Do you believe in 4004 BC?

Question

Bishop Ussher was correct to the extent that if you add up the dates given in the bible then creation happened in 4004 BC.

Do all of you who call yourselves Christians accept this date?

As far as the David date, Ussher's chronology puts the founding of the temple about 3000 years after creation so it fits with the tradition from the Hebrew Masoretic text. The 5500 BC date is based on the Greek Septuagint which has a different version of the Genesis genealogies.

As far as the comment that a particular event might have happened earlier or later in the year, this is correct and was pointed out by his contemporaries. A number of chronologies exist, Ussher's is merely the most famous. All the chronologies are within a century of the 4000 BC date.

Answer 1

Sounds about right, although I have never known anyone to figure it out, but about 4000 BC.

Jesus was born about 4 or 5 BC. Herod the Great died in 2 BC.

So we are looking at on or about 4000 years before Christ.

Answer 2

Bishop Ussher had a simplistic way in which to figure. The problem is when the Bible mentions someone had a child when they were 143 years old, they were not exactly 143 years old. The were 143 plus 5 days or 143 plus 6 weeks or 143 years minus 4 months. Therefore we will not know when the 6000 years has expired until we see the tribulation starting.

Answer 3

Who is Bishop Ussher...an atheist?

To understand the Genesis thesis, you must be an expert in ancient Greek, ancient egyptian, and ancient Hebrew; if you do, you will see that a date is not given for creation in the Bible..
It's not..'in the beginning' it's 'in at the beginning' which can mean anything.

Answer 4

ALL THAT EXIST UNTIL THE WORLD IS LOST TO MAN AND ANGELS IN SIN

0000 Gen.1:1,2; ALL EXIST AS BILLIONS
0000 Gen.1:3-25; HIGH THOUSANDS EARTH PREPARATION
0000 Gen.1:26; THOUSANDS FOR THE WORLD. Gen3:1-5; 6:2,4; SIN.
1056 Gen.5:3,6,9,12,15,18,21,25,28; Noah born.
0600 Gen.7:6; Noah #10 son.
1656 Flood. AFTER THE FLOOD BELOW:
0222 0222 Gen.11:10,12,14,16,18,20,22,24... Terah born.
0205 0427 Gen.11:32; 12:4; Abraham #20 son. Promised Land covenant.
0430 0857 Exo.7:7 [ Moses 80 ]; 12:40,41; Gal.3:16-18 [ the law ];
0040 0897 Deut.1:3; 29:5; 34:7; Moses dies.
0001 0898 Joshua 5:6,10,12; 14th day in New Year ends 40 years.
0300 1198 Judges 11:26;
0029 1227 1Sam.4:15,18; Eli. 1Sam.7:2,13,15; Samuel age 80 at 1307.
0080 1307 Acts 13:20; 450 plus 857 is 1307 years after flood.
0026 1333 Acts 13:21; Saul 1117 less 40 years is 1077 before Christ.
0040 1373 1Ki.2:10,11; David 1077 less 40 is 1037 before Christ.
0004 1377 1Ki.6:1; 480 plus 897 Moses died is 1377 after flood.
0036 1413 1Ki.11:42; Solomon dies. 1037 less 40 is 0997 BCE.
0391 1804 2Ki.25:8; 2Chr.36:20-23; Judah kings end at Babylon #3.
0606 0000 THERE WILL BE NO KING UNTIL THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST.
0000 2410 1656 PLUS 2006 CE IS 6072 after Adam created. Angel and man sin has a limit in time. IT WAS 4004 ROMAN EMPIRE OVER JUDAH AND JERUSALEM. 62 YEARS BEFORE CHRIST.

Rev.20:1-6,12,13 [ No Satan for 1000 years, after his short time from Rev.12:3,4,6-11,12 ]; The heavenly are with Jesus to make heaven and earth as new and perfect as before Eden, to cleans earth to pass into the kingdom of God and his Paradise.
1Cor.15:22-28,51-53; Heb.9:27; 2Pet.3:13; Rev.2:7; 21:1-5 [ 8, & Rev.20:7-10 ];

Source(s):

Bible.

Answer 5

Well....

The Hebrews, who have kept very good track of the descendants of Adam, have always claimed that about 3000 years passed between Adam's creation, and David's birth. (I don't recall the exact number)....that puts creation at 5000 years and change.......

I think that most Hebrews could "beat the bishop" on this one.

I'm not a Christian, or a Jew....just a scholar...

Namaste,

--Tom

Answer 6

I certainly believe there was a 4004 BC. But as for the whole creation-of-the-universe incident happening then, I am not sure.

Answer 7

Let Dr. Gerald Schroeder, former professor of nuclear physics at MIT and former member of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, explain the age of the universe.

Answer 8

The bible is not a book! It is a story and nothing in it can be proved, There has been no dates worth counting up for a time line. After ll it took over 700 years to compile the story.

Answer 9

Im not accepting it because of christianity. Especially since christianity did not come into play for about 4004 years earlier. I came up with the same amount of time. I totally agree with it. The oldest trees on Earth, located here in the southwest US are about 6000 years old. pretty interesting!

Answer 10

Impressive homework. I also believe in July 4th, November 30 and similar dates. Believing in a date is simplistic. What is your question?