The Creationist And The Bible
Part 2
The Creationist And The Bible
INTRODUCTION
Creationists are certain that the Bible is accurate, authoritative and trustworthy in every field of knowledge, whether that be theological, historical, scientific or any other. The Bible contains a definite and precise chronological timetable that begins with the creation of this world and the first man, Adam, and covers the great historical events of the first 11,000 years of history.(1)
Actually, evidence in the secular record is not at all in disagreement with the sacred record, and the sacred record can be used to place the secular record in proper perspective. Because the Bible is true and accurate in its accounts of people, places and time, men can use it to distinguish between what is true and false about the secular viewpoints.
Data from the observable universe concerning the earth’s past history is becoming increasingly available as men search out the secrets of the universe. But is the world far older than 13,000 years as deduced from Biblical evidence? Can creationists really expect to find correlation between the Biblical and secular records if they insist on the literal interpretation of the creation story and the flood account? Isn’t the evidence for a world that is billions of years old so conclusive that it is hardly possible even to expect complete reconciliation between the Bible and true science?
A point must be emphasized. Because this world is under the bondage of decay, with much of the record confused and obliterated by storms, floods, decay, fire, pestilence, etc., modern man cannot expect to resconstruct the history of the world in a complete and detailed manner. But even so, some indication of the timetable of the past should be obtainable from the secular record.