Hi Applehead:
Personally I am still to make my mind up about young earth vs old earth. While contemplating this a thought came to mind that does anyone have any idea how long Adam was in the garden before God created Eve and then also how long were they in the garden together?
I am answering these kinds of Genesis 1 + 2 questions on another thread starting in
Post #2 here:
Genesis 1+2 <---- Read this post, then start your journey for 'the truth' here.
Go through and read from my work and
‘quote >>’ anything to give context for your next line of questioning. That way everything is not duplicated on this thread that can evolve in a different direction and help others seeking answers to your very good questions. The short of a very long story is that we have many ‘gaps’ from Genesis 1:1 to Genesis 3:21 where Adam and Eve finally put on human skins to begin actually toiling on this earth for bread. This universe has been around for billions of years, which includes the six reconstitution days of
Genesis 1:3-31. The Lord God (Christ) formed Adam a heavenly being in Genesis 2:7 on this ‘seventh day’ that began in
Genesis 2:1-3, when God (His God and Father) rested. Adam then lived for thousands and thousands of years with Eve and her seed still IN him, until they were taken out in
Genesis 2:20-22. Then Adam and Eve existed as heavenly beings from that time to
Genesis 3:21-24 (the fall) where the Lord God puts them in human skins to mirror the sixth day people of
Genesis 1:26-28 that have been around for millions of years. The 930 years of Adam’s human life (
Gen. 5:5) began in Genesis 3:21-24 with the fall only after thousands and thousands of years of existence as a heavenly
‘son of God’ (
Luke 3:38).
My direction is this. I believe that young earth creationists date the earth back to the fall and possibly not before this. If Eden was on earth why is it not taken into account, Adam could have been around for a very long time before Eve etc.
Thanks for your input in advance
Your observations are 100 percent correct. While I respect the right of everyone here to believe anything they wish, the young earth theory of creation is among the most ridiculous explanations that these eyes have ever seen (Preterism takes the cake). Creation (Rom. 1:20) says exactly what God says in Scripture ‘and’ Science says the universe has been around for billions of years (
Nasa link). When you realize that God created the perfect/mature ‘Eth Erets in Genesis 1:1 ‘and’ realize that original Creation was destroyed in Genesis 1:2 (
Big Bang) ‘and’ realize the reconstitution days of Genesis 1 are
‘days TO GOD’ (billions of years), then perhaps you will realize the Science and Genesis are saying the exact same things, as it is written:
“For since the
creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature,
have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse.”
Romans 1:20.
Take one look through the Hubble telescope (link) and you can see distant galaxies 13 to 14 billion light years away and ‘that’ is part of
“the creation of the world” and
“His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature” that
“have been clearly seen.” Do the math! :0) The light from those distant galaxies took 13 to 14 billion years to reach our earth, which tells you the position of those heavenly bodies some 13 to 14 billion years ago. Try to imagine how far those galaxies are from our earth right this moment today. :0) The idea that the light traveling from those distant galaxies reached our earth in a mere 6000 years (heh) is nothing more than ridiculous. If God is going to play tricks with the elemental essence and nature of the universe, then His Word could NOT contain testimony about what is
“clearly seen” by mere men walking around on this earth.
In Christ Jesus,
Terral