I'm going to guess you are guessing, if that's all right with you.
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6000 years
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Desert Snake
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Sure, no problem
Desert Snake
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Lol no.
The real question is if a day is a thousand years why is the seventh day longer?
Desert Snake
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Perhaps "1,000" years is merely descriptive
Descriptive can be literal. I do not believe in a literal 1000 years fyi.
Desert Snake
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hahahaha that's a good joke
Yah. I didn't make it up. It's a faithful, discreet slave joke. Really it is!
Desert Snake
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Yes, I read that. from earlier in the thread
InvestigateTruth
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We are still in the seventh day.
InvestigateTruth
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How do we know the 7th day is longer than 1000 years? (Not that I disagree necessarily)
Desert Snake
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We don't, that's why I brought up the fact that it might be merely descriptive, non-literal.
For that matter 'first day' etc. may only be describing 'one day' as it implies.
How do we know we are not dreaming? LOL.
The history of Man is longer than 1000 years. How do we know The Lord did not start The Lord's day of rest 1000 years ago? I don't understand the question. Is it a real question?
InvestigateTruth
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Well, for me yes.
Because what I said in my previous posts is that I believe what Bible is saying is a day is 1000 years.
The Bible in some cases have an inner meaning (spiritual) as well as an outward meaning.
Thus, on one hand the creation story outwardly is talking about physical creation, but its inner meaning is creation of human which took 6000 years from Adam.
now counting from when Adam lived, now it has passed just more than 6000 years. so, the sixth day just ended in the middle of 19th century, and we are in the 7th day. just about 160 years in the 7th day.
Desert Snake
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Is this in concordance with your calendar?
InvestigateTruth
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Yes, but also in a way can be calculated from Bible as well.
The basis of the 6,000 years silliness: Ussher chronology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
shawn001
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"Well, basically most people would agree that since the middle of 19th century, a new age started, in which humanity has been advancing very rapidly, in terms of science, technology as well as social and economical structures....which generally speaking can be seen as the appearance of a new human. "
The new age would be the industrial revolution perhaps is what your talking about. But throughout mans history there have been a lot of advances. This was just one, because of science.
"which generally speaking can be seen as the appearance of a new human"
This would be incorrect, same humans for that time.
There was a time when more then one "human" ancestor walked the earth at the same time. Neanderthals, homo sapiens, Denisovians and Homo floresiensis.
shawn001
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The universe has existed for 13.7 billion years with a margin of error of 1%. Our slar system formed about 5 billion years ago, the Sun Earth moon and planets. When the solar system formed there were more planets then we have now. Our moon formed from a planet the size of mars that slammed into the early earth.
There was material flying all over the place, ever notice all those craters on the moon. They have been there for billions of years. The earth would look like that if it weren't for erosion.
"the earth was formed out of water and by water" goes back to genesis 1
The Earth was formed from gas dust and rocks, which is how all stars and planets form.
shawn001
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"day is 1000 years"
Gen 1:5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
Gen 1:8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
Gen 1:13 And the evening and the morning were the third day.
Gen 1:19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
Gen 1:23 And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.
Gen 1:31 And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
So it takes a thousand years to go from evening to morning?
Gen 1:5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
Gen 1:8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
Gen 1:13 And the evening and the morning were the third day.
Gen 1:19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
Gen 1:23 And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.
Gen 1:31 And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
So it takes a thousand years to go from evening to morning?