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I take what God says as both literal and spiritual. God said He made the earth in His image, so we can look at the literal that happened and see the spiritual meaning behind it.
I also don't think that God stated that he completely created everything in seven days. Many have decided that is God's statement, they believe the scientist and decide, on the basis of that to not believe anything of God. Ridiculous. Scripture says that on the first day God tells us about there was a world of only darkness, with that darkness being something of ignorance, misery. Then God created light made of the opposite of that darkness and called it the first day.
The first people to hear these words had no interest in learning of a time schedule of the Lord, they were interested only in that God created the world. I don't think that what God wanted us to understand from all this was a time schedule or how to do it report, only that God created it. Often scripture tells us what we need to know without filling in the details. Personally, I have decided not to stand firm on the details, only on what God tells us to understand.
It also seems unreasonable to me that people who say they believe in the literal seven days from start to finish also stand firm on rejecting what God says about the day of rest!
I also don't think that God stated that he completely created everything in seven days. Many have decided that is God's statement, they believe the scientist and decide, on the basis of that to not believe anything of God. Ridiculous. Scripture says that on the first day God tells us about there was a world of only darkness, with that darkness being something of ignorance, misery. Then God created light made of the opposite of that darkness and called it the first day.
The first people to hear these words had no interest in learning of a time schedule of the Lord, they were interested only in that God created the world. I don't think that what God wanted us to understand from all this was a time schedule or how to do it report, only that God created it. Often scripture tells us what we need to know without filling in the details. Personally, I have decided not to stand firm on the details, only on what God tells us to understand.
It also seems unreasonable to me that people who say they believe in the literal seven days from start to finish also stand firm on rejecting what God says about the day of rest!
Don't forget Genesis 1:5
God called the light “day” and the darkness “night.” And evening passed and morning came, marking the first day.
Also, God gave us the Sun and the Moon to help us keep track of day and night. So we know that day and night are a period of time approximately 24 hours. He explains that in Genesis 1:14
Then God said, “Let lights appear in the sky to separate the day from the night. Let them be signs to mark the seasons, days, and years."
Like the second frame of the comic depicts, when believers take sides with theories such as evolution and millions of years we compromise our unity as The Church and our focus is diverted from the main issue: SIN.
We know that originally, God's creation was good. Without the effects of Sin. We also know that Adam and Eve ate to fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil and their eyes were opened. They sinned. Creation fell. That's why God sent his Son for us, to fix the problem of man's separation from God.
When one takes on the view of evolution, this suggests that the effects of sin (death, decay, violence, bloodshed, etc.) were existent before man ever came about on the Earth. Which makes no sense. The only reason we have death, decay, violence, bloodshed, etc. is because of the Sin that Adam and Eve committed.
I encourage anyone who is willing, to read this: Chapter 6: Genesis Does Matter - Answers in Genesis
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