The Bible does not fix the age of the earth
As indicated earlier, the Bible does not fix the age of the earth, contrary to the claims of Answers in Genesis. Historically, their claim comes from the work of James Ussher, Bishop in the Church of Ireland, from 1625 to 1656. Biblical Age of the Earth. Resources › Earth Sciences Resources › Age of the Earth » Next. Scripture presents enough chronological information to estimate the number of years between Adam, whom God created on Day 6 of the creation week, and Christ, who was the last Adam. If we accept that the Bible is reliable, an age of about 6,000 years is unavoidable. See Biblical chronogenealogies. For nigh on two millennia, Christians have consistently calculated the age of the earth to be just a few thousand years—see the table in Old earth or young earth belief. The seventh day. Besides the biblical evidence that at least some of the Genesis days are long periods of time, Genesis 2:4 refers to all 6 days of creation as one day: This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made earth and heaven. The Biblical Age of the Earth. The idea of the earth being billions of years old is a relatively new idea. This idea has only become popular within the last 200 years or so. Prior to the early 1800’s and late 1700’s most people believed the biblical age of the earth, about 6,000 years old, as recorded in the Bible. They took God’s word as truth. Then the scientists gave this idea of ‘millions of years’ to the theologians.
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