Hi Philip, whilst Jesus did tell us to be as Children, elsewhere, I think it was Paul, tells us something along the lines of milk being for Children, but adults partaking of a more solid spiritual food 5:12For when by reason of the time you ought to be teachers, you again need to have someone teach you the rudiments of the first principles of the oracles of God. You have come to need milk, and not solid food. 5:13For everyone who lives on milk is not experienced in the word of righteousness, for he is a baby. 5:14But solid food is for those who are full grown, who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern good and evil.
So, (this is me writing again, despite the large format), a study of the rest of the Bible helps us understand meanings that might have been lost through the translations from ancient Hebrew to modern English as the word day, (day of the dinoursaurs) might not mean 24 hours
2nd Peter3:8But don't forget this one thing, beloved, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
And dont forget God told Adam that if he ate from the Tree of Knowledge, in that "Day" he would positively die, but he still lived for 900 odd years!, but its still within a 1000 year day.
Now Iam sure there is a scripture that impies Jesus will restore all Gods creation during Gods day of rest, but I cannot remember it, Iam reading the Bible again, so when I find it, I will post, (if I remember!)
Blessings to you too ;-) Pete----- Original Message ----- From: "Phillip Stott" <pstott@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <geocentrism@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2007 1:22 PM Subject: [geocentrism] Re: Adam and Eve
Trouble is, the idea of the 7th day of creation in the book of Genesis being a continuing rest is based on a dubious (in my opinion) hermeneutic. The natural (and therefore preferred) reading is a standard day. (Final court of appeal according to Jesus - a child's interpretation - in childlike simplicity). Since the non-Biblical time scale is pretty-well discredited anyway (genetic load, T-Rex DNA etc) there is nothing to try and explain away. Why not just accept that God knew what He wanted to say and knew how to say it?Blessings Philip Stott----- Original Message ----- From: "Steven Jones" <steven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>To: <geocentrism@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, November 02, 2007 10:26 PM Subject: [geocentrism] Adam and EveOn behalf of Peter:Adam and Eve seeing all stars on the day they where created, a certain view is that for the 6000 years since Mans creation, 7000 including Jesus 1000 year reign before he hands the restored creation back to his Father in perfection, that we are therefore still in Gods 7th day of rest, and that therefore, the previous days of creation would logically also have each been 7000 years, what are your thoughs on this view and would it make any differance to your model of the small universe?A second point I have allways been interested in, before the flood, the Earth was said to be in the midst of Water, yet standing compactly out of water, and it was by these means that the flood came, or as Genisis says, the waters above the firmanent, so I wonder, if Adam was viewing the stars through a water mantle in say the position of the thermasphere, do you think the stars would have looked differant to Adam than to us?Kind regards Peter Charlton -- No virus found in this incoming message.Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.15.16/1102 - Release Date: 10/31/2007 4:38 PM
