- Mon, Feb 15, 2010
- Creation/Evolution, Doctrine and Theology
What is your position on the age of the Earth?
I do not know how many thousands of years old the earth is, but I don’t believe it is millions.
Resources: adam and eve
- Wed, Feb 03, 2010
- Heaven
Will the New Earth be a return to Eden and will we become like Adam and Eve were?
Returning to the prefall-Adamic state is not our destiny. The glorification we'll experience in the resurrected state will entail the righteousness of Christ which is far beyond the innocence known by Adam and Eve. But the Curse placed on the Earth because of the fall will be removed and the natural world will have an Eden-like quality, as we see from Revelation where the Tree of Life that was in Eden will be on the New Earth.
- Mon, Feb 01, 2010
- Doctrine and Theology
Why didn’t God send Jesus to the earth to die right after Adam and Eve sinned?
Question from a reader:
Why didn’t God send Jesus to the earth to die right after Adam and Eve sinned? Why did God wait all that time between Adam and Eve and the cross?
Answer from Randy Alcorn:
I don’t mean to be trite or cute, but after having considered who God is, the answer to this question is “because God didn’t want to.” Just trying to understand what God has revealed is difficult enough. It would be presumptive to try to understand what He has not revealed. I really don’t know why He designed His ...
