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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: In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth" The confusion comes from the misdirection most versions give by putting heavenS instead of heaveN. Sowhen you ocme to gen 2 vse 1 which all say heavenS.You are misled to think that gen 2 and gen 1 are the same heaven. The EARTH was without form and void. Not HEAVEN. and from gen 1 vrse 2 The scriptures speak about the EARTH! Till it comes to the firmiment which was called HEAVEN! Thus there is a heaven of 'earth' and there is the HEAVEN where Gods throne is from which the devil was cast down by lightning. etc asnd which w epray as it were thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Moreover the scriptures say the "the foundations of the earth are established forever" So albeit an earth might eb destroyed andlaid waste in judgement(see jerimiah)or in a flood. The foundations are not moved. The age of the earth therefore is a lot longer than the age of man(6000 years aprox) Thus even as the waters covered the deep before the light. So it would seem the waters covered the deep after the flood. The evolutionists beleive a lie. and" so called science"(pauls words not mine)has bene forced to concede that all things began from one point. But their idea is of a balloon it seems (hot air?)going bang! Rather than an almighty God creating soemthing out of nothing. "Calling those things that are not as though they were." After the fist billion or so the mind goes fuzzy at the edges then the devil slips in . The question is not did God create it in six dasy is WHY He took so long? There are reasons then why He did so. and we should forget about trying to answer ignorant men who rerfuse to beleieve the truth.and who will not unless God shows them mercy. But rather seek god as to WHY he took 6 days . Now that is a better question! gerald |