Greetings, and God bless you all in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. This is my second and last post on these forums. I will tell you why I believe in YEC, and why I believe “ministries” such as Biologos are a threat to the authority of scripture. I believe that God created the universe supernaturally and did not fine tune the universe through naturalistic events commonly found in the secular science of evolution. In fact, I believe we must view through creation through the lens of scripture, rather than view scripture through the lens of creation. My first post convinced me that I cannot reason with people who subvert from scripture, and yoke to a humanistic worldview that I believe is founded on lies.
I understand the literal interpretation of Genesis is that all of creation was created in six, 24 hour days, and God rested on the 7th day. (Gen 1:1-31; Ex 20:11; Is 48:13) Any other interpretation undermines the authority and majesty of Almighty God.
Another reason I am YEC is that I am currently dedicated to the permanency of marriage ministry which stands on the foundation from the “beginning”. I believe the Lord Jesus Christ was referring directly to the “beginning” when He defines marriage in Matthew 19:4-6 and Mark 10:6-9.
Mark 10: 6 But from the beginning of creation, God made them male and female. 7 For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother, 8 and the two shall become one flesh; so they are no longer two, but one flesh. 9 What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate.”
Matthew 19:4 And He answered and said, “Have you not read that He who created them from the beginning made them male and female, 5 and said, ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? 6 So they are no longer two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate.”
I believe that marriage is defined in these passages and that the first marriage was Adam and Eve. These are not archetypes of humans, these were the very first man and woman, and the first in the genealogies of Christ. (1 Chron 1:1; Luke 3:38) The above scriptures point to Gen 2:21-24. Marriage is a one-flesh covenant from the beginning.They also specifically say that man was created before woman and Paul clearly understood this to be true. 1 Timothy 2:12 But I do not allow a woman to teach or exercise authority over a man, but to remain quiet. 13 For it was Adam who was first created, and then Eve. 14 And it was not Adam who was deceived, but the woman being deceived, fell into transgression. We also see in these passages that these events were from the beginning.
Perhaps what may surprise you most of all is that I believe the above verses point to marriage as one-flesh covenant of one man and one woman for life. That would mean that any other union outside of one man and woman for life, is sin. This includes divorce and remarriage, as this union is adultery and requires repentance. Divorce and remarriage is more of an issue today because there are many YEC, OEC, and EC living in adultery, and each of these creation positions have capitulated on this sin. I would also point to the fact that the naturalistic worldviews that the EC and OEC yoke to are leading the way in not only adultery, but fornication and homosexuality, and that many in the YEC are not far behind.
I understand that the OEC and the EC argument believes that there was death before death came into the world(Gen 3) They will also tell you “animal” death is not the same as what they believe. Unfortunately, they are false because animal death came first after the Adam and Eve ate from the forbidden fruit.
Gen 3:21 The Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them.
This was the first spilling of blood required to cover both Adam and Eve. The Lord slaughtered an animal and covered both Adam and Eve. The same spilling of blood was required on the Passover before the Exodus. Blood from an animal was always required for the remission of sins. But glory to God on High, who sent His only begotten Son to shed His blood on our behalf, defeating death on the cross and defeating death by rising from the dead.
Romans 5:14 Nevertheless death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those who had not sinned in the likeness of the offense of Adam, who is a type of Him who was to come.15 But the free gift is not like the transgression. For if by the transgression of the one the many died, much more did the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ, abound to the many.
Hallelujah!
Biologos, and those who fund and support this industry, take away the power of the Gospel by propagating lies by yoking to a naturalistic creation account. None of what you preach, teach and believe stands on the authority of God’s word, nor does it even stand to reason to the most simple of mind. You are only falling deeper and deeper into a pit. Repent of what you teach, and come to a simple understanding that God is the Almighty and seek only to put Him in power. It takes great humility to reject your worldview, and admit that all you believed about creation was founded on pride and greed, not the word of God.
I hope you heed these words and I pray the Holy Spirit would guide you to the truth of the Word.
In Christ’s love,
Neil