Reconciling 6 Days with 13.7 Billion Years

[DeighAnn]

7 hours ago, Saved.One.by.Grace said:

I am a liberal user of the "ignore" feature. At one time, I had 34 people on "ignore" at the same time on another Christian Forum.

Some go on and stay on, some go on and off, on and off, but I am finding it takes less and less all the time to implement it.  But 34?  anyone left?  Probably a good place to put in the rearview...

[other one]

39 minutes ago, Vine Abider said:

I've heard that some think this teaching (pre-adamic race) undermines the basic message of the gospel, but I've not seen much validity to that claim.

We know that the Father, Son, Holy Spirit existed prior to the let there be light and the foundations of the earth were laid.   The heavenly host (angels and whatnot) shouted with joy.

We are not told anything at all about that.     The Bible is written to introduce us to mankind, its general history, how and why the Godhead made and dealt with us.   The Bible isn't written to explain what existed before the time period of the making of our world and creation of man.

It's also not telling us much of anything of what things will be like when this world is destroyed....    we know there will be a new heaven and new earth and a new city of Jerusalem (which the way it is described can not exist with present day physics)

Where is heaven?   Where is the throne?   Lucifer was there before Adam and Eve were created from all that I have read.

There is just a whole lot of things we don't need to know right now.

[other one]

4 minutes ago, DeighAnn said:

Some go on and stay on, some go on and off, on and off, but I am finding it takes less and less all the time to implement it.  But 34?  anyone left?  Probably a good place to put in the rearview...

I only put people on ignore that I find hard to deal with civilly.   It isn't a black mark on them, it's a black mark on me for not tolerating insanity, stupidity, or just a mean spirit.

It's also how I have been here nearly 20 years and only one warning point. 

[Alive]

6 minutes ago, other one said:

There is just a whole lot of things we don't need to know right now.

This is a good earmark to apply to many things.

[Alive]

I haven't put anyone on ignore. I have considered it a couple times, but that would make it difficult to serve.

I make no promises, however.

:-)

[Vine Abider]

41 minutes ago, other one said:

We know that the Father, Son, Holy Spirit existed prior to the let there be light and the foundations of the earth were laid.   The heavenly host (angels and whatnot) shouted with joy.

We are not told anything at all about that.     The Bible is written to introduce us to mankind, its general history, how and why the Godhead made and dealt with us.   The Bible isn't written to explain what existed before the time period of the making of our world and creation of man.

It's also not telling us much of anything of what things will be like when this world is destroyed....    we know there will be a new heaven and new earth and a new city of Jerusalem (which the way it is described can not exist with present day physics)

Where is heaven?   Where is the throne?   Lucifer was there before Adam and Eve were created from all that I have read.

There is just a whole lot of things we don't need to know right now.

Yes, the focus of the Bible narrative was/is on God's interaction with man.  We are curious as to these periods before and after the period of Genesis 1:2 and Revelation 22:21.  There are verses that allude to the period before, which we can glean some things from, but not a lot of information is given.  Some, but not a lot.

[other one]

8 minutes ago, Vine Abider said:

Yes, the focus of the Bible narrative was/is on God's interaction with man.  We are curious as to these periods before and after the period of Genesis 1:2 and Revelation 22:21.  There are verses that allude to the period before, which we can glean some things from, but not a lot of information is given.  Some, but not a lot.

I keep thinking of the movie quote,   "You can't handle the truth!!" 

I've seen just enough of the spirit world to understand it is mind boggling for humans.   We have no business messing with it on our own unless instructed to do so.  

[Vine Abider]

11 minutes ago, other one said:

I keep thinking of the movie quote,   "You can't handle the truth!!" 

I've seen just enough of the spirit world to understand it is mind boggling for humans.   We have no business messing with it on our own unless instructed to do so.  

Yes, we are surely the nubes on the scene!  The little I've experienced of the unseen world was totally mind-blowing, to say the least . . .  And the only power we have is in and through Christ, who has given authority to us.

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[Vine Abider]

3 minutes ago, Vine Abider said:

 

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Edited December 23, 2022 by Vine Abider

[Alive]

For those who take the scriptures literally---what do you make of this?

Jer. 4:23 (NAS20S)   I looked at the earth, and behold, it was a   formless and desolate emptiness;   And to the heavens, and they had no light.

24  I looked on the mountains, and behold, they were quaking,   And all the hills jolted back and forth.

25  I looked, and behold, there was no human,   And all the birds of the sky had fled.

26  I looked, and behold, the fruitful land was a wilderness,   And all its cities were pulled down   Before the LORD, before His fierce anger.