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== Day in the Bible ==

== Day in the Bible ==

According to the [[Bible|Biblical]] book of [[Genesis]] [[God]] created the heavens and the earth in six days, and rested on the [[Sabbath|seventh]].<ref>{{Bible ref|book=Genesis|chap=1}}, {{Bible ref|book=Genesis|chap=2|verses=1-24}}</ref>  It should be noted that a day within the Bible is not always a 24 hour period.  Sometimes, to God, a day is as a thousand years. <ref>{{Bible ref|book=Psalms|chap=90|verses=4}}, {{Bible ref|book=II_Peter|chap=3|verses=8}}</ref>

According to the [[Bible|Biblical]] book of [[Genesis]] [[God]] created the heavens and the earth in six days, and rested on the [[Sabbath|seventh]].<ref>{{Bible ref|book=Genesis|chap=1}}, {{Bible ref|book=Genesis|chap=2|verses=1-24}}</ref>  It should be noted that a day within the Bible is not always a 24 hour period.  Sometimes, to God, a day is as a thousand years.<ref>{{Bible ref|book=Psalms|chap=90|verses=4}}, {{Bible ref|book=II_Peter|chap=3|verses=8}}</ref>

However, the [[Bible]] defines the word ''day'' ([[Hebrew]] ''yowm'') most clearly by the context of its use in {{Bible ref|book=Genesis|chap=1}}. In [[Genesis]] 1, the word ''day'' appears six times, preceded by the phrase "evening and morning," clearly indicating a solar day.

However, the [[Bible]] defines the word ''day'' ([[Hebrew]] ''yowm'') most clearly by the context of its use in {{Bible ref|book=Genesis|chap=1}}. In [[Genesis]] 1, the word ''day'' appears six times, preceded by the phrase "evening and morning," clearly indicating a solar day.

[[Progressive creationism]], in an attempt to compromise Scripture with [[geology|geological]] [[uniformitarianism]] and [[evolution]], states that each of the "days" in [[Genesis]] 1 were actually great ages of the earth. This interpretation fails for a number of reasons. The most salient reason is that Genesis tells us that [[plant]]s were created on Day 3, while the [[sun]] and [[moon]] were created on Day 4. While plants might survive one solar day without light, they would not survive for millions of years without light. Nor does progressive creationism say where the light of the first "day" of Genesis 1 came from. (In addition, most uniformitarians insist that the sun existed before the earth, and in fact date the sun primarily by adding a few hundreds of thousands of years to their value for the age of the earth.)

[[Progressive creationism]], in an attempt to compromise Scripture with [[geology|geological]] [[uniformitarianism]] and [[evolution]], states that each of the "days" in [[Genesis]] 1 were actually great ages of the earth. This interpretation fails for a number of reasons. The most salient reason is that Genesis tells us that [[plant]]s were created on Day 3, while the [[sun]] and [[moon]] were created on Day 4. While plants might survive one solar day without light, they would not survive for millions of years without light. Nor does progressive creationism say where the light of the first "day" of Genesis 1 came from. (In addition, most uniformitarians insist that the sun existed before the earth, and in fact date the sun primarily by adding a few hundreds of thousands of years to their value for the age of the earth.)

==See Also==

==See also==

* [[Orbital period]]

* [[Orbital period]]

* [[Essay:Today in conservative history]]

* [[Essay:Today in conservative history]]