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on December 31, 2014 I posted a video about the earth being in the
center of the universe. Someone posted a comment that got me thinking
about creation and if what I believed was true. Before I go
further, I will let you see what he said.
I agree. The only thing I would have a problem with is when people start claiming that according to the Bible, the absolute very beginning of everything was around 6,000 years ago, because the Bible doesn't say anything like that, but those of us who don't read what's written & in turn totally misunderstand what the written Word of God says, will try to fit it to our understanding, and put God in a box. The beginning of mankind's history, and the universe as God made it for us was around 6,000 years ago. That's not the creation as defined in Gen. 1:1; but the re-creation of an Earth that became without form and void, with darkness upon the face of the deep, (meaning space, not Earth's oceans) as we are told in Gen. 1:2; Then, in Gen. 1:3; God began to re-create our universe, but this time He did it differently. This time He included mankind, who He made in His own image as we are told in Gen. 1:26-28; I have an in depth study on this matter in my Facebook notes in an artical entitled, REPLENISH THE EARTH
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studied what scripture said and looked at the original Hebrew and
what each word meant. Just like in our language, Hebrew words
can mean several different things. For example: leaves
can mean leaves of trees, a layer such as layers of pages in a book,
and to depart or quit. This has caused problems at times in
interpreting what is said in Genesis, but I think the truth can be
found with a little knowledge and common sense.
One
of the words that has caused problems is the word "Day".
It can mean a simple 24 hr day, but it can also be a long
period of time such as we would say, "In the day of Biblical
times...." meaning at the times of the Bible. Therefore
some people say (as is in 2
Peter 3:8) a day is as a thousand years unto the lord.
Some say it could be even millions of years. But the Bible is
really pretty clear that it is a normal 24 hour day.
1.
The first day, God created the light and the darkness and at the end
of each creation day it says, "And the evening and the morning
were the (first, second, ect) day."
2.
On day three God created plants, on day four God created the sun. Did
plants live for a thousand or even a million years without the
sunlight?
3.
On the seventh day God rested. Did God rest for a thousand or
millions of years? Is He still resting and letting us go
without Him?
A
day can simply be a day. It is the same word used through out
the old testament for a simple 24 hour day. My God is big
enough to create the universe in 6 days.
The
gap theory says there is a gap between Genesis 1:1 and 1:2.
Everything was create in verse one and after billions of years
verse 2 takes place. At the time of verse 2 there is
destruction from a Heavenly war and so God has to replenish
the earth, meaning redo it.
1.
Verse 2 says. "And the earth was without form and void;..."
The word "and" is a conjunction used to
refer back to verse one. "In the beginning God created the
heaven and the earth." Verse 2 is going back to describe
what the earth, which verse one speaks of, is like.
2.
The word "replenish" in verse 28, does not mean the same
thing as it did in King James time. Back then it
meant "containing as much or as many as is possible or
normal" The Hebrew means to fill, to make full.
Perhaps
God created all the universe with a big bang and billions of years
later he created our solar system in 6 days? On the fourth day
God says He created the stars.
What
about God creating man by evolution? That would mean that since
death came into the world when man sinned, that for millions of years
nothing died. Insects, plants, dinosaurs, and every living
thing since the beginning of evolution was still alive until Adam and
Eve ate that cursed fruit.
Once
i found out these things, I had a choice. I could accept that
man is right and God lied, or I could accept that God is right and
man is at best mistaken. Genesis really leaves no other
choices. How can the very first chapter of God's word be true
if evolution is true?
The
verse that really convinced me from the moment I read it was verse
16. On that day God created everything outside of the earth. I
can either believe that on the fourth day God created the stars, the
sun and the moon, or I can call God a liar.
I
stand on scripture. You can call me foolish to believe that God
created everything in six 24 hour days, but I would rather be a fool
trusting God than a wise man trusting man.
Photo
Credit: Creation by Suus
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