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1 | 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 | ||||||
2 | 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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3 | 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 | ||||||
4 | 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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