GOD'S REVELATIONS OF GOD'S CREATION

AND A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME










A Thesis Approval Presentation

Presented to Dr. Steven Pettey, Seminary Dean

of Louisiana Baptist University







Towards Partial Fulfillment of the

Requirements for

Master of Theological Studies






By


Edward G. Rice


May, 2010



THESIS OUTLINE

Subject: Creation Accounts

Title: GOD`S REVELATIONS OF GOD`S CREATION AND A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME

Thesis Statement: The Biblical accountings of the creation and flood are inerrant infallible revelations of God which provide key insights that touch the understanding of time in His universe.

Outline: Introduction

  1. The Revelations of God

    1. The Creation

      1. The Creation In The Pentateuch Accounts

        1. Comentary on Authenticity and Reliability

        2. Perplexing Challenges Give Profound Insights

      2. The Creation In The Poetry Accounts

        1. Comentary on Authenticity and Reliability

        2. Perplexing Challenges Give Profound Insights

      3. The Creation In The Other Old Testament Accounts

        1. Comentary on Authenticity and Reliability

        2. Perplexing Challenges Give Profound Insights

      4. The Creation In The New Testament Accounts

        1. Comentary on Authenticity and Reliability

        2. Perplexing Challenges Give Profound Insights

    2. The Flood

      1. The Flood In The Pentateuch Accounts

        1. Comentary on Authenticity and Reliability

        2. Perplexing Challenges Give Profound Insights

      2. The Flood In The Psalms Accounts

        1. Comentary on Authenticity and Reliability

        2. Perplexing Challenges Give Profound Insights

      3. The Flood In The Other Old Testament Accounts

        1. Comentary on Authenticity and Reliability

        2. Perplexing Challenges Give Profound Insights

      4. The Flood In The New Testament Accounts

        1. Comentary on Authenticity and Reliability

        2. Perplexing Challenges Give Profound Insights

  2. Some Time and Revelation Twisting Theories

    1. The Gap Theory

      1. Formation

      2. History

      3. Flaws

        1. “Unformed and Unfilled, A Critique of The Gap Theory”

          • W. Fields' 1976 work is an exhaustive treatment of it's error.

          • “Undoubtably the most comprehensive and exegetically profound analysis of the Gap Theory ever published.”

        2. Dr. Ruckman's 2009 flawed defense.

      4. Attributes

    2. The Canopy Theory

      1. Formation

      2. History

      3. Flaws

      4. Attributes

  3. Calandars and Dating of Creation

    1. James Ussher`s Extrodinary Research

    2. Cataclysmic Changes In the Calandar

    3. A Reasonable Accounting for Cayaclysmic Changes

  4. Einstiens Theory of Relativity

    1. Relativity Theory Explained

    2. Relativity Theory Changes Everything

    3. A Bounded Universe

      1. A Bounded Universe In Science

      2. A Bounded Universe In The Bible

    4. A Universal Time Warp

      1. Time Warp Explained

      2. A Day as 1000 Years

    5. A Universal Distance Warp

      1. Distance Warp Explained

      2. A Million Light Years Explained

  5. The All Encompassing Revelations of God

  6. The Finite Comprehending The Infinite

  7. Let Us Hear The Conclusion of the Matter


Purpose

I have undertaken this thesis because in February of 1987 in the region of our southern sky called the Large Magellanic Cloud a star explode which was 160,000 light years away1, and inquiring minds would ask, “Did it really nova 160,000 years ago? Was'nt that 154,000 years before God spoke the universe into existence?” And yet my Bible says “O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.... When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?” (Psalm 8:1,3,4) I have udertaken this thesis because our solar system is one of 100 billion in the Milky Way Galaxy and I have viewed Andromeda with the understanding that it is our nearest neighboring galaxy, that it is structured very similar to our own galaxy being 100,000 light years in diameter, and that it is about 2 million light years away2, and yet my Bible tells me God said “I made the stars also” and they are “as the sand of the sea shore.” I have undertaken this effort because:

“The Psalmist reports that “The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard.” (Psalm 19) In this declaration of the heavens and the firmament we must not be found timid. Recall that a firmament, made on the 2nd day of creation is not 'firm ground' but a great expanse. The vast universe before us declares our God and Creator's glory. That vastness confounds the atheistic evolutionist and a Christian should not stumble on its marvelous declaration.”3

Albert Einstein's theory of relativity4 has given amble science to declare that it does not take light 160,000 years to travel 160,000 light years. In his theory it is not only possible but absolutely true that when approaching the bounded edge our universe, “one day is ... as 1000 years, and 1000 years is as one day.5 Dr. Humphery has thoroughly detailed this truth in his book6 from Institute of Creation Research. But the vast majority of Christians lack the scientific backgrounds to unravel these mysteries for themselves. This work delves into these facinating truths about time, stretches the boundries of their applications, and aims to be readable and comprehendable by the average Christian, for the praise of God's glory.




Preliminary Research Bibliography

The Holy Bible

DeYoung, Donald, “Astronomy and the Bible”, Master Books (c) 2005

DeYoung, Donald, “Thousands not Billions: Challenging the Icon of Evolution, Questioning the Age of the Earth ”, Master Books (c) 2005

Einstein, Albert, “Relativity, The Special and the General Theory” Translated by Robert W. Lawson, Three Rivers Press, New York, © 1961, Estate of Albert Einstein

Fields, Weston, “Unformed and Unfilled, A Critique of The Gap Theory”, (c) 1976, Master Books, Greenforest, AR

Filkin, David, “Steven Hawking's Universe, The Cosmos Explained” (c) 1997, Basic Books

Garner, Paul, “The New Creationism: Building Scientific Theory on a Biblical Foundation ”, ??

Hawking, Stephen, “A Brief History of Time” (c) 1976, Bantum Book

Hawking, Stephen, “The Universe in a Nutshell” (c) 2001, Bantum Book

Humphreys, Dr. D. Russell, “Starlight and Time, Solving the Puzzle of Distant Starlight in a Young Universe”, © 1994 Master Books Inc. Arizona

Morris, Henery M., “Scientific Creationism”, © 1974, 1985 Master Books Inc. Arizona

Morris, Henery M., “The Genesis Record”, Baker Books, (C) 1976

Morris, Henery M., “The Beginning of the World”, Institute for Creation Research

Rice, Edward G., “Essays in Science, A Christian Perspective of the Universe”, www,GSBaptistChurch.com/science/science_essay.html

Ruckman, Peter S., “The Book of Genesis”, (c) 1969 BB Bookstore, Pensacola FL.

Ruckman, Peter S., “The Ruckman Study Bible”, (c) 2009 BB Bookstore, Pensacola FL.

Snelling, Andrew, “Earth's Catostrophic Past”, Institute for Creation Research

www., Info with photos from http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap021021.html accessed Oct 2008

www., Edwin Hubble, www.astro.caltech.edu/palomar/history.html accessed 10/11/2008

www., Articles on Creation, http://www.creationresearch.org/

www., Quasars, http://www.definity-systems.net/~apw/astro/galaxies.html accessed Nov 2008

www., Articles on Creation, http://www.truthandscience.net/

1Info with photos from http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap021021.html accessed Oct 2008

2Quasars, http://www.definity-systems.net/~apw/astro/galaxies.html accessed Nov 2008

3Rice, Edward G., “Essays in Science, A Christian Perspective of the Universe” pg 1

4Einstein, Albert, “Relativity, The Special and the General Theory” Translated by Robert W. Lawson

52 Peter 3:8

6Humphreys, Dr. D. Russell, “Starlight and Time, Solving the Puzzle of Distant Starlight in a Young Universe”