To whom it was revealed, that not to themselves, but to us they did minister the things, which are now reported to you by them that have preached the gospel to you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven which things the angels desire to look into.Īmerican King James Version ×). Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow. And he said, Go your way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end.Īmerican King James Version × 1 Peter 1:10-12 1 Peter 1:10-12 Of which salvation the prophets have inquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come to you:

Even the biblical writers He inspired did not always fully understand what they recorded (compare Daniel 12:8-9 Daniel 12:8-9 And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what shall be the end of these things? What does it actually reveal? Genesis 1 clarified by other passagesīear in mind that God does not usually explain all there is to know about a subject in one place in the Bible. What, then, are we to make of scientists determining the universe and our planet to be billions of years old? While there may be flaws in dating methods, consider that people often make wrong assumptions about what the Bible says.

Now we turn to the Bible itself to see what the Creator God says about His creation.Īdding up the ages of the biblical patriarchs yields a date of about 6,000 years ago for the first human parents, Adam and Eve, formed by God at the end of six days of creation. It's vital that we properly understand what that account does and does not say.Įarlier we examined the weaknesses of the theory of evolution as an explanation for the bewildering complexity of the forms of life we see around us.

The world after man