You should reread my post. Between Genesis 1:2 and Genesis 1:3, the earth was formless and void and God’s Spirit hovered over the earth. There were no days at that point. There was God and a formless and void earth. Between those two verses could be a trillion years. We simply do not know.
Sometimes, “straining at gnats” leads to “swallowing camels”. Christ says not to do that kind of thing.
To: aMorePerfectUnion
This was posted earlier. It is sandwiched in with the ten commandments in the book of Exodus. God knew how long He would create a solar day to be even before He placed the sun and he hammers it home well after the book of Genesis. I hope it will clarify things for you.
Ex 20:11 For [in] six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them [is], and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
It doesn't hurt to see God as a painter who created on the canvas of our reality as a whole mature universe. We don't need to fear the Academics interpretations of reality.
“God knew how long He would create a solar day to be even before He placed the sun and he hammers it home well after the book of Genesis. I hope it will clarify things for you.”
Oh I have clarity. I just disagree with the view espoused in the article.