I think that the evidence points to a massive Flood around 10,000 BC.
is this the same flood that noah experienced?
what's your thinking on the "numbered" geneologies?
like, "Arpachshad lived thirty-five years, and became the father of Shelah"
I think that the evidence points to a massive Flood around 10,000 BC.
lol your maths is awful
Hello Bowman. I am not wanting to get into this debate nor highjack the thread, but I am just learning about doing these types of studies and happened to look up "aorist" earlier today. Finding what seems to be a contradicting definition of this tense.
"(especially in Greek) an unqualified past tense of a verb without reference to duration or completion of the action."
Derived this from a Bing search for the word "aorist". Here it says "without reference to duration or completion of the action."
You seemed skilled at this level of study. What am I missing?
Yet he roams freely like a roaring lion seeking who he may devour. He is at the throne room of God all the time making accusations against the saints. And he is seen around the world affecting rulers.. And we are warned our war is not against flesh and blood but principalies and powers.
yep. Satan is sure bound, He can not decieve any nation today (rolls eyes)
And you want us to listen to your OEC proof when you can not even get this basic thing correct??
this is no response This is HATE mongered attacking of people. Based on assumptions not facts..
Thats why no one listens to you.
Your adversary the DEVIL....
1 Peter 5:8
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.
well, I disagree... if the point is that adam was formed as a newborn, then imo baby is a more precise word.
certainly! for samuel
God tells samuel to annoint someone in place of saul... sam says if saul finds out, he'll kill me... God says take some sacrifice stuff and say you're going to sacrifice.
so, samuel doesn't actually lie, but the truth is 'veiled' from saul, who isn't careful to remember God's revelation up to that point (moses and samuel, maybe some others).
I think this is a good parallel with how God might have created the universe, creating it already looking old.
the truth is 'veiled', but only from those who don't access the revelation.
and for the wine
Jesus turns water into wine, which has the appearance of age.
seems the waitstaff heard what Jesus said, but headwaiter hadn't (yet) heard that.
so he thinks this liquid has been fermenting for a while, the truth is 'veiled' from him.
I think this is a good parallel with how God might have created the universe, creating it with the appearance of having undergone previous processes.
the truth is 'veiled', but only from those who haven't (yet) heard God.
The other half to this definition is explained by Dan Wallace in his book 'Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics'...in which 'this contrasts with the present and imperfect, which portray the action of an ongoing process. It may be helpful to think of the aorist as taking a snapshot of the action while the imperfect (like the present) takes a motion picture, portraying action as it unfolds.'
God, through His Son, created everything that is created, including the carbon that is being dated. He was able to make it look as old or as young as He wanted. He will be sending delusions to fool the unsaved when Satan is revealed, so why assume that an unchanging God has not already created delusions to make unbelievers believe the lie. The part about sending delusions when Satan is revealed is from 2 Thessalonians 2:9-12
You obviously get your 'Satan is unbound' doctrine at the same place you get your YEC doctrine......a lonely place called ignorance...
We were talking about the formation of Eve.
Gen 2 informs the reader that Adam was formed out of the dust of the ground....this is as ground-up as you get....obviously NO deception of age here!
That's not exegesis, my friend.
You would have to post the scripture for us, and then explain the original words...
is this the same flood that noah experienced?
what's your thinking on the "numbered" geneologies?
like, "Arpachshad lived thirty-five years, and became the father of Shelah"
The problem with your assumption is that it ignores the text.
One event is clearly labeled as a miracle.
The other events (plural) are shown to be sequentially going from simple, to more and more complex in stages.
There would not be any need to have sequential stages of development if they had the appearance of age to begin with.
whatever they are they are not directly consecutive, unless you accept that Shem was alive when Abraham died. (there are other problems too).
Yes, Maths most certainly isn't my forte, but it's still a d@mn sight better than yours. Shem living 2000 years? How did you arrive at that conclusion? Show me where my Maths is wrong in my post. I won't be offended. Just remember it includes both BC years (the number of years Before Christ) and AM (the number of years from Creation).
as I remember it, we were talking about both adam and eve.
I understood you to be saying that when they were formed (adam from dust, eve from adam's bone), they were formed as newborns.
did I misunderstand that?