Mike Riddle, Creation Training Initiative (CTI)

How should we interpret Genesis 1?    In Genesis one 1. God explicitly chose the word day for time 2. In Genesis 1:5 God defined the length of the day as a light and dark cycle 3. God used a number with the word “day” which always means a day 4. God further defined each day with “evening and morning” which always means a day 5. Genesis 1 is written as historical narrative and not poetry. Then in the 10 Commandments, Exodus 20:11, God wrote down on the stone tablets He created everything in 6 days So why do so many Christians hold to an old earth? -Some lack trust in God’s Word -Some have never heard the truth -Some have more fear of man that of God -Some are convinced scientists have proven the earth is old, but they have never heard the true science -Some are wolves in sheep’s clothing and seek to deceive people What we need are well-trained pastors and teachers who believe God’s Word and that are not ashamed to teach it as God gave it to us.