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21 | How old is the earth scripturally? | Gen 1:1 | Phillip | 4460 | ||
My New Friend, Daninjapan, I appreciate your spirit of reasoning from the scriptures and I hope through this discussion that we both discover God's gracious truth about His creation through His Word. You have succeeded in relating your thoughts very well and I hope that I may do the same. May God's Holy Spirit lead us into all truth. May I begin by addressing the term evolution as I believe it pertains to our discussion. I would venture to say that those who follow an "old earth creation" as you describe were nonexistent before the evolutionary theories began to emerge in past centuries. Evolutionary thought has had a devastating affect upon believers up to the present day. You may not believe in evolution in it's full implications but the old earth creation view is a stepchild of it's theory of large units of time needed for change and development. You use the terminology "the bulk of the evidence" for which am I wrong to believe is scientific evidence (which changes continually, unlike God) which has been gathered from an evolutionary biased view? I assert that the bulk of the biblical evidence denies the claim of millions of years for creation. I appreciate your support of Dr Hugh Ross and I do not doubt his or your sincerity, but I fear that you may be trying to make scripture fit your belief rather than letting your belief be molded by scripture. May I suggest that you visit the web site of Dr Carl Baugh, a former evolutionist, who discovers the scientific truth of creation without violating the integrity of the Hebrew or Greek text. This allows science to be a servant of the Word of God instead of it's master. www.creationevidence.org You have brought up several thought provoking thoughts pertaining to the Genesis account and I would like to comment on them as well as add a few of my own. Before sin, God called His creation good (1:4,10,12,18,21,25) and in Gen 1:31 it was very good. I do not believe that God would call creation good if it was marred by death of any kind (spiritual,physical, human,animal or plant). Although God gave the plant life for food, (1:30) they did not die. Plants that die from consumption were not yet created (2:5, ...plant of the field). After sin, God cursed the creation (3:14-19) which resulted in physical death (1:19). If physical death was introduced by the curse, then there was no physical death previously. As you stated, Adam and Eve died spiritually when they disobeyed God (ate the fruit) and their physical death was a secondary result. However, God was not literally speaking of spiritual death in 2:17, (for in the day that you eat from it you will surely die) but rather physical death. The word translated die is the Hebrew word taamuwt, which means "to die, to kill, to have one executed, to die (as a penalty), to be put to death, to die prematurely by the neglect of wise moral conduct (from The Online Bible Thayer's Greek Lexicon and Brown Driver, Briggs Hebrew Lexicon, Copyright (c)1993). The verse is denoting the penalty of disobedience, not in an immediate sense of that very day but as an inevitable result or consequence of sin. The spiritual death is made known by God's rejection of Adam and Eve by driving them out (3:24) from the Garden of Eden, thereby separating man from God until Christ reunites us by His atonement if we believe. Therefore they died spiritually first and physically later as the natural result of spiritual death is physical death. It may be noted that the first instance of death and sacrifice was after the fall when God clothed Adam and Eve with animal skins (3:21). I must continue this in another note. I will label it "creation continued". Phillip |
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22 | Would you please provide source(s)? | Bible general Archive 1 | Phillip | 4395 | ||
amor65, would you please provide source(s) to back up your answer? | ||||||
23 | HOW COULD JESUS BE A DESCENDANT OF DAVID | Bible general Archive 1 | Phillip | 4358 | ||
Christ's geneology is given in Matt and Luke. Matt traces the lineage through Joseph, (Matt 1:16 Jacob was the father of Joseph the husband of Mary, by whom Jesus was born, who is called the Messiah.), back to David's son Solomon (Mt 1:7). Luke traces Mary's decendents, (Luke 3:23 When He began His ministry, Jesus Himself was about thirty years of age, being, as was supposed, the son of Joseph, the son of Eli), back to David's son Nathan (Lk 3:31). Both Solomon and Nathan are also the sons of Bathsheba (1Chr 3:5). May the Lord Bless You, Phillip |
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24 | Book of Life and Book of the Living same | Rev 13:8 | Phillip | 4316 | ||
You may also want to read and pray over these verses for understanding. Gen 32:32-33, Dan 12:1, Luke 10:20, Phil 4:3 and Rev 3:5 and 13:8. May God Bless, Phillip |
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25 | Are there angels before earth was formed | Gen 1:1 | Phillip | 4313 | ||
The answer is yes if you accept that angels are described in v 7 of the following passage of Job 38:1-7 Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said, 2 "Who is this that darkens counsel By words without knowledge? 3 "Now gird up your loins like a man, And I will ask you, and you instruct Me! 4 "Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding, 5 Who set its measurements? Since you know. Or who stretched the line on it? 6 "On what were its bases sunk? Or who laid its cornerstone, 7 When the morning stars sang together And all the sons of God shouted for joy? See Gen 6:4 and Job 1:6 about the sons of God. To God be the Glory, Phillip |
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26 | How old is the earth scripturally? | Gen 1:1 | Phillip | 4312 | ||
There is an important difficulty regarding the Gospel as to the assumption of an Earth of millions or billions of years old. The Bible is clear that death did not enter into the world until after sin. Rom 5:12 Therefore, just as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men, because all sinned -- In the case of an old Earth, there could have been no death for m's or b's of years while the Earth was being formed. That would mean that the theory of evolution and the Bible cannot both be true as evolution contends that there has been death for m's and b's of years. That would also mean that God did not create Heaven and Earth in 6 days as He said He did. Ex 31:17 "It is a sign between Me and the sons of Israel forever; for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, but on the seventh day He ceased from labor, and was refreshed." I am not prepared to call God a liar. Heb 6:18...in which it is impossible for God to lie, The only possibility for a different assumption would be that Adam lived in the Garden of Eden for m's or b's of years before the fall. My question to that is why would God take m's and b's of years for the Earth to evolve and only one day to create all of the solar system or all of the fish or animals? Since the Bible says that Adam brought sin and death into the world after the seventh day of creation, there could not have been death before that. Jesus died for the sins of the world from Adam on and not before. If you change the account of Genesis to fit man's account of creation, you will also have to change the Gospel. May His Name be Blessed Forevermore, Phillip |
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27 | How old is the earth scripturally? | Gen 1:1 | Phillip | 4309 | ||
The Bible gives specific years of lifespans and timeframes of events (such as the time of slavery in Egypt) to determine the time from Adam to Solomon. There is enough agreement as to the date of the reign of Solomon that it can be added to the previous years to give us a total age of the Earth. This is approximately 6177 years according to my study. There is no exact date known because of several difficulties but the Bible is far from silent on the issue. An excellent book on the subject written by Harold Camping has a unique insight into how to date the Earth and offers an even older age of the Earth of over 13,000 years. The book is called "Adam When" and can be ordered from www.familyradio.com without charge. The book does not contradict my calculations, it simply offers insight that I did not have. I would highly recommend that you order it to see if his understanding is correct in your eyes. If anyone would like a copy of my detailed charts from Adam to Solomon so they may see for themselves, simply e-mail me at peacock@grapevine.net and I will mail them to you. In the Creator's Name, Phil |
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28 | Who created all things? | Gen 1:1 | Phillip | 4307 | ||
Read the following verses to give you insight. John 1:1-3 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being. John 1:10 He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him. John 1:14 And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth. John 10:30 "I and the Father are one." John 16:28 "I came forth from the Father and have come into the world; I am leaving the world again and going to the Father." John 17:5 "Now, Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world was. Col 1:16-17 16 For by Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities -- all things have been created through Him and for Him. 17 He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together. Heb 1:1-3 God, after He spoke long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways, 2 in these last days has spoken to us in His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the world. 3 And He is the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His nature, and upholds all things by the word of His power. When He had made purification of sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, May God Bless, Phil |
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29 | Who wet Jesus feet with her tears? | Luke 7:44 | Phillip | 4305 | ||
Prayon, I agree with you on the points you make about the differences between the Luke vs. Matt,Mk and Jn accounts. I also believe it is impossible to determine who the woman is. The best one can do is make an assumption based on the evidence that he considers to be the best possibility. Some believe that it was Mary Magdalene who is first introduced in Lk 8:2 inmmediately after the account in ch 7. She could have been cleansed of the demons by Jesus sometime before and then showed her appreciation and affection to Jesus at Simon's house. Jesus forgave her sin for loving much because she was forgiven much...seven demons worth. Mary of Bethany was probably showing her gratitude for the miricle of Lazarus being raized from the dead. Aware of what Mary Magdalene had done earlier, she may have chosen the same form of showing her love by annointing Christ's head (Mt,Mk) AND feet (Jn)...His whole body, symbolically preparing Jesus for burial. We are not told of a sinful past in either woman's life but Mary Magdalene would have been considered a "sinner" by the Pharisees because of her demon possession. The one main link to each Gospel is the vial of alabaster perfume, used to annoint Christ's head in Mt and Mk and His feet in Lk and Jn. Lk and Jn also say that she wiped His feet with her hair. God must have a good reason to reveal Mary of Bethany to us but not the identity of the woman in Luke. He has a different point to make in Luke and did not want the focus to be drawn away to the woman. May God be with you, Phil |
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30 | Who wet Jesus feet with her tears? | Luke 7:44 | Phillip | 4036 | ||
A good case could be made as to Mary, the sister of Martha and Lazarus, being the woman in Luke who wet Jesus' feet with her tears but a stronger case could probably be made against it. There are enough similarities to the three accounts of Matthew, Mark and John to leave little doubt that Mary is the same woman spoken of in each who annoints Jesus (the woman is called Mary in John 12:3 and Martha and Lazarus are there also). I am inclined to say that the woman in Luke is unknown to us but I can't help part of me wanting to believe that Mary is the woman of all four Gospels. Jesus did say that "wherever this gospel is preached in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be spoken of in memory of her." That would lead me to think that each Gospel was to tell of this woman's sacrificial act. The portions of Luke that are also in the other Gospels include: 1. Jesus "reclined at the table" (v 36) see Mt 26:7, Mk 14:3 and Jn 12:2 2. the woman "brought an alabaster vial of perfume" (v 37) see Mt 26:7, Mk 14:3 and Jn 12:3 3. She wiped His feet "with the hair of her head" (v38) see Jn 12:3 4. She annointed His feet with perfume (v38) see Jn 12:3 5. They were at the house of "Simon" (v39-40) Simon the Pharisee in Luke, Simon the leper in Matt 26:6 and Mark 14:3 In His Name, Phil |
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