Thoughts About A Young Earth
6/09
Dear ________:
I agree there is much good material from the Institute of Creation Research about a young earth. I think they generally show the earth as about 10,000 years old, comparing with what the traditional science world teaches on millions of ages, and it appears to me quite convincing.
I find it noteworthy that not only do many professing Christians still believe in an earth millions of years old, they also do not know about ICR. That accounts for much of the error, I believe. They have nothing to counter the theorists of the so-called science world. I believe the bias of the worldly scientists is so against a deity that they abandon science for a philosophy (religion) of atheism. The studies by ICR are quite scientific. I have posted references to that institute on my web site, which I pray will help (www.icr.org).
While I am not very much into any of the sciences, I appreciate it all and the plain logic of it and the clear studies of ICR. I have been much into Bible study for over 50 years, and I think I can recognize truth and that which is of God and what is mortal reasonings. Things that are spiritually discerned by the Holy Spirit are more real than intellectualism, I believe. Mankind can study for good information on many things and are usually satisfied with that, but the Holy Spirit teaches truth.
Have you considered the teachings concerning the "two days" in Scripture? There are a number of such references. They speak of significant periods of time or ages. The story of the "good Samaritan" (Luke 10:30-37) is often shown as prophetic as well as a gospel picture. The pence (or penny) mentioned was a Roman silver coin and a day's wages, we are told, and God says one day is as a thousand years with Him, and a thousand years is as a day (2 Pet.3:8). Considering all such "two days" references it suggests that this day of grace since the time of Christ is two thousand years, many believe; and allowing for several variables which one should not speculate about, the Lord's return is thus imminent.
Well, I have viewed man's time as in the 4,000 years of Old Testament (O.T) history, and 2,000 years of grace presently, according to Ussher, and together with the 1,000 years of the reign of Christ to come (the millenium), we might be seeing God's record there of the time of human testing ---looking forward to the eternal rule of our Creator forever. I have also wondered if the six days of creation may refer to 6,000 years, making an overall total of something more than the usual understanding of 7,000 years, from the beginning of God's work on earth to the end of time. One might view Genesis 1:5 as a solar day, but it could mean any time with a beginning and ending, according to C. I. Scofield. That is something to think about, for God's Word is an eternal record of truth, though not always for our apprehension now.
Look up always!
- Sincerely in Christ forever, Robert DeWitt
