In verse five the word days is used twice. The Hebrew word used for day "yowm" is the same in both cases; Yowm is a 24 hour period. A lot of questions are raised just on this one word alone. Does this mean a literal 24 hours? Some people look at 2 Peter 3:8,
"But you must not forget this one thing, dear friends: A day is like a thousand years to the Lord, and a thousand years is like a day."
This doesn't mean God created the earth in 7,000 years. This means that God is not limited by time, He is not on our timetable. Look at John 2:19,
“All right,” Jesus replied. “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”
Jesus was referring to himself on the cross. The Greek word for day "hemera" is also a 24 hour period. Jesus rose in three 24 hour days, not 3,000 years.
Everytime the word day is used (14 times) in Genesis 1-2:3, it is the same word, a 24 hour period. So in six days God created alot.
Day One: Light and darkness
Day Two: The Sky
Day Three: Land,Sea, seed-bearing plants and trees with seed-bearing fruit
Day Four: Sun, Moon and stars
Day Five: Fish and everything that scurries and swarms in the water and every sort of bird
Day Six: Animals, man and woman
Day Seven: God rested
God you are amazing.
He created everything so He could have a relationship with me. Its crazy to think that God wanted me so much that He would create me. But He gave me the choice to love Him. He could have created me to love Him, but He created me with the choice to love Him.
Thank you Lord for all you have done and will continue to do. Thank you for being completely faithful to me when I am faithless.
