Ever wonder how old the earth is? Ever wonder how the LORD God created everything and how long it took Him to create our earth and universe? Did it take billions of years as the white coated scientists say? Or did it take 6 literal 24-hour days with the LORD resting on the 7th? Did you know that some Christians would argue that creation took millions of years instead of what Genesis Chapter 1 plainly says? Well check and double check this friends....
Days defined as having an evening and a morning (Genesis1:5,8,13)
Hebrew word yom (day) used with numbers in non-prophetic language always indicates a 24-hour period (Genesis 1:5,8,13,19,23,31)
If days are viewed as long periods of time, what are the "months and years" discussed in Genesis 1:14?
Hebrew word yamin (days) appears over 700 times in the Old Testament, and always means 24-hour days in non-phrotic language (cf. Exodus 20:11;31:17)
The Hebrew language has other words that can be translated "day" (e.g. dor, olam) that would have conveyed long periods of time, but these were not used in Genesis 1.
The days of Creation week are the same as the days enjoined on the Israelites at Sinai (Exodus 20:11).
If the days were long periods of time, and if each day had a long "evening" of darkness, many plants that were created on day three could not have survived (Genesis 1:11-13).
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