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In the 7 days of Creation was each day 24 hours in length or was each day longer?In: Christianity, Creation |
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No, the days were not 24 hours long. Each day was 7 thousand years long.
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The Hebrew word for day yom can mean an indefinite period of time. In the context, as qualified by 'evening and morning' it can mean only one thing, namely the 24 hour day that we know today where the sun rises and sets. Even those who do not accept the view of Genesis 1 as being literal do assert that it means a 24 hour day, but they do not accept it for evolutionary or other reasons.
If the days were meant to be longer, such as 7000 years, then that would mean that the Sabbath day of rest mentioned in Exodus 20:8-11, which alludes specifically to Genesis 1 would have required the Israelites to rest for 7000 years every sabbath, which is clearly not feasible.
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No, the days were not 24 hours long in the Genesis story. There is almost certainly no greater demonstration of irrationality than to believe a "Biblical day" as it is offered in Genesis is 24 hours in length. There is no way that anyone who looks with an understanding eye at the physical evidence the universe, the galaxy and the earth present that a viewer can come away with the idea that a "Biblical day" during creation was 24 hours long. And it is a demonstration of stunning ignorance for Christians to support the literal translation of the Bible as regards the 24 hour "Biblical" day.
That said, why, then, do a group of Christians rush to subscribe to Young Earth Creation (YEC) theory? Because the Bible says it? YEC cultist beliefs suggest the kind of insanity that presented itself at Jonestown or with the Heaven's Gate followers: blind, unthinking, unreasoning obedience. What kind of "faith" is that?
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No. The days of creation were a thousand years each totalling 7000 years. It takes longer than 24 hours for grass to grow. God let the vegetation grow all over the earth for a thousand years as it is one of the most vital resources for the animals and humans that would come later.
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