When we’re studying the Bible, we’re not studying Greek mythology. We’re not studying any mythology. We’re studying the revealed Word of God, what the Creator God of the universe has revealed to the human authors, those who put it into writing. We’re dealing with the real world, in real time. You know, we have 2022 on our calendar, and we can just count the years going back, and we can count the years before Christ, we can just keep going back. If we get to 5600 BC we’re reaching Adam, and this is consistent with the Biblical world view that all of us come from Adam. All of us are descendants of Adam and Eve, all of us are descendants of Noah and Mrs. Noah. Related to what the book of Genesis is providing for us. It’s not just spiritual wisdom for our spiritual lives, it’s actually reliable history, reliable records of what God has provided for us.

And if we take it any other way, then we’re taking it in a way that Jesus himself did not take it. Cause we have plenty of quotations from Jesus, of him quoting the Old Testament. You know what? He used a literal hermeneutic. He believed Adam and Eve were real people. He believed that there was a global flood that destroyed the Earth. And he spoke about the days of Noah. And he spoke about Adam and Eve. And he spoke about all these things from Genesis. If we want to go the world’s route and start believing that there is no God, he didn’t write the Bible, and all this other stuff that liberal theologians have done, there’s no point. We’re wasting our time. This is God’s written Word, and we’re going to handle it the way Jesus handled it, because he’s our example and that’s the pattern we have to follow.