Genesis...

Genesis 1:6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

Genesis 1:7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which [were] under the firmament from the waters which [were] above the firmament: and it was so.

Genesis 1:8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.

Genesis 1:9 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry [land] appear: and it was so.

Genesis 1:10 And God called the dry [land] Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that [it was] good.

Genesis 1:11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, [and] the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed [is] in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.

Genesis 1:12 And the earth brought forth grass, [and] herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed [was] in itself, after his kind: and God saw that [it was] good.

Genesis 1:13 And the evening and the morning were the third day.


I'm going to stop here.

Question:

The trees GREW and produced fruit which to me means that day two was several years long. Before that, God created the heavens and the earth. We still see stars being made and dying. The process is LONG. We see every day how God creates. It takes 9 months for a human life, several years for trees to produce fruit, millions of years for stars to complete their life cycle. It's a sticking point for some people that we as Christians use the "literal" meaning of seven days but I'm not convinced of that. We see here, only a few verses in how God created, the way God still creates to this day, right in front of us, and it's a process. From seedling to adult, everything in every way.

That's it for today. We'll be addressing this young earth V not so young earth view over the next several days.

Tracy