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[color:"blue"]Yes, my pastor said that the word "Yom" is where the controversery come in to play.



What exactly is the controversy? Yom is preceded by an ordinal, first day, second day, etc, and is distinguished as morning and evening was the X day. In every other instance in the OT when the word yom is preceded by an ordinal and is marked out as being morning and evening, it is understood as an ordinary, 24 hour day. Ask you pastor why in this instance it is to be understood otherwise. As far as the 7th day reference goes, the phrase evening and morning is used to set apart the various sequences of events. There was no need to distinguish it with evening and morning because God finished his creative act. In other words, he wasn't going to do something creative on the 8th day. If that were the case, then it would have been appropriate for Moses to say and the evening and the morning were the 7th day, then God did such and such...

Fred


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