Genesis 1

[George]

No, that doesn't ring true to me.

Perhaps the pastor is familiar with this midrash from בראשית רבה  -

"Rabbi Judah son of Rabbi Simon said: “Let there be evening” is not written here (talking about the Torah), but “And there was evening” ; hence we know that a time-order existed before this (talking about our current universe). Rabbi Abahu said: This proves that the Holy One, blessed be God, went on creating worlds and destroying them until God created this one, and declared, “This one pleases Me; those did not please Me."

This is what my Pastor was referring to:

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Generic/Generic/SendPrint?print=1&type=1&item=22827

I finally got it out of him.

What do you think?

Thanks.