Re: [asa] Who's to blame for the lost ones?

No, the day doesn't extend 930 years. Remember that neither the
psalms nor Paul were around when Genesis was written. The author is
trying to figure out where humans came from, so if Adam dies before he
has kids.. well, it makes for a short narrative, and doesn't answer
his question. Just allow the story to stand and be a little confusing
instead of trying to harmonize it with poetic phrases, or even worse,
with what Paul says about it. He means nothing like this when he uses
the phrase.

Please don't sacrifice your hermeneutics for concordism, it is just
not worth it.

Bethany

On Sat, Jun 7, 2008 at 7:49 AM, Mountainwoman <hrc54@alltel.net> wrote:
> Bill Hamilton wrote:
>
>
> But this introduces a problem for the YEC's: In Gen 2:17 God says
> "...but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat,
> for in the day that you eat from it you will surely die."
> The YEC's are the folks who say that "day" means 24 hours. But Adam lived
> 930 years. So either "die" refers to spiritual death, or "day" extends until
> the end of Adam's life -- up to 930 years.
>
> Paul writes: Or "a thousand years in your sight are like a day that has
> just gone by" (Psalm 90:4a)
>
> Paul Bruggink (ASA Member)

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