Science, Creation & EvolutionWhat does it mean by “Day” in the Genesis 1 account?The disjunctive clause (conjunction + subject + verb) at the beginning of v. 2 gives background information for the following narrative in verse 3, explaining the state of things when “God said…” (Dallas theological seminary commentary from the NET Bible) So, according to these scholars, Verse 2 is associated with Verse 3, and not verse 1. This would suggest that verse 1 is independent of the following narrative, and therefore defines creative activity before the first day. In the case of Daniel 8:26, the terms evening and morning are associated with a "vision" that definitely covers many years. So, if the term day is representative for “a period of God’s regenerative work”, evening and morning are certainly figurative as well. This idea of each of the creation days being a period of time is confirmed in Hebrews 4, as the writer describes a Christian who does not harden their heart, and trusts in the Lord work, to be one who will enter into the Sabbath days rest of God. In other words, we’re still in the seventh day mentioned in Genesis. NET Bible commentary from Dallas Scholars - The Hebrew phrase td)l=oT hL#a@ (a@L#h T{l=d{t) is traditionally translated as “these are the generations of” because the noun was derived from the verb “beget.” Its usage, however, shows that it introduces more than genealogies; it begins a narrative that traces what became of the entity or individual mentioned in the heading. In fact, a good paraphrase of this heading would be: “This is what became of the heavens and the earth,” for what follows is not another account of creation but a tracing of events from creation through the fall and judgment (the section extends from 2:4 through 4:26). See M. H. Woudstra, “The Toledot of the Book of Genesis and Their Redemptive-Historical Significance,” CTJ 5 (1970): 184-89 I looked up 6 other conservative commentaries, and they all associated this verse (Gen 2:4) with the information that would follow. The point stands - God takes all His creative activity in chapter 1, and sums it all up in “yowm” here in this verse – this word simply isn’t being used in the creation account as “day”, it means “period of time” I don’t buy this tuppence! I'm just thinking, this would have been a pretty shallow threat in Adams eyes if death was merely something that only began deep within his cells. He must have understood God’s promise to be defined as “this time”, or he would have thought God was a liar. My point stands - Did Adam and Eve die the same day they eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil? No! In fact, Adam lived to be about 930 years old. - this word simply isn’t being used in the creation account as “day”, it means “period of time” Not if Genesis 1:1 predates the rest of the creation account in Genesis 1. And we don't even have to think of this verse in the sense of an earthly Eden. As you and I would see Satan figuratively behind the King of Tyre, the Eden mentioned here in Ezekiel 28 could be Heaven itself. So only scholars with your perspective are right? Come on! This isn't an honest intellectual perspective, its rhetoric. |
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