And now the mainstream view is that the world, the universe, everything has an
origin or a point of creation. That there was a point of inception where it all
started. And so that's what this is referring to when it says all things
continue as they were from the beginning of the creation. They're not referring to
God saying let there be light and God creating the world in six days according
to Genesis chapter 1. What they're referring to when it says all things
continue as they were from the beginning of the creation is they're basically
saying everything's continuing in the same way since the Big Bang. You know
since the universe was created out of nothing. Now if you think about it we as
Christians believe that God created the universe out of nothing. Sometimes this is
called ex nihilo creation. We believe that God created the universe from
nothing. He didn't take something existing and just transform it. No, no, no.
He created the universe out of nothing. Okay? The things which are made were not
the things which are seen. I'm quoting that wrong. I'm sorry. Let me go
there in Hebrews chapter 11 just so I don't misquote this. The Bible says in
verse 3, through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the Word of
God, watch this, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do
appear. So God did not make the world from existing materials. He created it
from nothing. Created it out of nothing. Now the scientists come along and now
what are they saying in the 20th century and onward? They're saying that the
universe was created out of nothing. Right? They're saying it all goes back to
the Big Bang. There was nothing there. It was all just crammed into some
infinitesimally small space. I would say why not just go a little further and just
say there's nothing there. You know, God created the world from nothing. Okay. And
so they're pointing to that as the creation, not the biblical creation, but
rather they're pointing to their version of creation, their creation story that
says there were once upon a time there was nothing and then nothing exploded
and it just inflated at an incredible rate, even defying all the laws of
physics and going past the speed of light and everything. But then, you know, within a second or so
everything calmed down and followed the normal laws of physics and ever since
then all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation. Now
of course we as Bible-believing Christians, we do not believe that the
universe is 13 and a half billion years old. You know, we believe that God created
the heaven and the earth approximately 6,400 years ago, somewhere around that
neighborhood of 6,400 years ago. And the thing is though that when God created
the universe 6,400 years ago, he created an old universe because everything God
created is mature and adult. You know, when God creates the Garden of Eden, for
example, the Bible says that God planted a garden in Eden. It doesn't say that he
sowed seeds. He planted a garden in Eden and in the Garden of Eden we're fully
grown trees from day one. And when God created humans, he did not create a baby.
He created a fully grown man and a fully grown woman. So if we would have had a
doctor in the Garden of Eden examine Adam and examine Eve and decide how old
they were, what would he say? Oh, they're about two days old. No, I mean he's gonna
look at them and say, oh, this is a 30 year old couple or something.
Actually he'd probably say 40 because I think 40 is when you're really in your
prime, amen? So, you know, he's gonna basically say, hey, this is a 40 year old man.
No, I'm just kidding. So the point is, you know, God created an adult Adam, an adult
Eve, adult trees. Also, right away, what do we see in the Garden of Eden? Rivers.
You have rivers and you have all these features that we see on the earth like
mountains and valleys and caves and canyons. Those things already existed
when God created the heaven and the earth. So you can't look at those things
and say, well, these look like they're millions of years old, you know, therefore
the Bible can't be true. Here's the thing, okay, maybe they do look like they're
millions of years old. Maybe Adam looked like he was 30 years old. Maybe certain
trees in the garden looked like they were 50 or a hundred years old or 200
years old. But does that mean that that's how old they were? No. So for
someone to say, well, the universe looks like it's 13 and a half billion years
old or the earth looks like it's four and a half billion years old, you know
what, I'm not even gonna argue with that. I'll just say like, yeah, yeah, the earth
does look like it's four and a half billion years old because God created
an old earth and an old Adam and an old Eve and an old universe and old
everything because it's an existing creation. I mean, it's not like God just
created the earth and it's just like totally smooth and then rivers have to
start carving canyons from scratch and and and geologic processes have to start
slowly, you know, creating mountain ranges. Isn't it obvious that God created it
with mountain ranges already? He created a finished product. I mean, if we believe
in a literal six-day creation 6400 years ago, which I believe in, then you know
what, obviously we believe that God created it done, finished, it's very good,
it's ready. Well, then it's an adult, it's old, but is it really old? No, because he
just created it, but he created it as an adult and this is often called a parent
age. Things can appear to be old and I have no issue with the earth appearing
to be billions of years old, but I realize that God created it out of
nothing 6400 years ago.