the Hebrew text allows for different meanings of the word Yom. check out the main page for explanations.
Zoe, I'd like you to point this out to me if you would please?
Correction on your part the word DAY in Hebrew, which is the Hebrew word “yom“, individually indicates a twenty four (24) hour period of time. It is used exactly 2301 times throughout the entire Old Testament and in every instance it is always used in a singular way. But along with this you should also note that in the 6 days of creation G-d repeated the saying “and the evening and the morning were the first day” six times. The obvious reason for it being repeated over and over again was because G-d purposefully wanted to get His point across. This is because in foresight He knew the evolutionist would try and harm the reputation of it. Genesis 1:5, 8,13,23,31 -
And G-d called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day. Additionally, you should also notice that each one of the creation days has a numerical number attached to it, namely day 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and lastly the 7th day. And every time it is associated to in Genesis it means a 24 hour period that is noted by “evening and morning“, which is one cycle of the earths rotation in reference to the fixed path of our sun. All of this is to show us that G-d was not just talking about a prolonged (long-drawn-out) time period, but about one days revolution of the earths rotation around our sun.
Shedding even more truth to a single day… is the Hebrew word for a full seven days which is the Hebrew word “shabuwa”. This word is found in Genesis 2 as well as Leviticus 12:5 and virtually the whole Old Testament when it refers to the word “week“.
So it's not purely that the word “yom” is used six different times in Genesis, but it is also the word “shabuw” that defines a seven day period.
We serve God, Cat, but we look to His creation as a testimony as well as His word. By examining His creation, we are still serving Him.
Fair enough Zoe, but if you go on to believe that these were not actual 24 hour days that than opens the door to “evolution” and you are being deceived. Changing the word of G-d turns it into a doctrine of devils.
First what God are we talking about here.. The Bible says that there are two. Second, I never used the words "without any hint of a shadow of a doubt." I was referring to the correlation between science and the Bible..
Gman, you have me stumped, what two gods
are you talking about? Yes, I realize that you were referring to the link between science and the Bible, which you proved nicely, thank you. I was merely just pointing the fact out to you that "NOW" (after you have proved this fact) you cannot simply go on believing that these 7 days took place over million or billions of years, that it why I said you cannot serve both G-d and man, its either one or the other. If you change G-d's literal word into something that it is not, you are than serving man.
) refers to life as well?