IS THE BIBLE REALLY GOD'S WORD?

Can we trust the Bible? Is the Bible really God’s word? Those are just a couple of questions that more and more people are asking in today’s ever-changing world.

There are numerous denominations out there teaching many different doctrines based on the same scriptures. They can’t all be right, so that means most of them are wrong. Then you have all these different modern “translations” presenting different messages that contradict each other. Can you imagine what the worship service would sound like if there were several different translations of the hymnal at your church? It would be chaos. That’s what has happened because there are so many newer translations.

I wouldn’t be opposed to a modern English Bible translated from the original text where the translators were not worried about having to make it different from other English Bibles for copyright purposes. Many of these newer versions are actually not much more “modern” than the King James Version, because the translators have to make sure their version doesn’t actually have the same exact words as another version, or they may get sued. This makes some of the newer versions even more difficult to understand in some places. No wonder there’s so much confusion. No wonder so many people don’t trust the Bible.

On the other hand, there are people who have no idea what the Bible even says because they've never even bothered to read it for themselves. Some are too busy to be bothered with it. Some don’t think they can understand it, while others don’t believe it has anything to offer them. Does it? Is the Bible really the road map to heaven? Is it really God’s word? Can we put our trust in such a controversial book? Was it really inspired by God? There are people all over the world who would answer “Yes” to all these questions, but the number of those who don’t believe is rapidly growing, and it’s not that difficult to understand some of the reasons why.

The Bible is a great book to read for so many reasons. It’s the number one best-selling book of all time and has been for many years. It was originally written in Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek, by over forty authors, across three continents, over a period of fifteen to sixteen hundred years. It contains all the elements of the popular books of our day. There are stories about war, murder, adultery, prostitution, lust, rape, heartache, heartbreak, lies, betrayal, revenge, sea monsters, gods, the supernatural, demons and demon possession, witches and witchcraft, sorcery, curses, devil worship, both animal and human sacrifices, and just about every other bad thing you can imagine.

On the other hand, there are stories involving every good thing you can think of as well. It talks about things like love, hope, trust, kindness, honesty, faithfulness, truthfulness, victory, personal sacrifice, lifetime friendships, marriages that lasted until death, and all the beauty and happiness that the human race lives for, and longs for.

By October 2016, the complete Bible had been translated into 636 languages, according to the Wycliffe Global Alliance. They also report that the New Testament has been translated into 1,442 languages. There are also 1,145 languages where only portions of the Bible have been translated. So there are over 3,000 languages in which some, or all of God’s word can be read.

The Bible has proven to be a great, and accurate history book, as well as a roadmap to a brighter future. It contains the basic building blocks for our governmental system here in the United States, and the origin of many of our laws can be traced back to the Holy Bible.

Sadly, many of God’s people have a hard time agreeing on everything it teaches. That’s why it’s so important to study the Bible without denominational blinders on. We need to take the book for what it says, and if it disagrees with our preconceived ideas, or even what our church teaches, we need to drop those beliefs and hold on to the truth of God’s word. Let’s take a few minutes and examine a few things in the Bible, to see if we can trust this book, or not. 

In 2 Timothy 3:16, and 2 Peter 1:21, the Bible claims to be inspired by God.

2 Timothy 3:16
16) All scripture is given by inspiration of God and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

2 Peter 1:21
21) For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.

The Holy Spirit inspired or impressed, holy men of God with what to write, and they wrote it down in their own words. The Holy Spirit also inspired Paul to write the next verse we’re going to look at from 1 Timothy 4:1.

1 Timothy 4:1
1) Now the Spirit speaks expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;

Today, “Bible Scholars” are saying the Bible is not the inspired word of God. Even some seminaries are teaching their students that “the Bible is not to be taken literally. It is, at best, just a history book, not the inspired word of God.” These students then go out and become ministers and pastors who don’t even believe that the word of God is true. Then they pass that disbelief on to hundreds, maybe thousands of others, and it is having a tremendously negative effect on our world today.

In many Bibles, there are introductions at the beginning of each book, placed there by the publishers. I’ve read several of these introductions over the years that say something to the effect that the writer either had to have been there to witness what he was writing about, or he got his information from someone who was there, or he copied from another writer, and on, and on, and on. I’ve heard preachers saying these same things in their sermons.

Saying things like that casts doubt on the power of God, and denies that the Bible is inspired by his Holy Spirit. These accusations are subtle, but they are slowly eroding people’s faith in God’s word. These are some of the doctrines of devils that Paul wrote about in his first letter to Timothy. Don’t be fooled by them. Take God’s word for what it says, and hold on to those precious truths that it holds. The Bible is definitely the word of God, and here are just a few examples to prove it.

There are hundreds of prophecies of the Messiah in scripture that Jesus fulfilled. I haven’t counted them but it has been reported that there are more than three hundred. Most of them were written hundreds of years before he was even born in the little town of Bethlehem. Also, King Cyrus was foretold, by name, to overthrow Babylon about a hundred and fifty years before his birth (Isaiah 45-46).

In Daniel chapter 2, King Nebuchadnezzar had a dream about a statue. God told Daniel what the dream meant. It spelled out, in great detail, the four world empires that would directly affect God’s people, from Daniel’s time, all the way down to the end of the world. Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, and Rome. Babylon was ruling when God gave Daniel the interpretation of the king’s dream. The other three nations arose to power just as God had predicted many years before it actually happened.

In Daniel chapter 9 we have another prophecy of four hundred and ninety years. This time period stretched from the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem, all the way down to the time of the Messiah. It foretold that he would die for others, and he did. This prophecy tells the exact year of the death of the Messiah. Jesus fulfilled this prophecy in every detail over five hundred years after it was written down. By using this prophecy, and the gospel accounts of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, along with the dates of the Jewish feast days, we can pinpoint the exact year, month, day, and hour that Jesus died. He died around 3:00 pm on Friday, April 3rd, AD 33.

The Bible has also been proven to change the lives of those who read it. There is Power in the pages of this Holy Book. Simply put, a supernatural force accompanies the Bible. We know that it’s the Holy Spirit of God. He brings the Bible to life and invites the reader to have a close personal relationship with Jesus. When you read about Jesus, and get to know him, by spending time with him every day, you grow to love him. The proof is in the millions of people around the world who testify that their lives have been dramatically changed, for the better, by reading the word of God.

So, without a doubt, the Bible can be trusted. It has been proven time and time again, not only by fulfilled prophecies, and by its power to change people’s lives, but by Archaeology as well. Plenty of proof for the accuracy of the Bible has been unearthed over the years. Every year more and more proof is unearthed to show the accuracy of the Bible, yet so many still refuse to believe. I don’t know who originally said it, but this is a profound statement:

“For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don’t believe, no proof is enough.”

Now, that doesn’t mean we have blind faith. There had to be something to make us believe in the first place. Much of our faith in God and his word comes from our experiences with him, but what we read about him in the bible is part of what draws us to him in the first place. It’s sad that so many have chosen to disregard God’s word. Naturally, you can better understand the Bible if you have the Author to help you. So many don’t, and that’s one of the reasons they refuse to believe, no matter what proof is unearthed. There will always be those who scoff and put us down for following God, but look at what Jesus said in Matthew 24:13.

Matthew 24:13
13) But he that endures to the end, the same will be saved.

So, can we trust the Bible? Is the Bible really God’s word? The answer to both questions is, YES. It is the word of the living God. Read it daily, study it religiously, and be changed by it, eternally.

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NOAH'S ARK AND THE GREAT FLOOD

The story of Noah’s Ark and the worldwide flood has been one of my favorite Bible stories since I was a child. I’ve read it many times, and I believe it actually happened. Here are a few reasons why I believe it. History tells us that Jesus of Nazareth actually existed, and he talked about Noah and the flood. There is plenty of evidence all over our planet that there was a worldwide flood, and we have already established that the Bible IS the word of God, in the article called IS THE BIBLE REALLY GOD’S WORD? *

Many books have been written, and several movies have been made about this amazing story, but many of them are filled with error, speculation, and misinterpretation. Even in the church, there are disagreements about what actually happened. No wonder there are so many doubts and so much confusion about the flood.

You may ask, Why does it even matter? Well, the credibility of God’s word is at stake. If it didn’t really happen then the rest of the Bible can’t be trusted. Jesus said it happened, so if it didn’t, then Jesus would be a liar. Do you see now why it matters?

Jesus said, “You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free” (John 8:32). When you read, and understand the truth of this story, it will make perfect sense and it’s very believable. When you truly understand it, your faith in God’s word will increase. Please, take out your Bible and examine this wonderful story along with me.

In the beginning, God created a perfect world and two people who were perfect. You can read about that in the post called IN THE BEGINNING. **

Adam and Eve disobeyed God, and sin came into our world. Their son, Cain, was jealous of his brother, Abel, so he killed him, and from that point on their descendants became more and more evil.

Genesis 6:5-7
5 And GOD saw that the wickedness of mankind was great in the earth and that every imagination of the thoughts of their hearts were only evil continually.
6 And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him in his heart.
7 And the LORD said, I will destroy mankind, whom I have created from the face of the earth; both humans, and beasts, and the creeping things, and the fowls of the air; for it repents me that I have made them.

God saw how wicked his creation had become, and he decided to purge the earth from all the evil. Being the loving Father he is, he wanted to give the people some time to turn from their sins, and do right. That’s the case throughout the Bible. He always gives people time, and opportunity to repent. But it’s usually a certain amount of time, as it was in the days of Noah. We can see this in the next verse.

Genesis 6:3  
3 And the LORD said, My spirit will not always strive with man, for that he is also flesh: yet his days shall be a hundred and twenty years.

This is where the belief came from that Noah spent 120 years building the ark, but is that what the verse says? No. We’ll see in a few minutes that it did not take that long. All this verse is saying is that God’s Spirit would continue to work with mankind, and try to get them to change for 120 more years. He gave them time to repent, and to turn from their evil ways. Basically, he put them on probation for 120 years. They didn’t change, so the time came to destroy the earth.

Genesis 6:8-9  
8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.

God saw that one man was faithful to him. Noah had not become corrupt like the rest of the world. Look at the next three verses carefully.

Genesis 6:9  
9 These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.

Genesis 6:10  
10 And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Genesis 5:32  
32 Noah was five hundred years old, and begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Clearly, this is the same man and the same three sons mentioned in chapters 5 and 6. The way the Bible is written, the writer gives an overview of the story, and then comes back, and gives more details. This was the way in the ancient Hebrew culture. This was done to reinforce the story in the minds of the persons reading, or hearing it. We find this principle throughout the bible, but today this sometimes leads to confusion for people who don’t understand this principle. 

Some strange teachings have come from the bible because many people don’t understand this. One such teaching is two different creations in Genesis chapters 1, 2, and 5. These two accounts are NOT two different creations. Both are the same event, involving the same two people, with the same names, but with more details added. This means that all the details are not always in chronological order in the Bible. The same story is often retold, with more details added, or sometimes there are less details. With that in mind, let’s keep going.

Genesis 5:32  
32 Noah was five hundred years old, and begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

These three sons were born to Noah, and THEN God came to him and told him to build the ark. Not before they were born, but AFTER. That’s important (Genesis 6:9-14).

Genesis 7:6  
6 Noah was six hundred years old …when the flood came.

Genesis 11:10  
10 Shem was a hundred years old, two years after the flood:

That means Shem was 98 years old the year of the flood. That’s only 98 years, or less from the time God told Noah to build the ark until the flood came. That’s proof it didn’t take 120 years to build the ark. Again, the 120 years was a period of probation for mankind. It took less than 98 years to build the ark. Probably a lot less.

Another fact we shouldn’t overlook is that when the Bible says Noah was 500 years old and begat three sons, it simply means they were born in his 500th year; not the same year, but in that 100-year period. Notice that Noah was 600 when the flood came, and Shem was 98. That means Shem was born when Noah was 502.

Genesis 10:21 says that Japheth was the oldest, and Genesis 9:24 says that Ham was the youngest. So Shem was the middle son. If we name them from oldest to youngest, we should say, Japheth, Shem, and Ham. Japheth was probably born when Noah was 500 years old. Genesis 6:18 seems to say that all three boys were already married when God told Noah to build the ark, so that knocks several more years off the building time since they would have had to be grown men to marry.

Read Genesis chapters 6 and 7 very carefully. This time, these are not the same accounts retold. Notice the order of events. In chapter 5, Noah’s three sons are born.
THEN, in chapter 6, God told Noah that he was going to destroy the earth and everything on it.
THEN, God told Noah to build an ark and told him how he should build it.
THEN, God gave Noah instructions on bringing the animals, and food onto the ark. 
THEN, Noah started building the ark. We don’t know exactly how long it took to build the ark, but we do know it was less than 98 years. Probably a lot less.

Obviously, some time went by between the end of chapter 6 and chapter 7 while the ark was under construction because, at the beginning of chapter 7, the ark is finished. God tells Noah he has seven days before the flood comes. He uses these seven days to get all the animals on the ark, and food for the animals, and for themselves.

Noah didn’t have to go out and gather the animals like most books and movies show. God said the animals would come to Noah, and that’s exactly what happened (Gen. 6:20, 7:9). He didn’t load animals from every SPECIES. There were some from every KIND. Two pigs, two dogs, two camels, etc. Seven pairs of clean animals, such as goats, sheep, deer, cows, and birds. Not nearly as many animals as some think. God is smart. He probably sent young animals. They would be smaller, so they wouldn’t take up much space, and they would live longer and produce more young to repopulate the earth.

In Genesis 7:1-4, the ark is finished. THEN God told Noah it was time to get into the ark. THEN he told Noah he had 7 days before the flood. He had to have time to get the animals and the food on the ark. He used those 7 days to do that.

THEN, at the end of the seven days, after he had done everything that God had instructed him to do, Noah and his family got on the ark.
THEN, God shut the door. 
THEN, the rain came.

The flood came the same day Noah and his family entered the ark; not seven days later. Genesis 7:4, 7:11, 7:13, and Luke 17:26-29 make this absolutely clear. Read these few verses carefully.

Genesis 7:11  
11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, THE SAME DAY all the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.

Genesis 7:13  
13 In THE SAME DAY, Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah’s wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, entered into the ark;

The Bible says Noah and his family got aboard the ark the same day the flood started.

Luke 17:26-29 
26 And as it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.
27 They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until THE day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.
28 Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built;
29 But THE SAME DAY that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all.

Again, the flood came the SAME DAY that Noah and his family entered the ark, not seven days later. The SAME DAY = The 17th day of the 2nd month.

Genesis 7:12 says it rained for 40 days AND 40 nights. Verse 11 says the windows of heaven were opened AND the fountains of the great deep were broken up. Strong’s Concordance says the Hebrew word used here for “broken up” means the same thing as “Split, Tear, Break, Rip, or Burst”. So the waters that were under the earth Burst out when the earth split open. This is how the fault lines were created across our planet.

Genesis 7:21
21 And all flesh died that moved on the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, and EVERY man.

If it wasn’t on the ark with Noah and his family, it died (Gen. 7:21-23).

Genesis 7:24 says the water covered the earth for 150 days, then God remembered Noah and all the animals and caused the water to start receding. They continued to decrease. Then on the 10 day of the 11th month, Noah started sending out a raven and a dove to see if the water had dried up, but it wasn’t. They went back and forth until the water was dried up (Gen. 8:7-11).

In the 600th year of Noah’s life, on the 17th day of the 2nd month, Noah and his family entered the ark and the flood started (Gen. 7:11, 13).
In the 601st year of Noah’s life, on the 27th day of the 2nd month, Noah and his family left the ark with the animals (Gen. 8:14).

So they were on the ark for 1 year and 10 days. Wow! What an adventure that must have been, and what a different world it must have been to return to. What an amazing story to read and study. It never gets old.

Here Are Some Facts To Remember:

1) Noah was on the ark for 1 year and 10 days. — (Gen. 7:11, 13; Gen. 8:14) 
2) God sent the animals to the ark. Noah didn’t have to go out and gather them. — (Gen. 6:19-20)
3) 2 of each unclean animal (1 pair – a male & a female), and 7 pairs of the clean animals got on the ark. — (Gen. 7:2-3)
4) At least 2 of every KIND of land creatures and flying creatures got on the ark. That would include dinosaurs and Pterodactyls. (Probably small, young ones) — (Gen. 6:13-19; Gen. 7:2-3; Gen.14-16) 
5) The Bible says Adam was the 1st man on earth. — (1 Cor. 15:45; Gen. 1:27, 5:3; Matt. 19:4; 1 Chro. 1:1; Luk. 3:38)
6) There was no sin before Adam sinned. — (Rom. 5:12, Gen. 3:1-24). There was no death before sin because sin brought death. — (Rom. 5:14-19)
So dinosaurs could not have lived and died before Adam.
7) God created the heavens and the earth and everything in them (including Dinosaurs) in 6 literal days. — (Exodus 20:8-11) (The 4th Commandment)

There’s so much more to this story, but we have to stop somewhere. As I said, we have secular proof that Jesus was real. He talked about Noah and the flood, so Noah was real, and the great worldwide flood was real, and it WAS worldwide (Gen 8:9). This is a subject of many debates and arguments. Any confusion on any Bible subjects can usually be cleared up, just by reading and prayerfully studying God’s word.

*Is The Bible Really God’s Word? https://teddylynn.blogspot.com/2017/08/is-bible-word-of-god.html

**In The Beginning
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IN THE BEGINNING

In The Beginning, God created the heaven and the earth (Genesis 1:1). 

1) WHAT DOES THE BIBLE MEAN BY “IN THE BEGINNING?”

Hebrews 1:10 
10 And, you Lord, in the beginning, have laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the works of your hands.

Isaiah 40:21 
21 Have you not known? Have you not heard? Have you not been told from the beginning? Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth? 

Isaiah 64:4  
4 For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither has the eye seen, O God, beside you, what he has prepared for him that waits for him. 

Act 15:18
18 Known to God are all his works from the beginning of the world. 

Ephesians 3:9  
9 And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world has been hidden in God, who created all things through Jesus Christ: 

2 Peter 3:4  
4 And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation. 

So “In The Beginning”, in Genesis 1:1, the bible is referring to the beginning of our world; the creation, not just of the earth and its atmosphere, but our entire solar system; Our Galaxy. That leads to some other questions. 

2) WHEN WERE ADAM AND EVE CREATED?

Matthew 19:4
4 And he answered and said to them, Have you not read, that he who made them at the beginning made them male and female, 

Mark 10:6
6 But from the beginning of the creation, God made them male and female. 

The Bible tells us that God made Adam and Eve at the beginning of our world. He made them on the 6th day (Gen 1:24-31). 

3) WERE THERE OTHER PEOPLE BEFORE GOD CREATED ADAM AND EVE? 

1 Corinthians 15:45  
45 And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; 

The Bible plainly says that Adam was THE FIRST MAN on earth. Look at the genealogy in the books of 1 Chronicles and Luke.

1 Chronicle 1:1 
1 Adam, Seth, Enos, 

Luke 3:38  
38 Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God. 

In 1 Chronicles 1, the genealogy of mankind starts with Adam and moves forward toward Jesus. In Luke 3, it starts with Jesus and goes backward to Adam, then says he was the son of God. Clearly, Adam WAS the first man, and he was created by God at the beginning of this world. Look at the next 2 verses.

Genesis 2:20  
20 And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field.

Genesis 3:20  
20 And Adam called his wife’s name Eve because she was the mother of all living.

These verses show Adam naming the living creatures God had created, including his wife, Eve. Gen. 3:20 also confirms that Eve was the FIRST woman. She was the mother of the human race. 

Genesis 5:1-2 
1 This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, he made him in the likeness of God; 
2 He created them male and female, and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day that they were created. 

Some people believe Genesis chapter five refers to the second time man was created after some catastrophe wiped out the world. We have already seen from the Bible that Adam and Eve were the FIRST people on the earth. Chapter 5 is a recap of the beginning. Look back in Genesis chapter four, and you’ll see Adam and Eve have three sons; Cain, Abel, and Seth. In Genesis chapter five we see Adam and Eve have a son named Seth to replace Abel, the son Cain killed. Clearly, these two accounts refer to the same people. How anyone could say these are two different stories involving different people is beyond me.

Genesis 4:25  
25 And Adam knew his wife again; and she gave birth to a son and called his name Seth, and she said, for God, has given me another child instead of Abel, whom Cain killed. 

Genesis 5:4  
4 And all the days of Adam after Seth was born were eight hundred years, and he had sons and daughters:

This process of retelling events is used throughout the Bible. There is a story, and later a recap or synopsis, usually adding more details. Look at the story of Noah and the flood in Genesis chapters 6-8, for example.

4) DID DINOSAURS LIVE MILLIONS OF YEARS AGO?

Romans 5:14
14 Nevertheless, death reigned from Adam to Moses,

Romans 5:12
12 Just as sin entered into the world through one man, and death through sin, so death is passed on to everyone because all have sinned:

1 Corinthians 15:21-22
21 Since death came through one man, the resurrection of the dead came through one man also. 
22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all will be made alive. 

There was no death before Adam sinned. Death entered our world because Adam disobeyed God. The Bible says Adam was the FIRST man on earth, and DEATH came from his disobedience. Therefore, Dinosaurs could not have lived and Died before man, millions of years ago because there was no death before Adam sinned.

God created dinosaurs along with all the other land animals on the sixth day before he created Adam. Then he brought all the animals to Adam to see what he would call them (Gen. 1:25). 

5) DID GOD TAKE THOUSANDS OF YEARS TO CREATE EVERYTHING?

2 Peter 3:8  
8 But, beloved, do not be ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years and a thousand years is as one day.

This verse has been used by some to say a day in scripture equals a thousand years, or some extended period of time, trying to reconcile the Bible with “scientific” reasoning that the earth is billions of years old. We need to line our “scientific” discoveries up with the teachings of God’s word, not the other way around. God’s word has its own dictionary. The meaning of most things we read in the Bible is found somewhere in the holy scriptures. The next verse explains what 2 Peter 3:8 means.

Psalm 90:4  
4 For a thousand years in your eyes are as only yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night. 

This verse explains that a thousand years to God is just a small amount of time. 

In Numbers chapter 7, when the tabernacle in the wilderness was finished and it came time to dedicate the altar, God told Moses to have the Princes of Israel bring their offering, one tribe each day. This took 12 days; 12 literal days, not 12 extended periods of time. Why would this passage of scripture be literal 24 hour days, and Genesis chapter 1 not be literal days?  

Exodus 20:8-11 says
8 Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. 
9 Six days you shall labor, and do all your work: 
10 But the seventh day is the Sabbath of the LORD your God: in it, you shall not do any work, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, your manservant, nor your maidservant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger that is within your gates: 

Why? Read the next verse carefully.

Exodus 20:11
11 Because, in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and He rested the seventh day. So the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy. 

Here, we are commanded to remember the Sabbath Day and keep it holy because God created the heaven and earth and everything in them in six literal days, NOT 6 extended periods of time, NOT 6000 years. He worked 6 literal days and rested on the 7th day. We are to work 6 literal days then rest on the 7th day. Plus, at the end of each day, the Bible records that the EVENING and the MORNING (Night and Day) was the 1st day, the 2nd day, etc. Therefore these verses prove a literal 6-day creation.

6) WHAT ABOUT “THE HEAVEN” IN GENESIS 1:1?

Genesis 1:1 
1 In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth.

Notice that the heaven is singular, not plural.

Exodus 20:11
11 For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. So the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy. 

Genesis 1:6-8 shows the creation of the heaven.

Genesis 1:6 -8 
6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the middle of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. 
7 And God made the firmament and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament, and it was so. 
8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning was the second day. 

In the Hebrew language, the word firmament means EXPANSION or EXPANSE. In English, it means a space. We simply call it SPACE.

Notice that the SPACE God made to separate the water did not stop at our atmosphere.

Genesis 1:14-15
14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven (SPACE) to divide the day from the night, and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years, 
15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, and it was so. 

7) WHAT WERE THESE LIGHTS?

Genesis 1:16-18  
16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night. He made the stars also. 
17  And God put them in the firmament (space) of the heaven to give light upon the earth, 
18  And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness, and God saw that it was good.

Jeremiah 31:35  
Thus says the LORD, who gives the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divides the sea when the waves thereof roar. The LORD of hosts is his name: 

Clearly, these lights that God created and put in (the) SPACE are the Sun and Moon. Notice, he had already made the Stars at some earlier time. The firmament stretchered out into space. The firmament IS space, where our galaxy, our solar system, was created by God, IN THE BEGINNING of our world.

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