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Creation/ID/evolution debate headlines - updated regularly

http://www.ideacenter.org/news/origins.php

www.creationsafaris.com/crevnews.htm

http://www.nwcreation.net/originsnews.html


The above links give updated news regarding the creation/ID/evolution debate. Some of the material may not be young earth creation (YEC) material. I should note that I do think the Bible is the inspired word of God and that Bible exegesis supports a young earth view. I also think the science supports the YEC view and see some of my other threads in this forum.

RE: YEC Bible exegesis and Bible inspiration I cite:

Genesis Questions and Answers
http://www.answersingenesis.org/home/area/...enesis.asp#days


NINE REASONS WHY THE “DAYS” IN GENESIS 1 MUST BE UNDERSTOOD AS NORMAL (24-HOUR) DAYS

http://www3.telus.net/csabc/DaysInGenesis1.html


Bible inerrancy/inspiration
http://www.christian-forum.net/index.php?showtopic=180
kenneth g
The First Trimester of the Creation, as told by the Word of God.

The First Day, the Spirit of WISDOM:

In the beginning God created the heaven and earth. Gen 1:1 And the Devil denied his faith with his desire to ascend above the heights of the clouds and to be like the most High: Isa 14:14 in those days wherein Antipas was the faithful martyr, who was slain where Satan dwelleth. Rev 2:13 Therefore Satan, the Devil, was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth. Jhn 8:44 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. Gen 1:2 So these are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens. Gen 2:4
And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters Gen 1:2 and created man, Adam. And from Adam, came light. So God formed Adam of the dust of the ground, and he breathed into his nostrils the breath of life and Adam became a living soul; Gen 2:7 in the day of the great works of the very deep thoughts of our LORD. The day in which the LORD God created and made the earth and the heavens; for in this day God created man and in the likeness of God made he him. Gen 5:1

And in this day the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden and there he put the man whom he had formed. Gen 2:8 And the man, Adam, walked with God in the garden in the cool of the day. Gen 3:8 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof: thou shalt surely die, Gen 2:16-17 And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him. Gen 2:18 And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof. And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. Gen 2:21-22

Now the serpent is more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? Gen 3:1 And the woman, Eve, did speak with the serpent, and the serpent did beguile the woman. Gen 3:13 And the woman did take of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. Gen 3:6

And her husband Adam did die: he hast hearkened unto the voice of his wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which the LORD God commanded, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it. Gen 3:17 Therefore, the earthly house of his tabernacle dissolved and he was not clothed upon with his house which is from heaven. 2 Cor 5:1-3 And the eyes of them both were opened and they knew that they were naked. Gen 3:5 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. Gen 1:2

And God said, Let there be light and there was light. And God saw the light Gen 1:3 and that the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world was good: Rev 13:8 and God divided the light from the darkness.

And from the book of the generations of Adam, Gen 5:1 came forth man; and cursed is the ground for his sake and in sorrow shalt he eat of it all the days of his life. And God called the light day, and the darkness he called Night Gen 1:5. Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual. The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven. And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit. 1 Cr 15:45-47 Amen. And behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer. Rev 6:2 And the evening and the morning were the first day. Gen 1:5

The Second Day and UNDERSTANDING:

And the waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues. Rev 17:15 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. And God made the firmament, Gen 1:6-7 and he saw that the wickedness of man is great in the earth and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart is only evil continually. And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved Him at His heart. And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth Me that I have made them. But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD. So these are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God; Gen 6:4-6, 9 and Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Gen 5:32

The earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth. Gen 6:9-13 And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou, and all thy house, into the ark; for thee, have I seen righteous before me in this generation. And Noah shalt come into the ark, and his sons, and wife, and his sons' wives with him. And of every clean beast Noah shalt take by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female. Gen 7:1

And Noah went in and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him, into the ark; because of the waters of the flood. For yet seven days and God will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that God have made will He destroy from off the face of the earth.

And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword. Rev 6:4 And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth; Gen 7:10 for God did cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights, Gen 7:12 and every living substance that God have made did He destroy from off the face of the earth. Gen 7:4 And God divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. Gen 1:7

And the Lamb was dead and the day was not good. But Noah did according, unto all that the LORD commanded him and the generations of Noah are written in the book of life of the Lamb, from the foundation of the world. Rev 17:8 And God called the firmament Heaven, and the evening and the morning were the second day. Gen 1:8

The Third Day, the Spirit of COUNSEL:

And God said Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. Gen 1:9 And God spake unto Noah, saying, Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee. Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee. And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him: every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of the ark, Gen 8:15-17 and, behold, the face of the ground is dry. Gen 8:13 And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called He Seas: Gen 1:10

And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying, I will establish my covenant with you; Gen 9:8 neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth. Gen 9:11 And God said, I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you; And with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth. And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you, Noah, and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations: I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth. Gen 8:9-13
And these are the generations of the sons of Noah: Shem, Ham and Japheth. Gen 8:9-13 And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. Gen 9:1 And unto them were sons born after the flood: Gen 10:1 and God saw that it was good. Gen 1:10

And God said Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed is in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good. Gen 1:11-12

And God said, Behold, I have given unto you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. Gen 1:29 But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil. Hbr 5:14

And the Lamb saith I am among you as he that serveth; Luk 22:27 I am that bread of life, Jhn 6:48 I am that strong meat. And lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand, and a voice in the midst of the four beasts dost say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine. Rev 6:5 And let blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever. Rev 5:13

And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, He has given only every green herb for meat: and it was so. Gen 1:30 And the evening and the morning were the third day. Gen 1:13

And so it was at the beginning of the Creation, as told by the Holy Word of the Lord; found in the Kings James Version of the Bible.

For more, please visit http://bhojc.org.

Thank You,
kenneth g
Grace
kenneth g
Holy Spirit of MIGHT and the Fourth Day, the Second Trimester:


And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. He began the Space Time Continuum of the known Universe, A.D. MMVII (2007) and set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.

And behold there is a pale horse: and his name that sat on him is Death and Hell followed with him. And power is given unto them over the fourth part of the earth to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth. And behold a virgin is with child and she brings forth a son, whereas the Holy Womb of the Virgin Mary brings forth the Wonderful Fruit of the Holy Lamb of God. And they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted, is God with us.

And Jesus saith, Do you love me; feed my sheep. And he rose the sixth day of the week, and when they were come to the place which is called Calvary, there they crucified him and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left. Then said Jesus, Father forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.

And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him saying, If thou be Christ save thyself and us. But the other answering rebuked him saying, Dost not thou fear God seeing thou art in the same condemnation? And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing amiss. And he said unto Jesus, Lord; remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom. And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise; and lo, to day shalt malefactor be with Jesus in paradise.

And about the sixth hour there is a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour. And the sun is darkened and the veil of the temple is rent in the midst. And Jesus said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt. And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost and died and he was buried, and he rose again the third day according to the scriptures. And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.

And in the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Salome had bought sweet spices that they might come and anoint him. And, behold, there is a great earthquake: for the angel of the LORD descended from heaven and came and rolled back the stone from the door and sat upon it. And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold the place where they laid him: remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee, Saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again. But go your way, tell his disciples and Peter that he goeth before you into Galilee: there shall ye see him, as he said unto you.

Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene. And she went and told them that had been with him, as they mourned and wept. And they, when they had heard that he was alive, and had been seen of her, believed not. After that he appeared in another form unto two of them, as they walked, and went into the country. And they went and told it unto the residue: neither believed they them. Afterward he appeared unto the eleven and their wives, as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen. And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.

And Jesus came and spake, saying, I am he that liveth, and is dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death. And all power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. So then after the Lord had spoken unto them and after they knew that he was risen; he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God. And the day of the LORD comes as a thief in the night; in which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness? Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God wherein the heavens being on fire, shall be dissolved and the elements shall melt with fervent heat. Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth wherein dwelleth righteousness. And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
kenneth g
Genesis 1:1 through Genesis 2:3 gives the complete history of man, however brief, from creation unto everlasting, within a seven day format. A history extrapolated from remaining Scriptures by key terms and relevant events; beginning on the First Day with the generations of the heaven and the earth and ending on the Seventh Day, when at the ending of Time there is the completion of the formulation of Man in the Kingdom of God. The saga begins in Genesis 2:4 with the key term, “generations” (in Hebrew, תולדות: transliteration, towlĕdah), and with this term is recorded advance of days in the First Trimester.

The First Day:

(Genesis 1:1) “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.” (Genesis 2:4-7) “These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens. And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground. But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground. And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

(Genesis 2:8) “And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.” (Genesis 3:6) And Eve “took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.” And Adam died, (Genesis 1:2) “and the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep.” (Revelation 13:8) So from “the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world” (Genesis 1:3) “there was light” (Genesis 5:1-2) and man was made from “the book of the generations of Adam in the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him. Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created:” (Genesis 1:5) “And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.”

The Second Day:

(Genesis 1:6-7) The Lamb of God dead, “and God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, a construct of the Kingdom for man in Christ, and let it divide the waters from the waters. And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.” (Genesis 7:23) “And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.” (Genesis 6:9) So “these are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.” (Genesis 6:18) And God said “with thee will I establish my covenant;” and the generations of Noah were (Revelation 13:8) “written in the book of life of the Lamb” (Revelation 17:8) “from the foundation of the world.” (Genesis 1:8) “And God called the firmament Heaven, and the evening and the morning were the second day.”

The Third Day:

(Genesis 1:9) “And God said, Let the waters under the Heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.” (Genesis 8:13) So “the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.” (Genesis 1:10) “And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good” (Genesis 10:1) “Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood:” and unto them were given every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is fruit of a tree yielding seed; to them it shall be for meat. And the evening and the morning were the third day.

And with the evening and the morning of the Third Day, we have the ending of the First Trimester. Then comes the Second Trimester: (Revelation 6:8) “the fourth part of the earth.” Jesus works for Abba, Father.

The birth of man, as born of the Seven Days of the Creation Week, consists of three (III, 3), three day "Trimesters:" nine (IX, 9) days:

The Beginning, the First Trimester: Three Days including the First Day and the Lamb of God is light, slain from the foundation of the world. The Second Day, and the Lamb dead from the foundation; the Third Day, when the Lamb liveth having meat for man, with the works of the LORD finished from the foundation of the world.

The Second Trimester, the fourth part of the Earth: Those days in which Christ Jesus serveth Abba, Father: His sacrifice and burial Friday, dead Saturday, risen Sunday; wherein the only begotten Son of God Jesus Christ, without sin, suffered and died on the cross, was buried and on the third day rose from the grave; received up into heaven and sat on the right hand of God, having the keys of Hell and of Death with all power given unto him in heaven and in earth, and return to the earth as a thief in the night in the Day of the LORD.

The Ending, the Third Trimester: Three days beginning with a day as a thousand years, the Fifth Day. The day the beloved of Jesus hath part in the first resurrection and reign with him a thousand years, continuing with a thousand years as a day, the Sixth Day, and light of the wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God. Those days ending with the new heaven and new earth of the Seventh Day and Lamb Christ Jesus is Light with Abba, Father; forevermore.

The Holy Word of the Lord relates the Seven Days of Creation as the complete history of man; beginning with creation, ending unto everlasting. A history from which are recorded activities as occur in seven days, and from which occur seven days having activities as recorded in the Holy Word of the Lord, and in which give the horsemen found in the book of Revelation much to say about mysteries of the Seven Days.

And behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer on the First Day wherein he dwelleth. And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword on the Second Day wherein he dwelleth. And, lo a black horse and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand and a voice in the midst of the four beasts dost say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine, on the Third Day wherein he dwelleth.

And behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, wherein they dwelleth; to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.

And behold a white horse; and he that sat on him was called Faithful and True. And in righteousness he doth judge and make war, on the Sixth Day wherein he dwelleth.

And behold a white horse and he that sat on him, and another horse that was red and to him that sat thereon; and, lo a black horse and he that sat on him: Knights of the LORD, having the power of Christ in the Seven Days of the Creation, for the Lord our God Almighty, I Am That I Am; residing above the heights of the clouds and above those of the most High. Amen.

I was involved in a motor vehicle accident while riding my motorcycle, April 10, 1972. After a collision with an automobile, I became enthralled by an encounter with the Lord Jesus Christ, which continued as I was received into the hospital. I came away from this encounter with hope and inspiration.

I spent the first seventeen years in this work attempting to construct a document that would reveal the timeless history of the Gospel of Jesus Christ; but found however, the document could only be assembled with passages from the Holy Word of the Lord. Therefore, this work uses passages taken from the Holy Word of the Lord to assemble a document revealing the timeless history of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, without technical issue or cause for contradiction; extrapolated from Genesis to Revelation of the King James Version of the Holy Word of the Lord.

The work results from inspiration gained from my encounter with the Lord Jesus Christ. Inspiration from which is gained understanding of the Holy Word of the Lord having perspective residing outside the Space Time Continuum of our known Universe and outside the occurrence of Days as with the LORD. Therefore, this work is assembled free of limitation imposed by Science and free of limitation imposed by Time; it is an unencumbered, unaffected, unbiased perspective revealing mysteries of the Seven Days of Creation as found in the King James Version of the Holy Word of God.

My license:

In the book, Who Wrote The Bible, by James Friedman, is good explanation of Documentary Hypothesis, a.k.a. Higher Criticism. The book notes evidence found, the Five Books of Moses transcribed by a redactor combining four different source documents into one continuous history. The four source documents: “J” associated with Yahweh/Jehovah, “E” referring to God as Elohim, “P” having a great deal to do with matters regarding priests and “D” that which is found only in the book of Deuteronomy.

For example, the biblical story of Noah’s Ark is a combination of two source documents, J & P. If you read either of these stories and go back and read the other, you will find two complete continuous accounts, each with their own vocabulary and concerns. And this is the way I assemble this document for our Lord. I take passages from the King James Version of the Bible and combine them into one continuous account relaying history of Seven Days of Creation as told by the Holy Word of God.
THE SEVEN THUNDERS
QUOTE (kendemyer @ Jun 19 2005, 07:38 PM) *
NINE REASONS WHY THE “DAYS” IN GENESIS 1 MUST BE UNDERSTOOD AS NORMAL (24-HOUR) DAYS

http://www3.telus.net/csabc/DaysInGenesis1.html


From the above site: "The Hebrew word yom, translated “day,” is used more than 2,000 times in the Old Testament. In 95% of these cases, the word clearly means a 24-hour day, or the daylight portion of a 24-hour day. Since this is the way the word is most often used in the Old Testament, it should be understood in this way in Genesis 1 unless there are compelling reasons to prefer some other meaning."

I'm a scholar of etymology and this "assumption" to deduce that the meaning of a word which is used frequently "implies" its truest meaning is not at all the case, but rather its "rare" and "obsolete" usage is often its original and authentic usage. There are many words in the dictionary that have a usage and definition identified as "obsolete" and are LEAST used, while also having a modern use and definition that is commonly and frequently used. It is the rarely used application that is the original and older form. A perfect example is the word "gay". Today, this word is used with great popularity and frequency as a definition for a homosexual. But in former times it was originally used to define a state of "happiness" and "gaiety". Are we then to assume that in more classic literature from former ages that when an author describes a "gay affair" we are to interpret it by its frequent usage as a "homosexual sex liaison"? No. If we did this we would be wrong. Its correct interpretation is it's least common and rare usage being a "happy party" or a "celebration of gaiety".

Thus, the same is true regarding the erroneous “assumption” to apply the frequent usage of the definition to the Hebrew word “yom”. Though its frequent usage is a 24 hour period, its more rare, obsolete and older usage is “a period of undeterminable time” as in a great “age” or “epoch”. Hence, the 6 “days” of creation are 6 segmented periods of undeterminable time in the sense of 6 great epochs.
Jack777
QUOTE (THE SEVEN THUNDERS @ Apr 17 2008, 03:43 AM) *
QUOTE (kendemyer @ Jun 19 2005, 07:38 PM) *
NINE REASONS WHY THE “DAYS” IN GENESIS 1 MUST BE UNDERSTOOD AS NORMAL (24-HOUR) DAYS

http://www3.telus.net/csabc/DaysInGenesis1.html


From the above site: "The Hebrew word yom, translated “day,” is used more than 2,000 times in the Old Testament. In 95% of these cases, the word clearly means a 24-hour day, or the daylight portion of a 24-hour day. Since this is the way the word is most often used in the Old Testament, it should be understood in this way in Genesis 1 unless there are compelling reasons to prefer some other meaning."

I'm a scholar of etymology and this "assumption" to deduce that the meaning of a word which is used frequently "implies" its truest meaning is not at all the case, but rather its "rare" and "obsolete" usage is often its original and authentic usage. There are many words in the dictionary that have a usage and definition identified as "obsolete" and are LEAST used, while also having a modern use and definition that is commonly and frequently used. It is the rarely used application that is the original and older form. A perfect example is the word "gay". Today, this word is used with great popularity and frequency as a definition for a homosexual. But in former times it was originally used to define a state of "happiness" and "gaiety". Are we then to assume that in more classic literature from former ages that when an author describes a "gay affair" we are to interpret it by its frequent usage as a "homosexual sex liaison"? No. If we did this we would be wrong. Its correct interpretation is it's least common and rare usage being a "happy party" or a "celebration of gaiety".

Thus, the same is true regarding the erroneous “assumption” to apply the frequent usage of the definition to the Hebrew word “yom”. Though its frequent usage is a 24 hour period, its more rare, obsolete and older usage is “a period of undeterminable time” as in a great “age” or “epoch”. Hence, the 6 “days” of creation are 6 segmented periods of undeterminable time in the sense of 6 great epochs.



They are days. That is not about Creation. It does not need to be spiritualized either. The Creation story begins and ends in Genesis 1:1
kenneth g
I am not selling the 1000 years a day theory. God's Word uses Genesis 1:1 to Genesis 2:3 to introduce the Seven Days of Creation. Starting at Genesis 2:4 and continuing to Revelation 22:21, details of those days are revealed.



Genesis 1:1 through Genesis 2:3 gives the complete history of man, however brief, from creation unto everlasting, within a seven day format. A history extrapolated from remaining Scriptures by key terms and relevant events; beginning on the First Day with the generations of the heaven and the earth and ending on the Seventh Day, when at the ending of Time there is the completion of the formulation of Man in the Kingdom of God. The saga begins in Genesis 2:4 with the key term, “generations” (in Hebrew, תולדות: transliteration, towlĕdah), and with this term is recorded advance in days of the First Trimester.

kenneth g
http://bhojc.org
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kenneth g
I am not selling the 1000 years a day theory. God's Word uses Genesis 1:1 to Genesis 2:3 to introduce the Seven Days of Creation. Starting at Genesis 2:4 and continuing to Revelation 22:21, details of those days are revealed.



Genesis 1:1 through Genesis 2:3 gives the complete history of man, however brief, from creation unto everlasting, within a seven day format. A history extrapolated from remaining Scriptures by key terms and relevant events; beginning on the First Day with the generations of the heaven and the earth and ending on the Seventh Day, when at the ending of Time there is the completion of the formulation of Man in the Kingdom of God. The saga begins in Genesis 2:4 with the key term, “generations” (in Hebrew, תולדות: transliteration, towlĕdah), and with this term is recorded advance in days of the First Trimester.

kenneth g
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