Ok, lets take a look at that: "
1:16 And
God made two great lights; the
greater light to
rule the
day, and the
lesser light to
rule the
night: he made the
stars also." We read that God made two great lights. This must be a reference to the Sun and the Moon where we are told that the Sun is a greater light and the Moon is a lesser light. Only now we know that the Moon is not a Light at all. The moon reflects the light from the Sun. The Moon only appears to be a light. Besides all of that we know that God did not create the Sun and the Moon on the forth day. Period the end, we know that. So there is no reason to interpret the Bible that way. We have to look for an interpretation that reflects what we know about the Sun and the Moon from Science.
This is consistant with science. We know that the Earth like the Sun started out as a gas and then became a liquid and then a solid.
Then I do not doubt that you and other "Christians" will be here for that. I will not be here because there will be no need for me to be here. My work will be done. My advise would be to get a weekend house that is off the grid. So you can go to your weekend house to live if you need to if something were to happen to your city house. I am experimenting around myself with LED lighting, even USB LED lighting because I can use a 3.6 volt battery that cost about a dollar, with a solar charger that I can get for about $3. So for about $5 I can have a light bright enough to read that has a battery that can be recharged with the Sun.
Science is based on physical evidence that God gives us the ability to understand. Creationism and Science has all the same evidence to examine. If your understanding of the evidence that God gives us to examine is different then that is fine. As long as what you believe is based on the scientific evidence that God gives us to examine and study. He created us with the ability to understand His creation. We are told blesses are those who find wisdom: "…
19The LORD by
wisdom founded the earth, By
understanding He established the heavens.
20By His
knowledge the deeps were broken up And the skies drip with dew. (prov 3) So we have wisdom, knowledge and understanding of God's Creation. Only when we study Creation we study ourselves and that sort of self reflection, or self examination is difficult. Still we are an observer and we are able to observe God's Creation. Just like the Angles are observers. They are the eyes of the Lord that go to and fro throughout the Earth. "For the eyes of the LORD range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him."
Yes, we have the written word of God that gives us witness and testimony. We also have the physical evidence from Science that gives us a witness and a testimony. They agree with each other. As I say there is no conflict between True Science and True Religion. By True Religion what I mean is the Bible and a proper understanding of the Bible. With Science we have evidence like the fossil record and geology. The vast majority of the people see no conflict between Science and their Religious faith. They may not understand everything and that is fine. Neither Religion or Science can solver every problem or answer every question. We have to go directly to God to answer our questions and solve our problems and He tells us NOT to lean on our OWN understanding but to TRUST in Him.
That is fine, that is an acceptable interpretation. There are other meanings as well. For example Laodicea was a real physical church in that city at that time. For me this is important that the Bible has literal meaning and also symbolic meaning. What they call shaddows and types.
Genesis Chapter one is different from the rest of Genesis. Although there are other books in the Bible that talks about the Creation we read about in Chapter one. Job is an example: "Where were you when I laid the earth's foundation? Tell me, if you understand." Also the book of psalms: "He set the earth on its foundations; it can never be moved." This is where Moses tells us: "
90:4 For a
thousand years in thy
sight are but
as yesterday when it is
past, and as a
watch in the
night." "
90:10 The
days of our
years are
threescoreyears and
ten; and if by reason of
strength they be
fourscore years, yet is their
strength labour and
sorrow; for it is
soon cut
off, and we fly
away."
Psa 18:10And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly:
H5774 yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.
Psa 55:6And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove!
for then would I fly away,
H5774 and be at rest.
They are all the same in that they all have truth and error. In all of them we still see dimly as in a mirror and God has not yet give us full knowledge and full understanding.
I do if you want to do like Bishop Ussher does and ignore whatever happened before Adam and Eve 6,000 years ago. For me I am a dispensationist so a day is 1,000 year. Only I understand the other interpretations and from their perspective there is no problem with that. I do not limit God, the Bible can have many levels of understanding as we grow and mature. Children have a way to understand and mature adults have a better understanding. We are told that we have to become as a child. Prov 4 18 Still we look forward to a perfect day: "But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day."
Ok, that is fine. I am a dispensationist and believe that the Church age, the Holy Spirit dispensation, the Age of Grace is 2,000 years. I do not know for sure when the day of Pentacost was but I am thinking it was in the year 29. So that means the end of the second day will be in 2029. As that day gets closer lots and lots of people will be writing books and trying to make money off of the whole things.
Yes and Paul says: "I die daily." Or the NIV says: "I face death everyday". We die to self so we can live for God.
