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1 | Was Bible time kept the same way as now | Genesis | winfieldd | 47460 | ||
In the Bible, especially through out Genesis, there are lots of people that lived for hundreds upon hundreds of years. Was time kept then the same way that we keep time now? | ||||||
2 | Was Bible time kept the same way as now | Genesis | srbaegon | 47461 | ||
Hello winfieldd There is no reason to believe that timekeeping has changed. The long lifespans in the early part of Genesis is attributable to two main factors. 1. Mankind was created to live, not die. God designed Adam perfectly. Those perfections took time to decay. 2. Noah's flood brought enormous environmental changes. Carefully compare Gen 1-2 with Gen 8-9. I have seen a chart of the Biblical lifespans given in Genesis. The flood begins a rapid decline in longevity. Steve |
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3 | Was Bible time kept the same way as now | Genesis | Parable | 47470 | ||
In his book "Gift of Time: Time and the Kingdom of God", William T. McConnel explains that there are differences in the way people think about time and these views influence our relationship with God. To summarize: In the modern west, we think of time as a series of discreet events, a string of moments one following the other. This has consequences for us in our relationship with God, especially when we try to understand scripture. For us today, time is impersonal and "over before you know it". The past is either irrelevant or drags us down, the present is never where our attention is placed and the future is either to be feared or ours for the making. We cannot understand eternity because we cannot understand now. In the biblical eras, time is understood differently. Events are processes that endure, rather than discrete instances. The attention span is seasons and years, not sound bites, photo ops and microseconds. Events are seen as interconnected and there is meaning behind what happens because of those connections. Past,present and future are a natural progression. Eternity is seen from God's perspective, understood in terms of our insignificance and His glory. Parable |
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4 | Was Bible time kept the same way as now | Genesis | srbaegon | 47474 | ||
Hello Parable I agree with you. As a final paper for Apologetics, I discussed the problem of viewing time in a linear fashion. I tried to view things as God looked at them and came up with a spiral or circular model of time, so that all things are before God at once. We miss the connections the past has to the present and future, because we don't try or don't want to make those connections and understand them. Steve |
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