Who dat? - Part 1
There was evening and there was morning, one day…there was evening and there was morning, a second day…There was evening and there was morning, a third day…There was evening and there was morning, a fourth day…There was evening and there was morning, a fifth day…there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day [Genesis 1:5, 8, 13, 19, 23, 31].
We’ve spent the past three posts studying the Gap Theory. We won’t repeat any of our findings here. The reader may reread the prior three posts if he/she so desires. I mention the Gap Theory because of the topic of our current post. Whereas the Gap Theory attempted to fit the Bible into the theories of contemporary geology—viz., by finding multi-millions of years between verse 1 and verse 2 of Genesis 1—there is another clever method to account for multi-millions of years in Genesis 1.
It is the subject of today’s study, dear friends. It is known as the Day-Age Theory, or DAT for short (aka “Who dat?”). This theory of contemporary Bible-believing geologists is a close cousin to the Gap Theory. The two have even been rumored to kiss on occasion.
Anyway let’s not digress. The Day-Age Theory means just what its name states. Each “day” in the creation account of Genesis 1 was not a literal 24-hour period of time. No! Each “day” was and age, a period of millions of years. On each “day”, each period of millions of years, God created only the embryonic form of what was created that “day”.
Then God went off somewhere over yonder someplace to do who knows what, while He allowed Mother Nature to take over. So evolution and uniformitarianism did their thing, and things evolved at a snail’s pace. Hence the need to read into each “day” a period of millions of years.
The proponents of DAT claim Biblical support for their hypothesis by noting that the Hebrew word for “day” in the Bible does not always mean a literal 24-hour period of time. “Just look at the phrase ‘the day of the Lord’,” asseverates our learned scientist. “That doesn’t refer to a literal 24-hour period of time. Besides, the sun and moon weren’t created until Day 4. So how could there have been literal 24-hour periods of time before Day 4?” Feeling his oats he nominates himself for a Pulitzer, before taking his bows followed by taking his seat.
Wow! I am floored, good friends. The wit and wisdom oozing from those audacious remarks are quite intimidating. Methinks we had best tuck our tails between our legs and make a mad dash for the hills. No sense in staying here and taking up the gauntlet. No logic in playing David against the big, bad wolf, er, I mean against Goliath. Contemporary science with the aid of our Bible-believing geologists are much too formidable to quarrel with, aren’t they?
Stuff and nonsense! They can chant “Who DAT?” back and forth at each other and give high 5s all around if they are so inclined. I prefer to let God do the talking. He does that in His Word, by the way. So let’s stop looking directly into the face of science falsely so-called, and turn our eyes to the Bible. Come along with me as we do so. You won’t want to miss what God has to say.
Oh, but wait a sec. We are out of time and will have to wait for our next post to continue this conversation. See you then. Don’t forget to pay a visit to Jesus in the interim.
To further research this issue, I direct you to my book Genesis: Volume 1 of Heavenly Citizens in Earthly Shoes. To purchase my books please go to:
http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B005PJ761C
https://sites.google.com/site/heavenl...
We’ve spent the past three posts studying the Gap Theory. We won’t repeat any of our findings here. The reader may reread the prior three posts if he/she so desires. I mention the Gap Theory because of the topic of our current post. Whereas the Gap Theory attempted to fit the Bible into the theories of contemporary geology—viz., by finding multi-millions of years between verse 1 and verse 2 of Genesis 1—there is another clever method to account for multi-millions of years in Genesis 1.
It is the subject of today’s study, dear friends. It is known as the Day-Age Theory, or DAT for short (aka “Who dat?”). This theory of contemporary Bible-believing geologists is a close cousin to the Gap Theory. The two have even been rumored to kiss on occasion.
Anyway let’s not digress. The Day-Age Theory means just what its name states. Each “day” in the creation account of Genesis 1 was not a literal 24-hour period of time. No! Each “day” was and age, a period of millions of years. On each “day”, each period of millions of years, God created only the embryonic form of what was created that “day”.
Then God went off somewhere over yonder someplace to do who knows what, while He allowed Mother Nature to take over. So evolution and uniformitarianism did their thing, and things evolved at a snail’s pace. Hence the need to read into each “day” a period of millions of years.
The proponents of DAT claim Biblical support for their hypothesis by noting that the Hebrew word for “day” in the Bible does not always mean a literal 24-hour period of time. “Just look at the phrase ‘the day of the Lord’,” asseverates our learned scientist. “That doesn’t refer to a literal 24-hour period of time. Besides, the sun and moon weren’t created until Day 4. So how could there have been literal 24-hour periods of time before Day 4?” Feeling his oats he nominates himself for a Pulitzer, before taking his bows followed by taking his seat.
Wow! I am floored, good friends. The wit and wisdom oozing from those audacious remarks are quite intimidating. Methinks we had best tuck our tails between our legs and make a mad dash for the hills. No sense in staying here and taking up the gauntlet. No logic in playing David against the big, bad wolf, er, I mean against Goliath. Contemporary science with the aid of our Bible-believing geologists are much too formidable to quarrel with, aren’t they?
Stuff and nonsense! They can chant “Who DAT?” back and forth at each other and give high 5s all around if they are so inclined. I prefer to let God do the talking. He does that in His Word, by the way. So let’s stop looking directly into the face of science falsely so-called, and turn our eyes to the Bible. Come along with me as we do so. You won’t want to miss what God has to say.
Oh, but wait a sec. We are out of time and will have to wait for our next post to continue this conversation. See you then. Don’t forget to pay a visit to Jesus in the interim.
To further research this issue, I direct you to my book Genesis: Volume 1 of Heavenly Citizens in Earthly Shoes. To purchase my books please go to:
http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B005PJ761C
https://sites.google.com/site/heavenl...
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