Showing posts with label Christian Interpretations. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christian Interpretations. Show all posts

How old is the earth...

There are different Christian Interpretations of the age of the earth.  Some say the earth is 7- 10,000 years old.  Some say the earth is billions of years old.  If I am going to make a logical assumption, I'd guess the earth is in the billions.  If I am going strictly by faith, then it's a bit tougher, but still not impossible to come up with a number in the billions.  If you notice, the first verse of Genesis says this:

Gen 1:1 ¶  In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

That whole 'in the beginning' thing is open to interpretation.  There is no morning and evening assigned to this particular creative act.  Therefore, I am not certain how long the earth existed before God created the 'light'.

Forgiveness...

I just finished watching the movie 'Into The Wild'.  It left an impression.  One thing really caught my ear.  To paraphrase, if you don't forgive, you can't love.  I thought how true.  They kind of cancel each other out, don't they?  You can't really love someone that you are holding something against.  In not forgiving, you reap the results.  Jesus said that if you didn't forgive men their trespasses, God would not forgive yours.  Now I think I get it.  After all, God is love, and he who lives in love lives in God and God in him.  If you aren't living in love, you might say that you are reaping the whole God not forgiving you in a way, because you are not able to walk in His presence in that state.  This comment by Jesus could well have been about the present, not necessarily judgement day.  There may be something huge here.  The keys to the kingdom.  What you bind on earth you bind in heaven.  What you loose on earth, will be loosed in heaven.

Was Jesus GOD?

  Here is what scripture says:   1Co 8:6 But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord...