from creation to around the year 2400 after Adam as found in Genesis

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Book 1 –
The storyline of the Bible: –
from creation
to around the year 2400
after Adam
as found in Genesis
Author
HaroldUnkles
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Index
Introduction...................................................................................................................................................................3
Thestorylineofthe Bible: - From Creationtoaround the year2400 after Adam as foundinGenesis 10
TheCreationStory..................................................................................................................................................10
ThestartofthefirstGenerationalAgeofman............................................................................................................13
The“Fall”ofman...................................................................................................................................................17
Man’slifeoutsideoftheGardenofEden...............................................................................................................20
TheSecondGenerationalAgeofmanbeganatthestartofthisyear.........................................................................25
God’ssorrowformakingmankindandhissolution-theFlood.............................................................................26
Man’sstartingpointaftertheFlood............................................................................................................................32
TheopeningchapterofAbraham’sstory....................................................................................................................38
Abraham’sstory– Anewstartingpointforman’ssalvationasGodcallsoutapeopleforhimself......................43
Isaac’sstory-TheconfirmationoftheAbrahamicCovenant....................................................................................58
Jacob’sstory–gettingitright.................................................................................................................................68
JacobreceivesIsaac'sblessingmeantforEsau.......................................................................................................73
Joseph’s story – God’s plan to save the descendants from adversity........................................82
ThesecondtripdowntoEgypttogetgrain..........................................................................................................108
AppendixA–ThedescendantsofNoahaslistedintheBibleuptoandincludingthetenthGeneration...........126
Appendixb–ChartofthePatriarchsasfoundintheBookofGenesis................................................................127
AppendixC:-ChartsoffamilydescendantsduringIsrael’sstayinEgyptian.....................................................128
ThedescendantsofJacob’ssonsborntoJacob’swifeLeah................................................................................128
ThedescendantsofJacob’ssonsborntoJacob’swifeZilpah..............................................................................134
ThedescendantsofJacob’ssonsborntoJacob’swifeRachel.............................................................................135
ThedescendantsofJacob’ssonsborntoJacob’swifeBihah...............................................................................138
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Introduction
The author has tabulated this storyline of the Bible from scripture references and has at all time attempted to use the
best fit with respect to time in its compilation. The author has kept making new discoveries and receiving new
revelations from re-reading the different portions of the Bible surrounding each event and meditating on the events
portrayed. Assuch,thisisaworkinprogressandtheauthoracceptsthattheremay/willbeerrorsandomissionsinthe
timing and sequencing of the events listed as presented and welcomes any reasoned input that will improve the
understanding of the facts presented in the storyline of the Bible. The author has chosen to include time stamps from
other sources for some of the events listed in this storyline compilation for comparison purposes only. It is accepted
by the author that these comparison time stamps are not always in agreement with the dates calculated in this
tabulation. However they have been included to provide a ready comparison with other “completed” studies. It
should be pointed out that there are differences of opinion in the time stamps used by the various scholars and that
therearedifferencesevenbetweentheirtimestampdeliberations.
Where the Bible is silent as to when a particular event occurred, i.e. an event that is not linked to other events with
some time attributeexceptforits placementinthe Biblicalstorysequence,theauthorhasinserteda“?”inthe column
labelled “Error between dates” to indicate that the placement of the event within this documented timeline is at the
discretionoftheauthor.
Wherethisoccurs,theauthorhaschosenarbitraryconsistenttimesbetweenthesurroundinglistedeventstomaintaina
reasonable storyline sequence for the particular events listed in this compilation and wherever possible has used other
timemarkersaroundtheseeventsasacontrolforthechoosingofthearbitrarytimesbetweentheevents.
Becausewearegenerallyworkinginwholeyearsinthiscompilation,anerrorofoneyearbetweentherecordedevents
listedduringaparticularperiodintheBible,(i.e.thereignofaking,andthecalculatedlengthofthatparticularperiod
using the generated data in the years from Adam's creation column for particular discrete events) is an acceptable
difference error, from an understanding of reasonable accuracy and in fact a two year error can also be justified
because of the recording methods used in the Bible’s narration. My understanding is that the length of a reign was
always rounded uptoinclude the part years of the reign at the beginningand endof the reign so that the length of the
reigncouldbeoverstatedbyuptotwoyears.
Theauthor has enteredtheBiblicallyextractedeventsandtheir associatedtime incrementsintoaspreadsheet1andhas
attempted to put these Biblical events into a defendable chronological sequence. Wherever possible the author has
tried to limit the chronological data error to a nominal one year difference and this is usually one year less than what
the biblical narration suggests, i.e. -1. When an error checkin the spreadsheet file went outside of reasonable bounds
for a particular discrepancy error, the author has attempted to find a reasonable explanation to justify leaving the
spreadsheet as it had been entered. Where no satisfactory explanation could be found the author investigated other
feasible solutions to overcome the discrepancy. Often the unacceptable discrepancy was an accumulation of other
errors in the data entered and a correction in the other errors usually reduced the discrepancy error to acceptable
values.
The storyline spreadsheet from which this book was compiled, contains many rigorous error checks to flag any
possibleerrorsthatmightoccuroutsidethetightconstraintsfoundintheBible. Anytimedifferencesenteredbetween
two sequential events has an immediate impact on the time differences between other related events, i.e. the age at
which a person died, is immediately highlighted by the error checks if that persons birth and death was either side of
anerroneouslyenteredtimedifference.
ThemaindifferencesinthiscompilationoftheBibleStorylinefromothersisthattheauthorhasused:-
a) the duration of 1023 years for each period segment/age of the storyline, which represents
some particular characteristic that predominates that particular segment/age of the story,
and
b) that the birth of a particular character heralded the start of a new period segment in the
storylineoftheBibleevents.
The insight to use the number 1023 was gained from some lateral thinking on the part of the author and his initial
realisation that the translated word “thousand” may have possibly been a corruption of the expression, “those hands”
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where with some dexterity and training it is possible to represent 1024 numbers with the use of the ten digits on the
two hands of a person. If the first number is zero then it is possible to count up to 1023 using the digits on our two
hands. Today with the advent of computers binary mathematics is done transparently within the CPU and is re-
interruptedanddisplayedonabase10numberingsystemforus.
The additional insight that the birth of certain people within the Bible storyline can be used as the marker for a new
age/segment period, was discovered by accident when the author began to put the Genesis patriarchs into a timeline
tableandinitiallysawthatIsaac’s birthwas around2048yearsif one usedtheliteralnumbersrecordedintheBookof
Genesis. The secondbirththat helpedtoconfirmthe use of 1023was the time difference betweenKingDavid’s birth
and Isaac’s. In the analysis of both discrepancy errors, the percentage error was very small and acceptable for the
respective time intervals being considered for the form that the respective time stamps were recorded in. From my
research of the Bible I believe that there are four people, whose birth heralded in a new period segment/age and they
were:-
1. Adam
2. Isaac,
3. KingDavid,and
4. Jesus.
Furtherresearchandthecompilationofthisstorylinehavefurtherreinforcedtheauthor’spremisestatedabove.
With every new understanding it is possible to challenge the premises adopted by the proponent and by showing that
there is an exception, which does not comply with the premises used, then the premises must be wrong and that the
understandings presented within the musings of the proponent can be ignored at our peril, particularly if he is right in
otheraspectsofhisunderstanding.
Dr.FloydNolenJoneswroteinhisbookTheChronologyoftheOldTestamentthefollowingtruestatement:-
“The length of the stay in Egypt and the span of the oppression during that sojourn is the subject of much
controversyamongscholars;yetforallthat,theBiblicalsolutionisveryforthright. It merelyrequiresthatthe
researcher bring to the problem the proper frame of reference. This includes an abiding commitment to the
factthatheisdealingwithmaterialwhichhasbeensupernaturallygiventoman,providentiallypreservedover
thecenturiesandhenceisstillinfallible.”
TowhichIaddedthefollowingcommentinthemargin:-
True,butourindividualorcollectiveinterpretationoftheBibleisnotinfallibleandisthereforefallible.
Hethenwentontosayinthenextparagraphofhisworkwithinthisbook:-
Thus no doubt or allowance for error in the Text will be made and the resulting chronology will reflect the
honouring of all scripture (in context) that bears on the area under study. Anything else is neither the
worldviewofaBiblicistnortheworkofaBiblicist.
Theauthorreadilyconfessestobeing“wrong”inallthatheunderstandsaboutGodandheunderstandsthathewillnot
fully understand the full story surrounding God’s actions with regards to the interacting story of God and mankind
until he has a chance to test his understanding in direct face to face conversation with God himself. However, the
author would argue that the interpretation of the storyline as presented below in this book, closely follows the
frameworkoftheBible,isnobetterorworsethananyotherattemptbyanyotherperson.
AttheendofthedayitisyouthereaderwhodecideswhetherornotsomeoralloftheconclusionsthatIhavereached
areeitherrightorwronganditisyouwhowilleitheracceptorrejectthoseconclusionsandunderstandings.
The time is comingwhen the “Later Days” will draw to a conclusion and God will teach his understandingto all who
gototheMountainoftheLordduringthenextage/segmentperiod.
Thestartingpointforthestorylineinthisbookisthebeginningofcreationandtheauthoracceptsthatthelengthofthe
timeperiodusedinthecreationstoryasembracedbytheHebrewword“<oy”asfoundinGenesisChapter1and2and
translatedinmostBibletranslationsas“day”isindeterminateanddifficulttocomprehend.
We do know however, that during the “fourth day” the Lord caused to occur the literal “day” that we experience of
alternating light and darkness, caused by the earth’s rotation, together with the changing seasons occurring on a
“yearly” basis. Onthat“day” he putinplace thesun,the moonandthestarstogether withthe systems neededtohold
everythinginitsproperplaceforitsfunctionalpurpose.
The EXPOSITORY DICTIONARY OF BIBLE WORDS: Word Studies for Key English Bible Words Based on the
HebrewandGreekTexts,EditedbyStephenD.Renn,providesthefollowingintroductionforthe Hebrewword yoÑm
[<oy,H3117]asfollows:-
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This is a common term occurring nearly 2,300 times. The usage of <oy yoÑm is largely mundane, referring
to “day” as a literal twenty-four-hour period or in ametaphorical sense to indicate an indefinite period of
time.
In Genesis chapters one and two the author believes that the use of the Hebrew word is definitively in the
ametaphoricalsenseofanindefiniteperiodoftime.
The definitions for “<oy” in both The Online Bible Thayer's Greek Lexicon and Brown Driver & Briggs Hebrew
Lexicon and Biblesoft's NewExhaustive Strong's Numbers andConcordance alsopointtothis understandingandthey
havedefinedtheHebrewword“<oy”asmeaning:-
yowm, OT:3117 day,time,year
a) aday(asopposedtonight)
b) aday(24hourperiod)
1) asdefinedbyeveningandmorninginGen1
2) asadivisionoftime;aworkingday,aday'sjourney
c) days,lifetime(plural)
d) time,period(general)
e) year
f) temporalreferences
1) today
2) yesterday
3) tomorrow2
and
OT:3117 yowm (yome); from an unused root meaning to be hot; a day (as the warm hours), whether
literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an
associatedterm),[oftenusedadverb]: KJV -age, + always, + chronicals,continually(-ance), daily, ([birth-
], each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), + elder, X end, + evening, + (for) ever (-lasting, -more), X full,
life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, + old, + outlived, + perpetually, presently, + remaineth, X required,
season, X since, space, then, (process of) time, + as at other times, + in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the,
3
withina)while(that),Xwhole(+age),(full)year(-ly),+younger.
To confuse the issue more in Genesis 2:2 we have the Hebrew word “<oYB” which is translated as “on the day” and
theninverse3wehavetheHebrewword“<oy”whichistranslatedas“day”.
InExodus20:8-11weread:-
8 "Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 Six days you shall labour, and do all your work; 10 but the
seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God; in it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your
daughter, your manservant, or your maidservant, or your cattle, or the sojourner who is within your gates; 11
for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day;
thereforetheLORDblessedtheSabbathdayandhallowedit.”
andfindthattheHebrewwordstranslatedintheRSVas“day”arefoundinthefollowingform:-
1. <oy day yowm
2. <ym!y days yaamiyn
3. <oyw butday Wayowm
4. <oYB day bayowm
2 The Online Bible Thayer's Greek Lexicon and Brown Driver & Briggs Hebrew Lexicon, Copyright (c)1993, Woodside
BibleFellowship,Ontario,Canada.LicensedfromtheInstituteforCreationResearch.
3 Biblesoft'sNewExhaustiveStrong'sNumbersandConcordancewithExpandedGreek-HebrewDictionary.Copyright(c)
1994,BiblesoftandInternationalBibleTranslators,Inc.
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which adds to the confusion that we have. Because time has distanced us from when Genesis was written and the
meaningof the vocabularyhas beenmodified byusage over the interveningtime together with the cultural translation
and interpretational understanding of what was written, as well as having been transcribed through different language
andtheologicalshifts,theoriginalintendedmessage has beenobscuredtothepoint wherewe cannot be confidentthat
ourunderstandingofthestoryisthesameastheoriginatoroftheGenesisstory.
To add further to our confusion is the “biased” commentaries, including this one, that have been written to try and
throwmorelightonthesubjectmatter.
Even the Bible has certain gems that do not help us with our understanding. We read in 2 Peter 3:8 – “But do not
ignore this one fact,beloved,that withthe Lordone day is as athousandyears,andathousandyears as one day,” so
that if we literally apply Peter’s statement above we then must consider that a “day” in God’s time system can be
equivalent in time to the length of a segment period/age within man’s time frame system. Given that we have two
time based reference frames to consider in Peter’s statement and that the relativity between the two time frames may
notbeconsistentlyfixedwecannotbedefinitiveinourunderstandingonthissubjectmatter.
The author accepts that there are differing views on this subject and that the proponents can all justify their
understanding. From my understanding, the answer to this particular question as to the length of a “day” within the
creation story has no bearing on my personnel response as to whether or not I deliberately chose to enter into a
meaningful relationship with the creator God, His Son and the Holy Spirit. As such, the author has chosen not to
define, within the context of this compilation, a definite period of time from our understanding of time today that
representswhat wasintendedbythe Hebrewword“<oy“ asfoundinGenesisChapter1and2,ortoenterintoadebate
onthissubject.
The author accepts that we do not understand the duration of the period that is represented during the six days of
creation and suggests that the answer is best left to when it is possible to personally seek clarification on this small
issuefromGodhimself.
Another time marker foundin scripture and usedin the compilation of this storyline is that of “generation” as defined
bytheHebrewword“rodw”asfound,forexample,inGenesis15:16.
The author has, from his consideration of this verse and other evidence in the Bible, accepted that a 'generation'
represents a long period of time i.e. an age, and that the duration of a 'generational' Age is of the order of 1023 years.
The author considers that a 'generation' is representative of a particular "generational characteristic" which may
dominate over one or two sequential Generational Ages, i.e. the two Generational Ages characterised by the non
covenantal relationship between God and man, the two Generational Ages characterised by the "old" covenantal
relationship4 between God and man and the two Generational Ages characterised by the "new" covenant relationship
between God and man and finally the “millennium” Generational Age, which is the seventh Generational Age and if
thepatternisthesameasGoddemonstratedthenitwillalsobea“SabbathDay/age”formankind.
The author has also adopted the understanding that, the duration of the Lord’s Sabbath day, the seventh day of the
creation story, has the same time span as the duration of the Generational Age for man for the purposes of this
storyline compilation, namely God’s Sabbath day lasted in the order of 1023 years in man’s understanding of time
where the year is defined as the length of the period of the earth’s rotation around the sun as measured in man’s
timeframe.
The author alsounderstands that laterreferences totheSabbathDayinthe OldTestament set outthe requirements for
man to observe a Sabbath day every seven days and that the time frame for these requirements is set out in terms of
time as understood by man where a day is one revolution of the earth on its axis and the outcome relative to the sun
provides a period of sunlight and a period of darkness where there is no sunlight and the duration of these two events
4 The author in referring to the Old and New Covenantal relationship periods accepts that he may be using terms that are
misleadingonacloser understandingoftheBible. The “NewCovenant”theologyhasgrownoutofthe NewTestament
scriptures and is dependant on the translation of the Greek words “kainee” [kainh\] and “neon” [ne/on] when read from
ourtypicalEnglishtranslations. BothGreekwordsaretranslatedas“new”butthemeaningsoftheGreekwordsistotally
different. The meaningofthe Greek word “Neon” is “Brand New” whereasthe meaning ofthe Greek word “kainee” is
betterunderstoodtomean“tomakelikenew”or“torenew”.
The Theology of the Old and New Covenantal periods is loosely based on Jeremiah 31:31-35 but when we look at
Ezekiel 36:22-38 which is a parallel prophesy to Jeremiah 31-31-35 we see that there is a time base for when this
prophesywillbefulfilledandthattimebaseisstillinthefuture.
Becauseofthepresentunderstandingofthisterminologytheauthorhaschosento useithereeventhoughinhisopinion
itmaybemisleadinginlightoftheBiblicalevidence.
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iscalledaday. ThelengthoftimethattheLordobservedduringhis“day”ofrestorSabbathisintermsofGod’stime
frameandassuchtheauthorhasattemptedtoexpressthattimeintermsoftimewithinman’stimeframe.
Aframeworktohelpunderstandthestorylineofwhathashappened,andwhatisstilltocome,isgivenbelow.
Item God’stimeframe Biblical CharacteristicMan’stimeframe Event/characteristic for
N°. Eventfortimeframe man
1 DayOne Creation
2 DayTwo Creation
3 DayThree Creation
4 DayFour Creation
5 DayFive Creation
6 DaySix Creation
7 DaySeven Dayofrest(God’sSabbath) FirstGenerationalAge Personalrelationship
8 DayEight Flood SecondGenerationalAge Personalrelationship
9 DayNine Callingofapeople[Israel] ThirdGenerationalAge Abrahamic{Old}Covenant
10 DayTen Kings/Idolatry[Israel] FourthGenerationalAge Abrahamic{Old}Covenant
11 DayEleven Desolationiniquity[Israel] FifthGenerationalAge Laterdays(“New”Covenant)
12 DayTwelve Desolationiniquity[Israel] SixthGenerationalAge Laterdays(“New”Covenant)
13 DayThirteen Redemption/Teaching[Israel] SeventhGenerationalAge Millennium(Man’sSabbath)
14 DayFourteen(Eternity) Dayofrest[Allwhobelieve] Eternity TimewithGod
This is a very condensed overview of the Bible Storyline and this book only deals with the Book of Genesis, which
covers the first eight and a half items in the Table above. Some of the items above are covered quite extensively
withinthebiblewhileothersaresketchyandlackthedetailstosatisfyourcuriosity.
This book was initially compiled to put the Bible storyline within Genesis into some form of order to help the author
to understand the sequence of the event and to help unravel the story of Genesis within his laughing/grey matter of
reasoning.
Anotherissuethatneedsalittleclarificationbeforewerush headlongintothestorylinebelowistodefinethetwotime
stamps used. The author has used two time stamping methods to help with our understanding. The first time frame
used is to date each event from Adams creation and to timestamp that particular event as year zero and then to
progressively add the time differences between the sequential events recorded so as to be able to establish when each
eventoccurredrelativetoAdamscreation.
ThesecondtimestampusedistheCommonEra[CE]timestamp. ThisnameconventionhasreplacedtheBCandAD
systems previously used. The CE reference framework is identical to the previously used AD reference framework.
The Before Common Era [BCE] has now replaced the BC convention and they are also identical in their reference
frames.
The CE year time stamps have been calculated directly from the year dates calculated to establish the years after
Adam’s creation by subtracting 4096 years from each respective calculated year time stamp. This number represents
the time frame of four Generational Ages, which is 4x 1023 years = 4092 years plus the four years fromwhen Christ
wasbornandtheactualstartoftheCEperiod.5
Where the CE year is negative the date stamp represents the BCE and where it is positive the number represents the
CEperiod.
5 The author has adopted the convention that Christ was born in the year 4 BCE and does not want to debate the
correctness of this convention and accepts that there is variance among the scholars on the actual year/time of his birth.
ThisonlybecomesimportantifwewishtocalculatetheendtimedatesandwhenJesuswillreturnofthesecondtime.
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A sample of other people who have tried to put the Bible story into a chronologically ordered timeline and their
estimationsastowhenGodcreatedAdambeforeChristwasborntoMaryinBethlehemisgivenbelowalongwithmy
estimation.
Person’sName TheyearBCEwhenGodcreatedAdam
JewishScholars 3761-4000
F.Klassen 3975
E.Faulstitch 4001
J.Usser 4004
F.Jones 4004
M.Anstey 4042
Theauthor:-HUnkles 4096
T.Lydiat 4138
L.Condomanus 4141
WHales 5411
J.Africanus 5501
Iwaspleasedafterseeingthistable,thatIhadslottedinbetweenAnsteyandLydiat’sestimationsforwhenAdamwas
created before Christ’s birth. This would suggest that myconclusionis within the same ballparkas some of the other
people who have been listed. Who is goingto be more right is immaterial as we are all wrong. The question that we
need to be able to answer is, “Does our particular timeline study fit the facts presented in the Bible with some
reasonable degree of relevance? Does the timeline help improve our understand of God’s unfolding redemptive Plan
forman?”
IbelievethatIcansayyestothetwoquestionsabove.
Now if the author has already confused you with what appears to be a ‘difficult’ and “hard to understand” concept,
then you are not alone. The author has spent a number of years to come to his understanding and he does not expect
you to readily grasp the picture the author has been able to build up for himself. What the author’s study on this
subjecthasdoneistoevenchallengehis‘missunderstandings’onGod’spurposesformankind. Itistheauthor’shope
thathismusingsontheBiblewillhelpyouoveraperiodoftimetocometoabetterunderstandingoftheBible.
Changingourunderstandingofthe‘world’environmentweliveinisveryfrighteningandtheauthorrecommendsthat
you take your time toreadthis series of books sothat you will be able toslowlyevaluate what the presentedstoryline
istellingusall.
Thatis,thatJesusiscomingsoon,andwe,whoacknowledgeandbelievethatJesusisourSaviourandLord,areready
forthateventwheneveritwillhappenandwilljoininthechorusofcelebratoryworship.
MaytheLordBlessyouasyouprogressinyourlife’sjourney. Maythereadingofthisbookinthisintendedseriesbe
arevelatoryblessingforyou?
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CorrectionstothisTimelinestudy
The Author accepts that the original text of the Bible is infallible but he readily acknowledges that his understanding
and indeed interpretation of the original Biblical text is not infallible. As such the Author invites any well-
documented correction that is based on the Original Biblical Text to be forwarded to him for consideration and
possible inclusion into this Timeline Study. Where tradition can be demonstratedto shed new understandingon what
hasbeenpresentedinthisdocument,thenthattowillbeconsideredforpossibleinclusionintothisTimelineStudy.
As such there will be revision from time to time of this Timeline Study as the accepted corrections are included into
thedocument.
Correctionscanbesentto:-
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The storyline of the Bible: - From Creation to around the year 2400 after
Adam as found in Genesis
Event DatesCE Error Years
Yearsfrom
N°. BibleReferences between between
Adam’screation
Generated OtherSources
Dates Events
Eventdescription,explanationandComments
C1 Gen1:1-5 6 Start:-Day17
The Creation Story
In the beginningGod created
the heavens and the earth.
The earth was without form
and void, and darkness was
upon the face of the deep;
and the Spirit of God was
moving over the face of the
waters.8 And God said, "Let
therebelight";andtherewas
light.9 And Godsawthat the
light was good; and God
separated the light from the
darkness.10 God called the
light Day, and the darkness
he called Night. And there
was evening and there was
morning,oneday.11
6 A “?” has been used in this column throughout the table in this study to indicate that the Bible is silent on when the
associatedeventtookplace
7 WhereThetimeframeinthiscolumnisexpressedindaysitrepresentGod’stimeframeforthestorybeingtold.
8 The earthas we knowit today wascompletelyround like a perfectsphere and wascovered with water. We know from
experimentscarried outduringspace flightsthatif you melt metaland pour itoutinthe vacuumofspace thenthe weak
gravitationalforcesassociated withthe massofthe moltenmetalbeforeitsolidifies,together withthe surface tension of
the moltendropletacttogethertoformperfectspheres. Ifthe moltenfluidisnothomogeneousthenthedifferentmetals
willseparateoutintolayerswithinthe moltendropletbeforeitsolidifieswiththedensermaterialcollectinginthecentre
of the droplet while the less dense materials forms the outer skin of the molten droplet when it solidifies. The
temperatures at whichthe differentsubstanceseither condense outas liquid fromthe vapour cloud or solidifyoutof the
liquid volume as a solid substance also plays a part in separating the various elements and compounds as the bulk
temperaturedrops. Thepropertiesofwatermeanthatitformedanoutercoveringoftheearthasitwasformed.
Theabovediscussionisdependantonthepremisethatthe temperatureatthestartofthe“creation”processwasveryhot
howevertheBibleissilentonthatassumption.
In reality God could have used the elements in his realm and mixed them and shaped them to create the world as we
knowit.
9 Itisinterestingtoconsider whatwasthe formofthelightthatGodcreatedonDayonethatshone untilGodputthe sun,
moonandstarsinplaceondayfour?
10 ThequestionofhowGodseparatedthelightandthedarknessduringdayoneisinterestingtoponderinthatondayfour
heputinplacewhatweknowasdays,yearsandseasons.
11 IfthedaydescribedhereisrepresentativeofadayinGod’sdimensionthenitisnotaliteraldayaswe understandaday
to be but it may have a time span in our terms of many years and as such, until we are able to ask God the question of
how long did it take him to complete each day of the creation, we are not going to be able to grasp or understand the
actual time span of the creation story. When we will be in a position to be able to ask this question it will pale into
insignificance,aswewillbeinthepresenceofGodandthequestionwillhavenofurtherinfluenceontheoutcomeofour
salvation.
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