How are the first Chapters of Genesis to be understood?

Wretched's Todd Friel shares reasons why he thinks the opening chapters of Genesis are historical rather than poetic or figurative in this interesting video. Well-known Christians, such as William Lane Craig, Norman L. Geisler, Lee Strobel, John Lennox, and Matt Walsh, hold that the creation described in Genesis did not occur over a 7-day period. So in their view the earth is not young with about 6000 years from creation to today. In this video, Todd Friel makes 5 theological points why he thinks the earth is young and God created everything in 7 days with around 24 hours each.

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