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Genesis 1-11, Week 3

Exegesis or Eisegesis?Genesis 1:1-8

Two Weeks Ago

• What kind of Literature is Genesis?

• What Theology does Genesis give us?

See the Difference

• Psalm 19:1 NIVThe heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands.

• Genesis 1:1-2In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.

Confused? Based on verbs used, not parallelismMathematical Analysis by Dr. Stephen Boyd - Master's CollegeAnalyzed 47 narrative and 49 poetic texts for Types of verbs usedThen compared them to Genesis 1:-2:3. 0.9999 % probability it is narrative.

Poetry: Present tenseNarrative / History: Past Tense = Things that have happenedGreek Verbs: 4 moods, 3 voices, 3 persons, 3 numbers and 4 conjugations = 17

Two Weeks Ago

• What kind of Literature is Genesis?

• What Theology does Genesis give us?

Questions or Comments?

Today's Topics

• Exegesis or Eisegesis?

• Genesis 1:1-8

Eisegesis: Day-Age Theory

• Days = Long Ages• First such Interpretation: Mid 1900's

– By American geologist Arnold Guyot• All Prior Interpreters Did Not See Long

Ages (Some claim Augustine but NO)• Novel Interpretations Were Motivated by

Needing to Conform Scripture to 'Proven Science'

• yom can mean other than a 24-hour day.

Lots of Theology starts in Genesis:God, Us, Sin, Salvation, Angels,The Church – People of God, The Last Things

What is Exegesis & Eisegesis?

Genesis 1:1-8 / Days 1 & 2nd

Early Church 'Fathers' did do some alagorizing IN ADDITION TO LITERAL INTERPRETATIONSome also questioned why not instantaneous?

Some Exegesis

In my father's Day

He drove from Philadelphia PA to FortHuachuca AZ in 5 Days

During the Day.

Some Exegesis

• All the creation days:– evening + morning + numeric

• Compare Scripture with Scripture:– Outside of Genesis 1– Always Understood to be 24-Hour Days

• "Day", singular or plural, with number, 410 times• "Evening" plus "morning" without "day", 38 times• "Evening" plus "morning" with "day", 23 times• "Night" with "day", 52 times

Some Exegesis

• Joshua 6:2-4 (NIV)[2] Then the LORD said to Joshua, “See, I have delivered Jericho into your hands, along with its king and its fighting men. [3] March around the city once with all the armed men. Do this for six days. [4] Have seven priests carry trumpets of rams' horns in front of the ark. On the seventh day, march around the city seven times, with the priests blowing the trumpets.

• Genesis 39:10 (NIV)[10] And though she spoke to Joseph day after day, he refused to go to bed with her or even be with her.

Context!

"Day", “yom” outside Genesis I— always normal-length day in these examplesAdd up to 523 times out of about 2000.Many of the remaining 1500 also are considered 24-hour days

This was in the 15th Century BC (1400's)How long did Joshua lead the Israelites around Jericho?Still Marching?How long were the days for Joseph? No 'qualifiers'


• Most Well Known Supporter:– Astronomer Hugh Ross– Founder of Reasons to Believe

• Soundly Discredited by– Refuting Compromise– From Creation Ministries International


• Variation: Analogical Days– From the Presbyterian Church of America

Creation Study Committee in 1990• Affirm 6 Day Creation ... BUT

– God's Days are not our Days– His Days Are Variably Long

• They can even overlap• Lets them move any event to any place in the

Creation sequence

The Need to Shuffle the Creation Days

Day Biblical Creation Big bang, evolution

1a Heavens and Earth Light

1a Darkness Expanse ('space')

1a Water Stars

1b Light Water

2 Expanse Sun

3a Dry Land Earth and Solar System

3b First life: land plants, Dry land

4 Sun. moon, stars Oceans



5 Fish First life: single-celled organisms

5 Whales (including dolphins) Death

5 Ichthyosaurs, mosasaurs Fish

5 Plesiosaurs, pliosaurs Trees

5 Birds, bats, pterosaurs Land reptiles

6a Land reptiles ('creeping things')

Ichthyosaurs, mosasaurs, plesiosaurs, pliosaurs, pterosaurs from land reptiles



6a Land mammals Land mammals (from land reptiles)

6b One man from dust Birds from land reptiles

6c One woman from the man's rib

Bats and whales (from land mammals)

A few days after Creation week Death (from Adam's sin)

A population of ape-like creatures evolved into a population of humans.

Eisegesis: Classical Gap Theory

• Inserts a vast period of time between Genesis 1:1 and Genesis 1:2

• Introduced by Thomas Chalmers (1780-1847)

• Assumes that Noah's Flood is comparatively insignificant from the standpoint of its geological and hydrodynamic effects, since all the major fossil bearing formations were laid down by the supposed flood of Genesis 1:2 (sometimes referred to as Lucifer's Flood)

Ichthyosaurs: Fish Lizardmosasaurs / pliosaurs: Marine ReptilesPlesiosaurs: Dino 'Fish'pterosaurs: "winged lizard"

Classical Gap Theory1st World Destroyed by God because it was so badAll Fossils are from that 1st flood: void in 1:2

Eisegesis: Classical Gap Theory

• All the plants and animals of the first world were destroyed and fossilized and had no genetic connection to the living things of the present world. In spite of that fact, a majority of them appear to be genetically identical in form to the modern types.

• Assumes that carnivorous and other animals were living and dying not only millions of years before Adam, but even before the fall of Satan

Eisegesis: Classical Gap TheoryThey must redefine "very good" as given in Genesis 1:31a.

[31] God saw all that he had made, and it was very good.

Eisegesis: Soft Gap Theory

• Inserts a vast period of time between Genesis 1:2 and Genesis 1:3

• Supported by Gorman Gray & John Sailhamer– Mid to later 20th Century

• Recognized the problems of death before Adam– No 1st Earth– No Destruction– Creation is of The Nation of Israel, not the Universe

A Variation

Eisegesis: Framework Hypothesis

• Developed by scholars who realized that the Day-Age and Gap Theories failed to fit millions of years into what Genesis 1 says.– By Arie Noordsij in 1924

• Eisegesis:– Treated Science Magisterially– Rejected Historicity of the text– Claimed it is a Framework that God used to

teach us about Himself and Creation

Eisegesis: Framework Hypothesis

“I have advocated an interpretation of biblical cosmogony according to which Scripture is open to the current scientific view of a very old universe and, in that respect, does not discountenance the theory of the evolutionary origin of man.”

Meredith Kline (1922—2007) from Westminster Seminary CA

Today's Topics

• Exegesis or Eisegesis?

• Genesis 1:1-8

Science over ScriptureIn spite of Obvious narrative nature of the textEG: Teach 6-day week, BUT that is in Exodus and that is based on the historical events of Genesis 1

It's backward interpretation

The leading proponent of the Framework view was Meredith Kline (1922—2007) from Westminster Seminary California.

What is Exegesis & Eisegesis?

Genesis 1:1-8 / Days 1 & 2nd

In The Beginning ...

• This is an Absolute Beginning = ex nihilo• Space-Time Begins

– General Relativity is in Agreement• Time & Space are Linked• There was No Time Before Creation• God is Not One Who Exists a Long Time

But One Who Is Not Constrained By Time• This Does Away With The Question

– Who Created God?– He has No Beginning! Uncreated! = I AM

In The Beginning God Created ...

• Hebrew 'Heavens and Earth” = merism– A Figure of Speech

• Totality expressed by Contrasting Parts• Like He searched 'far and near'

– Meaning Everything: The Universe

• God Created From Nothing = Beginning– Exposes All False Religions!

Exposing False Religions

Atheism: there is no God

* God exists, and was present 'at the beginning '. * God created the universe; the universe neither spontaneously appeared nor has it existed forever.

Agnosticism: It is Impossible to know whether God exists

* God has revealed Himself In Scripture as Creator.

Dualism: Good and Evil are eternally co-existent (as Zoroastrians believe).

* God was alone when He created.* God is perfectly good.* Beings who became evil are part of the created order.

No Universe, Mass, Time, Space ...General Relativity is in Agreement= Under Scripture!


Finite -god views (e.g. Open Theism and Process Theology)

* God created the space-time universe.* Thus He is not limited by anything in the universe, including the future, since God created time itself.

Evolutionism: that goo became you via the zoo

* God created a man, a woman, and the various kinds of animals in distinct acts of creation.

Humanism: man is the measure of all things.

* God is the ultimate reality.* Man is part of the created order.* God created us so He is the measure of all things.


Materialism: Matter (or mass-energy) is the only reality. This is a synonym of: Naturalism: natural laws describe all things.

* God created matter (and mass-energy); or, God created nature.* God is thus sovereign over the natural world.* Thus matter (mass-energy) are not eternal or self-existent.

Pantheism: all is god; god and creation are the same thing

* God created the universe.* Thus God is distinct from His creation.

Panentheism: 'all is in god'. * God transcends what He created


Polytheism: there is more than one god * Only one God created all things.

Unitarianism (that God is an absolute unity. e.g. Islam. modern Judaism, Jehovah's Witness doctrine, (classical unitarianism)

* Elohim is a plural noun With a singular verb, teaching a plurality in the Godhead.* The NT reveals this further as the Trinity.

Psalm 146:5-6 (NIV)[5] Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob,

whose hope is in the LORD his God,[6] the Maker of heaven and earth,

the sea, and everything in them—the LORD, who remains faithful forever.

Just one example of why God being Creator is important

Helpful Diagram?

NT Confirmation / Clarification• [John 1:1] In the beginning was the Word, and

the Word was with God, and the Word was God. [2] He was with God in the beginning. [3] Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.

• [Colossians 1:16] For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him. [17] He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.

NT Confirmation / Clarification• [Hebrews 1:1] In the past God spoke to our

forefathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways, [2] but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom he made the universe. [3] The Son is the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven.

Ancient Teaching Diagram

Apostles John & PaulThese build on the Foundation that Jesus / The Word is The Creator

Unknown writer: Paul?Jesus: Creator, The Word of God, Sustainer, Exact Representative of GodQualifies Him as Savior and Intercessor

Out of Nothing

• Biblically:– No Prior Existing Stuff– Out of God's Imagination and Power

• Scientifically– They 'say nothing' BUT– Mean 'Out of Quantum Fluctuation'

• We have no nothing• They Claim there never was no nothing

What Was First?• Genesis 1:1-5 (NIV)

[1] In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. [2] Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.

[3] And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. [4] God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. [5] God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.

“Let there be light”

• 1st John 1:5-7 (NIV)[5] This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. [6] If we claim to have fellowship with him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live by the truth. [7] But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.

• What John is Saying– Not that God is EM Radiation– His Character Has Nothing Evil to Hide

The scientific claim is absurd because all of space is full of QFs.Why no new universes bursting into existence?

First - WaterNaturalistic Science says Start with QF > Hydrogen > ...Bible says started with Water - LOTS of it!

Dr Russel Humphries: Started with WaterPredicted planet magnetic fields and current geologic activityNo one else did

Naturalist / Evolutionary thinking hindered good science!

“Let there be light”• Revelation 21:23 (NIV)

[23] The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and the Lamb is its lamp.

• Exodus 13:21 (NIV)[21] By day the LORD went ahead of them in a pillar of cloud to guide them on their way and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, so that they could travel by day or night.

• God Does Not Need Luminous Bodies To Provide Light.– The First 3 Days Have No Sun, Moon or Stars

“Let there be light”

• Genesis 1:3-5 (NLT)[3] Then God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. [4] And God saw that it was good. Then he separated the light from the darkness. [5] God called the light “day” and the darkness “night.” Together these made up one day.

• Notice– God Declared Light Good– God Named Day and Night - Not Adam– God Defined A Day, not the First Day

When Was Creation?• Many Have Made Calculations

– From 1st Century for Present• Used many different source texts

– Many not as good as what we have today– Range from 6984-3616 BC– Most Commonly Known is 4004BC

• By Bishop Ussher

• How Can We Determine The Date?– Genealogies

• But are they reliable?

[4] God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. [5] God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.

Genealogies

● What have you heard about genealogies in the Bible?– Only list the people important to the

subject being covered.– Skip 'unimportant' people– Therefore they can not be used as a

time-line.

Genealogies

● Look at Matthew 1:1-17– It is Jesus' genealogy– It is severely shortened.– Matthew only wants to list kings and

king-like people● He is presenting Christ The King!

Genealogies

● Luke 3:23-38 is also a genealogy of Jesus– But Luke is presenting the Humanity of

Christ– He list many very ordinary people, even

women and sinners.– He traces Christ back to Adam to show

human lineage

Genealogies

• Look at Genealogies in Genesis 5 & 11• Is Something Different?

Genealogies

• Look at Genealogies in Genesis 5 & 11• Is Something Different?

– Age of Father when Son was Born

Genealogies

• Genesis 5:3-4, 18-20 (NIV)[3] When Adam had lived 130 years, he had a son in his own likeness, in his own image; and he named him Seth. [4] After Seth was born, Adam lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters....[18] When Jared had lived 162 years, he became the father of Enoch. [19] And after he became the father of Enoch, Jared lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters. [20] Altogether, Jared lived 962 years, and then he died....

How many years between Adam's creation and Seth's birth?Does it matter that Cain and Able were somewhere in between?

Genealogies

• See How We Can Build A Time Chart?

Genealogies

• See How We Can Build A Time Chart?– Using the best texts 4178 BC +/- 50 years– This makes Creation about 6200 years ago

Can It Really Be 6200 Years Old?

• Look at Rocks– Layers Take A

Long Time To Build Up, Right?

Errors: Was the birth at the beginning or end of the father's XX years?

Errors: Was the birth at the beginning or end of the father's XX years?Using the best texts 4178 BC +/- 50 years

Top dark layer: March 19, 1982Middle Layers: June 12, 1980Bottom: May 18, 1980Have you ever seen such layers bent?


• Dinosaur Fossils– Lived Millions of Years Ago, Right?– How can they have Soft Tissue and Blood?



• There Are Many Other Evidences– Coal & Diamonds have 14C– Earth's Magnetic Field Decay– Too Little Salt in the Seas– Comets Should be Gone– Polystrate Fossils– Flat Gaps and Layers

All Radiometric Dating works this way.All Assumptions have been proven wrong.Rocks forming in Mt St Helens are dated to tens-of-thousands of years old

Yes the earth can be 6200 years old

The Expanse

• Genesis 1:6-8 (NIV)[6] And God said, “Let there be an expanse between the waters to separate water from water.” [7] So God made the expanse and separated the water under the expanse from the water above it. And it was so. [8] God called the expanse “sky.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the second day.

• Where is the Expanse?

The Expanse

• It Is Outer Space– Billions of Light Years Big!– God Streached Out The Heavens

• Job 9:8, 26:7, 37:18, Psalm 102:4, 144:5Isaiah 40:22, 42:5, 44:24, 45:12Jeremiah 10:12, 51:15, Ezekiel 1:22Zechariah 12:1

• Had To Be Supernatural Action– Faster than Light– Opposed Gravity

The Expanse

• Naturalists Criticize Biblical CreationBUT

• Big Bang Also Has A Light Travel Problem– CMB is uniform but 13.8 Billion Years Too

Little– Inflation is the proposed solution

• Faster than Light Expansion• No Known Cause for Starting or Stopping• Opposes Gravity

• More on this on Day 4

Notice:No “Good” Description. Not Done with water. Wait.2nd Day like the initial one.

Waters Above

• This Indicates There Is A Water Shell Surrounding The Universe

• Psalm 148:4 (NIV)[4] Praise him, you highest heavens and you waters above the skies.

• Dr Humphreys agrees it is there• Dr Sarfati agrees it might be the cause of

the outer galaxy acceleration

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