gordonhooker said:
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There are plethoras of fruit-cakes out there that say all sorts of things, including that the earth is only 6000 years old.
So me and God are fruitcakes huh? Check.
You are in error because you do not know the scriptures or the power of God.
Creation week: One literal week.
Add up the genealogy's: So and so begat so and so and lived to XXX amount of years.
approximately 4400 years to Jesus's life on earth.
Christ's death until now: 2018 years. So from the Beginning until now, AS WRITTEN BY THE ONE WHO WAS THERE is about 6500 years. Now you only have two choices: You can believe him or you can doubt him.
God said: " And the evening and the morning were THE first day."
" And the evening and the morning were THE second day."
"And the evening and the morning were THE third day."
"And the evening and the morning were THE fourth day."
"And the evening and the morning were THE fifth day."
"And the evening and the morning were THE sixth day."
Even a child reading that comes to only ONE conclusion. God made it simple man complicates things.
Perfect!
And also "in legal code" God says it this way
Ex 20
8 “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9
Six days you shall labor and do all your work, ...11
For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that
is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it."
Which points directly at Genesis 2:1-3 NKJV
Thus the heavens and the earth, and all the host of them, were finished. 2 And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. 3 Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made.
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This is the history of the heavens and the earth
when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heaven
Gen 3:1-4 NASB
Thus the heavens and the earth were completed, and all their hosts. 2 By the
seventh day God completed His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. 3 Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made.
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This is the account of the heavens and the earth
when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made earth and heaven.
Except Gen 1 doesn't say "OF CREATION" after any of the days
"When they were Created"...
However, I refer you to post #91 and 96 where I have given evidence from both the OT and NT that there is an indeterminate time gap between v.1 and v.2.
Taking that as "a given" -- you still have a 7 day literal week for the creation of all life on planet Earth as well as the creation of the Sun and the moon.
it is really referring to "of restoration".
"When they were created" not "when they were restored"...
Where do you find "restoration" in Genesis 1??