Up until recently I had remained neutral in my position of a Young
Earth verses an Old Earth view. Since it's not a fundamental
Biblical doctrine pertaining to salvation, I didn't take sides in
the issue; however, I can no longer remain neutral. I'm generally
slow to figure things out, and it took me awhile to see the truth,
but I clearly see it now. After reading this article I am confident
that you will too.
Basically, proponents of an
Old Earth view believe that the earth was created by God—did not
evolve—has existed for millions (if not billions) of years—and that
the human race is young, having only been in existence for 6,000
years (since 4,004 BC). Dr. Curtis Hutson (1934-1995) and Pastor Harry A.
Ironside (1876-1951) believed this
and so do I. This is often called the 'Gap Principle' (that is, a
time gap between Genesis 1:1 and 1:2).
However, I do not, nor have
I ever, believed the bogus fraud of Evolution. Nothing has evolved.
Proponents of a Young Earth (i.e., Ken Ham, Henry Morris, Kent
Hovind, John Whitcomb) regularly (and very dishonestly) portray Old
Earth supporters such as myself as believing Evolution, using
legitimate arguments against the lies of Evolution in a wrongful and
unscholarly attempt to discredit the legitimacy of an Old Earth. The
Bible teaches a very old earth, millions and likely billions of
years old.
The fallacy of a Young Earth
goes 100% against valid science, which has led many unbelievers to
reject the Gospel on the basis of the woeful ignorance of many
churches. Consider the following
powerful statement by Pastor Max D. Younce...
“Should one desire a
continued, concentrated study of the years from the flood to the
birth of Christ, they would arrive at approximately 2,345 years.
Thus, from Adam to Christ is close to the figure of 4,000 years.
Add another 2,000 plus from Christ to the present, and you have
man on the earth for only 6,000 years. Therefore, the Gap
Principle, as documented in Scripture makes evolution an
absolute impossibility.
The Gap Principle
made it possible for me to lead many people to Jesus Christ as
their Savior, who had been influenced by the evolutionary
philosophy.”
[emphasis added]
SOURCE:
The Truth About Evolution; Or, Don't Let Satan Make A Monkey Out Of You,
by Dr. Max D. Younce.
I realized recently that the
unsaved world laughs at Christians who hold to a Young Earth view,
in particular concerning the matter of dinosaurs. It discredits a
preacher when he goes against legitimate science, because most
people are thinkers and they know bogus teachings when they hear it.
It is simply absurd to claim that dinosaurs roamed the earth 4,000
years ago.
The Young Earth Creation
Movement: Deceiving Their Followers For Over 40 Years!
Ken Ham of
AnswersInGenesis.org .org teaches that Noah brought dinosaurs onto
the ark and they survived the flood. Mr. Ham erroneously claims that
all the dinosaurs died off from lack of food, being killed by man,
and other environmental factors. This is absurd. Biblically
dinosaurs never lived amongst mankind. There are over 200 varieties
of animals mentioned throughout the Bible, and no mention is ever
made of a dinosaur. The Hebrew word “behemoth” in Job 40:15 is
plural and refers to a herd of Elephants.
Elephants have tails that swing like cedar tree branches.
Christianity is NOT a business, but that is how it is done in
America.
Here's The True
Agenda Behind Ken Ham's Noah's Ark Theme Park; They Laugh, 'Ha, Ha,
Ha!' It's their lucky pot-of-gold!
The flood of Noah's time
mentioned on Wikipedia.com is estimated to have happened around
2348 BC[1]).
Very few Christians know how to reconcile the reality of dinosaurs
and science with the Genesis account of creation in the Bible. Well,
now you can KNOW the truth about the matter and explain it to
others. The earth is indeed very old; but humanity has only been
here since about 4,004 BC. Please continue reading and you will
learn.
I heard actor Matt Damon make a comment about potential U.S.
Presidential candidate Sarah Palin in 2008, implying that he would never
vote for someone who believes that dinosaurs roamed the earth 4,000
years ago. Can you blame him? I have a problem with that claim
myself. Albert Einstein said, “Religion without science is blind.”
1st Timothy 6:20 warns us about “science falsely so called” (such as
the lies of Evolution); however, if we also reject legitimate
science in ignorance, then we only discredit ourselves as preachers.
It's important that preachers be scientifically correct as well as
Biblical correct if they want people to respect their opinion and
listen to them.
Actor Matt Damon has publicly expressed
his disdain for a young earth view. People don't have much patience
when preachers teach that dinosaurs roamed the earth 4,500 years
ago. The flood occurred at approximately 2,500 B.C. and the Bible
dates creation in Genesis at 4,004 B.C. Humanity DID NOT exist prior
to 4,000 B.C.! Here are Matt Damon's comments...
On
September 10, 2008, a video of actor Matt Damon was released to
the press that quickly got posted on YouTube, and has now gotten
over two million hits. Here’s what he said:
I think there’s a really good chance that Sarah Palin could be
president, and I think that’s a really scary thing because I
don’t know anything about her. I don’t think in eight weeks I’m
gonna know anything about her. I know that she was a mayor of a
really, really small town, and she’s governor of Alaska for less
than two years. I just don’t understand. I think the pick was
made for political purposes, but in terms of governance, it’s a
disaster. You do the actuary tables, you know, there’s a one out
of three chance, if not more, that McCain doesn’t survive his
first term, and it’ll be President Palin. And it really, you
know, I was talking about it earlier, it’s like a really bad
Disney movie, you know, the hockey mom, you know, “I’m just a
hockey mom from Alaska”—and she’s the president. And it’s like
she’s facing down Vladimir Putin and, you know, using the folksy
stuff she learned at the hockey rink, you know, it’s just
absurd. It’s totally absurd, and I don’t understand why more
people aren’t talking about how absurd it is. I ... it’s a
really terrifying possibility.
The fact that we’ve
gotten this far and we’re that close to this being a reality is
crazy. Crazy. I mean, did she really—I
need to know if she really thinks dinosaurs were here 4,000
years ago. That’s an important … I want to know that. I really
do. Because she’s gonna have the nuclear codes, you know. I
wanna know if she thinks dinosaurs were here 4,000 years ago
or if she banned books or tried to ban books. I mean, you know,
we can’t have that. [emphasis added]
SOURCE:
Matt Damon vs. Sarah Palin and the Dinosaurs - Christian News,
Commentary
Science has repeatedly
evidenced by using tests on ACTUAL dinosaur bones, that dinosaurs
lived tens-of-millions of years ago...
Dinosaurs Survived Mass Extinction by 700,000 Years,
Fossil Find Suggests
ScienceDaily (Jan. 27, 2011) — University of Alberta researchers determined
that a fossilized dinosaur bone found in New Mexico confounds the long
established paradigm that the age of dinosaurs ended between 65.5 and 66
million years ago.
The U of A team, led by Larry Heaman from the
Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, determined the femur bone of a
hadrosaur as being only 64.8 million years old. That means this particular
plant eater was alive about 700,000 years after the mass extinction event
many paleontologists believe wiped all non-avian dinosaurs off the face of
earth, forever.
Heaman and colleagues used a new direct-dating method called U-Pb
(uranium-lead) dating. A laser beam unseats minute particles of the fossil,
which then undergo isotopic analysis. This new technique not only allows the
age of fossil bone to be determined but potentially can distinguish the type
of food a dinosaur eats. Living bone contains very low levels of uranium but
during fossilization (typically less than 1000 years after death) bone is
enriched in elements like uranium. The uranium atoms in bone decay
spontaneously to lead over time and once fossilization is complete the
uranium-lead clock starts ticking. The isotopic composition of lead
determined in the hadrosaur's femur bone is therefore a measure of its
absolute age.
Currently, paleontologists date dinosaur fossils using a technique called
relative chronology. Where possible, a fossil's age is estimated relative to
the known depositional age of a layer of sediment in which it was found or
constrained by the known depositional ages of layers above and below the
fossil-bearing horizon. However, obtaining accurate depositional ages for
sedimentary rocks is very difficult and as a consequence the depositional
age of most fossil horizons is poorly constrained. A potential weakness for
the relative chronology approach is that over millions of years geologic and
environmental forces may cause erosion of a fossil-bearing horizon and
therefore a fossil can drift or migrate from its original layer in the
strata. The researchers say their direct-dating method precludes the
reworking process.
It's widely believed that a mass extinction of the dinosaurs happened
between 65.5 and 66 million years ago. It's commonly believed debris from a
giant meteorite impact blocked out the Sun, causing extreme climate
conditions and killing vegetation worldwide.
SOURCE:
Dinosaurs survived mass extinction by 700,000 years, fossil find
suggests
When I lived in Chicago I saw “Sue”
the T-rex on display at the Field Museum Of Natural History.
The skeletal dinosaur remains were unearthed in the state of
Montana. I recall looking up, because Sue is really tall. There's no
way that these horrific, yet beautiful, creatures dwelt with
humanity. Any thinking person has a hard time believing that Noah
left the dinosaurs behind. It is superstition. The truth is that
dinosaurs never coexisted with mankind.
Dr. Henry Morris of the Creation Research Institute (CRI)
teaches a young earth view (as does Dr. Kent
Hovind, whom I tremendously respect and admire for his
uncompromising stand and battle for what he believes). Dr. Curtis Hutson
and Harry A. Ironside believe in a pre-Adamic
creation when dinosaurs roamed the earth, and so do I.
Dr. John R. Rice however believed in a strict 6-day creation and
taught that the universe did not exist in any way prior to Genesis
1:1. There are many faithful preachers who believe both views.
Albeit, the truth is the truth.
You can even find the word “old” in
Psalms 102:25,
“Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the
heavens are the work of thy hands.” The issue is hotly
debated, some even attacking the salvation of others who disagree.
I think that is very wrong.
The following chart of world population
speaks volumes. There is no debate concerning the time of mankind's
civilizations. The earliest records reveal that Egypt was the first
world power. Then Assyria, Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece and lastly
Rome in Christ's time. The next and final world power is the
presently forming World Government, aka, the New World Order.
Clearly, we are living in the
End Times as
prophesied in the holy Scriptures.
World Population History
The world has changed more in the last
25-years than it has for the previous 5,975 years! Think about that.
Ninety-percent of history's population are alive today (look at the
above graph). We are living in strange and fearful times of Biblical
prophecy unfolding (and we're all a part of it, making history).
My friend, have you been born-again? Do
you know 100% certain that if you died this moment that you would go
to Heaven to be with the Lord?
YOU CAN KNOW FOR CERTAIN!
The reason why you can KNOW that you are going to Heaven is simply
because salvation is a matter of God keeping His PROMISE to save
those who believe the gospel, and not a matter of how good we are
being or the things we have done. We have no part in the salvation
which God offers to mankind, except to “BELIEVE ON THE LORD JESUS
CHRIST” (Acts 16:30-31). You and I are dirty sinners, guilty in
God's eyes, deserving of punishment in the fires of Hell.
But thanks be to God for sending His
only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, into the world to pay for our sins
by shedding His precious blood on the cross. Jesus paid a debt that
He did not owe, because we owed a debt that we could not pay. JESUS
PAID IT ALL!!! Isn't that awesome! If you want to be saved, then
just receive the gospel as full-payment for your sins. Make that
your sole hope for Heaven. Christ died, that's history; Christ died
for me, that's salvation! Receive Christ's death, burial and
resurrection as payment for your sins right now and you will be
born-again immediately, irrevocably and eternally!!! It's not what
you're doing that gets you to Heaven, it's where you're looking
(Isaiah 45:22).
LOOK TO
JESUS!!!
Young Earth View Is An
Enemy Of Soul-Winning
It needs to be considered that a Young Earth view drives people away from the Gospel.
As much as I admire Dr. Hovind, his Young Earth views give his
enemies credible ammunition to discredit his correct teachings in
the eyes of intelligent people. Matt Damon is serving the Devil with
his life, but he's no fool. I completely understand his frustration
with the idea that dinosaurs roamed the earth 4,500 years ago. Kent
Hovind is correct about evolution, but wrong about the age of the
earth. The Bible says that Satan blinds the MIND of unsaved people, to
hinder them from recognizing the Gospel (2nd Corinthians 4:4). A
thinking person with a college degree won't listen to anyone who
thinks that dinosaurs lived 4,500 years ago. Matt Damon is proof of
what I am saying. I agree with him.
What really bothers me is that Dr. Hovind
attacks adherents of the Old Earth view, claiming that they are
corrupting the Gospel message. Mr. Hovind states:
"Therein lies the gap theory’s
greatest error, the placement of sin and death prior to the
existence of Adam. If death existed prior to Adam’s sin, then
how could it be the result of sin?"
SOURCE:
Creation Today » The Gap Theory Denies the Purpose of the Cross
Comments Feed
I don't like the term 'Gap Theory'
because it's not a theory. It's best to call it the 'Gap
Principle.'
Dr. Hovind argues that since Adam's sin
brought DEATH into the world (Romans 5:12), then how could there
have been a pre-Adamic world where dinosaurs lived and DIED? Dr.
Hovind assumes that dinosaurs died. How do we know? Perhaps God made
them to live forever (as would have Adam and Eve if they hadn't
sinned). Science plainly teaches that an EVENT wiped
out the dinosaurs. Jeremiah 4:23-28 plainly teaches us that God
Himself became angry and rendered the earth “WITHOUT FORM AND VOID.”
God In His Anger Made The
Earth 'Without Form And Void'
Ezekiel 28:13-19 teaches that Lucifer was
stripped of his heavenly position, authority and glory when he rebelled
against God in seeking equality. Earth became Satan's new home. It is
commonly believed (and I disagree) that Satan in his anger and rage
destroyed the earth. In fact (and you're about to be amazed), God destroyed
the earth in His own anger. Yes, that's right, GOD DESTROYED THE EARTH IN
GENESIS 1:1...
Jeremiah 4:23-28, “I beheld the
earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they
had no light. I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all
the hills moved lightly. I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and
all the birds of the heavens were fled. I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful
place was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at
the presence of the LORD, and by his fierce anger. For thus hath the
LORD said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full
end. For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black:
because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not repent,
neither will I turn back from it.”
Could the Bible be any clearer that God in His
anger made the earth without form and void; and darkness was upon the face
of the deep? The cities were inhabited by angels. Man had not been created
yet. This is when dinosaurs roamed the earth. Argue as one may, these
Scriptures plainly evidence why the earth was without form and void in
Genesis 1:1. In fact, Jeremiah 4:23 even repeats the exact phrase
word-for-word. These Scriptures cannot be ignored if one is to be an honest
Bible student.
Carefully notice that Lucifer dwelt upon the
earth prior to his rebellion. Isaiah 14:14, “I will ascend above the
heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.” Lucifer's sin was
wanting EQUALITY with God. This is the same sin of feminists today, who want
to be EQUAL with male authority in marriage, home, church and society. God
has ordained masculine authority in the humanity. Women are equal in worth,
intelligence and importance to God; but the man is to lead, not the woman.
When Lucifer sinned, he wasn't punished
by God. We know that Lucifer wasn't banned from Heaven because Satan appears
before God in Job 1:6-7. Satan will be judged, convicted and punished at The
Great White Throne Of Judgment with the rest of the wicked (Revelation
20:11-15). Satan will be cast into the Lake of Fire (Gehenna - Hell) forever
to burn and be tormented night and day without rest. 2nd Peter 2:4 also
tells us that the angels bound in Hell are RESERVED unto judgment. So
neither the Devil nor the demons have been punished yet for their
wickedness.
Those who believe in a Young Earth vehemently
reject the idea that there's a Gap between Genesis 1:1 and 1:2; but as
you've just read, God destroyed the cities of the earth and made the land
desolate. Light ceased to shine (the sun, moon and stars were blocked out by
God). The mountains trembled and moved. The earth had been a fruitful
wilderness where dinosaurs and prehistoric birds and mammals lived. But God
became angry for some reason (which is not specified).
I believe the answer is clear in consideration
of Isaiah 14:14. Lucifer rebelled against God, drawing one-third of the
angels with him to rebel, and it angered the Lord greatly. “The whole
land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end. For this shall the
earth mourn, and the heavens above be black: because I have spoken it, I
have purposed it, and will not repent, neither will I turn back from it.”
When have the heavens ever been black since creation? They haven't! The
only logical, reasonable and Biblical answer is found in Genesis 1:1 where
we are told that darkness was upon the face of the deep.
Without Form And
Void
(by Arthur C. Constance)
Dinosaurs Lived
Long Before Man
Genesis 1:1-2 tells us that the world which God
created BECAME void. This would explain the ice age. And again, the
Bible even calls the earth “old” in Psalms 102:25,
“Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the
heavens are the work of thy hands.”
Here again are Dr. Max D. Younce's
helpful words explaining Genesis 1:1-2...
CHAPTER ELEVEN
WHAT DOES
THE BIBLE SAY?
The Young Earth
advocates want you to disregard the Hebrew and other Scriptures
that expose their philosophy. They surely do not want you to be
aware of the marking in the Masoretic Text at the end of Genesis
1:1, indicating the proper translation of the disjunctive “BUT”
instead of the conjunctive (or connecting) “AND.” In the
manuscript the reading would be:
“In the
beginning God created the heaven and the earth. BUT (Hebrew
“waw”) the earth was (became) without form, and void;”
“Was.” The Hebrew
for “was” is “hayah.” It is important to distinguish whether the
verb “was” is in the manuscript, or if it has been inserted by
the translators. It is wonderful that the King James translators
made this distinction. When “was” appears not italicized, that
indicates it is in the Masoretic Text. When you see “was”
italicized, it indicates it does not appear in the manuscripts,
but is understood. This is very important to notice when reading
your King James Translation which makes this distinction. In
Genesis 1:2 where the verb “was” appears twice: first, as part
of the Masoretic
SOURCE:
The Truth About Evolution; Or, Don't Let Satan Make A Monkey Out Of You,
by Dr. Max D. Younce; pg. 101.
That's fascinating! My friend, the
Hebrew evidences that God did not make the world void; but rather,
something chaotic caused it to become that way. The Hebrew
word in Strong's Concordance for the first “was” in Genesis 1:2
means “to exist, that is, be or become, come to pass.” God created
the earth in Genesis 1:1 and then it became without form, and void
in Genesis 1:2. What happened? Lucifer, that's what! Dr. Younce goes
into this doctrine in chapter 10 (page 85).
Sin Existed Before Genesis 1:2
2nd Peter
2:4, “For if God spared not the
angels that sinned,
but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of
darkness, to be reserved unto judgment.”
Adam's sin did not cause Lucifer and one-third of the angels to
fall. Sin existed prior to Adam, for it was Satan who sinned in
trying to get Eve to sin. Adam's sin brought sin and death into the
world that we know today. If Satan was created in Genesis, then God
made the Devil. This is not what the Bible teaches.
We read that Lucifer became Satan by his own free-will, when he
sought in Isaiah 14:14 to be EQUAL with God. This is the sin of
feminists today who desire to be EQUAL with man's authority in the
marriage, home, church and society. In every society where women
rise to EQUALITY with men, there is lesbianism and abortion, corrupt
women judges and preachers, and every evil work.
The fact that Satan (Revelation 20:2) was the serpent in the Garden
Of Eden proves that he already existed before Genesis 1:2 when God
began to REMODEL the earth. Those who advocate a Young Earth and
claim that sin didn't exist prior to Adam don't know what they're
talking about. Lucifer sinned. The Angels who followed him rebelled
and sinned in so doing. What Satan did to Eve was a sin, for he
deceived her to harm her. Eve then led Adam into sin. Then the
entire human race was plunged into sin and death.
It is easy to get caught-up into a
heresy if we're not diligent to try (test) the spirits as 1st John
4:1 commands. Dr.
Walt Brown of CreationScience.com teaches on his website that
dinosaurs boarded the Ark and went for a ride with Noah for one
year. Dinosaurs on the Ark? I don't think so! I'd say that about 90%
of all the professed Christian websites are teaching a Young Earth
view (and they're all wrong!). Most of those Young Earth ministries
try to support their claim by evidencing that mankind has only been
here for 6,000 years.
They're piggybacking their lie of a Young
Earth on the truth of a Young Human Civilization! There is no debate
whatsoever that humanity DIDN'T exist prior to 4,004 BC! The human
race is 6,000 years old. This truth is easily evidenced by the
advancement of humanity's writings, inventions, knowledge and
population —all attesting to the fact that mankind began around
4,000 BC.
I actually heard a preacher proclaiming
to his congregation that the solar system centers around the earth.
He said only heretics teach that the sun is the center of our solar
system. Albeit, astronomy evidences that the planets rotate around
the sun, which is the largest mass in our planetary system. He took
Joshua 10:13 out of context, which says “the sun stood still, and
the moon stayed.” So this guy concluded that the sun must rotate
around the earth.
The scientific truth is that all of the heavenly bodies are moving
and rotating around each other. Thank God for hillbilly preachers; I
love them every one if they still believe that the King James Bible
is inspired and preach the truth from it. Amen! However, many people
with college degrees won't listen to an ignorant man who blatantly
goes against legitimate science. Dinosaurs could not plausible have
existed along with mankind 4,500 years ago.
To learn more, please read
FALLEN ANGELS PROVE OLD EARTH.
The Bible Teaches An Old
Earth
Psalms 102:25,
“Of old
hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the
heavens are the work of thy hands.”
The only reason why so many dead theologians, so-called “experts” and
sincere people hold to a Young Earth view is because they've either
never studied on their own, or have never had the blessing of a
doctrinally-sound Bible teacher. I thank God for
Pastor Max D.
Younce, who is a thinking student of the Bible. Dr. Younce has
written an excellent exegesis on this controversial subject of a
Young Earth verses an Old Earth...
I had read and heard all my life from
trusted Bible scholars that the Roman Empire will be revived in the
End Times. You know, I still can't find anything in the Bible about
a “revived Roman Empire.” In Revelation 17:10-11 we are taught that
the Antichrist will arise from the 7th king (kingdom). There are 7
kings and the 8th is the Antichrist. These are world powers
throughout history. The first 6 kings (world powers) were: Egypt,
Assyria, Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece and Rome. There are super
powers today, but no world power. The 7th king will be World
Government (the New World Order). I think the Scriptures couldn't be
any plainer in view of the world today. Rome won't be revived.
There are dozens of reasons to believe
in an Old Earth view. Likewise, there are dozens more reasons why a
Young Earth view doesn't make sense at all. Proponents of a Young
Earth view grasp for straws in a desperate attempt to validate their
teachings. Eric Hovind's website at CreationToday.org claims the
earth is young because the human race is only 6,000 years old. The
age of the human race has absolutely NOTHING to do with the age of
the earth! They're comparing apples with oranges.
The human race is indeed only 6,000
years old and the advancement of civilizations (languages,
inventions, medical, industry, et cetera) clearly evidence this
fact. However, the earth is very old. I have no problem with
scientists estimating that the universe is 12 billion years old. It
may be for all we know. What I do know is that the Hebrew shows in
Genesis 1:2 that the earth which God created became without form,
and void and dark; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. The
Bible says God's Word NEVER returns void. Isaiah 55:11, “So shall
my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return
unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it
shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.” Everything that
God has ever created is good. Only sin destroys good. God never
created a devil. God never created a fallen man. God never created
an earth that is void.
“As a blind
man has no idea of colors, so we have no idea of the manner by which
the all-wise God perceives and understands all things.” —Isaac
Newton (1642-1727)
Evolution: The Big Hoax!
Answers-In-Genesis Exposed
Without Form And
Void
(by Arthur C.
Custance)
“Through faith we understand that the worlds were
framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of
things which do appear.” —Hebrews 11:3
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