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It takes a lifetime of study to make good progress in rightly dividing the Word. If it were easy, none of us would disagree on what the bible says.

Or a shorter period of time if the Holy Spirit is doing the instructing.

I believe what the Holy Bible (Word of God) says. Not what it doesn't say. Children tend to think like this more than educated adults who have obtained myraid doubts about almost everything.

In many ways, it IS easier just to believe what God has said. Many of the great thinkers, the finest scientific and philosophic minds, will be dumbfounded when they finally realize just how very true and accurate and meaningful every jot, tittle, and Selah of the OT are and every chosen word and phrase of the NT as well. The Word is alive!

Best to believe what God has said and not doubt it for a second.

I have no doubts. The purpose of publishing the Word is to save souls. I believe we can save more souls by aligning the Word with God’s laws of physics and everyday observations. College students can see that there is pottery from thousands of years BC, they can also see how the Green River, for instance, has cut through thousands of feet of rock. How many college students would be convinced by me going in front of them and telling them that all this happened in a few hundred years. No souls saved is my guess. On the other hand with a bit of physical study, a bit of biblical study, and a bit of spiritual guidance we can make it all align neatly. God made the earth and He has been on the throne throughout the earth’s history, He’s made no mistakes in the bible, it’s just up to us to put it together to save as many of His children as possible. He gives us that responsibility so that we can truly be part of the eternity.