Current Age of the Earth (AD 2021)
Current Age of the Earth (AD 2021)
Attached here is an article which shows that the earth is very young. Previously, I have also conducted a study on this topic. The author of this article Bill Kochman's conclusion and mine are similar. According to him the earth (2018) is only a few decades more than 6,000 years but definitely less than 7,000 years old. My study concludes that the earth (2021) is about 6,188.5 years old.
There are some obvious differences in the way Bill calculates and the way I derived the numbers. Bill Kochman also used the King James Bible. He took a different route in coming out with his Bible timeline. However, he did not based his calculation entirely on events in the Holy Bible alone. Some data were taken from men's historical records. Whereas in my case, it was based entirely upon the King James Bible, up to the time of Christ's crucifixion in AD 33. I attach my studies here for comparison.Â
BIBLE WORLD HISTORY TIMELINE
PART 1: ADAM TO NOAH
Calculate by adding the age of the patriarch at the point of birth of his offspring given in Genesis 5:3-29, starting from Adam:
Adam lived 130 years and he begat Seth;
Seth lived 105 years and he begat Enos;
Enos lived 90 years and he begat Cainan;
Cainan lived 70 years and he begat Mahalaleel;
Mahalaleel lived 65 years and he begat Jared;
Jared lived 162 years and he begat Enoch;
Enoch lived 65 years and he begat Methuselah;
Methuselah lived 187 years and he begat Lamech;
Lamech lived 182 years and he begat Noah.
So, Noah was born 1,056 years after Creation. According to Genesis 7:6, Noah was 600 years old when the Great Flood was upon the earth i.e. The Great Flood took place 1,056 + 600 = 1,656 years after Creation.
PART 2: NOAH TO ABRAHAM
Noah was 500 years old when he begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth (Gen 5:3) i.e. 1,556 years after Creation. Noah was 502 years old when Shem was born (Gen 11:10). Shem was born 1,558 years after Creation. Shem was 100 years old when Arphaxad was born (Gen 11:10) i.e. Arphaxad was born 1,658 years after Creation.
Again, by adding the age of the patriarch (after Shem) at the point of birth of his offspring given in Genesis 11:12-24, we have the number of years from Arphaxad to Terah, counting from the year of the Great Flood:
Arphaxad was born 2 years after the Great Flood (Gen 11:10);
Salah was born 2 + 35 = 37 years after the Great Flood;
Eber was born 37 + 30 = 67 years after the Great Flood;
Peleg was born 67 + 34 = 101 years after the Great Flood;
Reu was born 101 + 30 = 131 years after the Great Flood;
Serug was born 131 + 32 = 163 years after the Great Flood;
Nahor was born 163 + 30 = 193 years after the Great Flood;
Terah was born 193 + 29 = 222 years after the Great Flood.
The question here is: "How old was Terah when Abram was born?"
Genesis 11:26 "And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran."
This verse does not tell us how old Terah was when Abram was born. It only tells us that Terah lived to the age of 70 when he begat male offsprings: Abram, Nahor, and Haran.Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees (Gen 11:28). Then in verse 31, it was told to us that Terah took Abram and Lot, and their wives and went into the the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.
Genesis 11:32 "And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran."
So, Terah died in Haran at the age of 205 years.
Genesis 12:1 continues from where Genesis 11:32 left off:
"Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee:"
That was God's commandment for Abram to depart from Haran unto the land of Canaan. From Acts 7:2-4, we will notice that God actually said this to Abraham even when he was still in Ur, before his father brought him to Haran.
Genesis 12:4 "So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran."
Abram was 75 years old when he departed out of Haran, soon after his father Terah died in Haran at the age of 205.
So, 205 - 75 = 130
Terah was 130 years old when Abram was born. BTW, notice the pattern of the number 13 in 130. Wow...
Acts 7:2-4 "And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran, And said unto him, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall shew thee. Then came he out of the land of the Chaldæans, and dwelt in Charran: and from thence, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land, wherein ye now dwell."
Terah was 130 years old when Abram was born. So, Abram was born 222 + 130 = 352 years after the Great Flood, which was 1,656 + 352 = 2,008 years after Creation.
PART 3: ABRAHAM TO EXODUS
Abraham was 100 years old when Isaac was born (Gen 21:5).
Isaac was 60 years old when Jacob was born (Gen 25:26).
So from Abraham to Jacob is 100 + 60 = 160 years.
Jacob was 130 years old when the children of Israel sojourned to the land of Egypt (Gen 47:9).
So, from birth of Abraham to the time the children of Israel sojourned to the land of Egypt is 160 + 130 = 290 years.
The children of Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt for 430 years (Exo 12:40-41; Gal 3:17) before the time of Exodus from Egypt. This makes the time of the Exodus from Egypt 290 + 430 = 720 years after Abraham was born, which is 2,008 + 720 = 2,728 years after Creation or 2,728 - 1,656 = 1,072 years after the Great Flood.
PART 4: EXODUS TO CARRYING AWAY OF JUDAH TO BABYLON
1 Kings 6:1 "And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD."
So, from the time the children of Israel came out of the land of Egypt (Exodus), to the 4th year of Solomon's reign over Israel, when he began to build the temple for God was 480 years. Starting from the point where Solomon began to reign as king over Israel, which is 476 years after Exodus:
Solomon reigned 40 years in Jerusalem (2 Chr 9:30);
Rehoboam reigned 17 years in Jerusalem (1 Ki 14:21);
Abijah reigned 3 years in Jerusalem (2 Chr 13:1-2);
Asa reigned 41 years in Jerusalem (1 Ki 15:9-10);
Jehoshaphat reigned 25 years in Jerusalem (1 Ki 22:42);
Jehoram reigned 8 years in Jerusalem (2 Chr 21:5);
Ahaziah reigned 1 year in Jerusalem (2 Ki 8:26);
Athaliah the queen reigned 7 years in Jerusalem (2 Chr 22:12, 23:1);
Joash reigned 40 years in Jerusalem (2 Chr 24:1);
Amaziah reigned 29 years in Jerusalem (2 Chr 25:1);
Uzziah reigned 52 years in Jerusalem (2 Chr 26:3);
Jotham reigned 16 years in Jerusalem (2 Chr 27:1);
Ahaz reigned 16 years in Jerusalem (2 Ki 16:2);
Hezekiah reigned 29 years in Jerusalem (2 Chr 29:1);
Manasseh reigned 55 years in Jerusalem (2 Ki 21:1);
Amon reigned 2 years in Jerusalem (2 Ki 21:19);
Josiah reigned 31 years in Jesusalem (2 Ki 22:1);
Jehoahaz reigned 3 months in Jerusalem (2 Ki 23:31);
Jehoiakim reigned 11 years in Jerusalem (2 Ki 23:36);
Jehoiachin reigned 3 months and 10 days in Jerusalem (2 Chr 36:9), and he was carried into Babylon.
Total: 423.5 years.
Add this number to the 476 years after Exodus: 423.5 + 476 = 899.5 years. So, from the time of Exodus to the carrying away of Judah to Babylon was 899.5 years. That would be 2,728 + 899.5 = 3,627.5 years after Creation, or 1971.5 years after the Great Flood.
PART 5: CARRYING AWAY OF JUDAH TO PRESENT (2021)
The next part of the historical timeline will take a bit of understanding in Bible prophecy. To begin, lets go to Leviticus 26:14-25:
Leviticus 26:14-35 "But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments;And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but that ye break my covenant:...And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me; I will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins... And if ye will not for all this hearken unto me, but walk contrary unto me... And I will bring the land into desolation: and your enemies which dwell therein shall be astonished at it. And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste. Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate, and ye be in your enemies’ land; even then shall the land rest, and enjoy her sabbaths. As long as it lieth desolate it shall rest; because it did not rest in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it."
These words were made known unto Israel in the time of Moses. God has warned that these things will happen to the children of Israel should they choose to walk contrary to his words. Then in 2 Chronicles 36:20-23, God judged Judah by the mouth of Jeremiah:
2 Chronicles 36:20-21 "And them that had escaped from the sword carried he away to Babylon; where they were servants to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of Persia: To fulfil the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years."Â Â Â
The context of this passage is about the carrying away of Judah to Babylon. The divine purpose of the 70 years of desolation is so that the land can enjoy her sabbaths. The end of the 70 years is marked by the reign of the kingdom of Persia, which was to replace the kingdom of Babylon.
2 Chronicles 36:22-23 "Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying, Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth hath the LORD God of heaven given me; and he hath charged me to build him an house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Who is there among you of all his people? The LORD his God be with him, and let him go up."
It was in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom to build a house in Jerusalem. This is in fulfillment of the word of the LORD spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah:
Jeremiah 25:11-12 "And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years. And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, that I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith the LORD, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and will make it perpetual desolations."
Jeremiah 29:10 "For thus saith the LORD, That after seventy years be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place."
In Daniel 9:1, Darius the son of Ahasuerus was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans, which was part of the kingdom of Persia. In the first year of his reign, Daniel searched the books and he subsequently understood Jeremiah's prophecy.
Daniel 9:2 "In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem."
So, from the carrying away of Judah to Babylon unto the end of the desolations of Jerusalem was exactly 70 years, and at that point, the kingdom of Babylon was replaced by a new kingdom, the kingdom of Persia. That was also the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, when he gave the decree to rebuild Jerusalem.
Daniel 1:21 "And Daniel continued even unto the first year of king Cyrus."
Daniel lived to witness the word of the LORD spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah fulfilled, which he subsequently understood when he searched the books. BTW, this is also to say that the first year of Cyrus was the beginning of the new kingdom of Persia, immediately after the previous kingdom of Babylon was made desolate.
Daniel 9:2-24 "In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolationsof Jerusalem...Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation.And he informed me, and talked with me, and said, O Daniel, I am now come forth to give thee skill and understanding... At the beginning of thy supplications the commandment came forth, and I am come to shew thee; for thou art greatly beloved: therefore understand the matter, and consider the vision... Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy."
God accomplished 70 years in the desolations of Jerusalem, the holy city. 70 weeks has also been determined upon the holy city, which is Jerusalem. This is where we know 70 weeks = 70 years. The 70 years of desolation was a prefigure of the 70 weeks mentioned in this passage, and it was given as a prophecy of the future which was, and is to come. The passage continues...
Daniel 9:25 "Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times."
"seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks" = 69 weeks.
69 weeks = 69 years.
John 2:20 "Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days?"
So, from the going forth of the decree to build the temple, it would take another 69 years until the complete restoration and rebuilding of Jerusalem, and those were troublous times as we can read from the book of Ezra and the book of Nehemiah.
So, 70 + 69 = 139 years.It took a total of 139 years from the time Judah was carried into Babylon to the restoration of the temple in Jerusalem.
Daniel 9:26 "And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined."
"threescore and two weeks" = 62 weeks
Notice: Daniel 9:26 is a prophecy of the first coming of Jesus Christ, and it was talking about Israel's rejection of the Messiah leading to his crucifixion. We know from hind sight that this would only take place a few hundred years later, in the time of the Roman empire.
1 week = 7 days;
1 day = 1 year; (Num 14:34)Â
Article: 'Each day for a year' Â
62 x 7 = 434 years.
It would be another 434 years from the point the temple in Jerusalem was restored to the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, and that would be in the year AD 33. BTW, this 400+ years corresponds to what Bible historians refer to as the "intertestamental period" between the Old Testament ending at the book of Malachi, to the New Testament beginning at the book of Matthew. It is known by some members of the Protestant community as the "400 Silent Years" because during this period God revealed nothing new to his people.
So, we do the math: 139 + 434 = 573 years.
It was 573 years from the carrying away of Judah into Babylon to the crucifixion of Jesus Christ in AD 33.That would be 3,627.5 + 573 = 4,200.5 years after Creation, or 1,971.5 + 573 = 2,544.5 years after the Great Flood.From AD 33 to now (AD 2021) is 1,988 years.So, from Creation to now is approximately 4,200.5 + 1,988= 6,188.5 years! And, from the time of the Great Flood to now (2021) is approximately 2,544.5 + 1,988 = 4,532.5 years!
AGE OF THE EARTH - WORLD POPULATION TEST
According to the King James Bible, the earth (2021) is currently about 6,188.5 years old. Some 4,532.5 years ago God judged the whole earth with a Great Flood that wiped out the entire population save Noah and his family.
Link here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aT4WO04ezyNdDXlHPeXGfw_QcKQWpoSpV3BHppQ21xw/edit?usp=sharing
Currently the world population stands at about 7.68 billion people. It started with just six people - Shem, Ham, Japheth and their wives according to Genesis 9:18-19.
Using the population growth model (see attached), and based upon some very reasonable assumptions:Assuming each generation is about 30 years on average. This would translate to about 151 generations counting from the time of the Great Flood.Most families have 2 to 3 children. Assuming an average family growth of +0.15 children each person per couple i.e. 2.3 children per family per generation.Assuming an average of 3 generations alive per generation.
This would work out to a population of about 7.68 billion people presently on earth. This value is congruent with the current world population count.
From Noah to us, the numbers don't lie. The Holy Bible is right 100% of the time. Don't be fooled by the Evolutionists (a lot of them are Freemasons) into believing the billions of years.