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Originally Posted by SGT RJ
I misspoke perhaps, and I already mentioned that hell is not explicitly mentioned in the Bible (although a lake of fire does appear in Revelations IIRC), the ~6000 year figure is what is generally cited as the believe of strict Biblical interpreters in regards to the age of the world, although I am aware it isn't explicitly stated either.
Both, however, were mentioned many, many, MANY times in sermons and Sunday school lessons and various other Christian youth learning situations I experienced growing up.
Ultimately, this is really only an example of what I was taught that I have come to question.
The translator should have of chose "become" from the list instead of "was".
Gen 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
Gen 1:2 And the earth "was" without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
H1961 "was"
היה
hâyâh
haw-yaw'
A primitive root (compare H1933); to exist, that is, be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary): - beacon, X altogether, be (-come, accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), continue, do, faint, fall, + follow, happen, X have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, X use.
Another way to see the translation was incorrect is that by using "was" it says God originally created the earth without form and void. The words "without form" is the same Hebrew word as the word "vain" use by Isaiah in Isa 45:18. These two verses would contradict each other if the word "was" is used.
Isa 45:18 For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in "vain", he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and there is none else.
H8414 "without form" "vain"
תּהוּ
tôhû
to'-hoo
From an unused root meaning to lie waste; a desolation (of surface), that is, desert; figuratively a worthless thing; adverbially in vain: - confusion, empty place, without form, nothing, (thing of) nought, vain, vanity, waste, wilderness.