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And what if Genesis is not historical?But in fact,conveying truth in another way. No one can really be sure ,except dogmatically or if that is what they have been taught and refuse to even, God forbid, consider something else.
The context, syntax, and tense of the original Hebrew forbids any but a literal, factual, historical interpretation. "And there was evening, and there was morning, one day" means exactly what it says. It cannot be made, by scholarship and certainly not by wishful thinking, to say anything else. God created the universe and everything in it in six literal, 24-hour days. Genesis 1 can't be made to say anything else.
In my opinion to many people ,not necessarily you, think the more they claim to know the closer to God and better than others they are. An insecurity sickness I think ,or something.It is Good to instruct someone in the lord.The bible says in meekness oppose those who are off the path, considering yourself. Gentleness,tender hearted, patient,etc, all fruits of the Spirit in us.
What is extremely imiportant to grasp is that Christ is definitely about love. He is also about righteousness, and He forsakes neither one for the other. We cannot hope to live righteously, but as we wear Christ's righteousness, we must act in accordance with His love for us, and He commanded us, as the church, to preach His truth. That demands honestly, and it demands adherence to the foundation of that truth, God's word.
Christ never equivocated. He never gave any indication there was room for debate about His Living Word. You undermine that word, you undermine your faith, the expectation that God is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
While you cling to the name of Christ, you deny the power of Christ, by denying His ability to speak everything into existence. The power of God is to create a universe in six days. You deny that power, you deny Him, and probably without even realizing it.
I desperately want you to understand, I am not debasing you. I see you as a loving brother in Christ who wants all to see Him in you. Unfortunately, you fog the glass by watering down Jesus. I simply want you to see the lengths to which compromise has taken you, the distance it puts between you and Him.