I am confused how you get to Adam being created on day three?
Dear Nutty, Here is the Scriptural Proof. To be technical, Adam was NOT created at this time. He was formed as a Potter molds the clay. That's the Hebrew definition of the word "formed" used in Genesis 2:7.
4 These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created,
in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens,
The above verse is speaking of the
3rd Day, the SAME Day the Earth was made according to Gen. 1:9-10
5 And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the Lord God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.
6 But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.
In order to confirm that Scripture is speaking of the
3rd Day, the above verses tell us it was BEFORE the plants, herbs, and rain GREW. Genesis 1:12 shows that the plants and herbs GREW on the
3rd Day. On this
3rd Day:
7 And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
8 And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
9 And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
Notice that the LORD God planted Trees
AFTER man was formed. Again, the
3rd Day is confirmed since trees GREW on the
3rd Day. Genesis 1:13
Can you tell us of another Day which fits the description given above?
The word for day in Hebrew it seems means a period of undefined time. So I could effectively say I spent my DAY on the Earth alive. This would be the span of time which I was alive. When it makes a difference is when the time span is defined, as in Genesis 1:5 where it says evening and morning, the first day. It repeats this for the 6 days of creation. It is still quite a loose statement in that it doesn't say the morning that immediately followed the previous evening were the first day (24 hours). It could actually refer to billions of days.
Each of God's Days or Ages is some 4.5 Billion years in man's time. Today is God's 6th Day since God is still creating sinners in Christ. It takes the agreement of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, to create each New creature in Christ.
We live today at Gen. 1:27 and we will NOT advance to 1:28 until AFTER Jesus returns to this Earth. Then the Prophecy of Gen. 1:28 will finally be fulfilled when ALL creatures become vegetarians. Gen. 1:29-30
Science has dated the beginning of our world at 13.7 Billion years ago. God tells us in Gen. 2:4 that it was on the 3rd Day that our Universe was made. Today being the 6th Day and 3 Days ago being the 3rd Day means that each of God's Ages is some 4.5 Billon years long, in man's time.
What is really interesting is the the 7th Day had no evening and no morning. That is because God has but 7 Days and the 7th is Eternity.
In Love,
Aman