I don't know any Christians who based their salvation or sanctification on eschatology. There might be some, but I've really never encountered one. Christians are more likely to take the six days of Creation in the normal, literal sense in which they believe it was originally intended - for Scriptural, grammatical, historical and/or theological reasons. For example, I have heard it said that the very work of Christ to which you refer; namely, Christ as the Second Adam conquering sin and death, is unintelligible if sin did not enter the world through one man, if death did not come through sin, and that is really not the way death came to all men because mankind had somehow already been dying for a very long time before Adam, the first man.
As a linguistic example, and not speaking for anyone else, I personally cannot bring myself to think Moses really meant, "Six indefinite periods you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh indefinite period is a Sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant, nor your animals, nor the alien within your gates. For in six indefinite periods the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh indefinite period. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath indefinite period and made it holy."
Cordially,
[[As a linguistic example, and not speaking for anyone else, I personally cannot bring myself to think Moses really meant, “Six indefinite periods you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh indefinite period is a Sabbath to the LORD your God]]
Well put- People taking God’s word out of context often are loathe to admit that other passages in God’s word which back up the original intent mean what they mean. Great long ‘explanations’ are often given to support wonky ideology, yet a cursory examination of God’s word reveals how off base they really are- You’re example is spot on in revealing how those hwo tried to contend that the 7 days didn’t really mean 7 days went to lengths that simply can not be taken seriously
[[Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath indefinite period and made it holy.”]]
And don’t forget- that after having established this so called ‘sabbath indefinate period’, He hten required that everyone too rest on this indefinate period Sabbath. I guess it was quite hte game back hten tryign to figure out when this indefinate period ended so people could get back to work supporting hteir families. Must have been quite the task to store up enough supplies and money to get htem through all the numerous indefinate periods of hte sabbath.