Genesis 2:8-9 is topical, not chronological. God planted a garden on the third day, and man was created on the sixth day. Since the garden was made for the man, then that's how it's described.
The LORD God planted a garden
A Response to “The Pillars of the Earth and Radial Shrinkage”
Dennis the Menace2 August 2017Original submission (.pdf) Introduction: In the interest of good science, I always make sure to consider opposing arguments to my currently held viewpoints to the furthest extent. Recently, Matty’s Paradigm has sent me a link to an article, written by himself, titled “The Pillars of the Earth and Radial Shrinkage”. This …
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Transparent Gold
How do we know that the next life is constructed from a series of elements which we have no earthly counterparts for? It's not possible to make gold pure enough that it becomes transparent like glass.
Inductive Reasoning
Logic, no matter how rigorous, breaks down when we're speculating about the origin of the universe from the starting point of having rejected the truth: God revealed testimony about our origin.
A Flaw in Our Understanding of the Core
New research has uncovered a flaw in our understanding of the core — specifically, about the manner in which heat energy flows from the core and through the overlying mantle. The core is younger than the rest of the planet.
Hell is Expanding in the Old Testament
Hell wasn't part of the six days of creation, it's a direct consequence of sin. At the fall of man in the garden of Eden God cursed the Earth. This was the beginning of nuclear decay.
Hell is Real but God is Good
The universe has been created so that we can exist. Our existence is an opportunity to see for ourselves what God has revealed about Himself and make a choice: 1. Do we want to be with God in eternity, 2. or not?
The Fall and Decay
The world was created in a corrupt state as a means to manifest free will. The Lord maintained the creation in a stable condition until the first act of disobedience. At that time he withdrew his physical presence fro the Earth.
Radiocarbon Dating
Popular science (SciPop) has a timescale that's been induced to rationalize biological evolution. Along the way it's picked up some supposedly supporting evidence: radiocarbon and radioisotope dating.
Hell is Consuming the Earth
The lowest hell is the core of the Earth which was kindled when God cursed the Earth. It's been consuming the Earth ever since then. The Earth is melting from the inside out.