The Highway Forums General Discussion Theology Discussion Forum 24/6

fredman,

I do NOT intend this to be offensive or a personal attack, but it would seem to think far too highly of Dispensationalism or far too little of Covenant Theology to make such a statement as you did in your first reply. It may be true, as the one instance you cited, where there are those of the Covenant camp who will believe something just because it is also believed by some Dispensationalist or because it is somehow seen as being related to Dispensationalism. I would rather think that a rejection of the 24/6 day creation model is due to a negative influence of post-modern thought, academic pressure, or some other reason. One doesn't have to be a Dispensationalist to see that the Genesis account is a valid historical narrative. I'm no Dispensationalist by any stretch of the imagination, but personally I cannot conceive of how anyone can read the Genesis account in any other way. All this foolishness about the various meanings of "yom", etc., are just that..... foolishness that is the product of a pre-disposition/supposition that already has dismissed the possibility of the Genesis account being historical narrative and one that seeks to justify one of these other non-biblical suppositions.

The suppositions of modern science are probably the #1 factor, IMHO, that have influenced some to cast off accepting the 24/6 day creation, out of fear of looking foolish before the world. Thus they grasp at these other views to try and find some semblance of continuity between the Bible and science. After all, one would not want to be found in the same camp as the RCC where they taught that the earth was flat, based upon an erroneous interpretation of the Bible, eh? [img]http://www.the-highway.com/w3timages/icons/laugh.gif" alt="laugh" title="laugh[/img]

The bottom line for me is that with everything else considered, when I read the Genesis account, it SCREAMS 24/6 day creation; the Spirit of the text is clearly that of a literal historical narrative and all these other views are poor attempts to circumvent the obvious. I doubt seriously that anyone in Moses' day could have understood anything other than the earth and all that exists upon it was created by God in 24/6. [img]http://www.the-highway.com/w3timages/icons/grin.gif" alt="grin" title="grin[/img]

In His Grace,