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CHAPTER EIGHT
LIGHT!
THE EVENTS OF THE FIRST CREATION DAY
The stages in the formation of our planet are now considered "natural processes." We
are told in our science textbooks that this is the natural way that solar systems and planets
are formed in our universe. This is probably true. The formation of the sun and the planets
as I have described them may be a common model found throughout the universe. But it is also
likely that God formulated the grand design.
Consider the odds involved, that the author of the Creation Story could describe
in general terms, the nature of the events in the creation of the universe and our world.
The author lived thousands of years ago when scientific knowledge was minuscule and in its
infancy. Yet, consider what he declared:
1. The universe had a beginning.
2. Time had a beginning.
3. The young Earth was desolate and void of life.
4. The surface of the Earth was blanketed in darkness.
5. The Earth was covered by water.
6. Light finally illuminated the Earth, but only after all of the above had occurred.
All of these statements are known to be scientifically accurate. Yet the author
should not have known any of these scientific facts. If we were to disregard divine
inspiration, we could not begin to explain how an author that lived so long ago could
have acquired such knowledge. However such accuracy was achieved, the First Day of Creation
has survived the scrutiny of science.
(These are selected paragraphs within this chapter. This is not the entire chapter.)
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