[asa] Re: Day 7 and beyond

George,

You bring up insightful and focused points as usual. The *theological*
truth of Scripture and Ge 1-11 in particular, vis a vis a verse-for-verse
concordance, is the essential hermenutical issue.

But my question was how YECccs deal with the apparent dilemma of
terminating diurnal cycles in their "literalism". 'Seems to me they're
stuck either way - the manifestation of Creation ain't finished or the
"days" aren't circa 24-hour periods.

R

P.S. Maybe Vernon could massage the numerology of Hebrew grammar to
proffer an answer? ;-)

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Roger G. Olson" <rogero@saintjoe.edu>
> To: "Merv" <mrb22667@kansas.net>
> Cc: <asa@calvin.edu>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 8:33 PM
> Subject: [asa] Day 7 and beyond, was: AIG argues (again) for design
>
>
> Merv,
>
> You beget an interesting question that has perhaps been dealt with before,
> so pardon my ignorance if it has. How do the YECcchers deal with days
> after number 7? Do they feel that Day 7 continues until today, in which
> case YOM has a multiple meaning, obviating their argument on the Six
> Literal Days. Or, there are days 8, 9, ..., n, ..., in which case YHWH
> continues to interact with Creation.
>
> 2 points relative to this:
>
> 1) The Sabbath is the eschaton - it is not _just_ the 7th day of the week
> but a foretaste the kingdom of God. That's why so many of Jesus' healings
> are on the Sabbath.
>
> 2) "My Father is working even until now, and I am working" - Jesus'
> response when challenged for healing on the Sabbath (Jn.5:17).
>
> Both of which => that if you read Genesis without christological context
> you
> miss the point.
>
> Shalom
> George
> http://web.raex.com/~gmurphy/
>
>
>

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