Why to NOT take Genesis literally.

[alanmolstad]

I like to start out by pointing to the opening verses of the Genesis story.

it says, "in the beginning God created the heavens and the earth"




QUESTION:....what does it say was created first "In the beginning"?

[alanmolstad]

Originally Posted by alanmolstad

I like to start out by pointing to the opening verses of the Genesis story.

it says, "in the beginning God created the heavens and the earth"




QUESTION:....what does it say was created first "In the beginning"?

The answer is:
The answer as we all know is that the Bible teaches that the very first things God created were the "heavens" and the earth.

Now this word "Heavens"can have many different meanings in context, but the important meaning here in genesis is that we can say its talking about all the stars and worlds and black holes and gas giants out in space.


So in other words, the term "Heavens"is the one single correct term to describe All that stuff!!

Thus right here at the start of the Genesis story we have God creating the SOURCE for all the light talked about later.

Both the light listed on day 1 and the light listed on day 4 have a source now.



This is why the YEC teachings are in error so badly.
The YEC teachers dont understand that there in no need to invent some type of an unknown source-less light.
The light of Genesis has a listed source thats the very same source that we see in the sky today!