Featured genesis 1:1 and creation ex nihilo

The verse is literal Greek, of the creation " ktisis" The KJV translates Strong's G2937 in the following manner: creature (11x), creation (6x), building (1x), ordinance (1x).

It is not the initial phase of initial creation but a later phase pertaining to those who live on the earth

Why is Adam and Eve my nightmare? The were formed of the earth, not created, at their time when the earth was ready for man to live, not Gen 1:1

Mother Nature and Father Time are not gods but expression for nature and time. No one considers them gods.

 

Or make mistakes. As you have here

 

What is the purpose of this creation?

 

The truth is that other viewpoints are hard to accept, thus the “strawman” accusation. It is real. Not everyone formulating strawman arguments do so out of malice; many do so because they believe their representation fair. Similar with following an argument to its logical conclusion. If any of the original presuppositions are omitted, then the result may be faulty indeed.

Again, despite your claims, you are insistent on a difference of interpretation, not fact. The only difference between your understanding and mine is a matter of time duration, not of beginnings. I can and do agree with every single biblical statement quoted. That I disagree with your interpretation may offend you, but you are not the source or reservoir of truth.

 

If you stuck to only biblical statements, there would be no quarrel. But you insist on saying what Jesus should have said if he meant such and such. Sorry, but you don’t get to dictate to God what he can and cannot say to convey his message.

The context of the passage you cited regards marriage and divorce. Jesus’ response to the issue takes it all the way back to the creation of the first man and first woman and their union by God. To make it a lesson on the age of the earth or of creation in general is eisegetic.

 

Well, isn’t that pretty much what you’ve been doing here all along with both my words and God’s? You seem to find it extraordinarily difficult to admit the many points of agreement that I’ve pointed out, evidently because you don’t like the implied conclusions. One does not arrive at the truth by denying it all along the way.

 

He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil. 1 John 3:8

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. Gen 1:1 At that moment did the works of the devil need to be destroyed? Would that destruction require the creation of man? Manifested? At the moment of Gen 1:1 would the destruction of the devil and his works require the introduction of sin and death? James 1:14,15 But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death. Heb 2:14 Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;

But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. Gal 4:4,5
For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin. Rom 7:14 ?The first man Adam?

And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit. Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual. 1 Cor 15:45,46

Before the foundation of the world just how was God going to go about destroying the devil and his works?

Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot: Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you, 1 Peter 1:18-20

Did it require man, sin, and death? Lev. 17:11 Darby for the soul of the flesh is in the blood; and I have given it to you upon the altar to make atonement for your souls, for it is the blood that maketh atonement for the soul.