"' Let the waters under the heavens be brought together into one place and let the dry land appear.' And it came to be so. And God began calling the dry land Earth, but the bringing together of the waters be called Seas." (Genesis 1:9,10) As usual, the account does not describe how this was done. No doubt, tremendous earth movements would have been involved in the formation of land areas. Geologists would explain such major upheavals as catastrophism. But Genesis indicates direction and control by a Creator.
In the Biblical account where God is described as questioning Job about his knowledge of the earth, a variety of developments concerning earth's history are described: its measurements, its cloud masses, its seas and how their waves were limited by dry land -many things in general about the creation, spanning long periods of time. Among these things , comparing earth to a bulding, the Bible says that God asked Job: "Into what have its socket pedestals been sunk down, or who laid its cornerstone?" (Job 38:6)
Interestingly, like "socket pedestals", earth's crust is much thicker under continents and even more so under moutain ranges, pushing deep into the underlying mantle, like tree roots into soil. " The idea that mountains and continents had roots has been tested over and over again, and shown to be valid", says the book- Putnam's Gelogy. Oceanic crust is only about 5 miles thick, but continental roots go down about 20 miles and mountain roots penetrate about twice that far. And all earth's layers press inward upon earth's core from all directions, making it like a great "cornerstone" of support.
Whatever means were used to accomplish the raising up of dry land, the important point is: Both the Bible and science recognize it as one of the stages in the forming of the earth.
Third creative day continued.....
Brien
In the Biblical account where God is described as questioning Job about his knowledge of the earth, a variety of developments concerning earth's history are described: its measurements, its cloud masses, its seas and how their waves were limited by dry land -many things in general about the creation, spanning long periods of time. Among these things , comparing earth to a bulding, the Bible says that God asked Job: "Into what have its socket pedestals been sunk down, or who laid its cornerstone?" (Job 38:6)
Interestingly, like "socket pedestals", earth's crust is much thicker under continents and even more so under moutain ranges, pushing deep into the underlying mantle, like tree roots into soil. " The idea that mountains and continents had roots has been tested over and over again, and shown to be valid", says the book- Putnam's Gelogy. Oceanic crust is only about 5 miles thick, but continental roots go down about 20 miles and mountain roots penetrate about twice that far. And all earth's layers press inward upon earth's core from all directions, making it like a great "cornerstone" of support.
Whatever means were used to accomplish the raising up of dry land, the important point is: Both the Bible and science recognize it as one of the stages in the forming of the earth.
Third creative day continued.....
Brien
