Bible Basics

"Six Days"

It has been pointed out that in an effort to accommodate evolutionary chronology, some believe that the word “day” in Genesis chapter one is not a literal twenty-four hour period, but is used figuratively and represents millions of years during which God used evolution to “create” (?) life upon the earth.  But notice that in recording the Decalogue, Moses writes, “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work; but the seventh day is a Sabbath unto Jehovah thy God . . . for in six days Jehovah made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is. . .” (Ex. 20:11).  By inspiration Moses shows that the Genesis record of creation is literal and not figurative as he compares the “six days” of the Jewish work-week and the “six days” of the creation-week. Does anyone believe that the Hebrew work-week consisted of six ages lasting  millions of years?  Of course not. Clearly the Hebrew work-week was six consecutive twenty-four hour periods. Furthermore, the “six days” of the creation-week are equated to the six consecutive twenty-four hour periods of the Hebrew work-week. The only reason that anyone would ever conclude that the “six days” of creation actually lasted millions of years is to accommodate the evolutionary theory. Who do you believe? God or Darwin?

                                                                                                               -- Clark Dugger

Bible Basics