Age of the Earth

Two Theories Young Earth Theory Old Earth Theory Earth is about 6,000yr old Earth is about 4.7 billion years old Most call it the ‘creation’ theory Most call it the: ‘Big Bang’, Scientific, or Atheistic Theory

Old Earth Theory (Scientific) Here is the most popular and widely taught idea:

BANG! (?)

Old Earth Theory (Scientific) Forced to believe! Fake News is a hot topic now but is not NEW news They used to think and teach the earth was flat! Why? Isa. 40:11: He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth, and its people are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like a canopy, and spreads them out like a tent to live in. *So what started this who ‘how old are you thing”?

Old Earth Theory (Scientific) 1862 William Thompson ‘Lord Kelvin’ theorizes the earth is 20 million years old He started thinking about this idea because of watching a volcano. Believed earth was cooling down. 20 million years to cool to present temps. His projection varied three times during his life. 1911: Arthur Holmes uses radiation to date rocks. Figured out uranium decayed into lead. *Radiometric Dating* From 1 to 3 to 4.7 Billion Years 4.7 Billion Years is still the accepted age for the earth

World News of 1911 1911 Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity started at IU 1st aircraft lands on a boat Mexican Revolution Ronald Regan was born FIRST INDY 500

WHAT IS RADIO-WHATEVER YOU CALL IT?!?! Wiki: Radiometric dating or radioactive dating is a technique used to date materials such as rocks or carbon, in which trace radioactive impurities were selectively incorporated when they were formed. The method compares the abundance of a naturally occurring radioactive isotope within the material to the abundance of its decay products, which form at a known constant rate of decay. The use of radiometric dating was first published in 1907 by Bertram Boltwood[2] and is now the principal source of information about the absolute age of rocks and other geological features, including the age of fossilized life forms or the age of the Earth itself, and can also be used to date a wide range of natural and man-made materials.

The New Earth Theory (Creator) Here is the most popular and widely taught idea:

When God said it 8th – 4th Century BC Book of Genesis written

Young Earth Theory *Maker Theory* Follows a scriptural example to lead it to its conclusion Terah (130 years old) bore Abraham  (Genesis 11:32 & Genesis 12:4)  2169 BC Nahor (29 years old) bore Terah (Genesis 11:24)   2299 BC Serug (30 years old) bore Nahor (Genesis 11:22)  2328 BC Reu  (32 years old) bore Serug (Genesis 11:20)   2358 BC Peleg (30 years old) bore Reu (Genesis 11:18)    2390 BC Eber (34 years old) bore Peleg (Genesis 11:16)  2420 BC Salah (30 years old) bore Eber (Genesis 11:14)  2454 BC Arphaxad (35 years old) bore Salah (Genesis 11:12)  2484BC Shem (100 years old) bore Arphaxad (Genesis 11:10) 2519BC Noah (500 years old) bore Shem (Genesis 5:32)  2619BC Lamech (182 years old) bore Noah (Genesis 5:28-29)   3119BC Methuselah (187 years old) bore Lamech (Genesis 5:25) 3301BC Enoch (65 years old) bore Methuselah (Genesis 5:21) 3488 BC Jared  (162 years old) bore Enoch (Genesis 5:18) Reference (Jude 14)  3553 BC Mahaleel (65 years old) bore Jared (Genesis 5:15)  3715 BC Cainan (70 years old) bore Mahaleel (Genesis 5:12)  3780 BC  Enos (90 years old) Cainan (Genesis 5:9)  3850 BC Seth (105 years old) bore Enos (Genesis 5:6)  3940 BC Adam (130 years old) bore Seth (Genesis 5:3)   4045 BC  God created Adam (the beginning 6th day) CREATION (Genesis 1:26) 4175 BC 4175 BC + 2017 AD = The Earth being 6,192 years old. 

Both ideas require faith

Constantly being proven Two Theories Young Earth Theory Old Earth Theory Earth is about 6,000yr old Earth is about 4.7 billion years old By adding the lengths of lives of patriarchs in Genesis 5 & 11 and includes exact chronological data from Assyrian Eponym Lists and the discovered Black Obelisk (1846). 1862 Lord Kelvin thought the earth was 20 million years old 1911 Arthur Holmes used Radiometric Dating and varied from 1 – 4.7 billion years Most call it the ‘creation’ theory Most call it the: ‘Big Bang’, Scientific, or Atheistic Theory Constantly being proven Constantly changing

Is this a matter of salvation? Does knowing the age of the earth dictate Heaven or Hell? No Does believing in science mean I am going to Hell? Does it matter if I am not smart enough to understand Radiomet…whatever it is? Does it matter that I believe in a Creator? YES – Jn. 8:24: If you do not believe that I am He, you will die in your sins John 1:1-5! A short story:

Is this a matter of salvation? Hear: Rom 10:17: So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. Believe: Jn. 8:24: Therefore I said to you that you will die in your sins; for if you do not believe that I am He, you will die in your sins.” Repent: Luke 13:3: “…unless you repent you will all likewise perish” Confess: Mt 10:32: Therefore whoever confesses Me before men, him I will also confess before My Father who is in heaven Baptized: GAL. 3:27: For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. ROM 6:4: we were buried with Him through baptism into death