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An E-Mail Series from Gariel Ministries-February 6, 2007

Issue #3 Subject Area–The Genesis Connection by Dorothy von Lehe

God’s Word Provides the Proof:

Each Day of Creation Week is Literal Ordinary Day

Over these past five years of preparation and becoming equipped to tackle God’s ministry assignment, the Holy Spirit has provided two key phrases of wisdom that are foundational to this ministry. As God placed into my lap proof of the literal truth concerning God’s Creation, the first phrase was spoken.

The Holy Spirit in His “still small voice” said:
“Believe His Word not man’s word!”

From this phrase, I have come to embrace and truly believe this principle:
Whenever man’s word conflicts with or contradicts God’s Word,
God’s Word will always prove to be true and man’s word will always prove to be false.

The Holy Bible provides the proof to make God’s intention clear:
we are to understand that each day of the Creation week was a
literal ordinary 24-hour day.

Following are quotes from articles and illustrations produced by the Answers in Genesis Ministry.

The Word Day
It’s important to note that the Hebrew word for day (yom) in the singular or plural form is used 2,301 times in the Old Testament.

The interesting thing is that the only place most people will argue about what the word ‘day’ means in the Old Testament is Genesis 1.

Now it is true that the Hebrew word for day, like the English word for day, can have a number of different meanings dependent upon context. So the Hebrew word for day can mean time, it can mean year, it can mean an ordinary day, as well as a number of other definitions. However, the major use of the Hebrew word for day is to mean a literal 24-hour day.

Why is it, then, that throughout the Old Testament, wherever the word day is used (and sometimes it means year, sometimes time, etc.) people don’t seem to have a problem with interpreting the meaning of the word day-except for the very first chapter of the Bible? I suggest the reason for this is because this is the only place in the Old Testament where you can even try to put the idea of (millions or) billions of years.

Uses of Day Outside of Genesis 1
In this illustration we see four examples of how the word day is used outside of Genesis 1 to mean an ordinary day.

Excluding Genesis 1, whenever the word day is used with a number (over 400 times) it always means an ordinary day-there are no exceptions.

Whenever the phrase ‘evening and morning’ is used without the word day (38 times) it always means an ordinary day-no exceptions.

Whenever the words ‘evening’ and ‘morning’ are used individually with the word day (in fact 23 times each), the word day always means an ordinary day.

Whenever the word ‘night’ is used with the word day (52 times), the word day always means an ordinary day.

In other words, whenever the word day is used with a number or with the words evening or morning or with the word night, outside of Genesis 1, the Hebrew word for day always means an ordinary day. And, whenever the phrase ‘evening and morning’ is used, it means an ordinary day.

Genesis Chapter1

When you look carefully at Genesis 1, you'll notice that the first time the word day is used, it is qualified with the words night, evening, morning and number.
And for each of the other times the word day is used for the six days of Creation, we see it used with a number and the words evening and morning.

In other words, the contextual usage of the word day in Genesis 1 makes it obvious that it must be interpreted as an ordinary day.

BELIEVE GOD'S WORD NOT MAN'S WORD!

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God’s Word Provides the Proof:

Each Day of Creation Week is Literal Ordinary Day

The Word Day It’s important to note that the Hebrew word for day (yom) in the singular or plural form is used 2,301 times in the Old Testament.

The Word Day
It’s important to note that the Hebrew word for day (yom) in the singular or plural form is used 2,301 times in the Old Testament.