Gospel Truth: Did God Literally Create The Universe In Six Days?
By Sharon Elton
@sharonelton (30756)
Lichfield, England
September 10, 2023 8:24am CST
The Bible says that God created the Universe in six days. But was it literally six actual 24 hour days as we know them?
I found this YouTube video by Ken Ham at Answers in Genesis which explains it very well.
The word for day in the original Hebrew language, which the old testament was written in, is Yom. Now, just like English words, the word Yom can have different meanings according to context. It can mean a period of time, an era, or it can mean an actual day.
The word Yom means an actual, 24 hour day when it is accompanied by any of the following:-
The words evening and morning
The word night
A number
A combination of the above.
In Genesis Chapter one God leaves nothing to chance! He wants us to know for sure what he means:-
And the evening and the morning were the first day.
And the evening and the morning were the second day.
And the evening and the morning were the third day.
And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.
And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
There seems to be a pattern there..
Also, where did our week come from?
Our years come from the sun.
Our months come from the moon.
But where does our week come from?
The Bible.
We get our week from the days of creation.
So, if the days of creation were millions of years long, then we'd have a terribly long week! 
Here is the link to the Answers In Genesis YouTube video:-
https://youtu.be/aFjgW9UBG9E
Here is the link to the Answers In Genesis YouTube video:-
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6 responses
@FourWalls (86829)
• United States
10 Sep 23
I believe God created the heavens and the earth. Literal 24-hour days as we have now? Yes, I personally believe that (it’s reiterated elsewhere in Scripture such as in the Ten Commandments); however, I can understand if others believe it’s a metaphor. Elsewhere in Scripture is says that a day is as a thousand years to God. Judaism takes a “young earth” approach (Friday night starts Rosh Hashanah for the year 5784), but many don’t. Personally, I think it didn’t have to take the Holy Creator 24 hours to create if He didn’t want to take that much time.
The most important thing is the reality and literal truth of sin and salvation. Jesus didn’t ask the thief on the cross, “Are you a Calvinist or a pre-millennial?” In Acts 16 Paul didn’t tell the jailer, “Believe on the King James Version and you will be saved.” As believers a lot of people are majoring in minors and letting a world perish.
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@innertalks (23744)
• Australia
11 Sep 23
The fact that many people lived very long lives then, hundreds of years long, makes me think that the days, or the years, might have been measured differently back then.
@sharonelton (30756)
• Lichfield, England
11 Sep 23
It says that to God a day is as a thousand years and a thousand years is ss a day, and this is because God is outside of time, and not constrained by time. He could have taken however long he wanted to create the heavens and the earth. He could have taken a million years, he could have taken one second. But he chose to create in six days and rest on the seventh to give us our week.
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@sharonelton (30756)
• Lichfield, England
11 Sep 23
@innertalks Have you read my post? That the word Day in the original Hebrew means an actual 24 hour day when accompanied by evening, morning and number? And that's where we get our present week from?
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@sharonelton (30756)
• Lichfield, England
10 Sep 23
Well, thank you very much. I didn't really have to think much about it, I got the information from the video, but I did know and believe the gist of it before. Answers in Genesis is a good place to find Biblical truth.
I'm glad you believe what I do and thank you for appreciating my post.
I want to do another post soon about why it's so important that the first chapter of Genesis is literally true in relation to the Gospel of Jesus.
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@AmbiePam (121071)
• United States
10 Sep 23
@sharonelton You’ll get a lot of disagreement about Genesis being literally correct, but they won’t be from me.
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@sharonelton (30756)
• Lichfield, England
10 Sep 23
@AmbiePam I know I will. There will always be those who try to discredit it. But in the last few verses of Revelation it says that we're not to add or take away anything from the book of the law and that if we do our share in the tree of life and the Holy City will be taken away from us.
So God's word is not to be tampered with. God's word says what it does for a reason.
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@sharonelton (30756)
• Lichfield, England
11 Sep 23
Well, that's not talking about the actual days in that sence is it? That's talking about the time when the actual days happened!
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You believe well. 
@xFiacre (14797)
• Ireland
10 Sep 23
@sharonelton to begin with I have to remind myself that there were no human eyewitnesses to creation and that the Bible is not a scientific book. Its focus is on the history of the relationship between God and people. The existence of God too is beyond scientific debate. I do believe that God somehow called us all into existence but the technicalities about how he did it are hard to pin down. I have no issue with science dating the world in a way that doesn’t sit easily with the Genesis account. Even if I get the answers wrong God still loves me and I will not be judged on the basis of my understanding or lack thereof. What’ for dinner tonight? I’m starving.
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@sharonelton (30756)
• Lichfield, England
10 Sep 23
I'd say God himself was an eye witness to creation and the Bible is inspired by God, he told the authors what to write. So I myself wouldn't dare to deny what God himself has said. And God cannot lie. Satan is the liar. He is the author of lies whereas God cannot lie.
It also surprises me how God took so long to create? I mean he could have done it in the blink of an eye, so why did he stretch it out over six days?
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@LindaOHio (222726)
• United States
11 Sep 23
I believe God created the Heavens and Earth; but I don't agree with the timeline. There's too much evidence to dispute it. Just my opinion. Have a good week.
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@sharonelton (30756)
• Lichfield, England
11 Sep 23
The evidence is in the original Hebrew text which says God crested in six actual days and the fact that the Bible is inspired by God and God cannot lie.
If it's a choice between believing the scientists or believing the Bible, and the scientists don't agree with the Bible, I choose the Bible every time because the Bible can always be relied on and scientists can not.
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