"Squeeze Gently."

Greetings in the name of the Lord.

I'd like to take the time to revisit a subject that I previewed earlier in a much more intensive fashion, and that would be the creation of the universe that we know.

Right off the bat, Genesis 1 and the Big Bang Theory do not sync when it comes to the origin of the Earth.

According to Strong's Concordance, the word "created" refers to "Ex-Nihilo" creation, or "out of nothing," roughly 4.6 billion years ago.

In verse 3, God said "let there be light," hinting at an angelic source of sunlight.

Moving on to the formation of the Earth's atmosphere in verses 6-8, the word "firmament's" (or "expanse") Hebrew origins point to the behavior of water due to its chemical composition and fluid nature. In other words, firmament appears to be a fancy word for "bubbles," which had yet to come into use by the 1611 printing of the King James Bible.

According to contemporary science, this atmosphere was formed by underwater volcanic activity, which lines up nicely with the account in Genesis.

By verses 9 and 10, it appears another angel caused the waters to recede and allowed Pangaea to see the light of day.

In verses 11 and 12, we see the beginning of plant life on the Earth, fostered by an angelic light source.

Verses 14-18 chronicles the ex-nihilo creation of the Sun and the Moon, the Earth being thrown into the Sun's orbit, being tilted and spun like a basketball, and the Moon being placed into the Earth's orbit. Hence the 364 1/4 day year and tidal activity.

Fauna such a sea life and dinosaurs were introduced by verse 20.

Something catastrophic, or an "extinction level event" occurred by day (or "unspecified period of time") 5, which severely thinned the herd and eliminated much of the prehistoric fauna (including dinosaurs) which we can clearly find in the fossil record.

In the next unspecified period of time, or day 6, God kicked off a new start which would be much more fitting for human habitation. New animals were created, and subsequently man was created as well. In that very order.

In conclusion, I theorize that the Big Bang Theory is not as sound as some once supposed.