>How do we suggest that the first chapter of Genesis was a vision?
>We need to render a resemblance between the first chapter and the
>evolutionary record following a "day" to "epoch" format. On order
>to do that,we must find a perpective that permits such a rendering.
>
>I will do that in part II.
>
After reading part II, I was very disappointed that the detail of your view
stopped at Genesis 1:3. To avoid the difficulties in having the plants
created prior to the sun seems to avoid the biggest problem that Genesis has.
If interpreted as a sequential fulfillment, the Bible has Birds and Fish
created at the same time. Yet, fish are from the Cambrian and Birds don't
appear until the Jurassic long afterward.
Consider the Biblical sequence:
3) earth
3) grass and fruit trees
4) sun, moon and stars
5) water life
5) flying animals
6) land animals
6) man
The order seen in the geologic column is:
4) sun, moon and stars
3) earth
5) water life
6) land animals
5) flying animals
3) grass and fruit trees
6) man
Grass does not appear on earth until just prior to mankind! There is little
correspondence between the two lists. Stopping your account at God created
the earth is stopping it prematurely.
glenn
Foundation,Fall and Flood
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