There are many Biblical proofs for a
Day-Age Position. Here are few.
Specific biblical examples of evidence for long creation days
include:
A)The "Day of the Lord" refers to a seven year period
of time.
B)Genesis 2:4 refers to all 6 days of creation as one day,
"This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they
were created, in the day that the Lord God made earth and
heaven."
C)The seventh day of Genesis is not closed. In all other days,
"there is the evening and the morning, the n day."
In the book of Hebrews, the author tells us to labor to enter
into God's seventh day of rest. By any calculation, God's seventh
day of rest has been at least 6,000 years long:
For He has thus said somewhere concerning the seventh day,
"And God rested on the seventh day from all His
works"... Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest,
lest anyone fall through following the same example of
disobedience. (Hebrews 4:4-11)
D)The psalmist (Moses, the author of Genesis) says "For a
thousand years in Thy sight are like yesterday when it passes by,
or as a watch in the night." (Psalms 90:4).
E)The apostle Peter tells us with God "A thousand years is
as one day" (2 Peter 3:9).
F)The events of the sixth day of creation require time beyond 24
hours. On this day, God created the mammals and mankind. He also
planted a garden, watered it, let it grow, and put man in it,
with instruction on its care and maintenance. Then God brought
all the animals to Adam to be named. This job, in itself would
take many days or weeks. Next, God put Adam to sleep and created
Eve. It is very unlikely all of this could take place in 24
hours, since much of it was dependent upon Adam, who did not have
the abilities of God. For further information on this point check
out Gleason Archer's work on the language of Genesis.
G)The Bible itself states that the covenant and laws of God have
been proclaimed to a "thousand generations"
(Deuteronomy 7:9, 1 Chronicles 16:15, Psalm 105) . Even if a
generation is considered to be 20 years, this adds up to at least
20,000 years. A biblical generation is often described as being
40 years, which would represent at least 40,000 years. However,
since the first dozen or more generations were nearly 1,000
years, this would make humans nearly 50,000 years old, which
agrees very well with dates from paleontology and molecular
biology.
Hope this will stir your minds in you studies. Remember there are
at least four acceptable positions on Creationism. A study of all
of the options can be a healthy diet to the Christian soul. Do
not only look at the day-age or calendar-day, but at the other
alternatives. Remember, to not study the other positions within
orthodoxy is to allow your tradition to interpret the Scriptures
for you, hence contradicting II Timothy 2:15.
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