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| − | A '''day''' is the amount of time it takes for the [[earth]] turn once around its axis: 24 hours. It can also be defined as 86,400 [[SI]] seconds.<ref>[http://asa.usno.navy.mil/SecM/Glossary.html#day The Astronomical Almanac]</ref> According to the Biblical book of [[Genesis]] [[God]] created the heavens and the earth in six days, and rested on the [[Sabbath|seventh]].<ref>Genesis 1:1-2:24</ref> | + | A '''day''' is the amount of time it takes for the [[earth]] turn once around its axis: 24 hours. It can also be defined as 86,400 [[SI]] seconds.<ref>[http://asa.usno.navy.mil/SecM/Glossary.html#day The Astronomical Almanac]</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>Genesis 1:1-2:24</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 thousands years. <ref>Psalms 90:4, II Peter 3:8</ref> |
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Revision as of 17:38, June 29, 2007
A day is the amount of time it takes for the earth turn once around its axis: 24 hours. It can also be defined as 86,400 SI seconds.[1] According to the Biblical book of Genesis God created the heavens and the earth in six days, and rested on the seventh.[2] 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 thousands years. [3]
References
- ↑ The Astronomical Almanac
- ↑ Genesis 1:1-2:24
- ↑ Psalms 90:4, II Peter 3:8