The first book of Moses, called GENESIS (aka: The Book of Beginnings)
{Exo 20:11 KJV} For [in] six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them [is], and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
{Exo 31:17 KJV} It [is] a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for [in] six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.
The books of Genesis and Exodus were among those written by Moses and it is from him that we get the account of the creation week. Was Moses a liar? Perhaps he was senile? Did he put down days when he meant to put thousands, millions or even billions of years? NO!!! to all of the above, I remind you that these were the very books Jesus learned from! Here are my thoughts on the creation week (six days) -vs- science's *billions of years* and to all those people out there in la la land that tout science over the bible ...
Anyone that contradicts what God's word says is doctrinally wrong, such as naturalists Hugh Ross, or John Ankerberg, to name just two of many. The bible says God created it all in six days and I choose to believe God's word over that of man. Even if a day equals 1,000 years as stated by Peter (2Pe 3:8) that would be at most 6,000 years for creation, not millions or billions. But I know that God did do it ... in just six days ... because the bible tells me so.
It worries me when people like Hugh Ross & John Ankerberg try to fit *science* into their theology rather than conform their theology to the bible. So it is, most people would rather believe other people than God's written words. Or, some people feel they have to be able to *explain* how it all went down so they try to prove even biblical statements by what they can see in *nature*, as though God is not supernatural (above nature and the Creator of it).
Jesus depended on the bible. His bible (Torah) was made up of the first five books of Moses (known as the Law), the prophets, and the Psalms, and Proverbs. Being taught from those, He never once gave any speech that the words of the bible, or in particular the words of Moses, were not accurate. As a matter of fact He {Jesus} said, "For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for he wrote of me." {Jhn 5:46 KJV} Nor did He say that our account of creation being a literal six days was wrong. If Moses was in any way wrong about Genesis or any other book of the OT then Jesus would have surely corrected the matter, just like He was constantly correcting the incorrect theology of the scribes and pharisees.
In a nutshell, if you can't trust the first book of the bible (Genesis), nor the second (Exodus) to be accurate then you can't trust any of the bible. And *science* tries to constantly disproved God, therefore it is *science* that is wrong, not God's word. They, science, and even those that profess themselves to be Christians, are mistaken when they think that *science* and the bible have to agree or that the bible is inaccurate if science doesn't agree. People need to take God out of their naturalistic view and let Him be God. He doesn't always do things using nature, sometimes He just does stuff out of thin air making the invisible, visible ... just by speaking a word. If God can create by speaking alone -the whole universe, a world with planets nearby and living beings in just six days- then He can do a lot more than science will ever give Him credit for. Beware of what you follow as *truth* ... if what you believe clashes with the bible then what you believe is wrong, no matter the source.
God created everything we know and all that we don't know by speaking those things into existence, as the bible states! He didn't need *nature's* help to do so because nature (all things mortal/natural) was part of that yet to be created ...
{Gen 1:1-2 KJV} In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness [was] upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
DAY 1: {Gen 1:3 KJV} And God said ...
DAY 2: {Gen 1:6 KJV} And God said ...
DAY 3: {Gen 1:9 KJV} And God said ...
--------- {Gen 1:11 KJV} And God said ...
DAY 4: {Gen 1:14 KJV} And God said ...
DAY 5: {Gen 1:20 KJV} And God said ...
DAY 6: {Gen 1:24 KJV} And God said ...
--------- {Gen 1:26 KJV} And God said ...
--------- {Gen 1:29 KJV} And God said ...
DAY 7: {Gen 2:1-3 KJV} Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
Now, you tell me ... when God spoke these things, did it happen immediately? Or did it take thousands, millions, or billions of years for the commands to be obeyed? The bible says creation obeys God, it is mankind that does not. I think Job 38-41 {https://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/job/38/1/s_474001 KJV} adequately answers -IN THE LORD's OWN WORDS- man's thoughts and ideas about what He can or cannot do. And besides these, God commanded ...
{Gen 1:7 KJV} ... and it was so.
{Gen 1:9 KJV} ... and it was so.
{Gen 1:11 KJV} ... and it was so.
{Gen 1:15 KJV} ... and it was so.
{Gen 1:24 KJV} ... and it was so.
{Gen 1:30 KJV} ... and it was so.
{Luk 18:27 KJV} And he said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God. {"he" is Jesus, Who was in the beginning with God creating all things! Jhn 1}
People that try to explain God's creation in terms of *nature* likewise refute that God made the earth FIRST and didn't make the sun and the moon until the FOURTH DAY. This means the earth is the center of God's focus and the earth was around before the sun & moon were. The earth did not rely on the sun, nor moon, as they were created after it. Science surely doesn't like that and neither do the naturalists! They also refute that God caused the plagues of Moses' day ... before he lead Israel out of the bondage of Egypt ... as though God cannot act without doing so through nature. Yes, He used nature but I don't believe there's biblical evidence that the first plague caused the second, and the second caused the third and so on ... this is man's attempt to credit natural process instead of God's divine commands. Each command was separate, not a compilation or result of the one before it. Just like God caused quail to come up DAILY (not just once) to feed the people in the wilderness. In my opinion that was a creative daily miracle for 40 years not the natural result of too many quail in the land. Likewise, for forty years God preserved the clothing & shoes of millions of people {Deu 29:5}, they did not wear out after all that wandering! I believe when we try to explain away the miraculous with natural ideals we take away from the mighty God and give to humanistic naturalism.
I am also told by some that there's a *gap* between Genesis 1 and Genesis 2. I do not see said *gap* ... which according to some could be thousands or even billions of years. I see that Gen 1 is an overall review of creation, including the creation of man, whereas Gen 2 focuses more on man's creation and what happened to Adam & Eve as they fell from grace. Argue as you may, I will continue to disagree. If you say there's a *gap* between when God made all things (and that likely means you think He made it all in millions or billions of years) then you would be saying that in order for Gen 2 to pick up the story of Adam & Eve they would also have to be millions or billions of years old. This cannot be, as both of them died before their 'first day' (one thousand years) ended. They were created to live forever in a sinless state so one day for them was as a thousand years. After the great flood of Noah's day mankind's lifespan diminished gradually to our mere 70-120 years of today; and that (our comparatively early death) is due to our ever increasing sins, wars, diseases, etc.
I believe the bible is 100% accurate just as it is and we don't need to insert any man-made beliefs to understand it. If you think that God can't do anything without doing things through *nature* then you are mistaken because there was NO nature when God created all by speaking it. He's God, He can do what He pleases with NO HELP at all from *nature*.
Beware of what you read or watch because the resulting belief, if it contradicts what God has documented in His word, is meant to lead you astray. This means you believe man's *science* over God's written word. As for me, I proclaim that God's word is truth, in it's entirety.
{Psa 119:11 KJV} Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
{Jhn 17:17 KJV} Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth. -Jesus
As a brief side note, my husband points out that Gen 2:2-3 states that the sabbath was made for all mankind, not just the Jews/Israelites as we see in Exo 20. I wholeheartedly concur. We do, to the best of our ability, observe the sabbath ... even though we are "Gentiles" and living in the "the times of the Gentiles". I have written extensively about how the sabbath is just as valid for us today because it's one of the 10 commandments that we're all to obey. For the sabbath, the command is to: 1) remember it, 2) to keep it holy, and 3) do no work (rather, rest) ... knowing that if we fail as with any sin, and repent, we have an advocate {Jesus} with the Father {1Jo 2}. Here's a link to the search keyword "sabbath" for articles I've done that include that subject http://thelambswife.blogspot.com/search?q=sabbath
I appreciate my husband's critiquing!
Thanks for reading ;o}
{Curly bracket comments are mine. Red letter text are quoting Jesus. GENESIS Image source is Google Images.}
