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1 | When was "In the Beginning" | Gen 1:1 | Shiner | 17510 | ||
Is there any biblical evidence to say when "In the beginning" actually was? | ||||||
2 | When was "In the Beginning" | Gen 1:1 | Hank | 17523 | ||
Shiner, the best answer to your question is, No one really knows. "In the beginning" refers, of course, to the time when God created the heavens and the earth. We call it the universe. Theories abound, both secular and theological, regarding the age of the universe. The scientific community tends to lean to guesses that are measured in millions of years while many conservative Christian thinkers place the age in thousands of years. The fact remains that no one knows; it is one of many secrets that God chose not to reveal to us in His word. The Bible is very plain about who did the creating; it is silent on the when. --Hank | ||||||
3 | When was "In the Beginning" | Gen 1:1 | charis | 17560 | ||
Dear Hank, Bless you, honored fellow, in Jesus' name! I am in complete agreement with you! Indeed this topic is volatile! Those Christians that have swallowed the presently-popular multi-billion year Big Bang Theory (and it's remora, Darwinian evolution) without thought, reflection, or reconciliation with the Bible are way out in left field. IMHO, right field is occupied with those that insist that we must believe in a less-than-ten-thousand-year-old Creation, even though the Bible does NOT claim it or insist upon it. The idea that satan laid 'traps' to deceive us into believing an 'old earth' has some merit. However, to say that the Lord God purposely defeated the physical laws (that He instituted!) in order to make the stars 'appear' millions-of-light-years-away, to make any all dating methods inaccurate by a factor of 1,000 or more, and allowed satan to construct all those pesky dinosaur bones, beggars all rational thought. Why would our God take part in such an elaborate deception? I have been to several 'creation' sites, and often their 'proofs' to debunk the Big-Bangers-evolutionists is as irrational and exaggerated as the 'opposition!' Friend, you are right! It IS a secret. After coming to that conclusion, I rarely worry about it! At least until I hear one side or the other claim to 'know' the mind of God, or trust the feelings of man. (I won't say which is which :-)) Thank you, sir, for a courageous statement on a Bible Study Forum, "I don't know. And you don't either." By the way, in case some might ask. I believe that God created all Creation. (not evil!) He is the Alpha (and Omega)! In Christ Jesus, charis |
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4 | When was "In the Beginning" | Gen 1:1 | CDBJ | 17565 | ||
I have long been confused over what the Bible says and what man has found for his evidence as to the length of time that the Earth has been around. I use to spend many days listening to professors expatiate on their theories regarding the age of certain periods of time. Later on, after becoming a Christian, I was subjected to a different concept as to the age of the Earth and it's living matter. I always had a struggle in my mind because there is so much evidence around that shows the Earth to be much older then our theologians are teaching us: Or are they both right? I read a booklet one day that cleared the whole matter up for me with one word in the Hebrew that can be translated several ways. It was stated by this individual, who happens to have a master's degree in the Hebrew language, that the word (was) in Genesis 1:2 could and should be translated (became). He spent the rest of the book explaining creation in it's proper prospective and it all made sense with what my geology professors taught. What man has found actually backs up what the Bible teaches. If you would like you can contact me by e-mail, and I will tell you where you can get a copy of the booklet. I am not going to try and explain a whole booklet on a forum though. CDBJ | ||||||
5 | When was "In the Beginning" | Gen 1:1 | Searcher56 | 17572 | ||
CDBJ, The word hayah, "bacame" makes more since, otherwise I'd think the earth has always existed. The, was the serpent always more crafy, or did it become so (Gen 3:1)? Did Satan have any part of this process? Steve |
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6 | When was "In the Beginning" | Gen 1:1 | Hank | 17579 | ||
Steve, my friend, I fail to follow your logic, if that's what it is, that the word "hayetah" in Genesis 1:2 when translated "was" would lead you to conclude that the earth has always existed -- certainly not anymore than "became" would. Look back to Genesis 1:1 and attempt to explain your argument in the context of it. --Hank | ||||||
7 | When was "In the Beginning" | Gen 1:1 | Searcher56 | 17581 | ||
Hank, I'll try, tho CDBJ's source may do better. "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth" (Gen 1:1) ... means the earth did not exist before the beginning (nor were the heavens). Verse 2 starts, "The earth was formless and void." So does that mean it *was* formless and void before its creation or did *was* it that way when it was created. Now that you brought it up, you may be right ... but, we need to know it could be either way. My NIV has a footnote, that it could be became. I believe there was no earth before Genesis 1:1. Steve |
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