Session 2

Session 2 Background The purpose of this session is to present the biblical evidence for a literal 6-day creation and how long ages affect the reading of Scripture.

Genesis Is a Book of Beginnings  The beginning of space, time and matter  Genesis 1-11 covers over 2,000 years of history  The beginning of Israel  The beginning of nations  The beginning of languages  The beginning of death and suffering  The first promise of a Savior  The beginning of a Christian worldview  The beginning of space, time and matter  Genesis 1-11 covers over 2,000 years of history  The beginning of Israel  The beginning of nations  The beginning of languages  The beginning of death and suffering  The first promise of a Savior  The beginning of a Christian worldview

Questions  Does the Bible give enough information to determine how long the days of creation were?  Have scientists really proven the earth is billions of years old?  What should Christians believe about creation?  Does the age of the earth really matter?  Does the Bible give enough information to determine how long the days of creation were?  Have scientists really proven the earth is billions of years old?  What should Christians believe about creation?  Does the age of the earth really matter?

Hermeneutics Made Easy A method of interpreting Scripture The study of the interpretation of written texts

GENESIS 1 ALWAYS Means an ORDINARY DAY “DAY” WITH NUMBER (in singular and plural) 410 times the first day. the second day. the third day. the fourth day. the fifth day. the sixth day.

GENESIS 1 ALWAYS Means an ORDINARY DAY “EVENING” & “MORNING” TOGETHER WITHOUT “DAY” 38 times evening and the morning were the first day. evening and the morning were the second day. evening and the morning were the third day.

Do you still believe the 10 Commandments? Can we understand the plain reading of the 10 Commandments? Do they really mean what they state or are they open to our interpretation? Who wrote the 10 Commandments? Thou shall not steal (8)Thou shall not steal (8) Thou shall not murder (6)Thou shall not murder (6)

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. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it. Exodus 20:11

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.” 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.”

Genealogies Genesis 5 1. When they were born 2. When the next person in the timeline was born 3. How long they lived 4. When they died

Genealogical Timeline Years After Creation Adam Lamech Noah Terah Abraham Year born after creation Year died after creation Flood ~1650 Creation

About TodayJesus JesusAbraham AbrahamAdam

But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female. Mark 10:6

Literal Interpretation Creation 6 Days (Perfect) The Fall (Sin)

Millions of yearsCreation Millions of Years The Fall (Sin) Adam Eve

Genesis 1:31 “Very Good” And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day. Perfect No death

Romans 5:12; 8:22 Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned For we know that the whole creation groans and labors with birth pangs together until now.

Earth, starsStars, earth Birds, reptilesReptiles, birds WaterFiery mass Logic Sun, land plantsLand plants, sun Man before death Death before man