The Days of Creation

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The Days of Creation

• Answering The Critics and Skeptics

If the foundations are destroyed, what can the
righteous do? (Psalm 113)
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The Days of Creation

• Many Theories Have Been Offered.
• Shane Scott The days of creation in Genesis 1
  cannot be literalI will argue that the Bible
  allows for a much older earth, because the days
  of Genesis 1 should not be interpreted
  literally. (Sentry Magazine, Vol. 21, No. 1)
• Hill Roberts teaches the days were times which
  God spoke then took billons of years to fulfill
  what was spoken (1999 Florida College Lectures)
• Home Bible Study in Franklin one contended for
  the Big Bang Theory.

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The Days of Creation

• They Claim We Ignore Science
• What do they make of these scientific tests
• Helium in the atmosphere only .05 that should
  be there if world is 5 billion years old.
• Atomic Clock earth slowing at a rate of 1 sec.
  per/yr.
• Size of the sun shrinking .1 per/yr.
• Sediments into the ocean 27 billion tons enter
  the oceans each year.
• They want the dating methods that prove their
  preconceived dates and ignore others that deny
  them!

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The Days of Creation

• They Believe The Present Is The Way To Know The
  Past
• The only way we know the past is by revelation.
• And the only one around on day one was God!
• The Bible gives us logical answers to our
  questions.

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The Days of Creation

• Why The Days Cannot Be Ages in Genesis 1
• First, Could The Jews Tell Time?
• Moses who lived 1500-1400 BC wrote Genesis.
  Understanding of what a day, year, season as well
  as long ages was well known by then.
• The Days are Defined As Evening and Morning
• Ever time a number is used in front of day, it
  was a literal day this holds true 410 times in
  scripture outside of Genesis 1.
• 23 times morning and evening are combined with
  day (yom) every time it is a normal day. Why
  must Genesis 1 be the exception?
• The phrase Evening and Morning appear 38 times
  without day and all refer to a ordinary day.

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The Days of Creation

• Why The Days Cannot Be Ages in Genesis 1
• If days are ages what are the other periods in
  v14
• God called Genesis 1 History
• Gen. 24 was he an inaccurate historian, an
  exaggerator, or did he relay the history
  accurately?
• Unlike the symbolic language of Revelation
• Plants survive without sun for billions of years?
• Gen. 19-13 14-19
• Plants needing pollination to survive without
  insects for billions of years?
• Adam lived through the 6th and 7th day
• When do the days become 24 hr periods?

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The Days of Creation

• Why The Days Cannot Be Ages in Genesis 1
• Adams age is revealed as 930yrs.
• Impossible if the days are ages!
• Gen. 51-5
• God compares creation week to the normal week
• Ex. 209-11 3115-17
• What would the parallel be if the days were ages?
• Other Passages Speak To Its Immediate Creation
• Ps. 336-9 Isa. 4518
• Appearance of Old Age
• It Makes Jesus a Liar!
• Matt. 194 Mk. 106

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The Days of Creation

• Why The Days Cannot Be Ages in Genesis 1
• Timeline for creation if universe is 14 billion
  yrs old.
• Line would be 1166.7 feet long if each inch
  million years

Beginning of Creation
What Jesus said in Mk. 106, 2000 yrs ago
Today, 2006
Is this the beginning of the timeline or the far
end of it? This makes Jesus a great liar!
The creation of man based on the biblical record,
6000-7000 yrs ago
Even if the creation of man was 14 million years
ago it still is at the end of the time line not
the beginning
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The Days of Creation

• Why The Days Cannot Be Ages in Genesis 1
• Timeline for creation if universe is 6-7 thousand
  yrs old.

What Jesus said in Mk. 106, 2000 yrs ago
Beginning of Creation
Today, 2006
The creation of man on day 6
Now we have a timeline that makes sense and
proves Jesus true. According to this timeline
Jesus is not a liar!
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The Days of Creation

• Is This a Salvation Issue?
• Is Jesus being either a liar or Lord a salvation
  issue?
• YES!
• Heb. 113, 6
• But if you do not believe his writings Moses,
  how will you believe My words? (Jn. 547)
• 1 Pet. 411 we must speak as the oracles of God
  and not think beyond that which is written (1
  Cor. 46)