Aug 02, 2018

How to Know the Age of the Earth Using the Bible

Where Did a Young-earth Worldview Come From? Simply put, it came from the Bible. Of course, the Bible doesn’t say explicitly anywhere, “The earth is ... Where Did a Young-earth Worldview Come From? Simply put, it came from the Bible. Of course, the Bible doesn’t say explicitly anywhere, “The earth is 6,000 years old.” Good thing it doesn’t; otherwise it would be out of date the following year. But we wouldn’t expect an all-knowing God to make that kind of a mistake.

God gave us something better. In essence, He gave us a “birth certificate.” For example, using a personal birth certificate, a person can calculate how old he is at any point. It is similar with the earth. Genesis 1 says that the earth was created on the first day of creation (Genesis 1:1–5). From there, we can begin to calculate the age of the earth.

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RESOURCES:

Age of the Earth - Compromises and Crucial Assumptions of "Millions of Years" featuring Dr. Andrew A. Snelling: http://bit.ly/2IVYVnv

The Young Earth - The Real History of the Earth—Past, Present, and Future, Revised & Expanded written by Dr. John Morris: http://bit.ly/2lULJG9

Christian Unity and the Age of the Earth - Should We Divide Over the Age of the Earth? featuring Steve Ham: http://bit.ly/2tYJINF

Six Days - The Age of the Earth and the Decline of the Church written by Ken Ham: http://bit.ly/2zdLiAk

Inerrancy and the Undermining of Biblical Authority featuring Dr. Terry Mortenson: http://bit.ly/2lZmNNU