Hi Jovaro:
good question. One of the reason's why people beleive that the earth is 6,000 years old is because firstly, the Jewish calender shows this ... but mainly ... Since Jesus's time until now is ROUGHLY 2,000 years, and if we add up all the Geneaologies from Jesus to Adam, it comes to 4,000 years ... aka ... 4,000 + 2,000 = 6,000
Plus lots of people see that the creation story as well as being literal, has a prophetic meaning behind it and that the earth will be 'leased' out us by God for a period of 6,000 years if you like. Here are the geneologies...
Adam to Abraham .................. 1948 yrs
Abraham to Egypt ................. 290 yrs
From Egypt to Moses: (X) Let X = 63 63 yrs
X = (Kohath to Amram to Moses)
Moses to the Exodus .............. 80 yrs
Exodus to death Joshua ........... 70 yrs
Judges to Samuel ................. 450 yrs (Acts 13:20)
Kings of Judah ................... 513 yrs
Babylonian Captivity ............. 586 B.C.E.
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Adam to Jesus 4000 yrs
What particularly catches my eye and gets me to think and beleive that God knows the Beginning from the End is that from Adam to Abraham its 1948 years ...
Now this is truely mind blowing considering Abraham is the Father of Jews and that YHWH established an everlasting covenant with him and made him a Father of many nations ... now taking this into account that Adam to Abraham is 1948 years ... Did you know Israel become a Nation after almost 2,000 years and was also prophecied many times in the Bible and is spoken of as being a sign of the End times?
Adam to Abraham 1948 years ... Israel became a Nation after almost 2,000 years in 1948 May 14th 4pm Jovaro
Truely amazing to see hidden patterns encrypted into the Bible
Please give me your opinions on this brother Jovaro. God bless you.