The Evolution of Man Scientifically Disproved - In 50 Arguments by William A. Williams
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both must yield to another and better interpretation. This majestic
divine order, in harmony with both science and revelation, removes all doubt of special creation. Another interpretation, advocated by many scholars, is that all geologic ages may have intervened during the time indicated between the 1st and 2nd verses of Gen. I. The following is a possible, and, it would seem, a probable interpretation of the inspired creation story. The words of Scripture, whether from the American Revision, or marginal rendering of the original Hebrew, or other translation, are put in quotation marks:-- THE CREATION--GENERAL STATEMENT "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth," including the sun, moon and stars, and all other matter in any form. DETAILED STATEMENT OF THE ORDER OF CREATION "And the earth was waste and void," literally "desolation and emptiness." And, on account of the thick vapors in the hot atmosphere, "darkness was upon the face of the deep," and doubtless had been for ages. "And the Spirit of God was brooding upon the face of the waters," and _perhaps_ was calling into being the lowest forms of marine life. |
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