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Sunday 10/4/26 Questions and Answers

The Age of the Earth

Today, we will use ages listed in the Bible and some basic math to help us figure out the age of the earth.
We’ve learned that God created everything in six days about 6,000 years ago. Many people don’t believe this. There are a lot of different ideas out there about how old the earth is.
We often hear that the earth is millions or even billions of years old! Sometimes it’s hard to know what is really true. So today we will see where that number—6,000 years—came from.
Where do you think we should go to get the right information about God’s creation? - We’re going to look in the Bible.
We are going to start in Genesis 5:1–5 and Genesis 5:32
What does Genesis 5:1 say this is? The book of what? - Book of the generations of Adam.
A book of generations is another way to say a genealogy. Who can tell me what a genealogy is?
A genealogy is really just a study of ancestors, the people your family came from years ago. It is like a family tree. It traces your parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, great-great-grandparents, and so on as far back as you can go.
God gave us this genealogy in the book of Genesis, and it covers a lot of families
Who does this genealogy begin with? Who is the first person listed? Look in Genesis 5:1 again - Adam
Who is named at the end of Genesis 5:32? - Noah and his sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
This chapter in Genesis shows us the generations of people from Adam all the way to Noah. They are all from the same family and all started with Adam and Eve, the first people.
Genesis 11:10. Who is mentioned there? - Shem, Noah’s son.
So, Genesis 5 ends with Noah and his sons
Then Genesis 11 begins with Noah’s son Shem - who is listed at the end of that passage in Genesis 11:26? - Terah’s sons: Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
So, we have these very detailed genealogies. These genealogies start with Adam and go all the way to Abraham.
These lists give us what we need to figure out how old the earth is. God told us how old each father was when his son was born.
These numbers provided by God give us the amount of time from creation week to Abraham.
We can calculate the age of the earth to be about 6,000 years old—not billions of years old.
We need to find out how old Adam was when his son Seth was born. You need to look in Genesis 5:3 for the answer - 130
How old was Seth when his son Enosh was born? (Genesis 5:6) - 105
Genesis 5 - there was 1,056 years from Adam to Noah
Genesis 11 - how many years passed between Noah and Abraham according to God’s Word - 952 years!
How many total years between Adam and Abraham based on God’s Word? - 2,008
There were about 2,000 years between Adam and Abraham.
Now most historians agree that Abraham lived about 2,000 years before Jesus. So there were 2,000 years from Abraham to Jesus.
The dating system started with year 1 about the time Jesus was born.
How many years would you say have gone by since Jesus was born? - 2026
Add those three lines up to get the final number? How old is the earth? How many years have passed since God created Adam until now? - 6,000 years—and this comes right out of God’s Word.

Bonus Questions

Evolutionists teach that there was a big bang about 13 billion years ago. They think the earth formed about 4.5 billion years ago as a result of that big bang. This story says as billions of years passed, different species of animals eventually evolved into a man.

The problem is that these methods often give incorrect answers - for example, in 1980 Mount St. Helens in Washington State erupted. A few years later in 1986, a lava dome built up in the center of the volcano from cooling lava. And in 1996, a sample of the lava from the lava dome was analyzed using radiometric dating methods.

It had a calculated “age” of 350,000 years!

The problem was that the rock had been formed by the volcano—in 1986.

This dating was wrong! And this happens over and over.

There have been many times when the same rocks are dated at the same time using different dating methods—including radiometric dating. And they get different answers—the age of the rock is NOT the same.

These same people who put their trust in these faulty methods refuse to trust God’s Word.

But we know God is the only one who was there at creation, so we can trust what the Bible says. God’s Word does not change, but man’s word does.

Don’t to believe whatever you hear just because you hear it over and over. Check the facts with what God’s Word says—especially about creation.

Today we saw what God’s Word says about the age of the earth.
We saw how the ages and names listed in Genesis 5 and 11 come together to give us an amazing “birth certificate” for the earth.

These passages in Genesis, along with other historical resources, can be used to calculate the age of the earth today — about 6,000 years old

The next time you hear about millions and billions of years, say something.

Explain that according to God’s Word, nothing in the entire universe is millions of years old.

It could be that some of your friends and family never realized that the Bible gives so many details about creation.

God’s Word is true. We can always rely on it. And it tells us clearly that the earth is about 6,000 years old.

Sunday 10/4/26 Questions and Answers

Questions

The Age of the Earth

Today, we will use ages listed in the Bible and some basic math to help us figure out the age of the earth.

We’ve learned that God created everything in six days about 6,000 years ago. Many people don’t believe this. There are a lot of different ideas out there about how old the earth is.

We often hear that the earth is millions or even billions of years old! Sometimes it’s hard to know what is really true. So today we will see where that number—6,000 years—came from.

Where do you think we should go to get the right information about God’s creation? - We’re going to look in the Bible.

We are going to start in Genesis 5:1–5 and Genesis 5:32

What does Genesis 5:1 say this is? The book of what? - Book of the generations of Adam.

A book of generations is another way to say a genealogy. Who can tell me what a genealogy is?

A genealogy is really just a study of ancestors, the people your family came from years ago. It is like a family tree. It traces your parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, great-great-grandparents, and so on as far back as you can go.

God gave us this genealogy in the book of Genesis, and it covers a lot of families

Who does this genealogy begin with? Who is the first person listed? Look in Genesis 5:1 again - Adam

Who is named at the end of Genesis 5:32? - Noah and his sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

This chapter in Genesis shows us the generations of people from Adam all the way to Noah. They are all from the same family and all started with Adam and Eve, the first people.

Genesis 11:10. Who is mentioned there? - Shem, Noah’s son.

So, Genesis 5 ends with Noah and his sons

Then Genesis 11 begins with Noah’s son Shem - who is listed at the end of that passage in Genesis 11:26? - Terah’s sons: Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

These lists give us what we need to figure out how old the earth is. God told us how old each father was when his son was born.

These numbers provided by God give us the amount of time from creation week to Abraham.

We can calculate the age of the earth to be about 6,000 years old—not billions of years old.

We need to find out how old Adam was when his son Seth was born. You need to look in Genesis 5:3 for the answer - 130

How old was Seth when his son Enosh was born? (Genesis 5:6) - 105

Genesis 5 - there was 1,056 years from Adam to Noah

Genesis 11 - how many years passed between Noah and Abraham according to God’s Word - 952 years!

How many total years between Adam and Abraham based on God’s Word? - 2,008

There were about 2,000 years between Adam and Abraham.

Now most historians agree that Abraham lived about 2,000 years before Jesus. So there were 2,000 years from Abraham to Jesus.

The dating system started with year 1 about the time Jesus was born.

How many years would you say have gone by since Jesus was born? - 2026

Add those three lines up to get the final number? How old is the earth? How many years have passed since God created Adam until now? - 6,000 years—and this comes right out of God’s Word.

Bonus Questions

It had a calculated “age” of 350,000 years!

The problem was that the rock had been formed by the volcano—in 1986. This dating was wrong! And this happens over and over.

There have been many times when the same rocks are dated at the same time using different dating methods—including radiometric dating. And they get different answers—the age of the rock is NOT the same.

These same people who put their trust in these faulty methods refuse to trust God’s Word.

But we know God is the only one who was there at creation, so we can trust what the Bible says. God’s Word does not change, but man’s word does.

Don’t to believe whatever you hear just because you hear it over and over. Check the facts with what God’s Word says—especially about creation.

Today we saw what God’s Word says about the age of the earth. We saw how the ages and names listed in Genesis 5 and 11 come together to give us an amazing “birth certificate” for the earth.

These passages in Genesis, along with other historical resources, can be used to calculate the age of the earth today — about 6,000 years old The next time you hear about millions and billions of years, say something.

Explain that according to God’s Word, nothing in the entire universe is millions of years old.

It could be that some of your friends and family never realized that the Bible gives so many details about creation. God’s Word is true. We can always rely on it. And it tells us clearly that the earth is about 6,000 years old.

The problem was that the rock had been formed by the volcano—in 1986.

This dating was wrong! And this happens over and over.

Today we saw what God’s Word says about the age of the earth.
We saw how the ages and names listed in Genesis 5 and 11 come together to give us an amazing “birth certificate” for the earth.

These passages in Genesis, along with other historical resources, can be used to calculate the age of the earth today — about 6,000 years old

The next time you hear about millions and billions of years, say something.

It could be that some of your friends and family never realized that the Bible gives so many details about creation.

God’s Word is true. We can always rely on it. And it tells us clearly that the earth is about 6,000 years old.