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NASB | Genesis 2:7 Then the LORD God formed man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Genesis 2:7 then the LORD God formed [that is, created the body of] man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and the man became a living being [an individual complete in body and spirit]. [1 Cor 15:45-49] |
Bible Question: how long has the earth been here |
Bible Answer: No doubt a long time... but the question must be looked at in relative terms... relative to what? Genesis 1:1 says "In the beginning" and literally the translation states "In a beginning"... not the very beginning, for God had already brought the Angelic host into existence at that time. Some of them were put to work watching over the first human pair in Eden, and they failed. This beginning refers to when God turned is attention to this shapless clump of materials and began to fashion it to bring it into play as a habitable place for his newly created human race that he would soon bring about. We are not told in the Bible how long the days of creation were. Most say 24 hours,but that does not seem wise, because a 24 hours day is determined by the sun, and the sun does not enter the picture until the 4th creative day. Besides this, what about the dinosaurs? If God created the earth and all the plants and animals and man himself in just 144 hours [6 days], where would these creatures we all know existed fit in? So the days must have been mucn longer. The only clue we have in my estimation as to their lenght is the length of the seventh day, and I assume it is safe to say that if we can determine the length of one of these days, they all would be the same. On the seventh day God rested. He is still resting. If we all up the Bible Chronology from Adam down the line to Abraham, which we can do mainly through Genesis chapters 5 and 11, and some of the chapters about Abraham and then add the periods of judges and kings and such... it will bring us to a place in history wherein we come to concrete accurate dates. When it is all added up, we've been here as a race some 6132 years. I believe this day is 7000 years long, but dont' have the space here to go into that. That would give some 42000 years for dinosaurs to exist before man shows up on the scene. What do you think? Thanks for your question. |