Hey Claire, I’m not the Lady, but I know a “laddie” who might furnish some insight. I’m not saying every single solitary view of his has got to be correct, but it’s a treasury of attempts to square modern science and the scriptures in what is called an “Old Earth Creationist” view.
When following the bible accounts through cataclysmic events such as the fall in the Garden, the eviction from the Garden, and the Great Flood, I get the impression of a large transformation of the properties of the world, if not a shift from one universe to another. But that might just be HTRN. At any rate, if you get a God who can change the laws of physics like Scotty couldn’t, then you get a paradigm that conventional sciences by definition can’t completely penetrate. And the discussions and debates go on. It may not be possible to pin down any view over the others at this point.
Thank you so very much for your reply, HTRedneck.
Many times I’ve run across the name, Hugh Ross, in searching for one thing or another. From your link I ended up on Amazon previewing some of his books. I’m going to download one today for reading over the weekend. Would you have a favorite by him, by chance, that you would recommend?
I agree with you on your impression of the world after cataclysmic events. Those worlds are mostly unknowable, but so very intriguing to ponder.
As I was reading the Bible one day … (Well, I don’t really know how to put this to words. You understand, I believe, when I say that the Holy Spirit unlocks something for you. Words really fail to describe it accurately, but I will try.) As I was reading the Bible one day, I glanced across the room for a split second and the thought hit me like a ton of bricks: “I’m reading something that means so much more than what it appears to be on the surface.” That’s as close to explaining the thought as I can get. I don’t mean just the symbologies, parallelisms, etc., but a far deeper meaning that mere words absolutely fail to convey. From that second on, reading the Bible has never been the same for me. It’s as if I’m scratching off the surface layer of something to find beneath it a universe that’s been hidden in plain sight.
The “surface layer” is true, yes indeed, but there’s so much more underneath. The Word is telling us so much more than what the … Ah! How to put it??? There’s just layer after layer after layer! It’s discovery after discovery, and memorized verses keep popping up in my mind to shed more light on more revealed truths. God is so amazing. There is no way mere humans put the Bible together solely by their own minds. A person can prove the Bible to be accurate to anyone willing to be shown the truth of it. Or, to put it more accurately, GOD proves His Word to be true to anyone willing to learn from Him.
Never was I one for science. Not until I was gobsmacked with what I wrote above. My world shifted at that moment. Now I can’t get enough of it. Science, as everything else, is His. It’s His Word that created the science now studied, and it is beautiful. The more I learn of Quantum Physics, the more taken aback I am by the verses I’ve read over the years that were then to me words that I took on faith to be true, but not then understandable. How faithful is Our Lord.
Oh! Forgive me, please, HTRedneck. I’ve gone on and on, and I fear I’ve made a fool of myself in my fervor for His Word. It’s just that it’s exciting for me whenever I “meet” another person so much engaged in, and in love with, Him and His Word, and who understands how deep it really goes.
I’ll hush it now and go back to previewing the books. Please let me know if you do have a recommendation of Ross’ work. May God bless and keep you, HTRedneck.
Warm regards,
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