24-Day Age Argument Essay

24-hour: According to to the 24-Hour viewpoint, the 7 days referred to in Genesis 1 are normal days on the calendar. They argue that it’s clear/obvious that God meant normal, 24 hour, days because the days written in the first chapter are numbered. Also, using the fourth commandment, people who are for the 24-hour viewpoint would argue that since Moses refers to the 7th day, also known as the Sabbath, as a normal day must mean that in Genesis 1, Moses is referring the days as normal. Although these beliefs may seem simple and straightforward, I don’t believe that the specific time spent on each stage of creation is important to know. In my opinion, this viewpoint is taking God’s passage in a scientific way. There is no evidence that the all 7 days were 24-hours, therefore there is no way of proving that the days referred to in

They would argue that there is no indication what each day covers, therefore it’s plausible that the days could be longer or shorter than each other. In fact, in Genesis 2:4, Moses refers the days as yôms. This does have a powerful point, but I would argue that again, they are focusing more on the science of the days rather than the big message of God. From what I can gather, the Day Age believes in what the fossil record can prove, meaning that the order of creation from the oldest to youngest is the ocean, plants, fish, animals, fruit trees, birds, and man. However, if you go to Genesis 1, you would see that the order written in the chapter is different from what one can see in the fossil record. According to Genesis, the order of creation from oldest to youngest is plants, ocean, birds, animals, man/fruit trees. In my opinion, the Day Age viewpoint seems to be adding things that are inaccurate to the Bible and using it as evidence as if that’s what the bible says, hence I would argue that the viewpoint may need some additional