It is now time to consider the broad harmony that actually
does exist between the text of the creation narratives, including Genesis 1,
and the clear testimony of scientific discovery. As for the text itself, I already made an
extended case for the “day-age” interpretation in my blog titled, “What Does the Bible Actually Say About the
Days of Genesis One?” which is dated January 14, 2013. In my most recent essays I have undertaken the
rather unpleasant task of challenging the 24-hour-day position on
creation. I take no joy in doing
so. But it appears urgent to me that,
for the sake of the advancement of the Gospel, those positions which are discredited
and untenable be cast aside in favor of that position which is demonstrated to
be true to every realm it touches. The Title
of today’s blog fulfills my promise from just a few posts ago to present the
kinds of evidence that in a positive manner demonstrates that the day-age
position conforms all down the line with the actual facts of mainstream science.
Details from the following list will be treated in a fuller manner in
the posts that are to follow. So for the
present I simply lay before readers my bare outline of the case:
The universe had an absolute beginning in the Big Bang (Genesis 1:1).
The pattern of creation in Genesis 1 matches the findings of science, and separates itself from the pagan
mythology of its neighbors and friends.
No new matter is being created (Gen. 2:1) — 1st law of
thermodynamics.
The cosmos operates under fixed laws
(Jeremiah 33:25).
The universe is expanding — The Big Bang.
The number of stars in the heavens is indirectly described as almost innumerable (Gen. 22:17, Jeremiah 33:22).
Stars differ from each other by the elements they contain (1 Cor.15:41).
Time began at creation (Heb. 11:3).
— General Theory of Relativity.
The universe is running down (Isaiah 40:6) — 2nd law of
thermodynamics.
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