"Over the past two hundred years, many different positions regarding the creation account of Genesis have arisen in the Church, such as the following:
There are other positions or variations on those listed above, but they all have one thing in common: trying to fit man’s ideas of millions of years into the Bible.
Paul affirms the literal truth of Genesis 2:7 when he says (in 1 Cor. 15:45) that “the first man Adam was made a living soul” (KJV). This is further confirmed by the judgment of God in Genesis 3:19. Adam was made from dust, and when he died, he returned to dust — he did not return to a human-like or ape-like being!" ICR
- Day-age idea
- Gap theory
- Local flood
- Theistic evolution
- Progressive creation
- Framework hypothesis
There are other positions or variations on those listed above, but they all have one thing in common: trying to fit man’s ideas of millions of years into the Bible.Paul affirms the literal truth of Genesis 2:7 when he says (in 1 Cor. 15:45) that “the first man Adam was made a living soul” (KJV). This is further confirmed by the judgment of God in Genesis 3:19. Adam was made from dust, and when he died, he returned to dust — he did not return to a human-like or ape-like being!" ICR
