Creation - St. Marys Coptic Orthodox Church
Creation - St. Marys Coptic Orthodox Church
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tells us: “But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day<br />
is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.”<br />
(2 Pe 3:8)<br />
All Christians believe that God created the universe. Unfortunately,<br />
some Christians take the words of Genesis literally. The are called<br />
“young earth creationists” Others, believe that the days of creation<br />
mean ages. These are called “old earth creationists”. There are so many<br />
verses that tell us that the earth is old, like Psalm 102:25 : “Of old hast<br />
thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of<br />
thy hands.” 2 Peter 3:5 tells us the same: “For this they willingly are<br />
ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the<br />
earth standing out of the water and in the water.”<br />
Like we said before, God is a scientist, not a magician. He takes His<br />
time in doing things, even supernatural things. When He parted the<br />
Red Sea, God caused a strong wind to blow all that night before the sea<br />
was parted. (Ex 14:21) “He hath made every thing beautiful in his time.”<br />
(Eccl 3:11) God makes things according to His time, not ours!<br />
Even the Fathers tell us that the days of creation are beyond our<br />
understanding:<br />
We see, indeed, that our ordinary days have no evening but by<br />
the setting, and no morning but by the rising, of the sun; but the<br />
first three days of all were passed without sun, since it is reported<br />
to have been made on the fourth day. And first of all, indeed,<br />
light was made by the word of God, and God, we read, separated<br />
it from the darkness, and called the light Day, and the darkness<br />
Night; but what kind of light that was, and by what periodic<br />
movement it made evening and morning, is beyond the reach of<br />
our senses; neither can we understand how it was. 1<br />
Another argument is that after God created every thing, He rested on<br />
the seventh day. We are still living in the seventh day, so how can it be<br />
a 24 hour day?<br />
1 Augustine of Hippo: City of God, Book XI. Chapter 7 Nicene/Post<br />
Nicene Fathers Series I Vol II<br />
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