In Genesis 1:1 through Genesis 2:3 God creates the world in 6 days, on the 7th He rested.
Over the years secular beliefs and supposed scientific discovery has worked its way into how Christians read these verses and have affected the veracity of the Bible.
Is it six literal 24-hour days or is it allegorical? Are those days actually a thousand years each?
In Gen 1:3 it says…
3 And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4 God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness.5 God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.
In these verses God established what a 24 hours day is. The Hebrew word Yowm is used to show this first established 24-hour day.
The word Yowm is used through Genesis 1 as each day of creation is described which means the intent was six literal 24-hour days.
For some reason people look at this literal six day creation and find it illogical.
First of all, if God can create everything from nothing He doesn’t need a lot of time to accomplish this goal. And, He didn’t have to wait on the approval of permits that take time due to government bureaucracy and He didn’t have to take the time to search Angie’s list to find a good contractor. He spoke it and it was. Thinking that God would need long periods of time to accomplish His goal lessens His power. It is a small God view rather than a big God view.
The veracity of the Bible must be protected by Christians and we cannot try to adjust to meet a naturalistic old earth paradigm created by secular man.
We need to think big God.