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Evolution in any form in the Bible?

Discussion in 'General Baptist Discussions' started by ray Marshall, Feb 8, 2009.

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  1. annsni

    annsni Well-Known Member
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    Yes - day can have many meanings but when it is paired with an ordinal number in Hebrew, it means "day" as in a 24 hour period. You cannot make it mean "ages" or anything like that. It just doesn't fit the text.
     
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    Well then, when a day is as a thousand years or a thousand years as one day, then "Choose this day whom you will serve" really meant that they could decide anytime in the next thousand years. We know that the men marching around Jericho marched for 7,000 years.

    Oh - and Adam was really 339,450,000 years old when he died. Does any of that make sense? No. Since a number paired with a day has always meant "a 24 hour period of time" in the Bible, then I'd say God knew what He was saying when He had written down "day". God is not a God of confusion - He's not looking to trick us. Why would He write something that is so confusing? That does not mean what it says?
     
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  3. Jim1999

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    Well, confused enough. Adam does not always mean Adam the man we know in history. In Hebrew, and in scripture, it also refers to man,,the creation of Genesis 1:27....No mention of the man, Adam, just male and female made He them......Adam's creation is mentioned in the retelling of creation in Gen 2:7...and the writer talks about the man only.the woman came later. Adam was placed i the garden and given the task of naming everything.........it was not until 2:21 that Eve was formed from Adam's rib.........Sure wish I could work that fast in my best years.

    Cheers,

    Jim
     
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  4. Marcia

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    A day can be certain from the context. The "day is a thousand years to the Lord" in context of that passage is a statement showing that time means nothing to God. This is not the context of Gen. 1 which is a very clear, straightforward narrative.
     
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    You brought this up earlier and I pointed out how we can see when adam means mankind and when it refers to the first man, Adam. For example, this is clearly referring to individuals:

    And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed. Gen 1.25

    The whole story in Gen 1, 2, and 3 show that is it one particular man and woman that God is talking about.
     
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    No it wasn't Jim. Some held not all or even most, nor is it part of dispensationalism since dispensationalism is about 'future' events. Why do you seem to continually and intentionally misrepresent dispensationalism? Remember, just because a few prominant people of that time held a view does not mean that view was mainline.
     
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