WEBVTT 00:00:01.040 --> 00:00:04.240 Welcome to the program Study in the Chapel. 00:00:04.559 --> 00:00:07.599 God's Word is supreme at Chapel Ministries. 00:00:07.839 --> 00:00:12.400 We consider it absolutely essential to a proper relationship with God. 00:00:12.800 --> 00:00:17.760 We study it, we love it, we rely on it every minute of every day. 00:00:18.000 --> 00:00:22.800 The following program is an edited recording of the regular Bible studies we hold. 00:00:23.120 --> 00:00:33.920 And we decided to share these with you in the hope that you too will be able to find inspiration, encouragement, and ultimately salvation through discovering Christ in Scripture. 00:00:34.399 --> 00:00:37.600 Our intention is to travel all the way through the Bible. 00:00:37.759 --> 00:00:42.719 It will be a challenging journey, but one that will undoubtedly bring you to a decision. 00:00:42.960 --> 00:00:48.240 Through this study, you will be faced with either believing or rejecting what God has said to us. 00:00:48.479 --> 00:00:54.320 It is our intention to provide you with enough knowledge to make an informed decision about God and his word. 00:00:54.960 --> 00:01:04.879 We strongly encourage you to listen intently and diligently, because though at the moment you may not realize it, these things are truly a matter of life and death. 00:01:05.120 --> 00:01:09.359 In fact, these are matters of eternal life and eternal death. 00:01:09.680 --> 00:01:11.599 Never treat what God has said lightly. 00:01:11.760 --> 00:01:14.400 There's truly nothing more important to you. 00:01:14.640 --> 00:01:19.200 Now join us as we seek God's will through his inspired word. 00:01:32.959 --> 00:01:37.760 Not purposely, of course, translating the Bible is not an easy task. 00:01:38.000 --> 00:01:42.400 Though this is not perfect, it is a good place to start. 00:01:42.799 --> 00:01:45.599 And the earth was without form and void. 00:01:45.680 --> 00:01:48.879 This is the way it is written in the King James. 00:01:48.959 --> 00:01:52.640 I'm going to say that a few times because that's important for you to understand. 00:01:52.879 --> 00:02:02.400 And the earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. 00:02:02.640 --> 00:02:17.520 Now, going back for a moment to what we said last time, one of the most difficult challenges modern believers face is trying to square what Scripture says with what human research says. 00:02:17.759 --> 00:02:25.520 Wherever you turn in this book, you're going to encounter something that goes against man's centered wisdom. 00:02:25.759 --> 00:02:33.360 And there's no bigger example of that problem than the Bible's report of a six-day creative process. 00:02:33.520 --> 00:02:41.520 In fact, timetables in general in the Bible present a particularly tricky difficulty. 00:02:42.000 --> 00:02:53.680 There are some who say that based on the information given in Scripture, one can place the age of the earth at around 6,000 years. 00:02:53.919 --> 00:03:09.439 Now, science, on the other hand, using various age-determining technologies and processes, estimate the earth to be somewhere between 4.1 and 4.5 billion years old. 00:03:09.840 --> 00:03:11.840 Now that's a discrepancy. 00:03:12.080 --> 00:03:17.199 How can we possibly account for such a vast disparity? 00:03:17.439 --> 00:03:20.800 In fact, disparity doesn't really even cover it. 00:03:20.960 --> 00:03:22.960 It doesn't cover it with enough force. 00:03:23.120 --> 00:03:28.159 I'm not sure there is a strong enough word for what we encounter here. 00:03:28.400 --> 00:03:32.639 This isn't just some quibbling little disagreement. 00:03:32.879 --> 00:03:36.479 This isn't merely a difference of opinion. 00:03:37.199 --> 00:03:47.039 Well, I think the yawning chasm between these two positions must be in itself telling us a story. 00:03:47.360 --> 00:03:55.199 The difference between 6,000 years and multiple billions of years is such a huge number. 00:03:55.360 --> 00:03:58.639 Well, it's so big it has to be significant. 00:03:59.280 --> 00:04:09.520 To me, nothing quite demonstrates the fact that God hasn't given us all the information there is to know in his book, quite like this. 00:04:10.240 --> 00:04:14.000 And you know, it's not as if we're dealing with crackpots here. 00:04:14.240 --> 00:04:20.480 Both sides of this debate base their arguments on solid evidence. 00:04:20.720 --> 00:04:23.759 No one seems to be grasping at straws. 00:04:24.079 --> 00:04:34.319 The scientists employ very sophisticated equipment and methods to come up with their number, as I said, around four and a half billion years. 00:04:34.639 --> 00:04:47.279 But at the same time, the so-called young earthers, those that say the earth is not old, also rely on very reliable information. 00:04:47.439 --> 00:04:48.639 They use the Bible. 00:04:48.800 --> 00:05:00.720 Now, the scientific community may not consider the Bible as a good place to find facts, but I'm gonna say they've never come up with anything better than what's found in Scripture. 00:05:00.959 --> 00:05:07.279 Nonetheless, neither side appears to have made any errors in calculation. 00:05:07.519 --> 00:05:11.759 Therefore, there must be some missing information. 00:05:11.920 --> 00:05:26.160 If both parties have gathered the facts that are present and performed faithful evaluations of their findings, then there must be more to this than meets the eye, so to speak, right? 00:05:26.480 --> 00:05:34.079 The young earthers make a solid back, a solid fact-based premise. 00:05:34.319 --> 00:05:42.720 Likewise, the scientific community appears to have formulated a decent argument centered on their evidence. 00:05:43.519 --> 00:05:49.680 The only possible explanation is that we don't have all the data. 00:05:56.639 --> 00:06:05.279 Reading Genesis 1, 1 and 1, 2, I believe, closely will help us unravel this. 00:06:05.439 --> 00:06:12.639 If we read Genesis 1, 1 and 1, 2 closely, we will find our way through this. 00:06:12.720 --> 00:06:14.000 That's my belief. 00:06:14.480 --> 00:06:19.439 First, Genesis 1 1 says, God created the heaven and the earth. 00:06:19.600 --> 00:06:21.680 That's not much to go on. 00:06:21.839 --> 00:06:23.839 There's not enough there to question. 00:06:24.000 --> 00:06:25.360 We said that last time. 00:06:25.519 --> 00:06:27.759 It's pretty straightforward. 00:06:28.240 --> 00:06:31.360 Now, let's read Genesis 1.2 again. 00:06:31.519 --> 00:06:34.800 Again, I'm going to say, as written in the King James. 00:06:35.040 --> 00:06:46.079 And the earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. 00:06:46.160 --> 00:06:57.279 Now I have to say, reading the King James English language translation doesn't really help us at all with this earth age debate. 00:06:57.439 --> 00:07:00.079 It's a real debate, it's a real problem. 00:07:00.399 --> 00:07:08.000 It doesn't fill in the gaps, the billion years gaps between the young earthers and the geologists. 00:07:08.160 --> 00:07:16.240 However, if we zoom in a bit, a different picture emerges, significantly different. 00:07:16.560 --> 00:07:30.560 As we squint our eyes and sharpen our focus, it would appear that there's a lot more information in this second verse than we may have at first realized. 00:07:31.120 --> 00:07:36.240 Though to be honest, that won't be obvious until we look at it in the original. 00:07:36.399 --> 00:07:41.439 Now let's read the King James again, but let's just start with this first part of it. 00:07:41.600 --> 00:07:51.199 In fact, we'll go back to verse one and then continue on to the first part of verse two, because as written, it seems like they belong together. 00:07:51.439 --> 00:07:55.439 What you're going to see is actually a part of the problem. 00:07:56.480 --> 00:08:03.680 By the way, let me just say, I was back and forth about my strategy as to how to teach this. 00:08:03.920 --> 00:08:11.519 You know, my philosophy so far has been to make sure we don't linger too long on the details. 00:08:11.680 --> 00:08:12.879 Now I know what you're thinking. 00:08:13.040 --> 00:08:16.560 Well, it took us two years to get through the letter to the Ephesians. 00:08:16.720 --> 00:08:17.920 What are you talking about? 00:08:18.079 --> 00:08:20.399 Believe me, I left a lot of it out. 00:08:20.639 --> 00:08:24.079 If I had not left the details out, we'd still be at it. 00:08:24.319 --> 00:08:33.279 Here, however, I'm saying be prepared because I'm not sure I'm going to be as discriminating as I have been to this point. 00:08:34.159 --> 00:08:37.600 But I have a good reason for changing my approach. 00:08:37.759 --> 00:08:42.879 I have a good reason for spending so much time on these verses. 00:08:43.679 --> 00:08:50.240 You see, we have to get to know what God is saying right from the beginning. 00:08:50.480 --> 00:08:52.000 And you know why? 00:08:52.320 --> 00:08:56.559 Because those that discredit the Bible start right here. 00:08:56.879 --> 00:09:07.039 They try to tell us that the creation story is so absolutely absurd that it and all the rest should be ignored. 00:09:07.759 --> 00:09:17.519 The enemies of God will tell you, hey, our scientific observations make that Genesis account quite impossible to believe. 00:09:19.039 --> 00:09:42.240 Some years ago, when the debate as to whether or not to teach creationism in public schools was in full swing, one UC Davis professor remarked that teaching the biblical, what he called theory of creation, makes about as much sense as teaching the story of the stork. 00:09:42.480 --> 00:09:48.799 And that's a common attitude about not only the creation story, but all of the Bible. 00:09:48.960 --> 00:09:52.879 In fact, and this is actually the dangerous part. 00:09:53.679 --> 00:10:05.200 Comparing the content of scripture with fairy tales, promoting the idea that the Bible is nothing more than folklore, as some Christians do. 00:10:05.919 --> 00:10:12.799 When we do that, we're giving science the excuse it needs to ignore it. 00:10:13.039 --> 00:10:26.240 Now, it may come as a surprise to some of you, but not every scientist in the world accepts the notion that God's version of the creation story is unworthy of consideration. 00:10:26.480 --> 00:10:51.120 However, unlike just about every other field of inquiry, the established scientific community refuses to debate this topic because of the prevailing notion that any discussion about the origins of life that include the Judeo-Christian version is beneath serious consideration. 00:10:51.279 --> 00:10:52.000 Hey, Dr. 00:10:52.159 --> 00:10:56.960 Science, would it be possible for me to discuss the origin of life with you? 00:10:57.120 --> 00:10:58.399 Oh, I'd love that. 00:10:58.559 --> 00:11:05.440 You know, it's one of my great passions to have an open dialogue about these various theories. 00:11:05.600 --> 00:11:06.399 Sounds fun. 00:11:06.559 --> 00:11:07.840 How about you go first? 00:11:08.159 --> 00:11:09.759 Ah, thank you, Doctor. 00:11:11.200 --> 00:11:14.000 In the beginning, God, we're done. 00:11:16.240 --> 00:11:19.519 And they call us closed-minded. 00:11:20.559 --> 00:11:23.600 But you know, I have to admit that I get it. 00:11:24.080 --> 00:11:33.440 As we said just a moment ago, there does appear to be an enormous problem with the evidence as presented. 00:11:34.799 --> 00:11:42.000 But don't dismiss what's there until you look at what the evidence actually says. 00:11:42.240 --> 00:11:46.559 So again, let's read Genesis 1.1 and some of verse 2. 00:11:46.799 --> 00:11:53.759 In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth, and the earth was without form and void. 00:11:54.399 --> 00:12:09.279 Just as we're getting over being immersed in a whopper of a bind brought on by Genesis 1.1, low Genesis 1.2 comes along and immediately puts us in another one. 00:12:10.080 --> 00:12:17.360 It's amazing, though, that sometimes it's the little things that cause the biggest problems. 00:12:18.320 --> 00:12:32.080 The use of the word and makes it look like there is a connection between the creation and the without form and voidness that is noted in verse 2. 00:12:32.320 --> 00:12:38.720 In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth, and the earth was without form and void. 00:12:38.879 --> 00:12:48.559 Yes, the word and is a common connector, but we have to be careful in determining what is actually being connected. 00:12:48.879 --> 00:12:56.480 Failure to do so has led to a major misinterpretation of the creation of the universe. 00:12:56.639 --> 00:12:59.679 As I said, sometimes it's the little things. 00:12:59.840 --> 00:13:01.360 Now, listen to me. 00:13:01.759 --> 00:13:04.000 You have to think closely about this. 00:13:04.320 --> 00:13:11.600 The word and is not modifying the two verbs, created and without form. 00:13:11.679 --> 00:13:17.600 Now I know as written in the English, it's not a verb, but we'll get to that in a second. 00:13:18.159 --> 00:13:24.320 And is not connecting the two actions, it's connecting the noun. 00:13:24.480 --> 00:13:25.679 Wait, what noun? 00:13:26.000 --> 00:13:26.960 The earth. 00:13:27.279 --> 00:13:37.600 The earth had an event in verse one, and it was creation, and the earth had an event in verse two without form and void. 00:13:37.759 --> 00:13:40.720 Those two are not connected in time. 00:13:41.200 --> 00:13:46.480 Two separate events, creation and without form and void. 00:13:46.720 --> 00:13:54.639 Not only does the word and tell us this, but the tense of the original to be verb does as well. 00:13:54.799 --> 00:13:55.919 Now hang on with me. 00:13:56.159 --> 00:14:06.399 I know no one wants a grammar lesson at 7:45 in the evening, but there's no other way to get this properly situated in our heads. 00:14:06.559 --> 00:14:08.799 It's worth the pain, believe me. 00:14:09.120 --> 00:14:21.919 Now we have to wipe away our understanding, our interpretation of what the King James is telling us, because, well, the King James translation is wrong. 00:14:22.879 --> 00:14:24.960 Fundamentalist gasp. 00:14:25.279 --> 00:14:29.360 How darest thou cast aspersions upon holy writ? 00:14:29.679 --> 00:14:33.519 Thou art a cad for suggesting such drivel. 00:14:34.879 --> 00:14:41.360 Okay, well, saying the King James is wrong may be a bit harsh, but it is definitely too vague. 00:14:41.679 --> 00:14:47.840 You see, the original is not the earth was without form and void. 00:14:48.159 --> 00:14:56.480 The Hebrew sentence is structured to say the earth became without form and void. 00:14:56.720 --> 00:15:03.919 The earth was created, and the earth became without form and void. 00:15:04.000 --> 00:15:11.679 And I'm going to spend some time showing that to you, not just from the grammar, but from the evidence that surrounds it. 00:15:12.000 --> 00:15:15.360 Not is, but rather became. 00:15:25.759 --> 00:15:27.840 But the original does not say that. 00:15:28.159 --> 00:15:35.200 God did not create the earth without form and void, as it sounds like in the King James. 00:15:35.440 --> 00:15:42.639 When he created it, when he creates anything, it's alive and vibrant and life-sustaining. 00:15:42.879 --> 00:15:49.440 The heavens, when he made the heavens and the earth, that was his creative intention. 00:15:49.600 --> 00:15:52.559 That was his design philosophy. 00:15:52.720 --> 00:15:54.320 Why wouldn't it be? 00:15:55.039 --> 00:16:03.840 Why would God create, and I'm going to prove to you in the weeks to come, that he made this creation for you and me. 00:16:05.600 --> 00:16:11.840 So if he did that, why would he make it without form and void? 00:16:12.000 --> 00:16:13.919 Why the extra step? 00:16:15.279 --> 00:16:21.120 His creation was to be a place where life would thrive. 00:16:21.600 --> 00:16:23.519 He tells us that elsewhere. 00:16:23.759 --> 00:16:25.679 Isaiah 45, 18. 00:16:25.840 --> 00:16:26.960 Listen to this. 00:16:27.519 --> 00:16:36.720 For thus saith the Lord that created the heavens, God himself that formed the earth, this it's referring, Isaiah is referring to Genesis 1.1. 00:16:37.600 --> 00:16:42.639 God himself that formed the earth and made it, he hath established it. 00:16:46.159 --> 00:16:49.279 He formed it to be inhabited. 00:16:50.480 --> 00:16:56.559 This passage from Isaiah, as I said, is referring to Genesis 1.1. 00:16:57.039 --> 00:17:00.080 God created the heaven and the earth. 00:17:00.399 --> 00:17:06.319 Isaiah said that God formed the earth, but he did so not in vain. 00:17:06.480 --> 00:17:11.440 Now that's a word that trips up us modern humans all the time in the Bible. 00:17:11.599 --> 00:17:17.519 It's a very common word in the Bible, and our common usage of it confuses us. 00:17:17.599 --> 00:17:20.880 It's changed quite a bit over the centuries. 00:17:21.279 --> 00:17:27.920 The original word here in the Hebrew is tohu, not tofu, which is delicious. 00:17:28.079 --> 00:17:28.960 It's tohu. 00:17:29.200 --> 00:17:34.000 And tohu means a desolation, a desert. 00:17:34.880 --> 00:17:42.240 Isaiah, the prophet speaking for God, said that the creation was not desolate. 00:17:42.480 --> 00:17:44.559 It was not a wasteland. 00:17:44.720 --> 00:17:46.640 It was not a desert. 00:17:47.440 --> 00:17:57.440 But you know, Isaiah 45, 18, by the way, is not the first place this word, this Hebrew word Tohu is used. 00:17:57.920 --> 00:18:04.480 Can you guess where Tohu's, can you guess where Tohu first appeared in the Bible? 00:18:04.640 --> 00:18:05.680 I'm sure you can. 00:18:05.920 --> 00:18:07.759 It's Genesis 1.2. 00:18:08.160 --> 00:18:10.240 In the beginning, this is Genesis 1.1. 00:18:10.640 --> 00:18:16.240 In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth, and the earth was Tohu. 00:18:16.640 --> 00:18:18.880 The King James says, without form. 00:18:19.039 --> 00:18:20.400 It was desolate. 00:18:20.640 --> 00:18:22.640 It was desert-like. 00:18:24.079 --> 00:18:30.079 But wait, God created the heaven and the earth, and the earth was Tohu. 00:18:30.559 --> 00:18:35.519 I thought that God through Isaiah said the earth was not created tohu. 00:18:36.319 --> 00:18:44.799 In fact, God said through Isaiah in Isaiah 45, 18, that He made the earth to be inhabited. 00:18:47.519 --> 00:18:53.279 Have you ever flown from the East Coast to the West Coast of the United States? 00:18:53.599 --> 00:19:05.119 I'm telling you, from about Denver all the way to just about the time you get to the Pacific coast, it is one of the most boring sights from the air you'll ever see. 00:19:05.440 --> 00:19:10.799 Very few buildings, very few roads, no farms, no forests, almost nothing. 00:19:12.319 --> 00:19:21.599 It's obvious that not many people live in those areas east of Southern California and west of Colorado, New Mexico-ish. 00:19:22.640 --> 00:19:27.279 Now, silly question, but do you know why there aren't many people there? 00:19:28.319 --> 00:19:30.480 Because it's a desert. 00:19:31.039 --> 00:19:32.799 It's a desolation. 00:19:33.279 --> 00:19:34.559 It's Tohu. 00:19:35.599 --> 00:19:45.920 Now, to be honest, the Tohu of the desert Southwest is a lush paradise compared to what God is describing in Genesis 1.2. 00:19:46.559 --> 00:19:59.599 Genesis 1.2 says the earth was without form and void and darkness was upon the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. 00:19:59.839 --> 00:20:03.039 That is a terrifying level of Tohu. 00:20:04.559 --> 00:20:07.440 No one can live in that Tohu. 00:20:09.039 --> 00:20:17.440 So why does the King James in Genesis 1.2 tell us that God created it tohu? 00:20:19.359 --> 00:20:21.519 Maybe that's not what God said. 00:20:22.720 --> 00:20:26.640 Isaiah 45, 18 says something completely different. 00:20:26.880 --> 00:20:34.319 For thus saith the Lord that created the heavens, God Himself that formed the earth and made it, he hath established it. 00:20:48.400 --> 00:20:50.559 Why the apparent contradiction? 00:20:50.720 --> 00:20:53.519 Why the completely opposite imagery? 00:20:53.759 --> 00:20:58.319 Why the disharmonious English language statements? 00:21:00.960 --> 00:21:21.759 All we can say is the only possible answer is that something must have changed because God in Genesis 1.2 tells a different story than he does in Isaiah 45, 18, and frankly, a different story than he tells in Genesis 1.2. 00:21:22.799 --> 00:21:29.359 And by the way, we already know God doesn't lie, and we already know that the Bible has no errors. 00:21:29.519 --> 00:21:31.519 I'm not going to debate that with you. 00:21:32.400 --> 00:21:37.200 If you disagree with that, then there's no sense in continuing in this Bible study. 00:21:37.359 --> 00:21:48.960 We said from the very beginning, we are going to stand on the foundation that we continue to stand on in this ministry, and that's that God can be trusted and so can his word. 00:21:49.279 --> 00:21:54.720 Therefore, God doesn't lie and there are no errors in the Bible. 00:21:54.960 --> 00:21:59.759 Then there must be another explanation for the difference between Jesus. 00:22:00.160 --> 00:22:03.759 Genesis 1 2 and Isaiah 45 18. 00:22:03.920 --> 00:22:08.480 Now, believe it or not, we're still talking about the age of the earth. 00:22:10.319 --> 00:22:14.079 Now, I'm sure you're thinking, why are we spending so much time on this? 00:22:15.839 --> 00:22:16.960 It's simple. 00:22:18.240 --> 00:22:26.640 This is very important because Bible doubters think the Genesis account of creation is an easy target. 00:22:26.880 --> 00:22:28.799 I started this point here earlier. 00:22:28.880 --> 00:22:30.400 I'm picking it up again. 00:22:31.279 --> 00:22:36.960 All the critics of the Bible eventually end up at Genesis chapter one. 00:22:37.200 --> 00:22:42.319 They think that what's written here makes it easy to discount the entire Bible. 00:22:42.480 --> 00:22:51.039 If all else fails, if they feel like they're going to lose the argument about the validity of Scripture, they take you back here. 00:22:52.160 --> 00:22:53.920 It happens this way all the time. 00:22:54.079 --> 00:22:58.079 You get in a conversation with an unprepared Bible basher. 00:22:58.240 --> 00:23:00.319 And by the way, they're all unprepared. 00:23:01.920 --> 00:23:08.880 They're all ill-informed about the Bible because if they understood their Bible, they wouldn't doubt it. 00:23:09.039 --> 00:23:12.559 They wouldn't be debating you about it if they really understood it. 00:23:12.720 --> 00:23:16.160 But for this conversation, that's neither here nor there. 00:23:16.319 --> 00:23:21.440 Anyhow, you come across someone who wants to challenge what's written in Scripture. 00:23:21.680 --> 00:23:38.400 Their strategy is to appeal to your logical side because if they're successful in pointing out what they think are factual anomalies, things that they think no intelligent person will believe, well, then surely you'll change your mind. 00:23:39.440 --> 00:23:42.079 They bring up something, you counter it. 00:23:42.319 --> 00:23:50.400 They get stung a bit by your quick and accurate answer, and so they try another dubious fact to make their point. 00:23:50.640 --> 00:23:53.599 You correct this next obvious mistake. 00:23:54.240 --> 00:24:04.319 Surprised and disappointed in their own failure, they fall back on their heels a bit, confidence shaking, but still they throw another one at you. 00:24:04.480 --> 00:24:07.519 Maybe the virgin birth or something. 00:24:08.000 --> 00:24:14.319 You adroitly refer to scripture, and that last argument makes them wobble a bit. 00:24:14.559 --> 00:24:20.319 They're on the ropes, they're reeling, their head is swimming, and their heart is swelling. 00:24:21.200 --> 00:24:29.359 They gather themselves up and out of desperation, they say, okay, okay, but surely you're not a creationist. 00:24:30.559 --> 00:24:35.039 You know, that's a term they like to throw around because they think they're insulting you. 00:24:35.279 --> 00:24:40.480 They consider such a label as truly vile, and they figured you would too. 00:24:41.119 --> 00:24:47.839 They think that no one with even the tiniest shred of self-respect would admit to something like that. 00:24:48.079 --> 00:24:53.440 You can't really tell me that you believe in a Genesis account of creation. 00:24:53.759 --> 00:24:59.119 No modern thinking man would make themselves look so foolish. 00:25:02.400 --> 00:25:12.799 Every time you say you believe every word of the Bible, the nearly guaranteed eventual response is the question, even Genesis chapter one? 00:25:14.079 --> 00:25:21.119 As if believing something like that is beneath any creature, any creature who walks upright. 00:25:23.279 --> 00:25:30.480 And you know, I have to admit, part of the credibility problem is this 6,000-year-old earth business. 00:25:30.960 --> 00:25:38.319 It's really what gets the biggest snickers, the biggest sarcastic giggles from the non-believing world. 00:25:38.880 --> 00:25:42.480 And you know, to be honest, I actually don't blame them. 00:25:47.839 --> 00:25:54.799 But not because it doesn't align with science, but listen to me, because it doesn't align with scripture. 00:25:56.319 --> 00:26:09.039 Claiming that the earth is only six thousand years old assumes God has given us all the information we need in the Bible to make such an estimate. 00:26:09.599 --> 00:26:17.039 And I think we've already determined that He did not give us all the information, nor did He intend to. 00:26:27.119 --> 00:26:37.279 Saying the earth is 6,000 years old is not accurate because it doesn't take into account some of the missing information. 00:26:37.680 --> 00:26:52.960 The difference, listen to me closely, the difference between God created the heaven and the earth, and the earth was without form and void, screams loudly, there must be more information. 00:26:54.960 --> 00:27:04.720 The young earthers, in my opinion, don't recognize that something happened between Genesis 1-1 and Genesis 1-2. 00:27:05.359 --> 00:27:14.880 Something must have happened between God created the heaven and the earth, and the earth became without form and void. 00:27:15.119 --> 00:27:17.920 We must really come to that conclusion. 00:27:18.319 --> 00:27:31.279 And that's not just so we can clear up the intellectual dissonance, but rather to reconcile for ourselves the dichotomy between Genesis and Isaiah. 00:27:31.440 --> 00:27:33.759 Listen, God's word is all true. 00:27:34.000 --> 00:27:39.759 And that is the premise upon which we must solve mysteries like this. 00:27:42.319 --> 00:27:48.319 Now we have a lot more to say on this topic, so we'll pick it up right there next time. 00:27:54.079 --> 00:28:04.000 God's word is a great treasure, and it's our belief that a thorough, purposeful study of it will bring all of God's children to an understanding of his eternal plan of redemption. 00:28:04.559 --> 00:28:07.759 It is our prayer that this will be so for all of our listeners. 00:28:08.000 --> 00:28:09.920 Please join us again soon. 00:28:10.160 --> 00:28:14.559 New content is being added all the time, so make sure you check back often. 00:28:15.039 --> 00:28:25.920 For more information on Chapel Ministries, including our YouTube channel and podcasts, please visit www.chapelontheweb.com. 00:28:26.319 --> 00:28:33.519 And if God has laid it upon your heart to share materially with us, we encourage you to follow the links to our secure giving page. 00:28:33.759 --> 00:28:42.400 Please note, Chapel Ministries is not an IRS registered nonprofit organization, and your donations to this program are not tax deductible. 00:28:42.559 --> 00:28:48.559 It's our hope that you do not rely on taxing authorities to decide for you who is worthy of your generosity.