Question of the Week: How did Bible authors regard Genesis 1-11?

 

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In this issue . . . Q&A: How did Bible authors regard Genesis 1–11? Get Equipped: Coming to Grips with Genesis News to Know Quick Look After Eden Answers . . . with Ken Ham radio program Answers Conversation podcast Video: Molecular Evidence for Creation, Part 1 Blog Highlights Pray for AiG Q: How did Bible authors regard Genesis 1–11? A: Throughout Scripture, the human authors regarded Genesis in a literal sense. They referred authoritatively to its account of such things as Creation, the origin of marriage, Adam's sin, early genealogies, the global Flood. We can see this approach to Genesis from the Psalms, Chronicles, Nehemiah, the prophets, the apostles, and the Lord Jesus Christ. We should likewise take Genesis 1–11 as straightforward, accurate, literal history. We should not be looking for mysterious, hard-to-understand meanings in what Moses wrote. There is absolutely no biblical basis for taking these chapters as any kind of non-literal, figurative genre of literature. Why is this important? Only a literal, historical approach to Genesis 1–11 gives a proper foundation for the gospel and the future hope of the gospel. Jesus came into the world to solve the problem of sin that started in real, time-space history in the real Garden of Eden with two real people called Adam and Eve and a real serpent that spoke to Eve. A non-literal reading of Genesis destroys this message of the Bible and ultimately is an assault on the character of God. Read the whole article from The New Answers Book 3 written by Dr. Terry Mortenson to see examples of how the Bible authors regarded Genesis 1–11. Get Equipped Coming to Grips with Genesis This unique, substantial, historical, theological, and exegetical defense of the literal history of Genesis 1–11 is designed for seminary professors and students, pastors, and missionaries, as well as laypeople and students who want to dig deeper into Scripture. News to Know Quick Look Mystery of the Flower's Missing Pollen: A Paleobotanical Puzzle: Fossil has paleobotanists puzzling over the evolutionary origin of floral pollen. Crow Intelligence Said to Evolve Differently from Humans: Do smart crows reveal an alternate evolutionary path to intelligence? Ancient Meteorite Said to Harbor Secrets of Watery Martian Past: Black Beauty may tell the tale of the Red Planet's youth. After Eden Answers . . . with Ken Ham radio program The Bible in English Part 5: Translating the Bible into English Part 4: Beginning of Bible Translations Part 3: What Did Jewish Scribes Do? Part 2: The Books of Moses Part 1: Introduction Photo of the Week To download this image for use as wallpaper on your device, right-click on the link below for the desired resolution and select "Save Link/Target As..." Mobile Full (4:3) Wide (16:9) Answers Conversation podcast This week Steve Ham talks with AiG speaker Dr. Terry Mortenson to answer the question, "What Christians Opposed Old-Earth Geological Theories as They Were Developed in the Early Nineteenth Century?"	This Week . . . The Battle to Keep Christ in Christmas (Dec 13) Mystery of the Flower's Missing Pollen: A Paleobotanical Puzzle (Dec 12) Recent, Functionally Diverse Origin for Mitochondrial Genes from ~2700 Metazoan Species (Dec 11) Did Bible Authors Believe in a Literal Genesis? (Dec 10) Kids Admitted Free to the Creation Museum in 2014 (Dec 9) Crow Intelligence Said to Evolve Differently from Humans (Dec 9) Living Fossils: Portraits of the Fossilized Past (Dec 8) Ancient Meteorite Said to Harbor Secrets of Watery Martian Past (Dec 7) Video On Demand Molecular Evidence for Creation, Part 1 Watch Video Blog Highlights Ken Ham: Understanding Original Sin Ken Ham: Are There Two Kinds of Truth? Ark Encounter: Genuine Ark, Part 3: Larger than Life Ken Ham: What Is Dawkins' Real Motive for Not Debating Creationists? Ken Ham: Comet ISON Confirms A Young Universe Pray for AiG Please pray with us for the funding of the Ark Encounter project during this key time. Resources International Spy Academy VBS—Super Starter Kit Ken Ham Rhyming Books Rescuing America and the Family DVD Combo Connect with Us Answers in Genesis Ark Encounter Creation Museum Answers in Genesis Ark Encounter Creation Museum Answers in Genesis Ark Encounter Creation Museum See all networks Free app for iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad
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