Good afternoon Alamo Girl,
Your comment of "Also God has given us a lot of "wiggle room" in understanding..." is true. I believe science really expands on that room and helps us understand more. Many verses can be taken to a deeper level but I don't believe it can negate the original thought. I have been taught, and belive, that there can be three different meanings, messages, in a verse but they will never contradict the other. Just my thoughts.
As you, I do not value my thoughts or others above those of God but if they are validated in scripture, with 2 witnesses, I trust them and feel they are God's way of speaking. Part of that is being led by the Holy Spirit. What I do not understand is, does everyone feel that way? As I have said before, there is only one Bible but look at the different ideas taken from it. And, everyone believes they are right, that they have the way. Is this part of God's overall plan?
Your statement of "Likewise,in Gen.2 God declares that He created the seeds before they were in the earth", made me want to tap my forehead and say, Wow, I could have had a V8 - in other words, now that you have pointed it out I can't believe I missed it. Thank you for that insight. I love gems like that.
I went to the scripture you gave, Colossians 1 about the creation, spiritual and physical. In vs.26, the "mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to His saints." What do you think that mystery is? My understanding is that there was an age before our present one and the seeds, which He created before they were in the earth, are our souls, planted here to see how we bloom, what fruit we produce. That is part of the mystery that has been hidden. The other part has to do with some of the souls that were planted.
The 1,000 years rings true for me too but the fly in the ointment is the following, if it is true:
1.Gen.1:1 In "the" beginning...should be, In "a" beginning.
2. 5 ....And the evening and the morning were
the "first day". That should read, and the
morning was "day one".
I believe the 7 days in Genesis should be counted as 1,000 years to God (but again, I think this is the beginning of the 2nd earth age) If the above "day one" is accurate, shouldn't the clock start there? Why would that phrase be different than the rest of the days given?
Thank you for your recommendation. I will take it to heart. I left God when I was very young because of fairy tales. I wrapped all of it up in a Santa Clause/easter bunny package and tossed it. I tripped over that package a few years ago and since then I have searched. I hate lies, I do not want to be misled nor mislead anyone else. I pray each day that Father lets me discern truth and to help me take that truth to others.
Thank you Alamo Girl - you're a gentle spirit.
Peter was not like John who was not like Paul who was not like Thomas. But Christ chose them each and every one. Likewise, Christ accepts seven different churches in Revelation 2/3. And the foundation gemstones of the New Jerusalem named after the apostles are each different gems, different colors, etc.
Altogether we a beautiful masterpiece God has cast onto a living canvas. If He had mixed all the colors of His palette into one, what could be said?
The differences between Christians never involves the core, Trinitarian, doctrine but rather comes down to that “wiggle room” of interpretation concerning the details.
It is like a diamond with seven facets. Each person facing a different facet may see something different, but it is still the same diamond and the same Light.
Likewise you believe the 7 days of Genesis should be counted as 1,000 years to God. I do not share your spiritual understanding but rather see the 7,000 year clock for Adamic men beginning when Adam was banished to mortality at the end of Genesis 3.
But those are "details" - we are still looking at the same diamond, the same Light.