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Bible Q & A
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How can we be certain that the days mentioned in Genesis 1 are 24 hours in length? Some authorities claim these days are actually
one thousand years or more in length.
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Theistic
evolutionists, even some theologians, make the claim
to which you refer. Yet a look at the account and a
simple knowledge of nature clearly shows that each
day was 24 hours in length—not an epoch of time!
Consider the
plants which were created on the third day of
this week of re-creation. The sun did not
appear until the next day. If these “days” were
one thousand years long, then the plants could
not have survived, for they were without
sunshine. Those who believe the days to have
been long ages are faced with this impossible
situation!
Also notice
that the plants were made the third day, insects
on the sixth. How did certain specialized
plants continue to exist for ages without their
insect partners? The
Encyclopedia
Britannica states that two groups of
insects which include bees and wasps,
butterflies and moths could not have existed
without the honey—or nectar-bearing plants. Nor
could these plants have existed without the
insects. Those who claim creation days were one
thousand or more years in length are faced with
the conclusion that most plants would have had
to live this period of time without producing
seed—an impossibility!
The scripture
plainly states: “In six days God made heaven
and earth.” Each day of creation is not some
long epoch but exactly what the scripture says,
a day and night of twenty-four hours. Each day
is an evening and morning—that is, nighttime and
daytime. |
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