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I was discussing Genesis with the 14 year old a couple weeks back. He was quick to see the idea that Genesis could be interpreted as having taken place a long time back. But I made an observation of scripture that comes from reading it over and over... the narrative was written in the present tense. So, when God planted a garden eastward in Eden... sure it could have been a name for the land that rose later, but my gut says otherwise, when you know someone inside and out, you know how they talk, you know what they meant; and I passed that on to my 14 year old, this land already had a name (Eden) which means men had already named it. Again, when Cain was driven out of Eden by God, where did he go? He went to the next land east of Eden, the land of Nod... obviously, this was more than an allegory, this took place in history. And the clincher. What was Cain afraid of? He was afraid of being attacked by the men in the land where he was being driven... you would have to torture that verse to get any other meaning, and religion regularly tortures the Bible to maintain their dogma, but the simple reading is obvious; Genesis 4:13-17 describes an earth full of people.
The narrative of Genesis is not fashioned like a fairy tale. It is a history. It is chock full of names, places, dates... it is a history book, plain and simple.
Now, if you read it, exactly the way it is written, Genesis very clearly covers creation in chapter one, and it finishes creation on the sixth day with man. So man is created and seemingly seeded throughout the earth... to "replenish" the earth. Take all that in. Does that sound like it happened in 24 hours?
2Peter 3:
8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
Then comes chapter two. Men are already upon the face of the earth. The land has names. And God chooses out some land eastward in Eden.
That's why Genesis follows the lineage of Adam. Man was created in God's image and likeness. Adam was one step better... Adam was God's own son. And that's what the flood is all about... to rid the world of men, and replenish it again, this time with the lineage of Adam.
Then God comes again within the Adamic nature and has a heavenly son... Christ. this is the story of man.
I don't have time to finish this now, and I know there's a lot of atheists out there who are frustrated with the ignorance of religion pushing a young earth... I'm more frustrated with their distortion of the history of man.
The narrative of Genesis is not fashioned like a fairy tale. It is a history. It is chock full of names, places, dates... it is a history book, plain and simple.
Now, if you read it, exactly the way it is written, Genesis very clearly covers creation in chapter one, and it finishes creation on the sixth day with man. So man is created and seemingly seeded throughout the earth... to "replenish" the earth. Take all that in. Does that sound like it happened in 24 hours?
2Peter 3:
8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
Then comes chapter two. Men are already upon the face of the earth. The land has names. And God chooses out some land eastward in Eden.
That's why Genesis follows the lineage of Adam. Man was created in God's image and likeness. Adam was one step better... Adam was God's own son. And that's what the flood is all about... to rid the world of men, and replenish it again, this time with the lineage of Adam.
Then God comes again within the Adamic nature and has a heavenly son... Christ. this is the story of man.
I don't have time to finish this now, and I know there's a lot of atheists out there who are frustrated with the ignorance of religion pushing a young earth... I'm more frustrated with their distortion of the history of man.
