know that the earth is not billions of years old.
The question of the age of the earth has produced heated discussions on Internet debate boards, TV, radio, in classrooms, and in many churches, Christian colleges, and seminaries. The primary sides are young earth versus old earth proponents. The difference is immense! Let’s give a little history of where these two basic calculations came from and which worldview is more reasonable.
For further study on the ‘Word of God’, please prayerfully consider the following scripture.
It is important to have trust in the source of where one is obtaining their information, especially in matters so essential to life and death…eternally speaking. The question one must answer, Is there ample evidence to conclude that the Bible is, in fact, a volume of divine origin?’
Is the Bible really God-breathed? Were men really inspired by the Holy Spirit to record its contents? If so, how do we know it was accurately preserved for thousands of years as a unique revelation from God? Do we even have the right books in the Bible, or are there important sources missing that would change our view of God, Christ, the Holy Spirit, and the Christian walk? Can we really trust Scripture? If so, is the Bible vital and relevant to us today? OR is it just a collection of humanly devised myths and fables? Truth Matters investigate what this blog has to say about the subject.
Romans 1:20, For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: The “Godhead” has always been understood by Christian theologians to refer to the divine Trinity—Father, Son and Holy …
Throughout history there have been a range of ideas of what God is like. With so many views of what God is like, how can anyone say he or she has the right view of God? The question then becomes what foundation is used to determine what God is like? If there is an all-powerful, all knowing, all present, all loving God who created all things, then created beings could only understand what God reveals to them. Guess what? This is the exact claim the Bible makes!
The interesting things is that that information is not in the molecule, the information is in arranged in a particular order to write the information. Consider a book, the information contained in the book – the information to be read is not in the molecule, rather the ink has been arranged in letters, the letters are arranged in a particular order to create words which are then arranged to create sentences, and because the language is understood it is written in, that is where the information can be understood. One must have the language to read the information the book contains. Here is the interesting fact, DNA itself has the information that makes the language to read the information, to make the language to read the information, to make the language to read the information, and so on. Another words you have to have the language to read the information, otherwise it won’t work; and its all got to be there at the same time.
