Seven Days That Divide The World Chapter Summary

“Seven Days That Divide the World”, by Irish scientist John C. Lennox, discusses how from earliest of centuries there have been debates on the motion of the earth and how the earth came to be. The first two chapters discuss on how some believed the sun rotated around the earth, which became an influence to the Roman Catholic Church (p.16). Lennox informs the readers on the “Heliocentric” believers, and the trials and judgements they went through trying to prove this proposition. A question of “why?” arises; why have Christians grown to accept this view of motion? (p. 19) In the second chapter, Lennox demonstrates various principles that readers should take into account when reading the Bible. First, the Bible is a literary book that is composed
He begins with stating that there are two types of Christians: young earth creationists and ancient earth creationists (p.39). He then informs the readers on the different views of the Genesis days: Twenty-Four-Hour view, Day-Age view, and Framework view (p. 44). Lennox begins the discussion of the meaning of the word “day” and how it can be taken in multiple ways (p.49-52). He also shares about some literary importance on what makes the sixth and seventh day special and went into detail on the problematic fourth day. The fourth chapter consumes of the theories and possibilities of humanity and animals. Lennox speaks on the origin of humanity and how humans were made in the image of God. Also, how scientist believe less of humans and then gives scriptural references that perhaps prove the scientists wrong. He then goes on to prove that animals and humans are not created equally; therefore, making humanity special. Lennox goes into depth about the incorrectness of the “Model C Theory” (p. 71). After that, the antiquity of humanity is discussed, as well as, the issue of death occurring before Adam originally sinned (p. 75-83). In the final chapter, Lennox begins with saying that the book of Genesis proves various things. First, God does exist and He created the universe from scratch (p. 91-94). Even when scientist bring forth their arguments, they always have a part to them that will backfire. Lennox also writes that God is a personal god who is very distinct from His creation and His goal in creation was to make a stable place for humans (p. 96, 98). Throughout the book Lennox says that God created all things to be “good” and that humans ruined that image (p. 110-111). Finally, Lennox writes on Jesus being the light of the world and how Christians should keep the Sabbath Day holy through finding rest in Jesus (p. 102-110,