Days of Creation
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Re: Days of Creation
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True, it's not literal 7 days, but years. The bible states that (2 Peter 3:8) " One day is with God as a thousand years and a thousand years as one day. " Meaning creation period is a duration of about seven thousand years.WardahEbrahim wrote: ↑02 Aug 2019, 02:26 I think its not literal days. I think its could be 7 defined periods. Or maybe 7 seconds. Someone even pointed out that the length of the days were longer than what it is now. But i think its one of those mysteries that are kept from human kind, and thats fine.
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Please check from your Bible 2 Peter 3:8, It clearly states the duration.Nimisha_91 wrote: ↑25 Aug 2019, 22:55 I have always wondered that. This was before days and nights were created so how did they measure a day? I think the author's theory gives it some clarity.
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I agree with this! I think there is no way we can know for sure how many 24-hour periods went into the making of the universe, and I'm ok with a little mystery there. How long it took is not nearly as important as the symbolism in the number and the fact that God did, in fact, create our beautiful world.B Creech wrote: ↑02 Aug 2019, 03:28 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!
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That is my thoughts exactly! Mankind invented time. I believe day is a figurative label maybe just for the time it took to complete the task mentioned.B Creech wrote: ↑02 Aug 2019, 03:28 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!
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I agree with you that the creation story parallels the Big Bang theory. I've often thought that myself. For instance when God separated the land and water; they could not have separated from each other without a 'big bang' of some kind! I believe God spoke everything into being (except Adam and Eve) as the Bible says, but I believe there was a lot of noise, rumbling, and shaking as it was all being put into place.Juliet+1 wrote: ↑28 Aug 2019, 15:55 I don't believe there were actually seven 24-hour days. The "days" are a concept, and the various men who wrote the pieces that became the Bible's Book of Genesis were documenting what they believed to be the process. Interestingly, the story of creation as told in Genesis closely parallels the "Big Bang" theory of how the universe came to be.
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Thank you for citing that! I initially thought the days of creation were literal but with that illustration, it is hard to tell which one is true. Indeed, it is a mystery.B Creech wrote: ↑02 Aug 2019, 03:28 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!
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One, did the writers of the bible not have acsess to words such as moments and time spand, and with the answear being yes then why would they have said days?
Two, plants were created before light, and there is only so long a plant can be without light before it becomes unhealthy and begins to die.
Three, adam and eve were made at seperate times of the day and if a day was a thousand years then that means it could have been nigh on 5 to 9 hundred years before Adam and God figured out it was not good for adam to be with out a mate.
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Fazzier wrote: ↑29 Aug 2019, 03:22Thank you for citing that! I initially thought the days of creation were literal but with that illustration, it is hard to tell which one is true. Indeed, it is a mystery.B Creech wrote: ↑02 Aug 2019, 03:28 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!
God may at times be mysterious however he is also very very serious about details and accuracy that being said he had words for years and ages when he had words for day. Just because we can't creat all he did in a twenty four hour span don't mean he couldent. Or didnt