So you’re saying that in each of the following verses He meant only partly good?
Genesis 1:4 And God saw the light, that it was good:
Genesis 1:10 And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1: 12And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:18 And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:21 And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:25 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
>>If that were true, why would we need Christ to defeat the Death that God’s Word says was introduced by Adam’s sin?<<
It’s rather simple really. Because the creation after destruction of the earth prior to Genesis 1:2 was a new start just as there will be after the world that we know is destroyed by fire.
>>They were most likely much younger and much smaller.<<
And all of paleontology, geology, and anthropology are completely wrong. Is that your contention?
>>Also not at all hard to believe, perfectly congruent with what happened during and after the flood.<<
There was an ice age during or after the flood? I’m sure we will soon unearth the writing about that event. Right? Of course we are told exactly how long the flood lasted and the account of that event was rather complete. Maybe they forgot about the ice age part. Right?
Is it any wonder why unbelievers see Christians as totally naïve and so many who grew up in the church begin to doubt after they realize that there is no way this earth is only 6-7000 years old?
Yes, of course.
The light was good.
Yes, gathering of the seas was good.
But it was not good for the man to be alone, right? Does that mean that God’s Creation was not good? Or was it just unfinished?
If you want to believe there was Death before Adam, I’m not going to be able to convince you otherwise. Somehow such a notion fits into your systematic theology. Have at it.
But you’re not going to convince me of your notions, or those of whoever is indoctrinating you, either.
1st John 2:27
But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.
> There was an ice age during or after the flood?
There are a number of plausible, biblically congruent scenarios for the Mammoths being frozen virtually in mid-step.
Do some homework. Don’t take my word for it, or anybody else’s for that matter. Open your eyes and let the Spirit of God guide you.
None of us was there, so none of us can know for certain.
All we can know for certain is what is written in the Bible.
And none of the greatest translators, many of whom gave their lives for their efforts, agree with your notion that the earth “became” void and that there was Death before Adam. There are many who try to make the Bible fit into the atheistic “scientific” view who hold to this nonsense, but I prefer to believe the Word.
You accuse me of implying that God’s first day of creation was a “mess”. I can’t even begin to address how risible this is compared to someone who thinks God had a previous Creation that was an even bigger mess, and he had to destroy it and start over, like a child with leggos.
Please.
It is ADAM’S SIN that necessitates the reforming of this world. Not God’s mistakes.