The day-age theory, espoused by
progressive creationists and theistic evolutionists, alleges that each day of
the creation account in Genesis 1 represents geologic ages (millions of years)
instead of ordinary 24-hour days. Here are six simple reasons to reject this
theory in favor of a more straightforward understanding of the text.
1. Whenever
the Hebrew word yom (“day”) is
preceded by a numeral, it always refers to a solar (24-hour) day (Gen. 1:5, 8,
13, 19, 23, 31; cf. Num. 13:25; 14:33-34; Ex. 20:9-11).
2. The
phrase, “So the evening and the morning were the first day” (Gen. 1:5),
is used over 100 times in the OT and always refers to a 24-hour day.
3. If “day”
in this context refers to geologic ages, then each “day” would be millions of
years of continuous darkness followed by millions of years of continuous light.
4. Adam
lived through the sixth and seventh days (Gen. 1:26-2:3), but he did not live
for geologic ages (Gen. 5:5).
5. The Jews
were commanded to work six days and rest one day each week because this was the
pattern of creation recorded in the Genesis account (Ex. 20:8-11).
6. If God
had wanted to describe creation in six literal 24-hour days, how could he have
stated it any clearer?
--Kevin L. Moore
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Related articles: Greg Gwin's Scientific Dating Methods; R. Sungenis, Reasons to Doubt Justin Taylor; Paul Holland's Age of the Earth; Justin Roger's Hebrew word Yom; Thomas Purifoy, Jr.'s 6-Day Creation,
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