1% Chance of the End of the World

[AV1611VET]

Adam and Eve had to have something to eat.

Yup.

Here's Adam being created:

See those trees in the background?

He had all he could eat and then some.

In "Walking the Bible," Bruce Feiler explores the lands and historical settings mentioned in the Bible.

Nice.

When he talks about how Adam and Eve were created, he focuses on the symbolic meaning of the dust.

???

Water carries the symbolic meanings of life, birth, and fertility.

That doesn't mean Lake Tana in Ethiopia and Lake Victoria in Uganda got together and ... you know ... coupled up; with Victoria getting pregnant and giving birth to Nile.

This dust represents the humble, earthly beginnings of humans and shows our close connection to the ground.

Why is the dust of the ground in Genesis 1 being symbolized at all?

Is it so literalism in creation can step aside and let literalism in evolution take its place?

Feiler also talks about the idea that God shaped humans, like a potter shapes clay.

Nice.

Feiler can take a hike.

And take his goofy symbols with him.

 

[Aaron112]

God will determine how the world ends.

Is it possible to prove this is wrong Scripturally ?
i.e. He KNEW all along even before He Created the world and all life in it
what the end would be , and when. Thankfully, He Hides This from most readers.

 

[AV1611VET]

Is it possible to prove this is wrong Scripturally ?

No.

i.e. He KNEW all along even before He Created the world and all life in it
what the end would be , and when.

Yes.

Isaiah 46:9 Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me,
10a Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done,

Thankfully, He Hides This from most readers.

Doesn't look too hidden to me:

2 Peter 3:10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
2 Peter 3:12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?

Does this look hidden to you:

1. preheat oven to 450°
2. melt half a cup of butter

 

[Perpetual Student]

Asteroid might make everything completely different, Newly spotted asteroid has a tiny chance of hitting Earth in 2032 .

The article says that there is a 99% chance it will not hit us, and that "Earth gets clobbered by an asteroid this size every few thousand years, according to ESA, with the potential for severe damage."

Was there one two thousand years ago? That is when Jesus was here in human form. Do they think they know what the most recent one did?

 

[Diamond72]

Why is the dust of the ground in Genesis 1 being symbolized at all?

Literal always comes first. We teach the literal bible to Sunday school students. Then when they are old enough to enter the sanctuary they learn the symbolic meaning. Clearly David said God does not require us to sacrifice lambs. Psalm 40:6 "Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire". Jesus made the sacrifice for us. I know some pastors that depend on the Holy Spirit of God to teach us the meaning of every little detail in the Temple. Actually everything in all of Creation has a lesson for us to learn from.

Regarding the "dust of the ground," Feiler discusses the creation story in Genesis, where God forms man from the dust of the ground and breathes life into him. This imagery is used to emphasize the connection between humans and the earth, as well as the idea that life and spirituality are deeply rooted in the physical world.

He did a PBS program on his book that was interesting also.

 

[Aaron112]

No.

ooops..... it is not "God will determine how the world ends.", no.

He has always known, perfectly. His Choice. His Plan. Not something He will determine in the future.

 

[RamiC]

That is a good cast.

 

[Diamond72]

That is a good cast.

Is that the same Leonardo that was in the Titanic movie. Does not look like him at all. He does seem to like to do doomsday movies.

 

[RamiC]

Is that the same Leonardo that was in the Titanic movie. Does not look like him at all. He does seem to like to do doomsday movies.

Yes it is the same person. I do not know what he likes to do.

 

[Herman Hedning]

Is that the same Leonardo that was in the Titanic movie. Does not look like him at all. He does seem to like to do doomsday movies.

That's what 25 years does to people.

 

[essentialsaltes]

Do I hear 1.9%?

What am I bid on this 50 m asteroid? Is there a 2% out there?

 

[AV1611VET]

Do I hear 1.9%?

What am I bid on this 50 m asteroid? Is there a 2% out there?

100%

IF it's this:

Revelation 8:11 And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.

As far as causing the end of the world, as the title of this OP suggests:

0%

 

[essentialsaltes]

100%

IF it's this:

Revelation 8:11 And the name of the star is called Wormwood:

It's not a star, so it's not that.

 

[AV1611VET]

It's not a star, so it's not that.

From the etymology online dictionary:

ASTEROID:

... from Greek asteroeides "star-like," from aster "star" (from PIE root *ster- (2) "star") + -eidos "form, shape"

 

[2PhiloVoid]

100%

IF it's this:

Revelation 8:11 And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.

As far as causing the end of the world, as the title of this OP suggests:

0%

Revelation 8:11 could also be poetic prophecy of a more metaphorical and historical nature rather than a literal 'star' falling out of the heavens.

I mean, I'm no dogmatist, but what happened in 1986 in Ukraine did make a number of people sick. But who knows for sure?

 

[AV1611VET]

Revelation 8:11 could also be poetic prophecy of a more metaphorical and historical nature rather than a 'star' falling out of the heavens.

I mean, I'm no dogmatist, but what happened in 1986 in Ukraine did make a number of people sick.

Regardless, it's not going to be the end of the world.

At least, not like Y2K was supposed to be.

 

[2PhiloVoid]

Regardless, it's not going to be the end of the world.

At least, not like Y2K was supposed to be.

Yeah, on that point, we do agree.

 

[Diamond72]

That's what 25 years does to people.

There are mothers and daughters on the internet that look more like each other than he looks like himself. Some actors can play very different characters.

 

[Diamond72]

Regardless, it's not going to be the end of the world.

Some people say only 10% or a remnant will survive. The Bible says one third.

Zechariah 13:9 ​

And I will bring the third part through the fire, And will refine them as silver is refined, And will try them as gold is tried;
https://biblehub.com/zechariah/13-9.htm
At first water with Noah. Now 2 Peter 3:7 talks about fire. "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."

 

[AV1611VET]

Some people say only 10% or a remnant will survive. The Bible says one third.

One third what?

Will survive -- or die?

Revelation 8:11 And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.