How can you say that God "waited"? Isn't God omnipotent? He can and has caused time to completely stop (see Joshua 10:23) and run backwards (see 2 Kings 20:9-11). He is also capable of accelerating it to an infinite rate and of making it a completely irrelevant non-factor.
Your problem is that you have accepted the position of GGG in that a yom, in the context of creation, is a standard 24 hour earth day. That wrongly implies or imposes limitations on God that are not supported in Genesis or through the fuller definition of God. You have also (wrongly) taken GGGs position that not agreeing with you is deflection.
I didn’t impose anything on God. I have only limited Him to His Word. I took Him at His Word and believed what He said He did. I got none of this from GGG. You are the one putting God in a box. He COULD have done anything. But I believe what HE SAID that HE did. How can I say that God waited? The Bible says He created plants and the evening and morning were the first day. Then the next day he created the sun moon and stars and evening and morning were the fourth day. He didn’t do it all on day one ie He waited until the next day to create the next thing. Do you suppose it took Him all day and night to create the things on one day and as soon as it was the next day, He started on the next thing? If not, then you believe He waited too.
“You have also (wrongly) taken GGGs position that not agreeing with you is deflection.”
You can agree with me all you want. You however are deflecting when I ask you a specific question repeatedly and you do not answer it or you attempt to answer it like a politican. Ex. I asked you what was wrong with the rules of exegesis that I was using and you said my conclusion was wrong. I was trying to establish what rules you would accept to further the debate and you refuse to answer the specific question. Also I had to ask the question about Exodus 20 several times and you really never answered it but gave a flawed analogy about two dogs. So IOW you are deflecting whether you agree with me or not. I am having another discussion in this thread with an evolutionist. He obviously doesn’t agree with me but he isn’t deflecting my questions. I am enjoying the exchange immensely. This exchange however is exhausting and this is my last post to you and the others that are talking about yom.