Creation
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The six days of Genesis 1 are long periods of time |
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There
is a widespread belief in many Churches that the ‘days’ of Genesis are not
normal 24-hour days, but long periods of time (that is, those days were
thousands, millions, or even billions of years in duration). |
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Confutation |
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According
to the Holy Scriptures, the six days of Genesis chapter 1 were days of 24
hours, for at the end of each day it is written: “And there was evening, and
there was morning ….” (Genesis 1:5, 8, 13, 19, 23, 31 – NIV). That is
confirmed by what God said to the Israelites when He gave them the
commandment concerning the Sabbath day, that is, the seventh day of the week.
Here are the words of God: “Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six
days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the sabbath
of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor
thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy
stranger that is within thy gates: For in six days the LORD made heaven and
earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day:
wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it” (Exodus
20:8-11). |