Ken Ham's comments about aliens

The Bible does not speak of Aliens but it does of Angels. There is a deception coming where Angels will come in a way that will decieve many. Some early church fathers believed this was what happened during the days of Noah and therefore the Lord had to destroy the earth because of this defilement.

There is no other name given that should be worshiped in "heavens and the earth" All creation will homage the Son of God.

Once you get down a literal creation by Yaweh, you realize the Bible's infallible witness shows God as divine creator so worthy and beautiful that you can be sure, since Jesus died for sins, he would do the right thing EVEN IF there were aliens. Which I'm very sure there aren't. In the Beginning God created the HEAVENS (one part) and the EARTH (second part)
not "and many earths"

earth is the place of the physical-creation masterpiece, Adam.

for earth dwellers, its earth-centric. Heaven longs to look into the things that go on here, to find out when it will be restored to heaven-like status again. this IS the place of action. angels constantly go back and forth from earth to heaven and back serving God's missions, answering prayers, visiting people in death, setting people free, fighting devils, etc. earth is the focal point for what God is doing. people that make it into heaven, but didn't do much on earth, many times wish they could go back and do something more for God, since their work has ended after death

first created the heavens, then created the earth. and its only been ~6000 years since he created the earth. and i purport there are so many holes in cosmological, chemical and biological evolutions, that you can't place your faith in them any more confidently than in God's Word. and boy its a slippery slope doubting God's word.

an article if you are up for a quick read:
http://creation.com/did-god-create-life-on-other-planets

The Bible does say in Hebrews 11:3 KJV
Through faith we understand that the worlds(αἰών, ages) were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.

This word actually means "ages" ( 7 ages or 7000 years of time i believe its referring to) it also has the meaning of "world" but in the sense of "the [one] world containing all ages of time"

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Aion: αἰών, ῶνος, ὁ, poët. ἡ: apocop. acc. αἰῶ (properly αἰϜών, aevum, v. αἰεί):””a period of existence:
1. ones lifetime, life, Hom. and Att. Poets.
2. an age, generation, Aesch.; ὁ μέλλων αἰών posterity, Dem.
3. a long space of time, an age, ἀπʼ αἰῶνος of old, for ages, Hes., N.T.; τὸν διʼ αἰῶνος χρόνον for ever, Aesch.; ἅπαντα τὸν αἰ. Lycurg.
4. a definite space of time, an era, epoch, age, period, ὁ αἰὼν οὗτος this present world, opp. to ὁ μέλλων, N.T.:””hence its usage in pl., εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας for ever, Ib.

Liddell, H. G. (1996). A lexicon: Abridged from Liddell and Scott’s Greek-English lexicon. Oak Harbor, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc.

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blessings.

ManOfGod: the bible is a translation from Greek and Hebrew and even translators are still trying to figure out certain difficult passages.

"by faith we understand the ages to have been prepared by a saying of God, in regard to the things seen not having come out of things appearing.” (Hebrews 11:3, YLT)

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3 πίστει νοοῦμεν κατηρτίσθαι τοὺς αἰῶνας ῥήματι θεοῦ, εἰς τὸ μὴ ἐκ φαινομένων τὸ βλεπόμενον γεγονέναι.

Harris, W. H., III. (2010). The Lexham Greek-English Interlinear New Testament: SBL Edition (Heb 11:3). Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press.

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Here is the definition of κατηρτίσθαι ("prepared")

καταρτίζω
katartizō, to set in place, organize, dispose of, restore, mend
→see also καταρτίζω

(c) ...Thus exartizō is stronger than katartizō, even though the two are sometimes synonymous. The first meaning of the latter verb is "put into order, arrange an object so that it can do its work”; thus the worlds were set in place, organized, and adorned by God’s utterance.7 Secondly, "put in order, dispose of,” like the vessels of wrath for perdition, i.e., ripe or completely ready for apōleia (Rom 9:22). Finally, "restore, mend” nets (Matt 4:21; Mark 1:19) or rebuild walls lying in ruins (2 Esdr 4:12”“13); that which is lacking is supplied, for example deficiencies of faith (1 Thess 3:10), a Christian who is at fault is straightened out, corrected (Gal 6:1). If katartizesthe in 2 Cor 13:11 is taken as an imperative passive, the verse will mean "let yourself be led to a spiritual condition in which nothing is lacking” or "accept correction.” If it is taken as a middle, "work at your restoration, cooperate in your remaking.…” The root nuance of artios””ordering, adapting, adjusting””is preserved in 1 Cor 1:10, where the Corinthians, divided among themselves, are exhorted to agree, to be in harmony, as persons well fitted together in the same intelligence and the same way of feeling (Ä“te de katÄ“rtismenoi).
Thus the verb became a technical term in early parenesis. The Lord had said that "every disciple who is well formed (katÄ“rtismenos) will be like his master” (Luke 6:40). Heb 13:21 asks "May the God of peace make you fit for every good work to do his will” and 1 Pet 5:10 assures, "The God of all grace … will himself equip you,” will arrange everything for the best (cf. Ps 58:9; 80:16). The semantic evolution is perfectly homogeneous.

Spicq, C., & Ernest, J. D. (1994). Theological lexicon of the New Testament. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers.

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I doubt you want to read all that. But I think it has something to do with "ordering the ages". ordaining. predestining. etc.

The reason being that there is another word in greek meaning "world" which is not used in Heb 11:3, the word "kosmos", where we get the word in English, "cosmos" from.

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3180 κόσμος (kosmos), ου (ou), ὁ (ho): n.masc.; ≡ Str 2889; TDNT 3.868””1. LN 1.1 universe, as an ordered structure (Ac 17:24); 2. LN 1.39 earth, the surface of the earth, where mankind dwells (Mt 4:8; Mk 16:15 v.r.); 3. LN 41.38 world system, godless world standards (Gal 6:14); 4. LN 9.23 people, those estranged from God (1Co 6:2); 5. LN 79.12 adorning (1Pe 3:3), for another interp, see next; 6. LN 6.188 adornment, an object which adorns (1Pe 3:3); for another interp, see prior; 7. LN 59.55 tremendous amount, figurative extension (Jas 3:6); 8. LN 12.44 αἰὼν τοῦ κόσμου τούτου (aiōn tou kosmou toutou), supernatural power (Eph 2:2)

Swanson, J. (1997). Dictionary of Biblical Languages with Semantic Domains: Greek (New Testament). Oak Harbor: Logos Research Systems, Inc.

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Notice he "ordered the ages" in Hebrews 11:3, but in Acts 17:24 he "made/created" the world(kosmos).

""The God who made(poieomai) the world(kosmos) and all things in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands;” (Acts 17:24, NASB95)

The different greek verb used "poieomai" (to make, to do) is the same word used in Genesis 1:1 of the Septuagint (Greek OT).

"In the beginning God created(poieomai) the heavens and the earth.” (Genesis 1:1, NASB95)

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how fun it is to study God's word. =)

edit: i don't want to offend, be rebellious, or stubborn, but I'm just sharing information open to everyone.

God bless,

Noah

love you to bro

A creationist cosmologist, Dr. John Hartnett, came up with a special creation theory based on Einstein's theory of general relativity and an expansion of General Relativity by Israeli Dr. Moshe Carmelli which included a 5th dimension called "space-time expanision". The rate at which space itself is "stretched out". It fits well with the astrophysical data as far as I know. That theory fits in "special creation" with a biblical 6 day creation and uses the reliable General Relativity Theory, but with some new physics from Carmelli and his own. Some would say it fits much better than the plethora of unknowns that come with "the Big Bang Theory".

So do I believe in extra dimensions. Well, a dimension is usually some trick a physicist uses to make his theory/data to work. But Hartnett works with a 5th dimension of space-time expansion based on the biblical verse

Thus says God, the LORD, who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and what comes from it, who gives breath to the people on it and spirit to those who walk in it:
(Isa 42:5)

Hartnett uses God's word to figure out Creation. The popular secular theorists don't. I really don't know about all those extra dimensions. but I think its because they start from the wrong foundation, naturalism. God says he's no liar. But these men disregard his word and His word says that:

The fool says in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds, there is none who does good.
(Psalms 14:1)

multiverse. not personally no.

I do believe the Bible is inspired, infallible, and inerrant. But most authorities will qualify that with "as originally written in the original languages"

that is because greek and hebrew don't have a one-to-one, word-for-word, translation into English, or into any language its translated into.

So in one sense no, I do not believe its "perfect" in any one single English translation.

It IS perfect as originally written though. And we have almost perfect copies in the original languages, though with some differences between manuscripts. But even reading the original languages Christians have still had disputes, calvinism/arminianism, eschatology, etc. But the Holy Spirit has no dispute. Mature Christians don't argue over things like that. I don't see Brother Yun arguing, just saving souls.