Amazing.
I started a thread, challenging YECists to offer up their understanding of sheol. Despite >100 posts, they've managed to dodge the question entirely!
Don't you see that this is a very serious issue that you (YECs) have to contend with? Unless you can somehow explain away sheol (all 66 occurences of it in the old testament, as well as new testament references), you have to face the fact that the Hebrew understanding of cosmology was in keeping with the mythological views of ANE cultures. Namely, a three tiered universe, with heaven above, separated from the Earth by a sea of waters and a solid vault; the Earth in the middle; and sheol (with the waters of the great deep) beneath the earth.
And given that Genesis 1 describes creation in terms of this 3-storey cosmology, the scientific-historical interpretation of Genesis 1 is thus rendered impossible. Day 2 of creation, in particular, becomes utterly meaningless by this interpretation.
[FONT=Arial, Geneva, Helvetica]so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth (Php 2)[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Geneva, Helvetica]
And no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or to look into it (Rev 5)[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva, Helvetica]And I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and all that is in them, saying, To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be blessing and honor and glory and might forever and ever! (Rev 5)
[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Geneva, Helvetica]If they dig into Sheol, from there shall my hand take them; if they climb up to heaven, from there I will bring them down. (Amos 9:2)[/FONT]
I started a thread, challenging YECists to offer up their understanding of sheol. Despite >100 posts, they've managed to dodge the question entirely!
Don't you see that this is a very serious issue that you (YECs) have to contend with? Unless you can somehow explain away sheol (all 66 occurences of it in the old testament, as well as new testament references), you have to face the fact that the Hebrew understanding of cosmology was in keeping with the mythological views of ANE cultures. Namely, a three tiered universe, with heaven above, separated from the Earth by a sea of waters and a solid vault; the Earth in the middle; and sheol (with the waters of the great deep) beneath the earth.
And given that Genesis 1 describes creation in terms of this 3-storey cosmology, the scientific-historical interpretation of Genesis 1 is thus rendered impossible. Day 2 of creation, in particular, becomes utterly meaningless by this interpretation.
[FONT=Arial, Geneva, Helvetica]so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth (Php 2)[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Geneva, Helvetica]
And no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or to look into it (Rev 5)[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva, Helvetica]And I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and all that is in them, saying, To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be blessing and honor and glory and might forever and ever! (Rev 5)
[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Geneva, Helvetica]If they dig into Sheol, from there shall my hand take them; if they climb up to heaven, from there I will bring them down. (Amos 9:2)[/FONT]