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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? |
Bible Note: SIX LITERAL DAYS OF CREATION? ____________________ "Textually and scientifically there is no reason to interpret Genesis chapter one metaphorically or symbolically. God created the heavens and the earth in six literal days, saw it was good and rested from His labors on the seventh." ____________________ 'Evening plus Morning equals ONE DAY 'Many want to consider the days in Genesis one as metaphorical or symbolic. However, there is nothing in the text to suggest this. The evening and morning gives each day a distinct boundary. '...In the Pentateuch, the occurrence of "day" modified by a numeral (i.e., third day), which appears more than a hundred times in it, is always presented as its literal meaning. 'A Thousand To One 'Some have tried to argue the nonliteral interpretation of the word "day" in Genesis one by referring to what the apostle Peter says in 2Pet. 3:8; that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. But Peter was simply saying that what man regards as a long time is like a mere day in God's reckoning of time. He was speaking in the terms of relative perspectives. It's equivalent to saying: To a very rich man a thousand dollars is like one dollar, whereas, one dollar is like a thousand to a very poor man. 'Peter, in context, is speaking of the coming of divine judgment, "The Day of the Lord," not the days of creation. In the last days mockers will come mocking, "Where is the promise of His coming?" To those who do not know the Creator through Jesus Christ, so much time has elapsed since the beginning of creation, in the last days these unbelievers will become arrogant toward God. But to the eternal, creator God, who transcends time, such an interval is insignificant.' ____________________ www.biblicist.org/bible/light.shtml |