Some believe that the seven days during the world’s creation were figurative, symbolic days; each day lasting for a period of a thousand years, or more.

I believe the creation days during that week were seven, literal, 24 hour days. To me, the reasons why are as plain as day (pun intended).

First, each day is bracketed by “the evening and the morning.”

Furthermore, the grass, herbs, trees, and vegetation were created on the third day. They wouldn’t have lasted for a thousand years because the sun and its light, needed for their survival, wasn’t created until the fourth day

Additionally, Adam was created on the sixth day. If a day were the length of a thousand years, then Adam’s entire life of 930 years spanned that one day. That means that during that day, one of Adam’s sons (Cain) killed another son (Abel). Also, it means that during that day, in lands outside of the garden, other recorded acts of violence and even the beginnings of idolatry occurred.

So if the sixth day – as a thousand years – would’ve included those sinful events, how in the world (pun intended) could God make the statement at the end of that day, that His creation was “very good.”

Finally, there’s this in the fourth commandment. “Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day (known to us as Saturday) is the Sabbath of the Lord your God; in it you shall not do any work…”

It’s absurd to think that with no time off, God is commanding and expects His people to work six thousand years, and then rest for a thousand years.

However, as mentioned, some discard faith in the plain word of scripture’s creation week. You might find it interesting to know who some of these well-known figures are. Click here to find out.