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NASB | Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God (Elohim) created [by forming from nothing] the heavens and the earth. [Heb 11:3] |
Subject: When was "In the Beginning" |
Bible Note: 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 |