GENESIS 1: CREATION "FACTS"

(Message by Tanny Keng)

1. Genesis 1 

a) This is about the beginning of the universe and the state of planet earth before God transformed it.

2. Creation “Facts”

a) Some teachers wish to include all the statements of Genesis 1:1-3 in the first day of creation. They would remove any distinction between the original creation and the six days of transforming Earth. They hold that the six days are “the beginning” of verse one. We reject that, purely because it is poor exegesis — not consistent with the natural progression of thought in the three verses (Genesis 1:1-3).

b) However, one could also object that it introduces quite unnecessary improbabilities — creating day and night before the sun, planet Earth before the universe, human beings a day after the universe. Some may be enthusiastic about such “facts” but we cannot find them either in Genesis one or in common sense. Of course we would not be dogmatic or disagree about these matters. Our interpretations are not “facts”. They are an attempt to ascertain what facts Genesis 1 is telling us.

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