August 24th

Miocene (Hypothesis 35)

Take Another Scroll

Take another scroll and write on it all the former words that were in the first scroll, which Jehoiakim the king of Judah has burned.

(Jeremiah 36:28) ESV

We combine the process of evolution with Plate Tectonics to account for the current distribution of biodiversity. We incorporate Peleg’s Tectonics (Genesis 10:25) in the Biblical narrative.

MIOCENE
Marked world-wide continental uplifts and a major orogeny resulting in the rise of the Alps. Climatic cooling and restriction of broad-leaved evergreens to lower latitudes. Establishment of present-day forest associations. Rise and rapid evolution of grazing mammals and ape-like creatures.

Wilson N. Stewart, Paleobotany and the evolution of plants.

The Miocene is the Miocene because it’s the Miocene. Anything that’s not characteristic of the Miocene is assigned to something other than the Miocene. It’s a little microcosm of circular reasoning.

Part of this is the description of the fossilized remains of an ecosystem which was buried in a flood. Part of it is a description of major tectonic activity which began the process of forming tectonic plates and moving them into their present day locations. We’re not talking about Noah’s flood this time, this is a sedimentary deposit which is associated with Peleg’s tectonics.

Miocene – Navigation

Section	Title	Scripture
1	Miocene	Psalms 50:9-12
	Continental Uplifts and a Major Orogeny	Genesis 10:25
	Climatic Cooling	Genesis 8:1
2	Present Day Forest Associations	Psalms 83:14-15
	Rapid Evolution	Romans 5:12
	Salvation	Romans 10:9-10

Read through the Bible in a year

Reading plan	August 24
Linear	Jeremiah 34-36
Chronological	Jeremiah 51-52

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Salvation

1. Call upon the name of Jesus Christ,
   • believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead,
2. confess your sin.

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