Is the earth really 6000 years old?
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The 6000 years has not yet been fulfilled or we would be in the millennial reign. This point of view is usually referred to as the 6000 year lease. This "earth lease" is the time man would be allowed to have dominion on the earth to protect it and to keep it. Genesis 1:26 Be fruitful and multiply and replenish the earth and subdue it and have dominion. In Gen1: 31 we read " and God saw everything that He had made and behold was very good.And the evening and the morning were the sixth day. This authority was given to the human race for a limited period of time. Adding to the above the concept that to the Lord one day is as a thousand years and a thousand years as a day (2 Pet 3:8) the pattern would seem to imply that man has been given six one thousand year days of dominion on the earth after which God will take back control of the planet. Notice this does not necessarily imply that the earth is approximately this same age. Gen 1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. :2 And the earth was without form and void. There could be countless years between vs 1 and 2 during which the earth could have been taken from a place of beauty and perfection to, well, formless and void. In Gen 1:26 The Lord tells man to re-plenish the earth as though it had been filled at one time. This timeline would put Jesus coming on the 4th day or at about 4000 years. It is now 2023 making it approximately 6023. His return is imminent.
Since it refers to things directly associated with the "Earth", then I'd ASSUME that "the Adamic creation" which we live in would be the focus, and that any number of things may have taken place on the earth previously.
The Bible "hints" about things happening in the Spiritual kingdom BEFORE The "Adamic Creation" took place, but gives no detail. Since, in the Garden, satan was already an EVIL INFLUENCE, it would appear that his fall predated the Garden, and the words "Tohu", and "Bohu", ("Formless" and "Void") when appearing together always speak of desolation as the result of God's Judgement.
However, since God isn't inclined to present any details outside of the present creation, I'll ask about it later (If I even have to).
The Bible "hints" about things happening in the Spiritual kingdom BEFORE The "Adamic Creation" took place, but gives no detail. Since, in the Garden, satan was already an EVIL INFLUENCE, it would appear that his fall predated the Garden, and the words "Tohu", and "Bohu", ("Formless" and "Void") when appearing together always speak of desolation as the result of God's Judgement.
However, since God isn't inclined to present any details outside of the present creation, I'll ask about it later (If I even have to).
