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Chapter 4: When Did God Create All This?

Connect…

On that first day of creation, God created TIME. Before that, time did not exist. God made time for
mankind and his entire creation. He set a beginning to things in motion, and they are subject to time.
The clock started ticking on Day One of creation. Since then, we have been able to keep track of time
using sundials, watches, and even calendars.

God’s creation is bound by time. But God is not. He transcends time. He can easily move through time
because He is not limited by it. But for us, we keep track of hours, days, and years. We would like to
know how long ago all this happened. Why? Because many scientists say it happened billions of years
ago. The Bible indicates it all happened a few thousand years ago. Do we trust our Bible or the scientific
community? Who is right? In today’s lesson, we will try to figure out how long ago all this happened.

Objectives…

1. The student should be able to discuss some chronologies that have been suggested for the Genesis
act of creation.

2. The student should be able to discuss how various Biblical scholars can support their supposed time
theories.

3. Science says it was billions of years ago, but the Bible says it was thousands of years ago. The student
should be able to describe the Gap Theory to try to reconcile the two views.

4. The Bible speaks of God creating in six days and resting on the seventh day. But scientists say it took
billions of years for all the creation to come together. The student should be able to pose a biblical time
frame for the Genesis one account.

The Lesson ...

The Date of Creation

The question now arises, when did this significant event of Genesis 1:1 occur? Many
men have labored to produce a complete chronology of the Bible. The fact that they
all disagree demonstrates that there are serious problems with determining the date
and settling the issue.

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