I have an up coming bible study to host. I’ve been playing around with a few things lately.
While having dinner with my family the subject of creation came up. I believe in creation fully and I deny all this evolution plus creation garbage that seems to be growing among some liberals today. Dinosaurs and fossils come up and we just discussed many things about the bible and creation.
I don’t want this to turn into a debate but rather I’m seeking some info and/or advice. I want to look into many possibilities so that our group can have a good discussion.
Let’s look at creation.
Point One:
2 Peter 3:8 (NASB)
8 But do not let this one fact escape your notice, beloved, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years like one day.
Point Two:
Genesis 1:1-5 (NASB)
1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
2 The earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the waters.
3 Then God said, "Let there be light"; and there was light.
4 God saw that the light was good; and God separated the light from the darkness.
5 God called the light day, and the darkness He called night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day.
Now is this a thousand years to man?
Genesis 1:6-8 (NASB)
6 Then God said, "Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters."
7 God made the expanse, and separated the waters which were below the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse; and it was so.
8 God called the expanse heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.
Could this be a thousand years in the making?
Genesis 1:9-13 (NASB)
9 Then God said, "Let the waters below the heavens be gathered into one place, and let the dry land appear"; and it was so.
10 God called the dry land earth, and the gathering of the waters He called seas; and God saw that it was good.
11 Then God said, "Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees on the earth bearing fruit after their kind with seed in them"; and it was so.
12 The earth brought forth vegetation, plants yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit with seed in them, after their kind; and God saw that it was good.
13 There was evening and there was morning, a third day.
Genesis 1:20-23 (NASB)
20 Then God said, "Let the waters teem with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the heavens."
21 God created the great sea monsters and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarmed after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind; and God saw that it was good.
22 God blessed them, saying, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth."
23 There was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.
Did the animals have dominion for a thousand years?
Genesis 1:24-31 (NASB)
24 Then God said, "Let the earth bring forth living creatures after their kind: cattle and creeping things and beasts of the earth after their kind"; and it was so.
25 God made the beasts of the earth after their kind, and the cattle after their kind, and everything that creeps on the ground after its kind; and God saw that it was good.
26 Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth."
27 God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
28 God blessed them; and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over every living thing that moves on the earth."
29 Then God said, "Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree which has fruit yielding seed; it shall be food for you;
30 and to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the sky and to every thing that moves on the earth which has life, I have given every green plant for food"; and it was so.
31 God saw all that He had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
Did Adam come into a world that was already five thousand years old?
Now please understand that I am not advocating this theory. To my understanding I reject the GAP theory and correct me if I’m wrong but what I wrote is not the GAP theory.
I’m simply applying the logic of 2 Peter 3:8 to Creation. Keep in mind that I’m seeking comments and/or other views and not wanting to debate. We have been hitting the meat of the Word within my men’s group and I am considering going over some things about Creation. I simply feel that this could be questions that someone might ask about the Genesis account. I was taught and still believe in six literal days but I am pointing out that the six days could be six days God’s time.
Has anyone in the past wrote or published anything remotely close to what I posted?
Please post any comments.
Thanks all,
While having dinner with my family the subject of creation came up. I believe in creation fully and I deny all this evolution plus creation garbage that seems to be growing among some liberals today. Dinosaurs and fossils come up and we just discussed many things about the bible and creation.
I don’t want this to turn into a debate but rather I’m seeking some info and/or advice. I want to look into many possibilities so that our group can have a good discussion.
Let’s look at creation.
Point One:
2 Peter 3:8 (NASB)
8 But do not let this one fact escape your notice, beloved, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years like one day.
Point Two:
Genesis 1:1-5 (NASB)
1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
2 The earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the waters.
3 Then God said, "Let there be light"; and there was light.
4 God saw that the light was good; and God separated the light from the darkness.
5 God called the light day, and the darkness He called night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day.
Now is this a thousand years to man?
Genesis 1:6-8 (NASB)
6 Then God said, "Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters."
7 God made the expanse, and separated the waters which were below the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse; and it was so.
8 God called the expanse heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.
Could this be a thousand years in the making?
Genesis 1:9-13 (NASB)
9 Then God said, "Let the waters below the heavens be gathered into one place, and let the dry land appear"; and it was so.
10 God called the dry land earth, and the gathering of the waters He called seas; and God saw that it was good.
11 Then God said, "Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees on the earth bearing fruit after their kind with seed in them"; and it was so.
12 The earth brought forth vegetation, plants yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit with seed in them, after their kind; and God saw that it was good.
13 There was evening and there was morning, a third day.
Genesis 1:20-23 (NASB)
20 Then God said, "Let the waters teem with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the heavens."
21 God created the great sea monsters and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarmed after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind; and God saw that it was good.
22 God blessed them, saying, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth."
23 There was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.
Did the animals have dominion for a thousand years?
Genesis 1:24-31 (NASB)
24 Then God said, "Let the earth bring forth living creatures after their kind: cattle and creeping things and beasts of the earth after their kind"; and it was so.
25 God made the beasts of the earth after their kind, and the cattle after their kind, and everything that creeps on the ground after its kind; and God saw that it was good.
26 Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth."
27 God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
28 God blessed them; and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over every living thing that moves on the earth."
29 Then God said, "Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree which has fruit yielding seed; it shall be food for you;
30 and to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the sky and to every thing that moves on the earth which has life, I have given every green plant for food"; and it was so.
31 God saw all that He had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
Did Adam come into a world that was already five thousand years old?
Now please understand that I am not advocating this theory. To my understanding I reject the GAP theory and correct me if I’m wrong but what I wrote is not the GAP theory.
I’m simply applying the logic of 2 Peter 3:8 to Creation. Keep in mind that I’m seeking comments and/or other views and not wanting to debate. We have been hitting the meat of the Word within my men’s group and I am considering going over some things about Creation. I simply feel that this could be questions that someone might ask about the Genesis account. I was taught and still believe in six literal days but I am pointing out that the six days could be six days God’s time.
Has anyone in the past wrote or published anything remotely close to what I posted?
Please post any comments.
Thanks all,
