Conclusions Concerning Earth History,
Science and the Biblical Revelation
The creation model for reconstructing early
earth history as evidenced in the fossil and stratigraphic records has
been only lightly traced in this
chapter. Christian scientists who are concerned with these questions have
much work to do in filling out the picture. But it is important to remember
three restrictions. First,
what can be found out about the past by scientific research is limited, second,
the evidence is for the most part circumstantial and, third, the interpretation
of the
evidence is highly influenced by the philosophical beliefs and the presuppositions
of the interpreters. The greater part of the scientific community has
for more than a century
approached this subject with evolutionary and uniformitarian presuppositions.
Not surprisingly, their conclusions agree with their assumptions. But
recall, on the other
hand, that in the introductory paragraph of this chapter we established that
Christian students of earth history approach the subject with their own
set of presuppositions. They
accept as truth the Genesis record of creation and all that other portions
of the Scriptures reveal about the early earth. Perhaps valuable new
knowledge can be discovered
through research in geology and paleontology by scientists who start from
the base of Biblical belief in a created world over which God the Creator
reigns as the sovereign Lord
over all that He has created.
Let all the earth fear the LORD; let all the
inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him. For He spoke, and it was done; He commanded,
and it stood fast.
Psalm 33:8, 9
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