Granpa:>>firmament was created on the 2nd day
therefore the big bang happened on the 2nd day
Dear Granpa, This was the beginning of the first heaven, which was later destroyed by the water into which it was placed.
6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
See? The following is the formation of the beginning of our heaven and the third heaven:
Gen 2:4 ¶These [are] the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,
These verses are adding information about the THIRD day. Notice that the account is speaking of heavenS (Plural). It's not a mistake, but the first time the plural term for heavens is used in Scripture. Notice also that the "earth" was made the THIRD day according to Genesis 1:9-10.
Gen 2:5 And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew:
This verse confirms the day again, since it was the THIRD day the plants grew according to Genesis 1:12.
Read on and you will see that
man was formed of the dust of the ground on the THIRD day, after the first earth was made but BEFORE the plants grew on the 3rd Day. I realize that this goes against the traditional story, but it agrees in every way with God's Holy Word.
Man was formed physically on the 3rd Day but was not "created in God's Image" until the 6th Day. This shows that Adam was born again or born Spiritually on the 6th Day. Eve was also created in God's Image at the SAME time and Eve wasn't even made until the 6th Day. Genesis 2:22.
Adam, like all men was first made on the 3rd Day but was not born again until the 6th Day. This gives mankind preeminence or first place in the Creation. We are destined to have dominion over every other living creature in heaven. Genesis 1:28
In Love,
Aman