Yes, I know, “Because God says so.” Okay, now that is settled is there any more to be said? Jon thinks so.
creation days
Bavinck on the Creation Days
At the Reformed Reader.
Preaching Genesis 1
We’ve been blessed by the ministry of pastor Chris Gordon at Escondido URC. He’s also the proprietor of the Gordian Knot and the host of the Abounding Grace Radio program, currently broadcast in the Pacific Northwest, Phoenix, and San Diego. Recently, he . . . Continue reading →
Geerhardus Vos On The Creation Days
30. To what is appeal made to support the nonliteral interpretation? a) To the fact that sun and moon (or rather the rotation of the earth around its axis in relation to the sun) were not yet present. As we know, the . . . Continue reading →
E. J. Young On Creation Days And Solar Days
The length of the creation days is not stated. What is important is that each of the days is a period of time which may legitimately be denominated יֹ֔ום (“day”). 4. The first three days were not solar days such as we . . . Continue reading →
Aquinas On Creation Days
…That three things are recorded as created, namely, the heaven, the water, and the earth; and these three received their form from the three days’ work of distinction, so that heaven was formed on the first day; on the second day the . . . Continue reading →