Is it true that the book of Genesis spans approximately 4,000 years of biblical history?

Lou Newton, former Steel Mill Crane Designer and Physics Teacher
The book of Genesis does not tell us how many years it spans. The first chapter does not record the amount of time that passes:
Genesis 1 (NIV)
The Beginning
1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.
3 And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4 God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.
6 And God said, “Let there be a vault between the waters to separate water from water.” 7 So God made the vault and separated the water under the vault from the water above it. And it was so. 8 God called the vault “sky.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the second day.
One does not know how much time passes from it was dark and light came. A 24 hour “day” which we use to measure time is from sunup to sunup, or sundown to sundown, NOT from dark to sunup.
God called the LIGHT day. God defines the “day” He refers to. We use the word “day” like that yet today. Is it day or night out ? We are not asking about time, but light and darkness. The day in Genesis 1 is about the coming of light, NOT about the passing of time.
But God did leave a lot of evidence in His creation. We know the math of nuclear fusion. The nuclear bombs we exploded proves that we know it. Also God has light leave fingerprints of what element it comes from and the temperature of stars tells us the temperature of that star, including our Sun. We can use this evidence that God left us in His creation and tell that our Sun is about 4.5 billion years old. This does NOT go against what God states in Genesis 1.
Further God calls Himself “The Ancient of Days”. God also says that a 1000 years is like a day to Him. Certainly no man would call 6 days ancient. But God calls 1000 years a day. So God is saying He has seen MANY 1000’s of years pass.
Most people, it seems, would rather call god a liar than admit their beliefs are wrong. I chose to believe God and changed my beliefs.
Answer requested by Marc ..............

Lou Newton, former Steel Mill Crane Designer and Physics Teacher
The book of Genesis does not tell us how many years it spans. The first chapter does not record the amount of time that passes:
Genesis 1 (NIV)
The Beginning
1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.
3 And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4 God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.
6 And God said, “Let there be a vault between the waters to separate water from water.” 7 So God made the vault and separated the water under the vault from the water above it. And it was so. 8 God called the vault “sky.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the second day.
One does not know how much time passes from it was dark and light came. A 24 hour “day” which we use to measure time is from sunup to sunup, or sundown to sundown, NOT from dark to sunup.
God called the LIGHT day. God defines the “day” He refers to. We use the word “day” like that yet today. Is it day or night out ? We are not asking about time, but light and darkness. The day in Genesis 1 is about the coming of light, NOT about the passing of time.
But God did leave a lot of evidence in His creation. We know the math of nuclear fusion. The nuclear bombs we exploded proves that we know it. Also God has light leave fingerprints of what element it comes from and the temperature of stars tells us the temperature of that star, including our Sun. We can use this evidence that God left us in His creation and tell that our Sun is about 4.5 billion years old. This does NOT go against what God states in Genesis 1.
Further God calls Himself “The Ancient of Days”. God also says that a 1000 years is like a day to Him. Certainly no man would call 6 days ancient. But God calls 1000 years a day. So God is saying He has seen MANY 1000’s of years pass.
Most people, it seems, would rather call god a liar than admit their beliefs are wrong. I chose to believe God and changed my beliefs.
Answer requested by Marc ..............
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