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God created all things, the universe and the earth in 6 days, about 6000 years – the Bible and real

Discussion in 'Creation vs. Evolution' started by SavedByTheLord, Sep 11, 2023.

  1. MrW

    MrW Well-Known Member

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    Doesn’t matter. God made it all.
     
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    Gen 1:14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:

    15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.

    16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.

    17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,

    18 And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.

    19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.

    The fourth day God made the sun, moon and stars
     
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    It matters because either we believe it or not. Just like Adam and Eve matter. The exact age does not matter, but knowing that God created it all recently, when He made Adam is important. We have the sons of Adam on down to recent history
     
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    What matters is the truth—not what we want the truth to be, but the actual truth. Believing something that is not true is not good for anyone, and it has seriously harmed many. I have here in my study 28 commentaries on Genesis, most of which are commentaries on the Hebrew text—and some of them are very extensive multi-volume works. None of these commentaries find anything in the Scriptures that teach that the earth was created in six days or about 6,000 years ago. These concepts are a consequence of interpreting the Bible without the information that is necessary to arrive at the truth. As for the genealogies, they vary greatly from one ancient Old Testament text to another, demonstrating that they are not based upon reliable information.
     
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    That’s surprising. I did the math straight from Scripture decades ago and I can tell you Adam was created very close to 6000 years ago. I can’t be exact because some kings reigns overlapped, preventing a completely accurate count, but 6000 is quite close.

    Also the Millennial Reign is 1000 years, 1 day, the earth’s rest (sabbath), therefore the seventh day. Man, created on the sixth day, rules and ruins earth six days (6000 years) before the thousand-year seventh day Millennial Reign of Christ.
     
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    Is an interpretation. Not all literal interpreter of Genesis 1 will agree.
     
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