[truthfinder9]

And then there's Exodus, which says straight out that God made the world in six days. There is no other way to interpret it.

Not true: Exodus 20:11 is often held up as undeniable proof of 24-hour creation days. If that is true, what of Leviticus 25:1-4, which uses the creation week pattern in terms of years? Apparently the creation week is used as a pattern of “one out of seven” in both cases, not a real-time reference. Another type of pattern is the eight day “Feast of the Tabernacles” in Leviticus 23:33-36. It celebrated God’s protection in the desert that lasted forty years - obviously eight days is not a one-to-one correlation with forty years. Also consider that Moses authored both of these passages.

That's a little something the YECs forget to mention.

[JohnnyM]

are you coming from a Gap theory point of view (i.e. gap between Gen 1:1 and 1:2) that has the creation account being a restoration of a previously judged/ruined earth? Or are you coming from the viewpoint of evolution as the method of creation?? Also, do you know the viewpoint of the author?

The former has some wiggle room with the issue of death pre-Adam, the latter does not.

JM

[P-Marlowe]

Also consider that Moses authored both of these passages.

FWIW God himself authored Exodus 20:11. Moses just wrote down the words. Later God himself wrote the words in stone with his own hand.

Unless that was all a bunch of hokey.

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

The Feast of Tabernacles was to remember their hardships during those 40 years of wandering. The years are not vague or in question. The Feast was a rememberance of a specific event. The Sabbath too was a rememberance, and the event and years are also specific. To think that you can interpret it differently than its clear meaning is just willful misinterpreting for the purpose of fitting a specifc theory. It makes no sense. If you can interpret that in such a far-fetched way then the rest of the Bible is suspect.

How long do you figure it will take God to make a new heaven and a new earth, as foretold in Scripture that He will do? What about all the other miracles of the Bible? How long did those take?