[[I can understand the idea that “day†does not mean exact 24 hour periods or even that it was used to convey billions of years,]]
Can’t- the bible talks about no ‘soul death’ before adam and eve- The only way billions of years could go by is IF God supernaturally kept Adam and Eve alive, and there is no evidence in His word that this was the case
“Can’t- the bible talks about no ‘soul death’ before adam and eve- The only way billions of years could go by is IF God supernaturally kept Adam and Eve alive, and there is no evidence in His word that this was the case”
No. Adam and Eve were created on the last of the six days of creation - thus there need not be billions of years that had gone by even if you believe the days to have been billions of years long for there is no reason to think God rested for billions of years on the seventh day. Also, since Adam and Eve were created whole and entire as adults rather than as infants in the whom and were not afflicted by time with age until they sinned there is no reason to think they could not have lived for billions of years if God so wished. Also, I would shy away from the term “soul death” if I were you for in English it implies the death of a soul - which is logically impossible and against scripture since there is a Heaven and a Hell.