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Originally Posted by Steve I'm quite certain nobody on either side of the debate would doubt that God is able to do whatever He wills with regard to creation and time. What we're debating is what He in fact did according to the Scriptural account.
I've become a literal 6 day proponent within the last 10 years or so. One thing that proved to be extremely powerful in bringing me to this position was making myself answer this one question as honestly as I could:
"What is it that would cause me to think that a day in Genesis 1-3 doesn't mean a day as I normally understand it?"
I had to confess that had I not come to the text with certain scientific presuppositions, I would never have doubted the plain reading of the text. |
hm - I am certain that not all scientific presuppositions are damaging to the reading - in fact I believe they bring even greater depth, which is why I try to carefully examine what my presuppositions are - are we to come to the text with the same understanding of physics as the Spirit-inspired author and leave it at that? Should we approach Revelation with the same (limited) understanding of world history as the author? God certainly wrote a timeless treatise of faith and practice, but He also has revealed His awesome complexity in the nature of the universe and the unfolding of His plan in time.
Scripture is authoritative in the areas it speaks to - particularly faith and practice - and should absolutely be the cornerstone of our quest to understand nature, but we should not limit the vastness of God's ability by the limitation of the vessel transcribing His thoughts or bind His timelessness to our time-centered view. Particularly the time comprehension of the authors.
I tend to agree when others state that Genesis has some elements of prophetic vision, just as Revelation does - and how elegant! Starting with the mysteries of Creation - resolving more and more to the revelation of the Saviour and ending with the glorious mysteries of the final Consummation!
His ways are not our ways and His thoughts are not our thoughts.