Did Ellen White believe the earth to be about 6,000 years old?
Ellen White rejected the idea that “the world has existed for tens of thousands of years.” She accepted the Biblical record that the creation days were seven literal 24-hour periods, believing that the world “is now only about six thousand years old” (The Spirit of Prophecy, vol. 1, p. 87.) While Ellen White stated that she was shown in vision that creation week consisted of seven literal days (ibid., p. 85), she did not claim to have received any special revelation regarding the specific age of the earth.
