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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] |
Bible Question: According to sriptural reference, how old is the earth? |
Bible Answer: I believe the "six days and a rest" theory, with a day equal to a thousand years. This means that creation occurred about six thousand years ago, and a thousand years (the millenium) remains on His timetable. Then God burns up the heavens and earth that now exist and creates a new heavens and a new earth. I believe Jesus was born around 6 or 5 B.C. and died about 28 or 29 A.D., 33 years later. Assuming that this began a new "day", the sixth "day" ends around 2028 A.D., give or take a year. The Jewish calendar, at 5761 in 2000 A.D., also indicates that the sixth millenium will soon be complete, and the seventh or Sabbath millenium, a time of rest, will begin. Christians know this millenium of rest as the millenial reign of Yeshua haMashiach, the Lord Jesus Christ. |