In the 1st part of this 3rd in a trilogy of sermons, Gavin considers the Biblical Apologetics issue of OT chronology from Abraham to about Solomon's time & Biblical Archaeology. He gives 3 keys for understanding OT Chronology: 1) an accurate reconstruction of OT chronology for this period from the Bible (not Ussher's or Thiele's); 2) a critical usage of some of the work done in John Bimson's "Redating the Exodus & Conquest" (1978 & 1981), Peter James' "Centuries of Darkness" (1991), & David Rohl's "A Test of Time" (1995), on the common errors of ancient Israel's & Egypt's chronology, as dates first determined from Egyptian chronology are correlated in the archaeological layers with dates in ancient Israel & elsewhere on the basis of pottery; & 3) a proper understanding of the Sothic Cycle of Egypt. He then considers OT Chronology from Adam to Abraham & refines his most probable date for Adam of 60,000 B.C. +/- 8,000 years, to a best estimate on the presently available data of 65,000 B.C. +/- 3,000 years in connection with the critical usage of Egyptian, Babylonian, & Sumerian records of uncertain historical veracity & so possibly incorrect & subject to review. In the 2nd part of the sermon, he refers to the 6 honoured old earth creationist Gap Schoolman especially honoured in his book, the 3 Global Earth Gap Schoolmen: Thomas Chalmers (d. 1847), William Buckland (d. 1856), & Adam Sedgwick (d. 1873); & 3 Local Earth Gap Schoolman: Pye Smith (d. 1851), John Pratt (d. 1871), & Henry Jones Alcock (d. 1915). E.g., with respect to "Sedgwick's model," he says of the 6 "days," "those following this model" "start them no later (sic. earlier) than the start of the Last Ice Age."
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Gavin McGrath (b. 1960) is a graduate of Sydney University, University of Western Sydney, and Moore Theological College (a Reformed Anglican College in Sydney) in New South Wales, Australia. From April 2020, he is a retired school teacher of both New South Wales, Australia, and...
