The book of Genesis – is it just a nice Sunday-school story; or is it a verifiable record to the history of our planet? Can we take each verse in its chapters literally; or is it too impossible to believe? Find out how probable this book of the Bible is on this week’s episode of Creation.
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CREATION with David Rives | Genesis - In The Beginning, And Then What | May 23, 2021
- - DAVID RIVES: MOST ALL OF US
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- - DAVID RIVES: MOST ALL OF US KNOW THE INTRODUCTION
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- KNOW THE INTRODUCTION TO THE BIBLE.
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- IN THE HEBREW, IT SAYS:
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- IN THE HEBREW, IT SAYS: "BERESHIT BARA ELOHIM ET
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- "BERESHIT BARA ELOHIM ET HASHAMAYIM VE'ET HA'ARETZ."
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- HASHAMAYIM VE'ET HA'ARETZ." BUT IN THE ENGLISH, IT SAYS --
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- BUT IN THE ENGLISH, IT SAYS -- AND WE'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH
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- AND WE'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH THIS -- "IN THE BEGINNING, GOD
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- THIS -- "IN THE BEGINNING, GOD CREATED THE HEAVENS AND
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- CREATED THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH."
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- BUT, GENESIS 1:1, AS WELL AS
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- BUT, GENESIS 1:1, AS WELL AS THE REST OF THE BOOK, FOR THAT
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- THE REST OF THE BOOK, FOR THAT MATTER, RAISES A LOT OF
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- MATTER, RAISES A LOT OF QUESTIONS AMONG CONVENTIONAL AND
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- QUESTIONS AMONG CONVENTIONAL AND EVEN CHRISTIAN SCIENTISTS.
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- EVEN CHRISTIAN SCIENTISTS. FOR SOME, IT'S JUST A NICE
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- FOR SOME, IT'S JUST A NICE SUNDAY SCHOOL STORY.
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- SUNDAY SCHOOL STORY. FOR OTHERS, IT'S A VERIFIABLE
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- FOR OTHERS, IT'S A VERIFIABLE RECORD TO THE HISTORY
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- RECORD TO THE HISTORY OF OUR WORLD.
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- OF OUR WORLD. AND FOR THOSE UNDECIDED --
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- AND FOR THOSE UNDECIDED -- WELL, THEY'D JUST RATHER NOT
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- WELL, THEY'D JUST RATHER NOT THINK TOO MUCH ABOUT IT.
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- THINK TOO MUCH ABOUT IT. OF COURSE, THE LOOMING QUESTION
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- OF COURSE, THE LOOMING QUESTION IS: CAN THE BOOK OF GENESIS BE
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- IS: CAN THE BOOK OF GENESIS BE TAKEN LITERALLY?
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- TAKEN LITERALLY? I'M DAVID RIVES.
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- I'M DAVID RIVES. WELCOME TO "CREATION."
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- WELCOME TO "CREATION." [DRAMATIC THEME MUSIC PLAYS]
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- [DRAMATIC THEME MUSIC PLAYS] [DRAMATIC THEME MUSIC PLAYS]
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- [DRAMATIC THEME MUSIC PLAYS] - DR. MARTIN: WELL, THE BIBLE
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- - DR. MARTIN: WELL, THE BIBLE IS GOD'S WORD, SO SHOULD WE
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- IS GOD'S WORD, SO SHOULD WE TAKE IT AS HISTORICAL AND AS
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- TAKE IT AS HISTORICAL AND AS ACCURATE?
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- ACCURATE? WELL, I THINK WE BETTER,
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- WELL, I THINK WE BETTER, BECAUSE IF WE DON'T TAKE
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- BECAUSE IF WE DON'T TAKE GENESIS AS HISTORICAL AND
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- GENESIS AS HISTORICAL AND ACCURATE, HOW CAN WE TAKE JESUS
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- ACCURATE, HOW CAN WE TAKE JESUS AS HISTORICAL AND ACCURATE?
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- AS HISTORICAL AND ACCURATE? THE NEW TESTAMENT TELLS US
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- THE NEW TESTAMENT TELLS US JESUS IS THE CREATOR -- JOHN 1,
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- JESUS IS THE CREATOR -- JOHN 1, COLOSSIANS 1, HEBREWS 1.
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- COLOSSIANS 1, HEBREWS 1. WELL, IF HE ISN'T THE CREATOR,
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- WELL, IF HE ISN'T THE CREATOR, AS GENESIS IS TALKING ABOUT, HE
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- AS GENESIS IS TALKING ABOUT, HE WOULDN'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE
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- WOULDN'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE THE SAVIOR.
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- THE SAVIOR. 'CAUSE ONLY THE CREATOR WOULD
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- 'CAUSE ONLY THE CREATOR WOULD HAVE THE RIGHT AND THE
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- HAVE THE RIGHT AND THE AUTHORITY TO SAVE HIS
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- AUTHORITY TO SAVE HIS PARTICULAR CREATURE.
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- SO, IT'S CRUCIAL THAT GENESIS
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- SO, IT'S CRUCIAL THAT GENESIS IS TIED TO THE GOSPEL.
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- IS TIED TO THE GOSPEL. AND I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE
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- AND I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS GOD DID IT THAT WAY.
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- REASONS GOD DID IT THAT WAY. YES! JESUS -- WE KNOW HE'S OUR
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- YES! JESUS -- WE KNOW HE'S OUR SAVIOR.
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- SAVIOR. AND YET, CHRISTIAN PEOPLE:
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- AND YET, CHRISTIAN PEOPLE: "I DON'T BELIEVE GENESIS."
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- WELL, THEN, YOU BETTER BE
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- WELL, THEN, YOU BETTER BE CAREFUL WHO YOU BELIEVE OVER
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- CAREFUL WHO YOU BELIEVE OVER HERE AS SAVIOR.
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- HERE AS SAVIOR. - DAVID: IN WHAT WAYS HAS
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- - DAVID: IN WHAT WAYS HAS GENESIS PROVEN ITSELF TO BE AN
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- GENESIS PROVEN ITSELF TO BE AN ACCURATE HISTORICAL AND
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- ACCURATE HISTORICAL AND SCIENTIFIC RECORD, WHEN IT
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- SCIENTIFIC RECORD, WHEN IT SPEAKS ON HISTORY AND SCIENCE?
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- SPEAKS ON HISTORY AND SCIENCE? - DR. JOHN WHITMORE: SO, I SEE
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- - DR. JOHN WHITMORE: SO, I SEE GENESIS AS AN OUTLINE OF EARLY
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- GENESIS AS AN OUTLINE OF EARLY EARTH HISTORY, SO WE CAN SEE
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- EARTH HISTORY, SO WE CAN SEE THE EVENTS OF CREATION.
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- THE EVENTS OF CREATION. WE KNOW THAT CERTAIN THINGS
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- WE KNOW THAT CERTAIN THINGS WERE CREATED ON CERTAIN DAYS.
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- WERE CREATED ON CERTAIN DAYS. WE KNOW THE EARTH WAS HERE FOR
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- WE KNOW THE EARTH WAS HERE FOR THREE DAYS, BEFORE THE SUN,
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- THREE DAYS, BEFORE THE SUN, MOON, AND STARS WERE CREATED,
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- MOON, AND STARS WERE CREATED, FOR EXAMPLE.
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- WHAT WE WANNA DO IS WE DEVELOP
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- WHAT WE WANNA DO IS WE DEVELOP SCIENTIFIC HYPOTHESES AND
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- SCIENTIFIC HYPOTHESES AND THEORIES AND SO ON.
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- THEORIES AND SO ON. WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THOSE
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- WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THOSE THEORIES ARE CONSISTENT WITH
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- THEORIES ARE CONSISTENT WITH SCRIPTURE, THAT THERE ARE NOT
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- SCRIPTURE, THAT THERE ARE NOT ANY CONFLICTS WITH SCRIPTURE.
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- I LOOK AT SCRIPTURE AND I SEE
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- I LOOK AT SCRIPTURE AND I SEE EVIDENCE THAT NOAH'S FLOOD WAS
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- EVIDENCE THAT NOAH'S FLOOD WAS A HISTORICAL EVENT.
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- A HISTORICAL EVENT. JESUS TALKED ABOUT THE FLOOD.
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- JESUS TALKED ABOUT THE FLOOD. NOAH IS MENTIONED LOTS OF TIMES
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- NOAH IS MENTIONED LOTS OF TIMES OUTSIDE OF GENESIS 6, 7, 8,
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- OUTSIDE OF GENESIS 6, 7, 8, AND 9.
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- AND 9. JESUS TALKED ABOUT NOAH,
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- JESUS TALKED ABOUT NOAH, IN FACT.
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- IN FACT. AND SO, WE KNOW THAT THAT WAS A
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- AND SO, WE KNOW THAT THAT WAS A REAL HISTORICAL EVENT AND WE
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- REAL HISTORICAL EVENT AND WE CAN, THEN, GO TO THE ROCK
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- CAN, THEN, GO TO THE ROCK RECORD, KNOWING THAT A FLOOD
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- RECORD, KNOWING THAT A FLOOD HAPPENED, AND SEE WHAT WE THINK
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- HAPPENED, AND SEE WHAT WE THINK ARE FLOOD LAYERS.
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- ARE FLOOD LAYERS. AND THERE ARE SOME ROCKS THAT
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- AND THERE ARE SOME ROCKS THAT OCCUR BEFORE THE FLOOD LAYERS.
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- OCCUR BEFORE THE FLOOD LAYERS. THERE ARE SOME ROCKS THAT OCCUR
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- THERE ARE SOME ROCKS THAT OCCUR AFTER THE FLOOD LAYERS.
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- AFTER THE FLOOD LAYERS. AND SO, AS A GEOLOGIST, I CAN
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- AND SO, AS A GEOLOGIST, I CAN GO LOOK AT THOSE ROCKS AND TRY
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- GO LOOK AT THOSE ROCKS AND TRY TO PLACE THOSE BOUNDARIES TO
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- TO PLACE THOSE BOUNDARIES TO WHAT LAYER BEGINS THE FLOOD AND
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- WHAT LAYER BEGINS THE FLOOD AND WHAT LAYER ENDS THE FLOOD.
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- WHAT LAYER ENDS THE FLOOD. SO, I CAN USE SCRIPTURE,
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- SO, I CAN USE SCRIPTURE, IN THAT WAY.
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- IN THAT WAY. [MUSIC, MYSTICAL VOCALIZATIONS]
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- [MUSIC, MYSTICAL VOCALIZATIONS] - DR. DAN BIDDLE: SO, IT'S
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- - DR. DAN BIDDLE: SO, IT'S VERY, VERY CLEAR TO ME THAT GOD
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- VERY, VERY CLEAR TO ME THAT GOD HAD TO BE INVOLVED IN THE
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- HAD TO BE INVOLVED IN THE PRODUCTION OF THE BIBLE THAT WE
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- PRODUCTION OF THE BIBLE THAT WE HAVE TODAY, WITH THE 66 BOOKS.
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- HAVE TODAY, WITH THE 66 BOOKS. AND THERE'S A COUPLE OF REASONS
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- AND THERE'S A COUPLE OF REASONS THAT I BELIEVE THAT, REALLY, AS
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- THAT I BELIEVE THAT, REALLY, AS A SCIENTIST.
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- A SCIENTIST. THE FIRST WOULD BE A
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- THE FIRST WOULD BE A STATISTICAL OVERLAY THAT I'VE
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- STATISTICAL OVERLAY THAT I'VE LOOKED AT, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE
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- LOOKED AT, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE LIFESPAN OF THE PATRIARCHS,
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- LIFESPAN OF THE PATRIARCHS, BEFORE THE FLOOD AND THOSE
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- BEFORE THE FLOOD AND THOSE AFTER.
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- THERE IS AN UNDENIABLE
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- THERE IS AN UNDENIABLE STATISTICAL EXPONENTIAL DECAY
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- STATISTICAL EXPONENTIAL DECAY CURVE THAT'S STATISTICALLY
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- CURVE THAT'S STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT.
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- SIGNIFICANT. SO, SOMETHING'S GOING ON THERE
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- SO, SOMETHING'S GOING ON THERE WITH THE AGES, THE LIFESPANS,
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- WITH THE AGES, THE LIFESPANS, THE GENEALOGIES, AND THAT'S ONE
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- THE GENEALOGIES, AND THAT'S ONE THING THAT'S REALLY
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- THING THAT'S REALLY CONVINCED ME.
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- CONVINCED ME. THE OTHER THING IS THAT IF YOU
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- THE OTHER THING IS THAT IF YOU LOOK AT THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS --
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- LOOK AT THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS -- WHICH WERE DISCOVERED IN THE
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- WHICH WERE DISCOVERED IN THE 1940s, UP IN SOME CAVE, ALMOST
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- 1940s, UP IN SOME CAVE, ALMOST BY CHANCE -- IT'S INCREDIBLE
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- BY CHANCE -- IT'S INCREDIBLE THAT IF YOU TAKE THOSE
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- THAT IF YOU TAKE THOSE MANUSCRIPTS --
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- MANUSCRIPTS -- WHICH WE PRETTY RELIABLY
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- WHICH WE PRETTY RELIABLY CAN SAY ARE FROM 100 TO 200
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- CAN SAY ARE FROM 100 TO 200 YEARS BEFORE CHRIST --
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- YEARS BEFORE CHRIST -- AND THEN, YOU PLUCK OUT
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- AND THEN, YOU PLUCK OUT ONE CHAPTER --
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- ONE CHAPTER -- CHAPTER 53 OF ISAIAH
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- -- AND YOU LOOK AT THE 11
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- -- AND YOU LOOK AT THE 11 SPECIFIC PROPHESIES THAT ARE
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- SPECIFIC PROPHESIES THAT ARE IN THERE ABOUT THE SAVIOR --
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- IN THERE ABOUT THE SAVIOR -- HOW HE'S GONNA BE BEATEN, HOW
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- HOW HE'S GONNA BE BEATEN, HOW HE'S GONNA BE HUNG ON THE
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- HE'S GONNA BE HUNG ON THE CROSS, AND HOW HE'S GONNA BE
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- CROSS, AND HOW HE'S GONNA BE BURIED IN A TOMB WITH THE RICH,
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- BURIED IN A TOMB WITH THE RICH, AND HOW HE'S GONNA BE SILENT
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- AND HOW HE'S GONNA BE SILENT BEFORE HIS SHEARERS, OR HIS
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- BEFORE HIS SHEARERS, OR HIS ACCUSERS -- AND YOU LOOK AT
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- ACCUSERS -- AND YOU LOOK AT THOSE THINGS, THEN YOU REALLY
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- THOSE THINGS, THEN YOU REALLY ASK YOURSELF THE QUESTION:
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- ASK YOURSELF THE QUESTION: HOW MORE SPECIFIC COULD
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- HOW MORE SPECIFIC COULD IT HAVE GOTTEN?
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- IT HAVE GOTTEN? AND, NOW, WE HAVE THOSE
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- AND, NOW, WE HAVE THOSE MANUSCRIPTS THAT ARE
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- MANUSCRIPTS THAT ARE 2200 YEARS OLD.
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- 2200 YEARS OLD. AND THEN, WE HAVE, LIKE, THE
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- AND THEN, WE HAVE, LIKE, THE ALEPPO CODEX, WE HAVE THE
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- ALEPPO CODEX, WE HAVE THE DIFFERENT CODICES, THE
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- DIFFERENT CODICES, THE DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF THE
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- DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF THE BIBLE, DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF
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- BIBLE, DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT, THAT ARE
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- THE OLD TESTAMENT, THAT ARE FROM, YOU KNOW, 400 OR SO.
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- FROM, YOU KNOW, 400 OR SO. AND THEN, WE HAVE THE ONE
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- AND THEN, WE HAVE THE ONE THAT'S 1000 AD.
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- THAT'S 1000 AD. AND WE COMPARE IT TO THE BIBLE
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- AND WE COMPARE IT TO THE BIBLE TODAY, AND YOU LOOK AT THAT
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- TODAY, AND YOU LOOK AT THAT ONE CHAPTER -- IT'S 99
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- ONE CHAPTER -- IT'S 99 PERCENT THE SAME.
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- PERCENT THE SAME. SO, SOMEHOW, GOD HAS HIS HAND
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- SO, SOMEHOW, GOD HAS HIS HAND IN THE TRANSMISSION OF THE
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- IN THE TRANSMISSION OF THE WORD, OVER 2200 YEARS.
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- WORD, OVER 2200 YEARS. AND THEN, IF YOU JUST STEP BACK
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- AND THEN, IF YOU JUST STEP BACK AND LOOK AT THE BIG PICTURE,
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- AND LOOK AT THE BIG PICTURE, YOU HAVE TO ASK YOURSELF THE
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- YOU HAVE TO ASK YOURSELF THE QUESTION, HOW IN THE WORLD
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- QUESTION, HOW IN THE WORLD COULD AN ANCIENT NEAR EAST
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- COULD AN ANCIENT NEAR EAST MANUSCRIPT THAT WAS PRODUCED
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- MANUSCRIPT THAT WAS PRODUCED OVER 1500 YEARS, IN FOUR
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- OVER 1500 YEARS, IN FOUR LANGUAGES, DOZENS OF AUTHORS,
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- LANGUAGES, DOZENS OF AUTHORS, HAVE ANY DEGREE OF COHERENCY?
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- HAVE ANY DEGREE OF COHERENCY? IT HAD TO BE INSPIRED.
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- IT HAD TO BE INSPIRED. IT HAD TO BE WRITTEN BY GOD,
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- IT HAD TO BE WRITTEN BY GOD, THROUGH MAN, BECAUSE IT DOESN'T
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- THROUGH MAN, BECAUSE IT DOESN'T CONTRADICT ITSELF.
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- CONTRADICT ITSELF. WHAT OTHER MANUSCRIPT OF THAT
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- WHAT OTHER MANUSCRIPT OF THAT PERIOD COULD YOU SAY THAT
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- PERIOD COULD YOU SAY THAT ABOUT?
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- ABOUT? WHAT OTHER MANUSCRIPT HAS BEEN
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- WHAT OTHER MANUSCRIPT HAS BEEN WRITTEN AND PRODUCED AND
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- WRITTEN AND PRODUCED AND TRANSCRIBED MORE THAN THE
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- TRANSCRIBED MORE THAN THE BIBLE?
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- BIBLE? AND WHAT MORE OPPORTUNITY WILL
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- AND WHAT MORE OPPORTUNITY WILL BE HAVE TO PRESSURE TEST IT
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- BE HAVE TO PRESSURE TEST IT THAN THOUSANDS OF YEARS' WORTH
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- THAN THOUSANDS OF YEARS' WORTH OF TRANSMISSION, LIKE WHAT WE
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- OF TRANSMISSION, LIKE WHAT WE HAVE TODAY?
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- HAVE TODAY? SO, IT'S VERY OBVIOUS TO ME
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- SO, IT'S VERY OBVIOUS TO ME THAT GOD HAD HIS HAND IN
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- THAT GOD HAD HIS HAND IN PRESERVING THE WORD.
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- PRESERVING THE WORD. AND JUST FROM A VERY PRACTICAL
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- AND JUST FROM A VERY PRACTICAL STANDPOINT, THERE'S NO OTHER
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- STANDPOINT, THERE'S NO OTHER WAY THAT YOU COULD HAVE A BOOK
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- WAY THAT YOU COULD HAVE A BOOK COMPILATION OF 66 BOOKS, 1500
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- COMPILATION OF 66 BOOKS, 1500 YEARS, FOUR LANGUAGES, THAT,
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- YEARS, FOUR LANGUAGES, THAT, SOMEHOW, MANAGED TO MANIFEST
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- SOMEHOW, MANAGED TO MANIFEST ITSELF WITHOUT MASSIVE
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- ITSELF WITHOUT MASSIVE CONTRADICTIONS.
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- CONTRADICTIONS. BUT IF YOU LOOK AT SOMETHING
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- BUT IF YOU LOOK AT SOMETHING LIKE CREATION WEEK AND FOLLOW
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- LIKE CREATION WEEK AND FOLLOW IT THROUGH THE WHOLE OF
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- IT THROUGH THE WHOLE OF SCRIPTURE, EVEN INTO THE
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- SCRIPTURE, EVEN INTO THE NEW TESTAMENT, IT'S A DOCTRINE
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- NEW TESTAMENT, IT'S A DOCTRINE OF PRACTICE, A TRADITION OF
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- OF PRACTICE, A TRADITION OF BELIEF THAT WAS HELD CONSTANT
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- BELIEF THAT WAS HELD CONSTANT THROUGH ALL 66 BOOKS.
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- THROUGH ALL 66 BOOKS. HOW DO YOU DO THAT?
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- HOW DO YOU DO THAT? WELL, YOU CAN'T.
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- WELL, YOU CAN'T. IT HAD TO BE INSPIRED.
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- IT HAD TO BE INSPIRED. - DR. MARTIN: SO, WE KNOW IT
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- - DR. MARTIN: SO, WE KNOW IT IS STRAIGHTFORWARD HISTORICAL
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- IS STRAIGHTFORWARD HISTORICAL NARRATIVE.
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- NARRATIVE. THAT IS A LIE OF THE DEVIL TO
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- THAT IS A LIE OF THE DEVIL TO SAY, "WELL, IT'S JUST POETRY."
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- SAY, "WELL, IT'S JUST POETRY." 'CAUSE IT'S NOT.
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- 'CAUSE IT'S NOT. SO, GOD TOLD US WHAT HE DID, IN
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- SO, GOD TOLD US WHAT HE DID, IN STRAIGHTFORWARD NARRATIVE; HE
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- STRAIGHTFORWARD NARRATIVE; HE EXPECTS US TO BELIEVE IT.
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- EXPECTS US TO BELIEVE IT. - DR. WHITMORE: PART OF THE
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- - DR. WHITMORE: PART OF THE GOSPEL MESSAGE IS THAT JESUS
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- GOSPEL MESSAGE IS THAT JESUS CHRIST IS THE CREATOR.
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- CHRIST IS THE CREATOR. AND WE SEE THAT IN SEVERAL
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- AND WE SEE THAT IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT NEW TESTAMENT BOOKS.
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- DIFFERENT NEW TESTAMENT BOOKS. AS YOU OPEN THE GOSPEL OF JOHN,
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- AS YOU OPEN THE GOSPEL OF JOHN, FOR EXAMPLE, IT TELLS US, RIGHT
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- FOR EXAMPLE, IT TELLS US, RIGHT THERE, THAT JESUS CREATED
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- THERE, THAT JESUS CREATED EVERYTHING.
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- EVERYTHING. AND IT INTRODUCES JESUS AS THE
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- AND IT INTRODUCES JESUS AS THE CREATOR IN JOHN.
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- CREATOR IN JOHN. IN FACT, IF YOU LOOK AT THE
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- IN FACT, IF YOU LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT MIRACLES IN THE BOOK
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- DIFFERENT MIRACLES IN THE BOOK OF JOHN, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF
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- OF JOHN, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE SEVEN MIRACLES IS A
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- THOSE SEVEN MIRACLES IS A MIRACLE OF CREATION.
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- MIRACLE OF CREATION. HE BROUGHT LAZARUS BACK TO
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- HE BROUGHT LAZARUS BACK TO LIFE, IN THE BOOK OF JOHN.
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- LIFE, IN THE BOOK OF JOHN. HE MADE BREAD AND FISH FOR THE
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- HE MADE BREAD AND FISH FOR THE MULTITUDE, IN THE BOOK OF JOHN.
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- MULTITUDE, IN THE BOOK OF JOHN. JESUS' FIRST MIRACLE IS THAT HE
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- JESUS' FIRST MIRACLE IS THAT HE TOOK H2O -- WATER -- AND TURNED
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- TOOK H2O -- WATER -- AND TURNED IT INTO WINE, WHICH, YOU KNOW,
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- IT INTO WINE, WHICH, YOU KNOW, IF YOU LOOK AT THE CHEMISTRY OF
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- IF YOU LOOK AT THE CHEMISTRY OF WINE, IT'S COMPLEX, BUT IT HAS
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- WINE, IT'S COMPLEX, BUT IT HAS MORE THAN JUST HYDROGEN AND
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- MORE THAN JUST HYDROGEN AND OXYGEN IN IT.
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- OXYGEN IN IT. THERE'S NITROGEN AND CARBON AND
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- THERE'S NITROGEN AND CARBON AND SOME OTHER THINGS IN THERE.
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- SOME OTHER THINGS IN THERE. AND JESUS INSTANTANEOUSLY
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- AND JESUS INSTANTANEOUSLY CREATED IT.
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- CREATED IT. HOW COULD HE DO THAT?
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- HOW COULD HE DO THAT? BECAUSE HE WAS THE CREATOR.
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- BECAUSE HE WAS THE CREATOR. IF YOU TAKE THE LITERAL NATURE
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- IF YOU TAKE THE LITERAL NATURE OF GENESIS AND ADAM AND EVE
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- OF GENESIS AND ADAM AND EVE AWAY FROM THAT, YOU'D DO
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- AWAY FROM THAT, YOU'D DO DISSERVICE TO THE GOSPEL.
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- DISSERVICE TO THE GOSPEL. NOW, I'M NOT SAYING THAT IF
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- NOW, I'M NOT SAYING THAT IF YOU'RE AN OLD-EARTH CREATIONIST
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- YOU'RE AN OLD-EARTH CREATIONIST OR EVEN AN EVOLUTIONIST THAT
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- OR EVEN AN EVOLUTIONIST THAT YOU CAN'T BE A CHRISTIAN;
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- YOU CAN'T BE A CHRISTIAN; THAT'S NOT ONE OF THE...ONE OF
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- THAT'S NOT ONE OF THE...ONE OF THE PRIMARY THINGS, PARTS, OF
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- THE PRIMARY THINGS, PARTS, OF THE GOSPEL.
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- THE GOSPEL. BUT, IT'S VERY CLOSELY TIED TO
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- BUT, IT'S VERY CLOSELY TIED TO THE GOSPEL -- ISN'T IT? -- IN
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- THE GOSPEL -- ISN'T IT? -- IN JESUS CHRIST HIMSELF BEING THE
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- JESUS CHRIST HIMSELF BEING THE CREATOR.
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- CREATOR. - DR. BIDDLE: I DO BELIEVE
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- - DR. BIDDLE: I DO BELIEVE THAT GENESIS IS A HUNDRED
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- THAT GENESIS IS A HUNDRED PERCENT INSPIRED AND INERRANT,
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- PERCENT INSPIRED AND INERRANT, BUT WE DON'T KNOW HOW THOSE
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- BUT WE DON'T KNOW HOW THOSE MANUSCRIPTS AND THOSE DATES--
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- MANUSCRIPTS AND THOSE DATES-- I MEAN, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU
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- I MEAN, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU LOOK AT THE GENEALOGIES IN
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- LOOK AT THE GENEALOGIES IN GENESIS 5.
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- GENESIS 5. MOSES WASN'T ALIVE WHEN THOSE
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- MOSES WASN'T ALIVE WHEN THOSE LIFESPANS WERE RECORDED.
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- LIFESPANS WERE RECORDED. SO, HE WAS EITHER GIVEN ALL
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- SO, HE WAS EITHER GIVEN ALL THAT INFORMATION IN A SINGLE
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- THAT INFORMATION IN A SINGLE SIT-DOWN VISION OR MANY
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- SIT-DOWN VISION OR MANY VISIONS, OR, HE COMPILED IT
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- VISIONS, OR, HE COMPILED IT FROM PRE-FLOOD DOCUMENTS, OR
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- FROM PRE-FLOOD DOCUMENTS, OR FROM ORAL TRADITION.
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- FROM ORAL TRADITION. ONE THING I CAN GUARANTEE YOU,
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- ONE THING I CAN GUARANTEE YOU, THOUGH, AS A SCIENTIST WHO'S
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- THOUGH, AS A SCIENTIST WHO'S PLOTTED OUT THOSE YEARS:
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- PLOTTED OUT THOSE YEARS: THEY'RE REAL AND THEY'RE
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- THEY'RE REAL AND THEY'RE HISTORICAL.
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- HISTORICAL. AND THERE'S A PHENOMENON THAT
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- AND THERE'S A PHENOMENON THAT HAPPENED WITH THE AGES, THE
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- HAPPENED WITH THE AGES, THE PATRIARCHAL AGES, BEFORE THE
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- PATRIARCHAL AGES, BEFORE THE FLOOD AND ONE THAT HAPPENED
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- FLOOD AND ONE THAT HAPPENED AFTER THE FLOOD.
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- AFTER THE FLOOD. SO, THEY'RE REAL AGES, AND THE
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- SO, THEY'RE REAL AGES, AND THE GENESIS ACCOUNT IS A REAL
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- GENESIS ACCOUNT IS A REAL ACCOUNT.
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- ACCOUNT. AND WE KNOW THAT IT WAS
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- AND WE KNOW THAT IT WAS INSPIRED -- AND A TRUE
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- INSPIRED -- AND A TRUE DEFINITION OF THAT WOULD BE GOD
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- DEFINITION OF THAT WOULD BE GOD AUTHORED IT, THROUGH MAN; IT
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- AUTHORED IT, THROUGH MAN; IT WAS ALLOWED TO PUT IN HIS
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- WAS ALLOWED TO PUT IN HIS PERSONALITY, A LITTLE BIT, TO
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- PERSONALITY, A LITTLE BIT, TO IT, BUT HE WAS USED AS A VESSEL
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- IT, BUT HE WAS USED AS A VESSEL TO WRITE IT THROUGH -- AND
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- TO WRITE IT THROUGH -- AND THAT, WHEN MOSES PRODUCED IT,
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- THAT, WHEN MOSES PRODUCED IT, IT WAS ASCRIBED A MOSAIC
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- IT WAS ASCRIBED A MOSAIC AUTHORSHIP BY OUR LORD AND
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- AUTHORSHIP BY OUR LORD AND SAVIOR HIMSELF.
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- SAVIOR HIMSELF. HE TALKED ABOUT THE WRITINGS OF
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- HE TALKED ABOUT THE WRITINGS OF MOSES.
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- MOSES. [SEMI-DRAMATIC, SLOW MUSIC]
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- [SEMI-DRAMATIC, SLOW MUSIC] I LIKE TO SAY THAT MOSES
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- I LIKE TO SAY THAT MOSES PRODUCED THE TORAH -- 'CAUSE,
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- PRODUCED THE TORAH -- 'CAUSE, OBVIOUSLY, HE WASN'T THERE WHEN
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- OBVIOUSLY, HE WASN'T THERE WHEN A LOT OF IT WAS EITHER GOING
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- A LOT OF IT WAS EITHER GOING ON.
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- ON. HE PRODUCED IT AND IT WAS
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- HE PRODUCED IT AND IT WAS EITHER CARRIED THROUGH AN ORAL
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- EITHER CARRIED THROUGH AN ORAL TRADITION OR THROUGH WRITINGS
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- TRADITION OR THROUGH WRITINGS THAT COULD HAVE EVEN BEEN
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- THAT COULD HAVE EVEN BEEN ONBOARD THE ARK.
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- ONBOARD THE ARK. SO.
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- SO. BUT IT'S INSPIRED AND IT'S
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- BUT IT'S INSPIRED AND IT'S INERRANT.
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- INERRANT. - DAVID: GENESIS 1:1 SAYS:
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- - DAVID: GENESIS 1:1 SAYS: "IN THE BEGINNING, GOD CREATED
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- "IN THE BEGINNING, GOD CREATED THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH."
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- IN THE HEBREW, IT SAYS:
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- IN THE HEBREW, IT SAYS: "BERESHIT BARA ELOHIM ET
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- "BERESHIT BARA ELOHIM ET HASHAMAYIM VE'ET HA'ARETZ."
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- HASHAMAYIM VE'ET HA'ARETZ." NOW, IT SEEMS LIKE A SIMPLE
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- NOW, IT SEEMS LIKE A SIMPLE VERSE, BUT COULD THERE BE
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- VERSE, BUT COULD THERE BE SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLES WITHIN
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- SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLES WITHIN THAT VERSE?
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- WELL, LET'S BREAK IT, DOWN FOR
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- WELL, LET'S BREAK IT, DOWN FOR A SECOND.
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- A SECOND. "IN THE BEGINNING..."
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- "IN THE BEGINNING..." THAT WOULD BE THE VERY ORIGIN
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- THAT WOULD BE THE VERY ORIGIN OF TIME ITSELF.
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- OF TIME ITSELF. "...GOD CREATED THE HEAVENS..."
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- "...GOD CREATED THE HEAVENS..." M'WELL, THAT COULD BE...SPACE.
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- M'WELL, THAT COULD BE...SPACE. "...AND THE EARTH..."
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- "...AND THE EARTH..." THAT COULD BE MATTER.
- 00:11:08.891 --> 00:11:10.826
- THAT COULD BE MATTER. THE BIG BANG THEORY -- THE IDEA
- 00:11:10.893 --> 00:11:12.128
- THE BIG BANG THEORY -- THE IDEA THAT 14 BILLION YEARS AGO,
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- THAT 14 BILLION YEARS AGO, EVERYTHING RAPIDLY EXPANDED,
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- EVERYTHING RAPIDLY EXPANDED, CREATING THE UNIVERSE, AS IT
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- CREATING THE UNIVERSE, AS IT WENT -- TRIES TO EXPLAIN HOW
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- WENT -- TRIES TO EXPLAIN HOW THE UNIVERSE COULD FORM TIME
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- THE UNIVERSE COULD FORM TIME AND SPACE.
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- AND SPACE. BUT IT DOESN'T ADDRESS WHERE
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- BUT IT DOESN'T ADDRESS WHERE THE MATTER IN THE UNIVERSE CAME
- 00:11:24.607 --> 00:11:26.208
- THE MATTER IN THE UNIVERSE CAME FROM -- AND THERE'S A LOT OF
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- FROM -- AND THERE'S A LOT OF MATTER.
- 00:11:27.143 --> 00:11:28.277
- MATTER. SO, THE FIRST VERSE OF GENESIS
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- SO, THE FIRST VERSE OF GENESIS TELLS US WHERE TIME, SPACE, AND
- 00:11:29.845 --> 00:11:32.248
- TELLS US WHERE TIME, SPACE, AND MATTER ALL ORIGINATED.
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- MATTER ALL ORIGINATED. THAT MAKES GENESIS VERY
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- THAT MAKES GENESIS VERY SCIENTIFIC.
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- SCIENTIFIC. I THINK THAT'S PRETTY SPECIAL.
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- I THINK THAT'S PRETTY SPECIAL. I'M DAVID RIVES.
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- I'M DAVID RIVES. TRULY, THE HEAVENS DECLARE THE
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- TRULY, THE HEAVENS DECLARE THE GLORY OF GOD.
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- GLORY OF GOD. WELCOME BACK TO "CREATION."
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- WELCOME BACK TO "CREATION." READING THROUGH THE VERSES OF
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- READING THROUGH THE VERSES OF GENESIS, PARTICULARLY THE ONES
- 00:11:57.907 --> 00:11:59.341
- GENESIS, PARTICULARLY THE ONES CONCERNING CREATION, YOU MAY
- 00:11:59.408 --> 00:12:01.310
- CONCERNING CREATION, YOU MAY HAVE ASKED YOURSELF: HOW
- 00:12:01.377 --> 00:12:02.578
- HAVE ASKED YOURSELF: HOW LEGITIMATE IS THE?
- 00:12:02.645 --> 00:12:04.446
- LEGITIMATE IS THE? OR IS IT EVEN TRUE AT ALL?
- 00:12:04.513 --> 00:12:06.982
- OR IS IT EVEN TRUE AT ALL? I WELCOME SEVERAL SCIENTISTS TO
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- I WELCOME SEVERAL SCIENTISTS TO TACKLE THE DEBATE WITH US.
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- TACKLE THE DEBATE WITH US. [INTENSE MUSIC PLAYS]
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- [INTENSE MUSIC PLAYS] [DRAMATIC MUSIC]
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- [DRAMATIC MUSIC] [MUSIC ENDS WITH FLOURISH,
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- [MUSIC ENDS WITH FLOURISH, REVERBERATION]
- 00:12:32.208 --> 00:12:34.276
- REVERBERATION] WHEN WE HEAR FROM THESE RADICAL
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- WHEN WE HEAR FROM THESE RADICAL ATHEISTS THAT THE BIBLE IS JUST
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- ATHEISTS THAT THE BIBLE IS JUST A COLLECTION OF MYTHS WRITTEN
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- A COLLECTION OF MYTHS WRITTEN THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO BY
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- THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO BY ANCIENT SHEEP HERDERS, AND
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- ANCIENT SHEEP HERDERS, AND THEN, WE LOOK AT THE HISTORICAL
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- THEN, WE LOOK AT THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT OF THE DIFFERENT BOOKS
- 00:12:43.652 --> 00:12:45.254
- CONTEXT OF THE DIFFERENT BOOKS AND WE REALIZE THAT THEY SEEM
- 00:12:45.321 --> 00:12:46.455
- AND WE REALIZE THAT THEY SEEM TO PORTRAY HISTORY EXTREMELY
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- TO PORTRAY HISTORY EXTREMELY ACCURATELY, SCIENCE EXTREMELY
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- ACCURATELY, SCIENCE EXTREMELY ACCURATELY, DO YOU THINK THAT
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- ACCURATELY, DO YOU THINK THAT THAT POINTS TO THE DIVINE
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- THAT POINTS TO THE DIVINE INSPIRATION OF SCRIPTURE?
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- INSPIRATION OF SCRIPTURE? - DR. BIDDLE: I ABSOLUTELY DO.
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- - DR. BIDDLE: I ABSOLUTELY DO. AND, AS A STATISTICIAN, I HAVE
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- AND, AS A STATISTICIAN, I HAVE PUT EVERY KNOWN PRESSURE TEST I
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- PUT EVERY KNOWN PRESSURE TEST I CAN BRING TO THAT ARGUMENT.
- 00:13:01.871 --> 00:13:03.572
- CAN BRING TO THAT ARGUMENT. I'VE TAKEN-- FOR EXAMPLE,
- 00:13:03.639 --> 00:13:05.107
- I'VE TAKEN-- FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU JUST LOOK AT TWO
- 00:13:05.174 --> 00:13:05.641
- IF YOU JUST LOOK AT TWO CHAPTERS -- GENESIS 5,
- 00:13:05.708 --> 00:13:08.043
- CHAPTERS -- GENESIS 5, GENESIS 10 -- AND YOU LOOK AT
- 00:13:08.110 --> 00:13:09.144
- GENESIS 10 -- AND YOU LOOK AT THE AGE SPAN, THE LIFESPAN OF
- 00:13:09.211 --> 00:13:11.080
- THE AGE SPAN, THE LIFESPAN OF THE PATRIARCHS, THERE'S 37
- 00:13:11.146 --> 00:13:12.815
- THE PATRIARCHS, THERE'S 37 PATRIARCHS FOR WHOM WE HAVE
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- PATRIARCHS FOR WHOM WE HAVE THEIR BIRTH, LIFESPAN, OR DEATH
- 00:13:15.017 --> 00:13:17.086
- THEIR BIRTH, LIFESPAN, OR DEATH YEARS GIVEN,
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- YEARS GIVEN, RIGHT IN SCRIPTURE.
- 00:13:18.120 --> 00:13:19.288
- RIGHT IN SCRIPTURE. YOU CAN PLUCK OUT THE AGES AND
- 00:13:19.355 --> 00:13:20.256
- YOU CAN PLUCK OUT THE AGES AND LOOK AT IT.
- 00:13:20.322 --> 00:13:21.223
- LOOK AT IT. AND IT DOESN'T MATTER WHICH
- 00:13:21.290 --> 00:13:22.191
- AND IT DOESN'T MATTER WHICH TEXTUAL TRADITION YOU LOOK AT
- 00:13:22.258 --> 00:13:23.592
- TEXTUAL TRADITION YOU LOOK AT IT THROUGH -- YOU CAN LOOK AT
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- IT THROUGH -- YOU CAN LOOK AT THE SEPTUAGINT; YOU CAN LOOK AT
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- THE SEPTUAGINT; YOU CAN LOOK AT THE MASORETIC TEXT, WHICH OUR
- 00:13:26.629 --> 00:13:28.864
- THE MASORETIC TEXT, WHICH OUR BIBLES TODAY ARE LARGELY
- 00:13:28.931 --> 00:13:30.366
- BIBLES TODAY ARE LARGELY BASED ON.
- 00:13:30.432 --> 00:13:33.002
- BASED ON. NO MATTER WHICH TEXTUAL
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- NO MATTER WHICH TEXTUAL TRADITION YOU TAKE, IF YOU TAKE
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- TRADITION YOU TAKE, IF YOU TAKE THOSE LIFESPANS AND THE
- 00:13:35.471 --> 00:13:36.372
- THOSE LIFESPANS AND THE GENEALOGIES IN GENESIS 5 AND 10
- 00:13:36.438 --> 00:13:38.107
- GENEALOGIES IN GENESIS 5 AND 10 AND PLOT THEM OUT ON GRAPH, YOU
- 00:13:38.173 --> 00:13:40.442
- AND PLOT THEM OUT ON GRAPH, YOU REALLY HAVE ONLY TWO CHOICES:
- 00:13:40.509 --> 00:13:43.212
- REALLY HAVE ONLY TWO CHOICES: EITHER, THERE WAS A SOLE AUTHOR
- 00:13:43.279 --> 00:13:44.880
- EITHER, THERE WAS A SOLE AUTHOR WHO WROTE THOSE MANUSCRIPTS,
- 00:13:44.947 --> 00:13:47.349
- WHO WROTE THOSE MANUSCRIPTS, THOSE LIFESPANS, AND, HE WAS
- 00:13:47.416 --> 00:13:50.452
- THOSE LIFESPANS, AND, HE WAS LYING, AND, HE KNEW ADVANCED
- 00:13:50.519 --> 00:13:52.521
- LYING, AND, HE KNEW ADVANCED EXPONENTIAL POWERLAW MATH --
- 00:13:52.588 --> 00:13:56.292
- EXPONENTIAL POWERLAW MATH -- PERFECT ENOUGH TO FIT A
- 00:13:56.358 --> 00:13:58.027
- PERFECT ENOUGH TO FIT A REGRESSION CURVE WITH WHAT'S
- 00:13:58.093 --> 00:13:59.795
- REGRESSION CURVE WITH WHAT'S CALLED AN R-SQUARED, 95
- 00:13:59.862 --> 00:14:02.498
- CALLED AN R-SQUARED, 95 PERCENT, WHERE THE GENERATIONS
- 00:14:02.564 --> 00:14:04.900
- PERCENT, WHERE THE GENERATIONS FROM ADAM EXPLAINS, WITH 95
- 00:14:04.967 --> 00:14:06.969
- FROM ADAM EXPLAINS, WITH 95 PERCENT EXPLANATORY POWER, THE
- 00:14:07.036 --> 00:14:09.338
- PERCENT EXPLANATORY POWER, THE LIFESPANS OF THE PATRIARCHS
- 00:14:09.405 --> 00:14:11.040
- LIFESPANS OF THE PATRIARCHS AFTER THE FLOOD -- IT'S AN
- 00:14:11.106 --> 00:14:14.209
- AFTER THE FLOOD -- IT'S AN UNCANNY THING TO HAPPEN, SO,
- 00:14:14.276 --> 00:14:15.878
- UNCANNY THING TO HAPPEN, SO, YOU CAN'T GO WITH THE PRACTICAL
- 00:14:15.945 --> 00:14:17.279
- YOU CAN'T GO WITH THE PRACTICAL EXAMPLE OF SOME GUY'S FAKING
- 00:14:17.346 --> 00:14:18.881
- EXAMPLE OF SOME GUY'S FAKING NUMBERS, YOU KNOW, 3.500 YEARS
- 00:14:18.948 --> 00:14:20.449
- NUMBERS, YOU KNOW, 3.500 YEARS AGO, WHO WROTE THESE TEXTS, WHO
- 00:14:20.516 --> 00:14:23.052
- AGO, WHO WROTE THESE TEXTS, WHO HAPPENED TO ALSO BE A
- 00:14:23.118 --> 00:14:24.119
- HAPPENED TO ALSO BE A STATISTICIAN WHO WANTED TO
- 00:14:24.186 --> 00:14:25.487
- STATISTICIAN WHO WANTED TO DECEIVE THE WORLD FOR SOME
- 00:14:25.554 --> 00:14:27.423
- DECEIVE THE WORLD FOR SOME REASON ABOUT THE LIFESPANS --
- 00:14:27.489 --> 00:14:28.357
- REASON ABOUT THE LIFESPANS -- OR, YOU LOOK AT THE EXPLANATION
- 00:14:28.424 --> 00:14:29.625
- OR, YOU LOOK AT THE EXPLANATION THAT I HOLD TO, WHICH IS MUCH
- 00:14:29.692 --> 00:14:31.927
- THAT I HOLD TO, WHICH IS MUCH MORE REASONABLE, THAT THE
- 00:14:31.994 --> 00:14:33.429
- MORE REASONABLE, THAT THE PRODUCTION, THE COMPILATION OF
- 00:14:33.495 --> 00:14:36.231
- PRODUCTION, THE COMPILATION OF THE BOOK OF GENESIS AND HOW IT
- 00:14:36.298 --> 00:14:38.701
- THE BOOK OF GENESIS AND HOW IT WAS DONE BEFORE THE FLOOD, HOW
- 00:14:38.767 --> 00:14:39.601
- WAS DONE BEFORE THE FLOOD, HOW IT WAS DONE AFTER THE FLOOD
- 00:14:39.668 --> 00:14:41.036
- IT WAS DONE AFTER THE FLOOD ACTUALLY RECORDS WHAT WE SEE AS
- 00:14:41.103 --> 00:14:43.439
- ACTUALLY RECORDS WHAT WE SEE AS A BIOLOGICAL DECAY CURVE, WHERE
- 00:14:43.505 --> 00:14:45.174
- A BIOLOGICAL DECAY CURVE, WHERE THE 10 PATRIARCHS WHO LIVED
- 00:14:45.240 --> 00:14:47.476
- THE 10 PATRIARCHS WHO LIVED BEFORE THE FLOOD -- MINUS
- 00:14:47.543 --> 00:14:48.877
- BEFORE THE FLOOD -- MINUS ENOCH, WHO WAS TAKEN TO BE WITH
- 00:14:48.944 --> 00:14:50.446
- ENOCH, WHO WAS TAKEN TO BE WITH GOD WHEN HE WAS ONLY 365 YEARS
- 00:14:50.512 --> 00:14:52.314
- GOD WHEN HE WAS ONLY 365 YEARS OLD-- BUT THE AVERAGE LIFESPAN
- 00:14:52.381 --> 00:14:54.717
- OLD-- BUT THE AVERAGE LIFESPAN OF THE REMAINING PATRIARCHS
- 00:14:54.783 --> 00:14:56.418
- OF THE REMAINING PATRIARCHS WAS 912 YEARS, AND IT FOLLOWED
- 00:14:56.485 --> 00:14:59.054
- WAS 912 YEARS, AND IT FOLLOWED NO STATISTICAL TRENDLINE,
- 00:14:59.121 --> 00:15:00.489
- NO STATISTICAL TRENDLINE, WHATSOEVER.
- 00:15:00.556 --> 00:15:01.824
- WHATSOEVER. IT WAS VERY, VERY CONSTANT --
- 00:15:01.890 --> 00:15:02.825
- IT WAS VERY, VERY CONSTANT -- THEY LIVED BETWEEN 700 AND THE
- 00:15:02.891 --> 00:15:04.193
- THEY LIVED BETWEEN 700 AND THE HIGH 900s, WITH METHUSELAH
- 00:15:04.259 --> 00:15:05.861
- HIGH 900s, WITH METHUSELAH CAPPING IT OUT AT 969.
- 00:15:05.928 --> 00:15:08.364
- CAPPING IT OUT AT 969. NO TREND, NO STATISTICAL
- 00:15:08.430 --> 00:15:10.666
- NO TREND, NO STATISTICAL SCATTER PLOT, WHATSOEVER.
- 00:15:10.733 --> 00:15:11.734
- SCATTER PLOT, WHATSOEVER. THEN, ALL OF A SUDDEN, YOU HAVE
- 00:15:11.800 --> 00:15:13.135
- THEN, ALL OF A SUDDEN, YOU HAVE THE BOTTLENECK OF THE FLOOD --
- 00:15:13.202 --> 00:15:14.536
- THE BOTTLENECK OF THE FLOOD -- ABOUT 1656 YEARS AFTER
- 00:15:14.603 --> 00:15:17.006
- ABOUT 1656 YEARS AFTER CREATION, WHICH WOULD BE THE
- 00:15:17.072 --> 00:15:18.507
- CREATION, WHICH WOULD BE THE MASORETIC TEXT.
- 00:15:18.574 --> 00:15:22.945
- MASORETIC TEXT. THEN, YOU FOLLOW THE LIFESPANS
- 00:15:23.012 --> 00:15:24.013
- THEN, YOU FOLLOW THE LIFESPANS AFTER THAT, WHEN ALL OF HUMAN
- 00:15:24.079 --> 00:15:24.646
- AFTER THAT, WHEN ALL OF HUMAN HISTORY WAS BROUGHT DOWN TO
- 00:15:24.713 --> 00:15:25.381
- HISTORY WAS BROUGHT DOWN TO JUST EIGHT PEOPLE; YOU HAVE A
- 00:15:25.447 --> 00:15:26.215
- JUST EIGHT PEOPLE; YOU HAVE A GENETIC BOTTLENECK.
- 00:15:26.281 --> 00:15:27.383
- GENETIC BOTTLENECK. THEN, SUDDENLY, THEIR
- 00:15:27.449 --> 00:15:29.785
- THEN, SUDDENLY, THEIR LIFESPANS BEGAN A RAPID,
- 00:15:29.852 --> 00:15:31.186
- LIFESPANS BEGAN A RAPID, SKI-JUMP-STYLE -- ON A
- 00:15:31.253 --> 00:15:32.921
- SKI-JUMP-STYLE -- ON A STATISTICAL CURVE -- DECLINE
- 00:15:32.988 --> 00:15:35.057
- STATISTICAL CURVE -- DECLINE THAT FOLLOWS EXACTLY WHAT
- 00:15:35.124 --> 00:15:36.625
- THAT FOLLOWS EXACTLY WHAT STATISTICIANS CALL AN
- 00:15:36.692 --> 00:15:39.261
- STATISTICIANS CALL AN EXPONENTIAL POWER CURVE.
- 00:15:39.328 --> 00:15:41.263
- EXPONENTIAL POWER CURVE. AND THAT POWER CURVE, WHEN IT
- 00:15:41.330 --> 00:15:42.498
- AND THAT POWER CURVE, WHEN IT GOES DOWN LIKE THIS, HAS AN
- 00:15:42.564 --> 00:15:45.734
- GOES DOWN LIKE THIS, HAS AN R-SQUARED OF 95 PERCENT.
- 00:15:45.801 --> 00:15:48.637
- R-SQUARED OF 95 PERCENT. SO, THERE'S A STATISTICAL
- 00:15:48.704 --> 00:15:49.571
- SO, THERE'S A STATISTICAL PHENOMENON THAT FAR EXCEEDS THE
- 00:15:49.638 --> 00:15:51.306
- PHENOMENON THAT FAR EXCEEDS THE LEVEL OF THRESHOLD THAT I
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- LEVEL OF THRESHOLD THAT I WOULD NEED TO GO TESTIFY IN,
- 00:15:52.808 --> 00:15:55.911
- WOULD NEED TO GO TESTIFY IN, IN A COURT OF LAW, WHICH
- 00:15:55.978 --> 00:15:56.612
- IN A COURT OF LAW, WHICH IS ONLY A 5 PERCENT
- 00:15:56.678 --> 00:15:58.580
- IS ONLY A 5 PERCENT STATISTICAL-SIGNIFICANCE LEVEL.
- 00:15:58.647 --> 00:15:59.748
- STATISTICAL-SIGNIFICANCE LEVEL. THE STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE
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- THE STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THAT PLOT LINE IS LESS THAN
- 00:16:01.750 --> 00:16:04.720
- OF THAT PLOT LINE IS LESS THAN 1 IN A QUADRILLION TO BE
- 00:16:04.787 --> 00:16:06.922
- 1 IN A QUADRILLION TO BE HAPPENING BY CHANCE.
- 00:16:06.989 --> 00:16:08.157
- HAPPENING BY CHANCE. IT'S IMPOSSIBLE.
- 00:16:08.223 --> 00:16:10.259
- IT'S IMPOSSIBLE. THERE'S NO WAY SOMEONE COULD
- 00:16:10.325 --> 00:16:10.993
- THERE'S NO WAY SOMEONE COULD FABRICATE SOMETHING BETTER.
- 00:16:11.060 --> 00:16:12.227
- FABRICATE SOMETHING BETTER. THE LINES-- THE LIFESPANS GO
- 00:16:12.294 --> 00:16:15.097
- THE LINES-- THE LIFESPANS GO DOWN FROM NOAH, WHO LIVED 900
- 00:16:15.164 --> 00:16:15.831
- DOWN FROM NOAH, WHO LIVED 900 AND SOME YEARS, DOWN TO HIS SON
- 00:16:15.898 --> 00:16:17.566
- AND SOME YEARS, DOWN TO HIS SON SHEM.
- 00:16:17.633 --> 00:16:18.867
- SHEM. AND THERE'S 600 FALLS ALL THE
- 00:16:18.934 --> 00:16:20.803
- AND THERE'S 600 FALLS ALL THE WAY DOWN.
- 00:16:20.869 --> 00:16:21.303
- WAY DOWN. THEN, YOU HAVE ABRAHAM LIVING
- 00:16:21.370 --> 00:16:22.104
- THEN, YOU HAVE ABRAHAM LIVING 175 YEARS.
- 00:16:22.171 --> 00:16:23.839
- 175 YEARS. THEN, YOU HAVE KING DAVID AT
- 00:16:23.906 --> 00:16:24.440
- THEN, YOU HAVE KING DAVID AT ABOUT 70 YEARS OLD.
- 00:16:24.506 --> 00:16:26.175
- ABOUT 70 YEARS OLD. THEN, THE AVERAGE ROMAN CITIZEN
- 00:16:26.241 --> 00:16:27.176
- THEN, THE AVERAGE ROMAN CITIZEN LIVED, MAYBE, 45 YEARS.
- 00:16:27.242 --> 00:16:28.844
- LIVED, MAYBE, 45 YEARS. AND IT FOLLOWS THIS EXPONENTIAL
- 00:16:28.911 --> 00:16:30.579
- AND IT FOLLOWS THIS EXPONENTIAL NON-LINEAR CURVE THAT
- 00:16:30.646 --> 00:16:32.247
- NON-LINEAR CURVE THAT GOES DOWN.
- 00:16:32.314 --> 00:16:33.182
- GOES DOWN. YOU CAN'T MAKE THIS UP,
- 00:16:33.248 --> 00:16:35.818
- YOU CAN'T MAKE THIS UP, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT
- 00:16:35.884 --> 00:16:36.785
- ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT EXPONENTIAL DECAY CURVES THAT
- 00:16:36.852 --> 00:16:38.120
- EXPONENTIAL DECAY CURVES THAT COME FROM OTHER SPECIES THAT
- 00:16:38.187 --> 00:16:39.688
- COME FROM OTHER SPECIES THAT FOLLOWS THE EXACT TYPE
- 00:16:39.755 --> 00:16:40.823
- FOLLOWS THE EXACT TYPE OF CURVE.
- 00:16:40.889 --> 00:16:42.391
- OF CURVE. SO, YOU JUST CAN'T MAKE THIS
- 00:16:42.458 --> 00:16:43.892
- SO, YOU JUST CAN'T MAKE THIS STUFF UP.
- 00:16:43.959 --> 00:16:46.895
- STUFF UP. THERE'S NO WAY THAT SOME
- 00:16:46.962 --> 00:16:47.529
- THERE'S NO WAY THAT SOME ANCIENT SHEEPHERDER WRITING ON
- 00:16:47.596 --> 00:16:49.665
- ANCIENT SHEEPHERDER WRITING ON THE BACKS ON ANIMAL SKINS COULD
- 00:16:49.731 --> 00:16:52.134
- THE BACKS ON ANIMAL SKINS COULD HAVE MADE SOMETHING
- 00:16:52.201 --> 00:16:52.801
- HAVE MADE SOMETHING LIKE THAT UP.
- 00:16:52.868 --> 00:16:53.869
- LIKE THAT UP. AND WHY WOULD THEY WANNA
- 00:16:53.936 --> 00:16:54.403
- AND WHY WOULD THEY WANNA DO THAT?
- 00:16:54.470 --> 00:16:55.304
- DO THAT? IF YOU WERE SOME AUTHOR WRITING
- 00:16:55.370 --> 00:16:58.240
- IF YOU WERE SOME AUTHOR WRITING ON THE BACK OF ANIMAL SKINS
- 00:16:58.307 --> 00:16:58.841
- ON THE BACK OF ANIMAL SKINS THAT WANTED TO DECEIVE
- 00:16:58.907 --> 00:17:01.310
- THAT WANTED TO DECEIVE CENTURIES, WHY WOULD YOU TALK
- 00:17:01.376 --> 00:17:02.711
- CENTURIES, WHY WOULD YOU TALK ABOUT PEOPLE LIVING FOR 900
- 00:17:02.778 --> 00:17:03.679
- ABOUT PEOPLE LIVING FOR 900 YEARS?
- 00:17:03.745 --> 00:17:06.115
- YEARS? AND THEN, WHY WOULD YOU
- 00:17:06.181 --> 00:17:06.648
- AND THEN, WHY WOULD YOU SYSTEMATICALLY DECLINE THEIR
- 00:17:06.715 --> 00:17:08.150
- SYSTEMATICALLY DECLINE THEIR LIFESPANS AFTER THAT?
- 00:17:08.217 --> 00:17:09.985
- LIFESPANS AFTER THAT? YOU'D HAVE NO MOTIVATION,
- 00:17:10.052 --> 00:17:10.519
- YOU'D HAVE NO MOTIVATION, AT ALL.
- 00:17:10.586 --> 00:17:11.687
- AT ALL. IT WOULD NOT CONVINCE-- IT
- 00:17:11.753 --> 00:17:13.555
- IT WOULD NOT CONVINCE-- IT WOULD NOT SERVE TO CONVINCE
- 00:17:13.622 --> 00:17:15.657
- WOULD NOT SERVE TO CONVINCE YOUR READERS, AT ALL.
- 00:17:15.724 --> 00:17:16.725
- YOUR READERS, AT ALL. IT WOULD DO THE OPPOSITE.
- 00:17:16.792 --> 00:17:17.292
- IT WOULD DO THE OPPOSITE. SO, THERE'S SOMETHING
- 00:17:17.359 --> 00:17:18.727
- SO, THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON THERE.
- 00:17:18.794 --> 00:17:19.561
- GOING ON THERE. IT'S A PHENOMENON, AND IT'S A
- 00:17:19.628 --> 00:17:20.796
- IT'S A PHENOMENON, AND IT'S A REAL BIOLOGICAL DECAY CURVE
- 00:17:20.863 --> 00:17:22.297
- REAL BIOLOGICAL DECAY CURVE THAT COULD NOT HAVE BEEN
- 00:17:22.364 --> 00:17:23.365
- THAT COULD NOT HAVE BEEN INVENTED.
- 00:17:23.432 --> 00:17:25.200
- INVENTED. AND, WHATEVER IT IS, IT'S
- 00:17:25.267 --> 00:17:26.468
- AND, WHATEVER IT IS, IT'S FOLLOWING-- IT'S TRACKING ALONG
- 00:17:26.535 --> 00:17:27.703
- FOLLOWING-- IT'S TRACKING ALONG SUCH A SYSTEMIC CURVE OVER A
- 00:17:27.769 --> 00:17:29.404
- SUCH A SYSTEMIC CURVE OVER A 1500-YEAR PERIOD THAT
- 00:17:29.471 --> 00:17:32.474
- 1500-YEAR PERIOD THAT STATISTICIANS LIKE MYSELF CAN
- 00:17:32.541 --> 00:17:34.243
- STATISTICIANS LIKE MYSELF CAN PUT IT INTO A MODEL, RUN THE
- 00:17:34.309 --> 00:17:36.245
- PUT IT INTO A MODEL, RUN THE PROBABILITIES OUT, AND IT'S
- 00:17:36.311 --> 00:17:37.546
- PROBABILITIES OUT, AND IT'S WITHSTOOD EVERY PRESSURE TEST
- 00:17:37.613 --> 00:17:39.148
- WITHSTOOD EVERY PRESSURE TEST WE CAN THROW AT IT.
- 00:17:39.214 --> 00:17:41.583
- WE CAN THROW AT IT. [PENSIVE MUSIC]
- 00:17:41.650 --> 00:17:47.990
- - DR. WHITMORE: IT'S IMPORTANT
- 00:17:48.557 --> 00:17:49.224
- - DR. WHITMORE: IT'S IMPORTANT FOR CHRISTIANS TO SEE GENESIS
- 00:17:49.291 --> 00:17:50.792
- FOR CHRISTIANS TO SEE GENESIS AS LITERAL AND HISTORICAL,
- 00:17:50.859 --> 00:17:52.127
- AS LITERAL AND HISTORICAL, BECAUSE GENESIS FORMS THE
- 00:17:52.194 --> 00:17:53.595
- BECAUSE GENESIS FORMS THE FOUNDATION OF SO MANY
- 00:17:53.662 --> 00:17:55.697
- FOUNDATION OF SO MANY OF OUR DOCTRINES.
- 00:17:55.764 --> 00:17:58.500
- OF OUR DOCTRINES. THERE'S BEEN A TREND, LATELY,
- 00:17:58.567 --> 00:18:00.035
- THERE'S BEEN A TREND, LATELY, TO SAY THAT ADAM AND EVE WERE
- 00:18:00.102 --> 00:18:01.537
- TO SAY THAT ADAM AND EVE WERE NOT HISTORICAL FIGURES.
- 00:18:01.603 --> 00:18:03.539
- BUT IF YOU GO TO THE NEW
- 00:18:04.640 --> 00:18:06.008
- BUT IF YOU GO TO THE NEW TESTAMENT, ESPECIALLY IN PAUL'S
- 00:18:06.074 --> 00:18:07.943
- TESTAMENT, ESPECIALLY IN PAUL'S ARGUMENT IN CORINTHIANS AND
- 00:18:08.010 --> 00:18:09.811
- ARGUMENT IN CORINTHIANS AND ROMANS, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR
- 00:18:09.878 --> 00:18:14.683
- ROMANS, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR ADAM AND EVE TO BE HISTORICAL
- 00:18:14.750 --> 00:18:15.784
- ADAM AND EVE TO BE HISTORICAL FIGURES.
- 00:18:15.851 --> 00:18:20.155
- FIGURES. JESUS TALKED ABOUT ADAM.
- 00:18:20.222 --> 00:18:21.690
- JESUS TALKED ABOUT ADAM. JESUS TALKED ABOUT NOAH.
- 00:18:21.757 --> 00:18:24.593
- JESUS TALKED ABOUT NOAH. AND, JESUS TALKED ABOUT THOSE
- 00:18:24.660 --> 00:18:26.195
- AND, JESUS TALKED ABOUT THOSE PEOPLE BEING THERE IN THE
- 00:18:26.261 --> 00:18:27.596
- PEOPLE BEING THERE IN THE BEGINNING.
- 00:18:27.663 --> 00:18:29.198
- BEGINNING. AND SO, SCRIPTURE'S IMPORTANT
- 00:18:29.264 --> 00:18:31.400
- AND SO, SCRIPTURE'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT GIVES US A TIMELINE
- 00:18:31.466 --> 00:18:32.334
- BECAUSE IT GIVES US A TIMELINE FOR THOSE EVENTS.
- 00:18:32.401 --> 00:18:35.103
- FOR THOSE EVENTS. AND, I THINK, AS WE DO
- 00:18:35.170 --> 00:18:36.505
- AND, I THINK, AS WE DO SCIENTISTS, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR
- 00:18:36.572 --> 00:18:39.875
- SCIENTISTS, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR OUR THEORIES TO BE ABLE TO LINE
- 00:18:39.942 --> 00:18:40.909
- OUR THEORIES TO BE ABLE TO LINE UP WITH THAT TIMELINE THAT WE
- 00:18:40.976 --> 00:18:42.311
- UP WITH THAT TIMELINE THAT WE HAVE IN SCRIPTURE.
- 00:18:42.377 --> 00:18:47.482
- HAVE IN SCRIPTURE. - DR. BIDDLE: WE TALKED ABOUT
- 00:18:47.549 --> 00:18:48.116
- - DR. BIDDLE: WE TALKED ABOUT OUR BELIEF THAT THE BIBLE IS
- 00:18:48.183 --> 00:18:50.118
- OUR BELIEF THAT THE BIBLE IS INSPIRED, AND IT'S INERRANT,
- 00:18:50.185 --> 00:18:52.154
- INSPIRED, AND IT'S INERRANT, AND IT'S AN ORIGINAL AUTOGRAPH,
- 00:18:52.221 --> 00:18:52.854
- AND IT'S AN ORIGINAL AUTOGRAPH, SO WE HAVE THAT
- 00:18:52.921 --> 00:18:53.889
- SO WE HAVE THAT GOING ON THERE.
- 00:18:53.956 --> 00:18:55.257
- GOING ON THERE. BUT THERE'S ONLY ONE SHORT
- 00:18:55.324 --> 00:18:56.792
- BUT THERE'S ONLY ONE SHORT SECTION OF SCRIPTURE THAT GOD
- 00:18:56.858 --> 00:18:57.793
- SECTION OF SCRIPTURE THAT GOD PENNED HIMSELF,
- 00:18:57.859 --> 00:18:59.094
- PENNED HIMSELF, WITH HIS OWN HAND.
- 00:18:59.161 --> 00:19:00.495
- WITH HIS OWN HAND. SO, WE OUGHT TO THINK OUR
- 00:19:00.562 --> 00:19:01.363
- SO, WE OUGHT TO THINK OUR ATTENTION SHOULD BE HEIGHTENED
- 00:19:01.430 --> 00:19:03.565
- ATTENTION SHOULD BE HEIGHTENED AND PAYING ATTENTION TO
- 00:19:03.632 --> 00:19:04.099
- AND PAYING ATTENTION TO THAT ONE PASSAGE, WHICH IS
- 00:19:04.166 --> 00:19:04.933
- THAT ONE PASSAGE, WHICH IS THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, WHICH
- 00:19:05.000 --> 00:19:06.401
- THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, WHICH EXODUS 31 SAYS GOD WROTE WITH
- 00:19:06.468 --> 00:19:08.203
- EXODUS 31 SAYS GOD WROTE WITH HIS OWN HAND, ON STONE.
- 00:19:08.270 --> 00:19:10.339
- HIS OWN HAND, ON STONE. SO, I'M GONNA BE PAYING
- 00:19:10.405 --> 00:19:12.074
- SO, I'M GONNA BE PAYING EXTRA-SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THAT
- 00:19:12.140 --> 00:19:13.408
- EXTRA-SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THAT ONE NARROW SECTION OF
- 00:19:13.475 --> 00:19:14.343
- ONE NARROW SECTION OF SCRIPTURE.
- 00:19:14.409 --> 00:19:15.711
- SCRIPTURE. YES, WE BELIEVE THE REST.
- 00:19:15.777 --> 00:19:16.778
- YES, WE BELIEVE THE REST. - DAVID: TRUE.
- 00:19:16.845 --> 00:19:17.813
- - DAVID: TRUE. - DR. BIDDLE: BUT, IF GOD
- 00:19:17.879 --> 00:19:18.914
- - DR. BIDDLE: BUT, IF GOD WRITES IT HIMSELF, I'M GONNA
- 00:19:18.981 --> 00:19:19.548
- WRITES IT HIMSELF, I'M GONNA PAY ATTENTION.
- 00:19:19.615 --> 00:19:20.382
- PAY ATTENTION. HE WRITES OUT THE
- 00:19:20.449 --> 00:19:21.250
- HE WRITES OUT THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, NONE OF
- 00:19:21.316 --> 00:19:22.117
- TEN COMMANDMENTS, NONE OF WHICH ARE FIGURATIVE,
- 00:19:22.184 --> 00:19:23.552
- WHICH ARE FIGURATIVE, NONE OF WHICH ARE MYTHICAL.
- 00:19:23.619 --> 00:19:24.987
- NONE OF WHICH ARE MYTHICAL. AND HE'S TALKING ABOUT: DON'T
- 00:19:25.053 --> 00:19:25.954
- AND HE'S TALKING ABOUT: DON'T ENVY; YOU KNOW, ADULTERY;
- 00:19:26.021 --> 00:19:27.656
- ENVY; YOU KNOW, ADULTERY; AND STEALING;
- 00:19:27.723 --> 00:19:28.490
- AND STEALING; AND LYING --
- 00:19:28.557 --> 00:19:29.057
- AND LYING -- ALL THESE THINGS THAT ARE
- 00:19:29.124 --> 00:19:30.125
- ALL THESE THINGS THAT ARE VERY, VERY PRACTICAL.
- 00:19:30.192 --> 00:19:30.792
- VERY, VERY PRACTICAL. AND, IN THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT,
- 00:19:30.859 --> 00:19:32.060
- AND, IN THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT, HE TELLS THE ISRAELITES --
- 00:19:32.127 --> 00:19:33.862
- HE TELLS THE ISRAELITES -- HE'S THE COMMUNICATOR;
- 00:19:33.929 --> 00:19:35.831
- HE'S THE COMMUNICATOR; THEY'RE THE RECEIVER OF THE
- 00:19:35.897 --> 00:19:37.866
- THEY'RE THE RECEIVER OF THE COMMUNICATION -- HE CONVEYS TO
- 00:19:37.933 --> 00:19:38.967
- COMMUNICATION -- HE CONVEYS TO THEM, IN THEIR CULTURE AND IN
- 00:19:39.034 --> 00:19:40.836
- THEM, IN THEIR CULTURE AND IN THEIR CONTEXT: HEY, WHEN IT
- 00:19:40.902 --> 00:19:42.471
- THEIR CONTEXT: HEY, WHEN IT COMES TO CREATION, I WANT YOU
- 00:19:42.537 --> 00:19:43.105
- COMES TO CREATION, I WANT YOU TO BELIEVE I DID IT
- 00:19:43.171 --> 00:19:44.273
- TO BELIEVE I DID IT IN SIX DAYS.
- 00:19:44.339 --> 00:19:45.674
- IN SIX DAYS. BECAUSE, HE SAYS: FOR IN SIX
- 00:19:45.741 --> 00:19:47.542
- BECAUSE, HE SAYS: FOR IN SIX DAYS, I'VE CREATED THE HEAVENS,
- 00:19:47.609 --> 00:19:49.111
- DAYS, I'VE CREATED THE HEAVENS, THE EARTH, THE SEA, AND ALL
- 00:19:49.177 --> 00:19:50.212
- THE EARTH, THE SEA, AND ALL THAT IS IN THEM.
- 00:19:50.279 --> 00:19:51.647
- THAT IS IN THEM. AND ON THE SEVENTH DAY,
- 00:19:51.713 --> 00:19:52.681
- AND ON THE SEVENTH DAY, I RESTED.
- 00:19:52.748 --> 00:19:54.116
- I RESTED. I HAVE TO ASK MYSELF -- AND I
- 00:19:54.182 --> 00:19:57.286
- I HAVE TO ASK MYSELF -- AND I ASK THIS OF CHRISTIANS ALL THE
- 00:19:57.352 --> 00:19:58.553
- ASK THIS OF CHRISTIANS ALL THE TIME -- "ANSWER, FOR ME, TWO
- 00:19:58.620 --> 00:19:59.288
- TIME -- "ANSWER, FOR ME, TWO QUESTIONS: WHAT DID GOD MEAN
- 00:19:59.354 --> 00:20:00.989
- QUESTIONS: WHAT DID GOD MEAN AND WHAT DOES HE WANT
- 00:20:01.056 --> 00:20:03.558
- AND WHAT DOES HE WANT YOU TO BELIEVE?"
- 00:20:03.625 --> 00:20:07.796
- YOU TO BELIEVE?" AND THE ONLY REASON PEOPLE
- 00:20:07.863 --> 00:20:08.363
- AND THE ONLY REASON PEOPLE WOULD SAY, "WELL, SIX ERAS," OR
- 00:20:08.430 --> 00:20:09.431
- WOULD SAY, "WELL, SIX ERAS," OR "JAMMING MILLIONS OF YEARS INTO
- 00:20:09.498 --> 00:20:10.899
- "JAMMING MILLIONS OF YEARS INTO THE GENEALOGIES,"
- 00:20:10.966 --> 00:20:12.501
- THE GENEALOGIES," WOULD BE FOR ONE REASON
- 00:20:12.567 --> 00:20:13.769
- WOULD BE FOR ONE REASON ALONE: BECAUSE OF WHAT
- 00:20:13.835 --> 00:20:14.403
- ALONE: BECAUSE OF WHAT MAN SAID, NOT WHAT
- 00:20:14.469 --> 00:20:15.804
- MAN SAID, NOT WHAT GOD SAID.
- 00:20:15.871 --> 00:20:17.205
- GOD SAID. AND WHAT'S THE FIRST CHALLENGE
- 00:20:17.272 --> 00:20:18.607
- AND WHAT'S THE FIRST CHALLENGE WE HAVE IN THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE?
- 00:20:18.674 --> 00:20:20.175
- WE HAVE IN THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE? "DID GOD REALLY SAY...?"
- 00:20:20.242 --> 00:20:21.877
- "DID GOD REALLY SAY...?" THE ENEMY OF OUR SOULS SAID,
- 00:20:21.943 --> 00:20:23.412
- THE ENEMY OF OUR SOULS SAID, "DID GOD REALLY SAY...?"
- 00:20:23.478 --> 00:20:25.180
- "DID GOD REALLY SAY...?" SO, THAT'S ONE AREA OF
- 00:20:25.247 --> 00:20:26.648
- SO, THAT'S ONE AREA OF SCRIPTURE, IN THE WHOLE,
- 00:20:26.715 --> 00:20:28.116
- SCRIPTURE, IN THE WHOLE, I'M GONNA REVERENCE.
- 00:20:28.183 --> 00:20:34.656
- I'M GONNA REVERENCE. - DR. MARTIN: HE IS A
- 00:20:34.723 --> 00:20:35.324
- - DR. MARTIN: HE IS A GOD OF RELATIONSHIP.
- 00:20:35.390 --> 00:20:36.958
- GOD OF RELATIONSHIP. HE HAS RELATIONSHIP IN THE
- 00:20:37.025 --> 00:20:39.094
- HE HAS RELATIONSHIP IN THE TRINITY: FATHER, SON,
- 00:20:39.161 --> 00:20:39.928
- TRINITY: FATHER, SON, AND HOLY SPIRIT.
- 00:20:39.995 --> 00:20:40.996
- AND HOLY SPIRIT. FOR ETERNITY, THEY HAD--
- 00:20:41.063 --> 00:20:42.297
- FOR ETERNITY, THEY HAD-- HE WANTS RELATIONSHIP WITH US.
- 00:20:42.364 --> 00:20:45.200
- SO, I THINK THAT'S WHY HE
- 00:20:46.134 --> 00:20:47.202
- SO, I THINK THAT'S WHY HE CREATED HUMANS -- TO HAVE
- 00:20:47.269 --> 00:20:48.403
- CREATED HUMANS -- TO HAVE RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM.
- 00:20:48.470 --> 00:20:49.905
- RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM. AND WHEN THEY WENT AGAINST HIM,
- 00:20:49.971 --> 00:20:52.174
- AND WHEN THEY WENT AGAINST HIM, AND AGAINST THAT RELATIONSHIP--
- 00:20:52.240 --> 00:20:55.577
- AND AGAINST THAT RELATIONSHIP-- THAT MUST HAVE BEEN A
- 00:20:55.644 --> 00:20:56.411
- THAT MUST HAVE BEEN A WONDERFUL RELATIONSHIP.
- 00:20:56.478 --> 00:20:57.412
- WONDERFUL RELATIONSHIP. I MEAN, THINK OF THE DECISION
- 00:20:57.479 --> 00:20:58.880
- I MEAN, THINK OF THE DECISION THAT WAS MADE, BACK THEN, TO
- 00:20:58.947 --> 00:21:00.749
- THAT WAS MADE, BACK THEN, TO CHOOSE THE CURSE OVER OUR LORD.
- 00:21:00.816 --> 00:21:02.718
- BECAUSE WE HAVE A GOD WHO IS
- 00:21:03.485 --> 00:21:06.121
- BECAUSE WE HAVE A GOD WHO IS SUCH A LOVING GOD, WE CAN SEE
- 00:21:06.188 --> 00:21:08.123
- SUCH A LOVING GOD, WE CAN SEE HIS HAND AT WORK HERE.
- 00:21:08.190 --> 00:21:11.860
- HIS HAND AT WORK HERE. HE KNEW MAN WOULD SIN.
- 00:21:11.927 --> 00:21:15.831
- HE KNEW MAN WOULD SIN. HE CREATED HIM, ANYWAY.
- 00:21:15.897 --> 00:21:16.665
- HE CREATED HIM, ANYWAY. BECAUSE HE SAYS: I WANNA HAVE
- 00:21:16.732 --> 00:21:17.265
- BECAUSE HE SAYS: I WANNA HAVE RELATIONSHIP.
- 00:21:17.332 --> 00:21:18.233
- RELATIONSHIP. BUT HE SAYS: IN THE MEANTIME, I
- 00:21:18.300 --> 00:21:20.001
- BUT HE SAYS: IN THE MEANTIME, I KNOW WHAT I'M GONNA HAVE TO DO.
- 00:21:20.068 --> 00:21:21.670
- KNOW WHAT I'M GONNA HAVE TO DO. I, MYSELF, AM GONNA HAVE TO
- 00:21:21.737 --> 00:21:23.205
- I, MYSELF, AM GONNA HAVE TO TAKE THE PENALTY.
- 00:21:23.271 --> 00:21:24.873
- TAKE THE PENALTY. AS A PERFECT, SINLESS PERSON IN
- 00:21:24.940 --> 00:21:27.809
- AS A PERFECT, SINLESS PERSON IN MY SON, JESUS, I'M GONNA HAVE
- 00:21:27.876 --> 00:21:29.244
- MY SON, JESUS, I'M GONNA HAVE TO TAKE THE PENALTY
- 00:21:29.311 --> 00:21:30.345
- TO TAKE THE PENALTY FOR THAT SIN.
- 00:21:30.412 --> 00:21:31.079
- FOR THAT SIN. AND WHEN I DO, I'M GONNA COME
- 00:21:31.146 --> 00:21:32.381
- AND WHEN I DO, I'M GONNA COME BACK WITH A GIFT.
- 00:21:32.447 --> 00:21:36.351
- BACK WITH A GIFT. I'M GONNA GIVE MAN ETERNAL LIFE.
- 00:21:36.418 --> 00:21:37.953
- I'M GONNA GIVE MAN ETERNAL LIFE. ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS ACCEPT
- 00:21:38.019 --> 00:21:38.587
- ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS ACCEPT THE GIFT OF JESUS CHRIST AS
- 00:21:38.653 --> 00:21:40.322
- THE GIFT OF JESUS CHRIST AS THEIR SAVIOR.
- 00:21:40.389 --> 00:21:42.124
- THEIR SAVIOR. SO, HE TOOK CARE OF IT...
- 00:21:42.190 --> 00:21:43.225
- SO, HE TOOK CARE OF IT... YEAH, HE KNEW IT WOULD HAPPEN,
- 00:21:43.291 --> 00:21:44.393
- YEAH, HE KNEW IT WOULD HAPPEN, BUT HE ALSO KNEW HOW TO TAKE
- 00:21:44.459 --> 00:21:45.694
- BUT HE ALSO KNEW HOW TO TAKE CARE OF IT.
- 00:21:45.761 --> 00:21:46.628
- CARE OF IT. AND HE MADE A HUGE SACRIFICE TO
- 00:21:46.695 --> 00:21:48.196
- AND HE MADE A HUGE SACRIFICE TO DO THAT.
- 00:21:48.263 --> 00:21:53.535
- DO THAT. - DR. BIDDLE: IF YOU TAKE
- 00:21:53.602 --> 00:21:54.136
- - DR. BIDDLE: IF YOU TAKE EXODUS 20:11, THE FOURTH
- 00:21:54.202 --> 00:21:55.570
- EXODUS 20:11, THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT, AND YOU GO BACK TO
- 00:21:55.637 --> 00:21:57.139
- COMMANDMENT, AND YOU GO BACK TO THE SIX DAYS, WHERE GOD SAYS,
- 00:21:57.205 --> 00:21:59.441
- THE SIX DAYS, WHERE GOD SAYS, "I CREATED THE HEAVENS, EARTH,
- 00:21:59.508 --> 00:22:00.475
- "I CREATED THE HEAVENS, EARTH, SEA, AND ALL THAT IN THEM IS,
- 00:22:00.542 --> 00:22:02.944
- SEA, AND ALL THAT IN THEM IS, IN SIX DAYS," WELL, WHAT SIX
- 00:22:03.011 --> 00:22:03.712
- IN SIX DAYS," WELL, WHAT SIX DAYS WAS HE TALKING ABOUT?
- 00:22:03.779 --> 00:22:04.513
- DAYS WAS HE TALKING ABOUT? OBVIOUSLY, THE GENESIS 1
- 00:22:04.579 --> 00:22:05.447
- OBVIOUSLY, THE GENESIS 1 SIX DAYS.
- 00:22:05.514 --> 00:22:07.482
- SIX DAYS. AND GOD WAS SO CLEAR THAT, YOU
- 00:22:07.549 --> 00:22:08.583
- AND GOD WAS SO CLEAR THAT, YOU KNOW, OVER 20 PERCENT OF
- 00:22:08.650 --> 00:22:10.986
- KNOW, OVER 20 PERCENT OF GENESIS 1, THAT PASSAGE, DEALS
- 00:22:11.052 --> 00:22:12.554
- GENESIS 1, THAT PASSAGE, DEALS WITH CHRONOLOGY TOPICS,
- 00:22:12.621 --> 00:22:15.724
- WITH CHRONOLOGY TOPICS, CHRONOLOGY WORDS, LIKE EVENING,
- 00:22:15.791 --> 00:22:16.925
- CHRONOLOGY WORDS, LIKE EVENING, MORNING, DAY ONE; EVENING,
- 00:22:16.992 --> 00:22:19.594
- MORNING, DAY ONE; EVENING, MORNING, DAY TWO.
- 00:22:19.661 --> 00:22:20.896
- MORNING, DAY TWO. SO, WHY WOULD GOD EVEN BOTHER
- 00:22:20.962 --> 00:22:23.265
- SO, WHY WOULD GOD EVEN BOTHER TO USE INSPIRED SCRIPTURE THAT
- 00:22:23.331 --> 00:22:25.133
- TO USE INSPIRED SCRIPTURE THAT HE WROTE THROUGH MAN TO
- 00:22:25.200 --> 00:22:26.902
- HE WROTE THROUGH MAN TO PEN THAT DOWN?
- 00:22:26.968 --> 00:22:28.403
- PEN THAT DOWN? THERE WAS EVENING, THERE WAS
- 00:22:28.470 --> 00:22:29.938
- THERE WAS EVENING, THERE WAS MORNING, THERE WAS A THIRD DAY
- 00:22:30.005 --> 00:22:31.973
- MORNING, THERE WAS A THIRD DAY -- THE DAY AND A NUMBER.
- 00:22:32.040 --> 00:22:33.175
- -- THE DAY AND A NUMBER. AND HE DOES THAT SIX TIMES.
- 00:22:33.241 --> 00:22:34.042
- AND HE DOES THAT SIX TIMES. WELL, IT'S ALMOST LIKE HE'S
- 00:22:34.109 --> 00:22:35.744
- WELL, IT'S ALMOST LIKE HE'S TRYING TO BE VERY, VERY CLEAR,
- 00:22:35.811 --> 00:22:36.645
- TRYING TO BE VERY, VERY CLEAR, KNOWING THAT SOMETHING WAS
- 00:22:36.711 --> 00:22:38.914
- KNOWING THAT SOMETHING WAS GONNA HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE.
- 00:22:38.980 --> 00:22:39.948
- GONNA HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE. AND THEN, YOU LOOK AT THE
- 00:22:40.015 --> 00:22:41.216
- AND THEN, YOU LOOK AT THE BOOK OF PETER.
- 00:22:41.283 --> 00:22:43.051
- BOOK OF PETER. AND WHY DID HE SAY, ABOVE ALL
- 00:22:43.118 --> 00:22:45.253
- AND WHY DID HE SAY, ABOVE ALL ELSE, KNOW IN THE LAST DAYS
- 00:22:45.320 --> 00:22:48.123
- ELSE, KNOW IN THE LAST DAYS SCOFFERS WILL COME AND THEY'RE
- 00:22:48.190 --> 00:22:50.292
- SCOFFERS WILL COME AND THEY'RE GONNA MAKE FUN OF TWO THINGS --
- 00:22:50.358 --> 00:22:51.159
- GONNA MAKE FUN OF TWO THINGS -- A SPONTANEOUS CREATION --
- 00:22:51.226 --> 00:22:54.095
- A SPONTANEOUS CREATION -- "EX NIHILO," WHERE GOD BREATHED
- 00:22:54.162 --> 00:22:56.031
- "EX NIHILO," WHERE GOD BREATHED IT OUT OF NOTHING --
- 00:22:56.097 --> 00:22:56.865
- IT OUT OF NOTHING -- AND A WORLDWIDE FLOOD?
- 00:22:56.932 --> 00:22:58.433
- AND A WORLDWIDE FLOOD? AND YOU CAN'T OPEN A
- 00:22:58.500 --> 00:23:00.168
- AND YOU CAN'T OPEN A HIGH-SCHOOL TEXTBOOK, NOWADAYS,
- 00:23:00.235 --> 00:23:01.169
- HIGH-SCHOOL TEXTBOOK, NOWADAYS, WITHOUT SEEING THOSE TWO
- 00:23:01.236 --> 00:23:02.938
- WITHOUT SEEING THOSE TWO SPECIFIC THINGS UNDER ATTACK.
- 00:23:03.004 --> 00:23:05.807
- SPECIFIC THINGS UNDER ATTACK. SO, THE WHOLE OF SCRIPTURE, I
- 00:23:05.874 --> 00:23:07.242
- SO, THE WHOLE OF SCRIPTURE, I THINK, GOES BACK TO THAT.
- 00:23:07.309 --> 00:23:08.677
- THINK, GOES BACK TO THAT. AND THEN, I HAVE TO ASK MYSELF
- 00:23:08.743 --> 00:23:09.811
- AND THEN, I HAVE TO ASK MYSELF OTHER QUESTIONS, LIKE: WELL,
- 00:23:09.878 --> 00:23:11.179
- OTHER QUESTIONS, LIKE: WELL, WHY IS THERE NOT ONE BUT TWO
- 00:23:11.246 --> 00:23:12.814
- WHY IS THERE NOT ONE BUT TWO PASSAGES IN THE BOOK OF ACTS,
- 00:23:12.881 --> 00:23:14.716
- PASSAGES IN THE BOOK OF ACTS, OF ALL THINGS, THAT WHEN THE
- 00:23:14.783 --> 00:23:16.952
- OF ALL THINGS, THAT WHEN THE APOSTLES GOT EXCITED, THEY
- 00:23:17.018 --> 00:23:17.953
- APOSTLES GOT EXCITED, THEY RECITED THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT?
- 00:23:18.019 --> 00:23:21.456
- RECITED THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT? THE GOD OF HEAVEN AND EARTH IS
- 00:23:21.523 --> 00:23:22.891
- THE GOD OF HEAVEN AND EARTH IS DOING THESE THINGS FOR US.
- 00:23:22.958 --> 00:23:24.059
- DOING THESE THINGS FOR US. WHY WOULD THEY THROW BACK TO
- 00:23:24.125 --> 00:23:25.193
- WHY WOULD THEY THROW BACK TO EXODUS 20, WHEN THEY'RE EXCITED
- 00:23:25.260 --> 00:23:28.196
- EXODUS 20, WHEN THEY'RE EXCITED ABOUT NEW TESTAMENT THINGS?
- 00:23:28.263 --> 00:23:30.298
- ABOUT NEW TESTAMENT THINGS? BECAUSE IT WAS THE GOD, THE
- 00:23:30.365 --> 00:23:32.267
- BECAUSE IT WAS THE GOD, THE MAKER OF HEAVEN AND EARTH, THAT
- 00:23:32.334 --> 00:23:34.236
- MAKER OF HEAVEN AND EARTH, THAT WAS DOING THOSE THINGS, IN
- 00:23:34.302 --> 00:23:35.704
- WAS DOING THOSE THINGS, IN THEIR LIFETIME.
- 00:23:35.770 --> 00:23:36.438
- THEIR LIFETIME. AND IT'S THE SAME GOD WHO
- 00:23:36.505 --> 00:23:37.439
- AND IT'S THE SAME GOD WHO CREATED IN SIX DAYS.
- 00:23:37.506 --> 00:23:38.607
- CREATED IN SIX DAYS. SO, THE WHOLE OF SCRIPTURE IS
- 00:23:38.673 --> 00:23:40.041
- SO, THE WHOLE OF SCRIPTURE IS CONNECTED IN THAT WAY.
- 00:23:40.108 --> 00:23:40.942
- CONNECTED IN THAT WAY. YOU CAN EVEN LOOK AT JESUS
- 00:23:41.009 --> 00:23:42.043
- YOU CAN EVEN LOOK AT JESUS HIMSELF SAYING: LOOK, IT WASN'T
- 00:23:42.110 --> 00:23:43.612
- HIMSELF SAYING: LOOK, IT WASN'T MILLIONS OF YEARS AFTER THAT
- 00:23:43.678 --> 00:23:45.046
- MILLIONS OF YEARS AFTER THAT THESE THINGS HAPPENED.
- 00:23:45.113 --> 00:23:45.714
- THESE THINGS HAPPENED. HE SAYS: GOD MADE THEM MALE AND
- 00:23:45.780 --> 00:23:47.115
- HE SAYS: GOD MADE THEM MALE AND FEMALE, FROM THE BEGINNING,
- 00:23:47.182 --> 00:23:48.884
- FEMALE, FROM THE BEGINNING, AT CREATION.
- 00:23:48.950 --> 00:23:50.852
- AT CREATION. AND JESUS TALKED ABOUT THE
- 00:23:50.919 --> 00:23:52.120
- AND JESUS TALKED ABOUT THE FLOOD AS A REAL HISTORICAL
- 00:23:52.187 --> 00:23:53.321
- FLOOD AS A REAL HISTORICAL EVENT.
- 00:23:53.388 --> 00:23:56.324
- EVENT. THESE ARE OLD TESTAMENT THINGS.
- 00:23:56.391 --> 00:23:57.926
- THESE ARE OLD TESTAMENT THINGS. SO, JESUS WAS-- HE REFERRED TO
- 00:23:57.993 --> 00:23:58.593
- SO, JESUS WAS-- HE REFERRED TO THE OLD TESTAMENT, OVER 40
- 00:23:58.660 --> 00:23:59.694
- THE OLD TESTAMENT, OVER 40 TIMES; GENESIS, SEVERAL TIME.
- 00:23:59.761 --> 00:24:04.432
- TIMES; GENESIS, SEVERAL TIME. EVERY SINGLE TIME, EVERY SINGLE
- 00:24:04.499 --> 00:24:06.201
- EVERY SINGLE TIME, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE 40 TIMES, HE THREW
- 00:24:06.268 --> 00:24:07.302
- ONE OF THOSE 40 TIMES, HE THREW BACK TO THE OLD TESTAMENT.
- 00:24:07.369 --> 00:24:07.936
- BACK TO THE OLD TESTAMENT. IT WAS ALWAYS IN A HISTORICAL
- 00:24:08.003 --> 00:24:10.405
- IT WAS ALWAYS IN A HISTORICAL CONTEXT.
- 00:24:10.472 --> 00:24:11.573
- CONTEXT. SO, IF MY SAVIOR TREATS THE OLD
- 00:24:11.640 --> 00:24:13.108
- SO, IF MY SAVIOR TREATS THE OLD TESTAMENT AS A HISTORY BOOK,
- 00:24:13.174 --> 00:24:15.710
- TESTAMENT AS A HISTORY BOOK, I SHOULD, TOO.
- 00:24:15.777 --> 00:24:21.983
- I SHOULD, TOO. - DAVID: GOD IS IMMUTABLE.
- 00:24:22.050 --> 00:24:23.118
- - DAVID: GOD IS IMMUTABLE. THE SAME GOES FOR HIS WORD.
- 00:24:23.184 --> 00:24:24.786
- THE SAME GOES FOR HIS WORD. WE KNOW FROM JOHN 1:1 THAT HE
- 00:24:24.853 --> 00:24:27.556
- WE KNOW FROM JOHN 1:1 THAT HE AND HIS SCRIPTURE ARE ONE.
- 00:24:27.622 --> 00:24:30.258
- AND HIS SCRIPTURE ARE ONE. IT IS HIS ETERNAL TRUTH.
- 00:24:30.325 --> 00:24:31.860
- IT IS HIS ETERNAL TRUTH. AND GOD HIMSELF IS TRUTH.
- 00:24:31.927 --> 00:24:34.629
- AND GOD HIMSELF IS TRUTH. NOW, GENESIS IS NO EXCEPTION.
- 00:24:34.696 --> 00:24:36.398
- NOW, GENESIS IS NO EXCEPTION. WHILE EXCERPTS FROM ITS
- 00:24:36.464 --> 00:24:38.166
- WHILE EXCERPTS FROM ITS CHAPTERS ON CREATION AND THE
- 00:24:38.233 --> 00:24:39.501
- CHAPTERS ON CREATION AND THE FLOOD MAY SEEM IMPROBABLE OR
- 00:24:39.568 --> 00:24:41.336
- FLOOD MAY SEEM IMPROBABLE OR EVEN FICTIONAL TO SOME, GOD
- 00:24:41.403 --> 00:24:43.605
- EVEN FICTIONAL TO SOME, GOD DOES NOT WORK WITHIN WHAT WE
- 00:24:43.672 --> 00:24:45.140
- DOES NOT WORK WITHIN WHAT WE BELIEVE TO BE POSSIBLE OR TRUE.
- 00:24:45.206 --> 00:24:46.041
- BELIEVE TO BE POSSIBLE OR TRUE. THIS BOOK IS A TESTAMENT TO HIS
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- THIS BOOK IS A TESTAMENT TO HIS MAJESTY AND HIS BRILLIANCE,
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- MAJESTY AND HIS BRILLIANCE, CONFIRMATION THAT HIS WAYS ARE,
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- CONFIRMATION THAT HIS WAYS ARE, IN FACT, NOT OUR WAYS.
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- IN FACT, NOT OUR WAYS. NO MATTER THE QUESTION, NO
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- NO MATTER THE QUESTION, NO MATTER THE TEST, GOD AND HIS
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- MATTER THE TEST, GOD AND HIS WORD, HIS GENESIS, PROVE TRUE.
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- WORD, HIS GENESIS, PROVE TRUE. ITS ONLY FOR US TO DECIDE IF WE
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- ITS ONLY FOR US TO DECIDE IF WE BELIEVE IT.
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- BELIEVE IT. I WANNA THANK YOU FOR WATCHING
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- I WANNA THANK YOU FOR WATCHING AND WE'LL SEE YOU, NEXT TIME,
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- AND WE'LL SEE YOU, NEXT TIME, ON "CREATION."
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- ON "CREATION." I'M DAVID RIVES.
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- I'M DAVID RIVES. KEEP LOOKING UP.
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- KEEP LOOKING UP. TRULY, THE HEAVENS DECLARE THE
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- TRULY, THE HEAVENS DECLARE THE GLORY OF GOD.
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- GLORY OF GOD. [DRAMATIC CLOSING THEME]
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