A correct exegesis of Genesis 1-3, along with teaching basic creation apologetics, is vital in order to defend the authority of the Bible. World-class Hebrew scholars admit that Genesis 1 and following is historical narrative and that the author (the Holy Spirit) intended to teach a six-ordinary-day creation. Long-age views come from reading into (eisegesis) the text ideas of “science” and violates correct interpretation principles. The Hebrew word for “day” is “Yom,” and in context with a number and/or a qualifier like “evening” or “morning” is used outside of Genesis 1 more than 500 times in the Old Testament and always means an ordinary solar day. Why should it mean otherwise in Genesis 1?
The church is compromising the authority of Scripture, being intimidated by the fallible scientific reigning paradigm, and is complicit in the evolutionary fairy tale by trying to cram millions of years into the Genesis text, which means death before Adam sinned. So much for a “very good” creation at the end of the sixth day. Sad!
Much observational scientific evidence supports the biblical account of creation. Carbon 14 exists in all fossils, limiting their age to thousands, and not millions, of years. Human genetic research has resulted in strong evidence that mankind only goes back 6,000 years. The RATE project has shown the traditional radiometric dating methods and the three assumptions they are all based upon to be unreliable. More reliable dating “clocks” – comets, sea salt, population growth, continental erosion, helium in crystals, rapid decay of the earth’s magnetic field, moon recession rate, and red blood cells and DNA in dinosaur fossils, to name a few – all strongly posit a young earth and solar system.
We can trust our Bibles from the first verse and be confident that no science can ever disprove the Genesis creation account.
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