There was evening and morning each day, making it a 24 hour day in those six days of creation.
The Genealogy listed and the age given can be found in Genesis 5th chapter up to Noah. The concluded Noah's age to add:
Genesis 9:[SUP]28 [/SUP]And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.[SUP]29 [/SUP]And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years: and he died.
Genesis 10th chapter gave the generations of Noah's three sons, but no age given, even though God limited the average sinful man's age to 120 years even before the flood and I believe the life span years seriously declined after the flood.
The genealogy given in Luke 3:23-38 starts from Jesus back to Adam, albeit, only Jesus's age was given.
Somehow some egghead estimated that the earth was about 6,000 years old from out of all that.
Jesus validated that the seventh day was created for man; and by doing so validated creation week.
Jesus validated that God made the first male and female from which the first marriage God had performed came from.
I believe His words over that false science that cannot prove anything on how old something is.
Same thing for the evolution theory. It is a belief. No science involved because they cannot prove their timetable. If there are errant dating results from their dating methods as proven within human history, there is no way you should place any assurance in their dating methods that goes beyond human history to confirm it is even remotely accurate. Example; a living mollusks has been carbon dated as 2,300 years old dead, and yet it is still alive. How accurate can they be?
Were you there? Jesus, the Son of God was. He is our Creator and not just our Redeemer.
If God created the heavens on day 4 to give light to the earth to govern for times and seasons, then the plants that were created on day 3 would survive that 24 hour period of evening and morning that day 3. So there cannot be a gap theory of a day being a thousand years so to speak, before God puts the sun and the moon and the stars in the heavens to give light to the earth that fourth day.
And when God made the heavens to give light to the earth, that means He made the sources for those distant lights and filled in the gap with those lights to govern, hence to be seen afterwards that fourth day of evening and morning.
Was Adam not a full grown man? Were not the trees full grown bearing fruits and seeds? If living things has maturity and mankind has knowledge to be up and running for managing the earth and the creatures therein, why is it so unbelievable that inanimate objects will have age given to them too?
God speak and it is done.
Evidence of instant creation can be found in polonium halos.
Evidence for Earth's Instant Creation - Polonium Halos in Granite and Coal - Earth Science Associates
Above quote from the link above the quote.
Isaiah 55:[SUP]1 [/SUP]So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
Jesus validated everything Moses had written, because Moses had testified of Him and His visit to man before His incarnation.
John 5:[SUP]39 [/SUP]Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.[SUP] 40 [/SUP]And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.[SUP] 41 [/SUP]I receive not honour from men........[SUP]46 [/SUP]For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me; for he wrote of me.[SUP] 47 [/SUP]But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?
http://christianchat.com/bible-discussion-forum/154696-jesus-before-his-incarnation.html
So.. yeah.. I can believe man was created instantly for him to be naming every animal brought before him to find his helpmeet before God created woman out of Adam.
Proverbs 30:[SUP]4 [/SUP]Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou canst tell?
Matthew 8:[SUP]26 [/SUP]And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.[SUP] 27 [/SUP]But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him!
So you need to go before that throne of grace and ask Jesus for help to see the truth in His words to be able to discern the lies of man in that false science.
Romans 3:[SUP]4 [/SUP]God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.
1 Timothy 6:[SUP]20 [/SUP]O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called:[SUP]21 [/SUP]Which some professing have erred concerning the faith. Grace be with thee. Amen.