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We are having a discussion about the word DAY in Genesis chapter one at the beginning of the Bible. The first five Hebrew words in the Bible are: "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth" According to the law of first mention all of the Bible is an explaination of the word Beginning because we are told: God declares the end from the beginning. The beginning of Creation was far less than a trillionth of a second. So let us just say everything began in a moment. What began: "Heaven and Earth". We currently believe that Heaven or the universe is 13.8 trillion years old. The earth is said to be 4.5 billion years old. If you use these numbers the first day was 9.3 billion years.
Then we are told God divided night and day, light and darkness. We are also told that God is light and there is no darkness in Him. I wonder about black holes and event horizons but that is another story. Here we see God said, God saw, God divided and God called.
What does said, saw, divided and called have to do with the first day? I think we need to examine this if we are going to decide if a day is 24 hours or 8 or 9 billion years.
3And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. 4And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. 5And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
Then we are told God divided night and day, light and darkness. We are also told that God is light and there is no darkness in Him. I wonder about black holes and event horizons but that is another story. Here we see God said, God saw, God divided and God called.
What does said, saw, divided and called have to do with the first day? I think we need to examine this if we are going to decide if a day is 24 hours or 8 or 9 billion years.
3And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. 4And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. 5And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
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