In the beginning was matter, which begat the amoeba, which begat the worm, which begat the fish, which begat the amphibian, which begat the reptile, which begat the lower mammal, which begat the lemur, which begat the monkey, which begat man, who imagined God. This is the genealogy of man. Smith, Charles (1928), Third Annual Report of the American Assoc. for the Advancement of Atheism, p. 15 [cf. God Is, 1929, George Klingman (Nashville, TN: Gospel Advocate), p. 115.]
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There are only three places for individuals to insert the billions of years needed to accommodate the evolutionary timetable. Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Day 7
Can we wedge millions/billions of years between each day of creation? Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Day 7 In six billion years God created?
2 PETER 3:8 But, beloved, do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, and all the host of them by the breath of His mouth. For He spoke, and it was done; He commanded, and it stood fast. Psalm 33:6,9 He [God] commanded and they were created. Psalm 148:5
THE WAY DAY IS USED IN THE BIBLE The opposite of night A period of time in the future The total days of creation A literal day
EVENING AND MORNING The words evening and morning are used together in the Old Testament with the word day (yom) over 100 times in non-prophetical literature. Each time day refers to a literal, 24hour day.
DAY THREE OF CREATION Genesis 1:9-13 God made grass, flowers, and trees.
GENESIS 1:14 Then God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heavens to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs and seasons, and for days and years.
DAY MODIFIED BY A NUMBER We have failed to find a single example of the use of the word day in the entire Scripture where it means other than a period of twenty-four hours when modified by the use of the numerical adjective. [Arthur Williams, Creation Research Annual (Ann Arbor, MI: Creation Research Society), 1965, p. 10]
PLURAL OF DAY The word day (yom) appears in its plural form (yammim) over 700 times in the Old Testament. It always means a literal 24-hour day when it is found in non-prophetic literature like Genesis.
EXODUS 20:8-11 Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work. For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day.
Is man separated from the beginning of the universe by billions of years? Billions of years later Jesus said: From the beginning of the creation, God made them male and female Mark 10:6
Can we insert the billions of years needed to accommodate the evolutionary timetable after the Creation week? Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Day 7 Even evolutionists would not place the billions of years needed for their theory after the arrival of man.
MAN AND THE AGE OF THE EARTH Mark 10:6 Romans 1:20: For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made. Earth is exactly 5 literal, 24-days older than Mankind
AGE OF MANKIND Present to Jesus 2,000 years Jesus to Abraham 2,000 years (55 generations) Abraham to Adam years (20 generations)
Can we insert the billions of years needed to accommodate the evolutionary timetable before the Creation week? is 1:2 Genes Genes is 1:1 Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Day 7 Where do you read in the Bible that billions of years before the six days of Creation God created the Earth, animals, plants, etc.?
For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them. Exodus 20:11
For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them. Exodus 20:11 Allegedly, made means to recreate
GENESIS 1:26-27 Then God said, Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth. So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
GENESIS 1:26-27 Then God said, Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth. So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
GENESIS 1:21 So God created great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the waters abounded, according to their kind, and every winged bird according to its kind. GENESIS 1:25 And God made the beast of the earth according to its kind.
GENESIS 2:4 This is the history of the heavens and the earth when they were created, created in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens.
GENESIS 1:16 Then God made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night. PSALM 148:5 Praise Him, sun and moon; praise Him, all you stars of light. For He [God] commanded and they were created. created
EXODUS 20:11 For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day