Playing Chess With the Devil. Making Sense of the Most Popular Book In the World. Genesis 1. The Creation. Lesson 1

of Genesis 1. There are many points to reinforce this interpretation. But it has problems. A long-standing problem has been the 4th day. Sun, moon, and stars are introduced on the 4th day, but there is already light on Day 1. However,  many conservative Christians subscribe to this view.

2. The creation days are LONG days. They are ages, perhaps thousands or millions of years.

Many conservative, orthodox Christians subscribe to this view too – and have throughout the age of the church. Many good arguments favor this interpretation. It has been used to attempt to reconcile the teaching of the Bible with the teaching of modern science.

But there is another way to view the creation days of Genesis 1. It is called the Framework Hypothesis. It has many opponents but many conservative, Biblical scholars promote this as consistent with Biblical orthodoxy. It says Genesis 1 is not about HOW LONG it took God to make his creation. It is about the pattern, the organization – or the ORDER – God set in His creation. It says that on the first 3 days, God made three different spheres or domains or kingdoms that make up His world. This is illustrated below. (See diagram at http://public.iwork.com/document/?a=p38279198&d=Lesson_1-_Genesis_1.pages)

Days

Spheres

Rulers of the Spheres

1

Space/Light

Sun, Moon, Stars – Day 4

2

Sky, Seas

Winged Creatures, Fishes – Day 5

3

Land, Vegetation

Land Animals, Man – Day 6

You will notice that on Day 1, God made light. But how was there light without the sun, moon, and stars that were created on Day 4? It would seem that Day 1 included the

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