[cuppett777]

I'm not sure that words for million or billion existed at the time the Bible was composed. Had our ancestors been told that God created the world in 4.5 billion years, it would have been even more impossible to comprehend such a large number then than it is today.

Almost everybody has ten fingers, so using single digit explanations makes a lot of sense when communicating to a mostly illiterate population. :biggrin:

2Peter 3:8.but beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day thousand years,and a thousands years as one day... as for how long, loook at theses verses.. Genesis1:1 in the begining God created the heaven and earth. Genesis1:2 And the earth was without form,and void;and darkness was upon the face of the deep.and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. if you noticebetween here and the 2nd chapter,every time God did something there was a period. so in between that time, there was a space of time, who knows how long that was.before HE created anybody he wasnt a savior, healer, redemmer or any of that, He deawlt lone, and there was nothing to save, heal, or redeem...Colossians 1:16-17 For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, andthat are in earth, visible, and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers:all things were created by him and for him:17)and he is before all things,and by him all things consist.......................the Jews and Roman Catholic church owe most of the the wealth in the world, and Rome will make a pack with the Jews and later will trick them.............there alot more things people dont know, alot of Pastors wont tell people the truth, because they are affaid for there meal ticket, and thats whats it is to most of them and thats ashame, anyway here is a link to where you can find out alot of things.....http://www.williambranham.com