Death is the Enemy

A third contradiction is the major reality of death. If a Christian believes that the fossil record demonstrates millions of years, then he/she must also accept that the eons of death occurred before the Fall (because we can trace back the years to Adam and Eve, and arrive at just over 6000 years). To accept this death before the Fall is to then deny Romans 8:22, and Romans 5:12, and other key passages. Creation groans because of the Fall. Death entered the world because of Adam’s sin. The first recorded death would have been that of the animal used to make clothing for Adam and Eve after they sinned, in Genesis 3:21.

Death is the enemy of man (1 Cor. 15:26). Scripture makes it clear that man can be born once and die twice, or be born twice and die once. Christ died on the cross and rose again in order to defeat that second death. When a person believes and accepts Christ’s atoning payment, he/she experiences the second birth (born again), and thus is free from the second death.

So millions of years is not a salvation issue, per se, but it IS an issue of Biblical authority. The Gospel rests on the authority of Scripture, ultimately on God’s authority. Properly, Biblically, understanding death is then crucial to understanding the good news of the Gospel, and thus understanding its “timeline” helps one properly understand our true need for a Savior.

Look at the major biblical doctrines covered in Genesis 1-11, there for the simple reading and understanding:

God created everything - Gen. 1:1
God created man in His own image - Gen. 1:26-27
One man-one woman marriage - Gen. 2:24
Sin enters the world, by the first man - Gen. 3:1-24
God, from the beginning, promised a Messiah - Gen. 3:15
Death and suffering is the result of sin - Gen. 3:16-19
God sets society’s standards of right/wrong - Gen. 6:5-6
Our ultimate purpose is to walk with Him - Gen. 6:9-10
There is only one race, one human race - Gen. 11:1-9

Holding fast to the name of our Creator

Reference: www.answersingenesis.org