Readings:
Genesis 1:1 - 2:25
Matthew 1:1 - 2:12
Psalm 1: 1-6
Proverbs 1: 1-6
Genesis reading: "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth". So much is said about the origins of the earth ("Big Bang" theory), how old it is ("old Earth" vs. "New Earth" theories), and whether the Genesis 1 account tallies with what we know from science.
To me that is not the issue - after all, our human minds cannot fully comprehend the fullness of God, and ongoing scientific discoveries are a mere scratch on the surface of the possible body of knowledge ofthe universe that God has created. The writers of Genesis, like all humans, are limited by language devices such as metaphor in an attempt to convey the magnificence of God's works. But even if science were to be able to refute the Genesis account factually, that should not impact our faith.
What remains undisputable, which science has not been able to deny, is that God created. How God chose to create should not be our concern - that is God's business. The fact that there is a creator God is what shapes and sustains our faith - it is therefore God who should be our focus.
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