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I was taught that God is outside of time. So if He wants to look at the future He can and clearly does as a lot of the Bible is prophecy about events that have not happened. Also God can choose not to look. He forgets our sins and He remembers them no more. Jer 7:31 "That is something I never commanded them to do! Indeed, it never even entered my mind to command such a thing!" This is a surprise to me. As a chess player I would explore all the different moves. It would never occur to me that man would do something that God did not anticipate that they would do.Yes, there are several ways people can look at that verse. As I said ...
1. Could it mean time has no hold on God?
2. Could it mean each day of creation lasted 1,000 years?
3. Could it mean that for each day of creation God would allow 1,000 years of human history?
4. Could it mean the very unorthodox interpretation you asign to it? "A day is 1,000 years. We are very close to the beginning of the 14th day."
I'm sure there is even a 5th and 6th.
Some people take 3 as the explaination based upon this from the Gospel of Barnabas.
15:4 Consider, my children, what signify the words,
He finished them in six days. They mean this: that in
six thousand years the Lord will make an end of all
things, for a day is with him as a thousand years. And
he himself beareth witness unto me, saying: Behold
this day a day shall be as a thousand years.
Therefore, my children, in six days, that is in six
thousand years, shall all things be brought to an end.
......Now I understand the Gospel of Barnabas isn't in the bible and can't be relied upon, but Barnabas hung out with Paul. Was Barnabas correct? Who knows.
Currently I choose number 1.
Number 3 could be feasible. If Bishop Usher was correct with his date of creation being around 4004 BC...and us now being in 2,015 AD....we either passed the 6,000 year mark or are very close to it. If the earth was made 10,000 years ago then Barnabas was wrong.
For me all the various creation theories are true because they look at Creation from different angles and perspectives. There is nothing wrong with Bishops Ushers book because he started the book 6,000 years ago and says nothing about what took place before this point in time. Jesus said on the third day he would rise and this also is true for the church. I believe the resurrection will be on the very beginning of the third day. This will be the end of the church age and the beginning of the 1000 year reign of Christ when we will rule and reign with Him for 1,000 years here on Earth.
Time could have no hold on God because time is change and decay. God does not change. He is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow.1. Could it mean time has no hold on God?
Nothing unorthodox about my view. It is basic dispensationalism and goes back to Darby. A widely held view by many people today. Esp in Bibles like Ryrie and Scofield.Could it mean the very unorthodox interpretation you assign to it?
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