How old is planet earth?
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This is interesting and I've often wonder why on the seventh day God doesn't mention a morning and evening yet many people and Christians adhere to the 6 days as being 24 hour period, then proceed to say the seventh day is as well 24 hours long. I mean if people are going to go by exactly what scripture says then Christians shouldn't be using 7 day a week as so, that contradicts what Genesis says. if Genesis is to be used as a bases to determining the age of earth then a 6 day a week is needed because God didn't say the seventh day had a morning and evening to, that's adding words to the bible for sure.
You lack understanding of Genesis 1:1,
so naturally you're not going to get the rest of it.
Genesis 1:1, as correctly translated, states that
"In the beginning God created the heaven (singular) and the earth (lowercase e)."
Heaven is referring to all space, and earth is referring to
all matter, and the point is that they had a beginning.
The word "earth" in that verse is not speaking of planet Earth, but matter itself.
Verses 8 and 10 specify the atmosphere and planet, respectively.
The corrupted translations are a major source of confusion,
and no doubt part of your "many more problems".
so naturally you're not going to get the rest of it.
Genesis 1:1, as correctly translated, states that
"In the beginning God created the heaven (singular) and the earth (lowercase e)."
Heaven is referring to all space, and earth is referring to
all matter, and the point is that they had a beginning.
The word "earth" in that verse is not speaking of planet Earth, but matter itself.
Verses 8 and 10 specify the atmosphere and planet, respectively.
The corrupted translations are a major source of confusion,
and no doubt part of your "many more problems".
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I'd surely like to see someone get a 24 hour day out of the seventh day without adding to scripture or thinking outside the box. Can't just add it into the mix like it belongs along side of the other 6 days, this isn't what scripture says at all, if one is going by facts of what scripture verses say.
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if it happened that way, That would be amazing,
Again, God said, and it was so.. Man by itself as a created being coming into being is quite an amazing feat, You had the dust of the earth (elements) being put together to form man. including all the DNA RNA and everything we have not even found yet..
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Alot of conjecture, Still not proof..
Again, the flood actually answers all those questions, it even answers how we have radioactive isotopes in the earth. and the mountain formation, and all the oil and everything else.
which is why we should not condemn others who do not see it this way.. As sadly happens in here way to often.
I am thankful, and actually amazed this thread has not turned into one of those.
Again, the flood actually answers all those questions, it even answers how we have radioactive isotopes in the earth. and the mountain formation, and all the oil and everything else.
which is why we should not condemn others who do not see it this way.. As sadly happens in here way to often.
I am thankful, and actually amazed this thread has not turned into one of those.
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the first 5 days are the example.
was the first 5 days literal, then the 6th day the same word meant something else.
It is not that hard to see it.
The 6th day was over and God rested, We do not know how many days after this Adam actually fell.. But we do know before adam fell, there was no death on earth. Death was a result of the fall. the first animal to die was the one sacrificed to cover the nakedness of the two sinners. What an amazing picture of grace and the lamb of God.
was the first 5 days literal, then the 6th day the same word meant something else.
It is not that hard to see it.
The 6th day was over and God rested, We do not know how many days after this Adam actually fell.. But we do know before adam fell, there was no death on earth. Death was a result of the fall. the first animal to die was the one sacrificed to cover the nakedness of the two sinners. What an amazing picture of grace and the lamb of God.
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In the same token, I would like to see someone say day 7 was not 24 hours using the same criteria.
it is easy to see the first 5 days were 24 hour, so we can reasonably conclude (yet not prove) that the next two days were 24 hour also.
to me, it takes a much further reach to say the that day and six were not 24 hours by what standard?
The absolute best guess according to scripture is that there has been around 6K years since God kicked Adam and Eve out of the Garden of Eden. Until the ate the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, they had eternal life, and never aged. How long that it took before they partook of the fruit is not addressed. If I used Mama as an example, it would take the serpent a long time and a lot of work to convince her to do something that God told her not do. Using her as an example, I'd say that Adam and Eve spent a very long time in the garden. JMHO
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Well scripture doesn't say the seventh day was a creation day, scripture says it was a rest day with no morning or evening.
in my opinion if people are going to believe in a 24 hour day on each of the creation days that's fine but that same person cannot just assume the seventh is 24 hours long too that's not written at all like that and adding to its meaning as just another length of a day like the other 6 days is hog wash.
if a person is going to follow a literal 24 hour period of time for each day then there's a whole lot of people that need to recalculate how old the earth is, rather it's of science or biblical.
in my opinion if people are going to believe in a 24 hour day on each of the creation days that's fine but that same person cannot just assume the seventh is 24 hours long too that's not written at all like that and adding to its meaning as just another length of a day like the other 6 days is hog wash.
if a person is going to follow a literal 24 hour period of time for each day then there's a whole lot of people that need to recalculate how old the earth is, rather it's of science or biblical.
