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

creation of sun, moon, and stars in the same day. Following that logic, it would seem that birds and fishes (Day 5) were also included on Day 2 when God made the skies and seas, and land animals and man (Day 6) were also included on Day 3 when God made the land and vegetation. If this is correct, we don’t have 6 days of creation in Genesis 1. We have 3.

Then there is the 7th day when God rested, the Sabbath. That is not literal either. Even though it is called a day, it has no morning or evening.

Not all the questions related to this view or any of the others can be answered here. Just be aware of them and know that Bible believers hold these various views and still believe the basic truth presented here that the Creator of the world is the Lord God Himself. You can find each of these views explained further by doing a Google Search on any of them. One excellent presentation of the Framework Hypothesis is presented here – http://www.asa3.org/gray/framework/frameworkOPC-SC.html

But what could possibly be the purpose of dividing up what happened in creation into these 2 parts – Days 1-3 and Days 4-6? Instead of giving us a chronological presentation of Genesis 1, the Bible is giving us a TOPICAL presentation of Genesis 1. In other words, Genesis 1 is teaching that God made His creation with three major parts to focus on. He is not drawing our attention to TIME. He is focusing our attention on the order, the major parts, or the organization of His creation. In the first three days, he presents those main parts of His creation. But on

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