We Understand

Hebrews 11:3 KJV

Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.

I have recently been watching a series of class lectures from Columbia University on the history of the world. The fifth lesson deals with the history of Creation (Cosmogony). The professor refers to Bishop Usher's chart defining history and giving the earth's age as four millennia from Creation to Christ. As the professor points to each of the segments of the chart he says that each segment mark a millennia and then stutters a moment, second guessing himself and supposing he should have said ten millennia.

The professor suggests that students of history are often unwittingly influenced by the Bible even if they don't believe the Bible because it records more history than any other ancient record available. But then he nearly dismisses the conclusion of the Bible, preferring to believe that man's history must begin somewhere other than where the Bible places it. Having no faith he just doesn't understand. He speculates, guesses, researches, and records his findings, but he doesn't know.

The Bible answers his problem completely. No one can understand how the world came into being without faith in the Living God.