His:>>aman didn't say that hugh wasn't a true christian, but that he is not a true bible believer, which is true, the same as i don't believe much of the OT, and revelation in the NT. we are 'bible unbelieving christians'.
and i attend a bible unbelieving church.
Very:>>The two terms are OFTEN treated as synonymous in that camp---because to not "believe the Bible" is to "not believe God."
That said, to say he is "not a Bible believer" simply because he sides with the Hebrew scholars who think that the proper translation states that the total height of the flood was 23 feet is idiotic.
Just because honest translators reach two different conclusions does NOT mean the one group is refusing to believe the Bible. Absurd.
I used to think the Genesis text said that the flood exceeded the height of the highest mountain by 23 feet UNTIL I became fluent in Hebrew and realized the likely meaning of the text. So does that mean I ceased "to believe the Bible"?????
Rubbish.
Dear Friends, I did not say that Hugh was not a Christian since I cannot see into his heart. I said he was not a Bible believer because he compromised what Scripture says in order to make it fit with his scientific views.
The world of Adam was totally and completely destroyed in the Flood. Second Peter 3:5-7 verifies this. The following verses are speaking of the Scoffers of the last days.
2Pe 3:5 For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:
The above verse indicates that the world of Adam was floating since it was in and out of the water.
2Pe 3:6 Whereby the world that
then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
The world of Adam, the world that THEN WAS perished, which in Greek means destroyed, totally. Isaiah tells us it was "clean dissolved."
2Pe 3:7 But the heavens and the earth,
which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
The heavens and earth WHICH ARE NOW are the same as were present at the time of Peter. At verse 10, we are told of the total destruction of our world.
Genesis agrees and shows us the world of Adam was made the
2nd Day. Gen. 1:6-8
Genesis 2:4 shows that God made other heavenS (PLural) on the
3rd Day.
This agrees with ll Corinthians 12:2 which tells us of the THIRD heaven.
Conclusion: The world of Adam was floating in Lake Van. The firmament had windows in the top and water bubbled up from below. When the windows were opened, the firmament sank and left the Ark in Lake Van, in the mountains of Ararat.
This view agrees with Scripture since it shows that the Ark was 22 1/2 feet above the highest mountains of the first Earth on the 150th Day after the flood began. (Genesis 7:20-24) On the SAME 150th Day after the flood began, the Ark rested upon the mountains of Ararat. Genesis 8:4
This is possible IF the Ark floated out of the firmament as the firmament sank and was clean dissolved in Lake Van. The world of Adam that then was was totally destroyed and the Ark, which was 450 feet long, was safe in the waters of Lake Van.
This explains WHY the Raven did not return to the Ark and WHY the Dove returned after 1 week to the Ark with an Olive leaf in it's beak. The birds simply flew to the shore of the Lake. With this explanation, many of the mysteries are explained and there is NO need to deny God's Holy Word.
God's Holy Word is the Truth in every way.
In Love,
Aman