Creationism - Everything was created in 6 literal days. The creation was in 4004 BC. That what my preacher says. Well. we'll just have to agree to disagree as we both believe God created the heavens and the earth. Although I haven't talked to him about it (and I won't) I don't want to spend hours discussing it.
In the beginning (time) God (force) created (action) the heavens (space) and the earth (matter) which are the building blocks of physics. I enjoyed the movie THE GENESIS CODE and I like science that discovers the nuances of creation.
Now here is where I disagree with Darwinianism. I believe in an evolution that quickly changes. Magnetic reversals and/or excursions can wipe out species very quickly and others arise. Jumping ahead to around 40,000 yrs ago the neanderthals went extinct and modern man arrived. Now, I thought of Duet 7:9 which in part reads "... the faithful God, who keeps covenant and mercy with those that love him and keep his commandments to a thousnand generations." Moses wrote the pentateuch and I believe that is the generation to be used in numbering. 40 years the Israelites wandered in the Sanai. Joshua took the next generation across the Jordan into the promised land. The covenant that God is talking about starts with Adam and ends with the second coming of Jesus who then delivers his flock, his kingdom to God the Father.
40 x 1000 generation is 40,000 yrs. Modern man is the significant pinnacle of his creation. Creationism is part of Dispensationalism. Dispensationalism says basically Christ is not King now but will be after the tribulation, for a thousand years. That there will be a third temple and the Church will be raptured. Not in that order, just points of dispensationalism. We are the Temple, we will go through tribulation according to Jesus, and after the final war of good and evil we will be raised in the resurrection, the one and only resurrection at the second coming.
There's alot of science in the Bible and alot spiritual lessons in the Bible. Christ became the king of the curse. Three days later he was the King of Kings. Not some future king in a 1000 yr reign. The reign started at his ressurrection and is ongoing. The imprisonment of Satan was/is for 1000 yr also. Symbolic yrs. 1000 generations not symbolic. The opposite of dispensationalism.
Happy birthday Sheila
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