In Six Days, Really, Regular Days
At a presentation just last night (3/1/97) I was
asked again if it is necessary to believe in six literal days of creation to be
a Christian? Rather than being dogmatic I answered. If you believe the Bible
is true then you must subordinate all other sources to second place. So, if
science seems to contradict Scripture then it must be science that is wrong.
WOW that got some pretty powerful reactions. Then I said: Since no man was
there at the beginning we can only guess what happened, but since God was there
and he told us what happened we should believe God not men. Some people still
wanted to equivocate so then I said: Let's go to Genesis and see what it says:
In Genesis chapter 1 the Scriptures teach that God created the universe and
everything in it in six days. The language, the sequence of events and the
findings of modern science all confirm that the Earth is young and these days
are 24 hours long just like our days today. It is essential to accept a six
24-hour day creation not because of science but because of the theological
implications of the other so called Christian compromise understandings. It
is the Bible and not science on which our understanding must rest. Compromises
like the gap theory, day ages or ruin and restoration suffer from a fatal
theological flaw - physical death in creation before Adam's sin. At the end of
each day God says his creative process is good and at the end of day six he
says; Then God saw everything that He had made, and indeed it was very good. So
the evening and the morning were the sixth day. (Genesis 1:31). EVERYTHING was
VERY GOOD. If any of the compromises are true then death is present before sin
appears in Genesis chapter 3. At the end of day six God would have declared
physical death to be very good. By implication the new creation, which is the
original creation restored, will contain physical death. The Scriptures clearly
teach that redemption includes the elimination of all death from the New Heavens
and Earth. A perfect world restored!!! You cannot have death before sin and be
consistent with the Bible. Yes God did it in six regular days. Christians who
don't want to believe it will fabricate all kinds of arguments to avoid this
obvious conclusion. God has redeemed us from DEATH and death is dead!!! I know
this is pretty strong, but so was Jesus when he was asked questions he often
went back to Genesis for the answers. So too must we. Questions or comments?
Email me.
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