Posted by
ValiantForTruth on Saturday, August 21, 2010 7:15:44 PM
"Woe to you when all men speak well of you,
For so did their fathers to the false prophets" [Luke 6:26].
From these words of Christ, we would do well to consider who it is that agrees or disagrees with us. Let’s consider this saying from the perspective of the old earth creationism (OEC).
Who are the common dissenters against the idea of young earth creationism (YEC)? And why is their dissent wrapped in such contempt as if YEC is too incredible for anyone to seriously consider. In this a false division is made between science and the Bible.
Modern man thinks that he has proven the Bible to be myth. He disregards its message that autonomous wisdom is not to be trusted because man is fallen and held captive in a state of sin and deception.
What is it that the OEC and the darwinites have in common? Is it not that both groups deny the Genesis Flood as presented by Moses and confirmed by Jesus Christ and His Apostles? Specifically, that the flood was global in scope resulting in the mass destruction of all air breathing life, except for those on the ark with Noah.
Now why are they so adamant in the denials of the Genesis Flood? Answer: If the geologic column was laid down as a consequence of the flood, then their theories of the fossil record requiring long ages to accommodate the evolution of life becomes so much nonsense.
They hang their hat on radiometric dating methods, saying that this evidence is conclusive proof that the geologic column is ancient. We will show that radiometric dating is less than conclusive and that there are other evidences of young earth as would be expected from the biblical framework of science. We will use the ICR Rate report and answer the questions it raises with Walt Brown’s new work on the origin of radioactivity.
A key question that the Christian must answer for himself regarding the fossil record is this: Are the fossils the record of the evolution of life engaged in the struggle of life or is it the record of the mass destruction and burial of contemporary life forms that occurred in the Genesis Flood. If all Scripture is profitable for edification, then what is the consequence of denying this doctrine? The answer is nothing less than a denial of the authority of the Bible and an attack on the gospel by undermining the necessity and extent of the atonement. Did death enter God's good creation as a result of Adam's sin? The federal headship of Christ over His redeemed people is linked to the federal headship of Adam over fallen mankind in Romans 5.
For those who love the Scriptures, let us not be deceived. Peter warns us of the mockers who will come denying the judgment of water as also they deny the pending judgment by fire…
Beloved, I now write to you this second epistle (in both of which I stir up your pure minds by way of reminder), that you may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us, the apostles of the Lord and Savior, knowing this first: that scoffers will come in the last days, walking according to their own lusts, and saying, “Where is the promise of His coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of creation.” For this they willfully forget: that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of water and in the water, by which the world that then existed perished, being flooded with water. But the heavens and the earth which are now preserved by the same word, are reserved for fire until the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. [2 Peter 3]
Men love darkness so they will not come to the light; they will not leave off fulfilling their lusts for the pursuit of righteousness. Denying the flood helps them deny that they are image bearers of God and are accountable to Him. They recoil from the fact that God judges sin and that they will face His righteous judgment. This is the context of Peter's warning.