A day is a day, isn’t it?
March 26, 2008 at 1:18 pm (Fizzy Musings, apologetics)
Tags: apologetics, archaeology, Bible, Christianity, creation, faith, Genesis 1, theology
Article from the website of archaeologist Dr Livingston: “The ‘Days’ of the Creation Week.” (2003)
http://www.ancientdays.net/creationdays.htm
In this, the author give s a clear and easy-to-read overview of various interpretations of Genesis 1 given by Christians, as well as a discussion of what the Bible itself actually says.
Excerpt:
What are the “DAYS”? How long were they?
Some Dates for Creation:
- Septuagint 5270 BC
- Jewish 3760 BC
- Josephus 5555 BC
- Luther 3961 BC
- Kepler 3993 BC
- Ussher 4004 BC
Some Interpretations of the Meaning of “Days”
- Revelational day: God revealed to Moses how He did it in 6 visionary days, or during a 6 day period.
- Long period of time — a geological age — a “day-age”.
- Literal day (24 hours), separated by long ages.
- See chart below…
And, from another Dr Livingston article, “Five Pillars of Evolution” (2003):
| Evolution | Creation | |
| Physical (material) Universe Life from Non-Life All Variety from a Single Cell Time - 4.5 Billion Years Order from Chaos |
Spiritual Creates Physical All Life Comes from Life Variety from the Beginning
Infinite, Miracle Working God |
http://www.ancientdays.net/fivepillars.htm
This website is worth a look. Dr Livingston is an archaeologist and theologian, and the rticles will be useful for anyone exploring apologetics.
