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I hope to prove two assertions:
That after "the beginning" there is room for the longest
successive lapses of time
And that ordinary divisions of time are expressly introduced
precisely when it suits God's character and His dealings with
men.
Consequently, the word of God leaves ample space for all the truth in the systems of both ancient and modern men. Only ignorance of and inattention to scripture have created intellectual difficulty.
Genesis 1-2 offers two great facts:
1: Creation is presented independent of current measures of
time
2: Scripture introduces common time when God is preparing an
abode on earth for man.
Philo, of Alexandrian theory, thought it derogated God to
suppose the creation involved literal time. He thought that
Moses meant to leave the time undefined, excluding the idea
that the universe came into being in six days.
Moderns have reduced God to a being like themselves.
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