A. The days of Genesis chapter one were not geological ages:

GEN 1:11. And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.

GEN 1:12. And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

GEN 1:13. And the evening and the morning were the third day.

GEN 1:14. And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:

GEN 1:15. And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.

GEN 1:16. And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.

GEN 1:17. And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,

GEN 1:18. And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.

GEN 1:19. And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.

EXO 20:9. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:

EXO 20:10. But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:

EXO 20:11. For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

B. Prophetic descriptions of recent discoveries about creation:

JOB 36:27. For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof:

JOB 36:28. Which the clouds do drop and distil upon man abundantly.

ECC 1:7. All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.

JOB 38:22. Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,

ECC 1:6. The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits.

HEB 11:3. Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.

JOB 26:7. He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.

ISA 40:22. It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:

C. "Prehistoric" beasts are mentioned in the Bible. They co- existed with man before the flood:

GEN 1:21. And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

JOB 40:15. Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox.

JOB 40:16. Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly.

JOB 40:17. He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together.

JOB 40:18. His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron.

JOB 40:19. He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him.

JOB 40:20. Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.

JOB 40:21. He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens.

JOB 40:22. The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.

JOB 40:23. Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth.

JOB 40:24. He taketh it with his eyes: his nose pierceth through snares.

JOB 41:1. Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?

JOB 41:2. Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?

JOB 41:3. Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words unto thee?

JOB 41:4. Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever?

JOB 41:5. Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?

JOB 41:6. Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants?

JOB 41:7. Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears?

JOB 41:8. Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more.

JOB 41:9. Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?

JOB 41:10. None is so fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand before me?

JOB 41:11. Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.

JOB 41:12. I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion.

JOB 41:13. Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can come to him with his double bridle?

JOB 41:14. Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round about.

JOB 41:15. His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.

JOB 41:16. One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.

JOB 41:17. They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be sundered.

JOB 41:18. By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.

JOB 41:19. Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out.

JOB 41:20. Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot or caldron.

JOB 41:21. His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.

JOB 41:22. In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joy before him.

JOB 41:23. The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved.

JOB 41:24. His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone.

JOB 41:25. When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of breakings they purify themselves.

JOB 41:26. The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon.

JOB 41:27. He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.

JOB 41:28. The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him into stubble.

JOB 41:29. Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear.

JOB 41:30. Sharp stones are under him: he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire.

JOB 41:31. He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment.

JOB 41:32. He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary.

JOB 41:33. Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear.

JOB 41:34. He beholdeth all high things: he is a king over all the children of pride.

D. Each species created distinct & separate; the unbridgeable gap of sterility separates species:

GEN 1:11. And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.

GEN 1:12. And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

GEN 1:21. And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

GEN 1:24. And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.

GEN 1:25. And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

E. The age of the earth: