Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site bolton.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!genrad!bolton!billd From: billd@bolton.UUCP (Bill Duffy) Newsgroups: net.origins,net.religion Subject: Re: Perhaps probability - How long is a day? Message-ID: <221@bolton.UUCP> Date: Wed, 22-Aug-84 16:30:17 EDT Article-I.D.: bolton.221 Posted: Wed Aug 22 16:30:17 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 23-Aug-84 07:25:11 EDT References: <209@uwmacc.UUCP> Organization: GenRad, Bolton, Mass. Lines: 48 [Here's one for the phantom line eater] Agreed. What is a belief in something that you cannot prove. RELIGION! Even the atheist are religious (putting on my flame-proof suit), for the sole reason that they cannot prove that which they believe. For myself I find wisdom in these words: "All scripture is inspired of God and beneficial for teaching, for reproving, for setting things strait, for disciplining in righteousness" - 2 Tim.3:16 "In the beginning God created..." - Gen.1:1 Scripture says that God created everything in 6 days, and on the 7th he rested (see Gen.2:1,2). Now I have a question to pose. In the light of the following scripture, How long were the 7 days spoken of in these verses (paraphrased): Gen.2:4 - A "day" can mean a period of time. Ps.90:4; 2 Pet.3:8 - A "day" of God's may be an very long time. Gen.2:2,3; Heb.4:3-5 - God's sabbath "day" (7th creative "day", or rest "day") began at the close of earthly creation. Heb.4:6-8; Ps.95:7-9,11 - God's "day" of rest continued past Jesus' day on earth. Heb.4:9,10 - Entering into God's rest requires resting from our own works of self-interest. 1 Cor.15:24,28 - God comes out of his rest upon completion of Jesus' rule. Bill Duffy GenRad genrad!bolton!billd P.S. All scripture quotes are from the "New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures" 1981 edition, published by the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society