T HE H ISTORY OF L IFE Biblical Creationism

W HAT DOES THE B IBLE ACTUALLY SAY ABOUT C REATION & THE HISTORY OF LIVING THINGS ?

N ONLITERAL I NTERPRETATIONS OF C REATION

T HEISTIC E VOLUTION  attempts to mix the Bible and evolution  teaches that God used evolution to create

D ANGER !! setting up scientific theory as more authoritative than God’s Word

D AY -A GE T HEORY (L ONG D AY T HEORY )  holds that the seven days in Genesis 1 were long periods of time or ages  uses 2 Peter 3:8 as support

D ANGER !! failure to give God glory for creating the earth in six days as the Bible says

P ROGRESSIVE C REATIONISM  attempts to harmonize the Creator with an old universe  maintains that God created new creatures at certain times in history

P ROGRESSIVE C REATIONISM  claims that the Flood was local rather than universal

D ANGER !! reinterpreting the Bible in light of “science”

F RAMEWORK H YPOTHESIS  tries to interpret Genesis in a literary light

T HE G AP T HEORY  holds that there was a long period of time between Genesis 1:1 and Genesis 1:2 First creation Fall of Satan New creation

R OMANS 5:12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned.

D ANGER !! adding to what the Bible says in order to accommodate an old-earth theory

A LITERAL I NTERPRETATION OF C REATION

A L ITERAL I NTERPRETATION God created the universe in six 24-hour days.

S CRIPTURAL S UPPORT  “the evening and the morning”  use of the Hebrew word yom

E XODUS 20:11 For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

N OAH ’ S F LOOD AND F OSSILIZATION

N OAH ’ S F LOOD  antediluvian the earth before the Flood  postdiluvian the earth after the Flood

A U NIVERSAL F LOOD  God’s revelation to Noah concerning His purpose

G ENESIS 6:17 And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.

A U NIVERSAL F LOOD  God’s revelation to Noah concerning His purpose  confirmation in the NT Luke 17:27; 2 Peter 2:5; 3:6  the covenant of the rainbow Genesis 9:11 ‒ 16

A U NIVERSAL F LOOD  the continental shelves and seamounts  universality of the fossil record

G ENESIS 7:19 ‒ 20 And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered. Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.

G ENESIS 8:5 And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.

F OSSILIZATION the formation of fossils

F OSSILIZATION  preservation of parts  preservation of carbon  preservation of forms  preservation of tracks  petrification  frozen fossils

D ELUGE F OSSIL F ORMATION T HEORY

T HE D ELUGE T HEORY  sedimentation settling out of materials  sedimentary rock layers of rock deposits  topography land features

S UPPORT FOR THE D ELUGE T HEORY  Abundant fossilization is not occurring today.  The arrangement of the fossils indicates a catastrophe. polystrate fossils

S UPPORT FOR THE D ELUGE T HEORY  Fossilization must be rapid.  Most fossils require water for their formation or water movements for depositing them.