There are exactly and only seven thousand years
of measured time in God's eternity. Before the
seven thousand years of measured time there was
timeless infinity. After the end of the seven
thousand years of measured time, there will again
be timeless infinity. Our generation comes at the
conclusion of the six thousand years of man attempting
to rule himself. God has given mankind time
to prove that he cannot rule himself. After the
six thousand years of man's rule, there is the One
Thousand Year Reign of Jesus Christ from Jerusalem
totaling seven thousand years of measured
time.
We have only two options for the beginning of
anything, God and mankind included. The beginning
of anything can only be through creation, or
through evolution. Something was either created, or it
evolved from something else. The Biblical account
of man's beginning reflect that he was created by
God. There are, however, environmental and cultural
impacts on mankind after he was created.
Considering that all mankind descended from Noah
and his wife, his three sons and their wives,
there would only be one race and one color of
people in the world if environmental and cultural
impacts do not effect changes in mankind.
The evolution theory for the creation of man is
primarily an assault on the very existence of God, but
is secondarily a veiled proposal for the creation
or evolution of God. Another lie put forth by the
devil through the Mormon Church (the Mormon Church
is a cult, and the tool of the devil) is that
God evolved from what we are at the present,
and we can evolve into what God is at the present.
God has always been, is, and will always be.
The creation/evolution debate is not about man
- it is about the creation/evolution or the beginning of
God. The same theories that prove or disprove
the creation or evolution of man apply to the creation
or evolution of God. If God were created by something
else, then that something else is the great
creator, and consequently superior to God. Satan
is very subtle in his deceit, and has been successful
in promoting this lie through the Roman Catholic
Rosary:
"Holy Mary, Mother of God, Blessed art though
among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb
Jesus."
While Mary was the mother of Jesus Christ, and
Jesus Christ was fully God, the subtle lie implied by
Satan and the Roman Catholic Church is that Mary
was the creator of God and thereby superior to
God. Roman Catholics have been trained to pray
to Mary, and that deification of Mary is pure and
simple Idolatry in the worship of a false god.
If God evolved by chance then there is also the chance that He might not ever have evolved.
This is not acceptable.
If God evolved by chance, then there is the possibility
that other equal or superior Gods also evolved
prior, at the same time, or later to His evolution,
rendering Him one of many Gods, or an inferior
God.
This is not acceptable.
If God had evolved, it would be impossible in
an evolution process for Him to be Omniscient,
Omnipresent, and Omnipotent from His very first
moment of existence, and would thereby not
always have been Perfect.
This is not acceptable.
Biblical historians have correctly stated that
mankind has been on this earth for 6,000 years. In the
book of Genesis, chapters 5 and 11 plot on a
time line that will bring you to a point where secular
recorded history begins. Accurate recorded history
is in agreement with the chronological order of
the Bible. Thus the Bible proves to be historically
correct.
Seven is God's number, six is man's number.
There are 6,000 years of time allocated by God
for man to rule this earth. These are the "Six Days"
of man. There are 1,000 years of time allocated
by God for Jesus to rule this earth. This is "God's
Day", or the "Sabbath Day" of rest given to the
earth.
We are given glimpses of this truth and principle throughout the Word of God.
2 Peter 3:8 (NIV) But
do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a
day is like a thousand
years, and a thousand years are like a day.
Psalm 90:4 (NIV) For
a thousand years in your sight are like a day that has just
gone by, or like a watch
in the night.
In Genesis, the chapter one account gives six
days for God to create this world and man. These
are the "Six Days" of man. God rested on the
seventh day.
Genesis 1:27 (NIV) So
God created man in his own image, in the image of God
he created him; male
and female he created them....Genesis 1:31 (NIV) God saw
all that he had made,
and it was very good. And there was evening, and there
was morning--the sixth
day.
Genesis 2:1-3 (NIV) Thus
the heavens and the earth were completed in all their
vast array. 2 By the
seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing;
so on the seventh day
he rested from all his work. 3 And God blessed the seventh
day and made it holy,
because on it he rested from all the work of creating that
he had done.
Leviticus 23:3 (NIV)
"'There are six days when you may work, but the seventh
day is a Sabbath of
rest, a day of sacred assembly. You are not to do any work;
wherever you live, it
is a Sabbath to the LORD.
Exodus 20:8-10 (NIV)
"Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. 9 Six days
you shall labor and
do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the
LORD your God. On it
you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or
daughter, nor your manservant
or maidservant, nor your animals, nor the alien
within your gates.
Exodus 23:12 (NIV) "Six
days do your work, but on the seventh day do not
work, so that your ox
and your donkey may rest and the slave born in your
household, and the alien
as well, may be refreshed.
Exodus 24:15-16 (NIV)
When Moses went up on the mountain, the cloud covered
it, 16 and the glory
of the LORD settled on Mount Sinai. For six days the cloud
covered the mountain,
and on the seventh day the LORD called to Moses from
within the cloud.
Exodus 35:1-3 (NIV) Moses
assembled the whole Israelite community and said to
them, "These are the
things the LORD has commanded you to do: 2 For six days,
work is to be done,
but the seventh day shall be your holy day, a Sabbath of rest
to the LORD. Whoever
does any work on it must be put to death. 3 Do not light
a fire in any of your
dwellings on the Sabbath day."
This number principle of six and seven applies
to days, years, and centuries throughout the Holy
Word of God.
Leviticus 25:1-4 (NIV)
The LORD said to Moses on Mount Sinai, 2 "Speak to the
Israelites and say to
them: 'When you enter the land I am going to give you, the
land itself must observe
a sabbath to the LORD. 3 For six years sow your fields,
and for six years prune
your vineyards and gather their crops. 4 But in the
seventh year the land
is to have a sabbath of rest, a sabbath to the LORD. Do
not sow your fields
or prune your vineyards.
Exodus 21:2 (NIV) "If
you buy a Hebrew servant, he is to serve you for six years.
But in the seventh year,
he shall go free, without paying anything.
Exodus 23:10-11 (NIV)
"For six years you are to sow your fields and harvest the
crops, 11 but during
the seventh year let the land lie unplowed and unused. Then
the poor among your
people may get food from it, and the wild animals may eat
what they leave. Do
the same with your vineyard and your olive grove.
In Joshua, chapter six, seven priests with seven
trumpets and the people marched one time around
the walls for six days. On the seventh day, the
people marched seven times around the walls, and
after a long trumpet blast, the walls fell.
That man's number is six is again stated in Revelation 13:18:
Revelation 13:18 (NIV)
This calls for wisdom. If anyone has insight, let him
calculate the number
of the beast, for it is man's number. His number is 666.
After the "Six Day's" of man, we have the Millennial
Reign of Jesus Christ from Jerusalem on this
earth. This is the "Sabbath Day's" rest of God.
Revelation 20:1-6 (NIV)
And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having
the key to the Abyss
and holding in his hand a great chain. 2 He seized the
dragon, that ancient
serpent, who is the devil, or Satan, and bound him for a
thousand years. 3 He
threw him into the Abyss, and locked and sealed it over
him, to keep him from
deceiving the nations anymore until the thousand years
were ended. After that,
he must be set free for a short time. 4 I saw thrones on
which were seated those
who had been given authority to judge. And I saw the
souls of those who had
been beheaded because of their testimony for Jesus and
because of the word
of God. They had not worshiped the beast or his image and
had not received his
mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life
and reigned with Christ
a thousand years. 5 (The rest of the dead did not come
to life until the thousand
years were ended.) This is the first resurrection. 6
Blessed and holy are
those who have part in the first resurrection. The second
death has no power over
them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and
will reign with him
for a thousand years.
Man's 6,000 years is additionally broken into three divisions:
2,000 years from Adam to Abraham - First Covenant (Genesis chapter 17)
2,000 years from Abraham to Christ - Second "New" Covenant (Hebrews chapter 8)
2,000 years from Christ till now
God spent 2,000 years working primarily with Jews
after the Abraham Covenant, referenced in
Genesis chapter 17.
God has now spent 2,000 years working primarily
with Gentiles after the Jesus Christ Covenant,
referenced in Jeremiah chapter 31:31-34, and
Hebrews chapter 8:4-13.
Jews and Gentiles have proven to be very similar in their response to God.
In view of the abundant light that Christianity
has had in the last 2,000 years, and increasingly has,
the responsibility they bear is awesome:
Luke 12:47-48 (NIV) "That
servant who knows his master's will and does not get
ready or does not do
what his master wants will be beaten with many blows. 48
But the one who does
not know and does things deserving punishment will be
beaten with few blows.
From everyone who has been given much, much will be
demanded; and from the
one who has been entrusted with much, much more
will be asked.
