UMUR BUMI BERDASARKAN ALKITAB

Oleh

Daniel Ruth Girsang Purba

Tugas

Diserahkan Kepada

Rosalin Hasugian, M.Th

Sebagai Bagian dari Tugas dalam Matakuliah

Pembimbing PL 1

Sekolah Tinggi Teologi Injili Indonesia

Purwokerto

Oktober 2019
 Uskup Agung dari Irlandia, bernama James Ussher

Pernah mendengar umur bumi baru 6000an tahun? Detailnya kira-kira

6000 tahun dari perhitungan berikut 2019 (tahun saat ini) + 4004 (penciptaan

hingga 1 masehi) = 6023 Tahun. Perhitungan ini dahulu sangat populer,

pencetusnya adalah Uskup Agung dari Irlandia, bernama James Ussher (1581-

1656).

Ussher mengasumsikan Alkitab adalah sumber kronologi yang sahih,

ia menyertakan informasi tentang kematian raja Nebuchadnezzar sebagai titik

tolak perhitungan mundur atas semua data penanggalan dari alkitab. Berdasarkan

perhitungan tersebut ia berakhir pada kesimpulan bahwa hari pertama penciptaan

dunia adalah 4004 SM.

Bagaimana Ussher mendapatkan angka 4004 SM?

Ussher menggunakan kronologi dari kitab Kejadian, serta kronologi raja-raja

Israel dan Yehuda hingga masa pengasingan bangsa Yahudi pada tahun 584 SM.

Dan ia pun mencapai pada angka 4004 tahun.

Age of the
Event Scripture Date
Earth
0 Creation Genesis 1:1–31 4004 BC
130 Seth born when Adam was 130 Genesis 5:3 3874 BC
235 Enos born when Seth was 105 Genesis 5:6 3769 BC
325 Cainan born when Enos was 90 Genesis 5:9 3679 BC
395 Mahalaleel born when Cainan was 70 Genesis 5:12 3609 BC
460 Jared born when Mahalaleel was 65 Genesis 5:15 3544 BC
622 Enoc born when Jared was 162 Genesis 5:18 3382 BC
687 Methuselah born when Enoch was 65 Genesis 5:21 3317 BC
Lamech born when Methuselah was
874 187 Genesis 5:25 3130 BC
1056 Noah born when Lamech was 182 Genesis 5:28 2948 BC
1558 Shem born when Noah was 502 Genesis 11:10 2446 BC
1656 Flood when Noah was 600 Genesis 7:6 2348 BC
1658 Arphaxad born when Shem was 100 Genesis 11:10 2346 BC
1693 Salah born when Arphaxad was 35 Genesis 11:12 2311 BC
1723 Eber born when Salah was 30 Genesis 11:14 2281 BC
1758 Peleg born when Eber was 34 Genesis 11:16 2246 BC
1787 Reu born when Peleg was 30 Genesis 11:18 2217 BC
1819 Serug born when Reu was 32 Genesis 11:20 2185 BC
1849 Nahor born when Serug was 30 Genesis 11:22 2155 BC
1878 Terah born when Nahor was 29 Genesis 11:24 2126 BC
Genesis
2008 Abraham born when Terah was 130 11:32; 12:4 1996 BC
2083 Abraham enters Canaan at 75 Genesis 12:4 1921 BC
Exodus of the Jews from Egypt (430
2513 years of slavery) Exodus 12:40 1491 BC
3420 Last deportation of the Jews 584 BC
4000 Birth of Christ 4 BC
 AD
6000+ Our day 2000+

Abraham left Haran

(Genesis 12:10; Exodo 12:40; Galatians
1921 BC 3:17) 2,083 yrs.
↥ 430 years to the very day ↧
The Jewish Exodus
1491 BC (1 Kings 6:1) 2,513 yrs.
↥ 479 years ↧
(In the 480th year or after 479 years)
Start of the Temple
1012 BC (1 Kings 11:42) 2,992 yrs.
↥ 38 years ↧
(Solomon reigns 40 years; Temple was started in his 4th year)
 Jeroboam’s Golden Calves
974 BC (Ezekiel 4:4–6) 3,030 yrs.
↥ 390 whole years ↧
584 BC The Final Deportation of the Jews 3,420 yrs.
Hence the Year of Creation = 584 + 3,420 = 4004 BC