Just because 1,000 years is like a day to God, who is outside or time and not bound by it, doesn’t mean that God had to use 1,000 years every time He used the word *day* as designated by the use of the terms evening and morning.
Compared to eternal, yes, a thousand years is no different than a day, but working within time, it is a significant difference.
God used the terms of evening and morning to clarify which meaning of the word He meant by *yom*.
[[God used the terms of evening and morning to clarify which meaning of the word He meant by *yom*.]]
Yep- that link I gave gives a pretty clear explanation of htis fact- As well I’ve also read that if yom supposedly must mean ‘long ages in Genesis, then ‘resting on the sabbath’ must mean ‘resting for long ages’ as well- but here again those who wish to twist and ignore Go’ds word have yet another problem with hteir itnerpretation to ‘explain away’-