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to other things in the Bible to draw conclusions from.

The strata of the earth show some interesting things. We see layer upon layer of different periods throughout time. We see flora and floods, flora and floods in cycles throughout. Sometimes we see animal fossils as well, which usually indicates an unusual catastrophic event.

Did you know that the Bible shows at least 2 worldwide floods?

"And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters."

~ Ge 1:2

We see right at the start of what is generally called "creation week" that the entire earth has been flooded. Now, if the "without form and void" simply referred to a gaseous mixture that eventually came together to form a solid body, then where did all of this water come from?

The answer is in the keywords "and", "was" and "void"!

Is the Earth Only 10,000 Years Old?

There have been studies that show that sometimes the dating methods used are suspect. There are problems as well in making assumptions that radiological bombardment and decay has been constant throughout history. This has been the source of considerable debate between creationists and evolutionists for some time. Having said all of that, though, there is a lot of physical evidence that the earth is over 10,000 years old.

How can that be reconciled with the Bible? It might be easier than you think!

"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth."

~ Ge 1:1 (NIV)

There is little dispute what this means. God created the 3 heavens and the earth.

"Now the earth was [a] formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters."

"a. Genesis 1:2 Or possibly became"

~ v2 (NIV)

We see that "now", that is after some time, the earth "became" formless and empty! The word for "was" or "became" is "hayah", which is the same word used in Ge 2:7 to state that Adam "became" a living soul!

This should be causing more questions in your mind at this point. What happened? Why did it become formless and empty? Was it created this way? No, God did not create it empty, but to be inhabited!

"For this is what the LORD says
he who created the heavens,
he is God;
he who fashioned and made the earth,
he founded it;
he did not create it to be empty,
but formed it to be inhabited
he says:
I am the LORD,
and there is no other.'"

~ Isa 45:18 (NIV)

So, what happened? Perhaps you have heard of the fall of Lucifer? Think about it. The spirit realm

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