Genesis, chapter 1

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Genesis, chapter 1

• NIV Genesis 11 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.

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Genesis, chapter 1

• The existence, wisdom, and greatness of God are
  shown by the things that He has made so that none
  are without excuse to believe that there is a
  Divine Architect to all things. On the Last Day,
  no one will be able to say that they did not know
  a Divine Being was out there.

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Genesis, chapter 1

• NIV Romans 120 For since the creation of the
  world God's invisible qualities-- his eternal
  power and divine nature-- have been clearly seen,
  being understood from what has been made, so that
  men are without excuse.NIV Acts 1726 From one
  man he made every nation of men, that they should
  inhabit the whole earth and he determined the
  times set for them and the exact places where
  they should live. 27 God did this so that men
  would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and
  find him, though he is not far from each one of
  us.

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ex nihilo

• We make.
• We manufacture.
• We manipulate.
• God alone truly creates.
• Ex nihilo is a common term in theology that only
  the Lord can create out of nothing.

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Genesis, chapter 1

• We see a formless mass (of the waters) by which
  all things will be made.
• God uses water to mightily bless His people
  throughout the Bible.
• Creation. Flood. Red Sea. Jordan Crossing.
  Ceremonial washing. Jesus baptism.
• Notice each water is drastically less in external
  amount so that the focus is on the internal.

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Genesis, chapter 1

• Note These waters decrease in physical power
  and quantity through His-story, BUT
• They increase in the pledge of a good conscious
  towards God.

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Genesis, chapter 1

• NIV 1 Peter 321 and this water symbolizes
  baptism that now saves you also-- not the removal
  of dirt from the body but the pledge of a good
  conscience toward God. It saves you by the
  resurrection of Jesus Christ,

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Genesis, chapter 1

• 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.

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Let there be light!
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Day means Day -- Yom

• NIV Exodus 2011 For in six days the LORD made
  the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that
  is in them, but he rested on the seventh day.
  Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and
  made it holy.

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There was evening, and there was morning-

• In many places and in the Bible, the day does not
  begin and end at midnight. It begins and ends at
  the setting of the sun. The repetition of this
  phrase clarifies the 24 hour time period ascribed
  to each step to create all things in perfect
  harmony. The image of God (mankind) would
  reflect this in his/her own lives on earth.

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Genesis, chapter 1

• NIV John 812 When Jesus spoke again to the
  people, he said, "I am the light of the world.
  Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness,
  but will have the light of life."

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Light

• The nature of God (the Deity) is beyond human
  understanding. He needs to make himself known in
  a way that we can understand. Jesus is the Light
  and the Word. He is the revelation of the
  incomprehensible God.
• NIV John 149 Jesus answered "Don't you know me,
  Philip, even after I have been among you such a
  long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the
  Father. How can you say, 'Show us the Father'?

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Genesis, chapter 1

• For God, who said, "Let light shine out of
  darkness," made his light shine in our hearts to
  give us the light of the knowledge of the glory
  of God in the face of Christ. 2 Corinthians 46.

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Genesis, chapter 1

• From the very start, Christ was part of the
  God-head by which we can perceive Him (light) and
  through whom all things were made.

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The Lord Jesus is the full revelation (LIGHT) of
the God who created all things

• NIV John 13 Through him all things were made
  without him nothing was made that has been made.

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The NT Teaches the Lord Jesus is the LIGHT of the
God who Created All Things

• NIV Colossians 116 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.

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The NT Teaches the Lord Jesus is the LIGHT of the
God who Created All Things

• NIV Hebrews 13 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.

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Genesis, chapter 1

• NIV John 11 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. 4 In him was life, and that
  life was the light of men.

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Jesus is the LIGHT and the WORD simultaneously

• NIV John 114 The Word became flesh and made his
  dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the
  glory of the One and Only, who came from the
  Father, full of grace and truth.

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Genesis, chapter 1

• 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.

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The Second Day
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Water seperated from Water?

• This is either a reference to rain or to a
  stratosphere of water.

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Were there rain and storms before the Fall into
sin?

• Genesis 26 says, but streams came up from the
  earth and watered the whole surface of the
  ground.

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Were there rain and storms before the Fall into
sin?

• Before the flood (Genesis chapters 6-9), the
  earth was surrounded by a firmament of water.
  These are the waters that God released, causing
  the flood. It seems that before the flood, the
  dew and ample water supply was enough to keep
  creation watered.

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Were there rain and storms before the Fall into
sin?

• The Bible does not specifically tell us whether
  if it had rained before the flood or not. Noah
  seemed to understand what rain was when God
  mentioned it to him (Genesis 74-5). Genesis
  24-6 mentions that God did not send rain on the
  earth until after He created Adam and Eve.

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Noah understood rain

• But the rain patterns that we experience in a
  post-flood world may be different than the
  pre-flood world experienced. Our rains might
  not be as gentle as the daily watering.

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Water FROM ABOVE separated from Water FROM BELOW?

• NIV Genesis 711 In the six hundredth year of
  Noah's life, on the seventeenth day of the second
  month-- on that day all the springs of the great
  deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the
  heavens were opened. 12 And rain fell on the
  earth forty days and forty nights.

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The Floodgates

• Streams came up to water creation.
• And a major river came up also.
• Genesis 210 A river watering the garden flowed
  from Eden from there it was separated into four
  headwaters.

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The Floodgates

• From Eden came a river that branched out into
  other rivers to water creation. We know rivers
  normally form from smaller tributaries. The
  pre-Flood world may have seen this in part, but
  the major river of Eden broke into smaller ones
  to irrigate a large portion of the world at that
  time.

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Many creationists believe a stratus of water
surrounded the earth protecting it from harmful
radiation and creating a more uniform
climate. Evolutionists are baffled as to how
dinosaurs lived near the North Pole. Wouldnt
they freeze in the dark months? But the
vegetation along with fossils indicate year
round warmth.
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Creationism notes that the foundations of the
single continent were broken Up and shifted
across the globe in the Flood. And a
stratosphere would create a more mild global
climate. This would also solve the mystery of
the great size of many creatures if the
stratosphere made the earth to be like a
hyperbaric chamber. Perhaps, we also have
experienced atmospheric loss.
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Hyperbaric World?

• A related effect is the increased oxygen
  transport capacity of the blood. Under present
  atmospheric pressure, oxygen transport is limited
  by the oxygen binding capacity of hemoglobin in
  red blood cells and a dramatically decreased
  amount of oxygen is actually transported by blood
  plasma. Oxygen transport by plasma, however is
  significantly increased under HBOT. Wikipedia.

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Why do we heal so much better in a hyperbaric
world???

•  A new study shows autism may be improved by
  using hyperbaric oxygen chambers. This is the
  first study of autistic children and hyperbaric
  oxygen chambers using a tightly monitored group.
  Researchers from BioMed Pediatrics gathered 62
  children from different centers who had been
  diagnosed with autism, from ages two to seven,
  and gave them 40 hours worth of oxygen
  treatments.

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Why do we heal so much better in a hyperbaric
world???

• The results were surprisingly good. 80 improved,
  while the other 8 in the control group showed no
  difference. It is not known yet whether or not
  the improvements this brought about in social
  development, cognitive behavior, language skills,
  and eye contact are long term, or if they are
  short term treatments that would have to be done
  frequently.

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Genesis, chapter 1

• 9 And God said, "Let the water under the sky be
  gathered to one place, and let dry ground
  appear." And it was so. 10 God called the dry
  ground "land," and the gathered waters he called
  "seas." And God saw that it was good. 11 Then God
  said, "Let the land produce vegetation
  seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that
  bear fruit with seed in it, according to their
  various kinds." And it was so.

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The Third Day
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Genesis, chapter

• 12 The land produced vegetation plants bearing
  seed according to their kinds and trees bearing
  fruit with seed in it according to their kinds.
  And God saw that it was good. 13 And there was
  evening, and there was morning-- the third day.

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What is the difference between macro- and
mirco-evolution?

• Why does evolution conflict with the Genesis
  account?
• What is the role of death in evolution? Natural.
• How will the Bible explain death for human and
  creature? Unnatural. People and animals were
  originally vegetarians.

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According to kinds

• Species are established as species. Christians
  can accept mirco-evolution (variations), not
  macro-evolution (a whole new species).

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Genesis, chapter 1

• 14 And God said, "Let there be lights in the
  expanse of the sky to separate the day from the
  night, and let them serve as signs to mark
  seasons and days and years, 15 and let them be
  lights in the expanse of the sky to give light on
  the earth." And it was so. 16 God made two great
  lights-- the greater light to govern the day and
  the lesser light to govern the night. He also
  made the stars.

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Just imagine the glory we were meant to see at
night before the Fall.
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Genesis, chapter 1

• 17 God set them in the expanse of the sky to give
  light on the earth, 18 to govern the day and the
  night, and to separate light from darkness. And
  God saw that it was good. 19 And there was
  evening, and there was morning-- the fourth day.

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When Moses wrote this

• Many cultures worshipped the heavenly bodies as
  deities
• Biblical perspective the heavenly bodies exist
  to SERVE US with LIGHT in the night.
• Even today, the heavenly bodies are worshipped as
  such.

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• Song We are stars, Fashioned in the flesh and
  bone The Pierces.
• The Universe created us.
• Similar train of thought of Carl Sagan mocking
  the Christian belief in God
• The Cosmos is all that is or was or ever will
  be.

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Let there be light!

• Imagine filming a grenade exploding. You can
  rewind the film and see it explode backwards
  (implode) in time to a finite point. Our
  universe is expanding out like a grenade
  explosion. This fits with the Biblical account
  and how the Lord made it possible to distinguish
  the different heavenly bodies as they spread out.

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The problems with Big Bang

• The problem with the Big Bang theory is the
  amazing complexity and cooperative nature that
  atoms and various particles possess. This
  obviously could not be from a random explosion to
  form such (1) complexity and (2) necessarily
  cooperative properties.

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The problems with Big Bang

• Believe it or not, it is immensely difficult in
  secular science to determine the age of the
  universe.
• The best estimate is that the universe expands
  3.2 times faster than the speed of light. There
  are galaxies that we see that are actually moving
  away from us faster than the speed of light.

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How Old?

• If a galaxy is 13 billion light years from us (or
  the center of the universe), then the universe
  must be 13 billion years old???? Note question
  marks.
• The universe is in constant movement that is not
  constant in speed or time. When you observe a
  super nova, it did not occur in the place you saw
  it. You see the light but the remnants of the
  crab nebula is actually in a whole new place.
• Human history has observed supernovas but we
  werent destroyed by them because they had moved
  by the time the light came to earth.

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• The problem.
• The grenade explosion occurs. Are all particles
  travelling at the constant same rate?
• But in the universe, the laws of physics arent
  the same.
• Imagine individual particles speeding up, slowing
  down, then speeding up.

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• So imagine sitting in the universe, you see a
  galaxy emitting light that is actually moving
  away from you faster than the speed of light.
  What you see is actually in a new spot? How do
  you figure out where it is?
• Well you come up with a formula to determine
  speed. But its not that simple. The speed is
  not constant due to various laws at work in the
  universe.

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• As a very rough analogy, the universe behaves
  like a river with rapids in its expansion. If
  you put a boat in the river and allow it to be
  carried by the flow, it will accelerate as it
  moves downstream and enters the rapids. It will
  slow down in a wide shallow basin.

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• Now imagine that you sit on the bank and see a
  boat pass by at 10 mph. Close your eyes. Where
  was the boat an hour before? Where will the boat
  be in two hours?
• You would have to know the speed of the water at
  each particular point it travelled and will
  travel (depth, narrows, widening, new
  tributaries, etc.). The rate of speed is
  RELATIVE.

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• When someone tries to determine the age of the
  universe, they are trying to figure out a
  changing river formula.
• Were there narrows at the beginning for super
  fast expansion?
• With sediment build up, was something fast or a
  time NOW slow?
• Did God pushed the heavenly lights out at faster
  in the very beginning???

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The Expanding Universe

• Again, we can observe that the universe is
  expanding out from a single point.
• God created the light of heavenly bodies starting
  from that point. In this formation time, God
  showed special attention to our world and then
  set it in the solar system and place we know in
  our galaxy.

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Our place in our galaxy is in an open place so
that we can observe the universe.
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On this day of creation

• The Lord put us in a point where we can observe
  the heavens, not hazy light in a cluster of
  heavenly bodies.

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Our special place in the heavens
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A Neat Observation

• Even though the moon varies in proximity to the
  earth (making a bit larger or smaller at times),
  its size is pretty much consistent to the size
  of the sun in our sky. What are the odds???
  This is why a total solar eclipse lasts for such
  a short period of time.

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Genesis, chapter 1

• 20 And God said, "Let the water teem with living
  creatures, and let birds fly above the earth
  across the expanse of the sky." 21 So God created
  the great creatures of the sea and every living
  and moving thing with which the water teems,
  according to their kinds, and every winged bird
  according to its kind. And God saw that it was
  good.

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Genesis, chapter 1

• 22 God blessed them and said, "Be fruitful and
  increase in number and fill the water in the
  seas, and let the birds increase on the earth."
  23 And there was evening, and there was morning--
  the fifth day.

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Genesis, chapter 1

• 24 And God said, "Let the land produce living
  creatures according to their kinds livestock,
  creatures that move along the ground, and wild
  animals, each according to its kind." And it was
  so. 25 God made the wild animals according to
  their kinds, the livestock according to their
  kinds, and all the creatures that move along the
  ground according to their kinds. And God saw that
  it was good.

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Genesis, chapter 1

• 26 Then God said, "Let us make man in our image,
  in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish
  of the sea and the birds of the air, over the
  livestock, over all the earth, and over all the
  creatures that move along the ground." 27 So God
  created man in his own image, in the image of God
  he created him male and female he created them.

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Genesis, chapter 1

• 28 God blessed them and said to them, "Be
  fruitful and increase in number fill the earth
  and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and
  the birds of the air and over every living
  creature that moves on the ground." 29 Then God
  said, "I give you every seed-bearing plant on the
  face of the whole earth and every tree that has
  fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for
  food.

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Idea of Dominion

• This means entrusted.
• We think of dominion as tyranny. But this was
  not the case before sin, it means entrusted like
  a baby with a loving mother.

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Genesis, chapter 1

• 30 And to all the beasts of the earth and all
  the birds of the air and all the creatures that
  move on the ground-- everything that has the
  breath of life in it-- I give every green plant
  for food." And it was so. 31 God saw all that he
  had made, and it was very good. And there was
  evening, and there was morning-- the sixth day.

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Note Creature did not originally consume
creature.

• NIV Genesis 92 The fear and dread of you will
  fall upon all the beasts of the earth and all the
  birds of the air, upon every creature that moves
  along the ground, and upon all the fish of the
  sea they are given into your hands. 3 Everything
  that lives and moves will be food for you. Just
  as I gave you the green plants, I now give you
  everything. 4 "But you must not eat meat that has
  its lifeblood still in it.

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Note Creature did not originally consume
creature.

• NIV Isaiah 117 The cow will feed with the bear,
  their young will lie down together, and the lion
  will eat straw like the ox.

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Dominion given

• What is meant by image of God?REFLECTIONDomini
  on in the pre-Fall world meant Gods gracious and
  loving care, not our own selfish control.

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Image and Likeness

• Mankind held a special role (link) in creation.
• Animal Flesh.
• Angel Spirit.
• Mankind Flesh and spirit.

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The Glory We Were Meant to Have

• There are two allusions to this glorious body
  that we possessed.
• NIV Matthew 1343 Then the righteous will shine
  like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He
  who has ears, let him hear.

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The Glory We Were Meant to Have

• The Mount of Transfiguration also alludes to this
  glory that saints in paradise have with the Lord.
  Jesus is in glory with Moses and Elijah. In the
  Book of Revelation, Jesus is shown in this
  glorious light. And we hear

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The Glory We Were Meant to Have

• NIV 1 John 32 Dear friends, now we are children
  of God, and what we will be has not yet been made
  known. But we know that when he appears, we shall
  be like him, for we shall see him as he is.

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Land/Plants
Light for all heavens
Forming
Man
Sea and air creatures
Land animals and man
Sun, moon, stars
Woman
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How old is the earth?

• Reu 1788 AC 1995 AC
• Serug 1820 AC 2020 AC
• Nahor 1850 AC 1969 AC
• Terah 1879 AC 2084 AC
• Abram 1949 AC 2124 AC
• Isaac 2049 AC 2229 AC
• Jacob 2109 AC 2256 AC
• Life in Egypt begins 2239 AC.
• Moses born 2589 AC or 1528 BC.
• Exodus occurs 2669 AC or 1448 BC.
• These match up to 1 Kings 61.
• This puts the year of creation at 4117 BC.
• This date is dependent on the construction date
  of the Temple (1 Kings 61).

• Adam 0 AC 930 AC
• Seth 130 AC -1042 AC
• Enosh 235 AC-1140AC
• Kenan 325 AC -1235 AC
• Mahalalel 395 AC -1290 AC
• Jared 460 AC -1422 AC
• Enoch 622 AC - 987 AC
• Methusaleh 687 AC 1656 AC
• Compare with year of flood. His name means
  when he dies, it shall be sent. Enoch used his
  sons name as prophecy.
• Lamech 874 AC 1651 AC
• Noah 1056 AC 2006 AC
• First born after Adams death.
• Flood Event 1656 AC (2459 BC)
• Shem 1559 AC 2058 AC
• Arphaxad 1659 AC 2062 AC
• Shelah 1694 AC 2097 AC
• Eber 1724 AC 2154 AC
• Peleg 1758 AC 1967 AC
• Tower of Babel.

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General trend of decreasing age

• Reu 207
• Serug 200
• Nahor 119
• Terah 205
• Abram 175
• Isaac 180
• Jacob 147
• Over time, earth has become less hospitable for
  human life. The Flood drastically changed the
  ability for long life with the Spirit limiting
  life to a maximum of about 120 years.
• NIV Genesis 63 Then the LORD said, "My Spirit
  will not contend with man forever, for he is
  mortal his days will be a hundred and twenty
  years."

• Adam 930
• Seth 912
• Enosh 905
• Kenan 910
• Mahalalel 895
• Jared 962
• Enoch 365 (didnt die)
• Methusaleh 969
• Compare with year of flood. His name means
  when he dies, it shall be sent. Enoch used his
  sons name as prophecy.
• Lamech 777
• Noah 950
• First born after Adams death.
• Flood Event 1656 AC (2459 BC)
• Shem 499
• Arphaxad 403
• Shelah 403
• Eber 430
• Peleg 209
• Tower of Babel.

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Genealogy of Cain and Seth

• Cain - Made
• Enoch - Disciplined
• Irad Quick / Zeal
• Mehujael Proclaims God
• Methushael Who is of God
• Lamech Humble
• Acquire discipline to be zealous to proclaim
  God. The one who belongs to God is humble.

• Seth (re)placement, appointed
• Enosh - man
• Kenan - possession
• Mahalalel Gods praise
• Jared Descendent
• Enoch - Disciplined
• Methusaleh When he dies, it shall be sent
• Lamech Humbled
• Noah Rest / Comfort
• He sets man apart to possess praise of God for
  the Seed will teach us that when he dies the
  humbled will be comforted.
• John 167.

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Where were the dinosaurs?

• http//www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7285683/
• Scientist find dino meat!!!

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Where were the dinosaurs?

• Scientists recover T. rex soft tissue
• 70 million-year-old fossil yields preserved blood
  vessels

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Where were the dinosaurs?
Science via AP
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Where were the dinosaurs?

• Malachite ManFossil remains from at least 10
  perfectly modern humans (5 males, 4 females, 1
  infant) have been excavated fifty feet down from
  the surface, within the Dakota Sandstone, the
  same formation found at Dinosaur National
  Monument, famous for its dinosaurs.

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Taylor Trail
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Where were the dinosaurs?

• Fossilized HammerThis unique iron hammer with
  partially coalified wooden handle was found in
  Lower Cretaceous Limestone, supposedly 140
  million years old (the time of the dinosaurs).

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Where were the dinosaurs?

• Fossilized Human FingerThis amazing fossil was
  found along the banks of the Paluxy River, famous
  for its dinosaur and human tracks. The dramatic
  three-dimensional shape is unmistakable. (Many
  three-dimension fossils are found near by.) This
  fossil has been carefully analyzed, x-rayed,
  CT-scanned and found perfectly consistent with a
  human finger.

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Where were the dinosaurs?

• Fossilized Hand PrintThis fossil which
  corresponds perfectly to a human handprint shows
  astounding detail. Even the print of the thumb
  nail can be seen. It is found in the Glen Rose
  limestone which is designated as Middle
  Cretaceous, supposedly 110 million years old and
  contemporary with the dinosaurs!

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