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Originally Posted by CalvinandHodges  Hi:
Contrary to popular belief Light was not the first thing God created:
"... and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters, Gen. 1:2b.
Water was the first thing which God Created - unless you want to say that water is as eternal as God? I hope not.
I think that the water referred to here are the waters of the Earth from which the land rises up, 1:10. Thus, the perspective of the whole Creation week is from that of Earth.
When God created light - it was an external light source shining upon the waters. From the perspective of the Earth a twenty-four hour day should be expected.
What I find very compelling is Dr. Humphrey's "White Hole Cosmology" from the Answers in Genesis: http://www.answersingenesis.org/home..._cosmology.pdf
Blessings,
-CH |
You bring up an interesting point. The text does not say that God created the sea(deep). It was assumed in ANE parallel accounts of creation that the sea already existed kind of like the biblical account. Yikes another can of worms.