God made everything in 6 twenty-four hour days, Genesis 1:1-31. He made man last, on the 6th day. He had everything fully prepared and functional for man’s habitation, when He created man. So, we will use man’s age and lifespans to figure how old the creation is.
Genesis 5:3-32 offers us this account, as you do the math. The following figures represent the year one was born and the year they died. Adam: 0-930; Seth: 130-1042; Enos: 235-1140; Cainan: 325-1235; Mahalaleel: 395-1290; Jared: 460-1422; Enoch: 622-987; Methusalah: 687-1656; Lamech: 874-1651; Noah: 1056-2006 (Genesis 9:29.)
Since Noah was born the year 1056, and was 600 at the time of the flood, Genesis 7:6, thus the year 1656 was the date of the flood.
They were in the ark one year, Genesis 8, thus they got out in 1657.
Arphaxad was born 2 years after the flood, in 1659, Genesis 11:10. From Arphaxad to Abram was 290 years, Genesis 11:10-26. So, from Adam to the birth of Abraham, it was 1949 years.
Genesis 12, Abram was 75 when God called him, thus the year 2024. Twenty-five years later, Genesis 21:5, Isaac was born, the year 2049. Genesis 25:26, Isaac was 60 when Jacob and Esau were born, the year 2109. Genesis 47:9, Jacob was 130 when Israel went down into Egypt, the year 2239. Exodus 12:40-41, 430 years later, Israel came forth from Egypt, the year 2669. To Numbers 1:1 was 2 more years, thus to the year 2671. So from Adam to Israel crossing over the River Jordan into the land of Canaan (the book of Joshua) was 2711 years.
In Luke 3:23-38, you have the listing of the genealogy from Christ all the way back to Adam, 75 generations in all.
We know before Abraham, people lived longer, accounting for more years per generation. But if you take from Adam to Abraham, 1949 years, then from Abraham to Christ, Matthew 1:17, 42 generations, allowing 49 years per generation = 2058 years, added to the above 1949 years, which comes to 4007 years, we see it was approximately 4000 years from the creation unto the birth of Christ. From the birth of Christ to now is 2014 years, so the earth is in the neighborhood of being 6000 years old.
In Bible prophecy, there is yet to come the 7 year Tribulation, followed by Christ’s 1000 year reign. Jesus could come any time now, which would immediately start the Tribulation period.
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