Does
the Bible speak to the age-of-the-earth issue?
YES! "Declaring the end from
the beginning, And from ancient times things that are not yet done, Saying, ‘My
counsel shall stand, And I will do all My pleasure’ "(Is. 46:10). "Mortals have a limited life span. You’ve
already decided how long we’ll live - you set the boundary and no one can cross
it" (Job 14:5, Msg).
God’s
sovereignty implies YES. The King of the
Cosmos has a plan and things happen for a purpose at a certain time! Methuselah lived 969 years – when he died the
Flood came. Abraham predicted that the
bondage of the Jews would last 400 years and must wait for the “iniquity of the
Amorites [to be] complete” (Ge 15:13-16). Daniel foretold the exact time of
Messiah’s coming (Dan. 9:25). Jesus
warned of the time of the Temple’s destruction (Mk 13:1-4, 30).
In
his scifi Foundation series, Isaac
Asimov introduces the idea of psychohistory – the future can actually be
predicted far in advance based on average human tendencies. Empires rise and they fall with interludes of
low civilization, but these events happen at a certain time and for a
reason. That’s fiction, but the FACT is
that given God’s original plan,
it would take about four thousand years for the Savior to arrive (Gal. 4:4).
This is what the Lord says -
Israel’s King and Redeemer, the Lord Almighty:
I am the first and I am the
last; apart from me there is no God. Who then is like me? Let him
proclaim it. Let him declare and lay out before me what has happened since I
established my ancient people, and what is yet to come - yes, let them foretell
what will come (Is. 44:6,7).
Jesus
clearly taught that our planet is not billions of years old (Mk. 10:6, Mk.
13:19, Lk. 11:50,51). Peter echoed that
sentiment (Acts 3:20,21).
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