THE HISTORY OF LIFE Biblical Creationism WHAT DOES

THE HISTORY OF LIFE Biblical Creationism

WHAT DOES THE BIBLE ACTUALLY SAY ABOUT CREATION & THE HISTORY OF LIVING THINGS?

NONLITERAL INTERPRETATIONS OF CREATION

THEISTIC EVOLUTION § attempts to mix the Bible and evolution § teaches that God used evolution to create

DANGER!! setting up scientific theory as more authoritative than God’s Word

DAY-AGE THEORY (LONG DAY THEORY) § holds that the seven days in Genesis 1 were long periods of time or ages § uses 2 Peter 3: 8 as support

DANGER!! failure to give God glory for creating the earth in six days as the Bible says

PROGRESSIVE CREATIONISM § attempts to harmonize the Creator with an old universe § maintains that God created new creatures at certain times in history

PROGRESSIVE CREATIONISM § claims that the Flood was local rather than universal

DANGER!! reinterpreting the Bible in light of “science”

FRAMEWORK HYPOTHESIS § tries to interpret Genesis in a literary light

THE GAP THEORY § holds that there was a long period of time between Genesis 1: 1 and Genesis 1: 2 First creation Fall of Satan New creation

ROMANS 5: 12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned.

DANGER!! adding to what the Bible says in order to accommodate an old-earth theory

A LITERAL INTERPRETATION OF CREATION

A LITERAL INTERPRETATION God created the universe in six 24 -hour days.

SCRIPTURAL SUPPORT § “the evening and the morning” § use of the Hebrew word yom

EXODUS 20: 11 For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

NOAH’S FLOOD AND FOSSILIZATION

NOAH’S FLOOD § antediluvian the earth before the Flood § postdiluvian the earth after the Flood

A UNIVERSAL FLOOD § God’s revelation to Noah concerning His purpose

GENESIS 6: 17 And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.

A UNIVERSAL FLOOD § God’s revelation to Noah concerning His purpose § confirmation in the NT Luke 17: 27; 2 Peter 2: 5; 3: 6 § the covenant of the rainbow Genesis 9: 11‒ 16

A UNIVERSAL FLOOD § the continental shelves and seamounts § universality of the fossil record

GENESIS 7: 19‒ 20 And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered. Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.

GENESIS 8: 5 And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.

FOSSILIZATION the formation of fossils

FOSSILIZATION § preservation of parts § preservation of carbon § preservation of forms § preservation of tracks § petrification § frozen fossils

DELUGE FOSSIL FORMATION THEORY

THE DELUGE THEORY § sedimentation settling out of materials § sedimentary rock layers of rock deposits § topography land features

SUPPORT FOR THE DELUGE THEORY § Abundant fossilization is not occurring today. § The arrangement of the fossils indicates a catastrophe. polystrate fossils

SUPPORT FOR THE DELUGE THEORY § Fossilization must be rapid. § Most fossils require water for their formation or water movements for depositing them.