Days of Creation

[Smrithy]

Well, that is a matter of our personal beliefs even though no one one is quite sure about it. But since the author has given us a reasonable explanation, I agree with the author.

[Philip Chepsingil]

I agree. The days mentioned in the Bible were not literary days. The Old Testament was written from Jewish Oral traditions and I think the different phases of creation in different periods of time. The periods of time could be only translated as days.

[homelight]

This is good Hebrew grammar and suggests each sentence is built upon the previous announcement, absolutely indicating that the times were consecutive and not separated by any period of time. The genesis account well-known shows that the Word of God is authoritative and effective. Most of God’s creative work is accomplished by speaking, some other indication of the power and authority of his word. Let us look at every day of God’s innovative paintings:
Days of advent
first day:Earth,area,time and mild.
2nd day:environment.
1/3 day:Dry land and plant.
Fourth day:Sun,moon,megastar.
Fifth day:sea and flying creature.
Six day:Land ,animal ,man

[Inkroverts]

I don't think it's literal days. The meaning of "day"- just like the rest of the languages- changes through time.

[okello003]

I strongly disagree with the assertion that 7days of creation may not have been literally days. The truth is that the word of God is yes and Amen. No matter how we may try to come up with own philosophy it will never change. Since God is supreme and all powerful all is possible. The Bible clearly states that it took 7 days not any other things. God was very systematic and engaged in every day of the week till the seventh day when He rested. The statement about one day is like 1000 days to God, it applies when it comes to our personal relationship with God; act of worship.

[Erin Dydek]

That's something I believe no one can say for sure. The Bible says "one day is with the Lord as a thousand years and a thousand years as one day " (KJV) 2 Peter 3:8. I don't think God goes by a "time" as we know it. This is just one of the great mysteries in the Bible, in my humble opinion!

I agree. His ways are higher than our ways and I don’t think we’ll ever gain enough knowledge to understand everything while we’re here on earth.

[Arthur Ahrens]

I agree with OliviaLouise. The Biblical Clock by Daniel Friedmann clearly lays out how the Bible's account of creation can easily be reconciled with the theory of evolution. It also goes on with a theoretical account of how and when the end of days might occur. It is a well researched and fascinating read. In short, no, I do not believe the Bible is talking about actual days as we define them because at the time of creation we had not yet defined them. Our days as we see them are a creation of the human mind, and I doubt that God, who has infinity, would have been confined to days.

[obsidianskies85]

I believe that the "7 days" is not something that should be taken literally because it could have really been any length of time. If you really think about it time is something that is so strictly defined by us humans. So I believe it could be interpreted in so many different ways.

[e-reeder]

God's time is not the same as ours hence, the 7 days of creation doesnt mean literal 7 days. I won't totally disregard with this assertion.

[ReneeBrown]

Do you agree with Val Greenwood's view that the 7 days of the creation may not have been literal days? He says we can't be sure how long the time periods actually were. What do you think?

This is a very interesting question. I think that the 7 "days" of creation could have been more like time periods or perieods of creation rather than a literal 24 hours. On the other hand, it could have easily been 24 hours since with God anything is possible. What do you think? I'm not sure if it really makes all that much of a difference.

[ReneeBrown]

I agree. The days mentioned in the Bible were not literary days. The Old Testament was written from Jewish Oral traditions and I think the different phases of creation in different periods of time. The periods of time could be only translated as days.

That's so true! It could have been translated "days", but not actually mean a 24 hour day which is how we think of a day.

[KojoGH]

I agree with him because I also heard that thousand years on earth is a day in heaven. So we can't really tell, can we?

[Oyedeji Okikioluwa]

I have thought about this question before too, and I in a bit agree with the author. I say YES.

[Jsovermyer]

Do you agree with Val Greenwood's view that the 7 days of the creation may not have been literal days? He says we can't be sure how long the time periods actually were. What do you think?

This is a very interesting question. I think that the 7 "days" of creation could have been more like time periods or perieods of creation rather than a literal 24 hours. On the other hand, it could have easily been 24 hours since with God anything is possible. What do you think? I'm not sure if it really makes all that much of a difference.

I agree. It really doesn't matter how long creation took.

[THarveyReadALot]

I think the Genesis account of creation, mentioning, 'and there was evening and there was morning the ...day' suggests short days.