As I've been thinking about global warming, et al, it occured to me that the Genesis record implicates a pre-Genesis ice age for the earth and possibly some of the Solar System's planets which once had or which presently have ice on them.
Genesis 1:1 simply says that whenever planet earth was made, God made it. It does not specifically state the it was made on day one. It does say that on day one, God, via his Holy Spirit began to make decreasing entropic improvements/modifications, if you will, upon the void, dark and formless planet, beginning with the introduction of light upon the earth. It also says that the Holy Spirit began to
move upon the waters of the
formless void planet.
Then on day two, God separates the waters from the waters, dividing the waters into two locations, the waters above the
firmament from the waters below the
firmament, i.e. the vaporized airborne waters from the liquid surface waters.
The implications that come to mind from the above are:
1. That the dark void planet, having no light, was cold and totally frozen, including all the waters of planet earth.
2. That the energetic light which the Holy Spirit effected upon the planet likely melted all the water on the planet, i.e, that a complete ongoing global ice age prevailed upon the planet from the time of it's creation by God until day one of Genesis one when it all melted.
The Genesis account also states that it wasn't until day four that the sun was created, i.e, that the earth was created before the sun. This statement implies the following:
1. That if the other planets were also created before the sun, any waters present upon them before day four of Genesis had no heat or light to melt them and were ice as well.
2. That after the sun was created on day four any water on the other planets began a melting process to a lesser or greater extent, depending on their distance from the sun.
3. That this could, I say, could explain why there has been some evidence of melting ice/global warming on some of the planets of the Solar System.
This thead concerns the pre-Genesis earth, though polar ice caps would be implied by a global flood subsequent to the 6 days of creation. Comments about the post flood ice caps are ok here when applicable to the topic, but the thread topic is not about the Biblical post flood earth.
What thoughts, remarks, musings, and arguments concerning the above might you have concerning the above?
Edited to add that imo, since the part of the sun's function was to effect the 24 hour days, all days/evenings and mornings before day five were of an undetermined length or period of time.
This message has been edited by buzsaw, 03-12-2005 23:27 AM
The immeasurable present is forever consuming the eternal future and extending the infinite past. buzsaw
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