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What does your thesis leave you to believe about the seventh day?
| The seventh day is a normal day in human reckoning. The lack of morning and evening references to the seventh day also indicate that in God's reckoning, the great Sabbath begins, into which we will go, as Hebrews tells us. | Lance, I agree that the seventh day is marked out as special with emphasis on God's resting from his creation. I do not undersatnd what you mean by "a normal day in human reckoning". My reason for bringing up the difference was to suggest that the markers day/evening do not necessarilly give clues to literalness of time in the account. |
I don't particularly mind your calling me Lance instead of Lane (which is my real name). I get called Lance-a-lot.
The conclusion does not follow. If morning and evening mean a literal day by everyone's reckoning, then the absence of it indicates that something more or different is going on. I would argue that it means for us to ask questions about the Sabbath and its nature, especially that God's Sabbath is eternal, even though He continually works.