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Obviously then, the WHOLE world wasn't destroyed.
"Then he used the water to destroy the ancient world with a mighty flood." 2Peter3:6 NLT
No mix up. To create means to bring into existence something from something that did not previously exist..God formed man out of something He already created, i.e., "dust". He made man out of it.
The words are used interchangeably in the OT. Why are you trying to
create a false distinction? Or...Perhaps I should ask why you are
making a false distinction between the two words?
That is correct. The world was NOT remade. The water's resided and walla! There it was, completely in tact as before.
God's Word tells us that the world was destroyed by water. It certainly was not intact. His Word also tells us that after the flood, the mountains rose, and valleys sank. The earth that was no longer existed.
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I posted this previously about trying to create, or make a false distinction between 'create' and 'make'.
1 False argument:
"God uses 2 different words in Genesis to describe creation;
'Bara' meaning CREATE *from nothing, or
'Asah' meaning to MAKE or mould from something that already exists. The word 'asah' is the more commonly used word in Genesis 1 indicating creation was really a makeover." (That is the false argument)
False because: In order to insert billions of years into Genesis, gap theorists create an artificial distinction between bara and asah. It is not difficult to notice these words are used interchangeably in scripture.*
For ex. V21 God created (bara) fish and birds.
V25 God made (asah) the animals.*
Or
V26 God is speaking of making man.
V27 God created man.
Or
Nehemiah speaks of God making the angels.
Psalms speaks of God creating the angels.*