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Originally Posted by A5pointer  Quote:
Originally Posted by joshua Quote:
Originally Posted by A5pointer
No, comparing day to bread.
| Well, it doesn't relate. The Gospel account to which you allude is a historical account of Jesus saying, "I am the Door." So, within the context, it is understood that He is obviously being figurative concerning being a Door. On the other hand, the Creation account is not where we read of Moses telling this story to people. Rather, it, in itself, is a historical narrative of Creation. | We agree that Genesis is an historic narrative of creation, I do not know why you would think those who question the intended meaning of "day" would think otherwise. And one man's "obvious" is not another man's. The account does have a peculiar structure and does present harmonization difficulties when forced to be read like a logical science text. |
History implies chronology. Thus the use of the
waw (I have yet to see anyone deal with this). Why is the use of the
waw in the rest of Genesis historic but the use of the
waw in 1-2 (where it is more predominantly used than anywhere else in the Bible), not historic?
It is purely arbitrary for you to say, "This is historic" but "this is not" when the prime indicator of history, a
waw is used in both cases.