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Hagopian<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in; line-height: 150%;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><i style=\"\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"\">I.<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/i><!--[endif]--><i style=\"\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal;\">24-Hour View (J. Ligon Duncan III&amp; David W. Hall) <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/i><\/h1>\n<h2 style=\"text-indent: 0in; line-height: 150%;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"\">A.<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;\">Introduction &#8212; The 24-Hourview has been the prevailing view throughout church history.<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span>It did not come into dispute until thesixteenth century and was not really debated by orthodox theologians until thenineteenth century since the creation account in Genesis was widely viewed asaccurate. &#8220;The debate over the nature of the creation days is not a purelyexegetical or interpretive debate.<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span>It isalso a hermeneutical and theological debate&#8221; (pp. 22-23). <span style=\"\">&nbsp;<\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-indent: 0in; line-height: 150%;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"\">B.<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;\">The Creation Narratives andCreation Days <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-indent: 0in; line-height: 150%;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"\">1.<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal;\">God is the Author of Creation <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h3>\n<h4 style=\"text-indent: 0in; line-height: 150%;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"\">a)<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal;\">The Framework view is that Mosesis writing an apologetic against the pagan worldviews and so the creationnarrative is not written as a cosmogony.<span style=\"\">&nbsp;<\/span>But the fact that it is an apologetic does not mean it is also acosmogony.<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span>The cosmogony <i style=\"\">is<\/i> the apologetic. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-indent: 0in; line-height: 150%;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"\">b)<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal;\">God created the world good andman is responsible for the sin in creation. God created the world from nothing(<i style=\"\">ex nihilo<\/i>) and then filled it. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h4>\n<h3 style=\"text-indent: 0in; line-height: 150%;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"\">2.<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal;\">The Role of the Days in theNarrative <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h3>\n<h4 style=\"text-indent: 0in; line-height: 150%;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"\">a)<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal;\">The First Day &#8211; God&#8217;s power isdemonstrated in His creation of the world by His spoken word.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-indent: 0in; line-height: 150%;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"\">b)<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal;\">The Second Day &#8211; There is anemphasis on dividing; God brings order to chaos by dividing day and night<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-indent: 0in; line-height: 150%;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"\">c)<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal;\">The Third Day &#8211; The emphasisshifts from &#8220;formation\/ordering to filling\/bearing.&#8221;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-indent: 0in; line-height: 150%;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"\">d)<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal;\">The Fourth Day &#8211; &#8220;The theologicalmessage of this passage is that God is sovereign over the markers that order ourlives&#8221; (pg. 32). <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-indent: 0in; line-height: 150%;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"\">e)<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal;\">The Fifth Day &#8211; DemonstratesGod&#8217;s power over the creatures of the sea (other gods)<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-indent: 0in; line-height: 150%;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"\">f)<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal;\">The Sixth Day &#8211; The creatures arecreated after their kind but man is created in the image of God.<span style=\"\">&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span>Since man is created in the image of God,the body is not inherently evil.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-indent: 0in; line-height: 150%;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"\">g)<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal;\">The Seventh Day &#8211; God finishedcreation but He continues to sustain it.<span style=\"\">&nbsp;<\/span>The seventh day is not eternal and does end even though the phrase &#8220;andthere was evening and there was morning&#8221; is missing.<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span>God rested on the seventh day and set thepattern for our rest.<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h4>\n<h2 style=\"text-indent: 0in; line-height: 150%;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"\">C.<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;\">The OT and the Days ofCreation &#8211; the Old Testament supports the view that God alone created the earthin 6 days (not slowly over a period of time) and He did not need to depend on&#8221;other forces or agencies&#8221; (Gen. 5:1-2; 6:7; 14:19; Ex. 20:9, 11; 31:12-18;Deut. 4:32; 32:6; Job 38:4-12; Ps. 8:2; 19; 33; 148:5: Pro. 3:19; 8:25-27; Jer.31:35; Eze. 28:13,15). <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-indent: 0in; line-height: 150%;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"\">D.<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;\">The New Testament andCreation Days &#8211;The New Testament views the creation event in the same way asthe Old Testament: as an instantaneous event and not one that happened over along period of time (Matthew 19:4; Mark 13:19, Romans 1:20; 4:17; 1 Corinthians11:9; Ephesians 3:9; <span style=\"\">&nbsp;<\/span>Colossians 1:16-17;Heb. 4:3-4; Heb. 11:3,6; 2 Peter 3:5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-indent: 0in; line-height: 150%;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"\">E.<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;\">Objections Answered<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-indent: 0in; line-height: 150%;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"\">1.<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal;\">How could there be an evening andmorning without the sun and moon?<span style=\"\">&nbsp;<\/span>Answer: God &#8220;may have employed nonsolar sources of light before creatingthe sun.<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span>Since God is light and in Himis no darkness, He certainly does not depend on the sun for light.&#8221; (pg. 52)<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-indent: 0in; line-height: 150%;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"\">2.<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal;\">Genesis 1:12 has instantaneous growthand Genesis 2:9 has gradual growth of plants. Answer: Since this is asupernatural event, nature would not act as it would under normalcircumstances.<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-indent: 0in; line-height: 150%;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"\">3.<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal;\">Could the events in Genesis2:5-25 occur in one day?<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span>Answer: Thiswas a miraculous event and therefore all could be accomplished in one day.<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-indent: 0in; line-height: 150%;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"\">4.<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal;\">Day is used in three differentways in Genesis 1:1-2:4.<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span>Answer: Thereis no reason to assume that <i style=\"\">y\u00c3\u00b4m<\/i>refers to anything but a normal 24-hour day.<span style=\"\">&nbsp;<\/span>&#8220;[W]ere we to take <i style=\"\">day<\/i> in 1:14in other than its literal since, consistency also would require us to bracketas nonliteral the terms &#8216;seasons&#8217; and &#8216;year,&#8217; which in context, isnonsensical.<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span>Those who voice thisobjection have no reason, other than cosmological assumptions, for construing <i style=\"\">y\u00c3\u00b4m <\/i>to mean anything other than a numberday.&#8221; (pg. 54) <i>.<\/i><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h3>\n<h2 style=\"text-indent: 0in; line-height: 150%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in; line-height: 150%;\"><i style=\"\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"\">I.<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/i><!--[endif]--><i style=\"\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal;\">The Day-Age View (Hugh Ross &amp;Gleason L. Archer)<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/i><\/h1>\n<h2 style=\"text-indent: 0in; line-height: 150%;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"\">A.<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;\">Introduction &#8212; &#8220;Our day-ageinterpretation treats the creation days literally as six sequential, longperiods of time.<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span>Integrating biblicaland scientific data, we assert that the physical creation events reported inGenesis appear in correct sequence and in scientifically defensible terms&#8221; (pg.123).<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-indent: 0in; line-height: 150%;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"\">B.<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;\">Multiple Literal Definitions<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-indent: 0in; line-height: 150%;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"\">1.<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal;\">The English word &#8220;day&#8221; can referto a 24-hour day or a long period of time but English also has words todescribe longer periods of time (age, eon, era, and epoch). Hebrew does nothave specific words other than<i style=\"\"> y\u00c3\u00b4m<\/i>for longer periods of time.<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-indent: 0in; line-height: 150%;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"\">2.<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal;\">The early church fathers&#8221;accepted that <i style=\"\">y\u00c3\u00b4m <\/i>could mean &#8216;a longtime period.&#8217;<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span>The majority explicitlytaught that the Genesis creation days were extended time periods<i style=\"\"> <\/i>(something like a thousand years per<i style=\"\"> y\u00c3\u00b4m<\/i>).<span style=\"\">&nbsp;<\/span>Not one Ante-Nicene Father explicitly endorsed the 24-hour interpretation&#8221;(pg. 126).<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h3>\n<h2 style=\"text-indent: 0in; line-height: 150%;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"\">C.<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;\">The Evolution Factor <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-indent: 0in; line-height: 150%;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"\">1.<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal;\">&#8220;[S]cientific advance onvirtually all fronts, which increasingly supports a theistic, interventionist(that is, miraculous) view of life&#8217;s origin and development&#8221; (pg. 126). <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-indent: 0in; line-height: 150%;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"\">2.<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal;\">Genesis 1 and other passagesstate that God ceased creating new life forms after the sixth day. But thosewho believe in a young-earth and their understanding of the fall and floodbelieve that large number of new species appear in a space of a few thousandyears.<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span>Animals were not carnivores,since meat eating implies death and there was no death until Adam sinned.<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span>Carnivores must have evolved rapidly fromplant eating animals.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-indent: 0in; line-height: 150%;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"\">3.<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal;\">There are only thousands of yearsto account for fossils and for the dinosaurs and other animals to becomeextinct.<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span>This means a rapid changedespite the evidence that no such rapid change has taken place.<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span>&#8220;If naturalistic evolutionary processesactually did proceed with such speed, they would, of course, be observable inreal time, our time.&#8221; (pg. 127)<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h3>\n<h2 style=\"text-indent: 0in; line-height: 150%;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"\">D.<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;\">Death and Extinction beforeAdam<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-indent: 0in; line-height: 150%;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"\">1.<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal;\">Young-earth creationist thinkthat &#8220;very good&#8221; means perfect.<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span>Revelation21 and 22 &#8220;declare that a superior creation is yet to come&#8221; (pg. 131).<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-indent: 0in; line-height: 150%;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"\">2.<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal;\">Young-earth creationists believethat Adam&#8217;s sin brought death into this world.<span style=\"\">&nbsp;<\/span>Romans 5:12 and 1 Corinthians 15:21 state that Adam&#8217;s sin brought deathto all of mankind.<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span>There is noexegetical reason to include the death of plants or animals since only man iscapable of violating God&#8217;s commandments.<span style=\"\">&nbsp;<\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-indent: 0in; line-height: 150%;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"\">3.<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal;\">Young-earth creationists believethat death is bad in all contexts and would therefore deny the law of decay(&#8220;heat flows from hot bodies to cold,&#8221; pg. 133) operated before the fall sincethey see decay, death and disorder as a result of the fall&#8230;No stars would shedlight (stars are near-perfect expressions of the second law) nor would anycreature be able to digest food, work or physically move.&#8221; (pg. 133)<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h3>\n<h2 style=\"text-indent: 0in; line-height: 150%;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"\">E.<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;\">Viable Creation Model <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-indent: 0in; line-height: 150%;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"\">1.<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal;\">The Bible &#8220;predicts what has beencalled &#8216;the discovery of the century,&#8217; the observation of remnants from theinitial creative burst.<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span>Einstein&#8217;sequations told us early in this century that the universe had a beginning inthe finite past&#8230;that the Cause of the universe created it independently of allmatter, energy, and even the ten space-time dimensions along which all thematter and energy are distributed&#8221; (pg. 135).<span style=\"\">&nbsp;<\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-indent: 0in; line-height: 150%;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"\">2.<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal;\">Biblical chronology &#8220;allows oneto turn the tables on the evolutionists&#8230;The multiple extinctions of sea mammalsimply that God repeatedly replaced extinct species with new ones.<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span>In most cases, the new species were differentfrom the previous ones because God was changing earth&#8217;s geology, biodeposits,and biology, step by step, to prepare for His ultimate creation on theearth&#8211;the human race.&#8221; (pg. 137)<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h3>\n<h2 style=\"text-indent: 0in; line-height: 150%;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"\">F.<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;\">Testing the Day-Age CreationModels <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-indent: 0in; line-height: 150%;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"\">1.<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal;\">The day-age view is the only viewthat &#8220;predicts&#8221; the growing body of scientific data.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-indent: 0in; line-height: 150%;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"\">2.<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal;\">Missing Horizontal Branches inthe Fossil Records &#8211; there has been no record of species branching off intoanother species but there has been recorded species becoming extinct and thensuddenly reappearing.<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span>According to theday-age model, &#8220;God supernaturally introduced new species, sometimes withlittle change, sometimes with significant change, replacing those that becameextinct&#8221; (pg. 139).<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-indent: 0in; line-height: 150%;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"\">3.<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal;\">Fossil Record Reversal &#8211; &#8220;As timeadvances, fewer and fewer species remain on the earth, and the most advancedspecies show the fastest extinction rates&#8230;this reversal is perfectlyconsistent, however, with the day-age creation model.<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span>According to this model, for six epochs Godcontinues creating new species and replacing certain extinct ones.<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span>Then, with the creation of humans on thesixth day (age), His physical creation is complete&#8230;any changes we observereflect natural processes&#8221; (pg. 140).<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-indent: 0in; line-height: 150%;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"\">4.<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal;\">Recent Origin of Humanity -Following the genealogies in the Bible a date for the creation of man could beplaced &#8220;about 10,000 to 60,000 years ago &#8230; With the capacity to studymitochondrial DNA and y-chromosomes has come the ability to study mitochondrialDNA and y-chromosomes has come the ability to study humanity&#8217;s &#8220;genetic clock&#8221;(pg. 141)<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-indent: 0in; line-height: 150%;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"\">5.<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal;\">The Perfect Fit of Genesis withthe Fossil Record &#8211; Since the 24-hour and the Framework view are notobjectively provable then they place the creation narrative in the category ofmyth.<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span>Only the day-age view proves thetruth of the Genesis account.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h3>\n<h2 style=\"text-indent: 0in; line-height: 150%;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"\">G.<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;\">Biblical Evidences For LongCreation Days <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-indent: 0in; line-height: 150%;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"\">1.<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal;\">The Long Time Required by the Endof the Sixth Day &#8211; Nothing in Scripture suggests that Adam worked at asuperhuman speed to accomplish all the things that occurred in Genesis 2.<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-indent: 0in; line-height: 150%;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"\">2.<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal;\">The Continuation of the SeventhDay &#8211; All the other days of creation except for the seventh followed thepattern: &#8220;There was evening, and there was morning &#8211; the [X]th day.&#8221;<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span>&#8220;Given the parallel structure marking thecreation days, this distinct change in the pattern for narrating the seventhday strongly suggests that the day had (or has) not yet ended.&#8221;<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-indent: 0in; line-height: 150%;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"\">3.<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal;\">The Rest from Creating and FutureRe-creation &#8211; God ceased creating after He created Eve.<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span>According to Revelation 21, a time is comingwhen His rest will cease and He will create again when He creates the newheavens and the new earth.<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-indent: 0in; line-height: 150%;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"\">4.<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal;\">God&#8217;s Days Are Not Like Our Days- God&#8217;s days are like a thousand years (Psalm 90:4).<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-indent: 0in; line-height: 150%;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"\">5.<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal;\">The Unusual Syntax RegardingSpecific Creation Days &#8211; &#8220;We would expect the literal Hebrew to say, &#8216;and wereevening and morning day X.&#8217; But it does not&#8230;we should understand the term dayin Genesis 1 as something other than its most common literal definition&#8221; (pg.149). <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h3>\n<h1 style=\"margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in; line-height: 150%;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><i style=\"\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"\">III.<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/i><!--[endif]--><i style=\"\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"\">&nbsp;<\/span>The Framework View (Lee Irons with Meredith G.Kline)<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/i><\/h1>\n<h2 style=\"text-indent: 0in; line-height: 150%;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"\">A.<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;\">Introduction&#8211;&#8220;The framework interpretation strives to understand thetext of Genesis 1:1-2:3 on its own terms, independently of any questions thatmay arise from the empirical study of origins.&#8221; The creation account was givennot to &#8220;satisfy our curiosity regarding sequence or chronology, but bypredominately theological and literary concerns&#8221; (pg. 217). <span style=\"\">&nbsp;<\/span>The framework view does not concern itselfwith the age of the earth.<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span>Scripture issilent on the age of the earth.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-indent: 0in; line-height: 150%;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"\">B.<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal;\">Definition and Exposition<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-indent: 0in; line-height: 150%;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"\">1.<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal;\">Though the creation narrativepresents the days as being normal days these days are not to be taken literally,they are to be taken as &#8220;picture frames.<span style=\"\">&nbsp;<\/span>Within each day-frame, Moses gives us a snapshot of divine creativeactivity&#8221; (pg. 219) and though each activity actually happened, &#8220;they arenarrated in a nonsequential order within the literary structure or framework ofseven-day week&#8221; (pg. 219).<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-indent: 0in; line-height: 150%;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"\">2.<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal;\">The Nonsequential Element <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h3>\n<h4 style=\"text-indent: 0in; line-height: 150%;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"\">a)<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal;\">The eight creative acts of Godhave not been arranged sequentially.<span style=\"\">&nbsp;<\/span>This is evident by a comparison of Day 1 and Day 4.<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span>The creation of the stars and sun on Day 4corresponds with the creation of light on Day 1.<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span>The text is arranged topically notsequentially.<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-indent: 0in; line-height: 150%;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"\">b)<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal;\">Dischronologization &#8211; &#8220;Biblicalscholars refer to nonsequential ordering as dischronologization or topicalarrangement, which actually is a common feature of biblical historical narrative.<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span>It occurs whenever the order in which eventsare narrated does not correspond to the actual chronological sequence&#8221; (pg.221). <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-indent: 0in; line-height: 150%;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"\">c)<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal;\">Temporal Recapitulation &#8211; &#8220;Aspecific type of dischronologization&#8230;the biblical writer first makes a briefand comprehensive statement and then follows it with more or less elaboratedetails&#8221; (pg. 222).<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span>Genesis 2 isexpanding on the sixth day of creation and Genesis 2:8 states that Adam was&#8221;placed&#8221; in the garden and in Genesis 2:15 Adam is again &#8220;put&#8221; into the garden.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h4>\n<h2 style=\"text-indent: 0in; line-height: 150%;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"\">C.<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;\">The Two Triads <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-indent: 0in; line-height: 150%;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"\">1.<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal;\">The creation days form aframework consisting of two parallel triads.<span style=\"\">&nbsp;<\/span>The first triad (Days 1-3) deals with the creation kingdoms, while thesecond triad (Days 4-6) deals with the creature kings who exercise dominionover those kingdoms&#8221; (pg. 225).<span style=\"\">&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span>&#8220;Noordtzijsees in this &#8216;pronounced parallelism&#8217; a clue to the authorial intent.<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span>Moses &#8216;consciously used&#8217; the conceptualscheme of a six-day work-week followed by a Sabbath rest to convey a theologicalpoint regarding the ultimate destiny of man and creation&#8221; (pg. 225) <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-indent: 0in; line-height: 150%;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"\">2.<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal;\">King and Kingdoms &#8211; &#8220;Theluminaries of Day 4 are established to &#8216;rule over&#8217; the day and night(1:16).<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span>The fish and birds of Day 5 areblessed with dominion mandate that implies rule over the spheres established onDay 2&#8243; (pg. 225).<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span>&#8220;Be fruitful andmultiply&#8221; is a similar mandate to man&#8217;s mandate to &#8220;multiply&#8221; and should beunderstood the same way as a dominion mandate.<span style=\"\">&nbsp;<\/span>Man&#8217;s rule is not limited to the &#8220;sphere of Day 3.<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span>He is to rule&#8221; over all creation (pg.225).<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span>All creation is subjected to their&#8221;Creator King&#8221; on the seventh day. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-indent: 0in; line-height: 150%;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"\">3.<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal;\">Sabbatical Symbolism &#8211; Theseventy years of captivity of <st1:country-region w:st=\"on\"><st1:place w:st=\"on\">Israel<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region>is an example of sabbatical symbolism (Leviticus 26:43; 2 Chronicles 36:21).The seventy weeks in Daniel 9:24-27 is an example of a nonliteral use ofweeks.<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span>The author wanted to make thepoint that there was to be an &#8220;eschatological Sabbath rest for the people ofGod.<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span>The fact that the Holy Spiritemploys the language of &#8216;week&#8217; is, of course, highly significant, for it echoesthe creation narrative&#8217;s metaphorical use of the week&#8221; (pg. 227). <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-indent: 0in; line-height: 150%;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"\">4.<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal;\">Parallelism of Days One and Four- Both Day 1 and 4 deal with light and with separation. <span style=\"\">&nbsp;<\/span>his is a problem for those who hold asequential view since God is repeating an action that He declared good on Day1.<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h3>\n<h2 style=\"text-indent: 0in; line-height: 150%;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"\">D.<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;\">Because It Had Not Rained<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-indent: 0in; line-height: 150%;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"\">1.<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"\">&nbsp;<\/span>In a 1958 article by Kline &#8220;argues thatGenesis 2:5-6 establishes the principle of continuity between the mode ofprovidence during and after the creation period&#8221; (pg. 230).<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-indent: 0in; line-height: 150%;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"\">2.<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal;\">Explanation of the Argument <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h3>\n<h4 style=\"text-indent: 0in; line-height: 150%;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"\">a)<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal;\">Genesis 2:5 states that there wasno vegetation because it had not rained and there was no one to cultivate theplants.<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span>In Genesis 2:6-7, God sends arain cloud and a cultivator (Adam).<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-indent: 0in; line-height: 150%;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"\">b)<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal;\">&#8220;Rain cloud&#8221; is usuallytranslated as &#8220;mist&#8221; but this does not make sense in context because if therehad been a mist to water the vegetation, why mention that there was novegetation because there was no water?<span style=\"\">&nbsp;<\/span>Also the Hebrew word is rare and only used in one other place (Job36:27).<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span>The use in Job corresponds tothe intended use here. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h4>\n<h3 style=\"text-indent: 0in; line-height: 150%;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"\">3.<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal;\">Implications for the 24-Hour View<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h3>\n<h4 style=\"text-indent: 0in; line-height: 150%;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"\">a)<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal;\">Comparing Scripture to Scripturedictates that we take what is learned in Genesis 2 and apply it to Genesis 1(specifically the fourth day).<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span>Genesis 2shows that God created naturally and when applied to Genesis 1 this would ruleout a sequential interpretation.<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span>Day 4is an example of temporal recapitulation.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-indent: 0in; line-height: 150%;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"\">b)<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal;\">A literal interpretation alsoresults in vegetation being created before the sun.<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span>&#8220;Genesis 2:5-6 indicates that God employedordinary methods&#8230;If vegetation could have been sustained without the sun, itcould have survived without the rain&#8221; (pg. 233).<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-indent: 0in; line-height: 150%;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"\">c)<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal;\">Another problem is that theday-night cycle would be established before the earth&#8217;s rotation is establishedsince the sun was not created until Day 4.<span style=\"\">&nbsp;<\/span>Any supernatural means would contradict Genesis 2.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h4>\n<h3 style=\"text-indent: 0in; line-height: 150%;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"\">4.<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal;\">Implications for the Day-Age View- the day-age view shares a similar problem with the 24-Hour view since bothbelieve that the creation days are sequential.<span style=\"\">&nbsp;<\/span>In the day-age view there would be vegetation growing without a sun fora long period of time.<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h3>\n<h2 style=\"text-indent: 0in; line-height: 150%;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"\">E.<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;\">Two-Register Cosmology <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-indent: 0in; line-height: 150%;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"\">1.<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal;\">The Two Registers <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h3>\n<h4 style=\"text-indent: 0in; line-height: 150%;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"\">a)<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal;\">The two registers are the tworealms that &#8220;compose the created order.<span style=\"\">&nbsp;<\/span>The upper register is the invisible dwelling place of God and His holyangels, that is, heaven.<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span>The lowerregister is called &#8216;earth&#8217; but includes the whole visible cosmos from theplanet Earth to the star-studded sky (Col. 1:16)&#8221; (pg. 237).<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-indent: 0in; line-height: 150%;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"\">b)<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal;\">The upper and lower register&#8221;relate to each other spatially, not as different locations, but as differentdimensions of the one cosmos&#8221; (pg. 238). One day the upper register will bevisible (when Jesus returns) and the upper and lower registers will be united. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h4>\n<h3 style=\"text-indent: 0in; line-height: 150%;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"\">2.<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal;\">Application of the FrameworkView<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h3>\n<h4 style=\"text-indent: 0in; line-height: 150%;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"\">a)<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal;\">&#8220;The Days of Genesis 1 belong tothe upper register&#8221; (pg. 239).<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-indent: 0in; line-height: 150%;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"\">b)<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal;\">The relationship between theupper register and the lower is analogical.<span style=\"\">&nbsp;<\/span>&#8220;The upper register is an archetype, and the lower register is ananalogical replica of the upper register&#8221; (pg. 239).<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span>.<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-indent: 0in; line-height: 150%;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"\">c)<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal;\">The language &#8220;of the days and the&#8217;evenings and mornings&#8217; is not literal but an instance of lower-register termsbeing used metaphorically to describe the upper register.&#8221;<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span>The language mirrors the analogicalrelationship between the upper and lower registers.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h4>\n<h3 style=\"text-indent: 0in; line-height: 150%;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"\">3.<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal;\">Answering an Objection toTwo-Register Cosmology &#8211; The framework interpretation is not a &#8220;mere literarystructure having no referential significance to objective reality&#8230;Just becausethe measurement of upper-register time is not calibrated according to alower-register chronometer&#8221; (pg. 248).<span style=\"\">&nbsp;<\/span>The six day period in Genesis corresponds to a unit of time but we don&#8217;tknow what that is. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h3>\n<h2 style=\"text-indent: 0in; line-height: 150%;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"\">F.<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;\">Two Primary Objections <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-indent: 0in; line-height: 150%;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"\">1.<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal;\">The <st1:place w:st=\"on\">Forth<\/st1:place>Commandment &#8211; how can the forth commandment be taken literally if God did not restafter a week?<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span>Exodus 31:14-17 (aparallel text) uses anthropomorphic language of God refreshing Himself.<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span>If we take this literally then we have aweary God.<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span>&#8220;The fundamental weakness ofthis objection, then is that it assumes identity rather than analogy betweenGod&#8217;s rest and man&#8217;s&#8221; (pg. 250). <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-indent: 0in; line-height: 150%;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"\">2.<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"\">&nbsp;<\/span>The Meaning of <i style=\"\">Y\u00c3\u00b4m &#8211; <\/i>each of the creation days refers to an evening and morning,why not take it as a normal 24-hour period?<span style=\"\">&nbsp;<\/span>The word<i style=\"\"> y\u00c3\u00b4m <\/i>&#8220;in Genesis 1denotes an ordinary, lower-register, solar day.<span style=\"\">&nbsp;<\/span>Yet it is being used metaphorically to describe an upper-register unitof time that is not defined by the earth&#8217;s rotation with respect to the sun&#8221;(pg. 251).<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span>The &#8220;critical question is notthe meaning of <i style=\"\">y\u00c3\u00b4m<\/i> but the nature(literal or metaphorical) of the total image of the week of days&#8221; (pg. 252).<i style=\"\"> <o:p><\/o:p><\/i><\/span><\/h3>\n<h1 style=\"line-height: 150%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal;\">&#8220;Because It Had Rained: A Studyof<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span>Genesis 2:5-7 with Implications forGen. 2:4-25 and Gen. 1:1-2:3&#8243; by Mark Futato<span style=\"\">&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in; line-height: 150%;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"\">I.<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal;\">Introduction <span style=\"\">&nbsp;<\/span>&#8212; &#8220;The structure ofGen 2:5-7 is the key to understanding the structure of the whole of Gen 2:4-25,which turns out to be topical not chronological&#8221; (pg. 1). <span style=\"\">&nbsp;<\/span>The topical nature of Gen 2:4-25 supports thetopical nature of Gen 1:1-2:3.<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in; line-height: 150%;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"\">II.<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal;\">The Argument of Gen 2:5-7 <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h1>\n<h2 style=\"text-indent: 0in; line-height: 150%;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"\">A.<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;\">This passage is best viewedin the &#8220;immediate and broader literary contexts, as well as the geographicalcontext of the Ancient Near East and the theological context of Canaanitereligion.&#8221; <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-indent: 0in; line-height: 150%;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"\">B.<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;\">In verse 5 two differentwords are used for vegetation.<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span>&#8220;Thephrase, stah-hassadeh, refers to the wild vegetation that grows spontaneouslyafter the onset of the rainy season, and &#8216;eseb-hassadeh refers to cultivatedgrains.&#8221; Verse 5b states that &#8220;because the Lord God had not sent rain on theland, and there was no man to cultivate the ground.&#8221;<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span>The wild vegetation did not grow becausethere was no rain and the cultivated grain did not grow because there was &#8220;nocultivator.&#8221; The solution to the problem found in verses 6-7 is two fold: &#8220;Godcaused rain clouds to rise up&#8221; and &#8220;formed the man from the dust of theground.&#8221; <span style=\"\">&nbsp;<\/span>The term is usually translated&#8221;stream.&#8221;<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span>The problem with thatinterpretation is that the text does not state that there was a lack of waterbut the problem was stated as a lack of rain.<span style=\"\">&nbsp;<\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h2>\n<h1 style=\"margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in; line-height: 150%;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"\">III.<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"\">&nbsp;<\/span>Implications of this Interpretation for Gen2:4-25 <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h1>\n<h2 style=\"text-indent: 0in; line-height: 150%;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"\">A.<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;\">In 2:19a God is said to haveformed animals out of the ground but in 2:7a God is said to have formed Adamout of the ground.<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span>This sequence is theopposite of Genesis 1 where man is formed last.<span style=\"\">&nbsp;<\/span>The author is clearly not writing this passage chronologically.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-indent: 0in; line-height: 150%;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"\">B.<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"\">&nbsp;<\/span>If the author was concerned with chronology hewould have &#8220;syntactically signaled the dischronology of Gen 2:19 with thewaw+subject+predicated construction&#8221; (pg. 11). <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-indent: 0in; line-height: 150%;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"\">C.<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;\">If the author was concernedwith chronology he would not have stated that Adam was placed in the gardentwice (2:8b and 2:15). Genesis 2:4-25 is an example of the Hebrew stylistictechnique of &#8220;synoptic\/resumption-expansion.&#8221;<span style=\"\">&nbsp;<\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-indent: 0in; line-height: 150%;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"\">D.<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;\">The focus of Genesis 2:4-25is the planting of a garden and putting man in it, not a retelling of thecreation account. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h2>\n<h1 style=\"margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in; line-height: 150%;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"\">IV.<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal;\">Implications for the <st1:place w:st=\"on\"><st1:city w:st=\"on\">Reading<\/st1:city><\/st1:place> of Genesis 1:1-2:3<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h1>\n<h2 style=\"text-indent: 0in; line-height: 150%;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"\">A.<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;\">Genesis 1:1-2 and 2:1-3frame the creation narrative. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-indent: 0in; line-height: 150%;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"\">B.<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;\">There are 8 creative actsrecounted in Genesis 1:3-31. Day 1 God creates light and on Day 2 God creates&#8221;an expanse.&#8221; On Day 3 God created land and sea and vegetation and on Day 4 Godcreated &#8220;lights in the expanse of the sky&#8221; and on Day 5 God created livingcreatures from the land and man.<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-indent: 0in; line-height: 150%;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"\">C.<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;\">On Day 1 and 4 the creatingof light parallels the creating of luminaries and both focus on separation andon Day 2 and 5 the creating of the sea and sky parallels the creating of fishand birds and on Day 3 and 6 the creating of land and vegetation parallels withthe creation land animals and man. <span style=\"\">&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span>Manand vegetation may not seem to be parallel until the 2-fold focus of Genesis2:4-25 (man and vegetation) is understood.<span style=\"\">&nbsp;<\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h2>\n<h1 style=\"margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in; line-height: 150%;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"\">V.<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal;\">Implications for the Theology ofGenesis 1-2 <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h1>\n<h2 style=\"text-indent: 0in; line-height: 150%;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"\">A.<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;\">There is an importance tothe literary structure in Genesis 1-2 in terms of theology. The Sabbath is&#8221;central to the theology of Gen 1:1-2:3&#8243; (pg. 17) and Sabbath theology is tiedto the parallel accounts of the days of creation (Days 1-3 and Days 4-6). <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-indent: 0in; line-height: 150%;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"\">B.<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;\">Another important issue inthis passage is the focus on rain.<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span>Ifthe reader was a pre-exilic Israelite than the focus on rain would besignificant because of the worship of the Canaanite god, Baal, &#8220;the rider ofthe clouds,&#8221; who was sovereign over the rain. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-indent: 0in; line-height: 150%;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"\">C.<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><st1:place w:st=\"on\"><st1:country-region w:st=\"on\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;\">Israel<\/span><\/st1:country-region><\/st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;\"> hasalways been attracted to Baal worship as is evident throughout the OT. Genesis1-2 must be read in the context of this threat of Baalism.<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span>In Genesis 1-2, God is proclaimed sovereignover creation, rain, vegetation, and life. <\/span><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a bonus digest of a book that presents the three views of Genesis and a digest of a paper by Mark Futato on Genesis 2. I had to write the digest for my Doctrine of Man class. The Genesis Debate: Three Viewson the Day of Creation edited by David G. 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