How can creation week be literal 24 hour days?

[miamited]

Hi halbhh,

You responded:

While I think that starlight appears very old (and I'm not vaguely relying on other's information for that, having personally measured the speed of light in a lab with a classic and simple rotating mirror experiment and done the measurement personally) so that the 'heavens' are simply directly observed (not even theory involved) to be old, that's not specified in the Bible, and I don't depend on it even slightly. For instance, God could have intentionally created the appearance of old starlight even, if it pleased Him to do so. I'm very fine either way.

Ok, so you believe that the stars must have existed for a very long time because you personally have tested the speed of light and you can attest from your personal experience that light travels at such and such a speed which would then mean that the stars must have existed for a very very long time because you know from your own personal testing that light would take millions/billions of years to reach us on the earth for us to be able to see that star out there.

Ok. Have you also tested water to see whether it will stand unaided as a wall several feet high?

You see, as I tried to explain earlier, if your understanding of the truth of the Scriptures is going to be based on what you can personally prove through experimentation, then you have to throw out the Exodus from Egypt as it is also just as clearly written as the creation account. For the Scriptures tell us that as the Israelites passed through the sea that the water separated and stood as a wall on both the right hand and the left hand of them as they passed through. But all testing of water would belie that explanation.

If you are going to base your understanding of the truth of the Scriptures on what you yourself can prove through testing, then you'll also have to throw out the account of the birth of Jesus as clearly explained in the Scriptures.

I'll repeat again, if your test of truth is found in the experiments and experience of mankind, then you'll have to throw out pretty much every miracle in the Scriptures. If your test of truth is as simple as, "Well, that's what God's word has said and because God's word tells me that such a thing happened then I believe that it did, whether or not I or anyone else can experimentally prove such a thing can happen", then you can add back in the miracles of the Scriptures.

Your faith, my friend, is based on what you can prove. My faith is based on what God has said. Now, if you somehow find it 'adding' to God's word when we take a simple accounting of numbers and add them together to come to a result, then I guess we'll just have to disagree on that.

God bless you,
In Christ, ted

 

[miamited]

Perhaps another way to view the days is quite clearly as command or Fiat days. For on each day "And God said,..." nothing more. The question too is why must the days be consecutive...there is no indication saying that they were, but only that there were six creative days.

Hi jamsie,

All of that is possible, but...

Then you are relying on interpretations from information not contained within the Scriptures. You are simply making the conjecture that God said for a certain thing or things to happen and there was an evening and morning that those things happened and then God waited several thousand, million or billion years before holding another declarative day in which certain things happened. I can't honestly understand or think to imagine a reason 'why' God would have had all that waiting time between His Fiat days. Did He have to store up more power to do the next day's work? Did He not know what He wanted to do next in bringing about this created realm? Perhaps He called a meeting of all the angelic beings and put it out there for a vote as to what He should do next and then after a long time of waiting commanded that other things be done? If so, and God is causing to be written to man an account of Himself that He expected man to understand, then if the determination of the day was a rotation of the earth and an evening and a morning, the the second day would not actually be the second day when God continued His work in creating. But, your position is that He wasn't counting any of those other days and evenings and morning unless He did some work on them.

You have to add that into the Scriptures because there is no evidence either in the creation account in Genesis or the explanation of God's creating in the writings of the Exodus that would allude to such a construct.

God bless,
In Christ, ted

 

[Halbhh]

Hi halbhh,

You responded:


Ok, so you believe that the stars must have existed for a very long time because you personally have tested the speed of light and you can attest from your personal experience that light travels at such and such a speed which would then mean that the stars must have existed for a very very long time because you know from your own personal testing that light would take millions/billions of years to reach us on the earth for us to be able to see that star out there.

Ok. Have you also tested water to see whether it will stand unaided as a wall several feet high?

You see, as I tried to explain earlier, if your understanding of the truth of the Scriptures is going to be based on what you can personally prove through experimentation, then you have to throw out the Exodus from Egypt as it is also just as clearly written as the creation account. For the Scriptures tell us that as the Israelites passed through the sea that the water separated and stood as a wall on both the right hand and the left hand of them as they passed through. But all testing of water would belie that explanation.

If you are going to base your understanding of the truth of the Scriptures on what you yourself can prove through testing, then you'll also have to throw out the account of the birth of Jesus as clearly explained in the Scriptures.

I'll repeat again, if your test of truth is found in the experiments and experience of mankind, then you'll have to throw out pretty much every miracle in the Scriptures. If your test of truth is as simple as, "Well, that's what God's word has said and because God's word tells me that such a thing happened then I believe that it did, whether or not I or anyone else can experimentally prove such a thing can happen", then you can add back in the miracles of the Scriptures.

Your faith, my friend, is based on what you can prove. My faith is based on what God has said. Now, if you somehow find it 'adding' to God's word when we take a simple accounting of numbers and add them together to come to a result, then I guess we'll just have to disagree on that.

God bless you,
In Christ, ted

ah, you hardly need to convince me of miracles, having personally had one that is just jaw dropping, impossible seeming, except for the amazing intervention of God. Talking with me, please try to make no assumptions past what I say, because I try to write briefly. Do you base your faith foundation as Christ said in Matthew 7:24-25? I ask because occasionally some (I don't assume you) seem disturbed at the idea a star could be very old, and that suggests they aren't secure in their faith, and could be on the sand (anything not as in verse 24), that is, as in verse 26, making them in danger of the outcome verse 27. So, in that case, the real issue is to bring them the Words of Christ (Romans 10:17), so that they can move to the rock, and become secure, and then it won't matter even 0% to them how old a star is.

 

[miamited]

ah, you hardly need to convince me of miracles, having personally had one that is just jaw dropping, impossible seeming, except for the amazing intervention of God. Talking with me, please try to make no assumptions past what I say, because I try to write briefly. Do you base your faith foundation as Christ said in Matthew 7:24-25?

Hi halbhh,

So, you will allow that God performed a miracle in your life that could not have come about through the natural processes. I'm not clear on why you then don't believe that God did the exact same thing in the creation event.

God bless,
In Christ, ted

 

[Halbhh]

Perhaps another way to view the days is quite clearly as command or Fiat days. For on each day "And God said,..." nothing more. The question too is why must the days be consecutive...there is no indication saying that they were, but only that there were six creative days.

That's correct there is no information from scripture about how much time passed between the days in the vision.

Assuming it was no time between days for instance is an additional idea, not in scripture.

But, it's understandable how people can take the prefiguring of the Sabbath (as laid out in Exodus 20 for example), from the 6 days of work and day of rest in Genesis 1 and 2 and then jump to a conclusion (not given in the scripture) that the time between the days must be zero (which isn't specified anywhere in scripture).

To me, this makes me think of the basis of faith, hearing the word of Christ in the gospels, or from someone sharing the word of Christ, the true source of faith.

I think we aren't told the exact time of creation because it would contradict the goal of scripture.

See, I think it's even deeper than simply realizing the scripture isn't about explaining geology or chemistry to us.

I think the issue is faith.

If God had said "The Earth is four and a half thousand of thousands of thousands years old"... (if that were in the scripture)...

Then that would contradict the goal that we have faith.

With a definite number in scripture, then once we had a direct evidence through our sciences to support the number strongly, then suddenly no faith at all would be needed to believe in God once science had the firm proof.

We know God wants us to have faith.

But I don't have faith that my car is in the driveway. I simply see it there, and there is no faith in this.

Easy proof of God would preclude someone believing.

But the goal for us is to have faith, we learn in the 4 gospels, and Christ repeatedly is encouraging and helping his disciples to develop real faith, to believe in what isn't already in front of their eyes yet.

This is why the creation account doesn't give us the exact age of Earth. But, one can read it with a fresh listening, as if one just woke up on the first dawn of the world, and it's very wonderful for us with this real listening.

 

[Halbhh]

Hi halbhh,

So, you will allow that God performed a miracle in your life that could not have come about through the natural processes. I'm not clear on why you then don't believe that God did the exact same thing in the creation event.

God bless,
In Christ, ted

Please see post #65.

 

[Halbhh]

Hi halbhh,

So, you will allow that God performed a miracle in your life that could not have come about through the natural processes. I'm not clear on why you then don't believe that God did the exact same thing in the creation event.

God bless,
In Christ, ted

Not to side track us from the real issue being talked about in post #65, but Creation is an overwhelmingly amazing miracle in any manner God choose to do it. Whether He had it happen in an instant (literally), or in 156 hours, or 13.8 billion years, or any other time duration. Just to create this wonderful physics (the laws of nature) we have is an amazing miracle, even before all the additional (and there are so many in scripture) interventions/miracles God has done for us. There is so much God has done for us we don't even know about it seems.

 

[Jamsie]

Then you are relying on interpretations from information not contained within the Scriptures.
You are simply making the conjecture that God said for a certain thing or things to happen and there was an evening and morning that those things happened and then God waited several thousand, million or billion years before holding another declarative day in which certain things happened.

First, each day is best expressed as a command day as that is exactly what Gen. 1 states. It isn't conjecture it is what the scripture says, "And God said,..." and He said for a "certain thing or things to happen". Further, the Bible speaks of 6 days of creation, does it ever say "week" so as to define it as consecutive? In Hebrew the days can be translated as; first day or day one, second day or day two, etc. why not the "next day"?

I can't honestly understand or think to imagine a reason 'why' God would have had all that waiting time between His Fiat days. Did He have to store up more power to do the next day's work? Did He not know what He wanted to do next in bringing about this created realm?

So would you describe God as infinite or eternal...and what does that entail? So an infinite God has to do something quickly, because you are impatient? Obviously the Bible states that in fact God is patient ... Psalm 86:15, Jeremiah 15:15, Romans 2:3-4, Acts 13:18, 1 Peter 3:20, 1 Timothy 6:15. Do you question why God hesitates on the "New Heaven and New Earth? (Rev. 21:1)

You have to add that into the Scriptures because there is no evidence either in the creation account in Genesis or the explanation of God's creating in the writings of the Exodus that would allude to such a construct.

One can view Gen. 1 in a simple and plain read or give "sufficient delicacy"(GKC) to what has been written. One will notice that on only one day is there immediate fulfillment of the fiat. Every subsequent day God imposes a command of mediate creation...one can avoid plumbing the depth of scripture at the same time avoiding Romans 1:20. You would have to show what exactly is "added" because it appears that much is neglected on the other end. Blessings...……

 

[Anguspure]

How do we explain the creation week as literal 24 hour days in the light of the verses below (no pun intended)?

'Then God said, "Let there be light"; and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness. God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. So the evening and the morning were the first day.' -- (Gen 1:4-5).

"Then God made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night. He made the stars also. God set them in the firmament of the heavens to give light on the earth, and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good. So the evening and the morning were the fourth day." -- (Gen 1:16-17).

The sun was made on day four.

So what was the source of the light on day one, if not the sun?

And if it was not the sun, then how can the fist three days be literal 24 hour days, since the sun is what determines a 24 hour day?

And if there was already light on the earth on day one, then how can the sun be made on day four "to give light on the earth", a light that already existed on day one?

And if the light and darkness were already divided on day one, then how can the sun be made on day four "to divide the light from the darkness", a division that already existed on day one?

I do believe, however, that all six days of creation week were literal 24 hour days.

But how do we give such a literal explanation to anyone who ask, since the literal evidence (the sun made on day four) does not seem to support it?

What is literal time? Literal in terms of the observer or literal in terms of the created system?

 

[miamited]

Hi all,

Well, the an answer has been provided to the OP and it will be up to them to parse the information.

God bless,
In Christ, ted

 

[Anguspure]

How do we explain the creation week as literal 24 hour days in the light of the verses below (no pun intended)?

'Then God said, "Let there be light"; and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness. God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. So the evening and the morning were the first day.' -- (Gen 1:4-5).

"Then God made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night. He made the stars also. God set them in the firmament of the heavens to give light on the earth, and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good. So the evening and the morning were the fourth day." -- (Gen 1:16-17).

The sun was made on day four.

So what was the source of the light on day one, if not the sun?

And if it was not the sun, then how can the fist three days be literal 24 hour days, since the sun is what determines a 24 hour day?

And if there was already light on the earth on day one, then how can the sun be made on day four "to give light on the earth", a light that already existed on day one?

And if the light and darkness were already divided on day one, then how can the sun be made on day four "to divide the light from the darkness", a division that already existed on day one?

I do believe, however, that all six days of creation week were literal 24 hour days.

But how do we give such a literal explanation to anyone who ask, since the literal evidence (the sun made on day four) does not seem to support it?

The answer you can give them is that the heavens and the earth were created in a literal 6 days from the perspective of the Creator.

Time passed at this rate for Him because He creates time itself and if He says that 6 days passed for Him then He is telling the truth, and 6 days of time were how long it took Him to create.

 

[ChristaLife]

This is why the bible says
2 Peter 1:20 King James Version (KJV)
20 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.

Jesus said to Peter
Matthew 16:17 King James Version (KJV)
17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.

When it comes to things of the bible you have to wait on God for the answer. Yes ask questionS but be careful not to confuse others.

In the beginning God created and there was darkness 0:00 hours there was darkness hence days starts at midnight ever since. Sometimes later God said let there be light; this will be about 4,5,6 am. This is God creating and the light was by Gods word and it WAS NOT THE SUN. GOD CAN CREATE ANYTHING. GOD THEN SEPARATED THE LIGHT FROM THE DARKNESS AND THERE WAS NIGHT AND DAY THE FIRST DAY. The light came by the word of God.

REMEMBER THE SPIRIT OF GOD WAS IN THE MIST AND ALSO REMEMBER THE WHOLE THING CAME ABOUT BECAUSE GOD SAID LET US CREATE MAN IN OUR OWN IMAGE. So what was happening was that God was preparing a glorious place for man just like we do when we are expecting a baby.

AFTER CREATING AND SEPARATING THINGS THE SPIRIT OF GOD WAS GOING TO GIVE THE PLACE OVER TO MAN AND HE WILL MOVE AWAY AND PUT MAN IN TOTAL CONTROL JUST LIKE THE TOY WE BUY FOR OUR CHILDREN. ( AND THAT IS THE ABSOLUTE TRUTH THE WORLD IS THE TOY GOD GAVE TO MAN. THE REAL HOME IS HEAVEN (NEW HEAVEN) THIS WORLD WILL PASS AWAY SOME DAY)

SINCE GOD WAS WAS NOT GOING TO REMAIN HERE HE THEN CREATED A SOURCE OF LIGHT TO TAKE OVER FROM THE INITIAL LIGHT HE HAD CREATED. HE CREATED THE SUN THE MOON AND THE STARS. AFTER GOOD HAD CHECKED AND FOUND IT ALL GOOD HE THEN CREATED THE MAN AND PUT HIM IN CHARGE.

THEN HE RESTED ON THE SEVENTH DAY. WAS GOD TIRED? NO NO NO. HE WAS CREATING A PATTERN OF THE WEEK FOR MAN . A REST DAY WHICH WE NOW CALL WEEKENDS. GOD THERE FORE CREATED 24 HR DAY AND SEVEN DAYS WEEK AND THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE LIVED WITH UP TO TODAY. HE SAID THE SABBATH WAS CREATED FOR MEN

Mark 2:27 King James Version (KJV)
27 And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:

 

[Doveaman]

The sun on day four is the light source on day one.

The light on day one of creation week is serving the exact same purpose as the sunlight on day four, which suggests that both lights are coming from the exact same light source, which is the sun.

Both lights gave light to the earth.

Both lights were divided from the darkness.

And both lights governed the day.

The sun on day four was made to give light on the earth, a light which was already given on day one.

The sun on day four was made to divide the light from the darkness, a division that had already occurred on day one.

And the sun on day four was made to govern the day, which was already being governed on day one.

So how can this be?

It is interesting that the scriptures tell us that the sun was ‘made’ on day four and not ‘created’ on day four.

Something that is “created’ indicates that it came into existence for the very first time.

But something that is ‘made’ can suggests that it already existed but was ‘made’ to serve a new propose.

‘Then God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark seasons and days and years.”...Then God made two great lights — the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night.' – (Gen 1:14-16).

The sun on day four could have already existed before day one but was later 'made' to serve a new propose, and that new purpose was to serve as signs to mark seasons and days and years on the newly created earth.

Genesis 1 is written as if the author awoke in the morning on the first day of the week on a dark and cloudy day. The clouds remained in the sky for the first three days of that week, and the light from the sun began to appear through the clouds on the first day, but the sun itself later appeared when the clouds began to clear up from the sky on the fourth day.

The light from the sun appeared on the first day of the week, but the sun itself later appeared on the fourth day of the week.

 

[The Barbarian]

The sun on day four could have already existed before day one but was later 'made' to serve a new propose, and that new purpose was to serve as signs to mark seasons and days and years on the newly created earth.

Creative, but requires complete reworking of the plain language of Genesis.

So still a failure.

 

[thesunisout]

How do we explain the creation week as literal 24 hour days in the light of the verses below (no pun intended)?

'Then God said, "Let there be light"; and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness. God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. So the evening and the morning were the first day.' -- (Gen 1:4-5).

"Then God made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night. He made the stars also. God set them in the firmament of the heavens to give light on the earth, and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good. So the evening and the morning were the fourth day." -- (Gen 1:16-17).

The sun was made on day four.

So what was the source of the light on day one, if not the sun?

And if it was not the sun, then how can the fist three days be literal 24 hour days, since the sun is what determines a 24 hour day?

And if there was already light on the earth on day one, then how can the sun be made on day four "to give light on the earth", a light that already existed on day one?

And if the light and darkness were already divided on day one, then how can the sun be made on day four "to divide the light from the darkness", a division that already existed on day one?

I do believe, however, that all six days of creation week were literal 24 hour days.

But how do we give such a literal explanation to anyone who ask, since the literal evidence (the sun made on day four) does not seem to support it?

Since God is the one who told us that creation happened in six literal days, who are we to question His word? Are we going to call God a liar? He doesn't know what He is talking about?

 

[ChristaLife]

The sun on day four is the light source on day one.

The light on day one of creation week is serving the exact same purpose as the sunlight on day four, which suggests that both lights are coming from the exact same light source, which is the sun.

Both lights gave light to the earth.

Both lights were divided from the darkness.

And both lights governed the day.

The sun on day four was made to give light on the earth, a light which was already given on day one.

The sun on day four was made to divide the light from the darkness, a division that had already occurred on day one.

And the sun on day four was made to govern the day, which was already being governed on day one.

So how can this be?

It is interesting that the scriptures tell us that the sun was ‘made’ on day four and not ‘created’ on day four.

Something that is “created’ indicates that it came into existence for the very first time.

But something that was ‘made’ can suggests that it already existed but was ‘made’ to serve a new propose.

‘Then God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark seasons and days and years.”...Then God made two great lights — the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night.' – (Gen 1:14-16).

The sun on day four could have already existed before day one but was later 'made' to serve a new propose, and that new purpose was to serve as signs to mark seasons and days and years on the newly created earth.

Genesis 1 is written as if the author awoke in the morning on the first day of the week on a cloudy day. The clouds remain in the sky for the first three days of that week, and the sunlight is visible through the clouds during those three days, but the sun later appears on day four when the clouds began to clear up from the sky.

Sun created on the 4th day WHY WILL IT BE THE SAME AS THE ONE ON THE 1ST DAY. BETTER TO FOLLOW G OD NOT HUMAN LOGIC. HUMAN LOGICS ARE ALWAYS FAULTY.

 

[ChristaLife]

Creative, but requires complete reworking of the plain language of Genesis.

So still a failure.

You are too human to understand God and that is to your disadvantage because YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ENJOY HIM IF YOU BELIEVE THERE IS A GOD. UNDERSTAND THIS: If God said light should come from the surface of the earth then SCIENCE WILL CHANGE AND JUSTIFY LIGHT FROM THE SURFACE OF THE EARTH. If God says LET ALL THE WATERS GO INTO THE SKY THEN SCIENCE WILL CHANGE AND JUSTIFY WATER FROM THE SKY. UNDERSTAND THIS AS WELL. ALL CREATIONS COULD HAVE BEEN DONE IN A MOMENT BUT GOD CHOSE SEVEN DAYS PATTERN BECAUSE HE WAS CREATING IT FOR MAN AND HE WANTED THEM TO HAVE THE CONCEPT OF 7 DAY WEEK. I bet you there are many unbelievers who will NEVER USE THE WORD FAILURE when it comes to creation and that will make you FOOLISH IN THEIR SIGHT. Sorry i do not mean to be strong but rather that you should ALWAYS STOP AND THINK TWICE BEFORE TALKING PARTICULARLY WHEN IT COMES TO THE THINGS OF GOD . IT AFFECTS MANY PEOPLES LIVES. God said it is dangerous to cause the little ones to stumble.

 

[ChristaLife]

How do we explain the creation week as literal 24 hour days in the light of the verses below (no pun intended)?

'Then God said, "Let there be light"; and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness. God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. So the evening and the morning were the first day.' -- (Gen 1:4-5).

"Then God made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night. He made the stars also. God set them in the firmament of the heavens to give light on the earth, and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good. So the evening and the morning were the fourth day." -- (Gen 1:16-17).

The sun was made on day four.

So what was the source of the light on day one, if not the sun?

And if it was not the sun, then how can the fist three days be literal 24 hour days, since the sun is what determines a 24 hour day?

And if there was already light on the earth on day one, then how can the sun be made on day four "to give light on the earth", a light that already existed on day one?

And if the light and darkness were already divided on day one, then how can the sun be made on day four "to divide the light from the darkness", a division that already existed on day one?

I do believe, however, that all six days of creation week were literal 24 hour days.

But how do we give such a literal explanation to anyone who ask, since the literal evidence (the sun made on day four) does not seem to support it?

This is why the bible says
2 Peter 1:20 King James Version (KJV)
20 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.

Jesus said to Peter
Matthew 16:17 King James Version (KJV)
17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.

When it comes to things of the bible you have to wait on God for the answer. Yes ask questionS but be careful not to confuse others.

In the beginning God created and there was darkness 0:00 hours there was darkness hence days starts at midnight ever since. Sometimes later God said let there be light; this will be about 4,5,6 am. This is God creating and the light was by Gods word and it WAS NOT THE SUN. GOD CAN CREATE ANYTHING. GOD THEN SEPARATED THE LIGHT FROM THE DARKNESS AND THERE WAS NIGHT AND DAY THE FIRST DAY. The light came by the word of God.

REMEMBER THE SPIRIT OF GOD WAS IN THE MIST AND ALSO REMEMBER THE WHOLE THING CAME ABOUT BECAUSE GOD SAID LET US CREATE MAN IN OUR OWN IMAGE. So what was happening was that God was preparing a glorious place for man just like we do when we are expecting a baby.

AFTER CREATING AND SEPARATING THINGS THE SPIRIT OF GOD WAS GOING TO GIVE THE PLACE OVER TO MAN AND HE WILL MOVE AWAY AND PUT MAN IN TOTAL CONTROL JUST LIKE THE TOY WE BUY FOR OUR CHILDREN. ( AND THAT IS THE ABSOLUTE TRUTH THE WORLD IS THE TOY GOD GAVE TO MAN. THE REAL HOME IS HEAVEN (NEW HEAVEN) THIS WORLD WILL PASS AWAY SOME DAY)

SINCE GOD WAS WAS NOT GOING TO REMAIN HERE HE THEN CREATED A SOURCE OF LIGHT TO TAKE OVER FROM THE INITIAL LIGHT HE HAD CREATED. HE CREATED THE SUN THE MOON AND THE STARS. AFTER GOOD HAD CHECKED AND FOUND IT ALL GOOD HE THEN CREATED THE MAN AND PUT HIM IN CHARGE.

THEN HE RESTED ON THE SEVENTH DAY. WAS GOD TIRED? NO NO NO. HE WAS CREATING A PATTERN OF THE WEEK FOR MAN . A REST DAY WHICH WE NOW CALL WEEKENDS. GOD THERE FORE CREATED 24 HR DAY AND SEVEN DAYS WEEK AND THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE LIVED WITH UP TO TODAY. HE SAID THE SABBATH WAS CREATED FOR MEN

Mark 2:27 King James Version (KJV)
27 And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:

 

[mmksparbud]

How do we explain the creation week as literal 24 hour days in the light of the verses below (no pun intended)?

'Then God said, "Let there be light"; and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness. God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. So the evening and the morning were the first day.' -- (Gen 1:4-5).

"Then God made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night. He made the stars also. God set them in the firmament of the heavens to give light on the earth, and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good. So the evening and the morning were the fourth day." -- (Gen 1:16-17).

The sun was made on day four.

So what was the source of the light on day one, if not the sun?

And if it was not the sun, then how can the fist three days be literal 24 hour days, since the sun is what determines a 24 hour day?

And if there was already light on the earth on day one, then how can the sun be made on day four "to give light on the earth", a light that already existed on day one?

And if the light and darkness were already divided on day one, then how can the sun be made on day four "to divide the light from the darkness", a division that already existed on day one?

I do believe, however, that all six days of creation week were literal 24 hour days.

But how do we give such a literal explanation to anyone who ask, since the literal evidence (the sun made on day four) does not seem to support it?

An evening and a morning is one day--that is the designation God gave, He didn't say 24 hours. However, an evening and a morning is 24 hours. it was a literal 24 hour day, a 7 day week or He would have said otherwise. It's not exactly a big deal to say, a great deal of time went by for each creation period. God is precise about His words for they are power and what He says is. The original Hebrew word "yom" as used in the creation account is different from the word for day when God told Adam and Eve to not eat of the fruit of the tree for in that day they would die.
There it is : {בְּיוֹם / bê'yom
Which is different from the {יוֹם / yom} used in the Genesis 1 account.
When speaking to Adam and Eve, that word can mean a period of time, or era.

"The Hebrew word for day is yom and this word appears in Scriptures over 1400 times. And without exception this word, when written in the singular sense, means day. And that's it. Never anything else. Eons are indicated with the plural form: days, as in the days of such and such. The most popular counter argument is that the meaning of our word is fiercely restricted to 'day' for about a thousand times in the sequential Scriptures, but in the secluded chapter of Genesis 1 means something completely different! But honestly, if in Genesis 1 our word should have meant 'long time' it would have said 'long time'. There are words available in Hebrew that mean just that. None of which occur in Genesis 1.

The word as used in Genesis 1 means day and day alone. There's no way around it, and every serious theory to make (systematic, not theological) sense out of Genesis 1 should first and foremost address the yom-problem."
http://www.abarim-publications.com/YomProblem.html#.W1BVPvZFxet

God created light, Doesn't say He created sunlight. Look up the word light and you will find there is invisible light---invisible to our eyes, not to God's. Exactly what kind of light He made is not detailed. He is, after all---the Light of the world. In the new earth it does not say there will be no sun or moon---it says the light of the sun will not be needed, for Jesus is the light.

Rev 21:23 And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.

 

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24 hour days in which the prophet was recording the 7 day vision he observed. He got up in the morning, saw a vision during that day, went to bed, and got up the next morning and saw another vision of creation, for 7 days.

An interesting thought. I had not considered it this way before.