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NASB | Acts 1:3 To these He also presented Himself alive after His suffering, by many convincing proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days and speaking of the things concerning the kingdom of God. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Acts 1:3 To these [men] He also showed Himself alive after His suffering [in Gethsemane and on the cross], by [a series of] many infallible proofs and unquestionable demonstrations, appearing to them over a period of forty days and talking to them about the things concerning the kingdom of God. |
Subject: What was infused? |
Bible Note: Greetings Nimrod2! I mentioned this in my other post to you a few moments ago, but I would like to state it a little more clearly. I don't think that the length of a day or the age of the earth is a big issue - or a salvic one. But, I do think that any attempt to harmonize Scripture with Science is a slippery slope. This is the dangerous part. In order to harmonize Genesis 1-2 with Science we would have to say that: 1) Days must mean millions or billions of years. 2) Adam and Eve were not created directly by God as fully functional adults. 3) The creation order in Genesis is simply a literary device, not real. 4) Man first appeared in Africa, not the Middle East where Genesis places the Garden of Eden. 5) God is not necessary to explain creation at all, since evolution is capable of explaining it apart from God. There are probably more, but these are just off the top of my head. I am not concerned with defending scientific creationists, nor am I concerned with protecting a young earth theory. My only concern is that we take what purports to be an historical account and spiritualize it. This trend has now extended beyond the first two chapters of Genesis. Now, there are scholars who deny the historical validity of the rest of Genesis as well. Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and the rest, have become only symbols of how a nation came into being, not real historical figures. The fact is that Science has been and probably continues to be wrong about many things, especially when it tries to ignore even the possibility of God. If we try to adjust our views of Scripture to suit every new theory which comes along, we would have to reprint our Bibles every couple of months! :-) So, my question to you is this: Do you accept any of Genesis 1-2 literally? Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |