nice post, but this is what caused me to rethink the times.
it is “photosynthesis” Hashem created the plant kingdom on the 3rd day and then he created our sun on the 4th day.
Plants need light every 24 hours, if the days are more than 24hrs they will die. The 4th day couldn’t have been more than 24hrs. The reference to a day is as a thousand years are for prophecy. In Hosea 6:2 and John 11:6, 2 days are referenced and linked to messiah came in the 4000th year and after 2 more thousand years (2days) he will come again.
we are in the 5 thousandth year of the world, the 6000th year will happen on a Rosh Ha Shanna.
Thanks! Knowledge is increasing, just as Daniel recorded.
Strictly speaking, a day is an “evening and a morning” so we don’t have to worry about the time period. If the first creation story is how the “types” or “kinds” were set up, similar to setting up an Object-Oriented Computer Program, then the instantiations, speaking things into existance, can come afterward, and the “chicken-or the egg” problem is avoided. Make the plan, execute the plan.
In any event, He is the potter, we are the clay. Not much point in questioning His design or motives. Just be glad he cares enough about us to want us to be with him for eternity!
Shalom!