I can’t wait till I get “exposed” one day. So I can change my beliefs closer to Jesus’s Word, and purify my actions too… Its important that we keep the words of God above the Words of men. No one is exempt.
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http://blogs.answersingenesis.org/blogs/ken-ham/2013/05/09/hank-hanegraaffs-abuse-of-biblical-truth/
From Ken Ham:
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Hanegraaff wrote a book on the issue of creation titled The Creation Answer Book. I previously published a review on my blog.
Sadly, The Creation Answer Book made it evident that Hanegraaff does not hold to a literal Genesis (but buys into geological and astronomical evolution), as he was unwilling to understand Genesis in its most natural formâhistorical narrative.
In this more recent article, called âLeviathan, Dragons, and Dinosaurs, Oh My!â (CRJ, vol. 36, no. 2), Hanegraaff denies that the Bibleâs accounts of the sea creature leviathan and the large behemoth (that we think is an apt description of what could be a sauropod dinosaur) are literal. Working through Job chapters 38â41, Hanegraaff claims that of all the things God lists to Job, these two creatures are meant to be understood as metaphors. He writes the following:
In sum, Leviathan and Behemoth are not dinosaurs but personifications that illustrate a metaphysical reality. As such, the mythology of the dragon underscores the reality of the Devil.
Well, heâs right on one countâleviathan was not a dinosaur, because only particular land animals (possibly behemoth) were dinosaurs. Leviathan was a sea creature, and thus was created on Day Five of Creation Week (Genesis 1:21). Hanegraaff, though, seems to think that some Christians believe leviathan was a dinosaur. At AiG, we understand the technical definition of dinosaur is for a group of land animals, and so we have never suggested leviathan was a dinosaur. Leviathan was a real animal that lived in the sea. The description could fit something like the great Kronosaurus, but we donât know for sure.
Whatâs more, every other creature (living or nonliving) that God mentions in Job 38â41 (e.g., lion, raven, donkey, wild ox, ostrich, horse, locust, hawk, or eagle) are literal objects that Job saw. Why would God suddenly mention two âpersonificationsâ (which means to give living traits to an inanimate object or idea) in the midst of literal objects?
In fact, leviathan is mentioned repeatedly in Scripture (Job 3:8, 41:1; Psalm 74:14,104:26; Isaiah 27:1). Thereâs no denying this was a real creature that people were familiar with. Hanegraaffâs conclusion doesnât make sense in light of all this, but it does reveal his denial of the fact that man lived alongside these great beasts (dinosaurs), which were also made on Day Six of creation along with man. God even pointed out to Job that behemoth was made along with you (Job 40:15).
Hanegraaff, however, relies on a âliteraryâ understanding of Scripture. He says that means he reads Godâs Word âin the most obvious and natural sense,â but his views on dinosaurs above clearly contradict that. In other words, he doesnât believe that dinosaurs, which are land animals, were made on the same day as Adam.
But it actually gets worse: Hanegraaff also denies there was a literal serpent in the Garden of Eden that audibly spoke to Eve. He claims the following:
Eve was not deceived by a talking snake. Rather, Moses used the symbol of a snake to communicate the wiles of the Evil One who deceived Eve through mind-to-mind communication . . .
Now, Hanegraaffâs claim clearly contradicts the plain reading of Genesis 3, which has already been shown beyond doubt to be historical narrative. So how is his reading the âmost obvious and naturalâ? Really, it isnât. His view on the serpent here causes problems for how weâre to read 2 Corinthians 11:3, where the Apostle Paul clearly considers the serpent to be literal. Furthermore, Paul warns that just as the serpent (a real serpent) beguiled Eve, so Satan will use the same method on us. And that method was to get people to doubt Godâs Word, which would lead to unbelief. Sadly, Hanegraaff, by his compromise position in regard to the serpent, is really getting people to doubt Godâs Word in Genesis.
Because Hanegraaff holds to an old earth (and hence, also denies a global Flood), that in order to support his views, he has to explain away literal references to man and dinosaurs living alongside each other in Genesisâand that carries over into how he reads much of the creation account in Genesis.
Itâs sad that influential Christians like Hanegraaff wholeheartedly accept many secular humanistic ideas like long-age geology and the big bang. When they accept these competing (anti-biblical) claims and mix them with their Christianity, something always has to give. Most people give up what the Bible plainly says in light of the âsecular religionâ of long ages. I want to encourage you to stand strong on the authority of Godâs Word and watch out for these secular ideas in the church. Donât mix these two religions (Hebrews 10:23). To do so is really no different than the Israelites mixing with the Baal worship of their day. Manâs fallible word should never be used to reinterpret Godâs clear Word. To do so is to attack and undermine the authority of the infallible Word.
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