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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: How old is the earth scripturally? |
Bible Note: The CREATION mentioned in Gen.1:1 is creation OUT OF NOTHING. Heb.11:3, Psalm 33:6,9. What God created at this point out of nothing can only be perfect in beauty and order. But the creative activity from Gen.1:3 onwards is from a earth which was existing at that point of time in a totally RUINED condition as given in Gen.1:2. This can be called as the RESTORATION of the earth with CREATION of man which took 6 days (24-hour days) So we can say that the earth was created by God many ages ago in the unrevealed past. But man was created approximately 6000 years ago following a restoration of the earth. The purpose of the creation of man was to have DOMINION over the whole earth. Gen.1:26-28. |