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If according to Genesis 1 God created the world in 69 days and for God a
thousand years is like a day (Psalms 90:4), then did God create the world in 69,
000 years according to the Bible?

According to Genesis, he did nothing of the sort.

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At first, are we allowed to rethink both the Biblical interpretations and the
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2 Pet 3:8: ‘With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years
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even with 1000 years, as the coming millennia of Yeshua HaMassiach.
Concerning creation or evocreation (a combination of creation and evolution) of
the Universe or even more about the Earth/Tellus and the Solar system, science
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My friend, a building engineer tried to understand 2 Pet 3:8 and could not get a
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days are 1000 years = 1000 x 365.25 x 1000 = 365 250 000 years = 365 Ma (million
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during its 4.54 Ga lifetime.
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have been 12.4, clearly more than 6 (-7) YEARs, unless there had been some
delays between some DAYS -- just as accumulation of molecular oxygen before the
Precambrian BigBang and appearing of multicellular sea animals (DAY 5a).

4.54 Ga Beginning of DAY 1 = the Light/oR = Mother star with nucleosynthesis and
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Arche K
Author has 891 answers and 141.4K answer views · Updated Jun 2 ·

Actually, the passage that you're talking about in the bible is descriptive of
God's perception of time. That passage is not in any way saying that 1 day is
1000 years. It is saying 1 day is as 1000 years to God since God exists outside
of time and is in eternity. Whether 1 day passes or 1000 years pass, it makes no
difference to God since it effects Him not. He is in all times present. It could
have just as easily said 1 day is as a billion years or million years, or
whatever. It is for descriptive purposes to describe God's relation to time and
how He perceives it. Simply put the length of t

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Albert Bijzitter
Studied at University of Groningen · Author has 5.2K answers and 2.1M answer
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> If 1,000 years is 1 day for God, does it mean that the world was actually
> created in 7,000 years and not in 7 days?

People who are trying to reconcile biblical literalism and scientific dating do
love the a 1,000 years is 1 day for God, quote. I don’t know if it is because it
ensures them that the texts is accurate in a metaphorical sense, but let us
analyze the facts

Where does "1,000 years is 1 day for God" come from?

It is found in Psalm 90:4

A thousand years in your sight are like a day that has just gone by, or like a
watch in the night.

And in 2 Peter 3:8

But do not forget this one thing, dear

> If 1,000 years is 1 day for God, does it mean that the world was actually
> created in 7,000 years and not in 7 days?

Where does "1,000 years is 1 day for God" come from?

It is found in Psalm 90:4

A thousand years in your sight are like a day that has just gone by, or like a
watch in the night.

And in 2 Peter 3:8

But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a
thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day

Why is it written?

In Psalm 90:4 it is about the metaphor of the limited human existence in
contrast to the greatness of god.

Yet you sweep people away in the sleep of death-- they are like the new grass of
the morning: In the morning it springs up new, but by evening it is dry and
withered.

In Psalm 90 it is not about calling a thousand year a day!

In 2 Peter 3:8 it is a response to the scoffer and their argument that the
promised "coming" has not happened after all those years.

2 Peter 3:4 They will say, "Where is this 'coming' he promised? Ever since our
ancestors died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning of creation."

It is part of an argument hat includes 2 Peter 3:8 as well as verse 9 and that
shines a different light on the matter.

2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand
slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but
everyone to come to repentance.

It is not about the length of creation story days, it is an excuse for the long
wait for the promised coming to happen.

In 2 Peter 3 it is not about calling a thousand year a day!

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By the way what sense does it make to extend the creation story to 7,000 years?
It is just as out of line with current knowledge as the 7 days story.

And a 6 million year universe is just as much nonsense as a 6,000 year old
world, it is still wrong by a factor of 2,000.

On cosmological, geological and evolutionary times scales a thousand years and a
day are both no more than the blink of an eye.

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Is it true that God created the Earth within 7 days?

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David Johnston
Author has 2.4K answers and 900K answer views · Updated Jan 7 ·

A day has no given time, it can be any length, it is governed by the period of
darkness followed by a period of light, and can be of any length.

Some planets have a day that is equal to many earth years, others have a day
equally to just hours, on earth. A day can be any length, depending on the
source of light the spin and tilt of that planet to its source of light, in
astronomy this is a widely excepted explanation for a Day.

With God a day is the period of darkness, followed by a period of light, it can
be thousands of earth days on one planet to a day on earth.

This is why after the sun was p

A day has no given time, it can be any length, it is governed by the period of
darkness followed by a period of light, and can be of any length.

With God a day is the period of darkness, followed by a period of light, it can
be thousands of earth days on one planet to a day on earth.

This is why after the sun was put in place on day four a day could be no longer
than one year on earth. As one of earth's revolutions around the sun equals a
year. Where the landmass was placed would determine the length of the period of
darkness followed by the period of light,at the poles it is six months darkness
and six months light, nearer the equator is approximately twenty four hours
today.

On carefully reading of the Bible we cannot determine the length of the first
three days, so the earth and heavens can be any age.

The only information we have is that from the creation of Adam to now is ess
than 10,000 years, according to the rotation of earth around the sun which God
put in place to bring about day four, and according to that light source sea
creatures and birds were only a day older, even if that day was a year long.

As for how long the first three days of creation were the Bible never says, so
for me or anyone to give an age for when the earth and heavens were created in
the beginning, would be naive of what God called a day, the period of darkness
followed by light.

David Johnson
A.A. in Computer Science & Movie Production, Pasadena City College (Graduated
1987) · Author has 26.7K answers and 17.3M answer views · Feb 12 ·
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Did God create the earth in 7 24 hours days?

No.

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Christopher Nowak
Co-creator of Mensa award winning board game · Author has 2.6K answers and 3.2M
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The Bible, particularly the Hebrew portions of the Bible, uses several
techniques to hint at infinity. The opposition of opposites (“from the east to
the west”) and hyperbolic comparisons (one day is like a thousand years, and
thousand years like a day) are two of them. It clearly de-links the days of
creation from literal 24 hour days (as if the creation of the sun & moon on Day
Four wasn’t enough!) It is not a literal ratio, but hyperbolic way of saying our
time doesn’t matter to God (which fits the Grecco-Christian conception of God’s
existence outside of time).

There are groups, even of fun

There are groups, even of fundamentalists, who try to reconcile the biblical
account with the scientific account. The most intriguing I’ve seen is the theory
advanced in the “Genesis Code” — that the Biblical account is from “God’s
perspective” at the center of the big bang, and due to time dilation that we can
relate the six days of creation to 6 epochs of evolution of the universe.

However, what matters is not that we sync the biblical and scientific accounts
as regards the mechanism of creation, but that we take the moral and theological
significance from the scriptures without discounting science’s account of the
mechanisms of creation.

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Anonymous
1y ·

We have the same thought actually, but I do some research, God was eternity and
not bound by time because that is two of his many characteristics. If you read
(Psalm 90:2, Psalm 102:12, and 2 Peter 3:8 “But do not overlook this one fact,
beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years
as one day”) it shows that God is not limited nor bound by time. So, the answer
is he created all the creations in instant except human since he does it with
processed (Genesis 2:7 “formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into
his nostrils the breath of life; and man be

Damon Nailer
Theologian, biblical scholar, minister, & author- Revelation Rightly Revealed ·
Author has 1.3K answers and 1M answer views · Updated 2y ·

You are on the right track. A thousand years is equal to one day just as 1 hour
= 60 minutes and 1 minute= 60 seconds. We know the creation cycle took 7000
years. After the creation cycle, God tells Enoch that “the 1st 7 revolve in the
form of 7th thousand.” At the time when he stated that to Enoch, the first 7,000
or the creation cycle had finished. This means that during Enoch’s time and
moving forward, the earth would be on the 2nd cycle of 7,000 years (existence
cycle). At the conclusion of this period, the 8th day or eternity would start.
This will follow the 1000 years millennium or rest

Below is the breakdown/explanation of time.

2 Peter 3:8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is
with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day

Enoch 33:1 AND I appointed the eighth day (eternity) also, that the eighth day
should be the first-created after my work, and that the first seven revolve in
the form of the seventh thousand, and that at the beginning of the eighth
thousand there should be a time of not-counting, endless, with neither years nor
months nor weeks nor days nor hours.

Creation

Day 1-1000-2000 Light is created and light(day)/darkness(night) are separated.

Day 2-2000-3000 Heaven created to be the middle to divide waters above and
below.

Day 3-3000-4000 The earth, seas, grass, herbs, and trees are created.

Day 4-4000-5000 The sun, moon, and stars are created to measure time (signs,
seasons, days, and years).

Day 5-5000-6000 The whales/fish and flying creatures are created.

Day 6-6000-7000 The cattle, creeping thing, beasts of the earth, and man are
created.

Day 7-7000-8000 God's Rest

Earth's Existence

Day 1-1000-2000 (8000-9000)

Day 2-2000-3,000 (9000-10,000)

Day 3- 3,000-4,000 (10,000-11,000)

Day 4- 4,000-5,000 (11,000-12,000)

Day 5 5,000-6,000 (12,000-13,000) Jesus comes 5 1/2 days

Day 6 6,000-7,000 (13,000-14,000)

Day 7- 7,000-8,000 (14,000-15,000) Millennium Rest

Day 8- Eternity

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Eleftherios Tserkezis
Islander, Classicist, Byzantinist, Eclectic · Author has 4.3K answers and 36.2M
answer views · 4y ·

> A thousand years in your sight
> are like a day that has just gone by,
> or like a watch in the night.
>
> (Psalm 90:4)

If you take it literally, the Psalm actually says that for God 1,000 years = 1
day = 3 hours (a watch in the night). Therefore, 1 day is 3 hours, right?

Well, of course not. That’s poetry you’re reading. It’s just a poetic way to
stress the fact that time doesn’t matter for God, as he’s eternal and free of
any limitations.

The universe is billions of years old. Buy you have to turn to science to find
out more about that. That’s not what the Bible was written for.

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Rod Shearman
Retired (2010–present) · Author has 1.1K answers and 406.1K answer views · 2y ·

The Scriptures, in stating, “In the beginning God created the heavens & the
earth” (Ge 1:1), leave matters indefinite as to time. This use of the term
“beginning” is therefore unassailable, regardless of the age scientists may seek
to attach to the earthly globe & to the various planets & other heavenly bodies.
The actual time of creation of the material heavens & earth may have been
billions of years ago.

Genesis chapter 1 through chapter 2, verse 3, after telling about the creation
of the material heavens & earth (Ge 1:1, 2), provides an outline of further
creative activities on the earth. Ch

Genesis chapter 1 through chapter 2, verse 3, after telling about the creation
of the material heavens & earth (Ge 1:1, 2), provides an outline of further
creative activities on the earth. Chapter 2 of Genesis, from verse 5 onward, is
a parallel account that takes up at a point in the third “day,” after dry land
appeared but before land plants were created. It supplies details not furnished
in the broad outline found in Genesis chapter 1. The inspired Record tells of
six creative periods called “days,” & of a seventh period or “seventh day” in
which time God desisted from earthly creative works & proceeded to rest. (Ge
2:1-3) While the Genesis account of creative activity relating to the earth does
not set forth detailed botanical & zoological distinctions such as those current
today, the terms employed therein adequately cover the major divisions of life &
show that these were created & made so that they reproduce only according to
their respective “kinds.” - Ge 1:11, 12, 21, 24, 25.

The following chart sets forth God’s creative activities during the six “days”
outlined in Genesis.

EARTHLY CREATIVE WORKS OF JEHOVAH

Day No. 1 - Creative Works - Texts:

Light; division between day and night

Ge 1:3-5 - 2 - Expanse, a division between waters beneath the expanse & waters
above it - Ge 1:6-8

3 - Dry land; vegetation - Ge 1:9-13

4 - Heavenly luminaries become discernible from earth - Ge 1:14-19

5 - Aquatic souls and flying creatures - Ge 1:20-23

6 - Land animals; man - Ge 1:24-31

Genesis 1:1, 2 relates to a time before the six “days” outlined above. When
these “days” commenced, the sun, moon, & stars were already in existence, their
creation being referred to at Genesis 1:1. However, prior to these six “days” of
creative activity “the earth proved to be formless & waste & there was darkness
upon the surface of the watery deep.” (Ge 1:2) Apparently, a swaddling band of
cloud layers still enveloped the earth, preventing light from reaching its
surface.

When God said on Day One, “Let light come to be,” diffused light evidently
penetrated the cloud layers even though the sources of that light could not yet
be discerned from the earth’s surface. It seems that this was a gradual process,
as is indicated by translator J. W. Watts: “And gradually light came into
existence.” (Ge 1:3, A Distinctive Translation of Genesis) God brought about a
division between the light & the darkness, calling the light Day & the darkness
Night. This indicates that the earth was rotating on its axis as it revolved
around the sun, so that its hemispheres, eastern & western, could enjoy periods
of light and darkness.—Ge 1:3, 4.

On Day Two God made an expanse by causing a division to occur “between the
waters & the waters.” Some waters remained on the earth, but a great amount of
water was raised high above the surface of the earth, & in between these two
there came to be an expanse. God called the expanse Heaven, but this was with
relation to the earth, as the waters suspended above the expanse are not said to
have enclosed stars or other bodies of the outer heavens. - Ge 1:6-8.

On Day Three by God’s miracle-working power the waters on the earth were brought
together & dry land appeared, God calling it Earth. It was also on this day
that, through no chance factors or evolutionary processes, God acted to
superimpose the life principle upon atoms of matter, so that grass, vegetation,
& fruit trees were brought into existence. Each of these three general divisions
was capable of reproducing according to its “kind.” - Ge 1:9-13.

The divine will concerning luminaries was accomplished on Day Four, it being
stated: “God proceeded to make the two great luminaries, the greater luminary
for dominating the day & the lesser luminary for dominating the night, & also
the stars. Thus God put them in the expanse of the heavens to shine upon the
earth, & to dominate by day & by night & to make a division between the light &
the darkness.” (Ge 1:16-18) In view of the description of these luminaries, the
greater luminary was quite apparently the sun & the lesser luminary the moon,
though the sun & moon are not specifically named in the Bible until after its
account of the Flood of Noah’s day. - Ge 15:12; 37:9.

Previously, on the first “day,” the expression “Let light come to be” was used.
The Hebrew word there used for “light” is ʼohr, meaning light in a general
sense. But on the fourth “day,” the Hebrew word changes to ma·ʼohrʹ, which
refers to a luminary or source of light. (Ge 1:14) So, on the first “day”
diffused light evidently penetrated the swaddling bands, but the sources of that
light could not have been seen by an earthly observer. Now, on the fourth “day,”
things evidently changed.

It is also noteworthy that at Genesis 1:16 the Hebrew verb ba·raʼʹ, meaning
“create,” is not used. Instead, the Hebrew verb ʽa·sahʹ, meaning “make,” is
employed. Since the sun, moon, & stars are included in “the heavens” mentioned
in Genesis 1:1, they were created long before Day Four. On the fourth day God
proceeded to “make” these celestial bodies occupy a new relationship toward
earth’s surface & the expanse above it. When it is said, “God put them in the
expanse of the heavens to shine upon the earth,” this would indicate that they
now became discernible from the surface of the earth, as though they were in the
expanse. Also, the luminaries were to “serve as signs & for seasons and for days
and years,” thus later providing guidance for man in various ways. - Ge 1:14.

Day Five was marked by the creation of the first nonhuman souls on earth. Not
just one creature purposed by God to evolve into other forms, but literally
swarms of living souls were then brought forth by divine power. It is stated:
“God proceeded to create the great sea monsters & every living soul that moves
about, which the waters swarmed forth according to their kinds, & every winged
flying creature according to its kind.” Pleased with what He had produced, God
blessed them &, in effect, told them to “become many,” which was possible, for
these creatures of many different family kinds were divinely endowed with the
ability to reproduce “according to their kinds.” - Ge 1:20-23.

On Day Six “God proceeded to make the wild beast of the earth according to its
kind & the domestic animal according to its kind & every moving animal of the
ground according to its kind,” such work being good, as were all of God’s
previous creative works. - Ge 1:24, 25.

Toward the end of the sixth day of creative activity, God brought into existence
an entirely new kind of creature, superior to the animals even though lower than
the angels. This was man, created in God’s image & after his likeness. While
Genesis 1:27 briefly states concerning humankind “male & female he [God] created
them,” the parallel account at Genesis 2:7-9 shows that Jehovah God formed man
out of the dust of the ground, blew into his nostrils the breath of life, & the
man came to be a living soul, for whom a paradise home & food were provided. In
this case Jehovah used the elements of the earth in creative work & then, having
formed man, He created the female of humankind using one of Adam’s ribs as a
base. (Ge 2:18-25) With the creation of the woman, man was complete as a “kind.”
- Ge 5:1, 2.

God then blessed mankind, telling the first man & his wife: “Be fruitful &
become many & fill the earth & subdue it, & have in subjection the fish of the
sea & the flying creatures of the heavens & every living creature that is moving
upon the earth.” (Ge 1:28; compare Psalm 8:4-8.) For humankind & other earthly
creatures, God made adequate provision by giving them “all green vegetation for
food.” Reporting on the results of such creative work, the inspired Record
states: “After that God saw everything he had made &, look! it was very good.”
(Ge 1:29-31) The sixth day having come to its successful conclusion & God having
completed this creative work, “he proceeded to rest on the seventh day from all
his work that he had made.” - Ge 2:1-3.

Concluding the review of accomplishments on each of the six days of creative
activity is the statement, “And there came to be evening & there came to be
morning,” a first, second, third day, & so forth. (Ge 1:5, 8, 13, 19, 23, 31)
Since the length of each creative day exceeded 24 hours (as will be discussed
later), this expression does not apply to literal night & day but is figurative.
During the evening period things would be indistinct; but in the morning they
would become clearly discernible. During the “evening,” or beginning, of each
creative period, or “day,” God’s purpose for that day, though fully known to
him, would be indistinct to any angelic observers. However, when the “morning”
arrived there would be full light as to what God had purposed for that day, it
having been accomplished by that time. - Compare Proverbs 4:18.

Length of Creative Days. The Bible does not specify the length of each of the
creative periods. Yet all six of them have ended, it being said with respect to
the sixth day (as in the case of each of the preceding five days): “And there
came to be evening & there came to be morning, a sixth day.” (Ge 1:31) However,
this statement is not made regarding the seventh day, on which God proceeded to
rest, indicating that it continued. (Ge 2:1-3) Also, more than 4,000 years after
the seventh day, or God’s rest day, commenced, Paul indicated that it was still
in progress. At Hebrews 4:1-11 he referred to the earlier words of David (Ps
95:7, 8, 11) & to Genesis 2:2 and urged: “Let us therefore do our utmost to
enter into that rest.” By the apostle’s time, the seventh day had been
continuing for thousands of years & had not yet ended. The Thousand Year Reign
of Jesus Christ, who is Scripturally identified as “Lord of the sabbath”
(Matthew 12:8), is evidently part of the great sabbath, God’s rest day. (Re
20:1-6) This would indicate the passing of thousands of years from the
commencement of God’s rest day to its end. The week of days set forth at Genesis
1:3 to 2:3, the last of which is a sabbath, seems to parallel the week into
which the Israelites divided their time, observing a sabbath on the seventh day
thereof, in keeping with the divine will. (Ex 20:8-11) And, since the seventh
day has been continuing for thousands of years, it may reasonably be concluded
that each of the six creative periods, or days, was at least thousands of years
in length.

That a day can be longer than 24 hours is indicated by Genesis 2:4, which speaks
of all the creative periods as one “day.” Also indicative of this is Peter’s
inspired observation that “one day is with Jehovah as a thousand years & a
thousand years as one day.” (2Pe 3:8) Ascribing not just 24 hours but a longer
period of time, thousands of years, to each of the creative days better
harmonises with the evidence found in the earth itself.

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No,the meaning of ‘day’ in Genesis 1 is defined by the context there—the Hebrew
word for day, yôm יום , is used with the words ‘evening’ and ‘morning’, and the
days are numbered (first day, second day, etc.). Whenever yôm is used in such a
context, it is always an ordinary day, never a long period of time.

Moses used a simple yet profound analogy in describing the timelessness of God:
“For a thousand years in Your sight are like a day that has just gone by, or
like a watch in the night.” The eternity of God is contrasted with the
temporarily of man.

The marking of time is irrelevant to God becau

The marking of time is irrelevant to God because He transcends it. The Lord does
not count time as we do. He is above and outside of the sphere of time. God sees
all of eternity’s past and eternity’s future. The time that passes on earth is
of no consequence from God’s timeless perspective. A second is no different from
an eon; a billion years pass like seconds to the eternal God.

Peter 3:8–9 reads:

> ‘But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a
> thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day. The Lord is not slow in
> keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. He is patient with you, not
> wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.’

The first thing to note that the context has nothing to do with the days of
creation. Also, it is not defining a day because it doesn’t say ‘a day is a
thousand years’. The correct understanding is derived from the context—the
Apostle Peter’s readers should not lose heart because God seems slow at
fulfilling His promises because He is patient, and also because He is not bound
by time as we are.

The text says ‘one day is like [or as] a thousand years’—the word ‘like’ (or
‘as’) shows that it is a figure of speech, called a simile, to teach that God is
outside of time (because He is the Creator of time itself). In fact, the figure
of speech is so effective in its intended aim precisely because the day is
literal and contrasts so vividly with 1000 years—to the eternal Creator of time,
a short period of time and a long period of time may as well be the same.

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