The reason God created this heaven and earth in 7 days is to foreshadow how long it will last for, which is 7,000 years. The last 1,000 years correspond to a Sabbath rest for the entire earth, which in Hebrews is spoken of,
And this is what is also spoken of as the "millennial kingdom",
The earth is currently approximately almost 6,000 thousand years. You may even look at the Jewish calendar to see this, which is an estimate of years since the beginning of creation.
Why the Earth Was Created in Seven Days
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Here's something to ponder on let's say a group of people were in the dessert everyone looking at the night sky with just plain old human eyes without eyes glasses or a telescope or anything to enhance the human eye sight and upon seeing many shining objects we call stars in the night sky and there is one of these stars that looks kind of like a yellowish redish color star with the human eye. Then a man drives up in a pickup with a high powered telescope opens it up to show that it has series of lens and reflectors to enhance the distance of view the field of view of the human eye like eye glasses to see alittle farther away.
Puts the telescope back together and points it at this yellowish redfish looking star and let's people look through the telescope and everyone says hey wait a minute that's not a star but a brownish reddish earth like planet but with no water and they say surely that doesn't look like a star like our sun is a star. then someone has a bible and says let's find this object written in scripture could that be done in scripture as far as I know Mars isn't written in scripture. Why would God not explain something we can see now through a tripod telescope to the people of old who had no such device.
could it be
A. God gives us info on what we can handle and understand in our thinking hearing in a known human language vocabulary and knowledge and including seeing limits at the moment in time.
B. The planet Mars isn't really a planet but a illusion in the sky to the human eye or the telescope is creating this illusion that appears to be a planet but really it's a brown red dwarf star.
C. ?
Puts the telescope back together and points it at this yellowish redfish looking star and let's people look through the telescope and everyone says hey wait a minute that's not a star but a brownish reddish earth like planet but with no water and they say surely that doesn't look like a star like our sun is a star. then someone has a bible and says let's find this object written in scripture could that be done in scripture as far as I know Mars isn't written in scripture. Why would God not explain something we can see now through a tripod telescope to the people of old who had no such device.
could it be
A. God gives us info on what we can handle and understand in our thinking hearing in a known human language vocabulary and knowledge and including seeing limits at the moment in time.
B. The planet Mars isn't really a planet but a illusion in the sky to the human eye or the telescope is creating this illusion that appears to be a planet but really it's a brown red dwarf star.
C. ?
The Sabbath was made, hence,
But even so, sure, heaven and earth itself was brought forth into existence in six days, and on the seventh the Lord rested, this is obvious, but the entire scope of the the first seven days encompass a foreshadowing of the length of time this heaven and earth will exist.
But even so, sure, heaven and earth itself was brought forth into existence in six days, and on the seventh the Lord rested, this is obvious, but the entire scope of the the first seven days encompass a foreshadowing of the length of time this heaven and earth will exist.
Hello again,
You might want to go back and read that again. Scripture states that the heaven and the earth were already existing. The six days of creation have to do with everything that was create on an already existing earth. You won't find any of the days of creation that says on the first day God created the earth. The earth was already here and completely covered with water. The earth is much older than anything that was created on it.
You might want to go back and read that again. Scripture states that the heaven and the earth were already existing. The six days of creation have to do with everything that was create on an already existing earth. You won't find any of the days of creation that says on the first day God created the earth. The earth was already here and completely covered with water. The earth is much older than anything that was created on it.
here you go setting dates -- there ought to be an enormous red flag waving around in your mind right now telling you that you are on the wrong path.
so what's wrong with your head, that you are either ignoring that great blinking alarm, or that no such alarm exists in your mind?
that's what i'd be asking myself, if this was the train of thought i had when i decided to make a thread.
The heaven and earth were already there because it was the Father who brought it forth into existence, hence,
And when he founded the earth, he covered it with water, as it is written,
And when all these things came into existence, day one begun. And in day one, after the Father had laid the foundation of the earth and prepared the heavens, he then continued creating through his son, and the son uttered his first words, "let there be light". And thus the son continued creating to fill the heavens and earth with life and things in it.
And when he founded the earth, he covered it with water, as it is written,
And when all these things came into existence, day one begun. And in day one, after the Father had laid the foundation of the earth and prepared the heavens, he then continued creating through his son, and the son uttered his first words, "let there be light". And thus the son continued creating to fill the heavens and earth with life and things in it.
here's a problem:
over 2,000 years ago, someone writing under the perfect inspiration of the Spirit of God said that they were already in the last days with the advent of the Christ.
so doesn't this mean that either this perfect division of literal thousand-year-periods simply doesn't exist, or we missed the boat by over a thousand years already?
but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world.
(Hebrews 1:2)
(Hebrews 1:2)
over 2,000 years ago, someone writing under the perfect inspiration of the Spirit of God said that they were already in the last days with the advent of the Christ.
so doesn't this mean that either this perfect division of literal thousand-year-periods simply doesn't exist, or we missed the boat by over a thousand years already?
God has exact times for everything he has made, so why would it shock you that this heaven and earth is constrained to a period of 7,000 years, that according to the Jewish calendar or adding up the genealogies and times of the Bible we are approaching the 6,000 year mark, and that by sheer coincidence there is a 1,000 millennial period that somehow correspond to the six days plus one for the sabbath of the creation? Doesn't take rocket science to discover a pattern here.