Is Genesis History?
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I believe the Bible is 100% true as well. I just don’t think all of it is literal. Parables, symbolism, metaphors and myths are all literary techniques that convey truth. Literal is not synonymous with truth. So I think genesis 1-11 is 100% true, but not literal. Experiencing Yahweh does not mean we need to take genesis true either.
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Thanks dlw for your question about whether the Bible is history.
One thing that is clear to me, is that the Bible is written in parable fashion. We read that fact in the Bible itself, but a lot of persons are not aware of it or outright reject it when God says it. We read in Mark 4, for example, "And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine, " . The chapter goes on to point out that Jesus didn't even speak except in parables: "But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples ". It is not like this is an isolated scripture. Psalm 78 tells us that the law of God, which is the Bible, is given in parable form: "Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth. I will open my mouth in a parable ". Mark 4 explains how parables work. There is an earthly story, but the words have hidden meanings. We might find the story familiar-sounding like all good earthly stories, but the hidden meaning is the realest meaning of all. For example, in the parable of the sower, the explanation is that the word is sown (even if the earthly story reminds us of earthly seeds). Further, thorns are not really meaning blackberry thorns or the like, but rather 'such as hear the word, And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful. " I believe Genesis, as all of the Bible, is written in this parable style.
One thing that is clear to me, is that the Bible is written in parable fashion. We read that fact in the Bible itself, but a lot of persons are not aware of it or outright reject it when God says it. We read in Mark 4, for example, "And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine, " . The chapter goes on to point out that Jesus didn't even speak except in parables: "But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples ". It is not like this is an isolated scripture. Psalm 78 tells us that the law of God, which is the Bible, is given in parable form: "Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth. I will open my mouth in a parable ". Mark 4 explains how parables work. There is an earthly story, but the words have hidden meanings. We might find the story familiar-sounding like all good earthly stories, but the hidden meaning is the realest meaning of all. For example, in the parable of the sower, the explanation is that the word is sown (even if the earthly story reminds us of earthly seeds). Further, thorns are not really meaning blackberry thorns or the like, but rather 'such as hear the word, And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful. " I believe Genesis, as all of the Bible, is written in this parable style.
I believe Genesis is history and fact. In Genesis 5 and Matthew 1 we can get a good idea how long man has been on this earth. If anyone wants to put billions of years before the creation of man thats ok, i dont agree but we are free to believe what we want. My op was to show that through these videos that there is evidence for a young earth.
