Commonsense maths........ the earth 65 million years old est...
Year of christ birth>>> 2000 millions year ad
63 million years without christ...<bc>........how come.?
no ranting or moaning just,require the answer? bible question.
FOOTNOTE: to the human species.
Maybe huxley/darwin.........had the answer of the why the human being is here.
Good question, M_2! (and sorry for taking so long to respond; work and family have kept me away from the forum till now).
The Biblical answer 2 UR Q:
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through Him all things were made; without Him nothing was made that has been made. In Him was life, and that life was the light of men. ... The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us." (John's gospel, chapter 1).
Word = the Greek word Logos (which means the mind that controls the physical world). It was what Socrates called his own God, though he had a limited understanding of the Logos.
So, the answer to your question: Jesus exists outside time. This existence is not one without time, but something beyond time (kind of like how three dimensions are so much more than two dimensions).
He is God, the one who created all that has DNA. All of time (from beginning to end) is like an open book to Him. He sees it all. The place where He lives is what Christians refer to as eternity (also called heaven). We expect to live in this existence and to be in His presence forever. We expect it to be more real than the one we live now (just as three dimensions is more real than two). It's as though we really haven't experienced living, yet.
This is why D.L. Moody said, "One day you will read in the newspapers that Reverend Moody has died. DON'T YOU BELIEVE IT! At that moment I will be more alive than I have ever been."
As Paul wrote: "Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully know." (1 Corinthians, chapter 13).
And John: "They will see His face, and His name will be on their foreheads. There will be no more night. They will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, for the Lord God will give them light. And they will reign for ever and ever." (Revelation, chapter 22).
As for Darwin, he wrote that his theory would be proved true or false by the fossil record. Many years later there is not just one missing link, but hundreds. I'm not convinced by the evidence. Microevolution is a scientific fact, Macroevolution seems to me science fiction.
However, even if one accepts Macroevolution as fact, and not theory, the concept only explains how life evolves, NOT how it starts. No credible scientific experiment has ever produced living creatures from non-living substances. That there is a God who creates life is the most reasonable theory based on the evidence.
Something to think about,
Doc
BTW, some Christians believe that those who died prior to Christ's birth, death and resurrection still made it to heaven by putting their trust in the Savior who would come. Just as we are saved by looking back in the past to His death to pay the price for their sins, they were saved by looking forward to the future sacrifice He would make for them. The Bible predicted His life, death and resurrection thousands of years beforehand.
