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ardchoille said:
I would like to hear the thoughts of others regarding how much time elapsed between the events of Genesis 1:1 and those in Genesis 1:2.
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I believe they happened at the same time. Gen. 1:1 tells what God did and Gen. 1:2 is the beginning of the description of how He did it.
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ardchoille said:
I would like to hear the thoughts of others regarding how much time elapsed between the events of Genesis 1:1 and those in Genesis 1:2.
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Hello Ardchiolle! My views about young v old have been changing a lot since joining this forum. I think the universe is old since stars are so far away and the time involved, but I also believe in a young Earth (less than 100,000) because of the carbon dating. I believe there were millions of years between Gen 1:1 and 1:2. It seems to make sense, but I'm no expert. The only issue I've found with this is some point out the sentence structure doesn't support that idea. I am not an authority and am open to learning as much as I can in this area so if anyone knows more I'm all ears. I also think a lot of time passed while Adam was in the garden of eden. Although, I believe he left the garden less than 10,000 years ago.
 
ardchoille said:
I would like to hear the thoughts of others regarding how much time elapsed between the events of Genesis 1:1 and those in Genesis 1:2.
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I believe it was at the same time.. But one thing I am always puzzled is, how do we measure time in this instance. We measure time by calculating the speed of light. But here we are not talking about stars or anything.. All we have is Heaven (everlasting) and formless earth. So what is the measure of time? How do we calculate time until the creation of stars?
 
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