Godcreated

JanEgil Gulbransen - April 2014

Genesis Chapter 1

Genesis 11 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.2 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.3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which wereunder the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.

9 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.10 And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.12 And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.13 And the evening and the morning were the third day.14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night and the star.

17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,18 And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.20 And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.21 And God created great whales, and every living creature that moved, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.22 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.23 And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.24 And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.25 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that crawled upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that crawled upon the earth.27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moved upon the earth.29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which isthe fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.30 And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that crawled upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.31 And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

What is my role:To gather and process informationthat are already available from the

word of God and from scienceand bring it to it’s (logical)

conclusion.

Young earth creationismis a belief that the universe, the earth and life on earth were created in a literal 6 days / 24 hour dayIn this presentation we don’t hold that view.

Old earth creationismis the belief that God used billions of years to create – it is totally biblical as long as the order things were created is according to Genesis 1 - this model line up better with modern science. This is our clear view.

The biblical creation story and science (NASA – ESA)

has more in common than most people realise…

The order of creation (events)are in fact very close

God + Science = The most correct creation story

Let’s have some “fun”:

Let’s take a look at what the great reformer Martin Lutherwrote in his book –Commentary to Genesis 1 in the year of the Lord 1545

• On the forth day the heavens were adored by the creation of the sun, moon and the stars

• The first great movable object; the sun,performs his revolutions from east to west

• … a firmament in which the sun with all the planets have their motion round the earth

• Astronomers say that the stars are lighted as if it were by the sun – so they could shine.

• If you could compere the sun to the stars and collect all the stars into “one body”, you would have a body mass perhaps greater than the sun

John Calvin also wrote a commentary on Genesis in 1563.

Among many things he writes:“For astronomy is not only pleasure

but also very useful to be known: it can not be denied that this art

unfolds the admirable wisdom of God”

Let us start “before the beginning”

Before creation – before time -before there was anything (time)

God was…(God the father, Son and Holy Spirit)

“The Perichoresis”God’s circle dance – for eternity before creation..

“We speak of God's secret wisdom, a wisdom that has been hidden and that God destined for our glory before time began.” (1 Corinthians 2:7)

“This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time” (2 Timothy 1:9)

“The hope of eternal life, which God... promised before the beginning of time” (Titus 1:2)

God “was” before time – he was and is “light”…

Genesis is totally clear on the order of creation.The order is organised in days – 1th day to the 6th day.

Strong’s dictionary (h3117) tells usanother word for “day” is a division of time, a period of time or a time period.

“For God 1000 years is like a day – and a day like 1000 years”(2 Peter 3:8) - It is obvious: God has all the time in the world –He does not hurry anything!

The biblical “order of creation” and “old earth” theology, lines up remarkable well with modern science.

The theology of a “literal 6 day creation”or “young earth” is therefore *#@$?!! (sorry…)

1. Day(the first time period)

Approx. 9.2 billion years

In the beginning God created the heaven (KJV)(or the heavens - NAS and NIV)

and the earth Gen 1:1

“In the beginning God created the heavens…”

Since the word is in plural,there must be more than one heaven

Heavens (plural) is the Hebrew word: Shamayim.Strong’s dictionary (h8064) gives this word

three meanings:1. Heaven (the abode of the God)

2. Heaven – the universe (the abode of the stars)3. Heaven – (the sky above us)

God first created 1) his own abode – his own “home” (unless he has always been there) and then2) the universe – the empty space – the home

of the (soon to come) stars.

1 Kings 8:49 - Heaven is God’s dwelling place2 Cron. 20:6 – are you not God in heavenMatt 6:9 – Our Father in heavenMark 16:9 – Jesus was taken up into heaven

The way I see it:

Heaven was first created – the “city of light”(where God himself is the light)

The City of God – The New Jerusalem

As a part of creating heaven – his abode, God created the angels

“The angels were worshipping God

as he was creating the world:

They shouted for joy” (Job. 38:4-7)

As we can see from this text:

The angels existed before the earth

“In the beginning God created the Earth…”

Earth is the Hebrew word: EretsStrong’s dictionary (h776) gives the word several meanings:1. Earth – the planet (where man lives)2. Space (the universe)

And Genesis 1:1 continues,

And the earth (meaning the universe) was formless and void… Gen 1:2

Picture of the earth (meaning the universe) in the “dark ages”

…and the Spirit of God was hovering over the universe

And God said: Let there be light… Gen 1:3

God’s creation of light – a big explosion took place - at first a bright hot lightthat lasted for just a few thousands years. Then a period of darkness set in (the dark ages)

before new light – stars – started forming. This whole process is included in God’s command: Let there be light

God said “let there be light” approx. 13.7 billion years agoaccording to NASA and the European Space Agency

2014

How stars are made:(a quick lesson in astrophysics – by NASA)

• Stars are born within the clouds of space dust

• Turbulent winds give rise to mass gatherings

• This mass eventually collapses and the material at the center heats up

• This becomes the core of a star

• A star the size of our Sun takes 50 million years to mature into adulthood

• It will “live” for +/- 10 billion years before it burns out

• Our Sun is approx. half way into its lifespan

• Stars comes in different sizes

• Dwarfs are only 10% of the size of the Sun

• Hyper giant stars can be 100 times larger then the Sun

• Their heat (energy) is up to 100 times more then the energy of the dwarfs

• They burn faster and “only” last a few million years

NASA picture shows space dust in the process of gathering into a star (a 50 million year process)

The first stars (lights) were created approx. 400 mill . years after “the beginning”when God said: let there be “light” (13.7 bill ion years ago)

The milky-way (our galaxy) alone has more then 300 billion “lights”of different sizes. Some bigger galaxies have 100 trillion stars.

And there could be as many as 300 billion galaxies.Total: 1.000.000.000.000.000.000.000 “lights” or

100 million - trillion stars“God is big…”

2. Day(the second time period)

Genesis 1:6-8 (NKJV)Then God said, “Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.” God divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament; and it was so. And God called the firmament heaven (sky)

It looks like the “planet Earth” was created in the second time period (Day 2) according toGenesis. Science claim it was made later – at the same time as the Sun and the moon.

Important: The Sun (our light star) was not yet created. The earth is still in darkness just illuminated with a little light from the other stars.

(until the forth day – Gen 1:16)

What Moses describes in Genesis 1:6-8 could possibly look somethinglike this – but one thing we know: this “sky” or earth atmosphere made it possible for “life on earth”

• Some will say the second creation day was not as impressive as the first

• God creates the sky. • The sky forms a barrier between water upon the

surface and the moisture in the air. • At this point earth would have an atmosphere.• This creative work occurs in one day.• But it was an important creation day – it prepared

the earth for life – unlike the other planets• I think we can assume that this “second time period”

was shorter then the first

3. Day(the third time period)

And God said: Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place… Gen 1:9

…and let dry ground appear… Gen 1:9

Then God said: Let the land produce vegetation Gen 1:11

Notice: The vegetation – mostly evergreens –was created before the sun

(and must have grown from the light of the stars)

4. Day(the forth time period)

Then God said: Let there be lights (sun and moon)in the sky to separate the day from night (Gen 1:14)

The Moon and the Sun are both about the same age –4.517 million and 4.760 million years old.

Science say the Earth is slightly older then the moon – 4.540 million

Gen 1:16 (Amp. + literal translation)

And God made two great lights, the greater light (the sun) to rule the

day and the smaller light (the moon) -literal translation: to rule the night

and the star, and God set them firmament of the heaven…

Most bible translations say:

“God made two great lights, the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to govern the night. He made the stars also.” (Or he also made the stars.)

The words “he made” does not exist in the Hebrew text

The translators make it look like the stars was made in verse 16 – on the forth day.

But the first stars (the lights) was made years earlier in verse 3 – on day one.

Genesis 1:16 could therefor read:

“God made two great lights – the larger (the Sun) to govern the day, and the lessor (the moon) to govern the night and the star (the Sun)”

The moon governs the night and the sun by reflecting it’s light to earth

In the same way as: the Sun governs the day by shining it’s light directly on the earth

[e]lə·mem·še·leṯלת לממשto governNoun

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853 [e]wə·’êṯת וא andAcc

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3556 [e]hak·kō·w·ḵā·ḇîm.ים׃ הכוכב

[he made] the stars

3915 [e]hal·lay·lāh,ילה הלthe nightNoun

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Text from : Genesis 1:16 (last part) Interlinear Hebrew - English

Notice: “He made” is in brackets – which means added text by the translators.They also say stars in plural which is incorrect.Hakkowkabim (h3556 ) Kokab, meaning: a star (singular)The star – singular – is the Sun.

The sun is “only” 4.5 billion years old – about 1/3 as old as the universe. It is expected to burn out in another 4.5 billion years.

In other words: It is half way through it’s life span.(the universe has a beginning but no end – it will go on forever…)

The scientists say the moon also is 4.5 bill years old – jut like the sun.The Bible says they were made “on the same day” . How accurate is that…

5. Day(the fifth time period)

Then God said: Let the waters teem with swarms of living creatures Gen 1:20

Approx. 3.5 billion years ago

This one is slightly younger…

“…So God created every winged bird after it’s kind” Gen 1:21

Continental driftinghas always been taking place –and will always take place…

At the same time something else is also happening:

6. Day(the sixth time period)

Then God said: Let the land produce living creatures Gen 1:24

These “living creatures” as the Bible calls them, ruled the earth for 180 million years(that is 30.000 times longer then the time period from Adam until today)

How long isthe dinosaur period

180 million yearsverses

“mans” 6000 years?

42.500 years x 42.500 years = 180.000.000 years

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78 years x 78 years = 6000 years

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When Did the Dinosaurs Live?

Dinosaurs lived throughout the Mesozoic Era, which began 245 million years ago and lasted for 180 million years. It is sometimes called the Age of the Reptiles. The era is divided into three periods.

245 to 208 million years agoDuring the Triassic period, all land on Earth existed as one enormous mass. It was called Pangaea. The supercontinent slowly began to break up during the Triassic Period. Some reptiles, frogs, turtles and crocodiles existed earlier, but dinosaurs didn’t appear until late in the Triassic period. The period marked the rise of small, lightly built dinosaurs.

Most of the plants that existed were evergreens. The period ended with a mass extinction that wiped out most animals and reptiles. An entire order of plants or animals dies out in a mass extinction. The dinosaurs that survived flourished in the next period, the Jurassic.

JURASSIC period

208 to 146 million years agoThe supercontinent continued to break apart Dinosaurs ruled the land and flourished during the period Herbivores and carnivores increased in size; some of the largest dinosaurs emerged during the Jurassic period Birdlike dinosaurs first appeared Flowering plants began to appear late in the period

The Jurassic period also ended with an extinction, but it was not as extensive as the one in the Triassic period. Only a few types of dinosaurs died out

146 to 65 million years ago

Pangaea ( the earth’s land mass) continued to separate into smaller continents A wide variety of dinosaurs roamed the land Birds flourished and spread all over the globe Flowering plants developed Mammals flourished

Dinosaurs became extinct by the end of the period. The extinction, the second largest of all time, marked the end of the Age of Reptiles and the beginning of the Age of Mammals.

Tyrannosaurus rex (“tyrant lizard”; found in North America and Asia): T. rex, king of the dinosaurs, dominated the period.

245 to 65 mill. years ago

What is happening?

Why did they die?

Thy got breathing problems… and died!

There are more then 170 large meteor crater sights in the worldThe largest created is 66 mill years old

Then God said: Let us make livestock and wild animals Gen 1:24

Approx. 500.000 years ago

Then God said: Let us make man in our image Gen 1:26

7. Day(the seventh time period)

Moses tells us in Gen. 2:1-2 “the heavens and earthwere completed – and God rested on the seventh day”

Up till now the Bible and science have matched up “quite good”.

Now it seems they take a little different direction.

The Bible (Moses) tells us that the creation is completed. (Gen. 2:1-2)

Science believe the creation of planets and stars and the expansion of the universe goes on…

But wait a minute – also consider this:

John 5:16-17 (NKJV)For this reason the Jews persecuted Jesus, and sought to kill Him,[a] because He had done these things on the Sabbath. But Jesus answered them, “My Father has been working until now, and I have been working”

Aha: God has been working all along…

And not only has God been creation “until now”: How about this one:

Isaiah 65:17-18 (NKJV)“For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; And the former shall not be remembered or come to mind”

I believe we can sum it up like this:“God created the heavens and the earth – he has not stopped working – and he creates a new heaven and a new earth – this is an everlasting creation process”

(This new heaven is what science calls the always expanding universe, and the newearth is the constant reshaping of the earth through continental drift)

(it is not that the earth is replaced but reshaped)

Suddenly God and science is “in tune” again…

Let’s look a little closer at the earth history and the scientific predictionsfor the future of the earth and the universe…

“Let there be light” - 1 billion years – the first stars and planets

Timeline from “the beginning” until today – 13.7 billion years

2 billion years3 billion years

13 billion years

4 billion years

5 billion years6 billion years

First day - 7 billion years

Second day - 8 billion years – The earth

Third day - 9 billion years - vegetation

Fourth day - 10 billion years – the Sun

Fifth day - 11 billion years – life and beasts in the sea

12 billion years

Sixth day - 700 million years

Think about it – think really hard:If the continents have been moving across the face of the earth:

Have they now (suddenly) stopped moving?

Earth quakes make the continents move… a few inches or feet at the time

Where will they end up?

If we assume that plant and animal life will continue on earth…What will “life on earth” look like 100 mill years from now?

A blue owl – in year 20.014

Past eternity- 13 bill. years

Man’stime period

on earth

Future eternity+ 13 bill. years

Timeline

“The history of the earth”

The e

The end (or is it?)

Supercontinents are “short-lived” unions. Stirred by hot currents below, these great continental collages are

destined to break up and once again go their separate ways. Earth's supercontinent boom-and-bust cycles last 400-500 million years

(give or take…)

PS. Can you see “the four corners of the earth”described in Is. 11:17, Ez. 7:2 and Rev. 7:1

The supercontinent cycle describes the quasi-periodic aggregation and dispersal of Earth's continental crust. It is agreed that the Earth's crust is constantly being reconfigured. Continental collision makes fewer and larger continents while rifting makes more and smaller continents.It is agreed that the most recent super continent, Pangaea, formed about 300 million years ago. But there are two different views on the history of earlier supercontinents. The first proposes a series of supercontinents: Vaalbara(~3.6 to ~2.8 billion years ago); Ur (~3 billion years ago); Kenorland (~2.7 to ~2.1 billion years ago); Columbia (~1.8 to ~1.5 billion years ago); Rodinia (~1.25 billion to ~750 million years ago); and Pannotia (~600 million years ago), whose dispersal produced the fragments that ultimately collided to form Pangaea.[1][2]

Climate change(Global warming)

Is it man-made or natural changes?

Yes – Climate change it is partly man made!

(approx. +/- 0.001%)

Greenhouse and icehouse EarthThere are two types of global earth climates: icehouse and greenhouse.

Icehouse is characterized by frequent continental glaciations and severe desert environments. Greenhouse is characterized by warm climates. Both reflect the supercontinent cycle.

We are now in a little greenhouse phase of an icehouse world.Icehouse climate Continents moving togetherSea level low due to lack of seafloor productionClimate cooler, aridAssociated with aragonite seasFormation of supercontinents

Greenhouse climate Continents dispersedSea level highHigh level of sea floor spreadingRelatively large amounts of CO2 production at oceanic rifting zonesClimate warm and humidAssociated with calcite seas

Periods of icehouse climate: much of Neoproterozoic, late Paleozoic, late Cenozoic.Periods of greenhouse climate: Early Paleozoic, Mesozoic-early Cenozoic.

And you thought the “increase” in CO2

was a new man-made thing……created by cars and wood burning

stoves the last 100 years…

Yes – we need to look after God’s creation – and keep it nice and clean!

Don’t Forget about Earth Hour on

31st March! We can save the Planet!Posted on March 30, 2012 by Ana Tepsanu

But does the earth really need saving?

…taking into considerationthat God created everything and sat

it all in motion?

He’s got the whole world in his hands – He’s got full control!

“Earths history – The Bible and science”JanEgil Gulbrandsen – April 2014

gulbrandsen@islandnet.com

Thank you for listening!