Earth Much Older Than Believed By Most Christians

[Guest TaBiblia]

Traditional religious beliefs hold that the earth is just under 7000 years old and began with the six days recorded in Genesis. This theory is incorrect. Science and the bible do not conflict in many areas when this simple biblical misunderstanding is corrected.

The creations of the heaven and the earth mentioned in Genesis 1:1 which states that "In the beginning God created the heaven and earth" have nothing to do with the renovative acts recorded later in that chapter.

The word "made" is not the same as the word "create" and to interchange them is to get an incorrect understanding of scripture. Hebrew for the word create means to "make from non existing material." Hebrew for the word made means "to make from existing material."

The creative acts took place in the beginning and the things made took place during the six days of restoration of those things already created in verse one.

Hebrew for earth means dry ground and proves that the earth was not created in the condition it is found in Genesis 1:2 which says: And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep."

Hebrew for the word was in this passage is not the verb to be but rather the verb to become. Thus the passage actually reads: "And the earth came to be without form, and void; and darkness came to be upon the face of the deep."

God has never created anything in the condition the earth is found in Genesis 1:2. According to Ecclesiastes 3:11 -- "He hath made everything beautiful in his time:"

Isa 45:18 states: "For thus saith the Lord that created the heavens; God Himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited."

Hebrew for the word vain in Isa. 45:18 is the same as void in Genesis one verse two. It means: desolation, desert, a worthless thing, confusion, empty place, without form, nothing, naught, vain, vanity, and wilderness.

Isa. 45:18 confirms then that God did not create the earth in vain or void as described in Genesis 1 verse 2. There could have been many millions of years between verses 1 & 2 of the 1st chapter of Genesis.

The words let there be as used in several passages in Genesis are permissive and not creative words. God was simply allowing the sun, moon, stars and other heavenly bodies which He had created "in the beginning" to once again regulate time and seasons as they were originally intended.

The few creative acts which did take place during the six days of restoration are clearly defined as such and none of these concern the original creations of the heavens and the earth.

So then, something happened between verse one and verse two of the first chapter of Genesis. That something was a devastation act of judgment upon this earth because of the rebellion of its inhabitants at that time. Yes! It is true --- There was life on this planet long before Adam.

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Traditional religious beliefs hold that the earth is just under 7000 years old and began with the six days recorded in Genesis. This theory is incorrect.

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"Traditional religious beliefs"?

Why should this be a religious issue? I thought Christianity was about the resurrection of Christ. The age of the earth has no bearing on that.

[Fr Chuck]

Actually there is alot of research of late, that goes to prove it is a newer earth and that alot of the previoius guesses were not correect and things that were assumed to be true are not.

Basicly facts are not facts if they are not true, the earth is not all that old.

[Leonard]

Actually dearie you're not telling me anything I haven't read ad nauseum for about 30 years, and which has been utterly disproven to my satisfaction. Right now I'm just too tired to educate you, but I really do suggest a good measure of research before you hold forth as an authorityagain.

[georgesbluegirl]

Traditional religious beliefs hold that the earth is just under 7000 years old and began with the six days recorded in Genesis.

Actually, most churches acknowledge the earth is several billion years old, because most churches acknowledge that the Bible is not infallible, especially when it comes to matters of science. It is not a question - TaBiblia is right, it is a fact.

[ann2]

Not meaning to bea smart alec but what bearing does how old the earth is have on we christians serving God? I mean what difference does it make?"

[Leonard]

I'm with you, Ann2. I simply appreciate intellectual honesty. I do not reject the 'old earth theory' and the Uniformitarian view because of the Bible, but because legitimate scientifica inquiry has disproved them....

[georgesbluegirl]

Not meaning to bea smart alec but what bearing does how old the earth is have on we christians serving God? I mean what difference does it make?

Absolutely none.

[RGR]

Traditional religious beliefs hold that the earth is just under 7000 years old and began with the six days recorded in Genesis.

Actually, most churches acknowledge the earth is several billion years old, because most churches acknowledge that the Bible is not infallible, especially when it comes to matters of science. It is not a question - TaBiblia is right, it is a fact.

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Excuse me, but most churches I know do NOT acknowledge the Bible is infallible-the Bible is the inerrant, never changing Word of the living God-a God whom you will have to stand before and answer to that blasphemy.

[Guest TaBiblia]

Traditional religious beliefs hold that the earth is just under 7000 years old and began with the six days recorded in Genesis.

Actually, most churches acknowledge the earth is several billion years old, because most churches acknowledge that the Bible is not infallible, especially when it comes to matters of science. It is not a question - TaBiblia is right, it is a fact.

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Excuse me, but most churches I know do NOT acknowledge the Bible is infallible-the Bible is the inerrant, never changing Word of the living God-a God whom you will have to stand before and answer to that blasphemy.

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Actually, the bible is filled with errors in the "technical renderings" of the text. However, the "Divine Thought" which is the primary purpose of the bible is, in fact, inerrant. It has never changed nor shall it ever. This is one of the amazing things about the scriptures. With all of the errors, mis-quotes, scribes notes from side margins inserted hundreds of years later by other scribes, numbers in the same chapter contradicting one another because of differences in the times in which it was translated, lies by Satan himself which are recorded there, and the fact that we simply do not read with the thought processes of the land in which it was compiled, the "Divine Thought" has NOT been lost.

So in some ways your comments are correct. It is dependable to the point that you can entrust your eternal soul to its truths. Just "search the scriptures" and do not settle for traditional teachings that might have you ignore a simple truth that has been covered over by those traditions.

Bless you all and we apologize for not being able to come here as often as we would like to respond.