tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5459047375602831181.post1171681930540980840..comments2015-06-17T08:34:13.383-06:00Comments on Forbidden Questions: Bible & Faith: Genesis 1 and 2: "Straightforward historical narrative"?John Holzmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14849211055450293089noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5459047375602831181.post-42539035586129632052015-06-17T08:34:13.372-06:002015-06-17T08:34:13.372-06:00The more deeply I explore that magnificent poem, t...The more deeply I explore that magnificent poem, the more I'm convinced that the YEC view is a very awkward fit with the text.<br /><br />In addition to asserting the superiority of the God of Abraham over near-eastern deities, Genesis 1 displays God's gradual faithfulness. God doesn't do everything all at once, but carefully develops the necessary context, step by step.<br /><br />This theme is repeated in Genesis 2, although with a different sequencing. In the first account, God waits to create man until he has prepared a garden for him, and in the second account, God waits to plant the garden until man is there to cultivate it. <br /><br /> The point can't the precise speed or sequencing, since we're given two incompatible sequences back to back. But both of these stories reinforce the idea that God works in a gradual and orderly way. God does things step by step, because his works are interdependent, and we should both trust in and emulate his patient ways.<br /><br />Had he chosen to, God could certainly have created everything in a week... but this particular poem would have been a bizarre way to communicate that.Elena Johnstonhttp://thereforeiambic.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com