Theistic Evolution Theory

Theistic Evolution is an attempt to combine or find compromise between the Creation account found in Genesis with the theory of evolution. The general idea is that God used the methods and means of evolution, such as competition and natural, as the way of creating mankind.

The Genesis account states that all things were created in a seven day period fully functional and complete. Evolution requires millions of years for life to evolve from molecules to complex organisms and billions of years for a naturalist origin of the universe. Combining these two models of life together seems almost impossible.

Within Scripture, the topic of creation is always refererred to as happening in a literal seven day period. Any theory that suggests it was a longer period of time has to be based on assumptions, philosophy, or a mixing of evolutionary theory. These produce internal inconsistencies with the creation account. For example, in Genesis 1 how would the plants created on day 3 survive for thousands or millions of years without the sun light created on day 4 and another thousands or millions of years without the insects created on day 5 for pollination? In Exodus 20:8-11 it talks of the Sabbath day rest in regards to creation speaking of six days of work and one day of rest. If the days are interpreted as long ages would it mean, for instance, that man must work 6,000 years and then rest for 1000 years?

One of the prime understandings of Scripture is that when Elohim created mankind there was a special relationship between them. When Adam and Eve were disobedient, this relationship changed and death came into the world (Gen 2:15-17). This leads to the need of having a Savior who can bring people back into that special relationship and the offer of eternal life (Rom 5:17-19). If any type of evolution is used, then the ancestors of Adam and Eve would have been fighting and killing each other for supremecy for millions of years. This would negate the effects of the first sin as death would already exist in the world and a judgment of death for disobedience would be meaningless. Instead of mankind bringing death into the world as stated in Scripture, evolution suggests that death brought man into the world through competition and natural selection.