Charis, Hesed, Law, and Grace
The common Protestant view today is that Paul believed those under grace need not keep God’s law. But the Old Testament works in harmony with the New, and there is no conflict between grace and law.
How can the earth or the universe fit into a 6,000-year history? How does a “new earth” or “young earth” teaching deal with prehistoric fossils of dinosaurs, mammoths, and fauna? If God has a “7,000-year Plan” with the first 6,000 years allotted to mankind before Christ’s return, then how do we explain the age of the universe, not to mention the age of the earth itself?