Such a teaching can get rather involved, and it does involve some personal
revelation, but following are a few passages DM
revelation, but following are a few passages DM
What does this mean, David, in regards to "personal revelation" ?? Do you mean "personal inerpretation" or is it more than that?
jd
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From: "David Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Dean wrote:
> > Another man of one book J.Wesley ...
>
> John Wesley was not a man of "one book." He read other books constantly,
> just as Paul did. What is meant by your quotes is that in the context of
> that particular ministry to the people being talked about, the preaching
> focused upon Jesus Christ and nothing else.
>
> David Miller wrote:
> >> I do not believe in a pre-existent "creation." I simply
> >> believe that the earth is very old, primarily for Biblical
> >> reasons. From my perspective, the Scriptures seem
> >> to assert an ancient foundation for the earth.
>
> cd:
> > I would like to see this scripture?
>
> Such a teaching can get rather involved, and it does involve som e personal
> revelation, but following are a few passages.
>
> Psa 102:25 Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the
> heavens are the work of thy hands.
> Eze 26:20 When I shall bring thee down with them that descend into the pit,
> with the people of old time, and shall set thee in the low parts of the
> earth, in places desolate of old, with them that go down to the pit, that
> thou be not inhabited; and I shall set glory in the land of the living;
> 2Pe 3:5 For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the
> heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the
> water:
> Job 38:4 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare,
> if thou hast understanding.
> Job 38:5 Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath
> stretched the line upon it?
> Job 38:6 Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the
> cor ner stone thereof;
> Job 38:7 When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God
> shouted for joy?
>
> cd:
> > In my view that would mean that the older
> > salt water would have to disappear somewhere
> > in very large volumes?
>
> No, you are assuming that the old earth was basically in the same shape and
> form that it is now, with oceans of saltwater and continents. Genesis 1:2
> says that the earth was "without form and void, and darkness was upon the
> face of the deep." The subsequent account specifies the separation of land
> from water, which I believe took place much later than the actual creation
> of the earth itself. In other words, between Genesis 1:1 & 1:2 was a great
> amount of time.
>
> David Miller.
>
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